ArmA 3 Guide - AI Control Introduction

[@JohnSmith-xk5ou]

To all youtube content providers, this is how you make a video. Detailed and time stamps in the description. Well done.

[@raphexe]

Amen. and also no unnecessary music.

[@sunnyjim1355]

If only the vidoe was necessary. I think it's hilarious that a Yank feels the need to explain the obvious. He does explain the obviosly unnecessary very well though... those guys are used to having to dumb down.

[@timulakgg2473]

totally aggree

[@Ghaleon42]

@@sunnyjim1355 A little late, but the AI behavior in this game isn't obvious. There are quirks to their behavior that new players like myself have a hard time nailing down, and this video exposed all of them.

[@patriotatuga5757]

@@Ghaleon42 same and i have 150 hours on Arma 3

[@iamwill737]

Still the beest video about it, in 2020.

[@deltamike0397]

Dude! I have been llaying Arma 3 for about 3 years, and THIS is the first time I have heard about these commands... I have always just manually moved them into position. Damn... Thanks Jester! Great stuff man!

[@OrcCorp]

@20:27: private, you go and give that man a treat! 20 seconds later, my LoL of the month :,D

[@adumbaby]

that is how marines apply bandages

[@flynnjavier840]

i dont mean to be offtopic but does someone know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb lost the login password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me!

[@mordechaibrysen3883]

@Flynn Javier Instablaster =)

[@ronaldp7573]

I recently figured out the 'supress' command. When you issue it the AI will begin firing bursts at wherever you are aiming. So in order for the Ai do suppress it must be able to see at what (or where since you can supress an area rather than combatant) you are aiming and be in 'open fire' state. Not the most common command you will be using since positioning of fire support is more important than issue specific suppression commands. (The move menu is your best friend forever). But can be useful in niche applications.

[@Cid_1]

Please make a small tutorial on how to set up the DWVAC voice commands, that would be so helpful. Great vid Jester.

[@wfong4409]

9 years later still helpful , Love you man

[@MsFreegaza]

i watch for nostalgia and to see how far weve come. still love this game. learned alot in the editor. worked on the cherno redux team,released dayz missions and combined ops scenarios...still goin strong.. Not all the commies in hell could stop me.

[@TheJacobGantz]

I love how the game explains none of this and wants you to read the field manual apparently in mission to figure all this out.

[@michaelwills1926]

No doubt “We appear to be out of field manuals, sir”

[@pcgamersector5496]

Thank you for your amazing, crystal clear, easy to follow tutorials. You sir, make people to improve ArmA 3 into an even better product.

[@TheSightStudios]

Great tutorial, when I built my first gaming pc, this was the first game I bought, but the lack of tutorials made it a nightmare at first. Finding out something new each time I play :D

[@17leeward]

Just started Arma 3 Campaign. Got to the bit where you have a team for the first time.....totally confused! This video is brilliant, really clear explanations. Thanks!!

[@campionpesate4647]

I don't get why they removed the "Fire on my lead" command in the default menu, it was there in Flashpoint.

[@Qarlo99]

Thank you for keeping those of us new to Arma in mind in making these excellent tutorial videos. You have saved me countless hours of frustration. : ] P.S.: Keep them coming!

[@Jester814]

Tilde: ~ Also the Grave key: `

[@Jester814]

Squad and Disregard are actually the same command. I think the default may be "team" So find the "team" command, and add squad and disregard in there. Basically if you say squad once, it selects the squad. If you say it again, it deselects the whole squad. I didn't like saying squad to deselect my guys, so I just put disregard as an extra command in there. Technically I can select my guys by saying "disregard".

[@mrsnow2277]

Stopped playing Arma 3 couple years ago and I know I just have to look for Jester814 on KZbin to learn everything again. Awesome walkthroughs!! Thanks man!!

[@jui79]

Words cannot say how helpful this video was. Thanks so much m8 👍

[@warrencantero]

Absolutely well paced and brilliantly informative.

[@malegingerbread1838]

Arma 3 is scary when your playing alone and it's all quiet.

[@aglimitless]

Lol so true

[@mamneo2]

Lol so true

[@JacySanjunXiao]

Lol so true

[@SomePinkHairRockstar]

Lol so true

[@trje246]

Lol so true

[@AuroraSymphony]

15:25 "what?" *rubs eyes* *rewinds back to **15:25* There was an opening large enough for the AI and it found it. Damn fine job!

[@KillFeed669]

I could never find any decent videos on the editor or AI control, your vids are very well done and you have definitely earned a subscriber. Great job man.

