ARMA 3: DIRECT ACTION | Huge New Open World Game Mode [Review]

[@BillyEatWorld]

Thanks for watching guys! If you want to jump in and play this, download it on Steam or search for Direct Action in the ARMA 3 server browser. I currently have 2x dedicated servers running it (USA and Australia).

[@zsavage1820]

Nice job... thank you for sharing this with us... it's amazing..

[@arcleader3253]

beautiful job...... thanks a lot......... just wanna stress ont point....... in my opinion the most important thing to have in a dynamic mission, is the capacity of enemy Ai to do exactly what you can do, evolve money and gear, and attack your bases.... this is exactly what makes antistasi unique ...... dont know if you implemented it..... but still you did a great job

[@omgukra]

how the hell do i play this? i have subscribed on steam but cant find it anywhere

[@sRecollet]

@@omgukra Same, not coming up.

[@omgukra]

@@sRecollet i figured it out. make sure you subscribe to it on steam workshop through the link and afterwards head to ...multiplayer> server browser> host server> direct action: dynamic missions|altis> it should be at the bottom of a long list of missions there should be like over 20 names and at the bottom you’ll see this mission. hope this helps my man.

[@yourneighborhoodfriendlyme4242]

As someone that plays solo and is looking for a Ghost Recon Breakpoint alternative, this looks phenomenal!

[@chillinthesnow6145]

I also love playing solo but hate the ai sometimes.

[@henryklee680]

Old man is also good

[@profit6218]

Same

[@skleem4871]

Its the makers of operation Flashpoint. Blew my mind

[@evolgenius1150]

​​​@@chillinthesnow6145 oh i know that AI, they're retarded tactically YET they have super lazer aimbot and psychic powers

[@Viper1Zero]

This looks amazing, bro! Well done! Can’t wait to try this.

[@BillyEatWorld]

Thanks mate!

[@siddiqaqil]

wait a minute

[@zwartekatten]

@@siddiqaqil i've waited 1 year

[@alexandrejacob4294]

Thank you for putting this up! As someone who plays regularly as a small group of 2~3 plays, this is totally up my alley :)

[@nikibest23]

Far Cry + Arma 3 = Music to my ears. This looks amazing!

[@BlitzBlast]

Arma 3 open world ?

[@snowcow]

I've been looking for something like this ever since I bought Arma 3 thank you SO SO MUCH for making this

[@harrydonnellan2538]

Looking forward to seeing this grow and hopefully expand to other maps! It looks like a fantastic way to introduce Arma to new players due to its similarities with other games they've likely played. Good work mate.

[@handsomechocolatebar276]

good mission, hope it gets attention!

[@Tron-1138]

Incredible job! As one of those people that enjoys the SP scenarios in Arma, I greatly appreciate you adding in the ability to save the mission. I watched your Prairie Fire review and you mentioned a DA for it. That DLC is definitely on my radar now.

[@dylanram4653]

can u download direct action on workshop

[@GG-N4]

I do believe the arma 3 workshop needs more missions like this thank you having a blast playing it

[@tt350zJason]

Just getting back into Arma after a long time off. Can't wait to try this out. Thanks in advance for putting this together and also, thank you for making where you can play solo as well, I really appreciate that!!

[@qbz248]

Looks great man! I've been looking for a game mode to play with friends similar to this without setting up a mission or using Zeus, good work!

[@BillyEatWorld]

Yeah that's kind of why I designed this. You can use Zeus in this, but it's not required.

[@Acidmonk603]

Very late to this but just saw your video and downloaded the scenario. I just played for a couple hours solo, trying to take down a nearby base from the airfield, and the scenario was fun as hell. Really looking forward to trying this with my small group. Thank you!

[@JakoMacro]

Great work. Can’t imagine how many man hours it took to code in all the things you managed to do!

[@newcrew1210]

Great production and gameplay showcasing. 👌🏿

[@BillyEatWorld]

Thank You!

[@ArmadilloManiac]

Very cool. Great to see people are putting time and effort into creating content for this old gem of a game.

[@BillyEatWorld]

Thanks man! Yeah, you'd be surprised how much new stuff is still being released. Most of the big faction mod teams are still active and releasing updates. That's what's keeping it alive I think.

