Arma 3
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Developers | |
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Bohemia Interactive | |
macOS (OS X) | Virtual Programming[1] |
Linux | Virtual Programming[1] |
Publishers | |
Bohemia Interactive | |
Retail (Europe) | Peter Games |
Retail (Russia) | Buka Entertainment |
Engines | |
Real Virtuality 4 | |
Release dates | |
Windows | September 12, 2013 |
macOS (OS X) | Early access[1] |
Linux | Early access[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC, Expansion pack |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | FPS, Tactical shooter |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Contemporary |
Series | Arma |
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 |
Arma 3 is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person FPS and tactical shooter game in the Arma series.
General information
- Port Report: Arma 3 Alpha
- Bohemia Interactive Forums
- Feedback Tracker
- Steam Community Discussions
- Performance Guide
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Europe only. 2 DVDs for Czech copies and 1 DVD for the rest of Europe. Available for purchase on the developer's website. Deluxe Edition also available here. | |||
Steam | Apex Edition, Contact Edition and Ultimate Edition also available. | |||
Developer website (unavailable) |
Version Differences
- The Apex Edition includes the Apex Expansion, as well as the Karts, Helicopters and Marksmen DLC.
- The Contact Edition includes the base game and Contact DLC.
- The Ultimate Edition includes all officially developed DLC for the game.
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Apex | ||
Art of War Charity Pack | Intallty paid with all developer's proceeds being donated to charity, and later available free to all game owners. | |
Contact | ||
CSLA Iron Curtain | Creator DLC | |
Global Mobilization: Cold War Germany | Creator DLC | |
Western Sahara | Creator DLC | |
Helicopters | ||
Jets | ||
Karts | ||
Laws of War | ||
Malden | ||
Marksmen | ||
Tac-ops Mission Pack | ||
Tanks | ||
Zeus | Free to all game owners |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
Use the -skipIntro -noSplash command line arguments[2]
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Skip launcher
Use the -noLauncher -useBE command line arguments[3][4][5]
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Notes
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Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Arma 3\ |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/com.vpltd.Arma3/GameDocuments/Arma 3/ |
Linux | $HOME/.local/share/bohemiainteractive/arma3/GameDocuments/Arma 3/ |
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
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Arma 3\*.Arma3Profile %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Arma 3\Saved\ |
macOS (OS X) | $HOME/Library/Application Support/com.vpltd.Arma3/GameDocuments/Arma 3/Saved/ |
Linux | $HOME/.local/share/bohemiainteractive/arma3/GameDocuments/Arma 3/Saved/ |
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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OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
Steam Cloud | Has option available but does not store any game data.[citation needed] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | Use ArmA FOV Changer | ||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | |||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | SMAA (Standard to Ultra), FXAA (Standard to Ultra), CMAA, FSAA (2x, 4x and 8x) and SSAA/downscaling via Sampling Quality | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | No frame rate or refresh rate cap, see Frame rate limit to set a cap. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | Rendered image uses SDR color space. In-game HDR option refers only to HDR Rendering. |
- Range finding by using certain scopes like the PSO scope might not be accurate anymore when playing on a non-default FOV.
Frame rate limit
Instructions[6] |
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Notes
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Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Effects, Music, Radio communications, VoIP | |
Surround sound | 7.1 or use X3DAudio HRTF. | |
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Italian | ||||
Japanese | ||||
Korean | ||||
Polish | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
Russian | ||||
Spanish | ||||
Turkish |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Notes | |
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Local play | |||
LAN play | |||
Online play | |||
Asynchronous multiplayer |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Matchmaking | ||
Peer-to-peer | ||
Dedicated | ||
Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 2302-2303 |
- This game supports Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for automatic port configuration.
VR support
3D modes | State | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | See Helix Mod: Arma 3. | ||
vorpX | G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Devices | |||
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Tobii Eye Tracking | Use Tobii Game Hub. Supports head tracking. | ||
TrackIR |
Issues fixed
Forcing correct monitor
Edit configuration file[citation needed] |
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(Linux only) Run the game with the --eon_force_display=x command line argument, where x is the monitor ID starting from 0.[citation needed]
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Fix intermittent screen freezing
Disable analytics[7] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 10, 11 | |
OpenGL | 4.1 | Linux only |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | 64-bit can be forced with the -win64 command line argument[8] |
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macOS (OS X) | |||
Linux |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Input | DirectInput, SDL | SDL limited to Windows's XInput mappings[9] |
Anti-cheat | BattlEye | [10] |
Command line arguments
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 7 | 8/10 |
Processor (CPU) | AMD dual-core Athlon 2.5 GHz Intel dual-core 2.4 GHz |
AMD FX 4300 or better Intel Core i5-4460 or better |
System memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 45 GB | 70 GB, SSD / Hybrid HDD / SSHD storage |
Video card (GPU) | AMD Radeon HD 5670 Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT Intel HD Graphics 4000 512 MB of VRAM DirectX 10 compatible | AMD Radeon HD 7800 Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Sierra 10.12.5 | |
Processor (CPU) | quad-core Intel Core i5-4570S |
quad-core processor 3.0 GHz Intel Core i5-4670 |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 21 GB | 26 GB |
Video card (GPU) | Metal 2.0 compliant NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M or better 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GTX 775M AMD Radeon HD 8970M 2 GB of VRAM |
Linux | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | Ubuntu 16.04, SteamOS 2.87, Mint 18, Fedora 25 or LTS versions | |
Processor (CPU) | Quad core Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz |
Intel Core i7 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350 4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 21 GB | 26 GB |
Video card (GPU) | OpenGL 4.1 compliant NVIDIA GeForce GT 440 AMD HD 7470 1 GB of VRAM | Nvidia GeForce GT 660 AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB of VRAM |
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 1.2 1.3 Experimental Ports | Arma 3
- ↑ Arma 3 Startup Parameters - Bohemia Interactive Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Crappy ARMA 3 steam launcher (solved) :: Arma 3 General Discussions - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Arma 3 Launcher - Bohemia Interactive Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ BattlEye service implementation - ARMA 3 - DEVELOPMENT BRANCH - Bohemia Interactive Forums - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ ArmA: Cheats - Bohemia Interactive Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Arma 3 randomly freezing - last accessed on 2019-01-22
- ↑ Arma 3 Launcher - Bohemia Interactive Community - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ jaycee_1980 comments on ARMA 3 does not recognize Logitech Extreme 3D Pro correctly. - Reddit - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ BattlEye – The Anti-Cheat Gold Standard - last accessed on 9 June 2023