VanZant

Not working here. Dev branch, mod loaded, and when i press play nothing happens. Relevant dump ... 0:04:58 SimulWeather - Cloud Renderer - noise texture file is not specified! 0:04:59 core\skyobject\skyobject.p3d: No geometry and no visual shape 0:05:00 a3\data_f\krater.p3d: No geometry and no visual shape 0:05:00 a3\data_f\koule.p3d: No geometry and no visual shape 0:05:01 Loading movesType CfgGesturesMale 0:05:01 Creating action map cache 0:05:01 MovesType CfgGesturesMale load time 24 ms 0:05:01 Loading movesType CfgMovesMaleSdr 0:05:01 Reading cached action map data 0:05:01 Warning: looped for animation: a3\anims_f_epa\data\anim\sdr\cts\hubcleaned\briefing\hubbriefing_loop.rtm differs (looped now 0)! MoveName: hubbriefing_ext 0:05:01 Warning: looped for animation: a3\anims_f_epa\data\anim\sdr\cts\hubcleaned\spectator\hubspectator_stand.rtm differs (looped now 1)! MoveName: hubspectator_stand_contact 0:05:01 MovesType CfgMovesMaleSdr load time 784 ms 0:05:01 a3\characters_f\proxies\flag.p3d: No geometry and no visual shape 0:05:09 File a3\Missions_F_Oldman\Systems\UI\SyndikatTeam\RscDatetimeSlider.inc, line 73: '/RscDatetimeSelector/Controls/ButtonConfirm.action': Missing ';' at the end of line 0:05:09 File a3\Missions_F_Oldman\Systems\UI\SyndikatTeam\RscDatetimeSlider.inc, line 92: '/RscDatetimeSelector/Controls/MySlider.onSliderPosChanged': Missing ';' prior '}' 0:05:09 File a3\Missions_F_Oldman\Systems\UI\Rsc_OM_Slider.inc, line 181: '/RscRestUI/Controls/TitleDescription.text': Missing ';' at the end of line 0:05:09 File a3\Missions_F_Oldman\Systems\UI\Rsc_OM_Slider.inc, line 220: '/RscRestUI/Controls/numberTitle.text': Missing ';' at the end of line 0:05:09 File A3\Missions_F_Oldman\Campaign\Missions\cfgQuests_Syndikat.inc, line 18: '/cfgQuests/SupportQuestTemplate_SyndikatAgent/StateModifiers/Assigned.code': Missing ';' at the end of line 0:05:09 File A3\Missions_F_Oldman\Campaign\Missions\cfgQuests_Syndikat.inc, line 23: '/cfgQuests/SupportQuestTemplate_SyndikatAgent/StateModifiers/Progressing.code': Missing ';' at the end of line 0:05:18 Shutdown normally 0:05:18 SimulWeather - Cloud Renderer - noise texture file is not specified! 0:05:18 Deinitialized shape [Class: "C_Soldier_VR_F"; Shape: "a3\characters_f_bootcamp\common\vr_soldier_f.p3d";] 0:05:18 c:\bis\source\dev\futura\lib\network\networkserver.cpp ClearNetServer:NOT IMPLEMENTED - briefing!

Supposedly, if you want pure and interesting dynamic missions, complex SP, you will need a lot of things that won't fit into the current, dumb, mainstream multiplayer style system, so forget about that. In terms of SP good playablility you can expect nothing. If BI can't deliver good SP dynamic content is because THEY DON'T WANT. They problably have the best, interesting, hardcore military sandbox in the world, but they still want to attract rat kids like other inferior games. The fact is that nothing in months has been said about that misterious dynamic gameplay system, for maybe hardcore players. It says so much of what we can expect: nothing, or almost nothing.

The problem with consoles are in fact two problems. One is the obvious faulty hardware and the user mind limitations, the other one it is just only the user mind limitation. Kids. Please go away and play other things, teletubbies or other shit, and leave good games away of your akward influence.

Right now only the terrain can be tested. Very "chernarussian", but maybe a flatter version. Rivers are sea level. Overall the quality is the same as the rest of BI's terrains.

First problem, playing the campaing I can not continue, the screen becomes black always, so i'm forced to start again. Sorry guys and good luck with this in the future, but this is the last time I buy 3rd party content at least at first time.

Yes, very flat and some ugly patterns inside houses but hey, good job!

I have no problem to pay for quality content. And I will. For example, if any video or additional information confirms what MONDKALB has shown us, I will buy the DLC, for sure. My problem is with the system itself, if at the end it becomes a place where everyone tries to sell you everything and then, the community as we know it simply dissapears (It is an exaggeration obviously). Why to share a mission or a mod with the community if other people are making money selling it? That's my concerning. I'm almost sure this is not the case but BI has not make absolutely clear what type of content is going to sell as Creator DLC, or how many of them.

On this subject I would like BI to explain a bit better what we can expect. I really would not like to see how this community becomes a market of junk, literally, like other games where there are children buying skins and dance moves. Shame. We do not know for example how many DLC are expected to be published, 5, 100 ?, or if these will be exclusively expansions of the highest quality, or here anyone will try to sell us anything so that we spend hundreds of dollars. I think it could be an interesting way to expand content while BI is dedicated to other things, but this is only good if what is offered is limited or moderate, complete expansions, and of the highest quality. This is pure shit if we are going to see campaigns at $5, missions at $2, weapons at $1, or skins at $.50.

