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Those minimum requirements look similar to the Arma 2 ones! I would think the 7850 will run it fine, can only wait and see.. I see the system requirements are included in the Arma 3 site, wonder if they will stand up to test.. :)

Are you running any mod/addons or playing the game in Vanilla, no mods. If you are running mods try it without any, there may be a conflict there somewhere between mod/addons. If your not using any, then can’t think of anything else, fingers crossed for someone else that might know more..

I’m going to ask the wife…:o I hope ‘Supporter’, where’s the number for that florist..;). Just thought, these are all just digital downloads, yes ?:(

I know turning AA off in-game should help (PPAA=0). Object detail in-game to ‘Normal’ might also help. VD is View Distance, should be o.k. with 2000, more when flying perhaps, but on the ground 2000 or less is fine. Regards your other settings, they look o.k. Other than the two GPU: GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000 on mine GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=4 on mine Did you set that or was it set for you by the game, may be worth trying different setting there just to see, not sure, but it won’t harm as long as you keep a copy of the original settings before trying.. Can't see anything else, settings wise.. Just thought, try the latest Beta, if your not doing that already..

While your at the pc show, ask regards a better card to run heavier games. The GT 640OC 2GB is close in performance to the other card you have, slightly better, but still very close. Use this to compare, but ask at the show then compare on there and other gpu compare sites to see results. There may be someone on here with a similar set-up that can give better advice, but ask at the show what the retailers think, don't let anyone convince you to buy at the show, unless your really sure, just ask and then compare on-line at home before purchasing anything..

Looking great, good luck with your project, looking forward to driving around the city there in the pic.:).

Lowering the VD might help with the patches. But to be honest it sounds like your system is struggling to run the game. I’m not sure regards your card or system but it may help playing around with the in-game settings a little or giving more info regards your settings, both in-game and game config settings.. List your settings here, may be able to help regards those a little. :)

If you like 3rd person and want to get it a little more accurate, changing the viewing position might help you. Try this, play around with the config a little to get different views. I use it for testing sometimes and its really very good, not sure if it will help but worth a try..:)

Welcome to the forum, I'm pretty new myself..:) CPU should run it fine, but the gpu (GTS450) might struggle, even on lower settings. The cpu might however help that out as alot of this game is cpu heavy. Can't give an exact opinion of yes or no, because your sort of on the borderline. My A2 pc is too, but it runs fine on high settings, there again I have a reasonably good card, its just down to the machine, what you have running in the background and how much you have on it. I have a gaming pc, so there is not much on there except the game and whats needed to run it. If you already have the machine, then buying the game or trying the free version is well worth it. If your thinking of buying the machine, I would do more research before parting with your money, if its a clean machine, i.e. nothing on it other than the OS, then you should be o.k. If its a second hand machine, being offered with all sorts of MS addons, I wouldn't bother..

@TonyGrunt & @zoog Thank you for your replies to the questions I asked, they were very helpful.:) ___ I just hope everything falls into place o.k. Then most people will feel happy, I guess..;)

A couple of these I asked on another Steam related thread, but I may get a little more idea from this thread too. 1/ I buy the disc version (I like hard copy rather than digital download). The key that comes with the disc, will the disc take me directly to Steam, if I am internet connected, as I believe its going to be a Steam activated key, or will the key be in the box (so as to speak, old way) and simply do it as usual ? 2/ I have the game loaded and ready, once that happens and I want to look around the game, I assume I can be off line in SP, will Steam run anywhere in the background, or will the game run o.k. with Steam turned off in SP. If Steam has to run for some reason in the background in SP, what, if any, is the likely performance hit ? 3/ Further down the line some mod/addons are made for A3, I would want to download some interesting ones. I download these from the Steam Workshop area, are these then kept in a Steam library on my pc, or can they be moved over or a separate back up copy of the mod/addon stored on a separate HDD drive ? 4/ MP, I join in a group that has been formed, does the server have to be Steam run, or can any server be used. I assume here that Steam will be running in the background, how much of a hit to performance will this be, or is there virtually no performance loss ? 5/ Is Steam subscription based or free to use for everything A3 based, i.e. the game (once purchased) and the mod/addons ? Thanks, sorry for being a ‘noob’ at Steam, but really I haven’t dealt with Steam at all in the past.

