General Discussion (dev branch)

[da12thMonkey 1943]

I remember a dev saying there was some sort of issue with animating the 3GL. Don't see why it's any different from the others, though. Nice work anyway, BIS.

 

Probably the fact that that the whole 3d model of the 3GL is modelled as a single mesh (i.e. the barrel is welded to the trigger group), where the other GLs already had the barrel sections modelled as a separate mesh that can easily be animated without revealing any visual holes in the topology.

 

If that's the case animating the 3GL could involve significantly remodelling the GL's geometry and creating a new UV layout to include newly modelled parts of the mesh such as the breech face that would be exposed by animating the model.

[zukov 483]

 

also ABR's reload animation is still way too fast

Does BIS  modify  mk14's reload animations and assign it to ABR?

[2nd ranger 282]

It's time to bitch about grenades!

 

1. Whose idea were the RGNs? They're utterly useless. Even more so since there's been quite alot of changes to armour and the damage model over the last few months. And you can throw them too far. And what the dickens is the difference between an 'offensive' and 'defensive' grenade?

 

2. Why does everyone use RGO grenades? I don't want to get into the 'why does everyone use the same gear' discussion, but surely you can just copy paste the RGO and call it something else so NATO can have their own? In fact, I've got a better idea. The RGN sucks, but it has a different model. Just get rid of the mini grenade stuff, make its damage values the same as the RGO, call it M68 or something, and give that one to NATO. 

 

3. 40mm smoke rounds bounce too much. Earlier today I fired one at a hill. I tracked it with the camera: It bounced 4 times before it landed. I measured the distance - it travelled just over one thousand meters. They're pretty useless.

 

That's all. I guess I was thinking about it because of the recent focus on UGLs. Good work on them, though!

[AveryTheKitty 2626]

• Added: Upload Terminal

• Added: Military Tablet

I'm curious to know what these are exactly.

[zukov 483]

 

• Added: Upload Terminal
• Added: Military Tablet

I'm curious to know what these are exactly.

 

just objects for missions

[heavygunner 179]

 And what the dickens is the difference between an 'offensive' and 'defensive' grenade?

 

Fragmentation grenades can be divided into two main types, defensive and offensive, where the former are designed to be used from a position of cover, (e.g. in a slit trench or behind a suitable wall,) and have an effective radius greater than the distance it can be thrown, while the latter are for assaulting troops and have a smaller effective fragmentation radius.

[twisted 127]

 

also ABR's reload animation is still way too fast

 

a lot of things in arma 3 are too fast. hope they slow this and the other things down to more expected speeds.

[roberthammer 582]

Does BIS  modify  mk14's reload animations and assign it to ABR?

Nope , it's a new animation

[roberthammer 582]

a lot of things in arma 3 are too fast. hope they slow this and the other things down to more expected speeds.

True , some of the reload anims are really fast like the Mk20 reload

 

/sorry for double post , which i didn't wanted/

[BIS_Adam 24]

just objects for missions

 

Objects for End Game scenarios 

 

The radio chatter seems to be completely broken.

 

Here's a quick and dirty video:

 

https://youtu.be/tBlcxY-xO_U

 

We are aware of it :) 

[Locklear 214]

Concerning the grenades animations, it really is not easy, but it seems we will be able to make it. Please note the current version in Dev-Branch is still WIP and unfinished, as is intended with this branch (so we can work with you guys on the updates :) ).

 

Some of the known, to-be-solved issues are:

• Sound may be not synced yet.
• Prone animations may be not in sync with the grenade movement.
• Some clipping may appear.

Thanks for the feedback on the speed of some reloads, we'll consider that. MX GL is certainly tricky. The model wasn't created with these animations in mind (none was, actually, but we managed to work around that a bit), so after some discussion, we opted for the front reload, since the "right" one would require more time-consuming tinkering with the model. With our artists pretty busy with some more important tasks at the moment (anyone hyped for Tanoa? ;) ), we decided the best solution would be to have it this way, and possibly revisit it in the future.

[sodien 15]

Testing some hit indication today to see how I liked the blood splatter, it was a very decent visual, not what I prefer, but not intrusive and only visible on shot distance(which is good, arma 2 had some very, uh dumb, clouds of blood when hitting someone that was quite far away)

Also grenade explosion sounds are very nice, over all the explosion sounds in the last couple of months have improved a lot and they are more fear inducing than before(super good!). It bring me great joy when I or one of my friends express genuine fright at a sudden explosion.

[2nd ranger 282]

Game-breaking bug still present in hosted MP games. Host has loading screen pop up every few seconds, which causes massive desync for clients.

 

Old ticket, but same problem.

[tpw 2313]

Can anyone else confirm if the voice pitch setting has stopped working in the last patch or two?

