Arma 3 - SITREP II - Dslyecxi's Arma 3 Guides

[@Baysailor84]

Thanks for the steady stream of videos. I have been using your videos as a means of introducing the ARMA series to my friends. It's been working. Excitement and interest seem to have replaced the intimidation and confusion I would often see during that critical introduction. A friendly voice, clear explanation, and good videos have reduced the anxiety associated with learning the ropes. Thanks Dslyecxi and thanks BI.

[@Ularg7070]

Hey Dslyecxi. After watching your earlier, pre-arma3 guides, and then watching these, I have to say you've gotten excellent at delivering these guides, especially in how you deliver the information with your own voice. If anything, just wanted to let you know that I've enjoyed and learned from all of these guides. And while I've been out of the Arma2 loop for awhile as a casual, I'm finally getting excited and deciding on purchasing Arma3 to get into the deeper content and wonderful community.

[@vandiverb]

I've been a fan since flashpoint and loved footmunch, franze, and BAS. I really enjoy seeing what we can do together! Thank you Dslyecxi for all you do for the community!

[@colonelgamingM]

Hi, Dslyecxi. Now recently i discovered your channel and it's amazing! You're one hell of a youtuber and i LOVE your tutorials and modifications for the arma series! Keep it up, pal :D

[@hopstar117]

The aircraft can be learnt relitively easily but take dedication to master, basic manouvers are refreshingly simply to ease into, but once in the combat zone flying can become an art, as Dyslexi shows many of a time, its satisfying to no end

[@flameboy1217]

Honestly after logging roughly 400hrs in the game. I say the CoOp aspect of the game keeps me returning to play. Ranging from Player vs Player Deathmatch game types to Invade and Annex missions against AI the singleplayer can be enjoyed but going out and meeting fellow community members and fighting along side them is what makes this game an awesome experience.

[@paul.._..]

feel the same... when the alpha was released i was so excited about arma 3. the way they implemented the new engine, making it work was a huge succes and i was sure that this is going to be great. a great fundation was there for the comming game. but how youve already mentiend, the lacking content is a huge deficit. alot of people bitching about the performance but when you see what the engine has to offer since arma 2 you will see that the performance is great (from a certain point of view).

[@Wolfsbane1100]

Happy 400 Dyslexci!

[@Wagnersuperior]

I suppose it isn't much of a time commitment for some people. But I am in university, and I couldn't reliably be able to play on most Wednesdays and Saturdays, so my point stands. As for qualifications, you do have to submit a request of some sort. While yes, it isn't a job application, not everyone makes the cut, so they are some qualifications. Obviously, if you are a reasonably committed player who seems enthusiastic learn and have fun, I am sure they'll gladly have you on board for fun.

[@Mr_Centipede]

Nine years later. This game is still alive and kicking. I hope Arma Reforger/Arma 4 will have a long life span as well.

[@Nubnut]

Most of what you need to know you can find in Dslyecxi's Field Guide on his site. As long as you read up on that you'll be as well versed as most ShackTac members; with that being said they have a lot of applicants with very few selected.

[@pro2g366]

Its the community which makes this game so awesome! I'm just waiting for an Europe Shack Tactical - that would be so great

[@MultiMrsmurf]

yay, a new Dslyecxi video right before I'm going to bed... :I

[@YoshioSan]

Yeah. I've read it before. Quite a lot of effort was put into the Field Guide, so it was an easy read :)

[@elitper994]

From what i've seen and played it's like Bohemia have focused more on behind the scenes stuff with arma 3 so far, maybe they will add more physical content later or perhaps they are hoping the community will make up the difference.

[@DantezMaritu]

The thing that was most fun for me in OFP was planting mines and other nasty surprises for armored and unarmored enemy assets. Are they included in ARMA3?

[@Jammydodger1196]

This is the guy that makes the videos, he makes them for Bohemia Interactive though which means that the videos are on their channel first and his later.

[@PwkillaESS]

Most groups host servers, you'll come across them as you play game modes such as domination, CTI, however if you just play wasteland and other simple game modes it's not easy to find them.

[@Matkovic99]

Amazing video Dslyecxi,keep up the good work!

[@SpyDronedotGov]

That is how older/worse engines work. In some games, the destruction (impact of a force on an object) is calculated. In BF games, every single destructible object has it's own pattern/set of patterns (outcomes of force aplied to object). That is why some walls/buildings can't be destroyed at all.

[@TunnelSnakes_Rule]

oooo dropping them hints. You got me all excited.