[@Jester814]

I use the -exact- profile I linked. The "heavy modification" I put into it was because I use G to select my team and ESDF to move, so I had to switch all those buttons in the commands one by one.

[@BigSauce_]

Thorough yet concise, cheers bruv

[@michaelsanchez5954]

I've had aram 3 a couple years now never could get the hang of it I came here for the gear interactions fighting zombies takes alot of lead, thanks for the informative video seldom do I find myself thanking someone on the Internet.

[@onecheman]

Nice video JEster, you only forget one thing, when u select an unit and press ALT the default menu will change siglty, its a good way for order AI to watchs a certain place, heading, instead using the N, NE, E, SE, etc

[@scarfacejasonok]

the voice command bit completely destroys the rest of the video, as in making it obsolete to some one who wants a responsive squad behind them. subbed

[@MrMenaphon]

Awesome video, I was absolutely clueless until I watched this.

[@drewmasterton4605]

Great work. Should come with the full release for the game.

[@Jester814]

Yes. The default buttons to cycle through your team in A2 are Y and U. I don't know what they are in A3.

[@W1AEX]

Thanks for this one Jester. Your "Mission Editing" videos got me started with mission building and this one really helps a lot with getting the AI to complete the objectives. Thanks a lot for helping to reduce the learning of curve of the Arma 3 adventure!

[@W-4RR4NT]

Awesome video. I have just started playing Arma 3 with the DUWS mod and needed this help with the AI. Your videos are great, keep up the good work and thank you for serving.

[@simonedmunds8732]

Thanks for the demo of the voice commands - very impressive.

[@Baleur]

My first real use of the combat modes was in a mission to rescue a downed chopper pilot deep in the salt lake in thick fog (on Altis, the Dynamic Campaign mission). Had em all on stealth and hold fire, sneaked up while crouched and prone until we could barely see the enemies. Everyone got a target on their own, i gave the order to open fire. Mission over, success. :D

[@Jester814]

I think default keys to cycle through AI units are open bracket [ and close bracket ]

[@boxybox100]

holy shit man, thank you so much. The voice commands is AWESOME!

[@Jester814]

Are you activating it with ctrl+v(I think that's the default). To get vac working you have to: Start VAC Load a profile(you'll see a blue P for profile) Press ctrl+V(you'll see a green O for on) Then it should be working.

[@Jester814]

I could have sworn that I already linked the profile I used in this video... Maybe I linked it in another video that someone was asking about. I'll find it and put it in the video description. My personal profile would be utterly useless to everyone because I use G to select my units and I'm an ESDFer.

[@TheGamerfreak1555]

no offense Jester but this is the first time i havent heard you being a badass in the heat of battle

[@eldenlord5326]

8 years later still helpfull

[@Gibbsy2494]

All of your tutorials are extremely helpful, keep it up!

[@Jester814]

They are all the exact 100% same. No change. I didn't have to change a single thing on my VAC profile.

[@bblasphemous]

You can hold either alt or ctrl, it'll change the contextual 'move here' in the default command menu to 'watch direction'. It's a lot easier than using the thing you showed here that gives you the cardinal directions.

[@truenewtype2239]

That was awesome, like the voice command they work like magic... also I cannot leave arma 3, I keep coming back to it...

[@Eastonfection]

Check out VAC. Its voice recognition software that allows you to set phrases to key presses. You can download profiles for arma 3, and theres even a training mission for using it on steam workshop. It's improved this game immensely for me. It's $20 though after a trail period. Highly recommend it.

[@Skanda5000]

how did you manage to get the detached camera at 33:51. This could be a very useful tool in commanding and could replace the buggy GetTacticalMod.

[@Jester814]

Probably not :p Assuming people don't change their AI selection key it won't really be needed as most of the profiles available are already set-up for default keybinds.

[@Jester814]

1. You have to stop and stay still for a long time for the AI to all get back to 100% proper formation 2. I don't understand. They'll always be in the formation you set them in. 3. You can download a trial for free(30 days?)

[@TheMattsociety]

Your videos are great! I am getting a lot better at the game because of you. Thanks! Question: The second soldier from the left looks like he has an M240? Correct me if I am wrong. Did you import that from Arma 2 or is there a mod i don't know about? I would like to set up teams: German, American, Canadian, etc. with all of their actual weapons per team, so i am interested to know how you got that weapon. I appreciate your help. Thanks again for the vids!

[@jmac79ers]

I'm so late to this party, I love it. Thanks for your hard work on this, big help to an arma 3 noob

[@Jester814]

You can't use mine. I use G to select my units instead of tilde or spacebar. You'd have to go through and individually switch almost every command in VAC from G to whatever button you use to select your AI.

