Stressful skies (dual perspective) - ShackTac Arma 3

[@dslyecxi]

If for whatever reason you would like to see a version without the gunner overlay, you can find that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5rIlI1qqd6Yf7M

[@iimrbreacherii]

I like it :) youtube should add PIP function for this kind of videos

[@stangryn4402]

Personally I've been wanting the dual perspective for your multi person aircraft scenarios for a while. So, thank you very much for letting us see you and Crane's perspectives.

[@dslyecxi]

+David Porter - Well, thank CraneSong, really.

[@Diluted37]

You and Crane are a helo dream team!

[@thebombdigitydog]

Well then, please give her a big thank you for us all!

[@pwolfamv]

FAC sounds like he's had it and waiting for the sweet release of death to end his suffering. Great video, holy crap.

[@ARamWhoWrangles]

"Glad we could save you guys" - Delta Dude *trims fingernails with combat knife and flosses teeth with paracord* "Yeah" - Dslyecxi

[@Fusselwurmify]

20:50 crane: (to fac) "we're chasing it…" (aside) "…are we?" dsl: "yes" -- I love those little things.

[@ObsidianDragon7030]

You guys are Adorable to watch. Seriously

[@Heavygunn0r]

The callsigns hammer and sickle are a nice pun.

[@FlinnGaidin]

I honestly didn't notice the significance of that until I read your comment, lol.

[@TheCsel]

not sure its a pun exactly, more of a reference

[@OmnoWombo]

For anyone that doesn't get it, take a look at the flag of the Soviet Union.

[@eisaatana96]

Not a pun at all

[@wstrake]

God damn this was amazing... 48:05 - "FAC, Hammer 2. Kindly reference the FUCKTON BRADLEYS mark, there is a FUCKTON of BRADLEYS there." "..Rrrroger."

[@dslyecxi]

Me: "Check out one of the coolest experiences I've ever had in Arma!" Viewer: "Your gear is down and it's bothering me" Never change, KZbin comments.

[@CrotchThunder]

Dslyecxi Honestly there was like one time where it even affected Crane. Shit'll buff out. Cool mission.

[@Obi3CH012]

Dslyecxi I did not mean it that way, I swear! I'm so sorry, we love you and your geardownness very much! :P

[@dslyecxi]

Obi - It's cool, no worries. It's the nature of KZbin comments that things derail easily and there's no real good way to put a particular thread back on target once it starts going weird.

[@FirstDagger]

Fly the Mi-35 then you don't have to worry about pulling the gear up :p

[@mattreynolds3747]

And here I was thinking you had it down for low-level autorotations

[@einhander876]

I love it when you get shot down. I really enjoy the frantic impromptu rescue missions involved and dodging enemy fire. Takes me back to the Arma 2 days, especially the classic mission "Fire from the sky" what a mission.

[@BigZiggy1629]

einhander876 I caught the clips from that in the year in review found the original and ever since then I've been hooked. I think Fire in the sky is still my favorite from the A2 days.

[@the_christopher]

Honestly, this may be one of my favorite videos of all time as a viewer. I'm getting the same feeling I got when I watched 'Basically... Survive!' from recent months, but it's more like the feeling I got when I first watched your old video: 'Fire From The Sky'. This vid has such an awesome perspective on a mission with a noticeable amount of moving parts. There's a multitude of 'edge-of-your-seat' moments and quite a few laughs. It's also so cool watching everyone involved have fun and working together in such intense circumstances. In short, the vid was tense, epic, and flat out fun to watch. Just wow! :D

[@Radiant969]

Fire From The Sky is my all-time favorite game video of any game in any genre. I watched some of Dslyecxi's stuff before that. Afterwards I have watched almost every single video. Particularly flight videos.

[@Madbrood]

"Old video..." Come back when you've watched Apache Havoc!

[@tvamvarg5699]

Yeah was thinking Fire from the Sky as well. This was intense. Wonderful showoff of large-scale teamwork in Arma, as well as sweet bantering.

