Server Update – v1.60 | No Bullshit Revolution

Bohmeia have today release the much awaited 1.60 update for Arma 3. Our server has been updated to the latest version and the initial reports are that there are no major issues. The update focuses on a new rendering engine to bring a more photo realistic graphical output to Arma 3. We ask everyone to let us know if they find anything not working, broken or not performing to our usual high standards and we can get on with trying to sort out any issues we find. Below are details from Bohemia in their latest SpotRep:

FROM: High Command
TO: Arma 3 Users
UNIT: Main Branch
ACTIVITY: Game Update 1.60 (Visual Upgrade, Quick Play, Line Drawing, Respawn Screen, Targeting, Limping)
SIZE: ~3.2 GB / ~469 MB

NOTES

Consider using the Steam client option to verify the integrity of the local game cache to avoid corrupted data after downloading this update.
Consider defragmenting your HDD after downloading large updates.
Updating a deeply moddable game and its platform is not without risks. We use various methods to communicate upcoming changes to our awesome modding community, such as via the Dev Hub. We also co-operate directly on troubleshooting, and we offer an opportunity to test updates via our Release Candidate tests. Modders, server administrators and other members of the community do their best to prepare for updates and to address issues post-release as quickly as possible. Please be mindful of some interruptions (especially in the first hours / days after a release) while we all work to improve the game together.
A Legacy Build Steam branch is available for advanced users. It contains the previous significant main branch version (1.58). It can be used to compare specific changes between major releases. The access code for this branch is: Arma3Legacy158
This update does not apply to the experimental Linux and Mac port betas at time of writing. We’ll be updating those as soon as possible.
You can find the servers in the Steam library (switch the filter to “Tools”) – “Arma 3 Server” (based on your OS, it will download the Windows or Linux version).
- Administrators can also use the command-line SteamCMD utility. The app ID is to be 233780.
- NVIDIA GameWorks™ Technology provided under license from NVIDIA Corporation. Copyright © 2002-2016 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. NVIDIA® and PhysX® are trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation and are used under license.
In case of problems, please check the Bohemia Interactive support F.A.Q., Arma 3 F.A.Q. or BattlEye F.A.Q.
You can help us to further improve the game by posting your feedback on the Feedback Tracker.

CHANGELOG

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Added: Altis and Stratis Visual Upgrade
Added: A new Respawn Screen interface
Added: Characters with injured legs are now limping instead of being forced to walk
Added: An ability to draw lines in map interfaces (default by CTRL + LMB)
Added: A Constantly Computed Impact Point (CCIP) for guns, rockets and bombs
Added: Virtual targeting pods to all airplanes
Added: Radio protocol sentences for suppressing
Added: New samples for bullets hitting rubber
Added: New functions of an overhauled respawn system
Added: New icons for targeting improvements
Added: A new iconSize property for CfgNotifications classes (defines the size coefficient of the notification icon with values in range from 0 to 1)
Added: Publication date and version disclaimer to the Community Guides
Added: It is now possible to cycle through the spectated units with the arrow key in the Virtual Spectator
Added: Available laser targets are now indicated to the crews of vehicles equipped with a laser tracker (laserScanner)
Added: A new BIS_fnc_exportConfigHierarchy function (exporting the inheritance of classes to a Wiki syntax)
Added: New icons for vehicle radars (laser-designated and Night-Vision targets)
Added: The Reconnaissance Community Guide is now accessible from the in-game menu
Added: An ability to block the third person view for the Virtual Spectator
Added: New sounds for grenade throwing and weapon switching
Added: A sound edge parameter for a grenade throwing animation
Added: A new BIS_fnc_controlConfigs function returning the config paths of all controls within a given display
Added: Narrow Tree 3D Sound Processing Type
Added: New config parameters for setting colors of item pictures in the RscTree
Added: Splendid Camera (BIS_fnc_camera) can now be called with an “InitDummy” mode and camera parameters (it will create a camera according to exported data, but it will be a simple, non-interactive camera. Example: [“InitDummy”,[“Altis”,[20065.6,20023,18.9501],21.2237,0.32,[-26.3095,7.33259],10,0,363.087,0,1,1.16209,-0.0469839,1.11101]] call bis_fnc_camera;)
Added: Frequency randomizers for sound tails
Added: New Visual Upgrade parameters to the CAWorld based on a community request
Added: Eden Update Field Manual section

