ArmA 3 Squad

[Klaiber]

Great shots!  I've got to start playing again.  Haven't had the chance recently.

 

I noticed a small patch came out for Arma III.  Was it anything important?

[Britchot]

Not really. There were some clipping and sound issues. Most significant change I can see is aircraft weapon damage has been upped against armored vehicles. The movement with binoculars is good but I rarely use them. The "closed" status on the Gorgon is obscure to me, if it means fixed then there's another IFV we can take across the map

 

Arma 3 - 1.46.131.127 (Released 2015-06-08) [ View Issues ]

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- 0023986: [Game Crash] Dedicated Server Crashes introduced in 1.42 [PRIMARY TICKET] (Iceman) - resolved.

- 0021268: [sound] Surround audio glitch with the CH-67 Huron (Iceman) - resolved.

- 0022963: [Performance] Vehicle clock scripts running on dedicated server (pettka) - resolved.

- 0023964: [Anims] Sprint with binoculars in hand has at least three problems. (burkhar) - resolved.

- 0024275: [Feature Request] Rolling while holding binoculars (burkhar) - resolved.

- 0024033: [Launcher] French translations is incorrect (BIS Wizard) - resolved.

- 0024280: [Launcher] Launcher window doesn't fit 1080p when unmaximized (BIS Wizard) - resolved.

- 0024242: [Config] Land_IndPipe2_big_ground1_F and Land_IndPipe2_big_ground2_F have non-functional ladder - resolved.

- 0023902: [Visual-Vehicles] Characters clipping in the back of Tempest and HEMMT (burkhar) - resolved.

- 0022146: [balancing] Aircraft guns inflict ridiculously low amounts of damage to armored vehicles (Iceman) - resolved.

- 0024192: [Launcher] BattlEye EULA is invisible with SweetFX Enabled (BIS Wizard) - resolved.

- 0024210: [ingame UI] MBT Kuma, M2A1/A2 are missing indications of how many Smoke Grenades you got (Adam) - closed.

- 0023875: [Anims] Healing animation bugs (Adam) - closed.

- 0023863: [Campaign Episode 2: Adapt] Mission: Signal Lost, "All clear" sound (Adam) - closed.

- 0024133: [Gameplay] Restriction of the movement and use of the weapon with the field-glass in hands. (Adam) - closed.

- 0024035: [Game Physics] AFV-4 Gorgon does not float (Adam) - closed.

 

[16 issues]

[Karl Spackler]

 

[Britchot]

 

Good point!

[Klaiber]

Good point!

 

Saying nothing... sometimes says the most.

[Karl Spackler]

This board and Safari do not get along well.

 

[Britchot]

psst, Trev: http://forum.jg1.org/topic/2663-arma-3-squad/?p=14268

[Britchot]

I've updated this list to the current approved 15th MEU list.  Also, I have linked Armaholic.com to all the mods I recommend.  If you want one I don't, use google

 

Also required:

 

Community Based addons

All in ArmA Terrain Pack - I replaced this with "All in ArmA Terrain Pack Lite." This has reduced textures that could help with performance.  Klaiber, this one should benefit you the most.

Task Force Arrowhead Radio - Should be required. 

 

 

Client-Side Mod List
Approved

ShackTac Group HUD - I love the SA this gives, it's the small circle at the bottom that shows squadmates that are close by and a simple compass with the cardinal headings

Tao's Folding Map - I like this because I can have a map that takes up 1/2 the screen so I can keep my eye on the game while referencing nearby, drop it if you don't think you'll use it.

VTS Simple Hand Gestures - I haven't used it but I like what it promises, could be a waste of HDD, though. Use "~ (tilde)" to bring up the commo rose.

LHM Glasses - Undecided, it's kind of cool that sunglasses actually shade the light in 1st person, though.  Keeping it for now.

Weapon Safety - Took me a while to figure out the key, use "Shift + ~ (tilde)" to safe/arm any weapon.  I like the idea of avoiding accidental discharges on the FOBs.

FSF SacVentral - HALO jump with your own backpack on your chest, heck yeah!  Also carry two backpacks if you really need to (I've done this IRL for injured people that couldn't carry their own)

TAW View Distance - Keeping it.  Use "U" to bring up the interface and change the LOD on the fly.  Great for changing your performance real-time.

Blake's PINS - This is an ArmA 2 mod that helps with bombing I don't find it necessary for what I play in ArmA.
Dynamic Movement - You can jump over walls instead of stepping.  It's had some buggy actions for me, I want to test it more offline.  Also "CTRL+V" allows you to climb certain things. 

Switch Weapons While Moving - Yes, obvious in my eyes. There is some control setup necessary to use this mod.

Compass and Watch Enlarger - My screen is big enough, this became a hassle.  Remove if you didn't have a problem before. 
ShackTac Stamina Bar - This puts a bar in the bottom left so you can know just how tired you are, see the video below.

Outlaw's Mag Repack - Good for those long outings to reduce clutter and maximize magazine usage. 

[Karl Spackler]

Trev likes this.

[Zerfass]

Do you possibly think I can have the XML to use the patch? 

I've been getting into playing a bit of Wasteland altis,

[Britchot]

I need your exact game name and player ID (may want to PM it to me). Give me a week and I'll add you to trmhe XML and get you the link.

 

The week is due to my hectic personal time at home, not that it's difficult to do. I just have to refresh my memory on it.

[Britchot]

So I accidentally let the site the patch was hosted on expire and they deleted my xml file. I'll have to reload it, however, it's on my Mac at home... so no patches for anyone until I get back. Sorry fellas :/

[Klaiber]

No worries.  We're on a covert ArmA mission, so we're ripping our patches off.

[Britchot]

too funny and currently appropriate.

[Zerfass]

Well I think I need to update my name anyway bc reinstall.

[Klaiber]

It might still be there when you login.  Not sure.

[Zerfass]

Nah, I had to rerun profiles. I've lost the zero, it was too low for me.