New year, New Goals... Over sleeping?

[CaptainAzimuth 714]

New year, some have new goals, some the same. Then there are those who over slept. I sure did, ok, lets get to the point.

Quote from Dna - The next SITREP will be send on 14.01.2014. Have a great winter holiday!

So, despite the fact... 3 days later, still no announcements, what do you guys think we can expect for A3 this year? Or, what do you guys think BIS has in store for us for this year? What kind of improvements do you expect to see in the game, or even the engine?

Keep On Topic, as this is simply a General Discussion. Keep it respectful.

Thanks! =3

[dm 9]

The next SITREP will be send on 14.01.2014.

So, despite the fact... 3 days later, still no announcements

Its 03/01/2014, so they've got 11 more days until their SITREP is "late"...

[ProfTournesol 956]

Epic topic.

[NeuroFunker 11]

another 2 episodes of campaign, also rumors about extra coop campaign i've read some time back. I hope some improvements in graphics like HDAO/HBAO, TTXAA (or whatever introduced AA method for 600gtx series, looks damn good in latest assisn's, not even 8xMSAA looks same good. Improvements on sound engine, finally reverberation and echoing, distat filtering (the further sound, the muffled it sounds) etc. Improved AI, especially at nights, so you could finally do stelth missions, with being afraid spoted at 100m by a guy without NVG's, or killing a patrol with silenced weapons, with alarming other guys around like further then 100m distance. Finally Altis texture overhaul, like suggested by NordKindchen, so midrange textures look HD and contrast, so the camoflaged uniform actually can be hardly seen on it. Jets will come soon. As for me, improving the engine, game itself should be in proirity, before adding more content.

[papanowel 120]

Epic topic.

I must agree on this.

[CaptainAzimuth 714]

Its 03/01/2014, so they've got 11 more days until their SITREP is "late"...

Well fantastic, looks like i switched day and month again, maybe i got kicked up on too much eggnog. XP

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another 2 episodes of campaign, also rumors about extra coop campaign i've read some time back. I hope some improvements in graphics like HDAO/HBAO, TTXAA (or whatever introduced AA method for 600gtx series, looks damn good in latest assisn's, not even 8xMSAA looks same good. Improvements on sound engine, finally reverberation and echoing, distat filtering (the further sound, the muffled it sounds) etc. Improved AI, especially at nights, so you could finally do stelth missions, with being afraid spoted at 100m by a guy without NVG's, or killing a patrol with silenced weapons, with alarming other guys around like further then 100m distance. Finally Altis texture overhaul, like suggested by NordKindchen, so midrange textures look HD and contrast, so the camoflaged uniform actually can be hardly seen on it. Jets will come soon. As for me, improving the engine, game itself should be in proirity, before adding more content.

Noticing someone moving around 100 m away with a bit of cover, or no cover isn't too hard. But AI improvement would be fanatical, as well as textures for Altis without loss of frames. I find Stratis has tremendously more detail than Altis at the current state.

[L3TUC3 32]

Well fantastic, looks like i switched day and month again, maybe i got kicked up on too much eggnog. XP

Your years have 14 months?

[Heinrich Kramer 172]

Your years have 14 months?

Must have been some good eggnogg :D

what do I expect... a better multiplayer performance. 25 server fps and everyone except the ones with really good pcs suffer dramatic fps loss (and i don't mean 20 fps, i mean people played with 7 fps), this would be a relief.

Female civilians and a civilian site module

yeah, that would be great already, not much to complain except these 3. at least not from my end.

[das attorney 858]

Its 03/01/2014, so they've got 11 more days until their SITREP is "late"...

That's about the size of it for this topic.

[semiconductor 309]

More quality stuff to play with. Working side view mirrors. Updated cargo system for vehicles that will rely on weight or size, not count of items. Bipods. Finished armor system for both soldiers and vehicles.

I also hope that BIS at some point will release a DLC that will put an end to all that futuristic nonsence and return to the modern day warfare.

[Fushko 59]

another 2 episodes of campaign, also rumors about extra coop campaign i've read some time back. I hope some improvements in graphics like HDAO/HBAO, TTXAA (or whatever introduced AA method for 600gtx series, looks damn good in latest assisn's, not even 8xMSAA looks same good. Improvements on sound engine, finally reverberation and echoing, distat filtering (the further sound, the muffled it sounds) etc. Improved AI, especially at nights, so you could finally do stelth missions, with being afraid spoted at 100m by a guy without NVG's, or killing a patrol with silenced weapons, with alarming other guys around like further then 100m distance. Finally Altis texture overhaul, like suggested by NordKindchen, so midrange textures look HD and contrast, so the camoflaged uniform actually can be hardly seen on it. Jets will come soon. As for me, improving the engine, game itself should be in proirity, before adding more content.

