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Could be a mod, but not default.

A moment ago they were overpowered and now underpowered... No, the wounding system is simply incomplete.

I think they should start futuristic because they can make more realistic futuristic things than modders and then them and the community should collectively start working their way backward but also work the most believable futuristic technologies into the game. I want the game to span 2013-2045 or so and not be yet another 1920-2013...

Seems Battlefield does utilize many cores well, impressive. It's still one of the few games though. By the way the Intel core chart does show significant improvement with 4 cores over 2, or 5 or 6 over 4... how 3 is worse than 2 and 5 better than 6 though? And why is hyperthreading all at 0? Any idea? Regarding 5 GHz processors and Titans or 770s etc in SLI that goes a long way over a Titan I think that's very much out of budget here anyways. I’m thinking of going up to about 4.2 GHz and one 770 now and another 770 when their prices drop nicely so by then I guess I’ll come close… then again I don’t really wanna run them on absolute max settings in 60 fps. High or Very High and screentrearing-free 50 is always nice enough for me.

Don’t know much about AMD but it should run standard settings with a couple of kilometers view distance I guess. It will run and it will look nice but it won’t look great and the view distance will probably be pretty short. Should be okay really but it will be more like playing a 2010-2011 game than a 2013 game (ARMA3 doesn’t quite live up to a 2013 game on max settings in my opinion). If you haven’t bought any of those components yet I would save a bit more until the game is actually out to get something a bit better and when the game could be better optimized (or not) depending on what sort of game experience you want really. It will be a lot nicer to look at for ARMA2 though that’s for sure! ARMA2 looks like a 2004 game hah… Don't count on High settings. Nice charts! No 700-series cards though. And that's on VH settings which is a lot more than I would run using for example the 560. By the way will Battlefield 4 require a 64-bit OS and components really? I strongly doubt that… if that’s what you’re saying. They would block out many, many gamers and all they would accomplish is Microsoft selling a ton of 64-bit licenses. I’m still on 32-bit and don’t get the fuzz over 64-bit when all that improves is multi-tasking for most gamers. Also the system I recommended to him should be nice enough except 8GB RAM could be better and a GTX770 would be worth the extra $150 if he can go over the budget by some amount but it's only 20% faster at 50% more cost. I see the Alpha requires 64-bit by the way... so nasty. Anyways I absolutely don't agree a new CPU or motherboard will need upgrading in the near future but definitely agree on spending an extra $150 on a GTX770 instead of GTX760. Most games are only 2-3-core… some are 4-core nowadays (Battlefield) I guess but it should be a while until 6-core is standard. Also doesn’t hyper threading offset the need for more cores somewhat?

30 minutes? It takes me like 30 seconds so if you have such a crappy internet connection you should go stable build.

I don't know any Canadian stores at all. Where did you see the second computer above with the 670? Anyways ask around. Ask your parents, relatives, friends... there should be both reputable electronic store chains, smaller stores for gamers and serious builders, trustworthy online stores... even stores that offer to build your computer if you order separate components.

No! I googled the graphics card and a review mentions only running 2010 games at max settings in 1024x768… it’s terrible! Metro 2033 (March 2010) runs in only 20 fps… so terrible… Edit: without even looking at reviews I'll tell you the second one is much better. The GTX 670 is the precursor to the 770. 660 -> 760, both cheap. 670 -> 770, both medium. 680 -> 780, both expensive. That's how NVidia name their cards pretty much. The second one could be too much even. You only need an i5 and 8GB RAM... i7s and more than 8GB RAM is for working with 3D or video editing. 2TB is also probably more space than you'll need but it's never bad to have more.