[@Halfsteptheory]

Isn't it possible to switch your "player" over to one of the AI units and pull out the launcher and fire it? I think you might have to set units as "playable" in the editing, though, right? Sorry for jumping in on this question, but i'm a total noob trying to put this puzzle together too. Thanks for your vids, Jester. I'm working on editing simple missions with multiple tasks and triggers...all thanks to you! I didn't know anything about this game until watching your vids.

[@marcinwoga]

Love your tutorials, specially the one's on editor. Keep them coming!

[@mnames456]

question about the team assignment for playing co-op (specifically on LAN) Is there a way you can assign team leaders within the assigned teams? i.e. I play with a friend often, and have to manually tell individual AI units to follow his player. But could I get the AI to follow him as well as give him command over those AI units, while retaining command over whichever AI units are in my own assigned team?

[@michaelsanchez5954]

mnames456 LAN PARTY!!!!!

[@KyrosT_]

damn, it's been almost 10 years since this video came out. I'm soooo late getting into this game lol

[@AnarchysSon]

Many thanks bud! I've been into ArmA (coop) since the A1 days and have never used the AI in SP, or at all, because it was so f*ckin' frustrating. After watching this I'm off to run some SP and for the first time *ever* really looking forward to it. Voice command? I'll see if you've got a link, or a vid, on this as that would be a dream come true. Brilliant stuff and thanks again. This will add a dimension to ArmA I've never experienced.

[@lonewarrior250]

Nice, the command menu is such a pain in the ass, the voice command program is a nice touch.

[@SaturnVII]

"Fire" is used very rarely. You use it in combination with "Target" to destroy things the AI normally wouldnt bother with. You can even use it to have the AI friendly fire each other. Use this when you want to destroy enemy assets, target buildings, kill civilians and commit war crimes etc. "Suppressive fire" is used in the same light, except to suppress instead of destroy.

[@tristan2668]

Great tutorial. I couldn't for the life of me, figure out how to select teams after you gave them their colours.

[@Jester814]

I've been told, but never confirmed it, that you can tell AI that are on "hold fire" mode to "fire" and they will kill their assigned target then go back to hold fire mode.

[@TheCanadianKingGames]

how to i make ai attack vehicles, i have an at solidier (f6) and i make him target the strider but he doesnt do anything

[@Pathologic9]

The Canadian Gamer pretty sure they won’t attack if they know they can’t shoot it or cant find a place to hide not sure

[@SerbianEagle91]

Can you make some tutorial for VAC, never used it before but seems so much more fun playing with voice ( and easier of course ). Could you also leave your arma 3 profile which you use for AI commands for VAC?

[@Mike_Honcho_8653]

Great Video. Though I know the basics, I learned quite a bit. I didn't know about the "Gear" command. That's going to help a ton. Thx

[@TacticalMetalhead]

Anyone know what gear mod was used for these characters?

[@nickmayhew9722]

Great video and thanks for having this. Which key did you say at 1:56?

[@Jester814]

Tilde ~

[@ArmaGuyz]

Hey Jester were the guy who made that awesome tears of the Sun mission for A2? Your name sounds familiar

[@ywaya5333]

Hey what Voice command program do you use? BTW love your vids. Ive been watching for years. Played Arma back when it was OFP. just got arma 3 with new pc rig. However I watched your vids for the last 5 years prior to getting arma. Great stuff. So I guess you could say this introduction has been a long time coming. lol

[@goldglove]

At 21:25 an option for mission generator comes up. What is this?

[@lowsiento9567]

BRUH . . . Third time watching the video . . . 1st time went 5 mins in said hmm this is helpful then seen the tittle and was like naw , this can't work on ARMA 2 . . . What a damn shame 10.5 / 10 👍

[@Jester814]

Ah well, at least we know it works. Kudos for the test and report-back :)

[@focalfury]

On second thought would you consider uploading your DWAC profile? I've seen a few others but yours seems very polished. Thanks in advance

[@jtgibson01]

One more gem: 25:27 "They're all standing up exposing themselves, so let's have 'em all kneel down first." (severely out of context)

[@Jester814]

So what you're saying is... I'm being a badass teaching a tutorial. aww yiss.

[@Baleur]

Sorry for asking this like a lazy bum before having checked your channel, but will you do a tutorial of sorts about selecting targets in vehicles, such as tanks, apcs or helicopters? I've tried all 3 target hotkeys, "Target next", "Target (vehicle)" and "Target whateveritwas". None of them seem to function at all what so ever. The only reliable way to target something seems to be by right clicking exactly on the enemy, or the 2 menu. Surely there MUST be a quick key to target spotted enemies?

