Arma 3 – First Update is Live

Bohemia Interactive’s Arma 3 has received its first update 1.02.

You can view the full notes below (SIZE: ~1 GB):

• Potential Altis performance optimization (especially when using a lot of AI units): removed class properties from models in Structures_F that don’t need it
• Many small Altis object positioning tweaks and other terrain fixes
• Fixed: Flipped moon texture
• The moon halo object can now be different from the sun halo object (new world config parameter moonHaloObject)
• The light reflected by the moon has been made more realistic
• Added: New runway parts for left and right airstrip on Altis
• Runway lights have new models and configuration
• Fixed: Darker runway at a distance and with overcast weather
• Fixed: Ladder on hospital building has been reversed (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=13399)
• Fixed: Blinking resolution LODs on signs
• Configured power line wires to be destroyed along with power line towers
• Animals should be avoiding roads more now
• Fashionable LCD panels for MBT gunners instead of old-style optics, and new reticles displayed on them
• Player tank driver can turn out, while commander is turned in
• Civilian (and FIA) trucks have been revamped
• Added: Ability to mount Marshall driver position from right side
• Fixed: Slammer recoil
• Added: T-100 recoil animation for main gun
• T-100 commander optics features in line with OPFOR tracked vehicles
• T-100 back armor made thinner
• Improved handling of terminal ballistics on armored vehicles
• More realistic water fording ability for tracked armor
• Added compass and additional radars for copilot seats
• Removed magic disappearance of rotor blades for some helicopters
• AH-99 badly placed exhausts fixed (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=9909)
• Adjusted position of Blackfoot pilot crosshair in HMD
• Added stabilization for UAV optics
• Fixed: Incorrect duplicate of get-in points for Speedboats
• Fixed: Zooms of armed offroad gunner set to standard naked eye level (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=14213 and http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=14699)
• Added: Mortar/HMG/GMG/Bipod/Tripod bags for every faction
  • Added missing backpacks for Mk6 weapon
• Capacity tweaking for mortars, GMGs and HMGs (inventory)
• Fixed: Animations of static weapons
• Tweaked: Bag weight for static weapons. It was too high for our maximum soldier load.
• Fixed bombs of CAS UAVs
• Re-balanced mine damage and overall mine usability
• Tweaked: Pistol weights to match maximum soldier load count
• Fixed: Negative friction of 120mm shells
• Reticle materials for 3D scopes now glow in the dark
• Fixed: Problem with 3D scope alpha sorting
• Added: BIS_fnc_unitPlay function severely optimized. Unit playback is now smooth even when applied on multiple vehicles at the same time. Backwards compatible – will improve already released missions without need to change anything.
• Tweaked: Action menu priorities
  • Increased action priority for weapon assembly
• Fixed: Radio protocol is no longer played during story conversations triggered by BIS_fnc_kbTell
• Fixed: Some groups spawned by Sites module had their skill set too high
• Fixed: CAS bombing issues in Supports Module
• Fixed: Rare occurrence of undefined variable for civilian randomization scripts
• Fixed: Game sometimes got stuck in loading screen after respawn (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=14474)
• Added: Warning about using BIS_fnc_addRespawnPosition – calling the function on client at the mission start will result in data not being broadcasted correctly
• Fixed: Modules were not executed in the right order on server
• Fixed: Sending multiple recipients to BIS_fnc_MP caused the function to be ignored in singleplayer
• Added: Recipient sent to BIS_fnc_MP can now be string – variable name of an object. The function will be executed where the object is local.
• Fixed: Incorrect returned value when task checked by BIS_fnc_taskCompleted didn’t exist
• Fixed: “Vehicle Respawn” module didn’t recognize airplanes, rendering them non-respawnable (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=13078)
• Fixed: HQ entities created by Headquarters module (used for example in Defend and Seize missions) were all using European voice. Correct voices (English for NATO and Persian for CSAT) are assigned now.
• Fixed: “Set Task Destination” module is now optional, destination can now be configured in “Create Task” module. The same is true for task state (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=4144)
• Fixed: Functions with tag without specific name (i.e., no ‘tag’ attribute) were incorrectly categorized in the functions viewer
• Fixed: BIS_fnc_sandStorm was using incorrect particle texture (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=13773)
• Added: Delay before respawn menu is applied only when player is simulated
• Fixed: “EndMission” respawn template failed a mission even when some players were still alive after respawn tickets were exceeded
• Fixed: Module effects were applied to vehicle commanders, not to vehicles themselves
• Fixed: Debug console was not available for logged admins (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=13764)
• Fixed: Respawn display sometimes didn’t close once player respawned
• Fixed: Advanced hints save / load issue
• Added: BIS_fnc_countdown – allows setting and managing countdown
• Function BIS_fnc_findInPairs renamed to BIS_fnc_getFromPairs and now supports all variable types
• New function BIS_fnc_findInPairs returns index of an item from the associative array found under the key
• Fixed: Notifications are no longer displayed after player dies in singleplayer missions
• Fixed: Zone Restriction module would sometimes fire a warning event when a unit left a vehicle
• Fixed: Info about ability to sync “Respawn Position” module to a vehicle was missing
• BLUFOR soldiers are now able to switch textures via setObjectTexture
• CSAT soldiers have been trained to distinguish fixed-wing UAV of their side better when standing next to it
• Less pronounced character lip sync animations
• Fixed: Several inventory capacity issues
• Fixed: OPFOR pilots ammo load
• Fixed: Guerrilla Rifleman AT backpack load out
• Fixed: Guerrilla Engineer bag type
• Fixed: Khaki vest camo for OPFOR snipers and Olive vests for AAF
• Minor fix in BLUFOR repair specialist chest rig
• Added: New icon for BLUFOR chest rig
• Added: New icons for Guerrilla uniform types
• Added side-specific textures and pictures for mortar bags
• Introduced mass difference between normal and light helmets
• Various characters models and textures tweaks, most notably the US flag being removed from AS and SMDI maps
• Civilians are more prone to be fatally wounded by anything (damage tolerance and armor)
  • Tweaked hitpoints of civilians. Now they will be fatally injured by one hit (5.56 mm and better caliber) to torso.
• Configured destruction of wreck_heli_attack_01 (Blackfoot wreck)
• Added Korean and Japanese characters from other fonts to EtelkaMonospacePro (fixes missing texts in e.g. establishing shots in those languages)
• Font: EtelkaMonospaceProBold added for backwards compatibility (inherits everything from EtelkaMonospacePro)
• Rolling credits now end after finishing and a short timeout
• Fixed: Class name in title bar can’t be edited any more in Insert Unit and Insert module in mission editor
• Fixed: Positions of location labels (e.g., town names) in Splendid Camera were offset
• Fixed: Respawn position selection list was blinking
• Fixed: Tile effects were interactive, stealing mouse focus
• Fixed: Error message for “Viper Green in trouble” conversation in Showcase Vehicles
• Removed: Showcase Night radio at the enemy camp
• Tweaked: Showcase Night player is now sitting on the front of the boat during insertion
• Tweaked: Showcase Night boat driver now has a beanie hat
• Tweaked: Showcase Night when player is detected near a site, enemies should now better hunt him
• Tweaked: Showcase Night enemy patrols on sites are now on in safe behavior
• Tweaked: Showcase Night enemies now play ambient animations
• Tweaked: Showcase Night when player is detected on an enemy site, the nearest, not yet cleared, enemy site will become combat aware
• Fixed: Showcase Night random patrols had skill of 1, now it’s 0.4
• Fixed: Showcase Night soldier leaning on the lighthouse was going through it
• Fixed: Showcase Night enemies don’t have NVGoggles any more (they wrongly had them because of class name changes)
• New: Showcase Night enemy vehicle will now come and investigate the south after half the chaos threshold has been reached
• Fixed: In Combined Arms single player you could kill insertion choppers crew without triggering friendly fire
• Fixed: Defend Syrta character classes had wrong backpack
• Fixed: Defend Syrta CSAT AA class had wrong backpack
• Fixed: Seize and Defend missions were sometimes not executed properly on Dedicated Server
• Tweaked: Civilian vehicles are now unlocked in MP scenarios
• Tweaked: Lowered cost of enemy vehicles by 0.5 in MP scenarios
• Tweaked: Tanks should now only spawn on last zone (MP)
• New: Added Spotter and Sniper load outs on the last objective (MP)
• Changed: Defend Syrta now has disabled AI by default
• Firing Drills: CoF Green – removed manual hiding of barriers now they were removed from Stratis globally
• Firing Drills: CoF Red 3 – disabled detecting statue as no-shoot until new solution is found (old one removed due to map optimizations)
• Music has been reorganized to new class names, old ones are kept for compatibility
• Main menu music track fix (different version of same track)
• British Radio Protocol voices added (1 x Jay Crowe + 3 x Jayholder as data placeholder for future recordings)
• Removed occasional animation glitch after Team Switch
• Digital Deluxe Edition: Tactical Guide updated with various tweaks
• Digital Deluxe Edition: Map updated with higher resolution