[@TheDovahkiin05]

I love this game. By far, Arma 3 is my favorite game of all time. Two things that I would like to see implemented that most likely will be, are less jenky physics/animations and more content

[@PetrVejchoda]

For ballistics see on of dslyecxis videos Arma 3 Terminal Ballistics About the aircrafts, he also covers this in video series called art of flight, which you can also find on his channel, but its generally simplified over HC flight simulations, yet still quite believable. The people count is probably not the thing you should ask for, 'cause the game is so variable, you should rather ask if there are people who would you like to play with, which they surely are, but they're sometimes hard to find

[@kevinis69]

As always, entertaining and professional videos. I love it.

[@ponchonz]

I got Arma 2 because of Dislecxi's video's and was abit gutted that my laptop struggled with it abit. But im happy to say Arma 3 runs perfectly on my laptop, I didn't think it would because it looks so much nicer but Arma 3 is far more computer friendly than what Arma 2 was.

[@AFOKHAOS]

Do not worry, I know many people who have the exact same opinion. One being myself but who knows we may see a huge turn around but right now I'm on the fence about it.

[@KiraPhusion]

Man, I wish I could get my game to look that pretty. I have a decent computer, considered high-end, yet I find myself running the game on near lowest settings just so I can keep my FPS above 40-50. Dslyecxi, any chance of seeing what your game settings are? Or at least any hints or tips how you get it to run so well for you? Thanks!

[@shryke2a]

The multiplayer is a word that has a totally different meaning in Arma than in any other games. I think anybody that enjoys the SP will enjoy the MP.

[@MartinJaszczuk]

Great video. Thanks for contributing so much to the community.

[@MrYutoob]

check out Dslyecxi's arma3 terminal ballistics flying is okay as long as you have a game pad or joystick. quite a few apparently, although most of the servers are empty or locked, and the few games ive personally seen were an hour of getting to the frontline and 2 minutes of fighting and subsequently dying.

[@JohnnyDoeDoeDoe]

Little bit late peeps, not a re-upload, it was originally only on Arma3Official's channel.

[@idontlikeyou960]

When can we expect the ArmA 3 Modding tools to release? Its not very efficient to use the ArmA 2 Tools on ArmA 3...

[@RyanGatts]

I don't want to be _that guy_ but what is up with the fire particle system? The way the fire tapers toward the top is really odd -- especially compared to the naturalistic effects used in so many other location. I look forward to getting into the tools and putting together a quick mod for it. This looks to be an amazing game, and it deserves a nice fire effect :)

[@Ahtnagarp]

Depends, if you enjoy ArmA II single player campaign, or Operation Fashpoint 2001 campaign, you definitely will love this ArmA 3 campaign. But, Arma 3's campaign are not finished yet, 2 more episodes and various expansion will coming soon.

[@tomrhodes1]

Servers can its just a matter of having the right setup and host, nearly every server in the ArmA games are privately hosted and when you have people privately hosting most don't understand proper setup for them. The server for the 15th MEUs public server is a good example of a server properly set up

[@hopstar117]

Number of players is huge, but it all depends on your servers, avarge server size is 50-100 players. and you have a range of MP types to run with from PVP to PVE. Arma is nothing like BF or COD and has a feel all of its own, you may feel jarred at first but once you learn how the motions play you will enjoy it immensely. best played with a group of mature players who are like minded you will soon fall in love with arma (END NOTE the avarage player age from arma starts well above COD or BF)

[@myopicthunder]

Im not talking about content wise but animations and UI wise, it still feels like arma 2.1 in many respects.

[@Pr0b0t93]

Dslyecxi, how do you feel about a lack of supression system for the AI in the vanilla game?

[@JaskaPC]

Mid-high setting, most of settings on high and clouds on ultra. Aswell I set shadows to mid(I do that to all games, just a habbit)

[@lance9557]

will you be creating more videos on arma 3 (e.g mp missions)

[@MisterSlippyFists]

I've played since the alpha and enjoy the game. I was wondering whether it'd be possible to put our modern weapons into the game via a mod instead of using the default one's currently in the game? There's just something about knowing about the gun you're using rather than using one that's either made up or you've never heard of. Is that possible?

[@leverloos]

The thing is. shacktac gets thousands of applications. You can take the chances and apply. But your chances are slim. There are however loads of good communities out there. Check out some of their public ACE insurgency servers would be a start.

[@FakeMessiah94]

They have sorted it out a tad, it's begun running better for me than before, but still not perfect. I do need a graphics card upgrade however.

[@CrXFilm]

There are plenty groups out there, you just have to search. Try going to armaholic and take a look at some of the groups advertised there.

[@lipen99]

It does run smooth for the amount of content it has on screen at one time..

[@Fridgeworks]

Wasn't this the case when Arma 2 was first released? Arma 3 has been out for about a month now, been in beta since January, the game will start to pick up when ACE gets ported across

[@TheBasementHermit]

Any information revealed on what this is at 5:30?

