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  1. Lou Montana
    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-4 Recon Recon is a Singleplayer or Coop mission for 1 to 4 players, featuring a small PMC recon group. Mission file: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1405129258 Mission setting: Island: Stratis Daytime: 2018-01-13, 07:00 (can be changed) Weather: clear, foggy (can be changed) Mission goal: Simple yet hard: identify a target among the resistance, hidden in the woods. Once your target found and not killed, contact your HQ to know the next steps - kill or spare. Gear: Silenced weapons, NVGs, UAV with TI Functionalities: camera intro and mini-cutscenes detailed briefing fully voiced translated (EN/FR) randomised: the target identity and location changes on every game server-side mission settings stealth is rewarded interactive actions NO MODS REQUIRED - Apex weapons needed Feedback: You can contact me on Steam or BI forum for praises, improvement ideas or threats on my (virtual) life! No Paypal here, just tell me if you enjoyed it and I will be more than happy ;-)
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    Hi, please find this 2D Map Creation tutorial - hoping it provides answers to most of your questions. For any suggestions/improvements, ping us on the Arma Discord Server in the #community_wiki channel!
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    Hello everyone, Here is a small project that may be helpful to everyone that doesn't always have access to internet/the wiki, or to everyone needing the biki when it is down. With the support of peeps in the #community_wiki Arma 3 Discord channel, I managed to extract wiki data to make a COMREF (Operation Flashpoint flashbacks intensify) This is basically offline documentation for commands and functions in all Arma titles - note that some glitches are still present, but the data is pretty much usable. newest version: 2022-08-17 COMREF (before BIKI update - v2.08) old versions: - 2020-11-23 COMREF (update after 2.00) - 2020-06-12 COMREF (added messagebox colours and better parsing) - 2020-06-10 COMREF (first version) My little helpers: @Grezvany13, @Dedmen, @x39, @optix, @Heyoxe, @A3_Stickie
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    [BETA] Arma COMREF - Offline Wiki

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - COMMUNITY MADE UTILITIES

    Updated to 2022-08-17 COMREF - before the Biki Update planned tomorrow 09:00-12:00 CEST edit: update postponed, most likely to the week after
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    How can Discord be so unreasonable?

    Lou Montana replied to Dawks's topic in ARMA 3 - QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

    Lies, lies, lies. And lies again. 1/ You got the first warning for "posting non-arma content in #screenshots_arma", correct. 2/ You got your second warning for crossposting - had you read the received message and the rules, you would know. There is nothing wrong with asking a (honest) question. 3/ Your 7 days mute (so not a ban) was for trolling - pretending someone insulted you, and asking what was the second warning right after someone told you how to read the message and explaining what the second warning was. PS: your eventual IRL service does not give you any benefits in-game or on Discord. If anything, you are dirtying their name trying to get a free pass from the rules.
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    BIKI redirection

    Lou Montana replied to pierremgi's topic in ARMA 3 - GENERAL

    The Arma 3 commands should all be together now. Let us know if anything is wrong! 🙂
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    BIKI redirection

    Lou Montana replied to pierremgi's topic in ARMA 3 - GENERAL

    Yes (sorry about this) the Arma 3 scripting commands is transferring from Scripting Commands Arma 3 to Arma 3: Scripting Commands - right now pages are split between both. For a seamless experience meanwhile, the Scripting Commands page has not experienced any changes. Sorry and thanks for your understanding, it is all for a better wiki! 😬 😉
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    [BETA] Arma COMREF - Offline Wiki

