General Discussion (dev branch)

[HKFlash 9]

New dev branch build contains some interesting stuff:

• Overhauled soldier carrying capacity, bags, bag types, bag content, all items weights and also corresponding equation values for fatigue gain
  
• Decreased priority of touch off to prevent self destructive behaviour of our explosive specialists
  
• Technicians have taken some stronger light sources and installed them on speedboats
  

[maddogx 13]

• Overhauled soldier carrying capacity, bags, bag types, bag content, all items weights and also corresponding equation values for fatigue gain
  
• Better parallax textures on ground surfaces
  

These two points from the latest changelog are particularly interesting. :)

I wonder if the "melting ground" effect while crawling is gone now. (Can't test yet.)

[comp_uter15776 1]

I found the commander thing quite funny... finally they're being all trained up! :D

[nimrod123 11]

These two points from the latest changelog are particularly interesting. :)

I wonder if the "melting ground" effect while crawling is gone now. (Can't test yet.)

you mean where the unit sinks into the ground at long ranges?

i thought that was WAD to overcome the lack of grass ETC at long ranges due to the preformence hit

[byku 13]

Nice update, although still, having this one HUGE AA rocket inside this small backpack is... a bit silly, and it would be more rational if you would give the carry-all backpack to AA soldier with 1 rocket inside. Although i agree that 2 NLAW rockets inside this small backpack is spot on.

Btw. Please give MI-48 pilot the possibility to shoot unguided rockets(you did a good job in beta patches in Arma 2 ;)) - and of course thousands other things :P but there is feedback tracker for that ;)

Edited August 7, 2013 by Byku

[Variable 322]

New dev branch build contains some interesting stuff:

• Overhauled soldier carrying capacity, bags, bag types, bag content, all items weights and also corresponding equation values for fatigue gain

Yay! Finally no more being able to carry 4 Titan missiles, a launcher and an assault rifle? I really hope so...

[maddogx 13]

you mean where the unit sinks into the ground at long ranges?

No, I mean the way the ground close to you seems to "deform" visually while you're crawling (best seen from 1st person view). I'm pretty sure this was related to bad parallax textures, which have now apparently been improved.

[dmarkwick 261]

No, I mean the way the ground close to you seems to "deform" visually while you're crawling (best seen from 1st person view). I'm pretty sure this was related to bad parallax textures, which have now apparently been improved.

Ah yes, and probably also responsible for small objects & textures (addon blood etc) on the ground to appear to float.

[eddieck 10]

No, I mean the way the ground close to you seems to "deform" visually while you're crawling (best seen from 1st person view). I'm pretty sure this was related to bad parallax textures, which have now apparently been improved.

It's still bad.

[SaOk 112]

The today's beta patch is giving superb performance again for me. Same as monday's. Yesterday, the game feeled like stucked to 17FPS.

[chortles 263]

Yay! Finally no more being able to carry 4 Titan missiles, a launcher and an assault rifle? I really hope so...

Why don't you fire up Wasteland and see? :lol: Well, unless you have another mission which can give us hard numbers as to "bag" capacities, as opposed to going into the Editor and having to mix and match... but if so, please link? :)

[NeuroFunker 11]

These two points from the latest changelog are particularly interesting. :)

I wonder if the "melting ground" effect while crawling is gone now. (Can't test yet.)

it's still there, but i think, its few meters away now, so it's NOT that noticeable as before.

[Victim9l3 11]

It mentions "Ddded camo selections for Independent infantry models. I'm guessing it means "added". But I don't see anything different. Same with opfor heli crew.

[Anachoretes 10]

Fixed issue with parts of character clipping into 3D scope

Confirmed. This ticket can be closed. http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=10295

[petek 62]

"Fixed incorrect alpha sorting on Mk20GL with a 3D scope" - at last - that's been annoying me since the Beta release!

Still can't resume showcases

Still can't can't get AI to fire on empty vehicles when commanded from land vehicles.

[Masharra 10]

Just random test. 5 nades 1 fak 5 mags 4 riflenades 4 Missiles (2)at+(2)ap 1mprl launcher 1 katiba GL rifle possible- has about a 7 second sprint time.

mg + 450 rounds + mrpl launcher + 4 missiles + 5 nades + 1fak possible -- Near split second sprint time :D + 5-10 second jog time before fatigue kicks in

Edited August 7, 2013 by Masharra

[BigBoss 10]

So you can still fit a lot of giant stuff into tiny backpacks? That's disappointing.

