AUSARMA

Military Book club

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:29:01 +0000

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I've just created a Military Book Club group for those of us that enjoy a good read about war and stuff. I'm sure there are more of you out there that like a good read, so this is the place to put in a review, say what you liked about the book, what you'd recommend, etc.

Feel free to join and post reviews if its your thing. Always good to know whats worth reading and what maybe a waste of time.

http://www.ausarma.o...tary-book-club/

PR ARMA 2 0.15 Beta & test event info

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:08:15 +0000

The anticipated release date for Project Reality: ARMA 2 v0.15 BETA is imminent ...

Test Event information -http://www.ausarma.o...d-beta-testing/

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we propose to hold a closed beta testing event on a Tactical Gamer server, this coming weekend. We're planning on starting at 19:00 GMT on Friday 10th February, and running through to 06:00 GMT on Monday 13th February. The server will be locked for the duration of the testing event. The password will be communicated later here, and on the Tactical Gamer forums.

This test will allow us to check gameplay with a large number of players, and also highlight any bugs and issues that may have been missed in internal testing.

We will be creating a special build of the mod for this event. It is not the final build and will not be useable after the event. We will publish the link later in the week. The download will be provided in 7z format and will contain installation instructions.

The passworded test version of v0.15 is now supplied by the AEF community HERE

BIS trailing new vehicle steering, feedback needed

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:50:50 +0000

BIS have requested the community’s opinion on a new "experimental" steering system that uses the mouse to drive. While driving a vehicle, pointing the mouse at something will make the vehicle turn towards it as opposed to simply turning left/right. For those that have been around for a while, it will pretty much be like the old OFP steering (or should I say Arma Cold War Assault?).

At the moment it only applied to boats; however it is planned to be tested on ground vehicles shortly.

Here's what suma had to say:

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Please, provide a feedback for the mouse steering improvements. We plan to extend the new "experimental" boat steering to all land vehicles, unless the feedback will be you do not like it. Note: Veterans between you may notice the new steering should resemble the Cold War Crisis vehicle steering in may aspects. The idea is you point the target and the vehicle steers to get there.

You can have a read of the thread here.

Strange things happening around AUSARMA...

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:40:13 +0000

A quick FYI, if you notice some strange looking things happening around here, fear not! Freeborne and I are just mucking around with some back-end stuff that may change the appearance of things here and there. We are hoping to released a more polished version of the current website soon. Not much will change except a few changes here and there that will hopefully both look and function a bit better.

Cheers,

Arma 2 on the BBC

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:20:17 +0000

Arma 2 has been featured in a BBC article about the "blurring of reality and the virtual world". It goes on about how it is becoming more difficult to destinguish between images of real life and the gaming world. Of course, when the images are shrunk to 300x200 it does indeed become more difficult but still pretty easy. I guess it's different for us seeing as we play all the time though.

Either way, you can have a read of it here.

Multi Session Operations v4.1

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:20:41 +0000

Get the latest 4.1 Missions AND MSO Code Base here

What's New for v4.10?

Core
- Increased default view distance to 2500m
- Added support for Nielsen's Civilian Interaction Module (running Interaction, Reaction and Extraction components) - init-custom.sqf
- Added ACE hand cuffs, ear plugs and safety googles to players running ACE
- CWR² faction changes
- Added RPT line for total Locations found
- Fixed Default, Eden and Tora Bora settings
- Print mission parameters in RPT
- Added support for EOD Addon - automatically add THOR III ECM to select (ACRE Box, ACE Ruck Box, Basic Weapons Box) ammo crates near "ammo" or "ammo_1" markers.
- Added support for EOD Radio Controlled IED for terrorist vehicles, added IED object to support any IED detection items.
- Fixed path to vehicledrivercheck.fsm

NOMAD
- Updated NOMAD to support manual player state save
- Increased options for Nomad save time in nomad params
- Add menu selection for player to manually save position/state using interaction menu
- Added the use of CBA_fnc_AddMagazineVerified (now that it is working) when restoring player weapon magazines on reconnect (Nomad)
- Added support in NOMAD for adding ACRE base radios on reconnect rather than ACRE radios with IDs.
- Added parameter to control how often Nomad saves player data

Caching
- If group leader dies while group is cached, uncache next leader
- If group is newly split from another group, uncache leader and any drivers
- Updated GTK with mission params
- Removed OSL as now obsolete
- Removed JCache as now obsolete
- Simplified NOU caching further
- Enabled CEP caching to use GTK
- Fixed vehicles caching
- Using GTK with NOUJAY Cache

Ambience
- Added another potential police station building for Everon
- Added passengers to ambient sea vehicles
- Fixed Never Fire code spelling mistake, all removed ammo from aircraft.