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - COMMUNITY MADE UTILITIES

    Updated to 2020-11-23 COMREF - post v2.00
  9. Lou Montana
    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS CAAS is a Singleplayer or Coop mission for 1 to 8 players now (was 4 before) and 2 optional enemy pilots, featuring pilots on the Altis main airport. Mission file: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2206040060 Mission setting: Island: Altis Daytime: 2020-08-17, 05:00 - time multiplier ×30 by day, ×60 by night - can be changed Weather: cloudy - can be changed Mission goal: Wander in Altis skies waiting for the new task to pop. This mission has no ending. Tasks: Destroy convoys, tank battalions, helicopters, jets… and AA! Gear: A-164, Black Wasp, helicopters (AH-9, AH-99, UH-80) Functionalities: - camera intro - briefing & tasks - fully voiced (using Fixed Wings BI showcase) - translated (EN/FR) - randomised: random tasks happen on a random spot on the island - vehicle respawn - loadout selector - HUD colour changer - NO MODS REQUIRED at all - Jets DLC required to pilot the Black Wasp. Feedback: You can contact me on ARMA Discord, or Steam or BI forums for praises, improvement ideas or threats on my (virtual) life. No Paypal here, just tell me if you enjoyed it and I will be more than happy 😉 LAST UPDATE: 2020-11-10 19:33 - bug reports and suggestions are always welcome, otherwise this mission might be in its final state 🙂 Changelog:
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    One update on the go! @strayer49, I stole your idea to have opfor slots. @sberla101, you can now disable random Altis AA 😉 Add two opfor slots - random airplanes only Add opfor respawn freeze time Add opfor loadout selector Add laptop option to turn ambient music on/off Add enable/disable random AA laptop option Add MP overview text Add vehicle skin randomisation and selection option Add vehicle action restrictions, limited to driver only Add "truck" icon to convoys Add 25/50/75 marks for task chance sliders Update IFF script to only show same-side airplanes Set IFF icons as non-scaling Fix actions (but loadout) to be available away from the airport Fix performance slightly Fix mortars and AA to the ground Fix general and MP issues Fix target/destroy task icon randomisation Fix dynamic view distance script issue with fast vertical speeds
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    Hi @sberla101 and thanks for the kind words! 🙂 and to answer you: - I am thinking about it, it would be an interesting task to do but maybe not that easy at first glance; I have to think it properly! - safe areas… AA tasks can be disabled on the laptop, and I could add an option to disable random AAs if that suits you? - I thought about expanding tasks for land vehicles/infantry as well, but… it may not be air-centered after that and I don't know if I want/can manage the whole island this way maybe I will think of something (another mission maybe?) where an AI is threatening a players' base and where every aspect of Arma is used in the fight. All conversations and suggestions are always welcome! 👍
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    You are demanding, but so it shalt be 😛 would a laptop option be good @strayer49?
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    @strayer49, I updated (not published yet) so the pilot actions (but loadout) are available to pilots not getting in "nato_area". As well, the IFF will only list same-side air vehicles. Next patch!
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    if you are good, you can avoid the truck 😛 "just" parking (close) behind one of them is enough, no need to face it. I will check if there is a "sexier" way (maybe placing a truck on each side is enough) it works… if they get in while in the "nato_area" marker. I suppose you would have to edit the LM_fnc_initSpawnedPlayer function and remove/update that condition. if you remove it, note that selecting loadout (and all the other options) will be available everywhere, even when landing on the salt lake! I may update it as well so at least the earplugs/HUD options are available (this indeed should not depend on location)
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    (among other things) Russian translation added, thanks to @TRAGER!
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    "Little" update 😉 for the weekend! Add Chinese (Simplified) translation, thanks to @strayer49 Add task chances presets Add IFF proximity danger colours and remove viewDistance restriction Add invincible buildings (prevents floating humans) Add artillery and ordnance decoration and description Add "playerName used laptop: action" hint's local translation Add laptop screen translations and fix some translations/keys Add airport voices, used ordnance voices, ejection voices Add long distance visibility to boats and fix setFeatureType in MP Add sound barrier's vapor cone Add Exit mission laptop SP option Add 0.1× time multiplier value Add mouse centering on laptop opening Fix AA pods direction Fix many small performance things (simple objects, GC thresholds, etc) Fix officer sometimes turning around Fix airport 3D marker not appearing when away in a ground vehicle Fix spawned cars not being spawned/deleted as expected Fix some performance and code things Fix task destination when only one target remains Fix IFF action when engine off, allow HUD colour to be changed on the fly Fix CAS radio messages triggering and spacing Fix task completion condition Fix infinite stamina issue if killed on the airport Fix small action priority conflict Fix IFF icon position and same-vehicle activation Fix time multiplier issue Fix a scripting locality issue Fix stringtable: use more Arma translations Fix "Unsupported language English in stringtable" log line
