Havoc

Would love this to be honest, to freshen things up.
I wouldn't mind if it were alternating days, alternating weeks, or just 1 day a week. (CSaturday has a ring to it)

Mission Name:
Vindicta Game night March 25th at 19:00 UTC 
 
Server Details: 
IP: 116.202.224.207
Port: 2302
 
Mods Required:
Arma 3 Preset Vindicta.html (Plus usual optional mods)
Note: The launcher will complain that you do not have FileXT, that is fine as it is only needed server side.
 
TS address: ts.ahoyworld.net
TEAMSPEAK MISSION BRIEFING FOR ALL PLAYERS WILL BEGIN AT THE TIME STATED IN THE TITLE
Expected Mission Length: 120+ minutes (may go over or under expected mission length)
 
Player Slots: 35 
Teams will be organised ad hoc with there composition being determined by their mission.  
 
Map/Factions: RHS AAF 2020/ RHS AAF police on Altis 
 
Situation
Operating as overall command and as Zeus I will be assigning objectives depending on what is needed at the time.

The main objective in Vindicta is to overthrow the government.
To do this we will need:
Supplies, lots of supplies, anything you take from the arsenal is finite and precious. Sway the opinion of the civilian population to our side. Capture towns / Checkpoints / outposts to increase our hold on the area.  
I will do a quick introduction in game for anyone new to Vindicta when the server opens.

Suggestion #1
Map: Anizay
Military faction: 3CB Takistan National Army OPP
Police faction: 3CB Takistan Police OPP
Civilian faction: 3CB TKA Civilians
 
Suggestion #2
Map: Altis
Military faction: RHS AAF 2020
Police faction: RHS AAF Police Custom
Civilian faction: Arma 3 Altis Civilians

Suggestion #1
Map: Anizay
Military faction: 3CB Takistan National Army OPP
Police faction: 3CB Takistan Police OPP
Civilian faction: 3CB TKA Civilians
 
Suggestion #2
Map: Altis
Military faction: RHS AAF 2020
Police faction: RHS AAF Police Custom
Civilian faction: Arma 3 Altis Civilians

For the next few weeks I will be running Vindicta on Friday nights on EU3.
 
The format being me acting as Ground command and very lightly zeusing the playthrough.
 
What faction/map would people like to see?
 Bearing in mind it would be the faction we fight against and who's equipment we steal and use.
https://vindicta-team.github.io/Vindicta-Docs/factions/factions-list.html
https://vindicta-team.github.io/Vindicta-Docs/maps.html
 
This Friday we will be doing a proof of concept run and I will release the modset and other details closer to the time.
 

Yes, Antistasi and Vindicta would be great. Maybe also modded I&A?

Yes, Antistasi and Vindicta would be great. Maybe also modded I&A?

Yes, Antistasi and Vindicta would be great. Maybe also modded I&A?

I think a rotation in themes would freshen up the persistent missions. 

excellent Idea I'd say.

I would love Vindicta or Antistasi as options every now and then for something different.

As a Normal Member I know it's a bit rude to ask to do this as it contains work, but I am intrigued to see how many people would be interested to have a Game Mode Rotation on EU3/AWE instead of continuing to play Frontlines constantly.

I think I talked about it a lot with other Members when Frontlines/AWE came up in a discussion and I for my side didn't want to bring it up in a public/open discussion as it feels like a betrayal towards @DomT as he made Frontlines and put a lot of effort into it. (Which makes me ask if Frontlines is available on Steam Workshop or so nvm i got it)

For now i would only want to know if people would "come back" and populate the server again if there would be anything else besides frontlines.
I have hopes that if we do this that we also get more people into the "Dev" position so just dont't have Dom doing dev on Frontlines but also others on like VIndicta or Escape etc.

Anyway I hope I can get some feedback on this discussion and
see you on the Frontlines

Rally Points
 
Rally points are a cheap alternative to mobile respawns and behaves almost like the respawn backpacks that are available in the base game. Here is how it works:
 
A player can retrieve a rally point from the supply crate. A sleeping bag appears on the player:

 
The player now has a new item in the self interaction menu: "Deploy Rally Point". Deploying the rally point will trigger an animation on the player that suggests the player is placing something down, and a few seconds later the sleeping bag disappears from the player and an unfolded sleeping bag appears on the floor:

 
This can now be used like a mobile respawn.
 
To move the rally point, an interaction is available on the rally point: "Pack Rally Point". This is basically a reverse of the "Deploy Rally Point" interaction. An animation starts, suggesting the player is picking something up, a few seconds later a folded sleeping bag appears on the player and the unfolded sleeping bag disappears. The player now has the option to deploy the rally point.
 