[@Rocknoob49]

Fire from the sky was great :D I'm looking forward to this one. Unfortunately I don't get to watch Dslyecxi's longer videos that often anymore since last year when i finished studying, but when I do its always a treat

[@williamobee]

I like the second screen man. It helps with the situation awareness

[@FirstDagger]

Crane and the Ka-52 is the best thing that has ever happened to your videos, loving this stuff. Also Cranes 'swagger' cam is nice Edit: Damn FAC is overworked ; 36:30 Cadillac Gage LAV-150

[@alaneaton8351]

Heh, Crane is starting to sound like a Vet: F ton, F this, F that, F the Fing Fers...

[@tyriounet]

That was on the level of awesomeness of your old Arma 2 classic "Fire from the sky"/"Strike from the sky, brothers" Incredible.

[@razhumikin]

this combo perspective is great

[@alexmckinney5761]

CraneCam

[@demency2741]

Holy shit, seeing all of Bravo pouring out of that chopper to come save your asses was *amazing*. This video is fantastic, just, so many adrenaline packed moments, and I'm not even halfway through. *Dang*.

[@cannonfodder4376]

I was captivated by this video. It was like watching a movie. One of the best ARMA videos I have seen in years. Oh how I wish I could play in games and with people that brought these sorts of experiences.

[@ThinkyPain]

I give in, take my (Patreon) money. The Dslyecxi & Crane show is just too damn good.

[@dslyecxi]

Hahaha, thanks! I'm glad people are appreciating the dynamic at play.

[@aetherblades2368]

Dslyecxi yep, I'm signing up. this is great.

[@BinkyTheElf1]

The rapid-fire Anglo-Saxonisms as you twisted and dodged the rapid-fire Bradley AA (post-respawn) had me in stitches.

[@bendgrimes]

That PIP view was a really good idea! It enhanced the urgency of the action sequences plus it is a really cool and unique visualization of client-to-server-to-client netcode in action. Bravo!

[@Sapenn123]

51:19 Sickle: "We just checked out, uh Fuckton of Bradleys, it was conspicuously empty of Bradleys, we're coming to help Bravo." Best line right there.

[@HeliumCarbonated]

Y'all got the most hapless sounding FAC ever

[@davidxmcgrath]

That was pretty awesome. The eject sequence was MAD!

[@TheGreatPurpleFerret]

This was an incredibly cinematic mission. I wonder how different it would have been without someone from Air being arma'd every 30 minutes or so, but without at least some of those failures, you wouldn't have gotten such amazing shots. It certainly would have been much worse if you, crane, and potentially delta made it on big bird after you ejected, only to faceplant immediately upon takeoff. Plus you got to take on the A10 and get real cozy with Delta.The stress and excitement was certainly visible by the end with you holding high on crane's atgm shots. Huge props to the mission designer(s) and Zeus for this one. I would love to see a continuation with you guys immediately having to turn and face a counter attack from over the river, or push/pursue over the river yourselves.

[@kluas948]

That was a grippingly awesome game. Love the dual perspective to highlight the teamwork between you and the copilot.

[@ThatMattyGuy]

At first I did not like the PiP, but after a few minutes I started to really enjoy it and then I was sad when it was gone for that longshot, and happy when it was back again. To say the least its been a rollercoaster of emotions. Also that extract with Delta was awesome, except when they first dismounted(32:50) , it looked like lemmings and made me lol. Also, she totally called it, marking extract with red smoke xD Awesome training exercise, shame Russian gaming technology isn't so stable.

[@dslyecxi]

The non-PiP version is easy enough to render that if anyone wants to see it, it's easy to create it (like with this one). The non-PiP one is more accurate to what the scenario was like from my perspective, since I wasn't able to look at the actual in-game gunner MFD most of the time, but I figured this version would be more entertaining for people so I listed it instead.