Support
- SOM fixes to work on dedicated server
- Fixed CASEVAC to check for hospital or ammo marker for RTB
- Added colour selection to JIP Markers

Enemy
- Increased ZORA max groups and decreased search radius (overall intensity increase)
- Updated logging on HAC scripts
- Added additional parameter value for EN POP spawn distance (20km), so that all EN Pop are spawned on maps smaller than 20km.
- Updated Rydygier's HAC module, fixed acre issue and disabled by default
- Added Tigerian faction
- Fixed WICT if unknown faction is used - camps set to russian by default.
- Fixed enemy pop if unknown faction is used - defaults to russian camps.
- Added new Enemy Pop parameters to control how close enemy may be placed and how close they spawn
- Added RYD HETMAN AI Commander (HAC) as an Enemy Module, added Nou Cache parameters to allow caching to be turned off.
- WICT Update 16.01.2012, v.024 - http://forums.bistudio.com/showthrea...22&page=11#105 (thanks Highhead)

Feedback, issues, bugs
Report any issues here.

Major ARMA2 update 1.60 RELEASED!

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 01:09:53 +0000

After lots of beta's, and 6 Release Candidates, BIS have finally released their official mega patch just in time for Christmas!

This will update Operation Arrowhead (and Combined Operations) to version 1.60 and ARMA2 to version 1.10. All ARMA products get the update, including ARMA2 Free, BAF and PMC.

Summary of the MANY fixes and new features added to this patch:

New features: FXAA Anti-Aliasing mode, user-definable memory allocators, new scripting commands, new commandline options
Multiplayer is much smoother, no more warping, includes a number of fixes, optimizations and improvements
Netcode, VON and dedicated server fixes plus configuration additions in place
Singleplayer received visual states smoothing and prediction (notable e.g. on distant units)
AI is improved, especially (but not only) in combat, AI has received numerous bug fixes
Aircraft & Helicopter simulation received slight improvements
ARMA 2, ARMA 2: OA, ARMA 2: EW campaigns and stand-alone missions received special treatment to get rid of most annoying bugs
Numerous other small bugs/glitches fixed

Official BIS thread:

http://forums.bistud...ad.php?t=129042

This is great news for ARMA2 community, and hopefully will mean lots of players coming back to jump in a server and enjoy ARMA2 the way we dreamed it would be from day 1.

Grab it fast from AEF's FTP thanks too Plat.net.au:
http://mirror.aef-hq..._Update_160.zip

ToH to use Java, Arma 3 to follow

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:44:47 +0000

A big announcment for all those SQF experts out there, Arma 3 will be supporting Java! Thanks to SnR for spotting it.

Initially it will be going into a patch for Take on Helicopters:

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Hi fellow scripters,

Initially we had hoped to release the major upgrade to our scripting technology with Patch 1.03, but we were not able to get it fully implemented in time. Therefore we're pushing the ability to use Java to the next patch

Why is this awesome™?

Using a widespread, proven and robust language with loads of documentation and tutorials.
Using IDEs such as Neatbeans and Eclipse for development and debugging.
Using Object-Oriented programming architecture and design.
Using generally much higher performance script execution.
Using many standard Java libraries instead of reinventing the wheel.

Note: this will not replace SQF scripting, so the transition should be smooth.

You can check out the original thread on the BIS forums here.
Grab it fast from AEF's FTP thanks too Plat.net.au:
http://mirror.aef-hq...a/patches/TKOH/

TakeOn Helicopters Demo Available

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:53:38 +0000

You can now try TakeOn Helicopters for free, by downloading a demo that Bohemia Interactive have just released.

Word of warning, the demo is just under 4GB!

Taken from Bohemia website

Players will be able to enjoy a generous variety of demo content, all playable above a huge section of the Seattle terrain:

Free Flight mode
Light and medium helicopters
30 x 30 km section of the Seattle terrain
2 singleplayer scenarios
3 time trial courses
3 training scenarios
1 multiplayer scenario
A powerful 2D scenario editor (limited version, does not allow saving or loading)

Grab it fast from AEF's FTP thanks too Plat.net.au:
http://mirror.aef-hq...au/~arma/demos/

Steam 50% ArmA series (today only!)

