Steam Early Access Alpha Release Edition
>Games that belong here
ARMA: Large-scale combined arms in modern and near future setting.
Insurgency: Small squad tactics games. Plays like arcade shooters such as COD, but with more towards the milsim side
Squad: Early access game. Spiritual successor to Project Reality. Cross between Insurgency and ARMA.
Older game titles: Project Reality, Operation Flashpoint, SWAT, classic Rainbow 6, America's Army, etc...
>FAQs
http://arma3.com/faq
http://joinsquad.com/faq
>Upcoming milsims
Ground Branch: EA early 2016
Ghost Recon: Wildlands: 2016
ARMA Tanoa expansion: 2016
Whats the best?
Just bought Squad, installing now.
Any /vg/ groups?
What do I have to look forward to?
>>126128057
No /vg/ groups. Pub community is one of the best communities currently. No need for a group.
We really don't have mass for a milsim general? Even after combining them all?
Just bought Squad. How is it?
>>126137912
Great but there is no content atm.
I'm having absolutely GOD AWFUL lag in Squad. Turned all settings down to absolute lowest. Still fucking horrifying lag, especially when turning. To the point it's unplayable.
I have no such problem in the training mode even with settings at maximum.
Send help.
>>126141081
AMD?
I heard people with those processors are out of luck currently but fixes are coming
>>126141315
intel i5 3.4ghz
is that my problem?
So is Insurgency actually a milsim or just a milsim flavored cowadooty? I'm thinking of purchasing.
>>126141761
Shitty mix between CSGO and battlefield gameplay
You will only see csgo babbies saying it's anywhere near close a sim, please don't waste your money
>>126128057
>wanting a /vg/ group
Can we all agree now to never EVER have an official /vg/ group
That shit killed arma and I dont want it killing this general.
>>126141081
>I'm having absolutely GOD AWFUL lag in Squad
Is it lag or something performance based
You need to be more specific
>>126137278
It will take a while for people to find the thread
Also, squad is a fucking terrible name for a game when searching for threads on /vg/, like half the generals have squad somewhere in their descriptions.
>>126138040
that looks awful
>>126146659
inb4 someone says
>b-but its alpha!
>>126146659
looks like a better Arma 2
>>126141761
It plays like CoD hardcore mode except you can't snap target that well.
Should I buy Skwad
>>126145656
Honestly I'm not sure.
I think it's performance based. Mostly happens when turning, just freezes up for a second or two, and massive stuttering when gunfire is going on.
But, I'm also seeing pings of like 300, so I don't know if that's got something to do with it. Nothing's wrong with my connection, tested every which way. Honestly I don't know what the fuck is going on.
Squad is fun as fuck
>>126148858
Download fraps and see what you FPS is as you play
If you see spikes or drops then its a performance issues and you'll just have to turn everything to lowest possible and pray they update the game
Still not worth $40 USD, so much defence to any criticism of the price though.
>>126159192
I got a refund.
Can you state you a3g name with your opinion so I know if I should trust it or not?
Squad PSA:
If you want to try all the weapons in training mode open console and do AdminAllKitsAvailable 1
ded tred
have a bump
What's the current status of Quizno2015?
>>126177040
No off-topic posting please.
>>126163437
nice
>>126145536
>>126137912
Infantry combat(which is all they have) is solid and enjoyable. Im finding the factions are slightly unbalanced and a bad squad or 2 in a 64 person server can wreak the experience.
I'm just hoping all the non talkers leave soon(especially the squad 'leaders' without mics)
>>126141081
And processor?
Look up the fix on the forums. It has to do with mic channels.
I'm going to start mapping and modeling for Squad, for when mod support is integrated.
Which of the following is most interesting as a setting?
>Executive Outcomes PMC vs RUF in Sierra Leone
>Second Congo civil war
>Boko Haram vs. Nigeria
>>126141081
Its the server side netcode that needs work. The smaller the server the less lag spikes happen. 50 people is fine for me but 60+ is god awful for me
>>126180230
They all have the same kind of flavour in terms of factions. Congo civil war I think would be most interesting as you could do a lot of different maps from rainforest, little forest with villages and industrial complexes.
Please do something when you can, I'm sick of 2/4 factions on release being generic insurgents/militia which play identically and the maps being more useful for the US as there are lots of wide open spaces
I want a Falklands map.
>>126180230
Executive Outcomes vs RUFI'd almost feel bad for the RUF though
Join murshun,
anyone /506th/ here?