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    @strayer49 I allowed myself to send you a message, can you check your inbox? Thanks and sorry for the bother 🙂
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    Hi @strayer49, first a big thank you for the translation! I will of course add your name to the changelog. Regarding the spawned air assets bug, it is actually by design: since you can spawn an unlimited amount of air assets, I decided to make it a "manual" respawn - wrecks are (or at least, should be) automatically deleted by the game's garbage collector. Once again, thanks!
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    One more (and last?) update to this mission - it has now reached a full mature state from my POV, so unless suggestions are made or bugs are found it should remain more or less like this 🙂 Suggestions are still and always welcome! Changelog: Remove respawn timer Fix SP intro and increase on-foot NATO 3D marker disappear radius Fix very minor performance things Fix IFF with multiple players in the same vehicle or player in destroyed vehicle Add infinite stamina in the airbase Add pilot loadout Add (limited) Arsenal Add ambient birds Add real mission time display on Watch key press Add (invincible) empty AA and mortars to airport Replace Sentinel UAV with Stealth Black Wasp
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    Hello, another update on the loose! A quite interesting one I hope, please see the changelog below: Add Radio Chatter on/off action (not immediate, played sound will end first) Fix "forever incomplete task" in singleplayer Fix potential action issue - a plane can be disabled then repaired Add convoy and building kill voice Fix SP dynamicViewDistance bug Fix base bug and setting translation Add featureType (visibility) option for task objects Add all SP laptop options to MP (+ hint mentioning who used the laptop) Fix ambient anims locality - work in MP now Add IFF Add noise cancellation option Fix officer's desk and add healing location close to respawn See you in the skies!
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    Yes, this file has been removed as well as the "spawn all assets" MP option - unless Steam didn't update the file properly or one tampered with the pbo, there is no reason for it to happen… 🤔 I will check Steam. UPDATE: I checked, and the description.ext CfgFunctions reference was not removed - and didn't trigger an error in Eden. Weird! Thanks for the report, fixed in the next update. UPDATE: Fixed and released 🙂
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    Thanks again 🙂 I will reduce it, I feel it a bit odd too. I am heavily interested in a repro or a screenshot - the "spawn all aircraft" should have been removed for a while now (since laptop spawn has been introduced) Oh, how is it broken? For info, in MP the options allow you to set the starting weather value - it will then evolve randomly the same way the game would do. The SP laptop allows you to set weather and reset fog, but I didn't want to have these options on the MP laptop to maybe prevent abuse from some players (trolling by "day/night/day/night") I could still do it and set an MP param to allow for some settings or not. Thanks again for the feedback! PS: a new task system version is on its way, which should not change anything visually except that the task marker will not be spot on the enemy group leader's vehicle for more immersion (detection + engagement) It should also allow for more types of objectives… stay tuned!
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    The actual task amount is (nbOfPlayers max 2); maybe I can keep that and add a min 6 to avoid an overpopulation/task collision! I will see between 6 and 8… oh, let's allow for 8 directly. Glad to hear! 👍
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    I wondered, and maybe players could help me thinking about it, but would it be interesting if I raised the amount of slots (from 4 to e.g 6 pilots)?
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    [SP/MP][COOP] LMS 1-8/2 CAAS

    Lou Montana replied to Lou Montana's topic in ARMA 3 - USER MISSIONS

    Ouch… it might be an issue with it being loaded as an MPmissions\ directory file and not a Steam Workshop item (support differences have been reported) I am afraid this one is out of my hands, as a last resort you could edit the pbo and remove these lines from description.ext: #define DAYTIMEHOUR_DEFAULT 5 #include "\a3\functions_f\Params\paramDaytimeHour.hpp" #define WEATHER_DEFAULT 50 #include "\a3\functions_f\Params\paramWeather.hpp" This should get rid of the issue, but also of the daytime/weather settings. PS: flattery will get you nowhere! But please carry on, just to be sure about it :^) thanks!
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