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 23:49:40 +0000

Steam is having a 50% off sale on all ArmA games for one day only, so only a few hours left.

http://store.steampo...anchise_midweek

Combined Operations for $14.99 USD

ARMA X for $29.99 USD

AUSARMA Logo Contest ($295 prize)

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:06:03 +0000

We are currently running a logo design contest to see if someone can come up with a really neat and catching logo for this site.

All entries will be posted on the forums for everyone to vote on and provide feedback. The competition is being run on 99designs.com.au and closes at the end of the week (Friday 11:30AM +10GMT).
If you have some 1337 design skillz, or know someone who does, feel free to signup to the site and submit your design(s). The winner gets $295.

For your sake, and ours, ensure you are not infringing on copyright with any graphics, etc that you include in your designs.
Also, at the end of the content a winner WILL be decided, and receive the prize money, however this does not necessarily mean we will run with the logo (we may want to edit it to suit our needs, or only use it in certain areas of the website/Teamspeak, etc)

You can follow/participate in the competition by clicking the following link:
https://99designs.co...y-gaming-103608

All comments, feedback and discussions should be in our forums HERE!

Reminder - Update your AUSARMA links

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:51:22 +0000

Many of the links to our content has changed over the past few months (images, forum links, articles, etc)

If you have linked to our content anywhere (external forum signatures, our news articles, specific topics, etc) please review your links as they may need updating.

Many of our links now contain much friendlier looking addresses and should be easier to remember.

Website:
www.ausarma.org (the "www." is not necessary)

Forums

Homepage:

www.ausarma.org/forums (updated 15/10/2011)

Specific Forum:

http://www.ausarma.org/forum/71-missions/

Specific Topic:

http://www.ausarma.org/topic/203-project-reality-mod/

Our Members:
www.ausarma.org/members

Photo Galleries:
www.ausarma.org/gallery

Video Galleries:
www.ausarma.org/videos

Groups: (under development)
www.ausarma.org/groups

Our sub-domains:
www.mso.ausarma.org (Multi Session Operations forums)
www.aaw.ausarma.org (Australian's At War forums)
www.dsl.ausarma.org (Dog Squad Lite forums)

We also have a presence on the follow sites:
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/AusArmAorg
Facebook Page: http://www.facebook....214127058630696
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ausarma
GameTracker: http://www.gametracker.com/clan/AUSARMA/

Tip: Our new forums have a "Like This" feature. Clicking this button on a post will give the person +1 Reputation. So if someone submits a great mission, or helpful feedback etc don't be shy to reward them and encourage everyone to contribute more frequently.

Floydii's TrackIR 4 Giveaway

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 07:54:19 +0000

Floydii - the winner of our 2nd birthday competition - is giving away his old TrackIR 4 for free!

There's a catch however, the "contestants" need to face off in a PvP match to the death!

Here's the details:

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At this time it will be held on Wednesday the 7th of September at 2000 AEST.

1. half the contestants on one team and half the contestants on the other
2. No Respawn TvT to the death (there may be objectives involved).
3. Losing team eliminated, winning team halved and pitted against each other
4. etc. until down to 2-3 people.
5. last man standing wins.

You can register your interest here.

Project Reality Beta Released

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 18:17:56 +0000

So this article is a little bit late but....

For those of you who don't know, PR: Arma 2 v0.1 was released on September 2nd to much fanfare and server crashes due to the high numbers. After the initial rush, the smoothing out of player numbers has lead to some rather enjoyable PvP games. Here's the details:

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After countless hours of development, thousands of code changes and an intensive testing period, we are pleased to announce the general availability of the Project Reality: ARMA 2 v0.1 BETA modification. You can download and install the mod one of three ways. The easiest way is via a self-installer.exe. The second is to use Desura, a powerful digital distribution application. The final and most difficult way is to download a ZIP to manually install. To avoid any potential problems, we strongly advise all users to use either the self-installer.exe or Desura to install the mod.

New Features and Changes
While this release is primarily focused on BETA testing, you can still find some new Project Reality additions and features in the PR:ARMA2 v0.1 BETA release.