[@runetek]

Bro... awesome!. I shared it with a mates discord (we play squad) but I came from Arma 3. I have Fav it to my Arma 3 playlist , liked and subbed :D

[@Mala_Praxis]

This modification is great, I can play it alone or with the 2 friends with whom I usually play ArmA 3. The truth is what complaints I do not have, since the shit that usually works the AI is a matter of the game and not the MOD. I am very grateful to people like you who take the time to share such fun scenarios. And by the way, I apologize for my bad English I am from Argentina and I learned it on the internet.

[@SentinelsHXC]

Just getting back into Arma. This looks incredible. Well done!

[@xXJAKMACKXx]

THANK YOU, THIS IS ALL THAT I WANTED. A SIMPLE TRANSLATION FOR THE MODS I USE THANK YOU

[@thataussieguy4770]

this dude is say it with me PILLAR OF THE COMUNITY

[@roroliaoliao]

Hi, I played your mod. Your's truly amazing, I pretty much play Arma 3 because of your mods. Is a bit buggy here and there but is more of Amra 3's inherent flaws than your mods. I just playing infinitely repayable missions using all the factions and is like roleplaying, it felt great.

[@The_Tank_Destroyer69420]

I am gonna try your gamemode in arma. I also send this to my friend and he really liked it. He sayed he gonna play it.

[@Jackalas974]

Hey awesome work right here ! Glad hearing AMF is on the major faction's list. Thank you for sharing this gem !

[@Luisangelnaza]

We need this for SOG prairie fire

[@meleephant8543]

I just started Arma 3 and i really love games like Ghost Recon or Farcry, so i think this is a good way to start with Arma. The progress system sou build in also makes it better for new players to learn all different type of stuff. Also i like single-player more because 1.my pc is not the strongest and 2.im kinda shy hahaha. So a big thank you, i will definitely try this mod the next days

[@matthewjones39]

The vindicta mod is pretty good

[@otanguma]

Thank you for your effort on this. I'm looking forward to playing!

[@willbo6017]

Nice. Looking forward to this in Cam Lao Nam.

[@KiloSwiss]

This is very, very impressive.

[@hunormagyar1843]

3:10 - How did you make that? I'm trying to create something... sorta similar to your gamemode in Eden, and I could really use a feature where you can recruit squadmates or even buy vehicles for yourself.

[@BillyEatWorld]

Probably the biggest but of advice I can give you is the editor modules are nearly always not going to be good enough to do what you want them to do. 90% of what you can see here is done entirely outside of 3den. 3den is only used in Direct action to position where the objectives should be etc. everything else is done with scripts. You’ll need to learn to script in .sqf (ARMA 3 launguage). As a hint the two main commands you’re looking for are addaction and createUnit.

[@hunormagyar1843]

@@BillyEatWorld Thanks. Your hint helps a lot.

[@hunormagyar1843]

Edit: HOLY SH*T DOES IT HELP A LOT?! THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! I managed to make a very simple currency system using "rating" (reputation basically), using createUnit and some RadioAlpha n other kinda triggers I was able to recruit riflemen for 50 rating point each. The core of what I wanted done is literally achieved. Finally! Time to put "addTask" into the mix in some way, then it'll be perfect; I guess it will remove the limitation coming from the amount of "Radio Alpha, Bravo, Charlie..." triggers available, so that I can buy basically anything. Radio Alpha stuff will be refined into requesting TacEvac teams from remote locations or something. Awesome what I could achieve with this basic amount of scripting I know. Thanks again.

[@happyscott72]

OK so subscribed to direct action and started playing it with friends and OMG I'm loving this. The freedom to choose mission. Pick my squadron and the tactical part of the missions is amazing. Amazing job

[@ethnicsovereignty2369]

This sounds incredible, looks like you've thought about anything the player might need

[@jakewells6920]

Just joined today! Thanks man!

[@Vyesnaa]

I’ve been looking for something new to bring in and play with my friends and will 100% be grabbing this. Thank you for making this

[@MrChromedome28]

Where have you been all my arma life. Awesome gonna give this ago 👌

[@pm.meowth4850]

Glad this channel exist fer real Also wish a special operations mode was in squad

[@michaelandreasen993]

Never really played arma3..but this... THIS made me reinstall!

