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Ok...apparently my vacation from mission making will start 1 day later than I expected, this ones for you, Foss:p **** NEW TECHNICAL UPDATE FOR DUWS MODIFIED **** New As of May 5th, 2014: version 1.3 - adjusted Helo Taxi script so that any group members in other vehicles (other than the taxi) will not exit those vehicles if/when the helo taxi lands. Everyone inside the taxi will still automatically get out as usual. - adjusted Warcom Zone Creation script so that enemy armor which gets spawned at mission start will not spawn too close to prefabs and potentially flip over or explode anymore. - disabled the auto-save (too annoying and not necessary since you can save whenever you like with 0-8-1 in pbo version or esc/save in steam workshop version). - added the mtv1 variable to mission init to get rid of a minor rpt error being thrown by the Teleport menu. - cleaned up some left over scripts - *** Quick note about enemy armor and how it spawns: At mission start, enemy armor will only spawn at zones that are GREATER THAN(>) 500m radius (this has nothing to do with armor that spawns later in the mission, however). The default MINIMUM size for zones at mission start is 250m (on the startup screen), therefore, if only 3 zones are created by default and 2 of those zones are 500m or less in size, that means that initally, armor will only spawn at 1 of the zones at mission start. SO... if you want more armor at mission start then choose the next minimum size up for zones (which is 500m in the startup screen). By setting the MINIMUM size for zones at 500m you will likely see most zones greater than 500m in size and so you will likely see armor spawned at almost all zones. Just remember that by upping the minimum zone size and causing more armor to spawn then you are also going to take an fps hit to some extent (youll probably see 10fps difference...but that's Arma). DropBox .pbo & Steam Workshop Have Been Updated - Just re-download , install & Have Fun!! Download Latest Version of DUWS Modified at my DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/j7d2sqwcg46zk75/BigShots%20DUWS%20Modified%20v1.3.zip Also At The Steam Workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=222686368

@Foss - wish you would have mentioned this to me a few days ago so I could have made a change. Just checked for you and yep, it's because the code was written as this: {doGetOut _x; sleep 1;} forEach units group player; ...that is the issue, so it needs to either be changed or removed if you have group members not with you and who are manning other vehicles while you are landing in the taxi...an unusual situation really...and its too late for me to change anything right now since i just released 1.2...I doubt ill be releasing another update in the short-term too as I'm taking a bit of a break from coding/mission making. A simple work-around for you is to use the vehicle'd HC groups as your armor in the field and use your "private" group members as foot soldiers who always go with you (this is how I do it myself). That doGetOut command should not have any effect on your HC groups.

**** NEW & FUN UPDATE FOR DUWS MODIFIED **** ...New side-missions, updated/tweaked the new AI Limiter, and more! New As of May 3rd, 2014: version 1.2 - 2 NEW SIDE MISSIONS: 1. DEFUSE THE GORGON (#2 on side missions list) - Earn a new Gorgon vehicle AND 200 spendable CP or risk losing ALL OF YOUR CP! You must find the defuse code among the enemy units in the AO (look for action menu item "check his papers"), then locate the boobie-trapped Gorgon to enter the code on its keypad (action menu) and stop it from blowing up within 30 minutes. 2. DO or DIE (#3 on side missions list) - You Must Save Your Commanding Officer. You must go to the AO marked on your map and locate the briefcase which contains the secret defuse code, then make it back to HQ within 30 minutes so you can disarm the bomb before the officer blows up! The briefcase can be anywhere on the ground within the AO! If you are successful you will earn 250 spendable CP, if you are not successful it's Mission Over and you lose at DUWS! - further tweaks to the new Duws AI Limiter to increase it's stability and reliability; seems to be keeping the mission quite smooth now! Try enabling this AI Limiter, enable Attack Aircraft and turn the AP up to the 200 max setting on the Startup screen and enjoy the mahem at 50+fps for hours! - increased wait time to 5 minutes in between calls for artillary,jdams,mortar,CBU20 - added a new CP hint to the Squad Manager so you can check your cp whenever/wherever you like. - removed HQ Officer animation so he stands still now (also because BIS broke the anims which cause rpt sound errors to be spammed, and we dont want that!) - more price adjustments for some support unlocks - updated body/vehicle cleanup script - more misc. rpt error fixes DropBox .pbo & Steam Workshop Have Been Updated - Just re-download , install & Have Fun!! Download Latest Version of DUWS Modified at my DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/y76ynlzuybc2c01/BigShots%20DUWS%20Modified%20v1.2.zip Also At The Steam Workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=222686368

