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Started by Toonces, February 20, 2015, 03:32:30 PM

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Toonces

I reckon most of you have seen this already.  I hadn't.  My friend was telling me about using this program (Voice Attack) for Elite:Dangerous, but this is pretty bloody brilliant as well.

I do believe I am going to give this a go!

"If you had a chance, right now, to go back in time and stop Hitler, wouldn't you do it?  I mean, I personally wouldn't stop him because I think he's awesome." - Eric Cartman

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undercovergeek

awesome - although im not sure '7' wants to be a medic  :P

undercovergeek

gave KotH a try this afternoon, expecting just to boot up, have a look round and leave

2 hours later i came out!!

very cool game - very unforgiving, but thats ARMA - given a day off or two i might never be seen again!

endfire79

I haven't had time to fire up arms 3 yet, but the more I read about the CPU usage, the more I'm worried about how my current rig will perform for MP.

Is anyone running with an older Core 2 Quad instead of the newer i3/i5/i7 series, and if so how do you find gameplay ?
"I will return before you can say 'antidisestablishmentarianism'."

"A man may fight for many things. His country, his principles, his friends. The glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sack of French porn."

Asid

Quote from: endfire79 on February 24, 2015, 10:07:45 AM
I haven't had time to fire up arms 3 yet, but the more I read about the CPU usage, the more I'm worried about how my current rig will perform for MP.

Is anyone running with an older Core 2 Quad instead of the newer i3/i5/i7 series, and if so how do you find gameplay ?

I have a core2 Quad. I overclocked to 3GHz. My graphics card is old and also overclocked. So I play ARMA3 in low resolutions with as much of the settings at zero or minimum. This can be a problem as buildings and objects tend to just "pop" into view. If you have a low frame rate then it can be difficult to shoot at targets.

If you have it just load it and see. Then turn down the settings. Draw distance and shadows can have a large impact. The "Display Sampling" can be reduced to get better frames at the expense of visuals.

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endfire79

Thanks Asid will do. Hopefully doesn't lower the gameplay experience too much. 
"I will return before you can say 'antidisestablishmentarianism'."

"A man may fight for many things. His country, his principles, his friends. The glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sack of French porn."

endfire79

I'm using the 'standard' graphical preset settings and trying the single player campaign. So far in the 30's - 40's fps.  Not sure how MP will be but will try after I get the hang of this.  Looks beautiful though.

This campaign settings makes me think of a possible future scenario in Greece and/or Cyprus.  It doesn't seem that hard to imagine :)
"I will return before you can say 'antidisestablishmentarianism'."

"A man may fight for many things. His country, his principles, his friends. The glistening tear on the cheek of a golden child. But personally, I'd mud-wrestle my own mother for a ton of cash, an amusing clock and a sack of French porn."

Toonces

Does anyone know how to install a mission created by Planned Assault into ARMA 3?  I've been futzing around for a half hour now and I'm definitely not doing it right.
"If you had a chance, right now, to go back in time and stop Hitler, wouldn't you do it?  I mean, I personally wouldn't stop him because I think he's awesome." - Eric Cartman

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jomni

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Quote from: Toonces on February 28, 2015, 06:56:30 PM
Does anyone know how to install a mission created by Planned Assault into ARMA 3?  I've been futzing around for a half hour now and I'm definitely not doing it right.

Save in ARMA3 folder in Documents.
Hmm. For some reason I only see Steam subscribed contents in the SCENARIO list.
You can open a Planned Assault Mission using EDITOR then Export as Single Mission.
Then you see it in the scenario list.

Toonces

I had a couple of interesting experiences tonight.

(Playing KotH) First, I had previously added the ammo perk for 10k which gives me about 2x the ammo.  I didn't realize that also unlocked a second perk for free.  Tonight I added Medic (for free) and had a chance to use it.  I played last weekend and there was a guy on our team that was only doing Medic duties and it sounded really fun...it gave a lot more direction to playing. 

However, I got distracted from my Medic duties, twice, by taking out Snipers and stealing their gear.  Man alive, it is almost cheating using a sniper rifle!  The first guy had  a silenced sniper rifle with a nice scope, but it seemed like it took more than one shot to take down an opfor.  I ended up losing it after about an hour when I rushed Tower 4 (the objective in KotH).  I actually got into the tower, after being wounded twice and healing on the way up.  Got into the tower, was checking a dead body for his ammo and weapon when the door opened from another room and I got hit by an Opfor who was already in there.  Doh!

Second time, though, after about 6 unsuccessful drops into the zone because Opfor was spawn-camping (first time I've seen that) I made it into this awesome high-rise overlooking Tower 4.  I maneuvered my chute such that I landed on the roof, crawled down the roof ladder onto the lower floor.  Was searching around when I surprise this sniper.  He draws his pistol but I have my rifle on full auto and I just light this guy full on, even in his gilli suit.  I steal his rifle and, man, what a weapon.  I don't know what it was, but it was bolt action, had a VERY satisfying, throaty thump when it shot, and one-shotted anyone it hit.  I was on my belly looking at the building across the street and saw another sniper scoping things out.  He never even saw me.  I just settled his center mass on the dot, hit the trigger, and this guy went right down.  Very nice.  The scope was so powerful that I could see everything.  I got a couple of additional kills with it and it is just a beautiful weapon.  No wonder I get killed so much when this is what guys are using out there!

Then I got riddled from Tower 4 and that was that.

I'm holding out until level 18 (1.5 more levels) to unlock some 7.62 rifles and see how those work versus the 5.56 that I'm currently using.
"If you had a chance, right now, to go back in time and stop Hitler, wouldn't you do it?  I mean, I personally wouldn't stop him because I think he's awesome." - Eric Cartman

"Does a watch list mean you are being watched or is it a come on to Toonces?" - Biggs

jomni

My favorite setup is a 7.62 LMG with a powerful scope. I can snipe, suppress and fire from the hip at close quarters.

undercovergeek

Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan KotH is merciless

i dont know what kind of masochistic fool i am, but i keep coming back to it

spawn, get on chopper, 3 minute ride to glory, get shot in my parachute x3

spawn, get on chopper, 3 minute ride to glory, actually land, get shot when i look round corner

get on chopper, 3 minute ride to glory, actually land, make it to the rest of the team, get blown up


Pinetree

Quote from: undercovergeek on March 25, 2015, 04:35:46 AM
Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan KotH is merciless

i dont know what kind of masochistic fool i am, but i keep coming back to it

spawn, get on chopper, 3 minute ride to glory, get shot in my parachute x3

spawn, get on chopper, 3 minute ride to glory, actually land, get shot when i look round corner

get on chopper, 3 minute ride to glory, actually land, make it to the rest of the team, get blown up


Now you know how Tom Cruise felt in the Edge of Tomorrow :D
Gen. Montgomery: "Your men don't salute much."
Gen. Freyberg: "Well, if you wave at them they'll usually wave back."

undercovergeek

uninstall ARMA III - great but unplayed and getting bigger through steam everytime i switch PC on

read some news

find this

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/06/17/best-arma-3-mod/

:tickedoff:

reinstalling

Toonces

ARMA 3 was the first game I tried to install on my new computer...I am very fond of the game.

Too bad my internet connection sucks too bad to get all those gigs downloaded!   >:(
"If you had a chance, right now, to go back in time and stop Hitler, wouldn't you do it?  I mean, I personally wouldn't stop him because I think he's awesome." - Eric Cartman

"Does a watch list mean you are being watched or is it a come on to Toonces?" - Biggs