Arma 3
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Developers | |
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Bohemia Interactive | |
Engines | |
Real Virtuality 4|Real Virtuality|Real Virtuality 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 12, 2013 |
macOS (OS X) | Early access[1] |
Linux | Early access[1] |
Arma | |
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Arma: Cold War Assault | 2001 |
Arma: Armed Assault | 2006 |
Arma 2 | 2009 |
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead | 2010 |
Arma Tactics | 2013 |
Arma 3 | 2013 |
Arma Reforger | 2022 |
Key points
- Game engine suffers from a critical issue due to not utilizing the CPU correctly.
General information
- Port Report: Arma 3 Alpha
- Bohemia Interactive Forums
- Startup Parameters
- Armaholic Community Forums
- Feedback Tracker
- Steam Community Discussions
- Performance Guide
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Developer website | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Steam |
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Helicopters | ||
Karts | ||
Marksmen | ||
Zeus |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
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Skip launcher
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/107410/pfx/[Note 1] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
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System | Location |
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Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/107410/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Steam Workshop mission files are also stored in
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles\<user-id>\Saved\steam
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Steam Cloud |
Video settings
Field of view (FOV)
Instructions |
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Some suggested FOV values in radians[2] for typical setups are:
Setup Type | fovTop | fovLeft |
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1920×1080 at 90 FOV | 1.03 | 1.83 |
1680×1050 at 90 FOV | 1.13 | 1.80 |
2560×1600 at 90 FOV | 1.13 | 1.76 |
Notes
- Range finding by using certain scopes like the PSO scope might not be accurate anymore when playing on a non-default FOV.
Input settings
Audio settings
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Polish | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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LAN play | |||
Online play |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
VR support
Devices | State | Notes | |
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TrackIR |
Issues fixed
Forcing game to use all RAM
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Forcing correct monitor
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Performance hits playing multiplayer
Some servers tend to give users worse FPS. This is because your FPS is tied to the server tickrate, which may give performance hits.[citation needed]
Issues unresolved
Engine not utilizing CPU correctly
- The Real Virtuality 4 has serious issues utilizing multi-core CPUs[3]
This issue is a long-standing and frequently-reported problem. The developers have yet to comment on this issue on the official bug tracking site.
Failed to initialize BattlEye Service: Driver Load Error (577)
It is a known issue on Windows 10 Insider builds.[4][5]
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System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Vista SP2, 7 SP1 | |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz |
AMD Phenom II X4 940 or better Intel Core i5-2300 |
System memory (RAM) | 2 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 10 GB | 20 GB |
Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon HD 3830 NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible | AMD Radeon HD 7750 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 1 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/107410/
in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (107410) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ How to adjust your FoV (aka, how to cure ArmA2 tunnel vision!) : dayz - Reddit
- ↑ Low CPU/GPU Utilization - ARMA 3 Issues Tracker
- ↑ BattlEye - The Anti-Cheat Gold Standard >> FAQ - last accessed on 2016-05-13
- ↑ Windows says that BattlEye has invalid signature - ARMA 3 - TROUBLESHOOTING - Bohemia Interactive Forums