Having never used Steam before, I am interested in the mod download section or workshop area. The two links there above seem pretty straight forward, I am assuming when mod/addons are listed that’s where they appear, then you just download the ones you want from there ? I have currently HDD’s that I use to store all my mod/addons for the series, well over a 1000 mod/addons I would think, lost count. Now with Steam do the mod/addons come into your library after downloading from the workshop area and if so, can they then be transferred onto storage like my others above ? I see that they are sort of categorised, which makes it easier, similar in a sense to Armaholic or Armed Assault site. Now being completely new to Steam, would mod/addons that are made separate to Steam, i.e. say placed on another site, be usable on Steam for A3, or would they have to come from Steam ? Its better I think to ask to see if anyone knows here regards using Steam’s functionality, rather than search around on their site, I hope to get opinions too, concerning the functionality, how; easy, good, bad, hard, awkward, etc things are when using them on Steam. Thanks. :)

GL4 will have the ai using flares at night. However it’s a full mod, so there are lots of changes that will happen to your game, most of them good, I would add, but you have to be aware of that before using it. Can also be turned on or off in the GL4 config. It’s the only one I can think of at the moment, don't think SLX or Zeus do, not sure about ASR ai . :)

This post/sig sort of sums it up. :mad: The erosion of consumer rights seems to be more important to some, than the erosion of human rights. The internet has brought about the erosion of human rights over the many years it has been around, write anything, show anything, say anything and film anything. Its of little concern to some, however, take away there consumer right, or seem to, and up goes the defences. No one could ever take an argument intelligently or even seriously from this type of internet user. People worry regards Steam ! Edit: Oh and for those of you with no intelligence at all, look up the word ‘Spastic’ when used in this way..:mad:

Don’t think the wording is correct for the poll, simple Yes or No would have done. I put ’Yes’, deep down I know I will buy it, even though I would have preferred it stay as it was, without the Steam issue.

Well I have opened my Steam account, not putting anything in the library except of course A3. I don’t like downloading games prefer hard copy, so will probably buy the disc, not sure though. Looked around a little, whilst pondering on how long I might be playing A3. Steam is a typical selling machine, lots of adverts and completely aimed at the mainstream. Of course most of us know that already, but maybe thats the future, how to survive in the industry. Having run a business for a very long time, I know how hard it is in any industry. I don't necessarily believe the reason they gave, is why this has gone the way it has, not saying it isn't part of it, but most companies won't give the customer the full story, its usually financial. Many of the players that play in the group I play, say they are stopping at A2, we'll see. It’s a shame really, but a good business decision financially, I would imagine, can’t argue with that. I will be buying it I think, well pretty sure :confused: Just hope that the game is worth the drama its now caused..

Long sigh.. Can’t wait..:)

I like that Kuskov, and you put it on video. Really good to see a short worth while test, thanks for putting it up. I get told a lot that this or that doesn’t work, or the ai can’t do it. But that’s usually from players that simply haven’t explored the game to its fullest. MBG buildings, the one there in your video (I think), are really good buildings, as are Aplion and others, even some ported from arma work o.k. AI can use buildings quite effectively, many buildings in A2 itself also work really well, its testing to find what works and where. O.k. we all know its not what we would really like to see, entry, movement through etc, but its as good as we will get from this series, for now and possibly on release of A3. I hope to see some new ai abilities in A3, but I think we will be disappointed with what we get. I think it will be more cosmetic improvements, movement being the main one, but enhanced movement of what already exists, if using certain mod/addons, will be just smoother and better. Some of the mod’s made already for ai, have set a high standard, tactics wise, GL4 in particular, but also SLX and Zeus which sort of followed on from SLX. There are a couple of other mod/addons, but they deal more with movement/collision etc. The mod’s mentioned did the best they could with buildings, GL4 mainly, maybe part of Zeus too, but they were done with an overall view, i.e. get the ai to at least use buildings. Now, either by luck or intention, it stretched a little beyond just that, ai will not only use buildings but will tend to pick places within a building to look out, this happens all the time and is shown in numerous tests I have on video, in-fact 90% of the time they will find reasonable places within a building to position themselves, not perfect but pretty good. Following on from that, they will stay within the building and engage the enemy from their position, provided the position is considered a good one, doing so whilst at the same time using good stances, again tests made on video. Obviously they move out or to another part of the building or another building totally, if they need to better their position. Many players don’t see this, because they simply don’t build missions that include this type of behaviour, i.e. use the mod/addons required, design the mission, place units/groups correctly etc, or even choose the right mission setting. Now that’s not a fault of the game at the moment, that’s all possible now due to talented mod makers. Should we get the ai to use the tactics we would really like to see in A3, unfortunately there will still be players, that just won’t see it. Much is already out there and its really quite encouraging to see, but BIS don’t seem to think ai warrants that much attention, it does, it is by far the most important side of the game. The problem is, the standard achieved by some of these mod/addon makers, may never be equalled by BIS. We need the type of talents that made the ones mentioned. Maybe that talent is there already in BIS, in the form of new people or ex mod makers, but I have a feeling too much of it is being put to the wrong use, i.e. underwater world. Before they decided to get into the underwater world, it may have been better to concentrate on the ai first. Then perhaps, the entries into/moving through buildings, that we really do need, may have been achieved, instead of getting us all wet.. I’m sure its possible with more work concentrated on ai, its not that far off, surely..

