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Hey, partner, Looks like this is a known issue by the ARMA devs and there's already a solution waiting for the next patch to roll out. In the meantime, I can confirm that running the Profiling Branch fixed the issue on my end. I hope this helps someone else looking for solutions.

Hey, gents. Glad to see an honest-to-goodness WWII mod for ARMA in the works. I'm a member of a small community of mod-happy ARMA players, so if you guys need play-testers who can help produce bug reports, or perhaps make some demo missions with your content, let me know and we'll put your products through their paces. Long way off, I know, but the offer's there all the same. Good luck guys!

Hey, Massi. Love to see your work updating! I think, however, I've found a bug. http://i.imgur.com/JTLUIny.png Basically, that's one of your UH-60's sitting idle "on the ground". All I did was toggle AFM on, and WHAMMO. The entire aircraft literally jumps into the air a few feet, then settles back down with the wheels floating about three feet from the floor. Seems to be like that all the time when I have AFM on. The AI units don't use AFM, so you actually have to get into the aircraft yourself. http://i.imgur.com/YuZ3Bot.png That's your Chinook (a brilliant model, btw) floating a few inches off the ground, viewed from outside with no-one in the aircraft. He's one of the lesser offenders here, as when you get in, the jump is very slight. Unfortunately, it seems as if all your helicopters have this basic bug. They sit perfectly fine w/o AFM, but when it's on, they all (even the Mi's) jump a few feet into the air and float above the ground. I'm not familiar with what might cause this, so I'm afraid I can't be much help with a solution (if there is one). Let me know if you can reproduce this on your own. Maybe it's just me. TL;DR: Helicopters float above ground with AFM on. (Edit: Fix broken links)

Hey Teriyaki. Nice work, as usual. I have found, however, what appears to be a bug. Check and see if you can hold a pistol while wearing one of the all-white hooded jackets (hood up or down, either way). It appears that, while in first person, the winter uniforms make the pistol disappear. Odd. While in third person or observing from a second person's perspective: Third Person While in first person: First Person Seems to only be with your uniforms of a winter variety. Has anyone else noticed bugs like this? --Sandwich

I also have this problem. No idea what's causing it. I'm using the mod version.

Did anyone else see that logo for this mod on the ARMAHolic frontpage and think "is that a lightsaber!?" While I'm crushed to see that there is yet no ARMA Star Wars mod, I'm quite excited to see an in-depth dedicated EOD mod take shape. I'll be giving this one a test, for sure!

Hey Sparfell. Just wanted to say "thanks" for this awesome mod. My group and I play almost exclusively as AAF, so having more hardware added to the AAF (even if it's just retextured from other factions) is a huge boost to our immersion and morale (all the better to take the fight to those damn FIA dogs!) Keep up the awesome work. Green Daggers 4 lyfe. P.S. I let PWS know your mod updated to 1.2

Yes, it works great now! Blew me away the first time I heard it. I tested it a third time and yes, it really does seem the PWS version's userconfig is different and non-functional compared to the Armaholic version, and that is a make-or-break for the mod's functionality. I'll look for a way to let the PWS guys know. Keep up the great work!

Hey, Wak. Thanks for the help. I've adjusted for different sound mods by checking videos which don't appear to have sound mods installed, or using them when I recognize the sounds. Also, yeah, I always run with 128 samples. Good thinking, though, I actually forgot to check (which would be a reasonable source of the issue). Still, was 128 before, and still is. Hey LAxemann, thanks for your quick and thoughtful reply. Unfortunately, I've already run through that very same checklist when I was troubleshooting on my own. -I DO have the latest CBA (at least the one available on PWS, and I don't see any newer ones than v1.0.8.140725) -Userconfig was copied (even though it seems to install to userconfig properly when running with PWS) -I ran with the version from Armaholic for my "PWS Failure" testing, and I have the same results Wait... hold on a second (I'm writing this as I test all the steps again from a clean install). I didn't check for THIS variable, and I think I know what's causing the problem. After adjusting, it worked! Read on. It appears to be the USERCONFIG file from the Play With Six version of LES! The PWS version uses a different setup for the userconfig files than the Armaholic version. When installing CLEAN from PWS, the userconfig file seems to be mis-configured, causing the mod to not work. I'm willing to bet that if you tested this yourself, you've got the RIGHT config (the one similar to the file from Armaholic) still in your userconfig file from your work on the mod itself, giving a false confirmation of the PWS version's functionality. Check out my steps to reproduce: 1.) Clear userconfig folder of all LES-related configs. All of 'em. Both from the userconfig file itself and get rid of any sub-folders related to LES. 2.) Install PWS version. Note the mod does not function. 3.) Uninstall mod, being sure to clear userconfig as in step 1. 4.) Install Armaholic version. Note the mod functions. 5.) Uninstall mod, being sure to clear userconfig as in step 1. 6.) Install PWS version. This time, install userconfig file from Armaholic version before testing. Note, the mod works. Alternatively, you could clean the userconfig folder, test the PWS version, then install the Armaholic version's userconfig and test it. I think something got dorked up with the version on PWS. Let me know if your testing gives you similar results. In the meantime, I'm going to test out these sounds. Now that it works, it really is noticeable!