Im getting thousands of rpt missing sound errors related to cutscene anims since the patch this week...such as: Cannot load sound 'a3\sounds_f\characters\cutscenes\concrete_acts_pointingleftunarmed.wss' anyone know how to fix this?...and why does BIS do crap like this every single patch with no explanation of what we need to do to fix their fixes?

according to the readme; "place the following line in init.sqf to run the timer for all the players [] execVM "bomb\timer.sqf";" ...but there is no such file in the archive you are distributing. I downloaded from the new github link you posted yesterday. Also, it seems as if you have to create your own bomb/explosive device? I have the timer showing up and the keypad shows up after clicking action menu, but if i let the timer count down theres no explosion, the vehicle which your script is attached to just disappears. I thought this a ready-to-go script which can be plugged into any mission within minutes...but the lack of proper documentation and confusing demo mission files is causing this to take hours instead of minutes for me. I appreciate the effort in putting it out here and all...just seems for something so simple it shouldn't be this difficult :-)...but im certain it must just be ME, as always :p *EDIT* - Nevermind guys...I found the code I was missing to get the bomb to explode.

nice, so this works for all connected client machines, and JIP too, with no issues I need to know about?

addactions can be a real pain sometimes in a MP environment, I struggled a bit with that when I first began modifying the duws mission...I'm trying to remember back how I solved it...I think you would need to make the object it's attached to into a global variable (if its not already) before the action gets attached. You might also need (but it depends) to set that global variable in the mission's init so that it'll get picked up by all connected machines. I was thinking about using this as part of a new side-mission in Duws Modified....but other than the addactions not working is there anything else that I should be aware of whether it be MP issues or otherwise?

@vengeance1 -there are no issues with save/resume for my modified version on steam workshop either. The only difference is that IF you are playing in SP Scenario mode then you should only use esc/save (instead of using 0-8-1 sitrep). You can easily resume in both the pbo & workshop version of Duws Modified. I'm reposting this here because I'm sure many folks will not check the previous page and know about the latest update: DUWS MODIFIED v1.1 Re-RELEASED today April 25th, 2014 at 15:45GMT due to typo error which caused some enemy not to spawn when zones are created at mission start. Please re-download & install if you initlally got v1.1 before the above posted time frame. Sorry folks. DropBox .pbo & Steam Workshop Have Been Updated - Just re-download , install & Have Fun!! Download Latest Version of DUWS Modified at my DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/shae6nybr7e1cd5/BigShots%20DUWS%20Modified%20v1.1.zip Also At The Steam Workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=222686368

@neofit - there is no v1.0 from 4/24. The pbo which is dated the 24th is 1.1 if you check the zip...regardless (this is a moot point in this case since no "save" changes have been made), here is the quote from the change files on march06: "- Workshop Version ONLY: old way of saving has been re-enabled so you should now be able to use RESUME in SP Scenario using the Steam Workshop version." The mission works the same as original duws when it comes to saves, nothing has been changed at this point in that regard. Which is: If you play the pbo version you must use 0-8-1 (sitrep to make your saves). You can then use "resume" to continue your last saved point. If you play the workshop version you are allowed to use the normal arma3 way of saving using esc/save, then then use "resume". The mission "policy" was to prefer players to use the 0-8-1 sitrep as the only way of saving (which is how the pbo version works) BUT for some reason the Steam workshop was not allowing players to resume after saving this way when they played in Scenario mode, SO in order to get the steam workshop version to allow resuming in SP scenario mode it was decided to reinstate the default way of saving missions (esc/save) when playing the steam workshop version. Also, it is clearly documented (if you have a good read-thru on my workshop page for duws modified) that it is much better to play this mission in LAN or Internet mode and NOT SP scenario. Even though it works ok and runs in scenario mode it was designed to play in LAN/Internet for various reasons including respawn features and other Parameter screen options which you lose in scenario. Play it in LAN and you'll be happier. PS - also, be aware...that due to bugs and features continually being fixed you should ALWAYS download and ONLY play the very newest release from me. So don't keep playing an older version simply because it might not have any changes you're too interested in...there are many little fixes that sometimes do not even get mentioned in the notes but can effect players in various ways...so just make sure to always update yourself after a new release.

