Some performance tips they help. Never need arma4. Shadow-tip

[Doggy]

With so much content,a very big ediotor it is no reason to release an arma4-game. Grafic is very good (and grafic is not all,but many mainstreamkiddies will not think so) .

I would play Operation Flashpoint when we not have arma1/2/3. Much more important is the game(play) ,not grafic.

And the grafic in arma3 is very nice and need no changes.
But some players think now they can set all to ultra and wonfer about poor performance. 64bit is no reason to set all to ultra. Will not explain all settings but set your world detail on standard (sry my english is bad,mean the setting on the left side) .World objects on standard too .

The view distance on 2500 and the world object view distance (under the view-distance) on 1500.

The only bad thing on this setting is that some stone/structures seem to be stand in the air on a hill....but you see it not so often. And most time only on some hills, But you game will rin much smoother.

Antialiasing not higher then 4x. The problem with the arma-serie is you will found no computer it runs all on max.
For example it is very idiotic to set the view-distance over 2500. You nevery fight about such distance. And only because flying a jet is no reason too....2500m is really enough.

And the object-viw-distance (not the normal view distance) is the biggest performance killer in arma3.
Sure when you are flying it looks better when you play with 10000m view distance without such fog,but only good for a "good feeling".

Try this settings and you will see you have a much more smooth gameplay.
And dont forget: Arma3 is streaming from your harddisk (not all will use from your ram) so when you set more details in the option the harddisk must stream more details too.

Hope it helps some here!!!

[RunForRest]

Good tips
The thing is - in szenarios where ArmA doesnt run that well (which can happen very easy) on my newer PC it doesnt matter what settings i go - i can go max details or lowest - the mission will run like ♥♥♥♥ - no matter what - sure i might get a few FPS here and there but when it runs bad for me than there is no difference if i run 6k viewdistance or 2km - only 500m viewdistance make a change than .
And if u ask me - terraindetails on normal or medium is a NOGO - because of the flowting object crap at 1km distance - a MAJOR designflaw in my book - but hey bohemian devs are blind it seems

[Fulcrum]

I disagree only for the view distance. In a jet a bigger distance can help..

[Doggy]

Ok for pilots it makes more fun.But the most time you doesnt need tis distance and to have a lower performance only some times flying is no reason for me.Arma is not a flight-sim.

But the view-distance is not such a big problem,only the very big performance-killer object-view-distance.
The problem with the most younger player.(.lol young for me is 20 years) : The set all to max/ultra,but you see very often no real different but have a ♥♥♥ performance-drop.

Best example ist to play hirth antialiasing higher then 4x.You will not see a big different.
The problem in this modern age is too many look only at the grafic. In many game-test you read first grafic. And many stupid idiotic games like the new "For Honor" have many unlocks,a lot of splatter ranks ect. That is what the most mainstream-kiddies like.

But the most important...the gameplay... is for the most devs and player not so important.
You can see very well which game is great when you can play it with a very worse grafic and it makes a lot of fun. So you will see all the mainstreamgames are nothing without their great grafic and all the children toys (ranks,unlocks,stats ect.)

And why i tell it here? Because when you play arma3 with a very worse grafic or we must play arma3 with a grafic like operation flashpoint,arma3 will make very fun too. It is a great game with such a lot of potential,editor,content (a reason why i hate all the brainless mods like altis life).

So i like to play rather with some reduce details but a VERY SMOOTH gameplay. And with reduce details arma3 look like very well too.

You dont must set all on ultra when you will play with a great grafic.But many will not understand this and set all to ultra/max.

The serie (OFP/Arma1/23) will never run smooth on NASA-computer when you sill set all to ultra.

The next mistake from many players. Only look at the frame-counter. When you have 50 frames the "feeling" can be not smooth. So 50 frames are not only the same like 50 frames in another game where the gameplay is smooth.You can tst it easy when you cycle around .You see it have for example 50 framesbut feel not very smooth.

For me it is too hard all to explain in englisch (i come from germany and forget as a very old guy too much school-english).

But try it and reduce the details (and the right details) so that you have a smooth gameplay.....and the grafic is good enough. Every not 12 year old PC gan run arma3 with a good grafic.