A simple implementation like this can bring balancing issues. Here are some of my ideas of preventing this:
- A rally point costs supplies to get;
- Deploying on a rally point costs supplies OR a rally point has a certain amount of deploys before it becomes unusable;
- Deploying and packing the rally point itself does not cost supplies;
- Multiple members of the same group can carry a rally point, only one rally point per group can be deployed;
- Only groups of two players or more can use rally points;
- Rally points belong to groups, not players;
- When a player deploys on the rally point, other players have to wait a certain amount of seconds / minutes OR;
- Players can deploy in waves every few seconds / minutes;
- When enemies are close to the rally point for a certain amount of time and no players are around, the rally point will be destroyed.
 
A number of other points / ideas about rally points:
- Each faction can have it's own form of rally point, like a different colour or type of sleeping bag;
- When a player carrying a rally point dies, others can pick it up;
- Rally points disappear after server restart;
- Rally points are named after their group (Alpha 1-2's Rally Point).
 
If you managed to finish reading this wall of text and you have some other ideas surrounding rally point, or you think it's a stupid idea, feel free to share!

Rally Points
 
Rally points are a cheap alternative to mobile respawns and behaves almost like the respawn backpacks that are available in the base game. Here is how it works:
 
A player can retrieve a rally point from the supply crate. A sleeping bag appears on the player:

 
The player now has a new item in the self interaction menu: "Deploy Rally Point". Deploying the rally point will trigger an animation on the player that suggests the player is placing something down, and a few seconds later the sleeping bag disappears from the player and an unfolded sleeping bag appears on the floor:

 
This can now be used like a mobile respawn.
 
To move the rally point, an interaction is available on the rally point: "Pack Rally Point". This is basically a reverse of the "Deploy Rally Point" interaction. An animation starts, suggesting the player is picking something up, a few seconds later a folded sleeping bag appears on the player and the unfolded sleeping bag disappears. The player now has the option to deploy the rally point.
 
A simple implementation like this can bring balancing issues. Here are some of my ideas of preventing this:
- A rally point costs supplies to get;
- Deploying on a rally point costs supplies OR a rally point has a certain amount of deploys before it becomes unusable;
- Deploying and packing the rally point itself does not cost supplies;
- Multiple members of the same group can carry a rally point, only one rally point per group can be deployed;
- Only groups of two players or more can use rally points;
- Rally points belong to groups, not players;
- When a player deploys on the rally point, other players have to wait a certain amount of seconds / minutes OR;
- Players can deploy in waves every few seconds / minutes;
- When enemies are close to the rally point for a certain amount of time and no players are around, the rally point will be destroyed.
 
A number of other points / ideas about rally points:
- Each faction can have it's own form of rally point, like a different colour or type of sleeping bag;
- When a player carrying a rally point dies, others can pick it up;
- Rally points disappear after server restart;
- Rally points are named after their group (Alpha 1-2's Rally Point).
 
If you managed to finish reading this wall of text and you have some other ideas surrounding rally point, or you think it's a stupid idea, feel free to share!

Rally Points
 
Rally points are a cheap alternative to mobile respawns and behaves almost like the respawn backpacks that are available in the base game. Here is how it works:
 
A player can retrieve a rally point from the supply crate. A sleeping bag appears on the player:

 
The player now has a new item in the self interaction menu: "Deploy Rally Point". Deploying the rally point will trigger an animation on the player that suggests the player is placing something down, and a few seconds later the sleeping bag disappears from the player and an unfolded sleeping bag appears on the floor:

 
This can now be used like a mobile respawn.
 
To move the rally point, an interaction is available on the rally point: "Pack Rally Point". This is basically a reverse of the "Deploy Rally Point" interaction. An animation starts, suggesting the player is picking something up, a few seconds later a folded sleeping bag appears on the player and the unfolded sleeping bag disappears. The player now has the option to deploy the rally point.
 
A simple implementation like this can bring balancing issues. Here are some of my ideas of preventing this:
- A rally point costs supplies to get;
- Deploying on a rally point costs supplies OR a rally point has a certain amount of deploys before it becomes unusable;
- Deploying and packing the rally point itself does not cost supplies;
- Multiple members of the same group can carry a rally point, only one rally point per group can be deployed;
- Only groups of two players or more can use rally points;
- Rally points belong to groups, not players;
- When a player deploys on the rally point, other players have to wait a certain amount of seconds / minutes OR;
- Players can deploy in waves every few seconds / minutes;
- When enemies are close to the rally point for a certain amount of time and no players are around, the rally point will be destroyed.
 