[@SelVenetia]

having multiple perspektives always is great for me. i'm in the fortunate situation to have 2 big monitors and a good connection to play 2 videos at a time so every now and then i sync some videos up for myselfs. it would've been great to have both povs seperated for this one but i understand that this is fairly difficult to pull of and it probably isn't worth for the few people like me. i take whatever you decide to put into it. this is a nice change and if further opportunities arise to have something similiar, i'd gladly like to see it ;)

[@ookiemand]

With the two views one can see better how the communication is understood. This way you can see command, interpretation and effect. The whole team process.

[@LooneyJuice]

Man, Dslyecxi... This was absolutely beautiful. I actually had to clap a bit at the end. The most amazing mission by far, and I think also a testament to what ShackTac has grown to become. So many moments in this were so intense just from a viewer perspective, let alone actually being in the thick of it. And to top it off, the comic relief every now and then was perfect. The phenomenal desperate rescue attempt. The, funnily enough, barely contained terror in the voices of Delta. The audible tension from you and Crane, the glimpses of flashes and sparks and tracers in that patch of trees. I actually exclaimed "Noooooooo!" when you got FF'ed. That sucked, but it was so hectic, and as you said, cinematic. Oh, man. Then the amazing knife-fight-in-a-phone-booth dogfights, and your A-10 kill freakin' instantly turning into regret upon it plowing into Delta's broad area. Wow, man, just wow. Not to mention I was watching and biting my nails so to speak, and then suddenly there was this brief exchange with FAC and Bravo I think, culminating into Bravo Lead's "Bravo has been hiding for the past half hour" which made me burst into laughter momentarily, after so much tension. I actually felt relieved at the end, and I was just watching! Sorry for the long-winded comment, man, but many thanks to you and ShackTac for the effort that goes into this. The past stint of helicopter and tank videos was right up my alley, but this was the cherry on top. Can't say I'm not a tiny bit envious! My congratulations, it was awesome.

[@volkkeslate]

This is on par with your old "Fire from the sky" video from arma 2. Been a while since i've had one of your videos keeping me on the edge of my seat through the whole experience. Well done Dslyecxi and Cranesong!

[@muzleflash1341]

Wow edge of the seat stuff, like the gunner overlay, brings it into perspective, respect to you guys

[@RoKoStudios]

That moment when you saw Sickle and his exhaust trail get on that A-10's ass was fucking awesome. I couldn't really recognize what Sickle was flying though.

[@Patriiiiick]

That extraction was incredible.

[@bispls]

Watching the afterburner glow of that SU-34 trailing those A-10s is so incredibly cool to watch. I love this vid so much, can't believe I hadn't seen it sooner. I'm jealous of how much fun that scenario must have been. I know this one is older, but thank you for making these.

[@theragingones1752]

Gotta say that was badass when Delta filed out of the helicopter to provide security for you and Crane.

[@mattreynolds3747]

A great showcase of what ARMA can offer! Thoroughly enjoyed watching this one, definitely looking forward to more like this.

[@FizzieWebb]

48:50 "Uhh, Bravo this is FAC" "Send for Bravo." "I'd hide." FAC's tone of voice on that "I'd hide" was such a crack up.

[@jaymorrison2419]

Yep, its not like I wasn't planning on it eventually, but your getting a new backer right...now. No joke. Just did. Hats off, this was incredible.

[@dslyecxi]

Glad to hear it! TedHo deserves a lot of credit for the mission design and everything he's been doing for us lately, which is what has led to so many particularly remarkable missions over recent months. Onward and upward from here! And of course CraneSong deserves plenty of credit for being an awesome copilot/gunner, not to mention sharing the footage for my usage.

[@jaymorrison2419]

Spread the love then.

[@ThabigT101]

Only Dsylecxi can down an A10 with a helicopter AND have it crash into friendlies without casualties. Next step is to do it with a littlebird :D Really cool mission, and i love the split-screen, it really adds to the experience as a viewer.

[@Tigrisshark]

That instant transition of "Yay, I shot down an A10" to "FUCK it landed on delta/bravo". And you can just feel how he's quite besides himself until he hears the all clear from the ground.

