Got a couple of servers I play on run by O3G (that's the letter o, not zero) that I've been enjoying. One is on the Tanoa map, the other is on Altis. They run with the CUP weapon, units and vehicle mods for variety, as well as the Extended Base Mod (allows you to build in-game structures for bases like the military towers). It's militarized, and you gear up real easy. Has a bunch of other nice features like rappelling, hacking, reviving and virtual garage as well. All the mods load up with A3 Launcher if you're interested.
Thanks for the tip Jeff. I just pulled up the server browser in the A3 launcher, searched for O3G, clicked on the green dot with the question mark beside the server name, clicked on "More Details" beside the Mods: and subscribed to the CUP stuff and the Extended Base Mod like you mentioned.
Took about 30 seconds lol! (except for the downloading part of course) Didn't realize it was so easy.
Yeah, A3 launcher really is the best browser. It load the necessary mods when you click on the server, or tells you if you're missing mods and offers to download.
Well the foray into the PvP public domain went bust pretty quick. A couple of us tried to join the O3G server but got "divide by zero" errors or some such.
Many other public servers had a bunch of other mods including some stupid "zombie demon" mod.
If anyone knows of any other GOOD PvP servers, let us know.
Sounds like one of the mods was outdated on not loading properly. Did everyone actually fully download the mods before joining. Some of the CUP files are pretty big. Oh well, Blackhearts Gaming server is another Altis one with roamng AI and a solid player count. It also doesn't have any extra mods so one could avoid that issue.
It appears that the links in the server description to sub to the files on the workshop within the Arma launcher server browser aren't correct. Seems the verbiage that Cup uses isn't the same or isn't in the workshops data base. I had to go directly to the Cup website to get the (very large)files. The search criteria for the workshop in those links are the same nomenclature that Cup uses on their site but Steam ain't havin' it, lol. I'll report back to let you know if it all works out after the downloading is done.
Ah ha! OK, cool ... I'll download CUP as soon as I get home tonight. If I'm lucky it'll be before 9 pm. I haven't had much luck getting home early on Mondays lately.
We should def try that Blackhearts server Jeff mentioned as well. It had a full 50/50 players on last night.
Would be a good fit for us, loot is very easy to come by and they start you off with 100k in the locker. I grabbed a Ural from the terminal and headed towards the vicinity of Jeff's base before logging off.
Don't use the Aram 3 launcher with the game, that thing is a pain. A3 Launcher is actually a separate program; here's a LINK to the download page. This is the one that loads the mods automatically. You can also keep them updated here as well since it's tied to the steam workshop.
If you get on the O3G server, don't bother purchasing a vehicle. Get a code lock from loot or purchase, then go find spawn vehicle like a Prowler/heli, then 'claim' it with the scroll menu. If you have a code lock, it'll give you the option to set a pin code, and its yours. Code lock = $5000 New Prowler = $17000. Spend money on the high end vehicles.
Anyone up for some Sunday night (Oct 2) Exile? I’ll be roaming around on the O3G Exile Altis server at around 8pm est.
I think Jeff upgraded his base in the southwest so I guess that’ll be the initial AO. We'll get the team together and head off for some fun and fortune.
Cool pic, I'm really liking Exile and the pvp, even though we haven't ran into much of it yet. When we do it sure gets your heart pumping knowing you're facing another human.
Cool pic, I'm really liking Exile and the pvp, even though we haven't ran into much of it yet. When we do it sure gets your heart pumping knowing you're facing another human.
Ya ... out of curiosity we have to try a PvP server with a high player count like that BlackHearts one ... it's the only other server that I can see with a good ping and high player counts that's running without zombies. Maybe they should run it on a smaller map than Altis though?
Came back in after we all left to get that Seahawk to the trader, as well as a crate we had stuffed with goodies, before the restart despawned it. Now have about 200K poptabs burning a hole in the locker, so methinks we should get an armed heli; either another armed Blackhawk/Seahawk so that the team can 'pew' 'pew' from the side guns, or one of the Arma choppers armed with forward firing missiles/guns that the pilot 'pews' and 'whooooshes' with......
Sounds like fun but I don't think the poptab burden should all be on you. That's the beauty of rolling with a posse. I could chip in 50K for some pew pew.
Nice games tonight highlighted by Snap having a discussion with Frank back at the terminal. Frank got an epic shot on Snap through a slot in an armored wall at our base.
Bottom line ... I think we all need anti thermal suits that I heard Frank mention. I'm not sure what they're called though. Next, maybe another strategically placed base.
Oh ya, forgot to mention we ended up claiming that armed Ifrit with a code lock so we now have two armed Ifrits back at base.
Good info, Jeff. I have to get me one of those. I'm still interested in seeing if the balaclava makes a difference over the thermo-goggles.
I had a lot of fun today. The adventures were pretty interesting. First time under siege.
Had a good chat with Frank afterwards. He was pretty nice, but I did confirm that he was hanging with Gobbler and Trout, so I think they're different in chat than they are in person. Kinda lame they accused me of combat logging when I wasn't in combat and I was in our base and ate dinner for 20 minutes before logging back in.
Anyway, this is my 10,000th post on SimHQ. It's been pretty fun.
Bad news ... I just logged onto O3G to nail down some keybinds and our SW base is gone! All I found was that quad we were using last night! Was the server reset or something?
You guys should contact the admins then. By default after protection money expires and the base disappears it stays in the database for a week or so before deletion.
They've had that happen to others and it was a no-go. The base goes to immediate deletion on the busier servers to maintain performance. I double-checked to make sure and confirmed it. We're already rebuilding elsewhere. so it's no big deal. Gear's easy to come by on the server (though for some strange reason, Vampr's always having to find new gear everytime I come on )
(I laugh because a group of us have been playing pretty much every night so this is just a reminder to people that still might be interested that we're still at it and to get in on the fun and adventure! I'll be on the SimHQ TeamSpeak Exile channel a little later. )
Sorry to resurrect this thread but I'm in need of help.
I wanted to play the Exile mod in ARMA 3 so added it via the workshop. I activate it in the launcher and run the game. When I go to the browser all I see are either red circles or green circles with a ? in them. The very few that are just green either fail to load because I need to purchase something else or it says I have some files that need replacing/moving/adding.
Obviously I'm missing something and I just spent the last 30 minutes trying to get into a game. In the end I had to stop before something got hurled across the room
I've never found mods easy to use in ARMA but I thought the workshop was suppose to make it easier. If you can help I'd really appreciate it
Use 'A3 Launcher' to run mods alot more easily. You can download it HERE.
Many Exile servers are running other mods as well, so that's probably where you're running into trouble. A3 Launcher will load any mods a server needs, or offer to download them if you don't have them.
*EDIT* I think I got this sorted.I didn't realise though that by default it puts the mods on my C drive which is my SSD and it's short of space. I changed the location to my games drive,copied over what I had already downloaded,verified the files and it carried on downloading where it left off.Brilliant!
Kinda lame they accused me of combat logging when I wasn't in combat and I was in our base and ate dinner for 20 minutes before logging back in. 