 

I use Zeealex's excellent female units mod, and assign a male voice and raise its pitch a little in the description.ext for the mission:

 

class ZeeFemale
{
name = "Reynolds";
namesound = "Reynolds";
face = "Oakes";
glasses = "G_Tactical_Black";
speaker = "Male09ENG";
pitch = 1.12;
}; 

I noticed over the last day or two that the female unit has either taken steroids while I wasn't looking, or the pitch command no longer seems to have any effect.

[msy 22]

Anyone has tried the infantry and combined arms showcase at the latest DEV branch? （my difficulty setting is regular）

I find it harder and harder to complete for those reasons below:

1. weapon sways a lot to make me difficult to aim at targets.

2. AI's first shot to headshot chance is better than me.

3. As attack side, AI don't know when and where to choose a proper cover, then will rush to die or expose his back to enemies.

4. Due to the change of personal protection, sometimes it will save you but more often it will save the enemies too.

 

I suggest, because the change of weapon inertia and personal protection, BIS should change AI's action and tactics at the same time.

[froggyluv 2130]

 Are there any plans to ever fix the AI's screaming "NO Ammo!" when its indistinguishable as to what weapon they are talking about. Pretty disheartening to enter a firefight only to hear that repeatedly and not sure if you need to go rearm them first or they are merely talking about their pistol..

[Maxzy 12]

Anyone has tried the infantry and combined arms showcase at the latest DEV branch? （my difficulty setting is regular）

I find it harder and harder to complete for those reasons below:

1. weapon sways a lot to make me difficult to aim at targets.

2. AI's first shot to headshot chance is better than me.

3. As attack side, AI don't know when and where to choose a proper cover, then will rush to die or expose his back to enemies.

4. Due to the change of personal protection, sometimes it will save you but more often it will save the enemies too.

 

I suggest, because the change of weapon inertia and personal protection, BIS should change AI's action and tactics at the same time.

With every update first thing I do is start an Infantry showcase, hence I know this mission like the back of my hand =).  So here's my impression:

1. Weapon behavior is definitely changed once again and I find it harder to aim than before.

As to 2,3 and 4 - in latest dev I see no significant changes compared to stable. The last time this mission felt considerably different was before that change to AI where they started to throw smokes and run for hide. Since then every playthrough looks pretty much the same.

[Kryptongame 14]

With every update first thing I do is start an Infantry showcase, hence I know this mission like the back of my hand =).  So here's my impression:

1. Weapon behavior is definately changed once again and I find it harder to aim than before.

As to 2,3 and 4 - in latest dev I see no significant changes compared to stable. The last time this mission felt considerably different was before that change to AI where they started to throw smokes and run for hide. Since then every playthrough looks pretty much the same.

I agree, I find it exactly the same if not harder to aim. I'm not sure why they said it would be more free and casual if it's in fact worse? Seems we need ALOT less sway and and bit more time to sprint if they want this to be casual.

[zukov 483]

the pistol holster on the diver remains empty

[-LUGER- 14]

• Fixed: Turning in the deadzone during combat pace

 

Still some problems with aiming dead zone,  lets say your looking all the way right with your weapon and then move forward it forces the player to move in that direction. Its a pretty annoying bug , any chance of a fix ? :).

 

[Varanon 892]

Is it just me, or is the current dev build extremely crashy ?

[twisted 127]

I think the sway when finishing a long run or after big sprints is fine, its challenging but means that sprinting into the action then sniping everyone with extreme precision is trickier.  However the sway when finishing a normal jog might be a little too big and take a little long to settle. I'd also think that using support or bipod should help tame the sway and help it settle sooner.

 

was wondering if something in the internals has changed as scripts that i had that started in seconds now takes tens of seconds to complete. and ive tried optimizing it in many ways but its become quite unpredictable.

[BIS_Adam 24]

the pistol holster on the diver remains empty

 

 

 

 

• Fixed: Turning in the deadzone during combat pace

 

Still some problems with aiming dead zone,  lets say your looking all the way right with your weapon and then move forward it forces the player to move in that direction. Its a pretty annoying bug , any chance of a fix ? :).

 

 

 

The issues have been processed and are now awaiting fixes. Thanks!

[en3x 209]

I read that in Nexus update validated improvement on animation side - we can see that resulted in GL reloads

which is great.

 

Will new walking animations that were briefly showed up on dev branch long time ago make return soon?

[EDcase 87]

 

• Fixed: Turning in the deadzone during combat pace

 

Still some problems with aiming dead zone,  lets say your looking all the way right with your weapon and then move forward it forces the player to move in that direction. Its a pretty annoying bug , any chance of a fix ? :).

 

 

That's the way it SHOULD be.  Run in the direction you are looking...