- What are the modding policies?, Will they be the same as BI expansions?. Maybe some time encripted and later open for modding?. - Will the terrain and the rest of assets be available to create custom missions, being integrated as other BI dlc/expansions? Or this is a total modification including new main UI, huds, locking the editor, etc. - Bizarre question, have terrain object shadows been baked into the satellite texture?. Do the models have AO maps?.

Consoles are directly cancer for good hardcore videogames. They are machines for converting such products into kiddie or comercial shit. They are, essentialy, the fast food of videogames. Period. If you want war on consoles, play cod, fortnite, and other bullshit. Congrats and good bye.

This game is one of the very very few that can be played over 2 decades, only if no new version comes out. The player base is mainly mature, very dedicated, modding friendly, hardcore and hungry of simulation. And if tomorrow all the casual multiplayer kids go away, it will be the same.

Please, could we get back the ability of taking directly the magazine from a weapon? Maybe I'm wrong, but I think this was implemented at some time, and then disappeared quickly. Currently you can open a weapon and take accessories like telescopic sights, tripods, but not the magazine.

Anything that forces to waste 10 min of preparations for 3 weapons and a brand new goggles is descarted. In general I try to stay only with CUP, RHS and a few other small ones from myself or others, valuable and tied to the game, not to a particular mission. Also, CBA is forbidden, AI ones, in reality most of them. A3 has a big problem with mods, starting from the abuse, versioning, obsolescence of missions and so on. There is a massive amount of content unusable due to incompatibilities or obsolescence, for example.

Literally, "At least" should mean +8 hrs playing at lowest difficulty. What really means, who knows. Randomness is the key thing today. Random patrols, places, enemy settlements, starting points ... not sure if all the above will match this pattern. I think the failure could come from this point. OK. Not strictly needed for good, long, complex missions. Good and necessary radio chat is always appreciated, BI knows how to do this properly. I hope they have not wasted time and resources with menus, animations, videos, experimental mechanics or such things.

The next DLC, Tac-Ops, is centered on SP play. I'd like to point some small annoying things that affect SP players that probably the devs could fix without too much effort. INVENTORY - Give us the ability to change gear directly with other team mate. Currently you have to drop the items on the ground an then use the "Inventory" command with the other unit near the items. - The same of above but between 2 team mates. - The "Inventory" command should be fixed on top of the menu. The same with others like "Open subordinate inventory". I fact, all the variable stuff like dropped items should be left on bottom, or removed. - Double-clicking a weapon shows its accessories but not the loaded magazine. I swear that I have already seen it in the game and then disappeared. - The ability to open the virtual arsenal for other team members. Currently the arsenal only works for the player. - The ability to repack ammo for the player and other team members. IA - Desesperately we need to cancel the forced danger status. In other words, we need to force the "Area Clear". Most of the times there is no such danger after the first event. - Please fix the endless "No ammo" state even if you have given the unit 20 magazines. - The ability to force the team members to change to primary / secondary weapon. - Give us the ability to manupulate the "KnowsAbout" value via scripting. COMMANDING - Copy my stance should be strictly be what it means, copy my exact stance. - The ability to mount / dismount and turn on / off the silencers, flashlights, IR lasers of my team members. MISC - The player should be able to hide and drag dead bodies. Hiding bodies could be unrealistic, but al least dragging is necessary.

Testing things to make some concealment improvements while this is happening ... Not new by the way. The blue line is the enemy's line of sight, the hint panel shows the distance between us, and in the hud at the upper left corner can be seen the knowsabout value. The video starts with me crawling as fastest as possible with the enemy 53 m away. Then I pass his line of sight nearly perpendicular (maximum perception of speed), and later at 75 m I'm suddenly spotted. And just in the moment that a rock wall and a bush are in between. With such inconsistency in AI decisions it is normal to see people who say that they are spotted without reason, perhaps they are.

There are some flaws regarding enemy detection and definitely the enemy sometimes has superman eyes, but it could be solved via modding mostly with the command setUnitTrait. I was trying to do that, testing sight ranges, and as seen in the video and the repro mission REALLY there are magic spots where the enemy sees you without reason. Maybe it's a problem with geometries, not the AI itself. If the developers could expose some harcoded AI features there would be possible to do a lot of interesting stuff to make corrections: - Manage the "Automatic combat/danger mode". - Manipulate the "KnowsAbout" level. - Other kind of AI levels.

Very nice BIS. Without any doubt you shine at making terrains.