Oh i forget: An absolute wrong tip here in the forum are the shadow-setting in arma3. First let look to arma 2: In arma too you must set the shadow to high so the graficcard will use shadows.But when you set it to normal (you have such block-shadows for trees ect.) and the cpu will be used for shadows. Lol so you have a better performance with high shadows like norma shadows because the cpu have too much work with arma2 AND the shadows.

Arma3: So some guys say the same for arma3...absolute wrong!!! Because the nrmal shadows in arma3 look like the high shadows in arma 2 .
In short words:

Arma2: Normal shadows have block grafic.....worse performance
Arma3:Low shadows have block grafic....worse performance

Arma2: set it to high for better performance (graficcard usage)
Arma 3:set it to norma for better performance (graficcard usage)

Arma2 shadows on high=Arma3 shadows on normal.

Ok,hope it helps again...have fun ( but not with the ♥♥♥♥ altis life....i hate such stupid mods so much).

[Jaypinguin]

Originally posted by Doggy:

... many mainstreamkiddies .....

Where did this word originate from? Was it in an Arma forum or what?

[Doggy]

Sry my english is very worse. I play since ofp-release and the community play very serious and all like/prefer a milsim-gameplay. But now look on this very worse arma3-community: With "Mainstzreamkiddies" i mean all the (most young children,but older players too) player they prefer a very simple mainstream-gameplay. It is a shame to see how arma3 will be played.

It is like you buy a very complex flight-sim but reduce all realistic settings.So you build a sim game to a very simple mainstream-game. And exact this happens with arma 3.Such a great game with so a lot tactical with so much prospects to play will reduce to such a simple mainstreamgame .
Teamdeathmatch in only 1 town with ca. 100 player .....lol more idiotic gameplay not possible or a simple lifesimulator.

Arma 3 is a milsim and not a game for player they prefer such simple idiotic mission.
And yes arma3 is a milsim but NOT a flight or tank-sim.The serie (ofp/arma1/2/3) will simulate how to use the different units (tanks,vehicles,air,infantrie) in a war/battle.
But many player will not understand this too,arma is not a unit-sim,arma is a battle-sim.

You will find no game with so much content,potential,weapon-simulation,very big editor ect. on the market.
But when i see such idiotic mission they build arma to a simple-game i can chuck up.

And player they prefer such simple gameplay and build arma3 for players without any claim.....such players are the "Mainstream-Kiddies" .Will nor wonder if such players play call of duty,counterstrike ect too. (lol i forget the biggest idiotic mod dayz).

And dayz was the beginning to switch the armacommunity from serious player to "mainstream-kiddies".

[Niall]

Objects floating on the hills in the distance is because the grass has been turned off. I tell you how I got performance and that's by running the game in 32Bit. My laptop runs it at 80fps in single player and 50-65 in multi. Using 64Bit I was getting 9 fps.

[Jaypinguin]

Originally posted by Doggy:

Sry my enlish is very worse. I play since ofp-release and the community play very serious and all like/prefer a milsim-gameplay. But now look on this very worse arma3-community: With "Mainstzreamkiddies" i mean all the (most young children,but older players too) player they prefer a very simple mainstream-gameplay. It is a shame to see how arma3 will be played.

It is like you buy a very complex flight-sim but reduce all realistic settings.So you build a sim game to a very simple mainstream-game. And exact this happens with arma 3.Such a great game with so a lot tactical with so much prospects to play will reduce to such a simple mainstreamgame .
Teamdeathmatch in only 1 town with ca. 100 player .....lol more idiotic gameplay not possible or a simple lifesimulator.

Arma 3 is a milsim and not a game for player they prefer such simple idiotic mission.
And yes arma3 is a milsim but NOT a flight or tank-sim.The serie (ofp/arma1/2/3) will simulate how to use the different units (tanks,vehicles,air,infantrie) in a war/battle.
But many player will not understand this too,arma is not a unit-sim,arma is a battle-sim.

You will find no game with so much content,potential,weapon-simulation,very big editor ect. on the market.
But when i see such idiotic mission they build arma to a simple-game i can chuck up.