@neofit - please download the mission zip from the dropbox link provided for the modified version and simply read through all the changes to get the info you want...or simply try to perform a save & resume in SP if thats all you want to know...will take you all of 45 seconds, yes? ..I could never understand why some people insist on posting about such simple matters which they can clearly test themselves within seconds or minutes...it's as if they'd rather wait hours for an answer?, i don't get that mentality. If you test something that doesn't work they way its documented to work thats one thing...but this is not what you are describing. What you are asking about works just fine if you'd only have tried it first.

DUWS MODIFIED v1.1 Re-RELEASED today April 25th, 2014 at 15:45GMT due to typo error which caused some enemy not to spawn when zones are created at mission start. Please re-download & install if you initlally got v1.1 before the above posted time frame. Sorry folks. @Vengeance - stop hitting the "restart" button and use the "resume" button instead :-) @anonxmous - the "parameters" menu button is in the mission's lobby when you start a new LAN or Internet server in-game. DropBox .pbo & Steam Workshop Have Been Updated - Just re-download , install & Have Fun!! Download Latest Version of DUWS Modified at my DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/shae6nybr7e1cd5/BigShots%20DUWS%20Modified%20v1.1.zip Also At The Steam Workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=222686368

@EndlessSoldier - the current officer protection works in the majority of such cases where you have a pin-headed game crasher that finds his way onto your server. However, it is not foolproof because in DUWS you wouldnt want a full protective barrier surrounding the HQ as it would break the mission. The best way to deal with someone trying to ruin your fun is to simply boot/kick them off your server...that happens to work quite well and can be performed by the host from anywhere/anytime in any mission.

**** NEW FPS PERFORMANCE UPDATE FOR DUWS MODIFIED **** ...New parameter screen option that turns "normal" Duws into "Duws Lite!" with less AI and much improved fps performance over time. New As of April 24th, 2014: version 1.1 - New DUWS AI Limiter---> If this option is ENABLED: (plays with less enemy and improved fps/lag, much like a Duws Lite!) 1.Automatically limits the amount of AI (friendly & enemy) that the warcom scripts will spawn into the mission as time passes. The warcom scripts may decide not to spawn any new AI patrols, wave attacks or QRF reinforcements (friendly or enemy) IF it thinks the total amount of living units on the map has risen too high (100-140), and will cache any previous warcom request in waiting. When the total unit numbers drop low enough the warcom cached requests will continue to spawn AI as normal. 2.It will stop you from fortifying FOB's anytime the total number of units in the mission rise to 100+. You can still build the FOB, however, fortifying will have to wait until unit numbers fall back below 100 (use the new AI Info HINT in the Squad Manager screen anytime you like). 3.It will also effect the amount of enemy groups initially spawned into red zones at mission start (approx. 25% fewer enemy at mission start and continued lower amounts as mission continues). 4.The START screen will limit the number of zones you can create to a maximum of 6. 5.The START screen will limit the size of the zones to a maximum of 1,000. This is not meant to INCREASE fps, but only to help in keeping the fps from spiking downward too low & for too long, therefore allowing longer periods of play at more reasonable fps levels. **This feature is a new Parameter option that can be toggled on/off in mission's MP lobby screen. It is always "OFF" by default. If you leave it OFF, DUWS plays as normal without any restrictions. Turn it ON and it plays like a Duws Lite with alot less enemy but much smoother play and less or no lag at all. It's your choice! - New Warcom Spawn HINTS: Hint displays automatically in upper right hand corner of hud whenever the warcom scripts spawn new AI into the mission. Only works when the DUWS AI Limiter is ON in Params menu, and is there as a reminder that the limiter is ON. - New AI Info HINT: Displays the amount of AI currently alive in the mission. You can use this when the DUWS Limiter is on or off to see how many AI get spawned over time and can also be used to help you to know when it's ok to fortify an FOB or recruit new AI without tanking your fps. This hint is displayed each time you enter the "Squad Manager" screen (which can be accessed anywhere/anytime in action menu once you've accrued 30 persistant experience points). - More bug fixing: for the green MTV-1 vehicle marker not always showing up after completing side-mission #1. If it remains problematic the script may be changed. - Warcom script adjustments, to try and reduce the frequency & duration of downward fps spikes under certain conditions. **A word about AI & performance issues** - in Arma you should always think twice before requesting/spawning more friendly AI into the mission or choosing how many and the size of zones to start with, always use the bare minimum whenever possible, especially vehicles & aircraft which have the worst fps effects. If you're going to request new vehciles do only 1 at a time. Hosting a MP game server also has a large negative effect on your fps. While the mission lets us make our own decisions and play as we like. we must still use common sense here. You shouldn't wonder why you're getting only 20 fps when you have 8+ zones, a bunch of AI vehicles active on the map and 3 more empties waiting back at base :-) Always use caution and get to know what your machine and personal game settings will allow you to get away with in arma. Re-RELEASED as of April 25th, 2014 at 15:45GMT due to typo error which caused some enemy not to spawn when zones are created at mission start. DropBox .pbo & Steam Workshop Have Been Updated - Just re-download , install & Have Fun!! Download Latest Version of DUWS Modified at my DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/shae6nybr7e1cd5/BigShots%20DUWS%20Modified%20v1.1.zip Also At The Steam Workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=222686368

