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Arma 3

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Arma 3
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Developers
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 3 on Wikipedia
Arma
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
Developer website
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Windows
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Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Helicopters
Windows
Karts
Windows
Marksmen
Windows
Zeus
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Skip launcher

Instructions

Game data

Game options
Game options

Configuration file(s) location

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System Location
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
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
Steam Cloud

Video settings

General video settings
General video settings
Display settings
Display settings
Antialising and Postprocesses settings
Antialising and Postprocesses settings

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Some suggested FOV values in radians[2] for typical setups are:

Setup Type fovTop fovLeft
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

Mouse settings
Mouse settings

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Audio settings

Audio settings
Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Brazilian Portuguese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP

VR support

Devices State Notes
TrackIR

Issues fixed

Forcing game to use all RAM

Instructions

Forcing correct monitor

Instructions
Instructions

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]

Instructions
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz
Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon HD 3830
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
Intel HD Graphics 4000
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 10 compatible

Notes

  1. 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