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In my first test I was using the mortar on the airfield, that should be a flat surface, but it was missing. Then I tried placing the mortar at Camp Rogain, shot a target at 1600m (without direct sight) and missed by only 10m! So, the calculations are indeed correct. I did some research and it seems there is 0 drag on mortar shells in A3. My conclusion is: It will be very hard to hit the target with the first shot, because we can't know for sure if we are in a flat horizontal surface. But, if we use the impact coordinates, the second shot should easily hit.Thanks again for this spreedsheet! Too bad I don't remember how to program in Visual Basic using Excel, or I would do a little .exe to calculate this.

Great Work! I was looking for this. Lately I've been using one that I've created but it's not as complete as yours. But there is a problem with the MK6 Mortar. I'm not sure what it is. Your calculation is spot on, I get the same results in mine and very close results when comparing with the automatic calculation ( the REV value on mortar when you have sight of the target). But the shots are landing too short, yesterday I tried to hit a target 1.600m away. The REV was giving me 61.45, your calculator: 61.30 (same as mine). But to hit the target I had to use 59.60 - 60.00. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong, or did BIS change the velocity / added drag / or wind on a recent patch, maybe?

The new hope is the expansion now. :(

So guys, I've already experienced this bug sometimes, but it's so rare for me, that I've never bothered to try to fix it. This bug is happening on Wasteland by Sa-Matra, but I don't believe it's a mission bug, since I've experienced this bug in ArmA 2 and other ArmA 3 game modes (TacBF, King of the Hill, etc). Sometimes, you are randomly kicked to a window (I don't even know the name of this window) that have some player's stats, and two buttons at the bottom: I'm Ready / Disconnect. The first one does nothing, the latter one puts you back at the lobby. The problem is, one of my friends is having this problem quite often, like after 20-30 min of game play, he was able to play fine 5 days ago. Some other people in my group also have experienced this, but it is rare (happens 1-2 times a week). So, does anyone know a possible cause for this? I tried to google it, but since I don't know the name of that window, I didn't find anything. The closest complain that I find is a guy with this same problem in the Battle Royale mission (http://battleroyalegames.com/community/discussion/792/exits-to-i-m-ready-disconnect-screen-during-gameplay)

The problem is that it only happens with one person. Everyone on the server is still playing the mission. If said person clicks in "I'm ready" nothing happens, if then he clicks on "Disconnect", he goes to the multiplayer lobby, then he can chose a team/role again and keep playing. The sad part is that this happens in the middle of a fire fight, or sometimes when I'm the pilot of a chopper full of friends.

I just saw about this project on a reddit post. How can I know if the server that I usually play is using this PERF? Will I have any performance gain if I use the client Perf in a normal (Stable) server?

I was so hyped about the bipods that I didn't see its flaws up until now. I've gave up using the bipods. It's simple too hard to make they work where and when you need them to. Ex: I'm on a hill, I have eyes on the enemy. Looking for a better stance, I deploy my bipod. Then, suddenly I'm aiming at the ground (5m in front of me), and then when I try to bring my aim up to hit the enemy, the bipod will simple undeploy. Let me try to demonstrate it with my advanced MS Paint skills: http://i.imgur.com/XAEVYJZ.jpg (124 kB) Another problem: Bipods should be deployed horizontally. I know they will ignore the terrain angle some times. But IRL you can use swivels to adjust them. The bipods seems to work great when deploying on windows and some square surfaces, like blocks / sandbags. But even then, they seem to undeploy after some time.

For me it only works with dead bodies. I can't 'open' the weapon menu of a weapon that is inside a crate or a vehicle.

I agree with us. With the desync sometimes it's impossible to hit something as a gunner.

So, you guys are talking about the scopes... does anyone knows why all the scopes have been 'nerfed'? ARCO / RCO Went from 10x to 2x LPRS From 25x-75x to 5x-25x DMS from 25x to 5x I think Any reason for this?

Until the fix comes, press Ctrl + Shift + C twice to bring the chat back.

Yep, same problem here.

Agree with you. Many of my friends want to try something more 'real' than BF3. I know ArmA, so I knew what I was paying for. But at that price, I'm not sure if I should recommend it for my friends. At 5999 USD people are expecting a full game with minor bugs. How will I tell my friends that they have to wait for more optmization, for future patchefor more mods to come out to be able to play a game that they paid more that the full normal price of a full game?

Nobody?

So, I've read everything about this problem. What happens is that on some servers (With battleye enable, ofc) I can play for hours with no problem at all. But on most of servers, when I connect I stay at the lobby without being able to chose a role (sniper, rifleman..) and can't click continue. After about 1 min I'm kicked from the server. Then, if I try to connect to the same server again, everything works: I connect to the server --> chose my role at the lobby screen --> press continue button --> play for like 10-30 min and then "Player Skyline is losing connection", one minute after this message appears on chat, I 'm "Kicked by battleye client not responding." What I've tried so far: - My router is not a Netgear DGN1000SP, and it is already set to LLC with the last firmware; - Reinstalling Arma 3; - Verifying integrity on steam; - Manually installing BE files from website; - Windows firewall is off, I don't have any anti-spyware or antivirus software; - Firewall on modem is off alwell; - Running Arma 3 as administrator. I'm pretty sure that it is not my ISP because I can play Arma 2 OA without any problem, even in servers that are hosted by a group that own both A2 and A3 servers.

