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With the devs comments on steam today quote "So instead, what we are going to do will be similar to Arma 1: we are going to release the entire Arma 2 library to the community and allow them create any derivative work within Arma 3. More details will be announced very soon. ... " looks like good news for all us who want the content from arma2 in arma3

Hi Just want to say a big thanks to RKSL Ran your Euro fighter in Arma3 using AIO. tonight Handles great and the model is very impressive Smoke trails are first class :)

Would be great to have some light artillery support from destroyers like this , Adds a new dimension to game play .Also heli pad on the back :cool: Keep up the good work , be good to see more navel units in Arma 3 , Wish I could just port in all the ships from battle station pacific :P

Massive thanks to KJU and Bis for letting this happen :) Not a great fan of the future warfare theme missed my cold war weapons Now I can play in the sandbox with 7 maps with all the toys from the past and the improved arma3 engine and gameplay Yep there is a few glitch's but no game breakers , old maps look great BIS should get you on board for this idea , Keep up the good work :)

Glad to see this is back for Arma 3 , Sounds greats Keep up the good work and look forward to suture updates :)

Can you please give me some examples of some military sims that look as good as arma does ? I don't quite know what your expecting but you have some thing in mind are else you would not complain. So if you can post some pictures in the thread of the other sims that have as much detail as arma 3 does I love to see it ?

I hope it does come to the steam workshop hope the mod makers Bis and steam can work it out .Nothing worse than messing around with complicated mods are finding you cant join a number of servers because your missing x y z mod.Anything that gets more people playing the game has to be good for the future of the game and BIS.

I think the graphics are very good and even better when you consider its in alpha .The lighting and weather effects are very good and the water and diving looks great . Now they could add some more eye candy but not many people would have a PC that could handle that. As for trees yes the don't look great but compared to Arma 2 they are fantastic I can zoom now and trees dont appear and then disappear . A massive wide open sim like this, it looks great I don't know what some people expect. Seems to be a common trend these days people complain about every new release and have unrealistic expectation.Making sweeping statements like they have professional knowledge of the subject matter when 99 times out of a 100 they know nothing about what's involved in the process. My burger never looks as good as it does in the adds , That lady I met looked nothing like her picture online ,That beach looked much better in the travel brochure etc etc :)

I looked at chat pad but Microsoft never released a driver for it to work in windows .But there is a free ware project driver to make it work in windows but its still in development and not some thing i would recommend at the moment. with any luck they will update it in future. http://code.google.com/p/chatpad-super-driver I done a guide on custom setups on steam http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=132756328#-1 Here is my custom set up useing Xpadder , note you need to check the guide for instruction and how to get this to work.And you need to map the left stick in the arma menu as this will give you the control of speed etc .Over 45 commands mapped to the pad and you dont need to change sets just need to alter the ingame key binding and enable custom controller and diable scheme controller Intro Config changes you need to make Infantry Flight Vehicles Overview

Thanks for this Saok , had my best experiance of arma3 with this , Had a great fire fight on the hill next to the airport and a even better one attacking the airport. Enjoyed the extra sounds you put in and the flares is a nice touch and support options Keep up the good work look forward to future updates :)

Thanks :) I try to keep my profiles simple as possible , i find some profiles have way to many commands linked to them and it gets confusing for most people ,And then it the heat of battle it goes pear shaped I think you have to accept that there are limits on what you can do with a pad in Arma , and you have to decide what keys you can live with out on the pad its all about your own individual play style in my eyes :)

I made a simple guide on Arma3 steam forum for those who want to learn how to map a controller with a 3rd party programme to use on Arma3. Also a few profile there you can copy and paste http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=132756328

A idea for the mapping of xbox controller in ARMA3 , would be great if they could map the keys to some thing like this in the beta .I currently use xpadder for this setup

You have to bear in mind OP Arma was never designed to be played with a game pad and its Impossible to do every thing you need to do with a game pad in this game .And that's why you wont ever get full controller support But you can use your incentive and design a profile for your controller that suits you and your play style. I find it works fine for infantry and its great for flying and tanks etc But you will never get the accuracy you get with a mouse.And you will always need a keyboard and mouse by your side for your inventory and command system and map . I have used this profile for Arma2 for over a year and its what works best for me . There are the my controller images for a full list of commands 1 Infantry http://imageshack.us/f/580/arma3infantry.png Press start to alternate between the two 2 Vehicles I find you dont often need to press the night vision button so i did not map it , same with vault being on the dpad as you dont use it often .If you hold the right dpad down for 2 seconds your binoculars come up. The hard thing about these programmes is finding the sweet spot with the dead aim , you can configure this in xpadder .Alot of the profile come down to your own personal preference and play style. You should get xpadder , they have a community there and they have hundreds of profiles already made for games .You will always encounter problems in the PC community when you mention the word controller as some people see it as a thread to there play style.As for me i play most of my games on a 50" plasma that is at the bottom of my bed , so i like to relax and immersion is more important to me that pixel sniping. Quite happy to use K/M for strategy games etc but i just cant be arsed when it comes to other games.