Business wise: nice move, follow on the dayz success.. Future wise: probably will set BIS up, in a more financially stable way to the situation that went before.. BIS game titles: well they can shift the slow ones better, or will be able too once everything is sorted with Steam. Steam are renowned for their massively reduced sale prices. Don’t think BIS will make money from that ? think again, if you have a bummer sat on your shelves, that you can’t move (sell), plus don’t have the advertising technique’s to get rid of it, then go where you can get rid, Steam.. Game wise: A3, well juries out, for now.. Overall community wise: A different community will build up around the series, depending of course, on what is available free or to buy, i.e. upgrades to game play etc (think maybe, Iron Front). For me: well I only play this series, its realistic war/conflict, the only type of game I play now and for many years prior to now. The small group of us who play will decide individually of course. I see us loosing a few, if not, many members. Steam is advertising heavy and will only get worse regards that, they’re a business after all. It’s a platform that serves its purpose well, mainstream online gaming and sales. I bought a pc just for A3, that’s all that would go on there, I want lean and clean gaming, its how you get the best gaming experience imo. I think perhaps my A2 set-up will move over to my new pc, perhaps, will have to see how things pan out, as they say.. Sad day really, if the series looses serious mod/addon makers, really talented ones, then it will be sad. Things move on, I suppose, maybe I’m too old for all that..;)

I’m glad @ollem asked. It is a great terrain, but take as long as you want. Will be waiting patiently in excited anticipation..:)

Any idea what the hit may be performance wise ? Could be, of course, an excuse to also ask, how are things coming along :o

Yes, as Dimitri said, use 'anim_pistolcivil' from SLX or COSLX (they are the same), it should be fine as a standalone pbo, so just put it in with something else, should work fine. In the action menu use 'pistol' safe.. 'Pistol' will be whatever weapon your using, name will show there.. :)

It is the card that's the problem. It was ok for some games when it was new, but not many.:).

It still surprises me how many people think, because you don’t use ace anymore, or indeed may never have, you must be playing the game in vanilla form. I run lots of mod’s, I ran a lot with ace, before ace, and run a lot still, after finishing with ace. The game-play can be more immersive without ace, with the right mod’s or parts from mod’s. Once the WIP mod/addon CMS is completed, the medical side will be there too.. I like HIP as a mod that covers the period in time, also others. But sometimes there is too much emphasis on particular mods/addons within these, DAC and ASR_ai, which I don’t use, although DAC I dabbled in a good while back. I prefer some of the older mod’s like the gl series, if I can call it that. GL3 possibly the best of them, but 4 is near to it, also zeus, slx and many more, some as old some not so old, ST movement, JTD, bn tracer, blakes a few, Carglass, CAM, dfs a few, PvP tweaks quite a few, Proper tweaks a few, mao, smk now & again, veg replacements, Tracers war, war fx particles etc, etc. Thats without, sound, other environment, factions, vehicles, aircraft, islands, weapons etc. All these mods/addons add to the game, I use some for some things and others for, well you get the idea.. Not always using the complete mod/addon, but in many cases just parts from them. Its not all about ace, ace combines a lot of features, but many of those features plus much more, are available elsewhere, some compatible with ace, some not. Its experimenting with lots of things that tweaks and tunes your game. Some players think, well I’ll stop at ace, it has what I need, well ace is a great mod, no doubt about that. But I, like many others, like to see what’s out there, always have. That’s where this poll fails really, not wide enough or should have stuck with just one ‘Ace’, with or without, or bit of both. Don't need anyone telling me some are no longer supported or even used, its a narrow view, if it works, it works. The same as mixing parts from mods, if it works and works really well, then you just got to go with it, if you want a type of game that suits what your looking for..;)

Schwemlitz is a really high quality terrain, thank you for sharing that with us. I will be looking forward to your new terrain Rosche with great anticipation.. Good luck with this new project. :)