[@bolbistroganofsky5946]

This is super dope, total gonna be playing this on Altis, Livonia and Tanoa. I’ve been looking for something like this, hell Western Sahara hooked me in because of the pmc setting with a currency system.

[@SGT_R0CK_JR]

Got this scenario. Very very refreshing, well done.

[@NPCisUnavailable]

holy shit. masterpiece

[@tubefreakmuva]

Damn, that's a brilliant game to play! Well done 👍 I will have a look and hopefully this is a better antistasi!!

[@fonzi55]

Can’t wait to try it. Thanks for the hard work!

[@BillyEatWorld]

Cheers. Hit us up on the Discord if you have any questions.

[@KickapooNinja]

I have the same problem with not finishing some of my missions, I kinda had the same idea of making a whole map-wide mission made up of smaller missions that could take a looong time to complete.

[@koekiejam18]

4:47 everyone is using a marksman rifle? You mean an LMG with a scope and a suppressor whilst also carrying a guided missile launcher lmao. But in all honesty this looks really interesting and honestly so much of the balance seems very very natural to me. Good job!

[@george117luis]

Billy, I have been playing With my Friends and have dropped 20+ hours on this mode, however, a minor problem I found It's the autosave feature, It's not working For LAN matches neither Online Coop, Once You exit the progress It's lost, It would be nice to have a Manual save option.

[@michakasprzak6869]

Damn, gonna check it out, I was searching for a missions to run with only or two friends, or even alone :D

[@reghardmostert8425]

Great work!! love that this game still has people like you making it worth playing...soon i as get my new pc ill be playing this 👌

[@camy252camy3]

Just downloaded this and super excited to give it a try!

[@nono-nt8je]

might check this out considering my friends dont want to play arma and I often get kicked out of factions

[@Ianassa91]

Uu seems really neat. Will definaiely checkthis out.

[@FI3LD9]

I wanted to get back to Arma 3 and this popped up in my suggestion. What are the odds?

[@iTomBass]

This sounds hella awesome, congrats on the release billy! Can't wait to try it myself!

[@rickydickson7687]

Hey! This is so fantastic, however we've run in to a problem. The server we use doesn't save the progress of our sandbox which is a massive shame. Is there any proper way to incorporate a save system or is there already one in place we don't know about?

[@GladiatorLegion_Dez]

Just found this and am really excited to try this out

[@Rugrat]

I just found your channel as I just downloaded arma 3 and am looking for mods, Ive not played since arma 2 back when i played dayz mod :D

[@TestNewphone-f6n]

How is the performance Its like duws but many zones

[@raafathomsi4873]

This man really said: * the perfect gamemode*

[@happyscott72]

Looks great been looking for something like this. Jyst came back to arma 3 and looking at all the mods. Will give this a try 😁😁

[@BakaEngel]

So I see on your steam page that ACE medical breaks some aspects, but is that the only portion that causes issues or does ACE have other problems as well? As a player with a small group that likes to play together. This looks like an awesome follow up to our Antistasi game that is almost completed at this point. Unfortunately, we're pretty much dedicated ACE players at this point. Just adds too much that's useful to not have it.

[@rubsomebacononit1326]

Hope this gets more exposure as this looks like it will be really fun even if solo

[@jakethejerk2552]

I’m hoping you’ll see this, but I’ve played it before and now it doesn’t show up in the mods tab when I go into the launcher how can I fix it?

[@xbeastmodex3]

The menu that shows each unit at bottom left isnt there anymore

[@robinjeronimus4836]

i really love this so much thank you good work

[@billylee322]

This sounds amazing bro, I'll definitely check it out for single player. Is it compatible with other mods like the star wars mod? Imagine being an elite Imperial unit infiltrating a rebel planet, or republic infiltrating cis. Or even a WW2 campaign!!

[@MrFrosty888]

Sound great so we can run mods like xtra inventory and that sweet. Also can we just run this in solo offline ?

[@weasley7273]

How do you take out those giant transmission towers?

[@spartanproductions6309]

Excellent stuff 🙂

[@NomadOneZero]

Mission is great. Been having a damn good time so far

[@bowenzhang5137]

How have you guys managed to run this coop like 2-4 ppl? Would just hosting an internet server be fine for this or do you need a dedicated one? Also are you able to save your progress currently ?