Ok so here's a bit of a bombshell for all of you...there will soon be a performance update for Duws Modified! It won't be the magic bullet that everyone hopes would allow them to play with 300AI and 10 zones with max settings...BUT, I hope it will improve the severity & duration of fps spike drops well enough so that folks who couldn't seriously play it before will be able to now. It will be in the form of a newly added param option and will limit the game slightly when enabled, but I think there's a crowd out there who will appreciate the small trade-off in exchange for being able to play, or play for longer! I will post back when I'm ready to release this update.

it does run at the settings i provided...i can play it for hours that way and never get down to 10fps....if youre really getting that low then its either your pc or you are pushing arma3 and the mission way beyond what its designed for im afraid. I can play for 3+ hours starting at 170AP on both sides with 4-5 zones and never get below 25...and most of the time itll be in the 40's and 30's. Yea get rid of the mods maybe, dunno what else to tell you. **EDIT - also Wolfe, I noticed that you must not be playing my modified version since you posted on the steam workshop for DUWS original, that may be why your destroyed vehicles/bodies are not being removed. Try playing the Modified version instead.

@WolfeUK - Thanks for the appreciation, always good to see ppl enjoying the mission. Doesn't sound like you've played DUWS too much yet though since you havent noticed that dead bodies get deleted every 10 minutes, destroyed vehicles deleted every 5 minutes. This is simply the way arma3 is with very large missions that have tons of non-cached AI and lots of scripting...it's the price you pay for getting the sort of 1 of a kind dynamics that only DUWS provides, and at the same time showcases just about everything arma3 has to offer out of the box, and with no addons required. Take all that plus start adding in some of your addons which you may have enabled and fps/lag is bound to suffer. For some it lags right away yet for others its playable for hours even with fps drops. I DO feel your pain, and I know that after this latest 1.16 game patch from BIS the fps has seemed to dropped alot as well, for many of us...myself included :-( Besides the mission itself there are just so many factors that dictate how well or not this game runs that its difficult to make suggestions that will work for all of us, but you can start by trying to turn down some of your game settings to reasonable levels....try not to play with alot of mods enabled when you start arma3 as that will slow you down alot as well...I typically only play with a sound mod and cba. Also it helps to turn down the starting AP on both sides. Try starting at 50AP or even 0. That helps keeps things smoother. Personally even though my fps has dropped alot since the 1.16 game patch I can still play the mission for a few hours at a time with borderline but acceptable results most of the time. Keep in mind if you're hosting in MP with other players connected that will give your machine even more to have to handle and will make things worse. I suggest when playing with others the host should be careful to turn down his game settings alot and run very minimal mods and use a low starting AP.

