Ace 3?

[CyclonicTuna 87]

I was wondering if anyone has heard anything about the ACE mod recently.

The last I've heard is that it was under development about 6 months back. But the latest offcial news is still that they "have plans" as stated on the developers network of ACE: http://wiki.ace-mod.net/ACE_future_plans_and_ARMA_3

However I've also heard rumors that some of the original dev's have abandoned the project bacause Arma 3 a steam only game, and that the mod has a doubtfull future in Arma 3. As stated in the article it says that they will try to release the first build of ACE 3, if I can call it that, as close to release as possible. I can Remember that the first news of ACE 2 was announced about two months after A2's release.

So I'm just wondering if they really are developing ACE 3, why haven't we heard anything yet? Not even a single post or update I could find on the development.

I really enjoyed the ACE mod for Arma 2, and I believe a large part of the community too. So what's going on?

[Tacti-Cool 10]

I too have heard but rumors, no facts. and it must be taboo to ask, as your post was reported. XD

[chortles 263]

I'd suggest that for starters, there's no new Arma 3-specific mod tools yet, so for now anyone working on Arma 3 is going to be limited by the boundaries of the existing tools... some modders have already stated that that's why they haven't worked on certain mods yet.

If you want a first-hand take though, inquire with NouberNou.

Edited November 5, 2013 by Chortles

[tachi 10]

I red somewhere, that one of the ACE devs (maybe it was NoubreNou, but i can be wrong) told, that they don't have modding tools for A3 yet, and that they are working on porting conent. Too bad I can't find that post anywhere.

[-ghost-tf 12]

A huge portion of ACE involves us translating models into A3. They haven't released the new tool chain yet, so we need that to really get into a lot of the "big" things.

Also we are going to need lots of help either producing new content or translating that older content.

If people want ACE3 they can harp on BIS to release the A2 MLODs. I know a lot of people involved with ACE are not exactly excited about pretending what the future is, so we'd like to see A2 content, or at least comparable good community content to match the vehicle and unit make up of A2 to some degree (at least the major cold war factions).

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[tachi 10]

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Yeah, thanks, that's the post I was talking about.

[progamer 14]

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[scarecrow398 43]

I believe zGuba said it was being worked on but his tongue would be removed by an angry German man if he talked about it.

Said angry German man also has commented in the past here and there saying certain things like weapon resting is already working.

I believe though that it's going to take much longer than the A1-A2 jump as many of the limitations (as mentioned by HomerJohnson a week or so ago) aren't there or more flexable with A3 and allows much more possibility's on the ACE side, plus if you've looked at the ACE for A3 section you would have seen they have a massive list of stuff people have requested they've put off until now, not to mention porting ACE 2 features they want to keep.

[R0adki11 3949]

Closing - this sort of request belongs in the addon request thread.