***ArmA 3 Thread***

Yeah its a bit of a ****er. We did at one time have an EU link. But with only 3 of us (at the time) in the EU it wasnt really cost effective. We dont do big updates often so once its done the only things you'll really need to update in fututre and the tiny ACE updates. usually no bigger than 100mb tops..


That is unfortunately just the reality of it though. EU servers tend to be quite expensive compared to their american counterparts.
 
uksoldierboy said:
Tunguska ah... that's a gun right?
JK :p, Do you have many ex forces guys?
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Just the 1 ex forces. We do have a surgeon and a pilot though and a professional texture artist and a couple of programmers.

We were all previously in a hardcore milsim clan with all the ranks and training etc. A lot of those guys who taught us were ex military. great guys but the clan owner was a nutjob who lived his life like he was "Colonel beckwith"

That sides of things is fun and all, but it becomes a job and when a 14 year old kid "Pulls rank" on a 40 year old man who has been in real service... you start to wonder wtf is going on.

We keep it fun. Game face on ingame. Relaxed and chilled out of game.

We have americans (good ones not gun toting (well they are) southern nutcases) a canadian, couple of french canadians. Me (token brit) and a few germans oh and some Brazilians.
 
Also, we're easy on peoples first nights. But expect to be forced into leadership now and then.

Everyone must take lead some times. To keep sharp and to learn. Even if we get wiped out and have our asses kicked. We all at some point lead.

We all have our prefered role. Some like MG, some marksman etc. But we do shake it up just in case. Its also good because if im leading i ALWAYS get hit in the face from 3KM by a guy with an AK in the dark while im behind a bush with his first shot. So its nice knowing anyone and everyone is able to step up and immediately take command until im back up.

And in our debriefings. The floor is open to criticism, if i fudge something up, they'll tell me straight up. We again feel its important to be able to critique each other but also most importantly. Accept critique.
 
Its looking like we'll have some gaming going on tonight.

We have a meeting at 1800GMT which is likely to last a good hour or two.

But i'd say from around 9-10pm GMT will be a good time to game.


Now, you will need our modpack. If we have 10 guys with the mod pack and 1 without. hes likely to get left behind. But if its half and half we may consider doing something without our full modpack but it wont be a custom mission as those all use our mods. ACE and ACRE are ALWAYS required.

So with that in mind I'd highly suggest anyone who wants to play with us this evening gets our mods this evening. (IE while we're having out meeting.)

For those of you that already have a lot of mods iv got a list with the bulky stuff we use:

Fallujah
Thirsk
Thirsk winter
Bystrica
Bukovina
Podagorsk
Lingor
Dingor
Clafghan
Esbekistan
Hazar-Kot Vallet
Tora Bora


We do have a few other bits but I cant find a full list.


If you join our teamspeak. There is a channel called "TechSupport" Highlight that channel and on the right hand side in the channel description there is a SixUpdater link to our "full pack" Click that link while six updater is running and it will add the repository. Add any of those maps you already have into an @STA_maps and SU wont need to do such a big download.


We use the beta and the new CBA_CO. If you want help with anything. Please get on TS in advance and I'll help.


If you want to play with us but have never used ACE. you MUST talk to me in advance! You will need to know the medic system and the ACRE radio system.


If you cant make it no worries. There will be another 5 years of arma2+3 with us. So dont frett :)



Out private mission server is not battleeye protected (It is passworded though). This means you can use instant viewdistance, JSRS, RSLO etc (we provide most of these in our sixupdater) However we ask that you dont use custom faces and glasses as these will spam the RPT file.

The mods we launch with are:
@ACRE
@Jayarma2lib
@Ace
@acex
@acex_ru
@acex_usnavy
@acex_sm (if not using JSRS)
@cba_co
@sta_maps
@sta_units
@sta_opt
@azc
@DM (nice sky mod, optional but awesome)
@ivd (instant viewdistance, optional but highly reccomended)
@rslo_edit (custom RSLO made by riyoken. Highly reccomended)
@JSRS 1.5
@JSRS_ace


Come on TS or post here if you have questions.

I wont post the SU links here as the mods might object to them as they open external applications.


TS3 is: ts3.st-alpha.net
 
Just finished up a game with jakspyder and his buddies. Have to say that was probably the best gaming experience I have had in years. Very daunting at times due to the lingo + the knowledge/experience they all have but a friendly bunch that kept me on the right path.

A few others in recent posts have expressed interest in joining in for a few games, all I can say is give it a go. I've been playing bf3 since release and I think I would struggle to go back to it.
 
Thanks Keeno.

Was a blast having a new face around and we all look forward to yourself and any others having a game with us in future too.

Sorry to MrRoper. I missed your TS PM and forgot we were in a locked channel (Curse my 2nd monitor for breaking!!!) In future just spam everyone until you get a reply ;)
 
Bearing in mind I already own all the arma games and dlc released thus far on steam, would you guys buy either the alpha lite or the supporter ed if you were in my shoes?

With the supporter ed the only extra I'm really after is the all future dlc, but there were only 3 dlc's for arma 2 and they weren't expensive.

I think I'll get alpha lite but would like some opinions.
 
Hanging around on your TS atm jak, interested in playing some OPs!

Just downloading everything thats needed through sixupdater, used ACRE before and played quite a fair bit of arma, done a few ops before with a different clan.

Edit: Eames I'm the same as you, I'm just gunna go with the Alpha pack, don't need any of the Arma2 stuff or Arma1 - both of those arent worth the extra 40quid and you have no idea what the DLC will be like or when it'll be released, so essentially for me I'd be paying £40 extra for an unspecified amount of DLCs and the fine print on the site says that it doesnt include standalone DLC!
 
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Remember. For arma2 they only released DLC in the most recent 2 years. So id bet if arma3 had a 5-6 year life span we'd probably see 1-2 DLC packs each year.

That said, id probably get the cheap version. Iv never been one for these delux edition gimics. Even from a developer like BI which i love. If i could afford it id maybe get support edition just ... because I support BI. But honestly... its the 25 euro one for me.
 
25 euro one for me too. I won't use any of the extra stuff you get from other editions bar the DLC, but I'll just get that as and when it's released. They aren't a charity, I could use the other 40 euro for 2 other games.
 
I think its one of those cases for many people where £60 is just way too much upfront but a few extra quid once or twice a year is fine. I mean not all the DLC will be amazing or to everyones tastes aswell. You have no idea what you're buying when it says all extra DLC.. could be absolutely anything!

Personally only bought the DLC for Arma2 because of mods like DayZ and Wasteland and I wanted the higher quality textures. Having played a few OPs with friends and other clans and even things like Insurgency.. I can't get into the singleplayer campaigns, would be much more fun with a group of people. That and the AI is retarded lol "regroup" and then they just wander off like some kind of magpie that found something shiney.

Definitely the cheapo option for me aswell. Either way I reckon they'll get their coinage out of me during Arma3's lifetime haha.
 
Been watching some of the videos of this and it looks fantastic, they seem to have worked on fluidity a bit more so it isn't as clunky but it's still realistic. Graphics look amazing, they've added more stances and stuff as well, you can now do a "last stand" think where you lie on your back on the floor :D
 
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