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Looks like the 7700K is still best comparing price/performance. My aging 4960X OC 4.5 Mhz still gives me a solid 30 - 40 FPS in 4k with a GTX1080 but, I would like to build a pure gaming rig for games like Arma +more

Need to be quoted for the truth, and I would chip in with keep it as a war simulator, that is what made Arma great and it is what will keep it being great for years to come. One thing that could be added was a campaign server like we got in IL-2, where you have an ongoing campaign going for X amount of time, including logistics, support, and dynamic moving front lines.

Sure, I was more referring to the setup of the servers, other than being selective it's out of my control.

I wanted to know the best system for Arma 3 SP/MP, however as I understand it, if you get the most efficient system for SP, you're also well equipped for MP. The server side of things is not much I as a player can do much about anyway :)

What MoBo would you recommend? and power supply?

What would be the best PC config to play arma in 4K? no budget limit. Must reach 60FPS or higher.

SP Campaign in the works.

I'm making a campaign right now, where one of the mission are like that. I really had to boost the AI courage and flee mechanics to make them run for it.(attacking force) Otherwise it would take forever, even they were in huge numbers compared to the other side (defending force). One thing I noticed was that you need to give the attacking force objectives. That way, they know where to attack and don't stand around like zombies. If you got too many AI in one scenario it also impacts the FPS because the arma 3 engine is really not using modern computer power/resources efficiently.

Making campaigns that is well done, with a good story and voice acting is a huge undertaking. Even if you can "play" the editor like you made it. I'm doing a small campaign, and even though I made a 100% storyboard, wrote all the dialogs, and got it all layed out. Getting it down as a good playable campaign is like swimming in molasses. I loved the old Arma stories, they are great stories and that is what drives them forward. However someone need to write the story, then materialize it into the game as a campaign, it takes time=money. To be honest, if some of the very talented modders out there could sell their creations as DLC, I would pay good money for a good arma campaign with ofc a good story/plot behind it.

Question EVERYTHING! and ARMA rules, Make ARMA not war rules too :)

3rd person view should be illegal anyway but that is just my opinion, I'd help myself out now.....

Arma are first and foremost an infantry MIL SIM, however sometimes I wish we could merge Arma with DCS. When I write that, I don't mean the 100% complex flight sim, but maybe larger areas, more realistic flight models, a bit more flight management as we still have a pretty simple model in Arma even with the new helicopters DLC. I also know resources to make it need to come from somewhere, however I would buy and pay a good sum of money to get a DLC that could offer more fleshed out helicopter / airplane models to the Arma world. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mW3vAge9OzM With the new Jets, we are running out of maps, the official maps are very small when you travel with Mrk1 and the cloud base is not really representative as there are some abnormalities compared to "flight"sims. This is NOT a complaint, just an observation, and a bit of daydreaming about a fusion of the two worlds ;)

Yes, but spacepilot mentioned that ground battles would not be with the graphic details if the maps were to big, and then we lose the combined arms ability, and that would be a shame. The whole point is to have the combined arms function, fleshed out on all areas not just infantry, however i see that is a very distant possibility due to limitations.

Yes, I figure that this was the answer, just wanted to be sure. So right now 7700K or wait for an engine upgrade :)

well, that would not be very good as this is the whole point of Arma, but hey someday it will be possible just not now I recon.

Well maybe it's just me dreaming, I would like it to be a MIL SIM, with large maps, realistic helicopters and jets like in DCS :) however I can see that this is just my pipe dream talking. Again, what else are there out there? not a whole lot if any, so that is why I wish larger maps and a bit more added to the flight models in Arma. I guess Altis map is 270 square kilometres, maybe something as large as the DCS map would be possible?

as I said, I don't know much about what is needed, but if it can be done in a different way I'm all for it, could be great to have just some larger maps for the jets to roam around in.

Ah ok, that is new to me, hey you learn everyday :D thanks. On a side remark, is it because Arma can't use the extra cores or something else, I need this kind of CPU for my video renderings so can't change back to 4 cores. will SLI help getting more FPS out, or will that be a pointless purchase.

Why so hostile? I don't know if this is possible or not, however they introduced these DLC's for reason, regarding what can and cannot be done OUTSIDE arma 3 is a different matter. check this out. http://www.outerra.com/

I tried the AU map mod, it's pretty good and large enough to actually support jets, so I believe without knowing the mechanics behind it, that it can be done on larger maps in arma Apex.

Well, DCS is not a BI product, my point, and I can see that it's not 100% clear is that the helicopter models still need a bit of polishing. They are still lacking the basic controls for, helicopters. Yes the DLC was not this year, and you can say the same regarding the DLC Jets. It's very basic, however in the right direction. As I said, it's not a complain, just a wish to get a tiny bit more added to the models.

Just giving my 2 c, I liked the missions, however as an old Arma SP player, I miss the good old days of OPF storytelling, now it's more pew pew and less tactical game play. Arma really need better SP campaigns there are only a few. Maybe reamping some of the old stories into arma apex would be good if you can't make new stories in SP to Arma Apex. Cheers.

The "balancing" in the game mechanics should be like in the real world. AA should have a realistic load of AAM, reloading and support units are always attached to AA units, so reloading will balancing the quantity. We should not have an artificial balancing in the game/SIM. just my 2C

i7 4960X GTX1080OC 32Gb 1866 RAM Running 4K all on ultra, I get around 30 FPS, turning the graphics down will not give me a lot of FPS gain, unless I turn it so much down it start to look ugly.

I'm just getting into the Eden editor, and I'm checking out a lot of YT videos and learning a lot. My issue is that i got a problem I can't solve. problem 1. task need to be created when trigger "x" is completed (i got that one solved) task state changed to success IF AI helicopter manage to "UNLOAD TRANSPORT"; IF NOT "FAILED" Note: there are 3 AI controlled Helicopters that need to unload troops, the player need to protect them until they unloaded the troops. problem 2. player need to get option to (side mission) repair HELICOPTER "WHEN" helicopter damage is >20% sorry guys, I know it's probably easy but for me me brain is cooking!! Posted this in a wrong forum before, sorry MODS.