Arma 3: Confirmed features | info & discussion

[PurePassion]

More vehicles such as tanks are scheduled to be included in the Beta release which is targeted at Q2 2013.

[Silent-Night]

More vehicles such as tanks are scheduled to be included in the Beta release which is targeted at Q2 2013.

Can't wait!

[GossamerSolid]

More vehicles such as tanks are scheduled to be included in the Beta release which is targeted at Q2 2013.

They didn't say tanks specifically. All they said was "expanded content" and it showed a picture of the Comanche. The tank picture was shown under "Final Release".

[MattWales]

Has there been any news/evidence of a Divers/Parachutist Nav Board yet?

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I know there is a specific "Wishes and Ideas" thread, but I feel this should almost be a necessity, to the point where I think "Surely they must have".

BI are effectively making the first commercially available Combat Diving sim as part of ArmA 3, and to that extent, if their other titles are anything to go by, they don't do stuff by halves.

Navigation with a compass and timer by day is a skill in itself. Navigation at night using a compass and timer is harder. By night, in crap weather, with a compass and a timer is bloody hard. Not wanting to boast, but I can, and have, done all three and would like to think that I am pretty good at it.

Navigation at night, in adverse weather, under water, with low visibility, in a combat environment, is Degree-level stuff. If you are moving long distances from a delivery point, to a specific point on a beach, with minimal/no GPS (at the surface, you can get a fix pretty quickly. Descend more than 2 meters, its not reliable), at night, with low visibility, and are trying to be stealthy, you will NEED a Nav Board.

The same applies to HAHO jumps; something like this will help guide you into an LZ.


Further, look at pictures of infantry in Afghanistan/Iraq. Play a game; spot the Garmin GPS. Lots of guys are using wrist-mounted Foretrex GPS systems like this;


Any evidence of these being included?

I know there are very talented guys out there who can probably create an addon for these things in their sleep, but I can't help but think that BI will probably already have these built in; I'd just like to see some proof!

[Chortles]

No such proof, although we do know that there's stuff such as the SDV that has yet to be added in alpha; more stuff will come in beta, but DnA explicitly refused to guarantee that any further content will be added during the alpha.

[NMDANNY]

Has there been any news/evidence of a Divers/Parachutist Nav Board yet?

I know there is a specific "Wishes and Ideas" thread, but I feel this should almost be a necessity, to the point where I think "Surely they must have".

BI are effectively making the first commercially available Combat Diving sim as part of ArmA 3, and to that extent, if their other titles are anything to go by, they don't do stuff by halves.

Navigation with a compass and timer by day is a skill in itself. Navigation at night using a compass and timer is harder. By night, in crap weather, with a compass and a timer is bloody hard. Not wanting to boast, but I can, and have, done all three and would like to think that I am pretty good at it.

Navigation at night, in adverse weather, under water, with low visibility, in a combat environment, is Degree-level stuff. If you are moving long distances from a delivery point, to a specific point on a beach, with minimal/no GPS (at the surface, you can get a fix pretty quickly. Descend more than 2 meters, its not reliable), at night, with low visibility, and are trying to be stealthy, you will NEED a Nav Board.

The same applies to HAHO jumps; something like this will help guide you into an LZ.

Further, look at pictures of infantry in Afghanistan/Iraq. Play a game; spot the Garmin GPS. Lots of guys are using wrist-mounted Foretrex GPS systems like this;
Any evidence of these being included?

I know there are very talented guys out there who can probably create an addon for these things in their sleep, but I can't help but think that BI will probably already have these built in; I'd just like to see some proof!

I highly doubt it, we already have a watch, a compass and a GPS item, these are the kind of items for a specific diving/halo simulator, or ACE

[InstaGoat]

Anybody able to ID this flag? Looks a lot like the one of Guyana. Seen on a Coverall.

[GossamerSolid]

I'm still really hoping that the L-159 isn't the only plane for opfor. That'd be a joke having an L-159 go up against the F-35.

Hope to see some sort of MIG or PAK-FA or something along those lines.