ENGINE

• Many AI tweaks and fixes
• Enabled blood when Korean language is selected
• Improved: Tank collisions / flipping
• epeImpulseDamageCoef parameter can now be changed for any vehicle
• AI drivers are now better able to navigate out of obstacle and unstuck themselves
• New possibility to turn off adaptive crosshair in options
• Fixed: Favorite sessions in LAN view
• Increased the limit of shown servers in the server browser from 500 to 10000
• Fixed: Broken location detection of MP clients – people should be finally able to see servers close to them
• Fixed: Country detection in MP
• Crouch (toggle) now works correctly for launchers
• Fixed: Aiming while holding ‘sprint’ key and not moving
• Removed zoom warp (by using sprint while in optics)
• Fixed: More strange zoom while sprinting with fatigue removed
• NRemoved strange zoom when aiming while trying to sprint with high fatigue
• Improved: Helicopter dropping like a stone when AA hits them
• Fixed: Crash when player engages in conversation and has no topic
• Added: Random angular velocity for dropped weapons in ragdoll
• Fixed: DnD with container on soldier’s container tab caused wrong behavior
• Fixed: DnD with container on soldier’s linked backpack caused wrong behavior
• Fixed: Replacing linked weapon from weapon stored in backpack caused wrong behavior
• Fixed: Bag disappearance and duplication
• Fixed: Gear shows no magazines except handguns
• removeWeapon can also unlink assigned items now
• Fixed: Command removeBackpack
• Fixed: removeAllContainers leaves unit with uniform model even though their uniform is removed (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=7879)
• Fixed: Action Drop Backpack was not working
• The Men category is now properly sorted in the unit dialog in editor
• Fixed: saveStatus and loadStatus commands did not work
• Fixed: CheckCursorActionTarget performance
• Skybox lighting is now done per-pixel
• New scripting commands for getting and setting identity parameters
• New scripting command for getting fog parameters (fogParams)
• Added parameter turretCanSee config parameter to distinguish usability of compass for copilots

In case you missed it, check out Arma III’s Community Guide ‘Snipers & Launchers’ Video.

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