A number of other points / ideas about rally points:
- Each faction can have it's own form of rally point, like a different colour or type of sleeping bag;
- When a player carrying a rally point dies, others can pick it up;
- Rally points disappear after server restart;
- Rally points are named after their group (Alpha 1-2's Rally Point).
 
If you managed to finish reading this wall of text and you have some other ideas surrounding rally point, or you think it's a stupid idea, feel free to share!

Rally Points
 
Rally points are a cheap alternative to mobile respawns and behaves almost like the respawn backpacks that are available in the base game. Here is how it works:
 
A player can retrieve a rally point from the supply crate. A sleeping bag appears on the player:

 
The player now has a new item in the self interaction menu: "Deploy Rally Point". Deploying the rally point will trigger an animation on the player that suggests the player is placing something down, and a few seconds later the sleeping bag disappears from the player and an unfolded sleeping bag appears on the floor:

 
This can now be used like a mobile respawn.
 
To move the rally point, an interaction is available on the rally point: "Pack Rally Point". This is basically a reverse of the "Deploy Rally Point" interaction. An animation starts, suggesting the player is picking something up, a few seconds later a folded sleeping bag appears on the player and the unfolded sleeping bag disappears. The player now has the option to deploy the rally point.
 
A simple implementation like this can bring balancing issues. Here are some of my ideas of preventing this:
- A rally point costs supplies to get;
- Deploying on a rally point costs supplies OR a rally point has a certain amount of deploys before it becomes unusable;
- Deploying and packing the rally point itself does not cost supplies;
- Multiple members of the same group can carry a rally point, only one rally point per group can be deployed;
- Only groups of two players or more can use rally points;
- Rally points belong to groups, not players;
- When a player deploys on the rally point, other players have to wait a certain amount of seconds / minutes OR;
- Players can deploy in waves every few seconds / minutes;
- When enemies are close to the rally point for a certain amount of time and no players are around, the rally point will be destroyed.
 
A number of other points / ideas about rally points:
- Each faction can have it's own form of rally point, like a different colour or type of sleeping bag;
- When a player carrying a rally point dies, others can pick it up;
- Rally points disappear after server restart;
- Rally points are named after their group (Alpha 1-2's Rally Point).
 
If you managed to finish reading this wall of text and you have some other ideas surrounding rally point, or you think it's a stupid idea, feel free to share!

Added:
Blastcore Murr Edition
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2257686620
&
Blastcore Murr Edition Smoke Alternative
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2478519591

What would peoples thoughts be on roadblocks that spawn along the Frontline at at medium to high threat levels or maybe as a secondary mission that benifits intel and Civ rep?
Watched Leutin using them in an old vid recently, looked a challenge and well my thought is above.

The Bloodhounds
 
Modset
TheBloodhounds.html
 
Situation
“The Bloodhounds” are in Takistan to perform foreign and in-country bidding. The newly formed Takistanian Regime is already taking the country ruling with an iron fist. After several reports over a couple of days, regarding human right violations, NATO sent some military advisors from the UK Armed Forces. Their role is to evaluate and teach strategy and handling as a part of the Takistan military tactics.
 
However we’ve gracefully accepted a contract from a third party that pays handsomely. Our contract is simple: Disrupt affairs between NATO and Takistan.
 
Friendly Forces
The Bloodhounds, Private Military Contractors
- x1 Two-man command element
- x5 Four-man operating elements
- x1 Two-man tacticool pilot element
 
Neutral Forces
Takistan Military, Army & Airforce
British Advisors, Advisors
Takistan Insurgents, Grunts w/ technicals
 
Enemy Forces
Takistan Militia, Grunts w/ technicals
 
Mission
Passive actions are not our strong suit. We need to hit them hard. First order of business; strike a blow on the British forces.
 
Additional Information
Overall command falls on "Overseer". Operational command falls on "Master Chief". 
 

TIL you don't have to hover over an item, alt-tab and then type the classname over...

This is how I managed to transfer my Steam (all games) + Arma 3 installation + all mods and DLC without need to download anything on the new machine.
We going to kind of "mirroring" our Steam installation with all installed games and workshop content.
It maybe looks complicated but it isn't...

