Mad Eye Moody

Hi Stan, I Finally got it working. I just pasted the UID info into ALL the Arma read me files I could find and it is now working in SP & MP modes. So now I won’t need to mess about on the live server to practice with the kit, guns etc. I am sure that will please everyone and stop me unintentionally breaking any server rules and regulations.

Yes I have, copied and pasted from your post with my UID inserted which I got from my steam account. I get an error message saying that there is a wrong number in the read me file. I used the steam id64, is that correct?

Playing in MP makes no difference. Still not Arsenal, mission task, ranks, roles etc

Ok I will give that a go.

Tried very hard to get this to work without success. Issues are: de packer doesn’t work with win 10 so I used another free one which requires the unpacked mission to be manually moved but I am unsure I did that correctly opening the mission in editor and playing in any form: single player, single player with briefing, multi player results in being surround by soldiers at the spawn following me everywhere, no arsenal, no task or briefing on the map. Opening as host on line same result Probably me doing it wrong lol

Got the TS thing sorted I think. As far as the playing AWE locally... I had a good go at the download and installation but could not get the depacker working (win10 issue?). Used another depacker and put the files into the right folders I think. However when I try to run them in editor the game is not running as per the server option. Surrounded by players, no weapons or transport etc. Never mind, worth a go.

Cheers Stan, thank you. So if I do that will there be enemy or not? I will check out the keystrokes. Lots of problems today with the new Motherboard not allowing Win 10 to register as I had upgraded from 7 when it was free and the digital reg didn’t work. 2 hours on the phone to MS Bangalore got it sorted but now Teamspeak is playing up in game. I have to close TS and open as admin and reset the push to talk buttons every time I spawn. It might be the sound card but I doubt it. I didn’t have the problem before the new update.

As a noob to AWE I would very much appreciate some sort of guide to the specific roles, especially logistics. And also a quick guide to ACE hotkeys and functions etc. Sometimes I just bug out of the game rather than hold everyone up when the action hots up rather than make myself look stupid. ? I do appreciate the tolerant help from the more experienced players. I know it’s not easy to do in game, no time etc. It would also be most useful if there was a “practice range” with the modded weapons just to help get a feel for the kit. When I look at the kill scores I wonder if you can all remember what it was like to constantly fail to see the enemy let alone kill the enemy!! However I do enjoy the team play just wish it was a bit easier.

Hi Stan, nice to chat last night in AWE, most useful. What I and probably other noobs need is the links to several guides. For example a guide to: what guns are available and what the symbols next to the guns refer to, a quick reference to ACE keystrokes (you mentioned head movement in vehicles for example, how to build a FOB, that kind of thing. Thes e guides are probably already out there but a noob trying to learn in game is frustrating for other players and the noob (me) ha ha.

Why not have central spawn then teleport stations to the AO that HALO to a chosen point on the map? Is that bonkers?

Update: Got he old MB working. Dont really know how I just kept doing the same old thing but must have removed a peripheral that was at fault. Doing a full system mirror now. Installing an extra cpu fan just in case.

My saga continues. I removed all but one hard drive, and all other peripherals from the pc, using the motherboard gpu, all but 1 hard drive which has windows 10, loaded the board with default settings, made sure the boot order is cd, usb, hd, re seated the ram. In the bios I can see the ram, the processor temp is low. I had made a Windows recovery usb when I installed win 10. On boot after post it stops at select f2 or del to enter bios, F8 gets me to the Windows recovery but it won’t read the recovery usb. I formatted a spare hd with a laptop and tried to instal win7, won’t have it. Today I am going to try and install Linux or Ubuntu to eliminate any dodgy windows issue. I don’t have a win 10 disc as I did the upgrade when it was free. BTW the processor is i5 quad 6600

So I have to replace the motherboard due to a component failure. I am thinking I may replace the gpu at the same time for a feeesync gpu. Any reckomendations for a 2k plus AMD under £500?

I will do that for vanilla, public and AWE. Which settings?

Thanks for the info, that may be the answer as I am having issues starting the game from armasync as well. I now have to reboot the PC to get the game to start most times.

One issue I have got since changing the monitor. which is probably nothing to do with the monitor change, I have been in a few firefights with a squad popping away all around me but I cannot see any any AI anywhere. Bloody frustrating. Body count going up but nothing on my screen to shoot at. I normally end up being killed by AI I can’t see. I have the game distance settings maxed out as well. Any ideas or solutions welcome.

Such a good idea, create an extra desktop and run Arma from there. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I ran some checks and downloaded a new direct x from the mother site. Seems to have made a difference so far but if it does freeze I cannot get out of the game unless I control alt delete and click on the power button. I also increased the cards fan speed and reduced the target temp on the card. It was worse if I overclocked the card. I also need to check on what’s running in the background. It always seems to creep up. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

As usual with any changes there where a few setting tweaks to make to avoid screen freezes. I always used to have AMD back in the day. Changed to Nvidia but cannot remember why now. I like the easy mode changes of the screen. One issue I do have with ArmA3 is closing the program if it locks. Control Alt delete doesn’t allow me to get to the task manager. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I decided to go for this one https://www.cclonline.com/product/248690/UM-HX1EE-032/Monitors/Acer-KG271Ubmiippxx-27-inch-WQHD-TN-LED-Backlit-ZeroFrame-Gaming-Monitor-with-FreeSync-Speakers-2-x-HDMI-and-2-x-DisplayPort-Inputs-Black-/MON4825/?siteID=je6NUbpObpQ-TTXiTwt_jTFq33N0..tkkA It was on offer at PC World for £179. Very pleased so far. I have the original monitor as a second screen. Thanks for the advice. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

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No I am not any way a pro gamer. In fact quite the opposite, I need all the help I can get! I am just lucky enough to have a fair amount of disposable cash to buy nice gear if I want it or think it’s justified. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Thanks for the knockabout this afternoon boys, and please accept my apologies for the lack of in game knowledge and expertise I so expertly displayed. More than a bit embarrassing. “Keeping up” is much much harder than I expected it to be, easy to get left behind. I was not helped by a strange “lag” and pull back I was getting every 5 to 8 seconds plus a milliseconds delay between trigger pull and actual firing. I don’t get that on EU 1 &2 servers ever. In fact I don’t get it on any other Arma 3 server as my frame rate is usually high. It was like back in the day when all I could afford was dial up. After leaving I went onto the eu1 server to check performance and all was a smooth as butter. Strange. So is this YouTube worth implementing? Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

I have a geoforce GTX 1060 6gb. Think that can do 7680x4320@60Hz Maximum Digital Resolution2