General Discussion (dev branch)

[dazhbog 10]

New version of Launcher is available in the dev branch (among other things) that should fix several crashes, stuck addons and steam in offline mode (http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?149636-Development-Branch-Changelog&p=2724378#post2724378). And big thanks to everyone who tested it and reported back .

Edited July 7, 2014 by dazhbog

[HorbeySpector 164]

Insignia's are still not working!

[roberthammer 582]

• Fixed: Sound: Reloading can be heard far away
  

Holy Crap! Please somebody test that if its true :eek:

also this fixes the weapon firemode switch sound aswell?

Edited July 7, 2014 by RobertHammer

[danil-ch 165]

Two regressions are still not fixed.

1. The walking sounds are audible to your left when you look through your scope.

2. Metal plates sounds when moving are missing in the current Dev Build.

[mistyronin 1181]

The launcher seems to be working fine after the last update. Good job.

What is a bit weird though, is that the addons that are downloaded are dropped in the root of Arma 3 instead of in a folder ( let's say addons ).

[blackpixxel 53]

1. The walking sounds are audible to your left when you look through your scope.

This is not a bug. Your weapon and your head are on the right side of your body. So your feet are a bit left of you, and so is the sound.

I hope that the DEVs will not turn the walking sounds into simple stereo-samples like the shooting sounds. I want that the walking sound comes from the feet and that it stays there even if I turn my head.

[L3TUC3 32]

The launcher seems to be working fine after the last update. Good job.

What is a bit weird though, is that the addons that are downloaded are dropped in the root of Arma 3 instead of in a folder ( let's say addons ).

What's weird is that the AddOns folder is actually a base asset arma system folder that's always loaded. Not really optimal for mods.

It's a really confusing naming decision and one of the reasons why nubs mess up mod installs.

[danil-ch 165]

This is not a bug.

It a bug. And it was fixed during beta but appeared again.

[james2464 176]

Three bugs with the publisher, tool menu and launcher:

1:

[

Start Arma 3 Tools Publisher via steam and receive missing directory error if steam and meta folders do not exist.

] call http://i.imgur.com/wykLTgp.png;

//FIX: if steam and meta folders exist error does not appear.

2.

[

Start Arma 3 Tools Menu via steam and receive .wss registry key error.

] call http://i.imgur.com/XFOdgux.png http://pastebin.com/bCeNXQc0

3.

[

Arma 3 Launcher crash when you attempt to delete a mod that has been downloaded successfully.

] call https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lcb0r9k5mr4y35e/AAAEdVcfD-pRjgLvS3TaQkbta

//Please let me know if you want an FT ticket on any.

EDIT:

Curious how this is achieved now?: Added: Ability to force difficulty for selected scenarios

Edited July 7, 2014 by James2464

[themaster303 22]

it is a bug. if you look through a optics or ironsight, you dont hear the steps left of you.

because you lift the optics / ironsight infront of your eyes.

try it in reallife, you still hear you footsteps below yourself, not next to you.

[evromalarkey 150]

Holy Crap! Please somebody test that if its true :eek:

also this fixes the weapon firemode switch sound aswell?

"Holy Crap!" Well, my reaction was exactly the same :D I hope that they don't forget about firemode sound and fix that aswell.

[CaptainObvious 95]

Regarding the reload sound, is it now properly positional too?

It's a PITA to try to pinpoint the enemy when the reload sound "gets stuck" on your ear.

[blackpixxel 53]

because you lift the optics / ironsight infront of your eyes.

try it in reallife, you still hear you footsteps below yourself, not next to you.

It is not that easy. You dont lift the weapon in front of your eyes, it stays at the shoulder like in the good old real life. But you move your head a bit to the right to be able to view through the optics. Of course only a tiny bit, but theoretically you should hear your footsteps a liiiiiitle bit louder on the left side. Of course it is extremly exagerated in Arma. This is because You dont move your head in the game, you just move your eye to the right much further than the head movement would be.