Note that I added some text above afterwards: “Anyways unless you know how to put these components together yourself I would recommend contacting a well-known Canadian store or online store and ask if they sell any complete gaming computer sets. Alternatively make sure you know someone how knows. Someone will have to build it then test it either by benchmarking or simply playing some games on it for some hours to see that all components are working well, check temperatures… once Windows is installed, components work, internet works and you’ve turned down the brightness setting on your screen (spoiler: it’s so bright when you unbox it your eyes will melt out of your skull) and up the sensitivity setting on your mouse to 1440 to accommodate to the big screen you’re good to go pretty much!†With those specs you should be able to run the game really well. Maximum settings or close but indistinguishable from maximum settings with “some†kilometers of view distance. The only thing I really went cheap on is 4GB (2x2) memory instead of 8GB (4x2) which would just be another $50 I guess and I’m currently running the game with 4GB and my memory never seems to work at 100% when I’m playing ARMA anyways. RAM is mostly for multi-tasking so the worst thing that I suppose could happen is that you won’t be able to run a lot of background programs while playing. I can’t say exactly how well it will run until in two-three weeks when I will buy a computer with the same processor only i7 instead of i5 (which currently makes only 3% difference in gaming), 8GB memory (I’ll see then if more than 4GB is even used), a 770 instead of 760 (mine’s about 20% faster) and a lot of different other things that don’t have effect on gaming. By then I’ll be able to test any and all settings and show some exact numbers. By the way a 1920x1080 screen instead of 1200 could give you about 10% better performance… might be worth it. Don’t know any good such screens at the moment though but there are probably tons around.

Max settings 60 fps will cost you a big lot more than that... it's impossible!! Running the game at max setting is not an issue however ARMA3 support a viewing distance of 12 kilometers which is a true lot! However what I mentioned above will let you run the game at max settings with a view distance of about three kilometers at about 45-50 fps average which is nice enough really. Note that as a ground soldier on Stratis you can’t see more than 800 meters unless you’re standing on a big hill and any viewing distance beyond 1600 meters is mostly for flying. Also you can probably turn down a lot of settings without making the game appear any worse at all and increase your view distance more than that if you want to fly a lot so no worries. If you want a screen, mouse and keyboard for the $1500 too try this instead: NOTE: All of my prices are AMERICAN dollars translated from current Swedish pricing! All prices also include local shipping for each item though realistically many would be shipped together to save some bucks here and some there. Chassis: Corsair 200R ($80) – Note: it’s pretty big… smaller 300R costs $100. Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ($210) Memory: 2x2GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 MHz ($50) CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K ($27) Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 760 ($360) SSD: Samsung 840 120GB ($120) HDD: Western Digital (WD) Caviar Blue 1TB ($80) Power supply: Corsair CX500 v2 ($75) Monitor: HP Zr2440w* ($360… Amazon.com $320… Ebay could be even cheaper) Keyboard: Rosewill Mechanical Keyboard RK-9000I with Cherry Brown Switches ($100) Mouse: SteelSeries Sensei Raw Rubberized ($66) Mousepad: SteelSeries QcK ($11) Equals: $1499… plus Windows $150 unless you have a discount. If you want to go cheaper than that you can probably use Asrock B85M Pro4 motherboard ($105), a $50 keyboard, a slightly cheaper mouse and probably a $100 cheaper monitor too. I personally wouldn't recommend changing motherboard because I don't know much about the Asrock but all parts are compatible which may not be true with other motherboards. *HP Zr2440w is the new Zr24w which is my monitor and it’s great. Anyways unless you know how to put these components together yourself I would recommend contacting a well-known Canadian store or online store and ask if they sell any complete gaming computer sets. Alternatively make sure you know someone how knows. Someone will have to build it then test it either by benchmarking or simply playing some games on it for some hours to see that all components are working well, check temperatures… once Windows is installed, components work, internet works and you’ve turned down the brightness setting on your screen (spoiler: it’s so bright when you unbox it your eyes will melt out of your skull) and up the sensitivity setting on your mouse to 1440 to accommodate to the big screen you’re good to go pretty much! Current Haswell only easily overclocks to 4-4.2 GHz... 4.5 is sort of the maximum... naturally anything is possible with enough cooling but that'll cost ya.

An e-sports fps needs to have as much entertaining action as possible in shortest time possible. CoD has lots of arcade features for entertainment, quick gameplay on small maps to concentrate the action and short games. Halo has a unique setting and extreme entertainment because of the wildly unrealistic things that constantly are happening and manages to compete with CoD since it is console-exclusive and thus more console-friendly. Finally Quake offers the wildest and most unrealistic gameplay of all and I think that’s nice. Counter Strike offers gameplay dangerously close to CoD but plays by last man standing rules and has equipment and money rolling over to the next turn adding a strategic element. However if CoD was to have a similar strategic game mode I can see Counter Strike hanging loose other than because it’s a classic. ARMA doesn’t really bring anything new to this area and that’s the one biggest issue. Clearly Battlefield hasn’t done well yet for whatever reason and that’s a pretty strong sign ARMA would have no chance in hell of making it in there. I’m sure we’ll see some suitable competitive maps soon but I still don’t see either the current players wanting to transition into that style, nor so I see other players wanting to convert to this nor the developers wanting to develop their game to support this as necessary.