Hey, it's not like they're making Arma 4 ;)

[oldy41 61]

Hey, it's not like they're making Arma 4 ;)

Oh, but I sincerely do hope they _are_ making Arma 4. Just not before Arma 3 has become all it could be! :D

[chortles 263]

Oh, but I sincerely do hope they _are_ making Arma 4. Just not before Arma 3 has become all it could be! :D

Ironically I'd rather that they do so simply because that way Arma 4 would actually get the time that it needed, since Arma 3 -- and Arma 1 before it -- demonstrates what happens when an Arma game has to be put together "on time" (read: development running against the clock with no more delays allowed and having two years of development work flat-out binned)...

[artisanal 22]

Arma 4 with a new (and I mean TOTALLY new) engine

[ProfTournesol 956]

The place to discuss ArmA4 is here : http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?156560-A-quantum-leap-Arma-4

What's the purpose of that topic again :confused:

[St. Jimmy 272]

Ok I'll just speculate what I like to see:

- The fatigue/stamina system

- Soldier protection and the current one taken down because it wasn't ready

- Rain drops from DayZ and maybe some other nice rain effects

- Maybe good news about optimization :O

- Better medic system

- UAV improvements

- Sound improvements

Let's see :)

[13islucky 10]

Don't forget that 'big multiplayer announcement' hinted to be revealed this month. Could be something big, and even if not I hope it's something that we can all appreciate.

[enex 11]

No more small fixes/no more weapon/vehicles

Instead of that I would focus on gameplay features:

Grenade system WIP to be finished

Fastroping WIP finished

Underground trenches

Medical system WIP to be finished

al vehicles with functioning doors

Tanks having modeled interior rather then hole in a box look

Multiplayer menu overhaul

Weapon switching on the move

Terrain improvements (muddy, wet, effect vehicles movement/slippage

Bipods

and all of those hundreds WIP projects that are waiting to be build in.

Edited January 5, 2014 by enex

[Gera_CCT 12]

another 2 episodes of campaign, also rumors about extra coop campaign i've read some time back. I hope some improvements in graphics like HDAO/HBAO, TTXAA (or whatever introduced AA method for 600gtx series, looks damn good in latest assisn's, not even 8xMSAA looks same good. Improvements on sound engine, finally reverberation and echoing, distat filtering (the further sound, the muffled it sounds) etc. Improved AI, especially at nights, so you could finally do stelth missions, with being afraid spoted at 100m by a guy without NVG's, or killing a patrol with silenced weapons, with alarming other guys around like further then 100m distance. Finally Altis texture overhaul, like suggested by NordKindchen, so midrange textures look HD and contrast, so the camoflaged uniform actually can be hardly seen on it. Jets will come soon. As for me, improving the engine, game itself should be in proirity, before adding more content.

Hope so But i think you are asking too much for BIS. I hope for MP/Netcode optimizations and Mid Range Textures.

[CaptainAzimuth 714]

Don't forget that 'big multiplayer announcement' hinted to be revealed this month. Could be something big, and even if not I hope it's something that we can all appreciate.

Was that not already announced? I haven't heard anything about it yet either... wonder what it could be...

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No more small fixes/no more weapon/vehicles

Instead of that I would focus on gameplay features:

Grenade system WIP to be finished

Fastroping WIP finished

Underground trenches

Medical system WIP to be finished

al vehicles with functioning doors

Tanks having modeled interior rather then hole in a box look

Multiplayer menu overhaul

Weapon switching on the move

Terrain improvements (muddy, wet, effect vehicles movement/slippage

Bipods

and all of those hundreds WIP projects that are waiting to be build in.

Some of these are really good things i would expect to see too. I find that not every server available shows up in the server list. Terrain improvements would be interesting as well.

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Must have been some good eggnogg :D

what do I expect... a better multiplayer performance. 25 server fps and everyone except the ones with really good pcs suffer dramatic fps loss (and i don't mean 20 fps, i mean people played with 7 fps), this would be a relief.

Female civilians and a civilian site module

yeah, that would be great already, not much to complain except these 3. at least not from my end.

It was a.. special eggnog. But besides that, this would be great. Improvement in FPS overall would be best expected.

[Tyl3r99 41]

i hope for....

inventory editor we saw in the livestream.......

[CaptainAzimuth 714]

Somewhere back in older posts, i think they mentioned the ability to edit a soldiers gear from inside the Mission Editor (without scripts), which i am 100% in favor of.