:lol: Already? Wow.

ArmA 2 and Operation Flashpoint are already a huge strain on PCs. Can’t begin to imagine how bad this will be at launch.

 

Not that bad? Anyone with hardware older than a year is screwed. :lol: I run a Core 2 Quad and a Radeon 4850 X2.

Oh well.

 

Graphics look amazing. Hopefully they optimize it better than the 1st 2. Had to run arma 2 at High settings until I crossfired my 5850. Oh, and hopefully they release it without so many damn bugs like the 1st 2 as well. Either way, will be an amazing game.

On a different note, it's really saddening to see how Codemasters has destroyed the OpFlash series.

 

Camp Rogain is the silliest name I've ever heard.

 

Looks great as expected. Now can they just finally make a game that's playable the first month of release... That's all I ask. We know the game is going to have terrific gameplay. Terrific mod support. Terrific graphics.

 

I just started playing the first OpFlash 'cold war crisis', about a week ago. I absolutely agree with you. 'Red River' is a serious insult to the title. 'Dragon Rising' was still true to its origins. I hadn't played ArmA. But after 'Cold war crisis', I'll get my brother to buy this for sure.

 

The ArmA series is brilliant. Developed by the same guys who made the original Operation Flashpoint. They've stuck with what made the game so great while Codemasters has butchered the series by turning it into a console game and trying to cater to the COD crowd as much as possible while still being able to call the game a "tactical shooter". You simply can't take a game like this and release it on console. You'd have to cut out way too much, and the game just wouldn't be the same.

 

Bugs are going to happen in any game, let alone a sandbox type game with huge worlds. It's the optimization that they really need to do a much better job with. Games like this are always going to need good hardware to run better, but ArmA 2 was ridiculous. When you can't run the game on max settings with a 5850 which was one of the best cards on the market when ArmA 2 was released, and a pretty good Core I5 750 CPU, you got problems. They eventually got it straightened out, especially with the Operation Arrowhead expansion, but can't have another release like that. The first ArmA had a bad release as well.

 

BIS has published fairly high-end recommended specs for ArmA 3, so they're probably hoping that performance issues will be partially offset by a user base with a higher-than-average spec sheet.

No, seriously, it's silly. What's the name for OpFor's home base, Camp Just For Men?

 

For all the ArmA fans, Iron Front: Liberation 1944 releases tomorrow. Uses the same engine as ArmA 2. Basically, a WW2 version of ArmA 2. Should attract lots of ArmA players and hopefully a good modding community.

 

I'm not worried about performance. By the time ArmA 3 comes out, I'll have traded in my 2 5850s for either a 7970 or 680, with hopefully the price drop being enough to get 2 of each at that time. Maybe the 680 4GB depending on the price by that time. Hell maybe even a 6990 or 590, but doubtful. We'll see how price drops go. If they don't **** up the optimization again I should be able to play on high settings at least with 2 5850s, and then I can just keep them and wait for the 6990/590 to fall even more and eventually go for 2 of those setting me up for a long time.

 

Dragon Rising had its problems. But I don't think it was a hoax. If you were to talk abt Red River, though, I'd agree bang on...

 

From what I've seen of Stratis, yes, names are much easier to pronounce now.

I hope they've spruced up the interface in general, though. Submenus of submenus of submenus of options are getting really annoying, and the whole "interface gets confused if you want to go down that ladder or check that body" thing is old now.

 

Nice screenies, but Arma2 is a pretty good looking game itself.

I really can't imagine that Arma3 is going to play or run or release any differently than ofp or arma or a2. Will there be new features? Sure, but BIS just releases these games and then patches them up over time.

 

Any interface videos? I'm wondering if they're still using the abomination of an input system from ArmA 1 and 2. You know, the command system that proves this game was never meant to be played with an AI squad? That disgusting mess.

Also, looks like I made the right decision in upgrading to 16 GB RAM…

 

I'm talking about the nested command menus that appear when you press ~ and some some of the numbers. And yes, it's still around, unfortunately. I confirmed with a quick play of the alpha.

Movement is much less clunky and more fluid, absolutely. Aiming is much better as well. And I don't know if it's the fact that I'm playing on a 24'' monitor instead of a 40'' TV, but I can see enemies much more clearly in this game. I'm not a fan of the bullet physics still, but this is better than ArmA 2 so far.

My rig destroys the alpha. No choppiness or anything with graphics cranked up all the way. For what it's worth, I'm running: Core i5-3570k, GTX 670 Windforce OC, Crucial M4 SSD, 16 GB DDR3-1600 RAM, 1920x1200.

 

If you're on 1680x1050, you should look at the 660 Ti or Radeon 7870. The 7870 is cheaper and nearly as good, so that might be the winner here. Tough to say until we get closer to release and drivers get optimized.

 

AMD has won the bang for the buck value this generation. Nvidia offers higher performance, but at higher price points. Nvidia was briefly the best bang for the buck, but then AMD released some really good driver updates late last year.

If you're going to go to a higher resolution, then yes, you'll want to look at a 670, or wait and see how the next generation of cards perform--ArmA 3 isn't coming out until Q4, so you have time to ponder this.

Wait and see what the next generation offers. You could potentially buy someone's used GTX 670s for less than you'd pay for them right now.

 

AMD says they'll release the 8000 series this year. Mobile 8000 series is coming in summer, desktop 8000 should arrive in Q4 at the latest.

The GTX 700 series... no word.

 

I wouldn't say it's optimized, it's just not as shoddily coded as previous ArmA games. (ArmA 2 should not have been nearly that intensive…) It can certainly perform even better, and I expect it to, especially when driver support is improved.

 

Those vehicles were never taken out, they just aren't part of the alpha. They should be in the final game. Remember, the point of the alpha is to iron out technical issues that may not arise during internal testing, not to show off a feature-complete product prior to release.

Also, your Steam ID is wrong and I had to search for Tone_E to find you. :lol:

 

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