Hey OP. So, maybe I'm just going nuts here, but I can't seem to get the darned mod to work. I've installed via PWS, and tested it with only it and CBA running, but I just can't seem to notice any changes. When I watch your videos showing the mod, however, it's pretty obviously different from the vanilla sound effects. I checked the userconfig, re-downloaded the mod, etc etc. I don't see any special install instructions anywhere, and it seems nobody else on the forum here has this issue. Any guidance? Edit: Let me clarify. The mod seems to load just fine, no errors. The icon appears on the main menu. Just when playing, there seems to be no difference in sound. I've even tried to re-create the scenarios from the videos, just to be sure.

Done. #74997. I'll be sure to send any bugs that way, first, rather than clutter up the forum. Keep up the good work, gents!

Hey Glowbal. Love your work so far. I think I found a bug, however. I was lying down, incapacitated after being shot up by some AI, using the medical module with instant death turned off, when, for the heck of it, I tried throwing a grenade at my would-be killers-- and it worked. A grenade flew out of my motionless body, and more followed as fast as I could press the button, to hilarious results. Anyone else have the same issue?

I'm with Savage on this one. This could make a brilliant testing tool! Also, it just looks like a lot of fun for those missions in which we want to have a more "run 'n gun" action. Good work.

Glad to hear there's a fix for this in the works. Keep up the awesome work!

Hey Raven. Awesome mod! It's become one of the essentials for my little group to use in our ARMA missions. We've noticed a pretty dramatic bug, however, when using the addon. When flying a helo as Zeus (remote control the pilot), and anyone, whether one or all of the passengers use the fast-rope feature, the helicopter can get stuck in the sky over the drop point. Here's how to reproduce: 1.) Go into the editor. Either by having MCC active or by placing the Zeus module on the map and synching to the player avatar, make the player capable of Zeus-ing. 2.) As Zeus, place a helicopter and a team of infantry, and have the infantry board the helo in any manner preferred. 3.) Remote control the pilot, take off. At a safe altitude, drop the infantry using the pilot's begin fast-rope command, or if you have a player helping out as the infantry team leader, have that person initiate the fast-rope. 4.) After the fast-rope action completes and the helo is free to move again, fly away. For complete variable control, keep the infantry where they stand once disembarked. Notice that the aircraft functions normally. 5.) Return to the airspace directly above where the infantry disembarked via fast-rope. You should notice the aircraft becomes stuck in the air, as if the script which fixes the helo in place during fast-roping is active again. I was actually able to turn the aircraft fully up-side-down at one point, to humorous effect, while remaining fixed in the air. I've made a video showing the bug. Linked below. http://youtu.be/0jQ1ZYEGojM Anything I'm doing wrong here? Is there a workaround?

That sounds awfully familiar. "tik tik tik tik tik tik tik"

Thanks for the thoughtful reply. I did some testing of my own (I did a video record of myself shooting and reloading, transitioning, etc, in-game) and yeah, you're just about spot on with those times. It might just be down to where we post our "start" and "stop" times which make the little differences. So, in short, I retract my previous critique. I had to look up Chris Costa, and when I did... wow. That guy's pretty talented. Good on him for putting in the hours to hone that technique. I agree, that would be silly if our soldiers in ARMA were as skilled with a handgun as a world-class instructor. Keep up the good work, man!

As the subject says. Player markers are not appearing for me, and when my players attempt to ping "Big Z", there is zero feedback for Zeus or players (it doesn't work.) Anyone else getting this issue? Any guidance on how to troubleshoot? I'd include pictures, but it's hard to display what IS NOT appearing, if you know what I mean. Edit: Thanks, mods. Was agonizing over which topic category to put this one in. Another Edit:

Hey, OP. Great mod! Just what I was looking for. However, unless I'm going nuts, is the action of transitioning from my rifle to my sidearm just about the same length of time as simply reloading my rifle? A quick test (literally with me just counting out loud the seconds) showed a 4-second reload cycle for my weapon and what felt like a three-and-a-half second transition for my sidearm. I got the same result a few times. I want to believe transitioning to a sidearm is advantageous (beyond the absolute cool factor). Got any insight to this? If it IS really similar in time, maybe we could look into a version of the mod which speeds up the transition to really make transitioning to pistol a valuable option in a pinch. Dunno. What are your thoughts?