1. Don't install Steam yet on the new machine (if you already did, deinstall Steam and delete all "SteamLibrary" and installed games)
2. if your "Documents" folder on the new machine is at a different (costum) location than on the old, please change it (on the new comp) to the structure from the old comp (right click "Documents" change path/location)
3. if your Steam install "Program Files (x86)s" folder at new machine is at a different (costum) location than on the old, please change it to the structure from the old comp
4. I assume your Arma 3 installation is located in it's own "SteamLibrary" folder on a different drive, if not just skip these steps with the copying the "Steamlibrary"
5. make your external drive ready - you'll need enough space depending on how many games you have installed, maybe check your Steam installation and SteamLibrary folder for size first.
6. make different folders at ext. drive for "Documents/Arma3", "Program Files (x86)/Steam", "SteamLibrary"
7. on the new comp, if not already there, make a Program Files (x86) folder at the location where it is on the old comp. (mine is on drive d: for instance)
8. copy the steam installation folder from the old computer to the external drive to the corresponding folder
9. copy the Arma 3 folder(s) inside the "Documents" folder to the external drive to the corresponding folder (your Arma 3 profiles and settings)
10. copy the "SteamLibrary" to the external drive to the corresponding folder
11. this will take a while, grab a drink or coffee
12. meanwhile make sure your partitions/drives at the new comp are the same structure as on the old machine (drive letters) - we'll kinda mirroring your install structure from the old one, this is important for this method
13. connect ext. drive to new comp, check if folder structure and locations all are ready on the new machine
14. copy the Steam installation folder to the program folder at new comp
15. copy Arma 3 folders (Documents) to the Documents folder at new comp
16. copy "SteamLibrary" to the corresponding drive/folder at new comp
17. We'll do the following steps on the new computer
18. check if paths and locations are all the same as on your old computer
19. double check if paths and locations (for the stuff we just moved) are all the same as on your old computer
20. Start "Steam.exe" from inside the "Program Files (x86)/Steam" folder (the one you just copied)
21. you may also make a shortcut to the Desktop (Steam.exe) at this point while we are here
22. go trough the steps Steam is telling you (install location not in registry blah blah)
23. Log in to Steam with your login credentials (i hope you already have 2factor security)
24. Steam will start and if anything is right all your games and Arma 3 will be already installed
25. wait a minute and then start Arma 3, it will look like your first start of the game, some runtime and dirext x will download
26. you'll already notice that all your workshop mods for arma are there
27. BattleEye will install
28. at Arma 3 launcher check your mods and DLC's
29. be aware you lost all the Mod Presets, just redownload or copy them from old machine and import (the html files)
30. You have to change or set Arma 3 launcher options (profile to load/ hardware setttings) according to the specs of the new comp
31. start Arma via launcher, check if it loads the right Arma user profile
32. change your general settings according to the specs of the new computer
33. even your server list favourites are there
34. have fun with your improved performance 
35. close Arma, close Steam
36. if you not already did it - make a shortcut/link from the "Steam.exe" inside the Install folder to your Desktop/Taskbar
37. ?
38. profit!
 
(I will insert screenshots later)
 
 
 
 

It's a Christmas miracle! Santa's elves can and helped me out to bring you all the results a whole day after the submissions closed!
There rests me only one thing to do. Share the results! I couldn't agree more with all of the people and moments you put forward. In some cases I had to make a pick due to the lack of collective submission. I hope I made the right choice.
 
We will now put a close to an eventful year and toast to a new one that's right around the corner!
Merry Christmas, happy holidays and a happy new year! See you all next year, whatever may come!
 
AW MVP 2021: @DomT for his efforts on Frontlines!
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2021: @possiblyEOD
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2021: @Whigital
AW Most Active Staff Member 2021: @chicken_no6 
AW Strictest Staff Member 2021: @chicken_no6
AW Best Team Player 2021: @Mikael
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2021: @SiegeSix
AW Most Friendly Member 2021: @Art3misZA 
AW Tacti-cool member 2021 : @Rickard
AW Underrated Member 2021: @Schubz
AW Most Incoherent Member 2021: a triple first place between @Walk'N, @RiverWolf & @Murph
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2021 - The drunkest member of 2021: @RiverWolf
AW Best/Worst Pilot 2021: @Gambit 
AW Worst Pilot 2021: @Murph
Source AW Best Voice 2021: @Murph
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2021: @FrOzT
AW Worst Joke 2021 : @LH5 “Hi back.”
AW Best Moment 2021: There are indeed to many to note even between the ones submitted, But the game nights always create the best ones. Thank you @MidnightRunner, @SiegeSix, @Murph, @kennychr, @Johnson, @Havoc & @Bomer for making these moments possible!
AW Best Forum Post 2021 (please put URL in): @Bomer's End of the year awards, though it’s really a reward to us all.
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2021: @Moto
Source AW Best Driver 2021: @Jochem & @Pvt. Zwerger for setting a killer time in AW’s first rally stage
AW Worst Driver 2021: @FrOzT
Source Source Source AW Best Fail 2021: A quadruped tie between
getting run over by friendlies Failing TF Aegis - no man left behind and other operations getting kicked out of your own parachute. "You need to be a pilot to use this vehicle." and EU2’s Prairie fire. AW Best Ban of 2021: All of them
AW TeamSpeak Channel 2021: The AWE couple that is Setup-Room & Ahoyworld Enhanced [TFAR]
AW Best Screenshot 2021: @LH5's masterful screenshots for Frontlines.
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2021: Any important message Cut off by TFAR
AW Candidate for the Hague 2021: @Sho_Iwaizumi You may not have been on often, but you were there when it mattered.
AW Role Model 2021: @JJ Cakes
AW Best Shot/Worst 2021: @SiegeSix
Source

