The Fighting TTLGers present: Arma 3 (a TTLG Coop Saturdays spin-off) - by Thirith
Thirith on 5/9/2020 at 17:13
Small-scale but fun session today: since it was just henke, Jeshibu and myself, we played Escape on the Chernarus map. We were on the run for most of it and ended up getting blown to bits in a small, unnamed seaside village, but it was intense and enjoyable. I'll upload an uncut video of our second attempt at the mission, since the first attempt crashed after about five minutes, producing some weird bugs:
[video=youtube;oBSnE9WL4y0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBSnE9WL4y0[/video]
(The strange streaking seems to be a problem with Vegas Movie Studio, since it wasn't in the original video. The truck suddenly flying past me at high speed, however, that was in-game.)
PigLick on 6/9/2020 at 01:11
I miss these sessions but as I seem to be working most sat evenings its just really bad time zone scheduling. I enjoy the videos though.
Thirith on 6/9/2020 at 09:44
Yeah, that is a shame. It's always fun to have you on one of the sessions. Here's hoping it'll work out again some time, because other days/times don't work as well for me.
Anyway, here's the video (uncut) of our longest escape attempt yesterday. I need to get better at spotting people in the grass, because I swear I nearly stepped on henke and/or Jesh several times without noticing them there on the ground while they were bleeding out.
[video=youtube;w6yJ4nz4sX8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6yJ4nz4sX8[/video]
Edit: I just found out that there's an option called "Wartorn" in the Escape options. If enabled, it will result in OPFOR (our captors) and BLUFOR (our side) engaging in occasional skirmishes, which would mean that the bad guys would be somewhat busy with other things than hunting us down and we might occasionally come across patrols that'd been killed. Next time we try to escape one of these maps, I'll try to remember to enable that function.
Thirith on 10/9/2020 at 10:45
Change of plans: Instead of
Arma 3, we're running a
SWAT 4 session this Saturday, though at the usual time ((
https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=146896&p=2456376&viewfull=1#post2456376) see the coop thread for more info). As I will be away for the next two Saturdays, the next
Arma session will only be in October. (I hear that a Humvee roadtrip in Lythium is planned!)
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The next Arma 3 coop session:
Date: Sat, 3 October
Time: 3-6pm UK timeAs always, I'll be online a bit before 3pm to set up the server and check who's online.
Thirith on 4/10/2020 at 20:15
Since last Saturday's
Arma session fell flat (and morphed into a
SWAT 4 session) due to mod updates that were stuck in the Steam update queue, we'll try another one in two weeks:
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The next Arma 3 coop session:
Date: Sat, 17 October
Time: 3-6pm UK timeAs always, I'll be online a bit before 3pm to set up the server and check who's online.
Jeshibu on 5/10/2020 at 12:07
Remember to check your steam download screen beforehand! Since the pandemic lockdowns they've started spreading out download times, which might lead to an unexpected wait for the download to complete when trying to start the game.
henke on 5/10/2020 at 14:04
Ooooooh. I'd noticed my downloads being a lot more spread out but didn't realize that was the reason.
Thirith on 5/10/2020 at 15:34
I think it's based on how regularly you launch games, so since we hadn't played Arma in about a month, it didn't think it was urgent.
Thirith on 17/10/2020 at 15:58
Thanks to henke and Jeshibu for a fun session of Escape Chernarus, for once playing as the Russians. Spoiler: We failed to escape - but it was still a fun, intense mission. We laughed, we cried, we disconnected, we patched each other up and then (accidentally, he said) put a bullet in the chest of the one we just patched up. Good times! :cheeky:
I'll see that I can put together a video of the mission, and I'll plan another session in two weeks, probably. Watch this space for more info.
Thirith on 19/10/2020 at 18:10
And here's the video of last Saturday's session. We may not have managed to escape, but we laughed, we cried and we wasted First Aid Kits on one another.
[video=youtube_share;HMCDkVzjn5A]https://youtu.be/HMCDkVzjn5A[/video]
I'll be running the next
Arma game in two weeks, on Halloween. Boo!
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The next Arma 3 coop session:
Date: Sat, 31 October
Time: 3-6pm UK timeAs always, I'll be online a bit before 3pm to set up the server and check who's online.