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Arma 3 Alpha (Beta, full game)

Jaafa

So the Arma 3 alpha is out to buy. 25 euro and you get to play the beta and get a copy of the full game when its out. Pretty good deal IMO.

I have it downloading, anyone get a chance to play it yet?

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Not The Real Scarecrow

Looks like a fairly big improvement over 2,graphics wise, and its only the Alpha.Nice video as well by the way.

ktulu123

Day 1 highlights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agg1fr6WRCk

Reddit: http://redd.it/19s97y

dreamers75

the_syco wrote: »

I just had a flashback when BF3 came out, and the ****ing ****s crashing every plane, chopper, etc... and since BF3 is flying with auto-pilot on compared to ARMA, it'll be fun to see how fast they all die.

Theres a little bird in the A3 editor, i forgot how to fly Arma style

the_syco

MadYaker wrote: »

Arma 2 had a dedicated but fairly small fan base who kept to themselves until dayz came along, I hope its popularity will mean Arma 3 will be a bit more mainstream and have more people playing it and creating mods.

I just had a flashback when BF3 came out, and the ****ing ****s crashing every plane, chopper, etc... and since BF3 is flying with auto-pilot on compared to ARMA, it'll be fun to see how fast they all die.

MadYaker

Arma 2 had a dedicated but fairly small fan base who kept to themselves until dayz came along, I hope its popularity will mean Arma 3 will be a bit more mainstream and have more people playing it and creating mods.

the_syco

Meatwad wrote: »

COD and BF3 gave me a false sense of being good at FPS, played ARMA 2 and realised how sh1t I truly am.

TBH, CoD and BF3 are first person shooters, whilst ARMA is more of a military simulator.

Not The Real Scarecrow

After reading this thread ,I think I'm sold. Only picked up Arma 2 before xmas,mainly for the DayZ, and never got too much of a chance to get into it outside the single player games. Being feckin useless at it as well, kind of put me off trying multiplayer. COD and BF3 gave me a false sense of being good at FPS, played ARMA 2 and realised how sh1t I truly am.

MadYaker

Those sort of BF3 techniques don't tend to work in ARMA, if you see a tank and you don't have anti tank weaponry then hide and hope they don't see you.

I'll buy this on steam when I get home this evening.

the_syco

MajesticDonkey wrote: »

Not sure how well putting a satchel on a quad, driving at a tank and jumping off at 50mph would work though.

You jump out of a moving jeep, and you either get two broken legs, or you die.

dan_ep82

Theres a few things I'm looking forward to,

Domination
Community made weapons and gear.
Community made vehiclels
ACRE
ACE (at least some parts)

Comparing BF3 to Arma is something akin to comparing Left for Dead to Dayz. They have the same theme but in one there is so much more content and realism.

ktulu123

Challenge Accepted

MajesticDonkey

the_syco wrote: »

Does anyone know can you place C4 and/or explosives and or mines, etc, on jeeps, planes, fellow team-mates, etc?

It was in one of the release videos, that you can actually put satchel charges on objects now, rather than just on the ground. Not sure how well putting a satchel on a quad, driving at a tank and jumping off at 50mph would work though.

dreamers75

Fanny Cradock wrote: »

Did anyone purchase TrackIR? Seems to be fairly popular in the Arma community - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXx3vMy_AQ

I won one few years ago, great piece of kit but wasnt for me.

Every few minutes my solider would stop and his would tilt back slowly and it was clearly obvious i was drinking beer

Fanny Cradock

Did anyone purchase TrackIR? Seems to be fairly popular in the Arma community - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXx3vMy_AQ

ktulu123

Currently rendering a Day 1 highlights video. Will have a video of the Escape Stratis Mission done soon

the_syco

Does anyone know can you place C4 and/or explosives and or mines, etc, on jeeps, planes, fellow team-mates, etc?

In ARMA2 (Wastelands), if you placed a mine under a dead body, it'd blow up instantly, and if you put a mine on a quad, you'd morph through the quad and end up dying whilst stuck halfway in the quad

dreamers75

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=83527616&postcount=63

My specs are in that thread too.

Runs like a dream

Azza

Grimebox wrote:

I have never played any of the Arma's. Can someone tell me why I would bother? Honestly all I can see is a Battlefield/COD clone. What has this got that they don't?

Its not much like BF or Cod at all. Its on the simulation end of things. Weapons and movement is more realistic. Reloading takes time, you carry realistic amounts of ammunation. It takes time travelling to objectives. Your not going be walking there. You will need transportation.

Basically the most popular form of multiplayer comes from community made co-op missions where you and up to say a dozen other players take on missions to destroy different targets usually seperated by seveal miles and guarded sometimes quite literally 100's of enemy soliders. You have complete operational freedom on how you approach targets and normally freedom to choose whatever weapons and vehicles you want to. There is normally a combined life pool used for respawns. Where you might have 100 lifes between you to complete certain objectives.