Chassis: depends very much on what you want. Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Memory: 4x2GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 MHz CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K Graphics Card: Cheap: GTX 760, Medium: 770, Expensive: 780 and Very expensive: Titan. Note that different manufacturers have slightly different cards with different pricing too. SSD: Samsung 840 250GB HDD: Western Digital (WD) Caviar Blue 1TB Power supply: Any solid 500-600W… All of that with the 760 and without chassis and power supply should be about $1200. Spend another $150 on power supply and about $100 on chassis plus you’re probably going to have to pay some shipping and should end up around $1500… Oh and Windows 7/8 64-bit if you haven’t got a usable copy which is about $125! I’m assuming: 1) You already have some audio, screen, mouse and keyboard. 2) You have no components that you can use already. Also I strongly recommend a 1920x1080 (16:9) or 1920x1200 (16:10) screen! Additionally a 1600-dpi mouse is very important on an HD screen because the screen is bigger and you will need your mouse to move quicker without losing precision due to low dpi. Finally a SteelSeries QcK mousepad ($10) and a good keyboard that’s mechanical if you can afford. I’m also not an audio guy but obviously you’ll want some decent speakers or headphones. My 1920x1200 (16:10) IPS screen (great colors and viewing angles) HP Zr24w I strongly would recommend to everyone (costs $230 Ebay.com) and once you buy it you won’t have to buy another screen until we start seeing 4K screens (4 times HD: 3840 × 2160) or non-TN 120 Hz monitors in a really long time… what I’m saying is that a great computer screen just like audio is something you can use for more than 10 years while graphic cards have to be changed every few years if you want to play the newest games. $230 is very, very cheap. The SteelSeries Sensei Raw Rubberized is a world-class gaming mouse for only $70 where I live. If you buy roughly this computer you will have a very strong gaming computer as cheap as possible and that only enthusiast computers can beat by spending exponentially more money on it. All components except for your graphics card will probably last you many years. Your graphics card is the weakest link so to say and in a couple of years or you will probably have to upgrade it. If you want to be strategic get a 700-750W power supply instead so when it is time to upgrade graphics card instead of buying a new, expensive one you instead buy one just like the one you already have and run two of those at the same time (called SLI). Two 770s are 40% stronger than one Titan and cost the exact same. If you wait one or two years both the Titan and the 770 will probably have dropped a lot in cost however so in the end you will have a 40% stronger computer than a Titan but at perhaps 75% the total cost etc… About 700-750W is necessary to very safely run two 700-cards and all of the other equipment in the computer at once. By the way: this entire guide assumes that you can build your own computer or that someone you know can do it for you. If you can’t, none of your relatives can, none of your friends or friends relatives can then you’re better off buying a complete computer from a store in which case you better just go around stores asking than asking online because I don’t know anything about what stores there are in Canada or what they sell.

You're probably a bush wookie.

17.3" is big... and more than 8GB RAM is only for 3D rendering and video editing.

But... but... Aliens: Colonial Marines was so good! So good!

Ah, I never thought of toggling the sight in the end... could be worth it.

Yeah. Could absolutely be done with some work and without disturbing all too many shy programmers but someone central would have to carry around a camera all the time, stage interesting footage on occasion and spend some hours editing it before uploading. And for it to not just be a video of programmers programming like most early vid docs 5 years back there would have to be some short interviews and designers talking about their work which takes some hours of their time too. I would be great for the devs to get some recognition in that way though.

Balancing big missions would be extremely hard unless you make a custom, symmetrical map with relatively simple terrain and have attackers and defenders take turns. I'd like to see it but because of how much work it would be I don't see a very big audience for it.