And player they prefer such simple gameplay and build arma3 for players without any claim.....such players are the "Mainstream-Kiddies" .Will nor wonder if such players play call of duty,counterstrike ect too. (lol i forget the biggest idiotic mod dayz).

And dayz was the beginning to switch the armacommunity from serious player to "mainstream-kiddies".

I assume when you use the word "mainstreamkiddies" you intend on offending those who you are reffering to in your description. In reality, I doubt there is any "offending" going on. It actually makes people not take you seriously, at least I don't. I do agree with some of your points but I still can't take you seriously when you use that word. lol its so ridiculous.

I can't take you seriously.

[Doggy]

In EUTW they lay on hills and make teamkilling.They drive with mhq very close to the enemy AND let the engine on,they look only at their kills,have absolute no play what teamplay and tactical gameplay is,sabotage all the gameplay with their idiotc gamestyle,they drive always alone with vehicles and dont wait for teammates........ ect. ect.

Such idiots you never found in ofp,arma1/2. And for me such players are the typical "MAINSTREAMKIDDIES" yes!!!!

The biggest problem with arma3 are all such idiotic mods. Ok,who like such brainless gameplay.
But so often the (lool) mainstreamkiddies comes to other server wher the players like serious gameplay. But all the gameplay will be very fu.. because only some of such idiots.

Best example EUTW again. You have a cgreat squad,will spawn at a mhq (on a safe place) and then come such mainstreamkiddie and drive the mhq very close to the enemy. BOOM,mhq down! You see such idiots so often,they are too lazy to go ca.400-500m to the capturezone.

To play such games it will be not bad to know some STANDARDS of tactical gameplay.Only some examples: Move in a team and dont run alone,Dont stand on a hill,drive not mhq(or other vewhicles) too close to the enemy and let the engine on,not the player with more kills is the better player/hero (a sniper in not a killer,his primary goal is to scout), it isd not a good idea to kill all what you see when you will be reach good position,communication with your teammates.

And many many more!!! OFP-veterans or R E A L tactical player know such standards to,but such mainstreamkiddies doesnt know anything.
And when you cant take me seriously its your problem. Then play with all the altis-life-kiddies.

And only because such fu..... mods (start was the biggest idiot mod dayz for arma2) we have now so a worse community.
When such mods doesnt exist,arma3 will not have such a very worse community (and i say it again)full with mainstream-kiddies. The community will be much more smaller but much more better. And all will arma3 play then as a serious game. But younger player will not understand it. Look at the ofp-community or arma2 before dayz and then to this community of arma3. You will see a big different.
But when you are too silly to understand this (or are too young to know how great the community was before idiotic-mod dayz) it is again your problem.

So go play altis life.....

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I doubt any computer would run this game effectively on ULTRA with the way this engine renders everything and utilizes the hardware. Complete ULTRA settings are purely for static imagery and screenshots in my opinion.

[Jaypinguin]

Originally posted by Doggy:

In EUTW they lay on hills and make teamkilling.They drive with mhq very close to the enemy AND let the engine on,they look only at their kills,have absolute no play what teamplay and tactical gameplay is,sabotage all the gameplay with their idiotc gamestyle,they drive always alone with vehicles and dont wait for teammates........ ect. ect.

Such idiots you never found in ofp,arma1/2. And for me such players are the typical "MAINSTREAMKIDDIES" yes!!!!

The biggest problem with arma3 are all such idiotic mods. Ok,who like such brainless gameplay.
But so often the (lool) mainstreamkiddies comes to other server wher the players like serious gameplay. But all the gameplay will be very fu.. because only some of such idiots.

Best example EUTW again. You have a cgreat squad,will spawn at a mhq (on a safe place) and then come such mainstreamkiddie and drive the mhq very close to the enemy. BOOM,mhq down! You see such idiots so often,they are too lazy to go ca.400-500m to the capturezone.

To play such games it will be not bad to know some STANDARDS of tactical gameplay.Only some examples: Move in a team and dont run alone,Dont stand on a hill,drive not mhq(or other vewhicles) too close to the enemy and let the engine on,not the player with more kills is the better player/hero (a sniper in not a killer,his primary goal is to scout), it isd not a good idea to kill all what you see when you will be reach good position,communication with your teammates.

