[Game] ArmA 3, for real

[Amerikaner]

Visuals are noticeably more polished overall. Weapon handling didnt look that much better from the video though. Less jerky, but still not properly conveying weight and power like RO does so well.

Also, I know it's not that important overall but does this version finally have ragdoll?

[No0dle]

Originally Posted by Amerikaner

Also, I know it's not that important overall but does this version finally have ragdoll?

Yes, and I think it's very important. In ArmA2 the deaths of enemies feel very delayed to the moment you hit them and the death animations are very weak. Iron Front improved this by adding new death animations and ArmA3 will finally have ragdoll, so I hope that there will be no more delayed deaths and finally some natural looking death animations ...

[Cwivey]

Originally Posted by No0dle

and finally some natural looking death animations ...

The idea of ragdolls is that the dead character just slumps right down negating the need for actual animations. There may be "push" factors (explosions, bullets) taken in to account to make the body fall in a certain direction but other than that, I don't think there will be any need for actual death animations.

P.S From looking at some vids, there is no delayed player to ragdoll deaths. <3

[No0dle]

Originally Posted by Cwivey

The idea of ragdolls is that the dead character just slumps right down negating the need for actual animations. There may be "push" factors (explosions, bullets) taken in to account to make the body fall in a certain direction but other than that, I don't think there will be any need for actual death animations.

P.S From looking at some vids, there is no delayed player to ragdoll deaths. <3

You're right, that's what I meant, even though I expressed myself wrong

[[-project.rattus-]]

Originally Posted by Cwivey

The idea of ragdolls is that the dead character just slumps right down negating the need for actual animations. There may be "push" factors (explosions, bullets) taken in to account to make the body fall in a certain direction but other than that, I don't think there will be any need for actual death animations.

Ragdolls actually do animate the models. It's just not via man made (in the strictest sense, as the code to handle ragdolls IS manmade...) animation, but via dynamically created ones. But that's still animation.

[Murphy]

Semantics. Everything that's animated is technically an animation. "Animation" can even mean a completely static scene shown with a moving camera.
But in video-game talk an animation is an actual saved animation for an animated object.
And in that sense, rag-doll physics aren't animations.

They can be combined though. Like an animation for grabbing the chest before slumping over via rag-dolls, or falling to the ground via rag-dolls and then crawling or reaching up.

Although the line between pure rag-doll physics and animations become more and more blurred. E.g. Euphoria.

[Flogger23m]

Originally Posted by Amerikaner

Visuals are noticeably more polished overall. Weapon handling didnt look that much better from the video though. Less jerky, but still not properly conveying weight and power like RO does so well.

Also, I know it's not that important overall but does this version finally have ragdoll?

Ragdolls are in; a screen shot from a while back shows a soldier flying through the air. Knowing how BIS seems to do a half-done job at things, I have a feeling the ragdolls will be on par with CS:S or other older Source games. I'll be happy if I am proved wrong.

[The Masta]

http://www.bistudio.com/english/comp...va-lead-artist

[Moyako]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=mIwfS8uJJIk

[fiftyone]

That, looks pretty good.

[Flogger23m]

Lighting looks good, I hope the horrible HDR affects are fixed though as that was my only significant complaint with the lighting in ArmA 2.

[The Masta]

Originally Posted by Flogger23m

I hope the horrible HDR affects are fixed though

Did they affect you?

[Dumba [cro]]

Originally Posted by The Masta

Did they affect you?

Well, it was horrible for me and was THE thing to stop me playing.

[Cwivey]

The HDR in ArmA never affecteredeted me, but then again, I never went around slamming my NVG's on and off constantly.

[Moyako]

So, what's the problem with Arma2 HDR's affection?

[Flogger23m]

Originally Posted by Moyako

So, what's the problem with Arma2 HDR's affection?

Ugly and buggy.

Even at the low setting if you are in a forest the sky above the trees will often turn into this abnormally bright/strong light.

Or entering/exiting a vehicle will often completely blind the player with a yellow light covering the entire screen for a few moments.

[Xendance]

Originally Posted by Moyako

So, what's the problem with Arma2 HDR's affection?

Because the tonemapping it has simulates el cheapo digital video camera instead of human eye.

[Dwarden]

New interview about lighting in ARMA 3
http://www.bistudio.com/company/deve...t?lang=english


Arma 3 - 'Lighting Showcase' Trailer - YouTube
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[REZ]

What are the chances we won't need a mini Hadron Collider to run this thing? Really.. is there a rig in existence without the word CRAY stamped on the side that will be able to run A3 maxed out?

It looks awesome, I wanna play it.

[tofupunk]

New system requirements

Minimum Specifications:
OS: Windows Vista SP2, Windows 7 SP1
CPU: Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT or ATI Radeon HD 3830 or Intel HD Graphics 3000 with Shader Model 4 and 512 MB VRAM
RAM: 2 GB
HDD: 15 GB free space
DirectX®: 10

I'm not sure if you could even run arma 2 on that. Hope they didn't sacrifice too much to make it happen.

EDIT: Source: http://games.on.net/article/15750/We...rce=gamesonnet