Development Blog & Reveals

BIS explain ALL THE THINGS!

Hopefully we will hear some great news about the lighting stuff :)

‪#Arma3‬ Lighting Interview Due Soon™! Meanwhile, more tiny trolling :) http://www.arma3.com/full/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/wai_so_tiny/1.gif

Erm... that actually looks quite good.

gif looks nice, but I can't see anything important. Is soon today or tomorrow? Somebody mentioned Thursday but I don't remember specific mention of this.

Looks nice indeed.

gif looks nice, but I can't see anything important. Is soon today or tomorrow? Somebody mentioned Thursday but I don't remember specific mention of this.

I did. They released all their updates on Thursday's ;)

I can't be sure due to the size, but it does look like the hangar blocks the light from the sirens, so that's a plus over A2

Very nice indeed, but will those multiple light sources cast shadows?

@maionaze yes, that is the (only) logical conclusion but the quality of the gif makes it useleess. Also blinking light are new but I think they are doable for A2.

@Smurf I don't think so, also normal lighting would make this unnecessary.

Also blinking light are new but I think they are doable for A2.

They actually look like rotating directional lights to me.

EDIT:

Additionally, the brake lights are also casting lights this time around, instead of just being glowing planes on the back. This might be a hint to the dynamic light shadow casting, since the pattern on the ground seems to indicate that the car is actually blocking the light source.

It looks like the light is going through the hangar, but I can't tell if it is the window or not. Stupid tiny gif.

The finest troll mini-pic I ever did see!

So looking forward to that dev blog. :)

Rotating directional lights?

Brake lights actually casting light

possible deffered shading?

Either way the lighting engine is getting some splendid work can't wait to read the technicals on it.

When the gif first loaded I thought you uploaded a BF3 gif for comparison or something :eek:

When the gif first loaded I thought you uploaded a BF3 gif for comparison or something :eek:

I thought it was live action video at first. :p Then I picked it apart. lol

I don't think that's a hangar, the ground is rough. Maybe a tunnel?

The finest troll mini-pic I ever did see!

So looking forward to that dev blog. :)

This!

Its one of those spacey dome thingies.

I don't think that's a hangar, the ground is rough. Maybe a tunnel?

It's a hangar. Can't recall the name of them, but I know it's mentioned somewhere in the Confirmed Features thread.

Either way, here is a picture (link) of it. Found under the Stratis page (ArmA3.com)

I don't think that's a hangar, the ground is rough. Maybe a tunnel?

Here is the real life equivalent:

http://www.rubbmilitary.com/products/aircraft_hangars.html

Wait, are these moblie hangars? Because in the gif the ground is rough and rocky.

What does the ground have to do with anything. Look closely at the gif, it's a mobile hangar much like what Maionaze posted, placed in some random location (or not so random) with a police car (?) sitting outside one of the openings, with the player standing in the foreground. You can see the night sky around and through the hangar if you look hard enough.

These are the hangars that he is talking about. Can't you see them???

For the first time I noticed that the hangar doesn't have a back side, also what is the thing on players head? It kinda looks like crosshair.

I guess that this frame looks most interesting: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/25770758.png/, but its still unclear, meh.

They are temporary hangars. The ones in the photo's below are for a blimp, but they are the same exact concept and design.

WDL Hangar (Picture 1 - Exterior)

WDL Hangar (Picture 2 - Exterior)

WDL Hangar (Picture 3 - Interior)

WDL Hangar (Picture 4 - Exterior)

Location of WDL Hangar on Google Maps

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For the first time I noticed that the hangar doesn't have a back side, also what is the thing on players head? It kinda looks like crosshair.

I guess that this frame looks most interesting: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/25770758.png/, but its still unclear, meh.

I'm sure it is just the crosshair. But that .jif is pretty awesome.

are we just a tad bit over doing it looking into the hanger? lol

are we just a tad bit over doing it looking into the hanger? lol

I'm just showing what they are. What's wrong with someone posting lots of information?