And many many more!!! OFP-veterans or R E A L tactical player know such standards to,but such mainstreamkiddies doesnt know anything.
And when you cant take me seriously its your problem. Then play with all the altis-life-kiddies.

And only because such fu..... mods (start was the biggest idiot mod dayz for arma2) we have now so a worse community.
When such mods doesnt exist,arma3 will not have such a very worse community (and i say it again)full with mainstream-kiddies. The community will be much more smaller but much more better. And all will arma3 play then as a serious game. But younger player will not understand it. Look at the ofp-community or arma2 before dayz and then to this community of arma3. You will see a big different.
But when you are too silly to understand this (or are too young to know how great the community was before idiotic-mod dayz) it is again your problem.

So go play altis life.....

Again, I agree with some of the stuff you say. But its that word that make me laugh at you. Its almost like for example, you get into a bar fight or a seriously heated debate with some individual and ♥♥♥♥ hits the fan. People getting pushed, beer bottles getting smashed on people, women screaming, etc. And you are one of the main guys in the fight and while you are fighting you are screaming to the other guy, "YOU LITTLE DUMMY" or "CURSE YOU DUMMY" or something ridiculous along those lines. And if I was witnessing that, I'd be laughing at you.

Crude example but whatever. Anyway, I don't want to derail the topic too much already, so yea.

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Originally posted by Jaypinguin:

Again, I agree with some of the stuff you say. But its that word that make me laugh at you. Its almost like for example, you get into a bar fight or a seriously heated debate with some individual and ♥♥♥♥ hits the fan. People getting pushed, beer bottles getting smashed on people, women screaming, etc. And you are one of the main guys in the fight and while you are fighting you are screaming to the other guy, "YOU LITTLE DUMMY" or "CURSE YOU DUMMY" or something ridiculous along those lines. And if I was witnessing that, I'd be laughing at you.

Crude example but whatever. Anyway, I don't want to derail the topic too much already, so yea.

Was it the part about Altis Life? Because the thought of Altis Life makes me laugh out loud, too.

[Jaypinguin]

Originally posted by iMainYORICKx420x:

Originally posted by Jaypinguin:

Again, I agree with some of the stuff you say. But its that word that make me laugh at you. Its almost like for example, you get into a bar fight or a seriously heated debate with some individual and ♥♥♥♥ hits the fan. People getting pushed, beer bottles getting smashed on people, women screaming, etc. And you are one of the main guys in the fight and while you are fighting you are screaming to the other guy, "YOU LITTLE DUMMY" or "CURSE YOU DUMMY" or something ridiculous along those lines. And if I was witnessing that, I'd be laughing at you.

Crude example but whatever. Anyway, I don't want to derail the topic too much already, so yea.

Was it the part about Altis Life? Because the thought of Altis Life makes me laugh out loud, too.

He assumes that I play Altis Life.

I don't play altis life. I tried "life" once on Arma 2, and again on Arma 3 and it was definitely not my thing. I mostly play vanilla gameplay as I'm not that interested in graphics/weapon reskins or whatever. I enjoy the tactical gameplay more than whether or not I have an m4 or some specific weapon.

I never played Dayz so I can't really comment on that. I have played wasteland once or twice so I'm guessing they are similar. Those game modes are not my thing.

But OP might still assume I'm a "kiddy" or "mainstreamKiddy" or whatever. lol

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[Bobby Digital™]

the game will always run like poo because it was made for a single thread

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Originally posted by Jaypinguin:

Originally posted by iMainYORICKx420x:

Was it the part about Altis Life? Because the thought of Altis Life makes me laugh out loud, too.

He assumes that I play Altis Life.

I don't play altis life. I tried "life" once on Arma 2, and again on Arma 3 and it was definitely not my thing. I mostly play vanilla gameplay as I'm not that interested in graphics/weapon reskins or whatever. I enjoy the tactical gameplay more than whether or not I have an m4 or some specific weapon.

I never played Dayz so I can't really comment on that. I have played wasteland once or twice so I'm guessing they are similar. Those game modes are not my thing.

But OP might still assume I'm a "kiddy" or "mainstreamKiddy" or whatever. lol

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Dude, Altis Life is the s­h­i­t! No really, it's complete s­h­i­t­!