[SP] In Our Time (Campaign) v1.05

[old_painless 182]

OK, back with a solution!

First, the put-pbo-in-campaigns-folder method is not working in this case. Or it may conflict with a Steam subscription. Either way, there is a method which works:

Subscribe to the campaign within Steam and use the launcher. The campaign will be listed under "Mods" which is weird, but that is what it takes. In-game, the campaign is then accessible under Main Menu-Play-Campaigns.

In case you're a shortcut guy and is clueless about the launcher (which I was until about 20 mins ago) go into Steam, select Library, rightclick on Arma 3 and select Open Launcher. First time, it installs a few things and then you are good to go.

-OP

[TedHo 53]

I apologize to all those who had trouble getting the campaign version to load. This is due to a packing error on my part making Arma ignore the .pbo content. I will ask the armaholic admin to upload a fixed version soon.

Meanwhile you can download the fixed version here:

Download link for fixed version (1.0.6.1)

OK, back with a solution!

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-OP

Thanks Old_Painless, for providing a solution and confirming that the addon version works. Releasing a campaign as an addon may seem weird but it was the only way to publish them on steam at the time.

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Just copying my Steam comment:

Short, but excellent!

Athmospheric Mini-Campaign, with very detailed plot, characters and felling.

Cutscenes included, conversations included and a lot of action.

For those of you who remember Operation Flashpoint: do you know the "After Montignac" mission? The last mission of this campaign is an outstanding successor of that "lone wolf escaping a bunch of enemies in hostile surrounding" with definately no chance to blow them all away.

I was hitting the "reload" button a few times before I managed to make some progress.

So the campaign really meets what ArmA Series stands for!

Thank you for that and keep up your work!

Thank you Clausewitz for your GREAT comment. I am glad that you enjoyed it. The last mission was my favorite too and was a ton of fun developing.

hey ted, how is your sequel going? do you already know how many missions there will be?

Hi Wiki, I'm glad you asked. There would be 5 missions + 1 hub + 1 skirmish mission in the sequal. I've finished the hub and missions 1-3, just started working on the mission 4.

Finishing missions 4 and 5 would still take about a month. Voice acting would probably take another. It is relatively easy to tell a story but I've had some difficulty creating interesting combat scenarios so I've been going back and forth on mission designs. But I'll keep working on it until I am confident enough to publish it.

Thanks!

[voiceofarma 24]

thanks alot I,m going to download and check new file.

[voiceofarma 24]

It's fixed now thanks.

[voiceofarma 24]

OK, back with a solution!

First, the put-pbo-in-campaigns-folder method is not working in this case. Or it may conflict with a Steam subscription. Either way, there is a method which works:

Subscribe to the campaign within Steam and use the launcher. The campaign will be listed under "Mods" which is weird, but that is what it takes. In-game, the campaign is then accessible under Main Menu-Play-Campaigns.

In case you're a shortcut guy and is clueless about the launcher (which I was until about 20 mins ago) go into Steam, select Library, rightclick on Arma 3 and select Open Launcher. First time, it installs a few things and then you are good to go.

-OP

I didn't understand you exactly, do you mean we must subscribe addons by launcher? which will open web browser instead of steam browser?

[old_painless 182]

I didn't understand you exactly, do you mean we must subscribe addons by launcher? which will open web browser instead of steam browser?

The launcher has nothing to do with how you subscribe. You can subscribe in the Steam application on your PC or by using a browser (http://steamcommunity.com/app/107410) - a browser will require you to log in.

Once you have subscribed to something, if you then use the launcher it will know and make sure to start Arma in such a way that your subscribed content is available

[Wiki 1558]

It is relatively easy to tell a story but I've had some difficulty creating interesting combat scenarios

I agree ;)

[inlesco 233]

Finished the campaign. Boy, it was a good ride! Nice voice acting and roles! Some of the decisions made by characters remained questionable, but whatever, it's gotten more tense approaching the end.

Despite small issues with A3 AI not advancing faster waypoint to waypoint and other unfixable [by mission makers] issues, I'd recommend this for everyone. ;)

[TedHo 53]

Hi Inlesco,

Glad you like the campaign! And yes the voice ators did a fantastic job.

Some of the decisions made by characters remained questionable

Please feel free to tell me about pieces of plots you found odd. There are plenty of plots I wanted to change but never had time to. I'll watch out for them in the future though.

Thanks.

[Borse 10]

The campaign is now working for me as well.

I haven't gotten very far yet, but from what little I have seen so far it is very interesting. There's some really excellent voice-acting in there.

Will try to give a bit more thorough feedback when I have finished the campaign.

EDIT: By the way, I loved the scout squad leader doing katas outside the main camp right at the beginning. How'd you get him to do that?

Edited January 1, 2015 by Borse

[Wiki 1558]

Hi Ted.

Just a quick question:

I'd like to have the same intro as you did (with the "An ArmA 3 campaign"... "Campaign Title").

