The Fighting TTLGers present: Arma 3 (a TTLG Coop Saturdays spin-off) - by Thirith
Thirith on 15/12/2017 at 22:37
Yay! Sounds like we'll be enough for some Special Forces-style mayhem next Saturday.
By the way, I'd suggest we only add CUP for the first session in 2018; I wouldn't want to risk the Christmas coop session to be marred by potential mod installation issues, so let's stick to what we know works for 23/12.
Thirith on 23/12/2017 at 18:07
Fun last session before the holidays tonight. Unfortunately Piglick didn't make it (did Australia go dark?), but Jeshibu and Lord Penney made sure that it wasn't just me failing to hit the side of a barn.
The first mission was a complete massacre; it was called "Ambush" - which was ironic, because on our way to the ambush we were ambushed. I would say it didn't help that the radio mod got screwed up at my end, but other than me going, "Guys... Guys? Can you hear me?" I don't think it made much of a difference to how quickly we got killed... Things looked up after that, with relatively few Arma-typical bugs, and we even won the final mission! Huzzah!
The Arma coop sessions will make their grand return in the new year, probably only in the second half of January. More info will follow soonish. Till then, have a merry Christmas and don't get shot in the back by your own team!
PigLick on 23/12/2017 at 21:34
haha no I fell asleep in front of the computer, pretty hardcore I know
Tony_Tarantula on 24/12/2017 at 07:00
Well fuck. I completely forgot about this, but in my defense I've been dealing with some issues relating to the pregnancy (no worries, everything's fine just more complicated than we'd like).
Someone lock down a date and time for the next session and I'll go so far as to put it in my outlook calendar.
Thirith on 24/12/2017 at 09:39
I expect it'll be Saturday 20 January, though I'll have to confirm later. The time is always the same: 4-6pm UK time. Don't forget the mods (TFAR needs a small amount of additional fiddling and TS3.
PigLick: shame you couldn't make it. Some other time! *fingers crossed*
Thirith on 14/1/2018 at 10:12
Welcome to a New Year of blood, sweat, tears and accidentally shooting your squadmates while clearing buildings!
Quote:
The next Arma 3 coop session:
Date: Sat, 20 January 2018
Time: 4-6pm UK timeAs always, I'll be online a bit before 4pm to set up the server and check who's on Steam. I'll try to launch the server with a lobby mission 15 minutes before the session starts, and I'll post the IP and password on the Steam group, under the Events tab.
Please note that we've expanded the modset to include the CUP mods, which bring the terrains, units and equipment from all the
Arma games starting with
Operation Flashpoint to
Arma 3. The complete mod set is listed here: (
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=877349651)
Also, if you haven't played with us yet, make sure to check out the first post in the thread, as it'll give you all the relevant information on mods and any additional programs you might need.
Thirith on 20/1/2018 at 18:12
Well, it wouldn't be
Arma without oddities, but we had a good session today - admittedly with one server crash and murderous friendly AI that decided to take us out before we could even get to the mission objective, but the two missions we played were exciting and enjoyable... though most of us shed their mortal coil investigating insurgent activities in Takistan.
Then again, death can't be all that bad (
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1275873791) if you end up looking this relaxed, right?
Thirith on 20/1/2018 at 18:55
Oh, and my favourite bit from today's game: escaping after we've wiped out the PMC convoy, only to find ourselves pursued by reinforcements, in particular an attack chopper. So we take out the chopper... only for it to crash into Jeshibu and Sulphur, killing both. It made our victory that much more bittersweet..
henke on 20/1/2018 at 22:31
It sure was a good one!
[video=youtube;1JL0ZnivnV4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JL0ZnivnV4[/video]
Thirith on 21/1/2018 at 09:05
Great video, henke, as always! Sometimes
Arma's jankiness can be extremely frustrating, but yesterday I found its idiosyncracies quite... charming, for want of a better word. Though I still wonder what got into our friendly AI's head when it started to execute us with extreme prejudice.
Anyway, next session'll be in two weeks:
Quote:
The next Arma 3 coop session:
Date: Sat, 3 February 2018
Time: 4-6pm UK timeAs always, I'll be online a bit before 4pm to set up the server and check who's on Steam. I'll try to launch the server with a lobby mission 15 minutes before the session starts, and I'll post the IP and password on the Steam group, under the Events tab.
Please note that we've expanded the modset to include the CUP mods, which bring the terrains, units and equipment from all the
Arma games starting with
Operation Flashpoint to
Arma 3. The complete mod set is listed here: (
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=877349651)
With respect to the new mods, it's advisable to launch
Arma (or at least run the launcher) once before the actual session, to make sure that the mods download properly.