@NordKindchen - Thanks for what you have done so far, your work is awesome.

I also have stuttering, even with FPS showing as 50-60. Also using SSD.

Well, I don't think it really needs a change. You just need some tactics, like bring an ural with a ramp inside, then put it and climb in. Or put a explosive on a wall/bunker and blow it up. If you go for the outnumber solution, well.. there is no point in building a base or defending it. The team with more people could simple get near, move the walls and fuck with your base.

Hello Sa-Matra, I've some suggestions and I would like to see them discussed. I don't know if you plan to still improve the mission on ArmA 2, but the suggestions would work for ArmA 3 aswell. I just posted here because this is the 'main' topic for the mission. Suggestion 1: Problem 1: People killing team mates just to go Indi, the punishment system not being a real punishment because they want to be punish so they can go Indi. Problem 2: Need to wait until the restart to change teams. Possible Solution: If you are playing on a team and then log off, a counter should start and after 2h logged out, you are able to chose any team again. I don't think it can be used as a bad thing, since after 2 hours most bases will already be discovered/raided etc. In addition, instead of going Indi after being punished 2 times, the player should be kicked and put in a ban list that will be deleted/refreshed only after the restart. Suggestion 2: Problem: Choppers IMO are very powerfull in Wasteland. The ability do lift off vehicles make it too easy to 'exploit' some missions. I'm just a regular pilot, and when I'm flying if a Ammo truck mission pops up, 8/10 I will easily steal it without any damage, because AI is too slow when it comes to vehicles. It also works on some Armored missions. Possible Solution: Make the "tow vehicle command" for choppers too, so to lift a vehicle you must have at least one team mate on the ground. I think this will be a good improvement for both realism and balance aspects. Suggestion 3: Problem: Unable to reload mounted guns, also relying on an Ammo truck mission (which is random) to rearm vehicles. Possible Solution: Create a new item called "Ammo box" just like Fuel Can, Medkits, can be looted on buildings and goes in the player menu. It could rearm a limited amount of rounds (100 MG rounds, 5 mortars, etc..) for both vehicles and mounted guns. Consumed when used. Please keep in mind that I've a little to none knowledge on coding/scripts. If some suggestion seems dumb or hard to implement just ignore it.

Thank you. I've playing together with you guys from a long time, I know that you are a serious community. Also, I was not the only one complaining about people like JessicaAlba. Let's forget it and help Sa Matra with feedback. While I was kicked I tried 404 Wasteland and.. Sa Matra is like years ahead. They can't make a fuel can work, I asked what's was the problem with the fuel can not refueling, an Admin said that it was an Arma 3 bug, because of Alpha. I said "well, they work on Sa Matra version", he didn't even answer anymore. But, I also played on a different mission, I don't remember the name. They had an interesting feature, teams could capture some territories and then earn money from it. Maybe that would be a good thing to implement, maybe a mission like "capture the town" the team that could secure the town for some minutes would win money...

I didn't say they were, sorry if it sounded like I did. I don't know who kicked/banned me, I don't know if it was the guy from C4G. All I know is that there was a guy from C4G calling me a hacker, and he was playing together with JessicaAlba and SteveO as OPfor. I looked at people online at test server now, and if I'm not mistaken the C4G guy is called BillyBob 444.

I never had problem with C4G people, and I play Waste on ArmA 2 alot. But yesterday I felt really sad, because I'm trying to give feedback and make this mission better. I recall that JessicaAlba was on, also there was a guy called SteveO, but he said that he saw me comming for the chopper by car. There was one more C4G that I can't remember the name.

SaMatra, sorry to bother you. I've been playing your mission for months, I think you remember me because we played together some times. Maybe it is time to chose more carefully the admins that can use your mission. I just got kicked from test server #8, after I killed an admin I think.. I just logged today like I always do, ran to the airfield for a downed chopper mission, I didn't had a repair kit, so I couldn't take it. Then I saw a base in the airfield and a little bird near it. I ran into it, it was full gas so I took off, while those guys at base were shooting at me. THEY SAW ME TAKING THE CHOPPER. I just turned away and killed 2 of them in their base, then they started calling me a hacker because the chopper had rockets and kicked me right away. Tried to log back to just explain how I got that chopper, kicked again. If the chopper was really hacked, it is not my fault, it was 400m away from their base.. and they saw me getting close by car and even shot at me while I was getting into it. They could've listen to my side of the history instead of just kicking and not letting me play anymore.

They are not snowmans anymore. Now they are a green cube, they are usually in those open fields. It's a bit hard to see them, also, after you use one, it will respawn in another random location. Maybe now that SaMatra increase the number to 5 it will be a bit more common to find one.

I have a suggestion. The radius to pick up things such as Fuel Cans, Repair Kits, Food, Water.. is to big IMO. Sometimes I can just use the mouse wheel then run outside a building and be able to pick things that are inside, without even looking for it. Also, I can pick things that are in the 2nd floor sometimes.