Unique UI overhaul.
British Soldiers (MTP).
Unique PR Gameplay Concept for ARMA 2.
Various PR game modes.
New vehicles including the Warrior IFV, Chinook, Merlin, and the Apache AH1.
v1 Basic PR Sounds FX, environment and weapons/vehicles.
PR:ARMA2 music, composed by Project Reality.
PR Statics Object Pack.
PR FX.
PR Squad Awareness HUD (SAHUD).
PR rear view Mirrors.

More details here. Disucssion in our forum here.

Arma X: Anniversary Edition

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 08:00:09 +0000

BI have just relased Arma X: Anniversary Edition, which is basically a collectors pack of every arma game that BI has created over the last 10 years. It also includes "ArmA: Cold War Assault" (AKA OFP: CWC) and resistance. It does not include Red Hammer - which was developed by codemasters.

Arma X: Anniversary Edition brings a unique collection of all Armaversum titles released to date, exclusively wrapped together in one package. Built on over 10 years experience, Arma X thrusts you into the heart of the most realistic military simulator ever developed, featuring cutting edge technology, vast, detailed environments defined by real geographic data and authentically modeled units and vehicles. Play all of the story-driven campaigns sequentially for the ultimate military combat experience!

The pack also inludes the following bonus content:

ARTWORKS
BOX ARTS
ICONS
WALLPAPERS
SOUNDTRACKS
MAPS

So far it can only be bought as a digital distribution from Sprocket, however they plan to release a boxed version soon. You can check out the release details here.

ARMA 3 to get TKOH Flight Model

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:49:24 +0000

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Through a lonely post in the BI forum, AAF member Ryan noticed that BIS Developer "Damu" has confirmed that the Take On Helicopters flight model will be used in Arma 3. It's seems like early stages at the moment, but it's certainly exciting news for those wannabe pilots (like me).

Here's the post:

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Flight model used in TKOH will be available in Arma3. We don't know if it will be presented in campaign. We didn't even try it.

There are two options:
1) TKOH FM will be available, depending on controllability for the specific difficulty levels (maybe all of them???),
2) TKOH FM will be available for modders, but disabled for campaign itself.

The decision is waiting for our FM evaluation directly in A3.

You can check out the thread here.

MSO v3.43 Released

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:48:18 +0000

MSO v3.43 has been released and inlcuded missions for Takistan, Chernarus and Qon Province.

What's new:

Mission Parameters to control AI intensity
USMC Support
20+ Bug Fixes
Improved Ambient Air and Sea
Stone throwing civilians
Performance improvements
New caching system

You can grab the latest verion from here.

co40 Operation Rabbithole this Sunday

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:46:14 +0000

Just a reminder that the first coop night for quite a while is on this sunday.

TIMINGS:
RALLY ON TS: 1830 AEST, SUNDAY 31 JULY 2011.
MISSION KICK OFF: 1900 AEST, SUNDAY 31 JULY 2011. [0500 INGAME]

COMMAND AND SIGNALS:
MODS NEEDED: ACE, ACEX, CBA, JAYARMA2LIB, ACRE
TS SERVER: ts.ausarma.org (AusArmA Event Channels)
ARMA 2 SERVER: AAF/AEF MSO and Joint-Op Server Plat.net.au

BRIEFING:
We are part of a 40 man strong Takiban insurgent team. We are tasked with destroying a NATO convoy that runs through the area every fortnight. This morning is the scheduled time, so we're going to hit it. The convoy usually consists of 4x Hmmwv's, 4x Support Vehicles, and usually some trucks with infantry. We expect reinforcements to then come, once we engage, so we have fortifications in the hills, where our camp is located, that we must defend and hold. At our disposal we have IEDs, Claymores, Mines, everything. We also have a ZSU aimed through the valley at the ambush site ready to deal some damage. We also have plenty of ammo crates at our camp.

More details in this thread.

Misc Arma III Screenshots

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:44:36 +0000

Some new arma 3 screenies have appeared from eurogamer.

You can check out the rest of the screenshots here.

ArmA2 - cheaper than a cup of coffee!

Sun, 04 Sep 2011 07:43:10 +0000

Sprocket-IDEA is having another sale.... AGAIN... but who can get enough of them anyway?
Savings range from 70% to 15% (Anniversary Edition)

Combined Operations $14

Operation Arrowhead $8

Prices approx based on exchange rate.
ArmA2 is also just AU$5! Crazy!
So all you hackers out there.... now is the time to pick up a dozen copies of the game and go raging! (joking, joking)