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Arma 3 Alpha - March 5th - 25 Euros
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FreakinSyco
Member
I hope it's ok if I dump a few pics from this previous week of play:
Lets take a tacticool pic. Some yard in his undies ruins it :rofl:
Lets take a tacticool pic. Some yard in his undies ruins it :rofl:
With what, exactly? I heard it's ArmA II OA and TOH, but it's not recognizing ArmA II OA, and I don't have TOH. Do they have to be brought into the ArmA III directory?
Eh? Try closing steam and starting it again. Also make sure you are opted into the beta patches
For ArmA III, I am. For ArmA II OA, I have a retail build and a separate, undownloaded Beta. Do I actually have to redownload the game for backwards compatibility?
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthre...STEAM-client&p=2330268&viewfull=1#post2330268
It's the code merge they mentioned a few days ago, not the ability to load legacy content in Arma 3.
Awwwh, I was so hyped. ;_;
scorpscarx
Member
I haven't had enough time to test it, but it does seem to fix the constant crashing that I was getting. Aside from that though, it totally messed up most building/rifle/aircraft textures, so I get pixelated blue outlines instead in game
.OrlanisWorks
Banned
Those vehicle-gun screens in the backseat seem to tank my FPS pretty damn good. Pain the ass.
Spat_triate
Member
Set PIP to Low or Off in the video options screen
Spat_triate
Member
Documents/ Arma 3 Alpha/ Arma3Alpha.cfg.
Anton Sugar
Member
Even though it currently kills FPS, render-to-texture finally gives us the possibility of optics that only magnify via the scope and not the rest, right?
Not sure, think it might only apply to more static objects like mirrors, screens etc. As a weapon can be dropped, stashed away in crates and is part of the player's every moment, not sure it does that very well.
Phanatic8390
Member
What is up with what seems like every server running Wasteland? I think I missed that phase in ARMA2.
It's hard to find a COOP game in the limited servers that are running that isn't either chaos or run by some armchair generals who try to restrict everything. The most fun I've had so far is the one or two times I've ended up working together with people but not to the point where you couldn't get a ride because you weren't in the right squad.
It's hard to find a COOP game in the limited servers that are running that isn't either chaos or run by some armchair generals who try to restrict everything. The most fun I've had so far is the one or two times I've ended up working together with people but not to the point where you couldn't get a ride because you weren't in the right squad.
scorpscarx
Member
It's annoying me too, basically why I've been staying in the editor. There are a couple of all out war servers with tons of resources on both sides though. Takes a while to find them.
Legato.Reborn-
Member
I'm an Insurgency guy myself but these pubs sure are loving Wasteland.
*completely unrelated -- I got a chuckle from this for some reason
*completely unrelated -- I got a chuckle from this for some reason
I was hoping this would end in Arma 2, most servers are Wasteland and Zombie sandbox. :-/
Well you could easily download the missions host a server playing said mission and invite all your friends to play. Win win win
ClovingWestbrook
Banned
How much of an improvement in visuals should we expect from Alpha to release?
The_Player
Member
I wouldn't expect that much, they already made huge improvement in comparison to A2. To be honest, I just can't play A2 anymore after all stunning visuals I have encountered in A3.
littleworm
Member
I hope in the future, I can play my own custom music when flying Gaf group around in ArmA3/DayZ.
This bug is kind of artsy in the context of the game.
The_Player
Member
Oh the laughs.
I hope it's ok if I dump a few pics from this previous week of play:
is it currently possible to crank your setting to maximum so you could see even small objects like grass on the hills far away?
hi guys, I'm relatively new to Arma, played a lot of DayZ and have been really enjoying Arma3.
is there a gaf server ( preferable UK/European ) I could maybe get onto...just to learn more about the game and play with some likeminded people?
Sorry if this has been covered before.
thanks in advance
is there a gaf server ( preferable UK/European ) I could maybe get onto...just to learn more about the game and play with some likeminded people?
Sorry if this has been covered before.
thanks in advance
The Moon?
nice one! I'll get you added when I get out of the office!
Graphically, all they really need to do:
Get a lot better texture for the ground/terrain ( from a heli it is very good, when on the ground and the when you look at a near by mountain were the grass is not spawned it looks as bad as arma 2)
Make grass cover a lot more distance by default, such a big thing that I think the devs are not really putting much attention too.
Maybe try to improve those trees ( the one with those pines/pointy leave). They look great up close buy once you get further away they look horrible, like 2002 horrible.
All in all, even for alpha it looks very good graphically, especially when you consider the scale.
I do hope they add a lot of civilian cars though!
Get a lot better texture for the ground/terrain ( from a heli it is very good, when on the ground and the when you look at a near by mountain were the grass is not spawned it looks as bad as arma 2)
Make grass cover a lot more distance by default, such a big thing that I think the devs are not really putting much attention too.
Maybe try to improve those trees ( the one with those pines/pointy leave). They look great up close buy once you get further away they look horrible, like 2002 horrible.
All in all, even for alpha it looks very good graphically, especially when you consider the scale.
I do hope they add a lot of civilian cars though!
A 112MB Patch was just applied to the development branch of builds, Ohhh exciting
Yeah waiting to see what it is. This one for sure isnt backwards compatible after the seagull of doom patch. But no word yet whats in this one
With scripts that can be arranged.
I'm also an officially licensed Tactical Ornithologist. ama.
A 112MB Patch was just applied to the development branch of builds, Ohhh exciting
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthre...ck)-reverted&p=2332354&viewfull=1#post2332354
and new SITREP
http://alpha.arma3.com/sitrep-002
OrlanisWorks
Banned
The problem is, allot of the things you mention look like simple things, but drastically change the way they have to develop their environments. Some things could be added as features for higher end pc's (like the draw distance for grass and higher quality trees). but I dont see any of this to be "fixed" in the final game. Maybe they will manage to change things for arma 4.
Legato.Reborn-
Member
As long as the team is working on offloading shit onto the GPU I'll be happy.
Can't offload CPU operations into the GPU like that. They need to work on multi-core utilization.
Legato.Reborn-
Member
That's a good point I don't really know how that works but I've seen reports all over the forums of users posting that their GPU is working at ~10-25%.
But yes multi-core utilization is very important. I don't like having 1 out of my 4 cores doing all the work.
Haha yeah same here. Except in-game GPU usage is around 10-40% for me.