[@crispay8304]

Arma 3 Meets Ghost Recon wildlands more like

[@pritchcentergaming1212]

How exactly does the progression and unlocks work is it like rep or level based?

[@dessirangelova2676]

As some one who loves playing brm5 (a roblox game that kinda works like this and ghost recon breakpoint) this sounds great will get it leter

[@mr.bossman8935]

Looks great but when I tried it at first it's a little confusing in the beginning. It's not as straightforward as the other dynamic Ops however it seems to really set itself apart from the other 2 or 3 good ones which is awesome btw. It's cool to see how each other these is so different.

[@limatwofive8951]

This is awesome. Thanks!

[@MaCroCuRV]

I installed indibi2 and the game tells me when it autosaves, but where do I go to load that autosave? Help would be appreciated please! Thanks!

[@e-4entertainment329]

I don't understand? Am I doing something wrong ? I go to the guy for AI and it doesn't say anything or spawn anything

[@sventheterrible7598]

A takistan or lithium map would be insane :)

[@VIctorcerezini11]

This looks awesome! Thanks for the hard work

[@BillyEatWorld]

Thanks mate!

[@brandmann9597]

What the hell am i suposed to do about the constant jets flying over and bombing me even when im in my own base? Im not allowed to shoot in my base but im CONSTANTLY getting bombed by jets! Its relentless

[@delta3eight429]

Loving this mod but how to we use the ear plugs???

[@skleem4871]

This is amazing thank you

[@nickharper3137]

Can you play sp and spawn as jet pilot immediatly?

[@NickyDekker89]

Does this work with ACE3 as well?

[@hearsomeevil9199]

Dumb question here, how do I get my teamates more ammo without giving it to them individually?

[@Hklmfd]

i want to buy this game but i wonder how many storage i need for this game and this mods installed?

[@gavindajaijai8905]

wow , well if this dont get me playin arma again ....

[@The_Tank_Destroyer69420]

6:33 wait a sec how did you aim that great with UAV view. That's looks like you have used mouse incase of WASD. Same goes for 7:06

[@richardwolfe2089]

Would you be interested in adding support for the Unsung mod / factions?

[@jasonbegaming244]

can someone tell me how to load a previous game on this mod? spent hours playing and can't figure out how to continue from last save..

[@kchaouahmed125]

is there an end goal of this mission like destroy all enemies or certain % of the enemy to win also great work

[@BillyEatWorld]

Thanks! No end goal. It's just a big open ended sandbox mission with a ton of stuff to do.

[@TheKayack1]

i won't complain as long as the "save" function actually works without corrupt files.

[@michaelralph5472]

This mod is literally the reason I bought Arma 3.

[@glemau9667]

The biggest question that I have is what happens to new players on a public server? Do they have to start farming for themselves? Are unlocks global?

[@BillyEatWorld]

Unlocks are global. The missions get harder as you level up so you want to have the unlocks global :).

[@onetwothree7788]

Mr Billy I play your server. But I can't bomb using jets can you help me?

[@no-xb1eh]

Is it like instant action?

[@evolgenius1150]

I can't figure it out. I try to choose a mission and It just says "not a valid mission" when I click on pink circles to choose a mission and then I can't exit the map. Tried with mods and straight vanilla. :(

[@BillyEatWorld]

There's a pink circle that should say cancel at the mapboard location. You can also start missions just by walking into the red circle.... you don't need to use the map board at all if you dont want to.

[@dudec00l9]

Had a few go on the mission. Really well made. Me, who is a fan of dynamic mission and with progression system, this mission is perfect. Only thing is that when I host a server with my friends, the progression doesn't save.

[@BillyEatWorld]

This mission was never actually designed with persistence in mind (because it's inspired by invade and annex), but so many people have requested, it's actually just been added. We're testing MP persistence on the new Vietnam version of Direct Action and it'll hopefully be added to Tanoa and Altis later this week.

[@dudec00l9]

@@BillyEatWorld well thats great to hear! Hope it will go well with the development. Thank you for your effort!

[@kg_canuck]

I reinstalled GR Wildlands and was immediately disappointed by the lack of depth. Looks like I found a replacement.

[@games-portal]

Hello nice mod :) is it possible to get flight with a helicopter to a waypoint ?

[@PatriotJedi]

Is there a way I can play this currently now?