All i have to say to the devs is look at the way Dragon Rising Incorporated controller support, and the command wheel in to there game .It works very well in my opinion

Had this games for 4 months now and enjoyed it finished all the campaigns and played flashpoint back in the day. Got the hang of the vehicles and the command system etc. Started playing MP a week ago and so far my impression of the community is its very clicky and off putting. All the servers i can find have restrictions on who and what people can fly and some other strange restrictions. I can understand this on the whole as games would be flooded with new players who don’t take the time to learn to fly before they play MP. But the problem is despite numerous requests I find your left at the base for up to 20 min just waiting for a ride to the AO. And they are helicopters just sitting in the base doing nothing are have clan members sitting in them while they are away from the game. And new players are restricted from flying them. And its a waste of time trying to get a lift in any arma to the AO as the click kicks in and pilots pick there friends up etc and I don’t want to spend 20 min to drive to a AO and get there and its been taken . So it takes me to my heading do Bohemia provide any servers were there are no restrictions on who can fly what and no admin playing god ? I am not really interested in joining a clan and if I wanted to follow a military command I would still be in the army. I just want t pick the game up now and then and enjoy all it has to offer online . And having read through a number of posts from new players who made mistakes in there postings and the subsequent response from some of the moderators. I can fully understand why so many people are put off MP. Despite this Its a great community and its good to see a developer that interacts with its players .Just not a great setup for new players are players who don’t want to join a clan .

Well I tried CTI and other servers as advised and again seem to spend most of my time just getting to the op , and spawning miles away from any available arma .Again it was just a frustrating experience ).I always play for the objective and I prefer being on foot but it would be nice to have the chance to use some arma in battle with out having to go through such a long process to get there. And I said before we are not all able to use team speak for one reason are other and we dont all want to join a clan. And I don’t understand why the devs cant see this market and just make a few servers with no admin and no mods at least it would help spread out most of the clowns who just want to mess around on clan servers. Say some think simple like reducing the map and making it a more action packed game without restrictions on players. There is room for those that want to play a military sim and those who want a more action packed game i think. The game has so much more to offer than the likes of BF and yet it all seems to restricted and clicky in MP.They should find ways to increase the number of players playing PVP as well as co-op.And a newbie server with no restriction and more action would be a good place to start. I tried to get a friend on steam in to this game on MP and he thought the same as me and give up sooner than me . Nothing much else I can add to this thread as at the end of the day we all have are own opinions and MP setup is a reflection of the community and they play the way they want. Glad I bought ArmaX and I recommend it to all I know and I loved the single player and some co-op but the MP is just to frustrating and time demanding and restricted for my likening , will get my MP fix else were. Again thanks for all the positive feedback and its a great community and I am surprised I never got my head bit off by a admin for this post at some point )))))) Guess its just not my cup of tea and don’t worry I will close the door on my way out ))) P.S Nice touch that some one made the effort to come on the server I was on the first day I made this thread ,And type in game “can I please fly I am a pilot but I don’t have a mic†, )))) Made for a good laugh

Again , thanks for all the positive feedback .And i never realised i could host my own game i will give it a try. But as Myke stated it is very demanding and depended on your Cpu . And as for some posters saying find games with no restrictions i cant find these games and i dont want to play with just 4 are five players i want a game that is vibrant . The best server i have found so far is the 7th cav tactical realism server, its often full and AI is a challenge but again is restricted. The tools are in place to create your own game but on the whole its my believe that its over complicated and time consuming .And there are many players out there who far various reasons cant enter in to team chat , be it a baby asleep in next room, are a moody light sleeping partner are maybe they are just not comfortable with it are maybe they have speech problems etc . And while I am in no way comparing the two games, even console games such as BF3 MP the majority of the players on the whole make good use of vehicles with no team chat etc. So I would imagine it should not be such a problem with Arma players, any one who invests the money in a decent pc and the time needed to learn to play this game , should be the kind of players that is team orientated. And yes your always going to get sadsacks who go out of there way to spoil a game but they also effect clan servers from what i have seen. I just dont see a reason why the developers cant host two are three servers each with a different game mode and no restrictions. Surely the extra players it would attract would pay for itself in the long run .And with all these extra people on DayZ who dont use team chat and are new to Arma it would be a ideal stepping stone .And more players mean more money for the Bohemia and more money for development so every one wins .Well that just my armchair general business plan )))) Sure its not as simple as that ). Again thanks for the feedback and who knows there might be a complaint thread about me before long "Specta3 tyrant server admin plays god" lol ))))

Thanks for taking the time to reply i appreciate it and its give me a better understanding of it all .So there are no servers which are ran by Bohemia and realy the only way to access flying etc is by joining a clan. All your reasons make perfect sense as to why this is in place for people who pay for there own servers. Its a shame they dont at least provide one server for new players to have some fun on and learn the robes etc .And with all these new players on dayz it would help as a stepping stone in to arma .A massive open world and a vast amount of vehicles to use and yet its restricted for new players online who dont clan up. And as much as i enjoy coop MP i really wanted to find a server were I play against other players but I have yet to find one server were you can do this .I just dont understand why people dont play against each other more you could have some great tank battles etc , used to play Dragon Rising MP PVP and it was good fun apart from the hit detection problems ) Again thanks for the reply and it looks like I will have to bite the bullet and clan up )))