[@Rocknoob49]

The whole "Fuckton Bradley" scene was hilarious! The way this exact phrase was passed around through the channels was simply beautiful. Plus the exchange between FAC and Bravo gave me the rest :'D

[@marko247]

Yeah.. Those Bradleys were pretty savage. I never thought I'd see another video rival "Fire from the sky" but here we are... I loved the cinematic rescue mission and especially the chaos.

[@snaggletooth1773]

I know it's been said already but Fac sounded absolutely thrilled about the entire situation. Great video as always Dslyecxi thanks for the entertainment.

[@dhamon45]

Sickle moves in on the A-10 and I called up some Kenny Loggins on iTunes

[@tyermalin]

the plane crash followed by total radio silence... I was like "omg did they actually wipe out an entire friendly element in the process?" And those Bradleys are pretty mean it seems, that was an epic sequence too!

[@Titchius101]

Ha! Holy crap, so many good moments in this. One of my new favs. Loving the dual perspective as well.

[@mrjojo1995]

Man I was just thinking about how cool it would be if you were to make a video with cranes perspective just like how you did with this one. Great mission!

[@Adnor_]

Oh man this video was so intense. Fantastic addition with the PIP.

[@pkisbest]

Loving the PiP Dslyecxi. From the general flying through your perspective, to moving to Cranes whenever she fires allows us to see if those quickdraws are really quickdraws :P. Good Shit. Another thing im loving about this though. Whenever you play as US, and you see all these BTR's, T-34's, 55's and 80's you dont seem to stress as much. As soon as your playing OPFOR against BLUFOR, A single Bradley and a single Abrams freaks everyone the hell out. Oh and the general Cobra just flying.

[@aetherblades2368]

Okay, this was a fucking action movie, awesome stuff!

[@Oskcreed]

This was so amazingly fun! And that A10 shot was impressive! Your content was always great but lately i've been enjoying it so much! Keep up the awesome work man! Also i love Crane, she is the best!

[@demency2741]

Holy shit, Dslyecxi, that was some fancy flying at 26:01. NICE dodge. Wow.

[@DeadCryptGamers]

27:44 At that moment Dslyecxi knew he fucked up

[@IMunchOnCats]

Holly shit that was insane the whole way through. As always great flying Dslyecxi!

[@myleswilliams3057]

I have to say I follow Jesters channel and this is the Friday time I've seen your content. Excellent!!! I loved it! Keep it up man!

[@Cammanjam]

Loving the PiP for these types of videos, would love to see it in the future

[@thekillerhumphrey]

So I only recently subscribed yet I have been very entertained helps crane has such a relaxing voice haha. But seriously I was smiling the entire way through this, it was intense. Thanks man keep up the good work. Very impressive :)

[@HorstEwald]

Bad for you, good for us. When you get shot down and survive, it's one of the best things that can happen to me, as a viewer. I remember you and CHKilroy being downed in an Apache, coming down right next to a friendly element, being repaired and getting back up again... and that other video, where you and your co-pilot were trying to repair an Apache at night surrounded by tanks and A-10s doing guns runs. Epic! And THIS? How quickly that rescue mission excalates... man! There's just SO MANY things happening in this. A little thing I noticed: @ 38:21 great example of why you pass behind others. The soldier you pass fires exactly when your next to him :D

[@ar.k854]

Just like Apache Havoc. Love it.

[@corky73]

All we need now is friendly armour as well to make it complete. I have waited for A3 to be on par with the scope of A2. Great mission.

[@lazy5184]

It will never be better than the time you landed a little bird in an open field and repaired it while reciving close air support

[@express49]

A concentration of "never seen before" stuff ! and your gunner is definitely 100% Shack Tac , PIP confirmed that .