Made some new runs yesterday... The new training, competitive, restart and exit signs are great. Also every time you restart SOMETHING happens but what exactly? You get new ammo but if you’ve loaded a 30 round mag into your gun it’s still in there instead of the default 16 round mag which is great but I don’t get how it works. I think Green has changed for the worse because it’s no longer possible to quick-start since all 9 bullets will need to be used in the first handgun area and without missing too. Shouldn’t the green course be a bit easier? I’m also pretty sure you HAVE to reload before the last 4 targets. I read in the dev notes that the targets on Green somehow have been corrected to make up for the smaller magazine but I didn’t notice any change at all other than that I think one crouching area got bigger. I’m also still having problems with Red where you can STAND on the bridge but because you stick your butt out (I would assume?) the game still tracks your position as being outside of the shooting zone. I did manage a lot better now though so either I’ve got the touch or there’s been a change but it could still be better. Oh and Blue is only bright enough to see comfortably for about 10-15 minutes on a professionally brightness and contrast calibrated monitor. I would color calibrate it too but color profiles deactivate whenever you launch games and I don’t know how to get around that and the HP Zr24w is excellently calibrated out of the box anyways so… Oh anyways, new high scores: Red: 52.005 (I would have got <52 but walked across the finish line) Blue: 38.244 I would had got <52 on Red but walked across the finish line because I’ve had the green finish line not trigger when running over it many, many times and yet again recently so I still think it’s an issue. Blue was easy somehow. Sometimes taking a break and coming back to things really makes you better because I broke my old record on the second try… took hours per course to get these high scores though. Challenges are a good way to add a lot of game time for players that enjoy this sort of thing with relatively little work. Edit: two weeks until I upgrade my computer by the way and by then I'll be able to record videos. Right now I’m playing with all Visibility at lowest to try to make it never drop below 60 but it still does. Recording cuts performance in two.

Some much wanted answers by Dwarden here. I guess we'll just have to stick with ARMA3 for now and hope they make enough money to redesign ARMA4 more thoroughly from the beginning with things in mind like moving in vehicles and such that would be difficult in their current engine. And that a lot of features will make it in post-release or by modders.

Step over will be made more fluid probably. You CAN move and reload at the same time and changing weapons while moving will probably be added too soon.

Dev diaries are nice but take some work.

Bought a $11 SteelSeries QcK mousepad today... nice! A lot more accurate than my non-gaming mousepad. Basically DOES what DPI DOESN’T. Better fidelity aiming that makes me closer to pixel precise when though I still have to move the mouse the exact same distance to spin around so it definitely added fidelity, not sensitivity. I tried circling my aim around a bush only some pixels big at a couple of hundred meters distance and could make perfect, small circles following the outlines of the bush. With my non-gaming mousepad I can’t make small circles, have trouble following the outline of the bush very accurately and occasionally it sort of jumps around and I used to think it was a mouse issue.

Not true. 1) Competing against a clone of yourself would be against the very definition of competition. 2) You don't need identical PCs to have identical performance. 3) You don't need the same settings to have identical performance. 4) Bigger scenarios than 1-1 duels are often balanced. 5) High mouse sensitivity does NOTHING. Most champs use lower mouse sensitivity. Fps champs use 800 dpi and 5 times lower physical sensitivity (cm/360) than I do though I'm at the very extreme of high sens players. Mice, keyboards, pads all have only a small impact that easily can be offset by skill or luck and are mostly for personal preference and so are settings. Latency is the only big deal in online gaming and even it is pretty easily offset by skill differences anyways. Besides far from all comptetitions use even fields.

Dream on... I'd guess standard should run well though and that looks alright. It seems to run Battlefield, Bioshock: Infinite and some other pretty new games decently at high settings so it shouldn't be too bad but you won't even get close to the default high settings. ---------- Post added at 22:53 ---------- Previous post was at 22:29 ---------- Sweclocker's $1500* computer recommendation: CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming Memory: Corsair Vengeance LP 8 GB Graphics card: Nvidia Geforce GTX 760 CPU-cooler: Silverstone Argon AR01 SSD: Samsung 840 250 GB HDD: WD Green WD20EZRX 2 TB Chassis: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 Power supply: Be Quiet Pure Power L8 630 W * = according to Swedish availability and pricing. CPU, GPU (whatever 700-series card you can afford as mentioned), mobo and memories are great choices though I haven’t researched cooling or HDD/SDD so I’m not personally sure about them. Note that Be Quiet are German and don’t sell in the US at all as far as I know and Fractal Design are Swedish and may also not sell worldwide.