[@elitper994]

Dyslexci why is your voice and content so amazing?

[@hopstar117]

bullet drop = yes you really ahve to know your scopes and ranges, they do have a quick ranging system but it only goes so far, you also have bullet time, so firing at someone a Km away means it will take time to reach target. there is a good video that was recently released showing bullet penitration simulations which is very interesting

[@tembrant]

With the para dropping scene I'm almost expecting a BF4 commander like interface.... even though I've never played it.

[@TunnelSnakes_Rule]

I can see what you mean, yeah. I think after an expansion or 2 it will be good. Arma 2 got extensively better from the original release to the operation arrowhead and stuff we have now.

[@hopstar117]

the parachutes @5:30 are they in game assets and can any one tell me where to find them, or the MOD they are attached to

[@fragcastuk]

Dslyecxi have you played Battlefield 4 or do you just prefer games like ArmA and DCS?

[@Waaaghster]

Dslyecxi's been pretty open about the existing issues with the game, both here and on the shacktac web platforms, ie action menu, grenades, etc. What more do you expect?

[@WEKS87]

You don't think that would be a conflict of interest considering he works for Bohemia?

[@MisterSlippyFists]

Thanks chap, I'll have a look into that.

[@inversionlayer]

Check the Project Reality mod for Battlefield 2 as well. Very engrossing.

[@eoghan93]

what other well optimized games do the same as arma 3 ?

[@HiSp33D]

Because I've been playing the Arma series since 2008 when Arma 2 came out and still to this day every time I play this game, something awesome always happens. It's Arma, there shouldn't be a Why this game is the shit. It simply is!

[@examine1525]

What is it that reduces the experience other than less community content?

[@Wagnersuperior]

All the links in the description will answer your question much better than KZbin comments can. Joining ShackTac isn't easy, only do it if you REALLY want to and feel qualified as a gamer. My goal is to join someday, but being in university, I would never have the time, therefore, I would be a very poor choice to join the group. But once I am out of college, I will be a much better choice for a new member.

[@KiraPhusion]

Mine are on my Channel Page, in the about. On mobile, so hard to copy / paste. Sorry!

[@MrJonVike]

Is this game worth getting if I only enjoy singleplayer gameplay?

[@kirza94]

was on arma3 offical channel

[@raginube]

Hows the triple monitor support?

[@kAntonta]

In my opinion, BF and COD has become more of a arcade game than a warfare simulator. So it depends what type of gameplay what you aiming at. I'll recommend you Dslyecxi's video Arma 3 Terminal Ballistics ( /watch?v=cix07R1vlhI ) to get a good idea how good the bullet simulation are in the game.

[@josephk.4200]

Shacktac is, frankly, stuffed. They've got about 400 members, and it's enough to be filling their servers whenever an event is run, to the point where a lot of people have to sit out. There are other groups that have their things in order tough, such as the 7th Cav, though they're not as laidback as Shacktac seems to be. Good hearted fellas though. There are quite a few communities and groups to be found, you just need to look in the right places.

[@TheRealBlueDude]

Keep in mind arma 3 doesn't have all the packs and expansions as arma 2 but it will get more content after the game is fully released and gets all its vehicles/weapons/misc

[@TeamPill]

I kinda feel that way, but I think Arma 3 was more of en experiment than an actual game... Now of course it needs a lot of tweaks, and obviously more content, but I think they were just focusing on fixing some of the things that they messed up last time, making it difficult to focus on the old stuff from Arma 2.

[@Thatsir2u]

So are you apart of the Arma team?

[@paulmyers277]

Still good at this game, but boy do I enjoy it!

[@Siggi-Bear]

on what settings is this tho?

[@BjarturLax]

Is this a re-upload ?

[@OVERDRIVE4825]

Nice vid! I'm excited to see how ARMA III develops! Btw, what's the user-made shoothouse map you were showing?

[@tembrant]

Yes YES! Its probably just going to take a drag and drop though, for the maps at least.

[@Troublechutor]

Re-upload?

[@sensori]

When are they going to fix the massive lags in multiplayer. Can't play at all if the server has 25+ players.

[@AgentSmax]

While I too feel like they should have held off a bit more on releasing the game. But I'm not really sure what that means in this case. I don't think it means they will stop making content for the game. I wasn't really an ArmA 2 player. Does ArmA 3 really have that much less content than vanilla ArmA 2?

[@paul.._..]

performance is the fps... and thats what iam talking about. actually i can get a descent fps in multiplayer and i play on medium to high setting. how ive mentioned before ive got a pretty old pc. i dont know what youre all doing wrong... or is it maybe that most people need more the 60fps? i dont get it

[@1050-Argon]

You have to let ARMA 3 time to grow!