[@sniperninja27]

@Dslyecxi, from experiences as gunner when in attack birds (seems to be with both vanilla and modded), when the pilot turns up their view distance, the gunners monitors/gun sight view becomes very shaky/jittery, most noticeable when the pilot uses auto hover. For whatever reason this lowers the frame rate of the gunners cam. The easiest fix I have found was to lower view distance/object to allow for the gunner to have a higher frame rate when in the sight. Hope this makes sense and helps.

[@headrockbeats]

36:25 "What the fuck is that?" I believe that is an M706 Commando (aka V-100 or V-150). I'm not 100% sure, but I can't think of any other U.S. vehicle that looks like that.

[@BigEasy2112]

There's a modern derivative, the M1117, that appears in RHS. Didn't get a good enough look to see which it was. Definitely one of those two.

[@headrockbeats]

Hmmmm. It just might be. I think I can see the antennas at the back. It looks more "boat shaped" to me, like a Commando, but I could be wrong. Plus, if you say the M1117 is in RHS, then that's probably it.

[@Zeigwolf]

I love the picture-in-picture, more of that in the future please

[@kristopherusher8302]

Great video, it reminds me a lot of your earlier stuff. I like the one where you got shot down and had to camp out in a bunker with a bunch of tanks surrounding you. keep making videos that are super intense those are so fun to watch.

[@Speedy6617]

Intense.. Even my heart was racing on the rescue.

[@MintyBachem]

I don't often comment on Dlsy vids, because all the good things have already been said by the time I get here. That being said.. I LOVE how clanky the 'Gator sounds when it's at speed. Like the rotors are held on purely by the cold, dead hands of Stalin himself. :D

[@stangryn4402]

How else would they be held on?

[@oldfrend]

a magic curse from rasputin, obviously

[@Cg23sailor]

That second time you got engaged head on by that Bradley or 113, whichever it was... I tried dodging and ducking in my seat just watching. Holy crap!

[@20valver]

dammm, what a mission, reminds me of one of the first vids I watched by you, Apache Havoc with kilroy! keep it up man, thats easy into the top 10 of your vids over the years.

[@S1D3WYZ]

I mean this as a sincere compliment: as awesome as other videos are (being total badass), being this ineffective (for the most part) made for an extremely riveting and engaging experience with the high points that much greater (such as taking out the A10)! so many epic moments! and that poor fac with the identity crisis: hillarious! PiP is a great addition as well! I enjoy all of your content, but this was definitely a cut above! 11/10, will watch again and recommend to a friend :)

[@S1D3WYZ]

for clarity: i enjoy the elite warrior (almost slightly OP) in tense situation aspect of most vids, just the constant "oh shit oh shit" in this one made it exceptionally gripping

[@dslyecxi]

I appreciate what you're saying, and I like this kind of situation as well. It's a very fine balance to get this, but when it works, it works so well. The Ka-52 is fantastic for this, since it has such specific constraints on how it must be employed.

[@N0I5EMAK3R]

That was amazing, and I didn't even have to pay for admission. Watching the rescue team drop like flies made me think you scripted that part. :P

[@ObsidianDragon7030]

"Don't look on the road." "I don't even know what that thing is!" "Just don't look on the road." Yeah, cause remember, if you can't see it, it can't see you!

[@Zarnak1]

Nice work, love the dual perspective!

[@Karelwolfpup]

Man those Bradley guys are pretty good shots considering not a dedicated SPAAG platform.

[@ProspektMir]

Instant classic, this is awesome! This gets ALL the likes.

[@AndreasKingMedia]

Next time you do a picture in picture video I'd love to see you utilize the extra space from a 16:9 ratio and put the other perspective in the 'black bar' space so more of your screen is visible! It would definitely help with infantry perspectives.

[@sviliuss]

this is my favorite video from you this year

[@swiggingpig]

I like this new format, I look forward to see more.

[@TehMasterofownage]

Hell yeh more Dslyecxi

[@Nieumarlamalpa]

This was top qulaity action! you have great dynamic going on there with crane!

[@Crusadier91]

One of your best vids ever. Nicely done.

[@Spasmomen]

Most epic gameplay ever! I wish I could've been part of this.

