Arma 3 Alpha (Beta, full game)

.ak · 07-03-2013 11:19pm

I haven't played the series since, well, the first Operation Flashpoint! Been tempted to pick it back up but never really had the time. Think I may take advantage of this beta tho!

Foxhole Norman · 08-03-2013 1:02am

Got it this morning. Really love the graphics. They are quite amazing. It runs well on Very High/Ultra on my GTX660M and an i5 3210M.

ktulu123 · 08-03-2013 1:07am

Day 2 highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkGtLa0Kpk0

Enjoy!

Reddit: http://redd.it/19vnlj

ktulu123 · 08-03-2013 6:15pm

Part 1 of a two part mission to Escape Stratis. This is one of the Co-op missions included with the Alpha release. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_eBjWe4cGE

Reddit: http://redd.it/19x5g8

dreamers75 · 08-03-2013 11:09pm

ktulu123 wrote: »

Day 2 highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkGtLa0Kpk0

Enjoy!

Reddit: http://redd.it/19vnlj

hahhahaha 9.20

you can see what caused your mysterious space car

ktulu123 · 09-03-2013 1:17pm

Escape Stratis Part 2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFCgFFdo80Q

Reddit: http://redd.it/19yusn

Kiith · 09-03-2013 1:22pm

Realistic is it? :P

May have already been posted.

Korvanica · 09-03-2013 1:34pm

Kiith wrote: »

Realistic is it? :P

[SIZE="1"]May have already been posted.[/SIZE]

Sure is. Did you not know mortars worked like that ? What happens is the guy launches himself and pulls the pin of a grenade just before he lands. Its very effective as he can throw the grenade if his lz is inaccurate ...

Magill · 09-03-2013 1:41pm

lol, thats class. I was gonna pick this up to play over the weekend... and then my mouse broke.

kowloon · 09-03-2013 1:44pm

I hear the chopper simulation is much improved. They released a Chopper sim last year so they must have gained valuable experience with that.
I have my rudder pedals and stick ready to go, looking forward to persuading some mates to take the plunge so I have someone to play.

ktulu123 · 09-03-2013 2:00pm

Yeah the helicopters are really great now. Makes flying on the ground that much more enjoyable

Kiith · 09-03-2013 2:03pm

ktulu123 wrote: »

Yeah the helicopters are really great now. Makes flying into the ground that much more enjoyable

FYP :P

ktulu123 · 09-03-2013 2:14pm

haha Nope. I'm one of those guys lucky enough to be able to fly helicopters :P I'll have the helicopter showcase mission up later today.

Heckler · 11-03-2013 2:22pm

Hi.

Need a small bit of help if anyone can oblige.

I downloaded Arma 3 on a friends pc through my own steam account (as I have terrible internet).

I've saved the entire steam folder on a portable drive and also used the steam game backup feature and saved that too.

Need to know what I have to do when I get back to my own pc to get Arma up and running. Some say copy and paste the steamapps folder but I figure that would mess up what steam games I have already.

Can i copy and paste the Arma 3 game folder itself into my current steamapps folder ?

Any advice on how to sort it would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Genghiz Cohen · 11-03-2013 3:32pm

Heckler wrote: »

Hi.

Need a small bit of help if anyone can oblige.

I downloaded Arma 3 on a friends pc through my own steam account (as I have terrible internet).

I've saved the entire steam folder on a portable drive and also used the steam game backup feature and saved that too.

Need to know what I have to do when I get back to my own pc to get Arma up and running. Some say copy and paste the steamapps folder but I figure that would mess up what steam games I have already.

Can i copy and paste the Arma 3 game folder itself into my current steamapps folder ?

Any advice on how to sort it would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Start the download on your computer.
Copy the ArmA3 folder from SteamApps>Common into your SteamApps>Common, then in Steam right click on ArmA and hit Verify game files.

You could have created a Steam Backup on your friends computer and that probably would have been easier.

Heckler · 11-03-2013 8:40pm

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

Start the download on your computer.
Copy the ArmA3 folder from SteamApps>Common into your SteamApps>Common, then in Steam right click on ArmA and hit Verify game files.

You could have created a Steam Backup on your friends computer and that probably would have been easier.

Worked a treat. Thanks.

flynnlives · 11-03-2013 10:25pm

im in two minds about getting this: arma 2 vs arma3

its still in alpha so is there actually many missions you can do? is there planes?

as regards arma 2 the graphics obviously arent as great as arma 3, thats my main gripe, why get silver when you can have gold!

what should i do?!