When you get shot you will probably have no idea where you got shot from. Ranges are huge. You can be firing at tank which is literally a mile or more away. The only way you spotted him was because of muzzle flash. You can fire artillery at targets 15 miles away and the artillery will take a few minutes to arrive. Hitting targets from range is extremely hard. Weapon ballistics are more accurate.

Maps have no boundries you can go anywhere on them.

the_syco

PirateShampoo wrote: »

They want you to pay 25 euro to take part in the Alpha, in which you are doing them a favor and finding all the stuff they messed up, and plus with it being a ARMA game even when it goes full retail its still going to be rediled with bugs.

You paid a lot more for Battlefield, you get continuous bugs, some which were never fixed.

Grimebox wrote: »

I have never played any of the Arma's. Can someone tell me why I would bother? Honestly all I can see is a Battlefield/COD clone. What has this got that they don't?

Think of a map that's 20 times larger than the largest Battlefield map, and you have ARMA2. ARMA3 is meant to be bigger.

It's also more realistic, so when landing a chopper, land too hard and you may cripple the chopper. Likewise with a plane; take off too quickly, and the plane may stall and crash.

In Battlefield, you jeep has 20% armour, but still able to drive. In ARMA2, you could shoot one wheel of the jeep, and although the rest of the jeep could be grand, without that wheel it won't be going anywhere, but you could still use the mounted gun on top if there is one.

Also, fuel. Everything in ARMA2 Wasteland uses fuel (not sure if this was a mod feature or not). No fuel, you don't go anywhere. You may have repaired the chopper, but without fuel, it doesn't take off.

MajesticDonkey

Grimebox wrote: »

I have never played any of the Arma's. Can someone tell me why I would bother? Honestly all I can see is a Battlefield/COD clone. What has this got that they don't?

Oh god

it's nothing similar to BF or COD.

Spear

Grimebox wrote: »

I have never played any of the Arma's. Can someone tell me why I would bother? Honestly all I can see is a Battlefield/COD clone. What has this got that they don't?

Because it's not a BF/CoD clone, it's a combined arms simulator. It's one hit to kill commonly. A variant of this is used by a number of countries as a training simulator.

Grimebox

I have never played any of the Arma's. Can someone tell me why I would bother? Honestly all I can see is a Battlefield/COD clone. What has this got that they don't?

Genghiz Cohen

Plus, with the sales of Operation Arrowhead + Combined Ops from DayZ, they will be fine for money for the next.... 700 years.

Dualtagh

PirateShampoo wrote: »

Its Alpha, which also means they could scrap the game at any moment and you will never see your money again. Its people who are willing to pay for these types of cons, encourage other companys to pull the same bs.

What an ignorant statement. BI don't need the money to finish this game, they've already been working on it for years. This is just giving the fans an early chance to play the game and give feedback on what can be changed to improve it.

cherryghost

DeSelby83 wrote: »

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz (8 CPUs), ~1.7GHz

thats from the directX dianostic tool

Hmm the CPU is fine, however the GPU is pretty much on the cusp. Might be a bit too slow. What's your steam username?

[Deleted User]

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

What kind of i7?

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU Q 740 @ 1.73GHz (8 CPUs), ~1.7GHz

thats from the directX dianostic tool

Genghiz Cohen

DeSelby83 wrote: »

W7 - 64bit
8gb RAM
i7 1.7 GHz
nvidia 330m

I'm no expert but I'm guessing that my graphics card is really holding me back.

What kind of i7?

jumbobreakfast

DeSelby83 wrote: »

W7 - 64bit
8gb RAM
i7 1.7 GHz
nvidia 330m

I'm no expert but I'm guessing that my graphics card is really holding me back.

https://store.bistudio.com/arma3-digital-deluxe-edition#requirements

Your CPU wont cut it either I'm afraid. Just like arma 2, I was getting less than 20 FPS in built up areas with lots of players and I have a 3GHz i7. Overclocking to 3.8Ghz gave a nice boost (just like in arma 2) but I reckon I'd need to be running at 4+ Ghz to play it comfortably. People with newer i7's might get better results at the same clock speeds though, mine's a core i7-950.

I'm going to play with my settings tonight and see if I can improve it but it's a shame that it doesnt utilise my 2xNvidia 580 graphics cards a bit more. If anyone has any tips, let me know.

ps Everyone who bought the game gets alpha-lite invites so I could send you on one when they become available. you dont get multiplayer with Alpha-Lite but you could test your machine that way. ( I think we get the invites in a few weeks)

jumbobreakfast

Big Knox wrote: »

Logic fail of the highest order.

To be fair to Pirate, he's probably comparing Arma to other games that dont have a strong modding community or developers who deny that there are problems or bugs with their game. By releasing the game early the modders will have some great mods and missions ready for release. It's amazing how many mods, custom missions and tweaks have been released already: http://www.armaholic.com/index.php?c=news_arma3

[Deleted User]

cherryghost wrote: »

What's your specs?

W7 - 64bit
8gb RAM
i7 1.7 GHz
nvidia 330m

I'm no expert but I'm guessing that my graphics card is really holding me back.