[@dobermansnp]

Awesome vid Dslyecxi!!! Really intense!!!

[@JDoberman]

I love this vid. I like the dual perspective.

[@cepllo956]

This was just pure

[@murrdawgsmurray1256]

nice to see everyone can get shot down... made for some great drama here, E and E baby! Keep up the work, it is excellent.

[@Patriiiiick]

I'm only 30 minutes in but this is amazing so far.

[@McGuire2778]

Really like the dual perspective. Might be a little better if you used a little more equally sized feeds and set them catty corners from each other. Just a thought. Would be supper awesome to get some dual perspective in the tanks. Thanks so much. It was thoroughly enjoyable.

[@Diluted37]

1:09:48 That moment when you're like thank fuck!!! Never doing that again!

[@1n5uff1c13n7]

Really nice to see both perspectives. If it's not too much work you might wanna release both perspectives as their own video (as you did with yours) so people with two monitors can sync that shit up and decide what they wanna see in the moment. Great video and mission!

[@dslyecxi]

That's probably a step further than I'm able to do. Glad you liked the video as-is though!

[@Blisoft]

I am sure its not just me that seek out as many other member's videos of the same mission to get more perspective. I have always thought it would be cool to have them sync up, and now you've made the obvious progression of Pilot and Co-pilot. Now same for the Tracked Vehicles? Great stuff, better than a movie in a lot of respects.

[@ymc227]

Andrew (Dslyexci) is there any perspective from friendly forces on the ground?

[@dixievfd55]

For a moment I thought Crane ground-stabilized the shkval.

[@SBXmonster]

Hey dyslecxi great video enjoying the new perspective took a minute to get used to. would recommend some kind of solid boarder. Also Will we get some jet game play in the future?

[@SenpaiDK]

SBXmonster I'd like to see some jet gameplay too, though everything he uploads is awesome 😄 I've just started to learn how to fly jets and its really awesome

[@dslyecxi]

I very rarely fly jets, I just don't find them that interesting in Arma. :(

[@SBXmonster]

Maybe some DCS action?

[@pkisbest]

One of the last times i remember you flying a jet, you nearly got taken down by a cat....Damn Eby man.

[@SenpaiDK]

Dslyecxi Of course of you don't find it interesting, then don't fly them :-) Your videos are awesome, just do what you like and I will keep watching ^_^

[@The_world_is_not_worthy_of_Him]

More like this, please.

[@emileboissonnault6298]

I would make a pillow out of your voice.

[@slyderace]

I love your videos with Crane!! My goal is to become a CAS pilot like you! :)

[@callsignsupa3126]

Nice Video man! Love them!!! keep them coming!

[@TheCuriousRover]

This video was awesome, crane's view gave a whole lot of better understanding into the whole air team deal, can this be a default in the future? Please sir, may I have some more?

[@dslyecxi]

If she doesn't mind sending along footage, I don't mind integrating it. It doesn't add very much to the workflow.

[@0Bonaparte]

the only thing that would make this better is some way to put Cranes perspective on my second monitor so I can see both perspectives easily! Edit: "uh, Bravo has been hiding for the past half hour"

[@trued2010]

Great Job, puts LvlCap to shame. (not really though if you think about how much goes on in 10 minutes of bf4 or bf3)

[@ralpholynyk5321]

do you have members who make up custom maps as in terrain building??? seems a lot of the settings ive not recognized as map addons... I know the tools are powerful...takes a bit to learn them :) if so...awesomeness :)

[@Fr4Ged]

A lot of those maps are older maps that can be found in the CUP terrain mods. This map in particular is Celle 2.

[@danmartel11]

This video is amazing! I want to play Arma like this!!! What's the best way to get ready to play this type of large scale mission?

[@MrJebudu]

That is just a marvelous video! I love Your combo with Crane, as well as the gunner screen, this is a great video format if you ask me. Also, it was almost as you totally forgot about the cannon, using only ATGMs and gun pod.