5uspect · 11-03-2013 11:22pm

flynnlives wrote: »

im in two minds about getting this: arma 2 vs arma3

its still in alpha so is there actually many missions you can do? is there planes?

as regards arma 2 the graphics obviously arent as great as arma 3, thats my main gripe, why get silver when you can have gold!

what should i do?!

Well there is an editor where you can create missions on the small island current available - and there are other missions you can download. The alpha is infantry focused but there are helicopters. Buying the alpha gets you access to the Beta and the full game so it's a pretty decent deal. Of course the final version will have a wide selection of aircraft.

For me it wasn't about graphics, ARMA II could look pretty good, it was the clunkiness of it. III feels much improved with that sawtooth movement feeling more natural. Over all III feels highly polished, especially for an alpha.

Most people are likely to migrate over to III as it progresses to final release. Since DayZ is getting a standalone release there are fewer reasons to stay with II IMHO.

flynnlives · 11-03-2013 11:59pm

5uspect wrote: »

Well there is an editor where you can create missions on the small island current available - and there are other missions you can download. The alpha is infantry focused but there are helicopters. Buying the alpha gets you access to the Beta and the full game so it's a pretty decent deal. Of course the final version will have a wide selection of aircraft.

For me it wasn't about graphics, ARMA II could look pretty good, it was the clunkiness of it. III feels much improved with that sawtooth movement feeling more natural. Over all III feels highly polished, especially for an alpha.

Most people are likely to migrate over to III as it progresses to final release. Since DayZ is getting a standalone release there are fewer reasons to stay with II IMHO.

this is what i meant to say! my use of words is, ah, ****!

but ya i agree with everything you stated.

will they be adding more vehicles and weapons as the alpha moves along and into the beta?

ktulu123 · 12-03-2013 6:26pm

Live Commentaries of the four Showcase Missions included with the Alpha:

Infantry Showcase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUAA35SqZqw

Helicopter Showcase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-KEaO5BRlY

Vehicles Showcase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67crP0l20A4

SCUBA Showcase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObJHoaqD7bc

Reddit: http://redd.it/1a5p5c

shreddedloops · 13-03-2013 3:33pm

If anyone has a spare Alpha Lite code I'd love to give it a go.

Been thinking about buying but really would want to try it out on my machine first. Make sure it doesn't fall to pieces.

Genghiz Cohen · 13-03-2013 3:50pm

Not till the 15th or so I think.

MadYaker · 13-03-2013 4:50pm

What PC do you have? I'm running it at high in an i3 and a 7750. Nothing special but I'm getting decent fps.

Korvanica · 13-03-2013 5:06pm

MadYaker wrote: »

What PC do you have? I'm running it at high in an i3 and a 7750. Nothing special but I'm getting decent fps.

Im on an i5 2500k & 560Ti and i'm struggling to get over 30fps on high. Usually have to play on Medium to get a decent framerate

MadYaker · 13-03-2013 5:35pm

No idea how much fps I'm getting but its smooth unless I turn the view distance up to high/insane.

Genghiz Cohen · 13-03-2013 6:08pm

Korvanica wrote: »

Im on an i5 2500k & 560Ti and i'm struggling to get over 30fps on high. Usually have to play on Medium to get a decent framerate

I'm on a 2500k @ 3.3GHz and a GTX570. Mostly high with some very high. View distance set to about 1700M.
runs perfectly on most things, wasteland and Zombie Sandbox take some of the sheen off it though.

Jaafa · 13-03-2013 8:25pm

The game still needs/will be getting a lot of optimization, expect FPS to rise with new updates.

synesthesia · 14-03-2013 3:02pm

played few hours of arma 3 wasteland ... so much fun ! still some bugs with the inventory but overall ... bloody brilliant.

MadYaker · 14-03-2013 3:24pm

Yeah like not being able to take guns from vehicles without getting into them first. Also I don't like the way when you use your scroll wheel to highlight "get in vehicle as driver" you have to press enter to get in instead of just clicking.

SpannerMonkey · 14-03-2013 3:30pm

Korvanica wrote: »

Im on an i5 2500k & 560Ti and i'm struggling to get over 30fps on high. Usually have to play on Medium to get a decent framerate

I have an i7 3770k overclocked to 4.6 and a Gtx 690 and 16gb of RAM and I still get crap fps. No one gets good fps in this yet :-P

Arma 3 Alpha (Beta, full game)

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