[MavericK96 0]

So this is a long-running issue, which was actually fixed at one point in ArmA 2 but seemed to have crept back later...Is anything going to be done about the insane Z-fighting at long distances? It's REALLY bad in ArmA 3, and I've started noticing it more and more, to the point where it's somewhat immersion-breaking for how bad it is.

Also, there seems to be an issue where looking through a thermal scope causes fences and some other distant objects to glow for no apparent reason.

[LSD_Timewarp82 21]

Also, there seems to be an issue where looking through a thermal scope causes fences and some other distant objects to glow for no apparent reason.

Noticed that too on Stable branch. Doesn´t look good with glowing fences and walls.

[Kydoimos 915]

Yes, can confirm, either those fences and walls are extremely hot or something's not quite right!

[CaptainObvious 95]

What really should happen regarding the thermals is that everything else starts showing up too, just like it is for example in a gunship's PIP-screen for a couple of seconds when firing up the thing.

Vote here: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=2899

[LSD_Timewarp82 21]

Yes, can confirm, either those fences and walls are extremely hot or something's not quite right!

It seems it depends on the distance. Cause when i zoom in or out the glowing disappears

[byku 13]

FYI - Kajman gun optics are still bugged ;). It's rather painful to use gunners position in this chopper.

[CaptainAzimuth 714]

Anyone else also get annoyed using Close range sights and other sights with glowing points at night? It's rather annoying as it obscures vision. I've looked through some scopes at night, and i can tell you that they don't really multiply. For example, you look down the sights of the RCO at night, and you can see that the red arrow kinda has two more arrows slightly to both sides. Can this even be fixed?

[bad benson 1733]

Anyone else also get annoyed using Close range sights and other sights with glowing points at night? It's rather annoying as it obscures vision. I've looked through some scopes at night, and i can tell you that they don't really multiply. For example, you look down the sights of the RCO at night, and you can see that the red arrow kinda has two more arrows slightly to both sides. Can this even be fixed?

i think that is a problem with some of the post process effects. i noticed that especially with depth of field and bloom. that's why i disable them or have them on really low. otherwise it's just bugged and too annoying.

[columdrum 11]

Any oficial words on how/what is this:

Added: Ability to force difficulty for selected scenarios

Sounds like a good idea, but how do you set that? :S

[Smurf 12]

HDR and co. are again a problem. In Alpha\Beta it was somewhat better but some point down the line the simple "contrast" between the ground and clouds created an effect similar to the awfulness that A2 is in this criteria; ground to dark, glowing clouds and exagerated blooms (CTRL+F, HDR). Oh yeah, these blooms....

Optics also were a problem all along (and IIRC, at some point they fixed the holos; or it was a mod?) with doubled chevrons (see below), overglowing sights and overall "blurryness".

The Depth of Field, while I don't understand the technical aspects of it I can tell it is wrong. It could be used for story\immersion\game mechanic AND to mask some of the game's problems like long range textures (STALKER, despite the short distances) or LOD changing. Simpliest example to ilustrate here are ironsights (and optical ones ^):

Thermals? Don't start on that. http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=2899

On game tech, this would be my vote just behind Sound. Get your sh...... aders together! :cool:

With all these engine changes, now might be the time to change it.

Or I am beign too optimistic :(

the idea of disabling HDR simply doesn't work: in case of ArmA and ArmA 2, HDR is in the heart of the entire lighting model so disabling it means basically black screen. The whole mechanism has two parts: simulation of light and aperture control. Some tweaks to the light values when sun is near horizon are implemented in the upcoming version 1.02 and we may improve aperture control further in future revision as well

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?74238-HDR-and-Bloom-are-completely-out-of-control!/page4

[DJankovic 401]

I would like to be able to use rails fully like here

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t31.0-8/10275609_709237715791760_7647651570473672333_o.jpg

i want to have ability to use multiple scopes on one rails and ability to use right and left side rails,pleaseee

[gliptal 25]

As it is now, I'm afraid we will never see this.

Yay!