Can you help me with it?

Thanks:!

[TedHo 53]

The campaign is now working for me as well.

There's some really excellent voice-acting in there.

scout squad leader doing katas outside the main camp right at the beginning. How'd you get him to do that?

Oh yes, the voice actors did a fantastic job. And for the katas anmiation:

unit switchMove "AmovPercMstpSnonWnonDnon_exerciseKata";

Hi Ted.

I'd like to have the same intro as you did (with the "An ArmA 3 campaign"... "Campaign Title").

Thanks:!

Here it is!

intro_cmpTitle = {
showChat FALSE;

_x = 0; _y = 0.3; _duration = 5; _fadeInTime = 2;
["bis_fnc_dynamicText"] spawn BIS_fnc_blackOut;

_introText = format["%1","<t font='PuristaBold' align='center' valign='center' size='1'>AN ARMA 3 CAMPAIGN</t>"];
[_introText,_x,_y,_duration,_fadeInTime,0,100] spawn bis_fnc_dynamicText;
sleep (_duration+2*_fadeInTime);

_introText = format["%1","<t font='PuristaBold' align='center' valign='center' size='2'>IN OUR TIME</t>"];
[_introText,_x,_y,_duration,_fadeInTime,0,100] spawn bis_fnc_dynamicText;
sleep (_duration+2*_fadeInTime);

["bis_fnc_dynamicText"] spawn BIS_fnc_blackIn;
sleep 2;
};

[Wiki 1558]

Thanks ted, works perfectly!

Edited January 2, 2015 by Wiki

[chow860 17]

It's been said before but i'll say it again. One of the best user made campaigns available right now for ArmA III. I only just got around to playing it this week and my only regret is that I didn't play it sooner. Looking forward to Bell Tolls :)

[TedHo 53]

Hey chow860, glad you liked it!

Bell Tolls is out! Check it out. http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?187618-SP-Campaign-Bell-Tolls-A-Sequel-to-In-Our-Time

[voiceofarma 24]

Hey chow860, glad you liked it!

Bell Tolls is out! Check it out. http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?187618-SP-Campaign-Bell-Tolls-A-Sequel-to-In-Our-Time

thanks a lot but if that's a sequel to "in our times" campaign why you just created it separately? and if not so you won't continue "in our times" story?

thanks

[flatbear 19]

One quick bug to note,

In the mission "Altis Airways" after I got in the helicopter, it marked all of my objectives as complete but the helo just flew around the house forever and did not either go back to base or end the mission and I had to do the endmission cheat to end the mission because I had clearly completed the mission but some of the scripting was a bit off.

[TedHo 53]

One quick bug to note,

In the mission "Altis Airways" after I got in the helicopter, it marked all of my objectives as complete but the helo just flew around the house forever and did not either go back to base or end the mission and I had to do the endmission cheat to end the mission because I had clearly completed the mission but some of the scripting was a bit off.

Oh yes I've encountered that a few times myself. Helicopters tend to ignore waypoints when they see enemies, it's really frustrating. I've been using unitCapture/unitPlay from that point onwards. I doubt I'll have time to implement a fix but thanks for the report anyways.

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thanks a lot but if that's a sequel to "in our times" campaign why you just created it separately? and if not so you won't continue "in our times" story?

thanks

Bell Tolls is the sequel and the story is connected. Well, sort of. All stories are loosely connected and follow the same timeline. I didn't want to dwell on a single set of characters/gameplay style because it just gets boring after a while... Anyway, try out Bell Tolls and you'll see.

[Variable 322]

Wonderful work man. This is professional stuff. Good job and keep them coming! Oh, there's a sequel?! Yay! going ot play it... Thanks ted hou!

[kbbw123 115]

Oh yes I've encountered that a few times myself. Helicopters tend to ignore waypoints when they see enemies, it's really frustrating. I've been using unitCapture/unitPlay from that point onwards. I doubt I'll have time to implement a fix but thanks for the report anyways.

You could fix it by using this command for the helicopter if it is Spawned with a name/ Placed in editor

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allowFleeing

[TedHo 53]

You could fix it by using this command for the helicopter if it is Spawned with a name/ Placed in editor

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/allowFleeing

Thanks KBBW123, that's really helpful!

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Wonderful work man. This is professional stuff. Good job and keep them coming! Oh, there's a sequel?! Yay! going ot play it... Thanks ted hou!

Thanks! Enjoy!

[haleks 8206]

Just in case the allowFleeing thingy doesn't work, have you tried to set the crew to "Careless"?

[TedHo 53]

Just in case the allowFleeing thingy doesn't work, have you tried to set the crew to "Careless"?

Thanks, I'll try that as well next chance I've got.

[flatbear 19]

Congrats for your finalist nomination in Make Arma Not War Contest!

[Variable 322]

Congrats for your finalist nomination in Make Arma Not War Contest!

Seconded! You totally deserve it man, awesome job on this campaign.