Don't you die on me!
>>126137278
Yeah, what >>126146045 said. I was looking for a /vg/ thread beforebuying it. Don't have any other vidya besides modding for total war so I need a shooter
>>126180230
I'd say Executive Outcome vs RUF, as I'd assume EO could/would have used more weapons than just beat up third world equipment no different from either side. Some other options that would be neat:
IDF vs Hezbollah or Hamas.
Pakistan vs the Pashtun Insurgency.
Pakistan vs Poo in Loos.
squad is a shit game for people who got banned from the 506th and 15th meu for being too shit
How is Skwat? I'm tempted to buy it.
>>126198068
Did you spend all day honing that edge?
>>126199276
stay mad idiot
>>126203085
stay mad idiot
>>126118956
Is Arma 3 worth it as a milsim or is it all just roleplay and zombie survival now?
>>126209119
Worth it.
>>126209250
Awesome, buying it now
>>126209297
If you want action immediately, join 77th JSOC. Decent enough server, but totally vanilla and of course there's gonna be some shitters from time to time, but it's well maintained.
>>126209297
And if you want an easy to join modded server, try [3CB].
Download PlayWithSix, god awful program, but never the less makes mod management easy. Register PWS, and you can download the collection of mods from their website.
>all these new kids
>the thread has no memes yet
enjoy it while it lasts goys
>>126214670
I think the fact that this thread does not have a majority group of snowflakes operators who genuinely believes they are better than EVERYONE else, from Broma to Shacktac and everything inbetween, better or worse, is what makes this thread a whole lot better than the old /a3g/ threads.
>>126118956
>ARMA Tanoa expansion
Which of these did they fix:
>doors choose when to open and can kill you/phase you through the wall
>vehicles can be literally impossible to get into
>"I can't shoot at that guy, I have to reload right now"
>"I can't reload I am running right now"
>"I can't run I am v-ing over a 1 foot high rock right now"
>oops I accidentally v-ed through a wall
>I accidentally engaged fade with a mod. looks like I am going to spend the day reinstalling the game
>spending 5 minutes adjusting my position and going through 5 menus to get some extra equipment out of a truck
>>126218353
It's not out yet.
>doors choose when to open and can kill you/phase you through the wall
Dorrs can be annoying, but never killed me. Stairs on the other hand, so many fucking times.
>vehicles can be literally impossible to get into
Rare. How do you mean?
>"I can't shoot at that guy, I have to reload right now"
You expect to shoot with an empty mag? What do you mean?
>"I can't reload I am running right now"
You can reload and run. Not sprint, but run.
>"I can't run I am v-ing over a 1 foot high rock right now"
ACE fixes this.
>oops I accidentally v-ed through a wall
Never happened to me, though I have gotten stuck inside rocks at times.
>I accidentally engaged fade with a mod. looks like I am going to spend the day reinstalling the game
What?
>spending 5 minutes adjusting my position and going through 5 menus to get some extra equipment out of a truck
Inventory handling can be a hassle, agree.
My GPU went to shit recently, a HD6970. Found a used HD6950, and can't really tell a difference in Arma3, haven't tried any other games. Framerate was shitty, and is still shitty. 20fps on a crowded server. The seller had one more for sale, would two 6950's in crossfire be enough for a three screen Arma3 setup?
>>126218823
>stairs
Oh fuck man dont get me started on stairs. And ladders? Holy shit
>vehicles
Yeah, for whatever reason the place you have to stand to access some vehicle positions are too small or awkward and you just can't get into them. Helicopters are particular bad at this. It doesn't help that you have to go through menus that are changing constantly to find the right position.
>reloading
Theres a guy right in front of you and your instinct is to pull out your sidearm and waste the motherfucker but instead you get the great idea to slowly reload your weapon. Sure, you pressed reload but it just doesn't want to stop
>fade
I assume its fade that causes so many zany weird things to happen. As far as I know there actually is no way to know if its engaged or not but when you are shooting at a guy and your bullets are going every which way except forward its kind of an indication.
>>126218353
what the fuck are you on about? arma 3 only has 2 major issues
shit frames and shit ai. everything else that isn't fixed by mods is minor
>>126219857
> 2 major issues
lol
>play PR on Euro server
>only like two people per inf squad talking
>too much of a pussy to join asset squads
so this is what suffering is like
>>126141761
The mod's closer than 2.0 but it's still not milsim.