After a long time I've taken a look at an addon that was left unfinished and abandoned, check it out at https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/153008-vanzants-extended-grenade-throwable-items-egti/. Now it's completly rewritten, optimized, finished and renamed. VanZant's Adjustable Grenades Downloads & screenshots A couple of screenshots where can be seen the hud and the debug mode: http://imgur.com/a/q9aRs#0 Downloads: https://mega.nz/#!9RZjQLKa!fF-NCbPtCEBhjPx_rRPUtkhM68mrLU6UsnN5AyDlzhM Changelog 1.0.0 (26.08.2015) Initial version. 1.0.1 (27.08.2015) Fixed. New hud system that solves the flickering problem (this has been tricky). Fixed. Small desynchronization between the hud and the info displayed in debug mode. Changed. Tweaked the hud configuration so the animation is more fluid now. Changed. Penalties for item types are no longer predefined. Now are based on the item's mass, making the system compatible with all addons theoretically. Changed. Small tweaks related to the time needed to make the throw, slighly longer now. Added. Public key. 1.0.2 (13.09.2015) Fixed. Missing check for shift, ctrl and alt keys. Now the throw item can be switched as usual. 1.0.3 (23.05.2017) Fixed. Game crash. Features Progressive force for all throwable items. Cool, scalable (addon settings) and minimalistic hud. The throw key can be configured. Advanced penalty system that takes into account many factors affecting the throw force. Player velocity is taken into account. Delay between throwings. Features removed since ETGI. Cooking. Useless in real life and a mess with controls. Cancelling. Again, useless in real life and a mess with controls. Requisites and installation Install the addon as usual. Copy the provided folder "userconfig", which contains the addon settings, into the root folder of the game. Overwrite if asked. To avoid key conflicts, it is needed to disable the throw key in the game settings ("G" by default). As the throw key has been disabled, you need to configure the new one inside the addon settings file ("G" is set by default). Notes If you wish the debug mode can be enabled inside the addon settings file. I play SP only, infantry, and ground vehicles, so keep in mind that my only concern is how the addon works when loading a savegame. I don't know how will work in a multiplayer environment or even if mounted in a plane. The objective of this addon is to make this part of the game closer to reality. Be aware that can be hard to master this system due to the penalties, and that's how has been designed. Penalty system Values act as multipliers of the final throwing force, so for example 1.0x equals to "not penalized". By default these are the values: Item type. Based on the mass of the magazines. Now should be compatible with all addons. Current mass values are for example: grenades 10, small grenades 6, smoke shells 4, chemlights 2, ... 0 to 10 = 1.00x to 0.75x (linear). >10 = 0.75x. Stance. The ease of throwing is not the same. Erect = 1.00x. Crouched = 0.88x. Prone = 0.75x. Angle. The ease of throwing is not the same. <35 = 1.00x. 35 to 90 = 1.00x to 0.80x (linear). Fatigue. The more tired, less force. 0 to 1 = 1.00x to 0.90x (linear). Unit load. The more loaded, less ease, less force. 0 to 1 = 1.00x to 0.90x (linear). Vehicle. Being in motion, the ease of throwing is not the same. Not in vehicle = 1.00x. In vehicle, not turret = Throw is disabled. In vehicle, turret = 0.90x. So for example, if the player is fully loaded with missiles, has been running for 1 min, in prone position, and tries to throw a standard grenade with an high angle, probably the throw force will be somewhere near 0.5x the expected. Even if the throw force was 100% the resulting force is almost the half. That grenade will not go very far. Be careful!. If many experienced people think that these values need adjustments let me know.

https://mega.nz/#!9RZjQLKa!fF-NCbPtCEBhjPx_rRPUtkhM68mrLU6UsnN5AyDlzhM Updated ...

Will take a look.

Here is the exact mission of the video Download. Crawl fast towards the red sphere and you will be detected always at the same place.

Yes to all, but the problem is still there. The speed is the same all the time, the direction, everything, but I'm still being spotted without reason at +20 meters from the beginning precisely when there should be the less probability. The AI has improved, nobody doubts that, but something is wrong with enemy detection and that's why I hope some developer takes a look on that.

Apparently BIS is going to spend some resources on SP players with tac ops DLC. What are you expecting, what would you like, what SP players want?. Development will start later this year, it's time to rant and make wishes! As for myself: 1. And most important: Randomness, randomness, randomness, and then randomness. And after that, randomness. Dynamic start points, dynamic objectives, variable skills and gear, civilian life, random patrols, random everything ... 2. We don't need excessive production. A simple but logic story, and a good radio protocol is just enough. Don't waste time on new and useless strange features, mechanics, huds, menus, .. just gameplay, and gameplay, and gameplay. 3. Missions plenty of playable s*it: side missions, challenging and tactical stuff, team command ... 4. Don't be afraid of long missions and long travel distances. 5. Replayability, again, always. 6. Let the player choose the number of AI team members, and don't worry about AI dumbness, an average Arma player should know that AI is just a tool. If you don't understand this then play some minesweeper. 7. Even being SP centered, don't do as Apex did with SP players (we were abandoned), and give coop players the possibility to join the group.

Arma 3 Tac-Ops (est. Q4 2017*) Plan and execute to successfully accomplish your mission objective in a series of 'tactical operations'. The Arma 3 Tac-Ops DLC will deliver new singleplayer scenarios that focus upon challenging, replayable, and authentic military gameplay - making the best use of Arma 3's sandbox terrain, vehicles, and weapons. Taken from the official description: https://store.bistudio.com/products/arma3-dlc-bundle2