AW MVP 2021: @chicken_no6
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2021: @possiblyEOD
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2021: @Bomer
AW Most Active Staff Member 2021: @chicken_no6
AW Strictest Staff Member 2021: @LH5 - always ready with his ban hammer
AW Best Team Player 2021: @Nathanator
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2021: @Havoc
AW Most Friendly Member 2021: @Gambit 😛
AW Tacti-cool member 2021 : 
AW Underrated Member 2021: @Nathanator
AW Most Incoherent Member 2021: @Murph - communication mostly in grunts
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2021 - The drunkest member of 2021: @RiverWolf
AW Best/Worst Pilot 2021: @Havoc
AW Best Voice 2021: 
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2021: The Wet Pete Leech
AW Worst Joke 2021 : 
AW Best Moment 2021 (can be in-game, on Teamspeak or Forum): 
AW Best Forum Post 2021 (please put URL in):
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2021:
AW Best Driver 2021:
AW Worst Driver 2021: @Patrik_swe even though he isn't around much these days, I still suffer PTSD
AW Best Fail 2021: 
AW Best Ban of 2021: @MidnightRunner for regretting banning The Wet Pete Leech
AW TeamSpeak Channel 2021:
AW Best Screenshot 2021:
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2021:
AW Candidate for the Hague 2021: @Sho_Iwaizumi
AW Role Model 2021: @Havoc - solid guy, never gets flustered or angry.
AW Best Shot/Worst 2021: @Nathanator trying to 40mm @Gambit but then getting me instead with collateral

AW MVP 2021: @DomT for all his FL work
AW Most Friendly Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2021: @possiblyEOD
AW Most Helpful Admin/Moderator/Spartan 2021: @Whigital
AW Most Active Staff Member 2021: @MidnightRunner
AW Strictest Staff Member 2021: @kennychr
AW Best Team Player 2021: @Nathanator
AW Most Helpful Member *Non Staff* 2021: @Havoc
AW Most Friendly Member 2021: @Art3misZA
AW Tacti-cool member 2021 : @Lutkan
AW Underrated Member 2021: @Damo3D
AW Most Incoherent Member 2021: A panicked @Walk'N (No footage :()
AW DAAASSS BOOOOT 2021 - The drunkest member of 2021: @RiverWolf
AW Best/Worst Pilot 2021: @WinterMute and his Advanced flight model for  both
AW Best Voice 2021:  The "Deejay" Invading our teamspeak @MidnightRunner ought to have clipped it "Midnoight Runnah"
AW Funniest Person on Team Speak 2021: @Jenkins
AW Worst Joke 2021 : "Hi Back" - @LH5
AW Best Moment 2021 (can be in-game, on Teamspeak or Forum): @Moto

AW Best Forum Post 2021 (please put URL in): NA
AW Dankest Meme Post In Discord 2021: Many @FrOzT

AW Best Driver 2021: @Jochem & @Pvt. Zwerger for decimating the rally stage on Altis
AW Worst Driver 2021: @kman Driving the wrong direction During TF Sol
AW Best Fail 2021: https://youtu.be/goWIVxvClnQ
AW Best Ban of 2021: NA
AW TeamSpeak Channel 2021: Set-up room
AW Best Screenshot 2021: @Schubz
AW Best/Worst Call-out 2021:  @RiverWolf & @FrOzT
https://clips.twitch.tv/PricklyScrumptiousCheeseDerp-eab1mt1BvX-weBAK
AW Candidate for the Hague 2021: @Sho_Iwaizumi
AW Role Model 2021: @JJ Cakes
AW Best Shot/Worst 2021: @SiegeSix https://youtu.be/WXR62zRFuQM
 

Cheers, very good spot, this has been in since the start
Fixed for next update