[Dwarden 1124]

To me, it was clear that if it was open to general public as an official way to report issues and feature requests along the vote mechanism, that it would require a HORDE of moderators to keep it clean. Now, we're only like 5 moderators here, plus a few devs and QA employees who like to look at stuff there. But the avalanche of chaotic tickets with unclear reports, most not even bothering to search for already existing tickets (pardon the generalization), keeps rolling in - you'd expect a wonder if it could all be tidied up constantly. But this has actually become clear within the first 2 weeks of the FT opening to public. I'm not saying "it's OK like that" - I'm just saying, it would require more volunteer moderators, because noone is going to pay someone who's exclusively sifting through such an easily abusable tool like the FT (same as with the BI forums), mostly in vain. Looking at all that, you'll also know why the FT isn't linked to their internal bugtracker.

For those who know me, I'm available in Skype in the official channels (and obviously also in PM here) and if anyone has a good ticket let me know and I'll take a look and might promote it to those who are concerned, if it passes my review (bug tickets only, of course) - I'm the cherrypicker :dance1:

Also if you would like to become a FT moderator and be of help, instead of complaining here, you can contact one of the moderator team (e.g. me; the others gonna hate me for that) or Dwarden with your application. Please include your nick on FT tracker and we will verify your eglibility and come back to you, maybe ;) - trolls will be ignored. :icon_twisted:

confirmed ... any 'correctly' meant help is welcome ... so if you sure you can handle the nerve breaking volunteer job ... you know where find me :cool:

[Victim9l3 11]

Thank god the opfor urban backpacks finally getting better textures. Has anyone else noticed that the opfor recon units have blue things sticking out of them. Looks like left shoulder and under vest. It looks like a mistake not something real.

[barakokula31 10]

Quite a nice list of additions today.

Overhauled soldier carrying capacity, bags, bag types, bag content, all items weights and also corresponding equation values for fatigue gain

Minor tweaks in our ammo types calibers and typical speeds to better match their real life behavior

New helmet camo selections for OPFOR Heli Crew

Decreased priority of touch off to prevent self destructive behavior of our explosive specialists

Better parallax textures on ground surfaces

NVGs in enabled state are always visible inside vehicles

Commanders of Panther have been trained to open hatch first and turn out just after that

Technicians have taken some stronger light sources and installed them on speedboats

Tweak: engagement ranges of 30 mm cannon and Skyfire rockets

Fixed: SDAR dispersion set to more realistic value

And, I can finally start retexturing, although it will turn out crap:

Added camo selections for Independent infantry models

[chortles 263]

So you can still fit a lot of giant stuff into tiny backpacks? That's disappointing.

The philosophy that Masharra's example suggests is one of "penalize like hell" instead of actual exclusion.

[Deceiver 10]

Added new animations for transition from rifle to binoculars and back

Argh.. Transition animations are going from bad to worse. Rifle to binoculars transition before the 'addition' was much more natural.

Why cling to this putting the rifle on the back thing? Why waste your resources worsening the animations when they are so limited?

[petek 62]

"Fixed incorrect alpha sorting on Mk20GL with a 3D scope" - at last - that's been annoying me since the Beta release!

Still can't resume showcases

Still can't can't get AI to fire on empty vehicles when commanded from land vehicles.

Ahh - dup post - can I delete this thing?

[nmdanny 22]

Are there any news about the drone package or when it will arrive to the dev branch?

[Masharra 10]

The philosophy that Masharra's example suggests is one of "penalize like hell" instead of actual exclusion.

Essentially It isnt at ACE's level where you stumble/pass out (cmiiaw) but it def appears to be heavily penalized.

Someone who is a better tester than me needs to look as it is 0627 and I am mostly asleep.

As for Giant Stuff into tiny backpacks well yea.http://s10.postimg.org/5wm7evch5/screenshot_2013_08_07.png

Missiles arent the only thing like that.

Guess which one is a 150rd box and which one is a 9mm mag. http://s10.postimg.org/ddveu3209/screenshot_2013_08_07.png

To be fair I dont think they will ever fix that unless they add specific backpacks for the missiles i.e the rpg backpack from OA.....

Edited August 7, 2013 by Masharra