***ArmA 3 Thread***

Just got DayZ on Steam for £1.09 after I remembered I had a €25 gift code after there store went down during the release of ArmA 3 Supporters Edition.
£ 19.99
Coupon Discount: - £ 16.72
Shipping and Handling Fee : £ 0.00
Total: £ 1.09
Tax Total : £ 0.43
:D:D

Check if you had a code as it's still valid. I did think about saving it for future paid ArmA 3 add-ons but I will probably get them either way.
 
Finally managed to get a quick go on Arma 3 and I figure I must be doing something wrong already!

I had a quick go on one of the "scenarios" where I have to steal a vehicle - hiked to the top of a hill and sneaked up on a guy facing the other way, proceeded to put about 7 or 8 bullets in him from no more than a couple of meters away and he calmly got up, faced me and killed me!?!?!? :confused:

Am I missing something here??
 
uksoldierboy said:
Yep, your missing lol.

Seriously though, does seem strange, were you aiming down the sights? Had muzzle clearance?
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Believe me, I'm by no means the best FPS player in the world but even I should be able to kill a stationary target from about 2 meters away!?!?

I was holding the right mouse button which seemed to tighten the sights but the targeting reticle was still quite far apart! I was hitting the target as I heard him "grunt" but surely it shouldn't take in excess of 8 direct hits to kill someone!

Granted I've not read up on the multitude of controls yet but even so......
 
StevieP said:
Believe me, I'm by no means the best FPS player in the world but even I should be able to kill a stationary target from about 2 meters away!?!?

I was holding the right mouse button which seemed to tighten the sights but the targeting reticle was still quite far apart! I was hitting the target as I heard him "grunt" but surely it shouldn't take in excess of 8 direct hits to kill someone!

Granted I've not read up on the multitude of controls yet but even so......
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It depends where you are shooting them, with the recent update body armor has been added, it can take quite a few hits, too many in a lot of cases.

Sorry I didn't get back to you earlier btw, with Christmas ive been flat out lying on the sofa and eating turkey sandwiches. The 2 mods Xcept1 mentioned are worth a download + fire-fight improvement system:

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?161738-Fire-Fight-Improvement-System

You will need to get CBA to run it : http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=18767

If you If you need any help installing mods let me know + if you fancy playing co-op have a look here www.havoc-company.com.
 
body armour hit should knock them over. Arma is never complete until they release a ton of mods to finesse the **** out of it and then its totally tacticool
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heres an artists impression of the effect:p


Can we expect heli handling to stay like this, Im not sure but I think arma 2 was harder or maybe it was the mods
 
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Xcept1 said:
Anyone know of any decent PvP based servers that run with JSRS/Blastcore?

I had a quick look and could only see one busy one with 21 players on Domination.
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Im sorting out the bikeys now for our BECTI server. We've disabled AI squad leaders because it kills server performance but it is still a primarily AI based mission.

Tbh our A3 server has been a bit of a flop. The mission is faaar superior in A2 for various reasons. Unless something new and exciting happens with population/mission file/A3 itself I'll probably pull the plug at the end of next month.

Edit - Heads up, theres a misnamed file for blastcore (from armaholic, haven't checked if its the same on sixupdater). If you want to use blastcore on multiplayer servers that support it, rename "WarFXPE.bisign" to "WarFXPE.pbo.WarFXPE.bisign" and you should be golden :)
 
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thingemajib said:
Im sorting out the bikeys now for our BECTI server. We've disabled AI squad leaders because it kills server performance but it is still a primarily AI based mission.

Tbh our A3 server has been a bit of a flop. The mission is faaar superior in A2 for various reasons. Unless something new and exciting happens with population/mission file/A3 itself I'll probably pull the plug at the end of next month.

Edit - Heads up, theres a misnamed file for blastcore (from armaholic, haven't checked if its the same on sixupdater). If you want to use blastcore on multiplayer servers that support it, rename "WarFXPE.bisign" to "WarFXPE.pbo.WarFXPE.bisign" and you should be golden :)
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Yeah it's a shame that A3 hasn't really taken off for public servers :( If you do find a decent one then you can be sure that it will get ruined by some idiot firing arty in the base.
 
I like tf1778 I think its called. I airlift an apc into battle and then maybe join in the capture of the city, only takes ten minutes. Most servers its like a walking simulator and its not possible to airlift so heavy vehicles are taking half an hour to reach the target - so a driving simulator then and unfortunately A3 aint good enough for that to be particularly interesting.
I read they used the bf3 engine for a driving game
 
Can anyone help please with an annoying problem I have with this game?

Basically there's many servers that I can't join or even get to appear in the list unless I search for the i.p. When I join I end up with the 'session lost' message. My mates in the server see the message "Prestonian was disconnected...bad signature blah steam blah apps blah common blah bloody blah". Any idea where to start to resolve this thing please?
 
Prestonian said:
How do I do that please? Also, I've just bought a new SSD, and I'd like to knOw if the game would be better on that rather than the mechanical drive it's currently installed on? If so how do I move it on there, or is it best I just delete and redownload?
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I assume your copy is on steam? If so get Steam mover, job done :) Quickly and easily lets you run steam games off your SSD
 
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