[@JMPERager]

Voice activated commands should be built in the game :/

[@cosmicalshorts]

forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/156720-articulate-squad-voice-command-utility-for-arma-3/

[@michaelsanchez5954]

JMPeRager tell the devs for Arma 4 you want voice commands

[@Jester814]

Oh... That's a good question. I don't think that there is. Huh. You'll have to tell them to regroup then spread them back out again. If there is a way to do this I don't know it. If you find out let me know.

[@Recon879]

When is the next co-op video? and you should definitely use these USMC units in it

[@markus2149]

This is very helpful but if you press backspace and for example say you’re injured it just doesn’t come out of your mouth, is there a way to fix this? Thanks

[@Legion_319]

I have three questions. 1. When you had the units return to formation after spreading them out why did the one continue to look forward while walking backwards? 2. How would you make them continue to follow you without returning to the default formation? 3. On the website for the voice software there is a download and purchase tab; what is the difference in the two products?

[@dobwalls]

Got your VAC system working. Thanks so much it makes the game so much better. One question how do you get the squad names and numbers on screen?

[@thdman15111]

Hi jester just wondering whether or not you would be will to do a indepth video on the VAC, how to set it up in Arma 3 etc.

[@jasin18]

I'm also using VAC but when I select all it only selects a small selection of people instead of all of them. When I first start out it does select all and I make teams but teams has nothing to do with it because when I selected all It chose two from team white and one from team red.. I don't get it!

[@TommyCurrell]

Oh and sorry for triple post but I think "fire" lets your units shoot targets you gave them without taking away the hold fire command :)

[@Attackmack1]

This tutorial really explained alot of "issues" i previous had =) Thanks!

[@midwestwhet3555]

I have the profile saved in the builder. I close that and start the VACsystem. Then i load the profile in the system and then i turn on VAC. It has the green O there. I hop my happy little butt into Arma 3 and load up a mission with just me and my happy little squad. I hit the "down arrow" for my PTT set to arm. I say "select 2" and nothing. I exit and go into a text document and say "select 2" and it pops a 2 into the document.

[@mysterkuywaks]

Hello, good. I would like to ask you a question. How do I put the team I want to drives before starting the missions ?. For example, if I want everyone parescan with m4. Because I have several mods and no scripts uniforms and backpacks. Not if I understand. Thank You

[@FordyHunt]

Thanks jester people like you make youtube great,

[@TheMattsociety]

Thank you for the tutorials! I appreciate you taking time to create these awesome videos. If it was not for you, I would probably still be stuck at the menu screen:)!

[@ludslawrenzeogog]

u can also press tilde key and then hold alt to get I think 2 more options, watch direction and something else

[@dbertubechannel]

On some missions the debug console opens just pressing ESC. But in other missions, the debug console does not open, not even explicitly writing in the chat any "#debug" command. Why is that?

[@focalfury]

This was phenomenally helpful...wish I had all this info before. Will you be doing a voice command setup tutorial with DWAC

[@TheByrdHouse]

How do I set this up in the editor. Is there a previous video that shows how to connect so I can control the units individually

[@punisher300able]

Great tutorial but how can I report my position/location to my squad when it required ??

[@HiveMind3006]

You can't! The AI knows exactly where you are, it is just a way of the game letting you know that your unit or squad member is getting a long way off, if you want him to move to your position just select his f-key hit 5 and 5 again.I spent ages trying to figure out how to send my position!

[@ahmedwaad9432]

Guys just do diamond formation and they will try to be close to u

[@fullhouse3175]

What is "command unit" in menu below "hold fire" that is always disabled?

[@koolerpure]

i forgot how crazy this game can be, im so getting back into this game,too bad i can never find a normal lobby to join decent people

[@thereptiledude7247]

check out Havoc Server

[@koolerpure]

Andy Stewart will do

[@Foomba]

Thanks for taking the time to do this.

[@ohMinteh]

I can't get past supply network at all :(

[@Synecdoche10000]

Yeah, that's how i got here, too... maybe after work tomorrow I'll get it...

[@ohMinteh]

Synecdoche10000 Yeah i managed to get past it, i just stayed toward the east side of the map.

[@Skanda5000]

And another question: I saw your modlist in facebook. How did you manage to command your ai with agm_noradio.pbo included? I m looking for a way to switch of the text messages and the sound.

[@leachyboy77]

Great in-depth video

[@Jester814]

I downloaded the profile just fine from the link I provided

[@Legion_319]

For number 2 what I meant was, after spreading them out and then telling them to stop and then telling them to return to formation, they got into the default formation behind you. Is there a way to get them to continue following you, but stay spread out?