I can imagine that there's a number of routines which run a few times a second to keep the AI snappy and responsive. I'm not entirely surprised something like this isn't really usable without a performance drop when on a number of AI. For your intel, I had about 25 AI total on the system when I did testing, but I've noticed, strangely, it doesn't seem to get better or worse with more or fewer AI. Could just be my setup, though, as I have an usually powerful PC. Next time I fiddle around with it, I'll try to get you a log. Heck, I could even just fraps it if it makes your life easier. Other than this performance drop when used on AI, my group just had a blast playing a mission with CWS running and we really couldn't find much wrong with it. There was a moment when an AI trying to help me kinda pushed me around with his shins before patching me up, but, as we say, "ARMA." Nothing breaking, and I doubt I can reproduce it if I tried. This is a great system for a small group which is disinterested in ACE-level medical systems but which crave something more than the vanilla system.

Heya Chess. Great mod! I've noticed something with it, however, when I was playing with my group this afternoon. When I load CWS onto an entire Side/Faction, it seems like there's a massive performance drop. Runs fine with just a handful of players under the system, but when I'm Zeusing it up and load it onto a side/faction, I've noticed around a 30fps drop in performance, both when I tested on my local host and on my dedi server. Considering that my game usually runs a comfy 45-50fps, this is a little alarming. Is there something on my end I can do to lessen this performance drop? For the time being, we're perfectly happy with just having it enabled for players, but given how simple and fun the system is, we'd love to see it turned on for dozens of AI without a significant performance loss, if possible. Watching AI try to treat their fallen comrades is pretty cool to watch during a firefight, and gives them a much more human feeling. No matter what news you've got for us about this concern, I think my group and I will be using CWS for a long time. Keep up the awesome work!

Hey Ohally. Just wanted to say that my friends and I think your work is fantastic, and we look forward to seeing these bad boys on the Independent side. Your latest work with the RDS Armor mods is greatly appreciated. Keep up the stellar work!

My reaction about five minutes ago when I figured out what I was doing wrong: http://i.imgur.com/6HMIefy.gif (1679 kB) Hokay. So, guys, you've been having the same problem as me, yeah? Ten bucks says you've ALSO been trying to build a new mission for yourself or your buds, right? AAaaaaaaaand you've got the Zeus module dropped in there all pretty-like, yeah? Synched up or otherwise linked with some playable characters of any variety you like? How much y'wanna bet you, like me, forgot to drop in the GAME MASTER module from under GAME MODES? [F7] Modules > (Category) Gameplay Modes > (Module) Game Master Drop that sucker right into your mission. Synchronize it up with your Game Master module (the other one, from the Zeus category of the Modules) and you'll be rockin' and rolling in no-time. More details available upon request. Dangit I feel dumb.

Yeah, we double-checked some things and the problem persists. It's not a game-breaker, but it's absolutely annoying. I'll try some things later and report back if I find what's up.

AAF vs REBELS (ALiVE) 1.0 A Calamity Squad Mission by Citadel Situation: Treachery! After months of instability, the political party known as the FIA has finally done the unthinkable; they have removed their representatives from our just and noble parliament and taken up arms to disrupt our peaceful democratic nation. To make matters worse, those dogs in CSAT have joined with the traitors! Heroes of our nation's valiant armed forces, you must take the fight to the traitors in our own country. For this purpose, the nation's most elite warriors have been organized into the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Special Purpose Battalions, to combat the threat on sea, air, and on land, respectively. Your detachment is being posted to a small camp on the coast of Stratis. Utilize the camp's assets to neutralize the threat to our lawful government's control of the island. It goes without saying that you and your teams are being monitored closely for unpatriotic activity. Description: This is a lightweight, straightforward coop mission for between one and sixteen players. It's designed with less powerful computers in mind, so it will work well on either a dedicated server or a local host. Players can perform just about any battlefield role, thanks to the presence of both the VAS and VVS. Furthermore, the mission is highly mod-compatible, so additional weapons-packs, vehicle addons, and AI modifications should run without conflict. It works great for a "gather around the server" mission as well as something to occupy the entire afternoon. This is a total overhaul of my earlier mission, "AAF COIN". Features: - Uses the new ALiVE system. Hundreds of units battle over northwest Altis, and thanks to the innovative ALiVE Profile system, system performance is maintained. - TAW_Tonic's VVS and VAS systems, for maximizing your team's tactical options. - ALiVE's Combat Support module offers advanced options for team leaders use of CAS and helo transport. - For 1 - 18 players, broken into three squads of six. All playable units have either an engineer, explosives, or medic specialization which can be used or ignored by individual players to fit the unit's needs. Installation: Extract the .pbo file(s) to your Steam/SteamApps/common/ArmA 3/MPMissions folder. Known issues: - The BON Recruiting script is originally for ARMA II, so it causes a harmless error the first time a player uses it. - There is no proper end-game state yet. The mission will not end on its own. Credits & thanks: - ALiVE Mod team. Brilliant work! - CBA Mod team, the bedrock of ARMA III's mod community - TAW_Tonic's VVS and VAS scripts - BON Recruiting Script from ARMA II makes a comeback, as is deserved. >>DOWNLOAD<<