Arma 3 Alpha (Beta, full game)

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

synesthesia · 14-03-2013 4:39pm

ah! i am not the only one!

yeah that's annoying ...

shreddedloops · 14-03-2013 4:58pm

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.

I've got an All-in-One at the moment so its an i5-3450s 2.80GHz with a GeForce GT 640M.

Only tend to worry about running games at a reasonable FPS whatever the quality hit.

dre_jspeed · 14-03-2013 5:01pm

MadYaker wrote: »

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.

Instead of pressing enter, you can just press down of the mouse wheel.

ktulu123 · 14-03-2013 5:12pm

or spacebar

shreddedloops · 14-03-2013 9:29pm

Don't want to sound like a scrounger, but if anyone can spare an Alpha Lite code I could gift them a copy of Dead Island

platinums · 14-03-2013 9:59pm

I have a couple Arma 3 lites if anyone is inneed, they must have been added recently. pm or steam id platinums

Also, whats with the [Dev] tag in front of the multiplayer servers

jumbobreakfast · 14-03-2013 11:21pm

I guess it means that those servers allow people with the latest dev version to join. (right click on game in steam-->properties-->beta-->development version)

I'm sticking with the standard alpha version for now as a lot of servers block the dev version and I dont have the bandwidth to be re-downloading arma 3 if the dev versions goes tits up.

Laviski · 14-03-2013 11:35pm

jumbobreakfast wrote: »

I guess it means that those servers allow people with the latest dev version to join. (right click on game in steam-->properties-->beta-->development version)

I'm sticking with the standard alpha version for now as a lot of servers block the dev version and I dont have the bandwidth to be re-downloading arma 3 if the dev versions goes tits up.

the gaellords servers wont be running the dev version at least for the moment.

Not The Real Scarecrow · 14-03-2013 11:38pm

put on the dev version for a bit. Found it far laggier andnot as many servers. Got about 3 crashes in a row and have switched back to the normal one and see how it goes.

platinums · 15-03-2013 1:03am

jumbobreakfast wrote: »

I guess it means that those servers allow people with the latest dev version to join. (right click on game in steam-->properties-->beta-->development version)

I'm sticking with the standard alpha version for now as a lot of servers block the dev version and I dont have the bandwidth to be re-downloading arma 3 if the dev versions goes tits up.

been a few days since i played I had forgotten i applied the Beta - turned off now only 4-6 decently pinged servers on offer the rest (100+) block the Beta/Dev version.

Wasteland seems to have transgressed from Arma 2 to 3. Shame the servers or clients keep crashing, Alpha Blues i guess.

Beta not till Q2 2013 whatever that means

Jaafa · 15-03-2013 12:27pm

platinums wrote: »

been a few days since i played I had forgotten i applied the Beta - turned off now only 4-6 decently pinged servers on offer the rest (100+) block the Beta/Dev version.

Wasteland seems to have transgressed from Arma 2 to 3. Shame the servers or clients keep crashing, Alpha Blues i guess.

Beta not till Q2 2013 whatever that means

End of Q2 would be June I believe.

VenomIreland · 15-03-2013 1:05pm

How on earth do you actually complete the "Escape from stratis" Co-op mission included in the alpha? Me and my friend got to the airbase with an AI squad, grabbed a heli and flew out of the map but it didn't complete, is it because we left one guy behind or is it bugged?

dan_ep82 · 15-03-2013 1:48pm

VenomIreland wrote: »

How on earth do you actually complete the "Escape from stratis" Co-op mission included in the alpha? Me and my friend got to the airbase with an AI squad, grabbed a heli and flew out of the map but it didn't complete, is it because we left one guy behind or is it bugged?

Think there's Humvee's you need to get into on the east side of the base?

Jaafa · 15-03-2013 1:55pm

VenomIreland wrote: »

How on earth do you actually complete the "Escape from stratis" Co-op mission included in the alpha? Me and my friend got to the airbase with an AI squad, grabbed a heli and flew out of the map but it didn't complete, is it because we left one guy behind or is it bugged?

Me and my mate juse flew out of the map and we won. Didn't have to pick up the AI I don't think. Probably a bug.

dan_ep82 · 15-03-2013 1:55pm

Does anyone need/want a alpha lite invite?

Got at least one spare

Cravez · 15-03-2013 2:53pm

I have two Alpha Lite keys to spare, first two people to PM me their steam names will get them.

MadYaker · 15-03-2013 3:41pm

I have 3 to give away.

Dcully · 15-03-2013 3:55pm

What exactly are the lite keys? Either way id like one please, can I play waste land with this?

ktulu123 · 15-03-2013 3:56pm

I think they are only for the single player missions. ie the 4 showcase ones

MadYaker · 15-03-2013 3:58pm

They are kind of like a demo that you'd get free on steam for some games. 4 single player missions and thats it, no multiplayer. But it'd be a good chance to see how it runs on your machine and if you like the feel of it.

As I said I have 3 if anyone wants them PM me with a link to your steam profile.

Spear · 15-03-2013 4:03pm

Alpha lite has no MP or mod support.

synesthesia · 15-03-2013 8:31pm

i still have one lite to give away too.

Played on Gaellords wasteland arma 3 server today .... what a blast!!!

platinums · 16-03-2013 12:49am

What a shame, was playing a great game of blitzkrieg, and some one starts teleporting everyone to the same spot, queue bulletstorm.

I really wish they worked on the cheating for A3, it may initially not have been designed for public servers but Id say the Public multiplayer is a large part of its commercial success of late.

dan_ep82 · 16-03-2013 1:07am

AFAIK no anti cheat is running yet

Cravez · 17-03-2013 12:46pm

Still one Alpha lite key left. PM me your steam and it's yours.

dan_ep82 · 17-03-2013 12:51pm

Same,still have 2,maybe 3

CrinkElite · 17-03-2013 12:59pm

Can I have one please? I need to benchmark.
Also, do ye notice a discrepancy between single and multiplayer FPS? (as in with ARMA2)

Damo 2k9 · 17-03-2013 3:28pm

Dan_ep, just sent u a pm, if you still have it that'd be great

flynnlives · 17-03-2013 11:18pm

i'd love a key if someone has one left!

Spear · 17-03-2013 11:26pm

flynnlives wrote: »

i'd love a key if someone has one left!

Send me Steam name then.

Arma 3 Alpha (Beta, full game)

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