[@TheBoglodite]

What mod was that at 1:17

[@lWreyl]

Destructor RPH VAS, Virtual Ammobox System. It's a plugin, not a mod, so any server or map that has it, you can use it =)

[@ww2gamerpr361]

+G510Gamer you mean F-18?

[@aussiemilitant4486]

It has bullet drop, go watch his last video about ArmA 3's terminal ballistics. If your keen you should buy ArmA 2 and download 'play with six' so you can download all the mods that make this game more immersive, such as realism mods, sound mods, gun packs, armed forces mods etc. ArmA 3 is not close to being a full game as of yet its is still developing and improvements still need to be made. But with the age of A2 it is still a much more rewarding gameplay experience, with a gaming clan more so

[@dragoldblaze]

Do you know any good pvp missions that also include AI for when there's not allot of people? Hard to find one, haha.

[@Kosba2]

Its a serious change from those two. I suggest you give Arma 2 a try for an idea of what its like, since Arma 2 is "sorta" free now. Do take note though that Arma 3 is significantly less clunky than Arma 2 was/is. They've fixed a lot of quirks people had with it, but don't misunderstand, Arma 2 was still an amazing game if it's in your taste.

[@domstb8282]

There are a lot of good groups out there. Join the forums and post in the "player looking for squad" thread, or check out the "squads looking for players" thread. There's almost always going to be a group that fits what you want out of the game. I'm part of a small community group too, so message me if you're interested.

[@keiranb97]

Military lingo isn't a requirement the shacktac website tells you what you need.

[@MrAttentionHorse]

I feel that Arma 3 is actually better than 2 in almost every way, I really don't get all the negative comments. Yeah, there isn't much content (weapons, vehicles), but Arma 2 also had a similar amount when it released. Don't worry, the content will come. They already added new guns, and new vehicles (jets) will be released in december.

[@Jammydodger1196]

It certainly lacks content, but I am hoping that with the Campaign installments and following updates, the content is fleshed out a bit. Don't know if you have tried it, but in the first part of the campaign the British SBS are using the same weapons as the Americans, which seems strange, I guess it is simply due to the setback with 2 devs going to jail and the pressure of deadlines. They missed out on a few months of dev time there, and it costs money to delay a game's release.

[@leverloos]

Low medium and high settings don't say jack shit about what needs updating. Play around with the advanced settings and see what setting takes a huge preformance hit. From there you can say what is causing the problem. Then either keep that specific setting low, or upgrade the PC.

[@Eyproshit]

Well i loved the amount of jets and helicopters in ArmA2 and also the large woods. Maybe this might be a reason why u miss something. The atmosphere where just a darker, more european.

[@Siggi-Bear]

Well I've had a graphics driver problem for some years that i recently fixed. I get around 200 fps with all the settings on the lowest. And I get around 50 on standard. 18 on ultra. Gpu is i5-2500k. 8 ram, but that is fine i believe. Should just upgrade my cpu and gpu right? My friend has i5-7500k and I am jelly as shit. I want to get a gtx 760 something too. It'll cost a shitton i think tho. What you got?

[@KiraPhusion]

Sadly I always knew Multiplayer was worse off on your system than single player, but with that said, considering my system's hardware, running single player on highest of settings should be a breeze. Sadly that's not the case for me. I just can't understand how some people can get the game to look so amazing and have a decent FPS, where as I'm struggling :(

[@sporkfist4935]

Weapon resting, when?

[@AFOKHAOS]

But Operation Arrowhead was the only big pack, ARMA 2 alone still had many more weapons, vehicles, modules and factions. You would have thought by now after the amount of time they worked on A3 that they would at least equal out to A2.

[@EmperorLjas]

I've spent a couple of hundred hours just messing around with the editors of the previous games, so I guess it depends on what kind of person you are.

[@JaskaPC]

It runs pretty well on gtx 560 Ti 40-50 fps in mp and around 60-70 sp,

[@cjmilla1]

Forgot to add lighting, 90% of all buildings were't enter-able, & no pip. Those really bugged me tons =p

[@GowthamNatarajanAI]

Where do I buy it? Steam or the website?

[@dslyecxi]

Either works, but ultimately it all ends up on Steam.

[@myopicthunder]

That said, I still consider A3 as the best game out there today until probably ArmA4 but as I said it could have been much better, but I don't know what constraints the devs were under so cant be too harsh.

[@AFOKHAOS]

Because at this current stage, at least for many proper ARMA gaming groups as in tactical, etc. ARMA 3 does not offer what bigger groups need content wise.