ArmA III Campaign is released

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

Bloody hell they rifle sway and fatigue effects are ridiculous.   Feels like all the soldiers are asthmatics with rickets.

[Nefaro]

Bloody hell they rifle sway and fatigue effects are ridiculous.   Feels like all the soldiers are asthmatics with rickets.

They got the palsy.

:P

[Apocalypse 31]

What the hell did I just play?

It was neither a prologue nor a boot camp.

There was no guerrilla force in the story mode, and who is Staff Sergeant Adams? They could've at least used a character from the story.

It also didn't tech me anything. Fatigue? Yeah everyone learns that within their first 5 minutes playing.

[Pinetree]

Got a question for you guys, how optimised is the engine compared to Arma ll? I'm really interested in getting this but my laptop would overheat playing a medium sized scenario in Arma ll.

[Jarhead0331]

Got a question for you guys, how optimised is the engine compared to Arma ll? I'm really interested in getting this but my laptop would overheat playing a medium sized scenario in Arma ll.

I'm pretty sure we've addressed this in this thread somewhere...there is no comparison really. ARMA III is leaps and bounds better than ARMA II from a technical perspective. Although I still have ARMA II installed on my HD, there is really no going back.

[Pinetree]

Got a question for you guys, how optimised is the engine compared to Arma ll? I'm really interested in getting this but my laptop would overheat playing a medium sized scenario in Arma ll.

I'm pretty sure we've addressed this in this thread somewhere...

Yeah, kind of. What I should have asked is: if Arma II overheats my laptop on medium sized scenarios would ArmaIII do the same?

there is no comparison really. ARMA III is leaps and bounds better than ARMA II from a technical perspective. Although I still have ARMA II installed on my HD, there is really no going back.

Thanks. I might wait for the next time it's on sale but then again, I am weak willed and  might not ;D

[JudgeDredd]

Got a question for you guys, how optimised is the engine compared to Arma ll? I'm really interested in getting this but my laptop would overheat playing a medium sized scenario in Arma ll.

I'm pretty sure we've addressed this in this thread somewhere...

Yeah, kind of. What I should have asked is: if Arma II overheats my laptop on medium sized scenarios would ArmaIII do the same?

there is no comparison really. ARMA III is leaps and bounds better than ARMA II from a technical perspective. Although I still have ARMA II installed on my HD, there is really no going back.

Thanks. I might wait for the next time it's on sale but then again, I am weak willed and  might not ;D

I can't answer with any degree of accuracy - all I can say is on my system, my fans are doing overdrive. I have everything maxed out and the fans are on auto control...but they're going mental.

Having said that, they used to do exactly the same on ArmA II and I wasn't running that on max...because on max (or anything close) I had severe slow downs...it simply wasn't optimised.

I think what JH was suggesting with "a technical perspective" is that it IS better optimised - and I would agree.

[Jarhead0331]

Yes. It is definitely better optimize, but it is also graphically superior. So depending on how you set up your video options, you may or may not get better performance. On the average, however, ARMA III runs much smoother to the point that there is almost no comparison. I was always frustrated with movement in Bo ARMA and ARMA II. This has been addressed by ARMA III. It's a totally new engine. At least it feels like it is.

[jomni]

Don't know about technical optimization.  But character and vehicle movement is much much smoother than ARMA II.  And it has the graphics to boot.

[Pinetree]

Cool.  So if I run it on comparative settings to what I     ran Arma ll on it will run a hell of a lot better. Cheers guys.