@teolo - takistan is tiny compared to altis so you'll need to use a max distance from HQ setting lower than the default. The default is 5km, so try lowering it to 4km, or 3km...you can go as low as 2k until you find a setting that works for that map....you can also try placing the HQ manuall with a max dist setting at 2.5km which should work....some small maps work better than others. Also use common sense here when it comes to choosing zone size...on a tiny map you obviously dont want large zones spread out far....so try using 500m as your zone size on those small maps. Ive played it on Takistan in the arma3mappack mod and it works ok but takes a little experimeting using those small numbers.

Seems to be working ok today...I see it in VAS now, dunno why it wasn't there yesterday....maybe I just needed a reboot or something.

nope, they aren't showing up for me in VAS...not without editing anyway. CTAB is enabled since I see it in the arma main menu...but I looked through VAS 10 times and saw nothing to put into my inventory. Any ideas why?

is there anyway to have the required items to show up in VAS (virtual ammo system) so this can be used in any mission which has VAS?

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**** NEW TECHNICAL UPDATE FOR DUWS MODIFIED **** ...mostly bug fixes so make sure to replace your old version with this newest one. New As of April 18th, 2014: - Player can no longer move about or be injured during teleporting process. - Addended an official mission version number to the Mission Selection Screen & Briefing so players can more easily know if they're up-to-date; New Official Version as of today is v.1.0 (removed using any version number in file name). - More minor bug fixes: related to new side mission where the MTV vehicle's action menu item may not show up for certain connected clients. - More minor bug fixes: related to new side mission's task succeeded/failed HINT message not showing up for connected clients. - More minor bug fixes: related to new side mission where the MTV vehicle's map marker may not show up for certain connected clients. - More minor bug fixes: msic. JIP issues. - Fixed: some minor rpt errors. *IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT JIP - if you JIP and the host has "revive" enabled but you have no revive option after death and you keep respawning without your saved weapon kit, the best work-around is to simply close down and reboot arma3 and then rejoin the server again. JIP DOES work when you do it this way. DropBox .pbo & Steam Workshop Have Been Updated - Just re-download , install & Have Fun!! Download Latest Version of DUWS Modified at my DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/arq3nlets1rr9te/BigShots%20DUWS%20Modified%20v1.0.zip Also At The Steam Workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=222686368

I need someone for some Duws Modified testing right now, if you're available for an hours worth of boredom please Friend me on Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/bigshotlongisland/

Pfffft...enhanced means to improve. In what possible way do they see an improvement here, because to me impaired seems a more accurate adjective here. Does anyone have any clue at all what exactly this means, because all I see is that you can no longer click on the uav map to give waypoints for the ugv's. How can i give my autonomous vehicles waypoints to follow now?? If you change the way a game works then you're supposed to document the change so customers know how to operate it, yes?

**** HEADS-UP! NICE NEW UPDATE FOR DUWS MODIFIED **** New As of April 15th, 2014: - Added New Side-Mission(#1 slot in mission list): with capturable AAF Strider "Mobile Teleport Vehicle (MTV)" which you get to keep & use as a new teleporter if you successfully complete the mission! *Note - you can teleport/fast travel to the vehcile no matter where it is, and it also provides you access to the FOB/HQ Teleport screen. It will not respawn so if destroyed you'll have to play & complete the mission again. - Added New High Command Support Unlock for 0-8 menu: "Bobcat" armored vehicle capable of performing repairs/rearm/refuel (25cp to unlock + 8cp per call). - Added Click Distance Hint: for use with the new halo restriction on map screen, makes it alot easier to find an allowed halo ckickspot on the map which conforms to the new 1km rule. - Fixed Halo Restriction: Now works properly for connected clients. Clients can no longer halo by clicking directly on or too near a red zone. - Resume fix for host: when "resuming" a saved mission your 0-8 menu unlocks do not get restored until you respawn once. FIXED, you no longer need to respawn after a "Resume" (only works for host since savegame in arma3 cannot save client info). - Minor Bug Fixes. DropBox .pbo & Steam Workshop Have Been Updated - Just re-download , install & Have Fun!! Download Latest Version of DUWS Modified at my DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/s/v2j9k5qthh0g3jr/BigShots%20DUWSv08b%20Modified.zip Also At The Steam Workshop: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=222686368