Tweaked: “The East Wind” campaign has been unified into one episode (saves from previous versions may be not compatible – you can use Legacy Build Steam branch)
Tweaked: The Zeus, Spectator and Splendid Camera are now using the controls configurable in the ‘Camera’ category in options
Tweaked: Textures of the garbage containers were adjusted
Tweaked: The performance of the Spectator Entity list with high unit counts was improved
Tweaked: The BIS_fnc_EGSpectator function now accepts additional parameters (ShowCameraButtons,ShowHeader, ShowControlsHelper, ShowLists)
Tweaked: The hold-breath sample durations were updated
Tweaked: The volume of small caliber weapons was increased
Tweaked: Some sounds of small caliber weapons
Tweaked: The “Task Creation” module now accepts new ‘task type’ and ‘always visible’ attributes
Tweaked: The Civilian Offroad (Repair) was renamed to Offroad (Services)
Tweaked: The DLC icons in the Arsenal and Garage are now read by the configSourceModList script command (instead of config properties)
Tweaked: The “Sector”, “Cover Map”, “Add Camera Area” and “Add Editing Area” modules now have their area configurable via a Scaling Widget (synchronizing them to a trigger through a “Location” logic entity is not needed anymore)
Tweaked: The “Confirm” respawn template no longer appears in the Editor’s list
Tweaked: The targeting pods now indicate an altitude and a target distance
Tweaked: The texture of the RPG-42 Alamut can now be changed via camo selections (“Camo_1”, “Camo_2”). Loaded/empty versions are handled via model config (a rocket as a “magazine” selection) instead of themodelSpecial property in the rockets’ CfgMagazines entries.
Tweaked: The camo selections of the Tempest Transport truck were updated and are now reskinnable
Tweaked: The sound volumes of some cannons and launchers were adjusted
Tweaked: The smoke launchers and communication equipment of the Ifrit can now be retextured
Tweaked: The distortion of some explosions was improved
Tweaked: The turret hiding animation for the AMV-7 Marshall now hides also the turret hatch
Tweaked: The CfgPatches were rewritten to prep for new Eden Editor functionality
Tweaked: The weight of the Light Combat Helmets was decreased (lighter than standard Combat Helmets as they provide lesser protection)
Tweaked: The weight of some CSAT uniforms (e.g. Officer uniforms are now lighter)
Tweaked: The crew aiming direction indicators are now limited to tanks only
Tweaked: The difficulty selection and indication are now present in the multiplayer Create Game dialogue
Tweaked: The appearance of soldiers equipment and accessories was improved in Thermal Imaging
Tweaked: The aiming direction indicators were limited to tank crews
Tweaked: The manual control over the Titan AP rocket was improved
Tweaked: The head bob for all movement types with launchers was improved
Tweaked: Structure lines in the GUI trees are no longer visible
Tweaked: Expanding and collapsing icons were updated for GUI of the trees
Tweaked: The Sling Load Assistant was localized
Tweaked: The speed of animations with a lowered sidearm in a stand pose and a tactical pace has been lowered for forward, forward-left and forward-right directions
Tweaked: The radar (irScan) was removed from static weapons and helicopters (excluding the gunships and the Orca)

Fixed: The RPG-42 Alamut optics did not correspond with the actual ranges
Fixed: The Spectator Entity list would show incorrect groups when the setGroupID command was used (https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/189095-bis-fnc-egspectator-issues-with-setgroupid/)
Fixed: Some entries in the Spectator Entity list were duplicated
Fixed: The third person camera would reset when the camera mode was switched
Fixed: Zeus was unable to see players in the Seize scenarios
Fixed: There were some minor spelling mistakes in Zeus functions
Fixed: Respawn would not work in some scenarios created in the Eden Editor
Fixed: The “UAV in a Backpack” hint in the Field Manual was not localized
Fixed: The visibility line trace would collide with the ground for carriers in vehicles in End Game scenarios
Fixed: The 30mm and 40mm shell explosions were not audible correctly in a larger distance
Fixed: The Taru pods would have an incorrect color when spawning the black variants using script commands
Fixed: The controls helper texts were not localized in the Virtual Spectator
Fixed: Using Slider attribute GUI could result in script errors in some cases (https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/188714-eden-editor-bugs/?p=3020297)
Fixed: Script error when using the Patrol module under Sites
Fixed: Players were unable to place entities in the Showcase Zeus scenario

Tasks Overhaul

Tweaked: New tasks types were implemented for these showcases: Helicopters, Infantry, SCUBA, Vehicles, Combined Arms, Commanding, Night, Supports, Drones, Gunship, Tanks, Factions showcases, Fixed Wings, Firing from Vehicles, Marksmen, Slingloading and the Bootcamp scenarios
Tweaked: The “Task Type” and “Always Visible” flag texts are now correctly localized
Tweaked: The Regular difficulty preset now uses Limited distance and Fade-out options to reduce the number of displayed artificial elements

Eden Editor

Added: Preview images of units are now available in the Eden Editor
Added: An armillion of rocks is now available in Eden Editor
Added: Moving time or weather sliders in the Intel window now offers an immediate preview of the scene
Added: An ability to search in the Locations list
Added: Support for opening the scenario and log folders from the menu strip
Added: The list of required addons is now sorted with the missing addons on top

Tweaked: The Eden Editor’s GUI scale now respects the Interface Size settings in the video options
Tweaked: The Entity Editing tutorial now contains information about entities with areas

Fixed: The “Enable Stamina” attribute was available even for objects without stamina (e.g. vehicles and props)
Fixed: Starting the game in the Eden Editor could result in the screen being covered by a black overlay
Fixed: Error message after Eden Editor’s start
Fixed: Toggling the “Environmental Sounds” attribute in the Eden Editor preferences had no effect (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=27943)
Fixed: Initialization of a numeric value of the “SliderTime” Eden Editor attribute was not correct
Fixed: A numeric value of the “SliderMultiplier” Eden Editor attribute was not applied correctly

Potential spoilers

Tweaked: The IFV Entity FSM in the Preventive Diplomacy campaign scenario

ENGINE:

Added: A Quick Play feature
Added: Support for line drawing in a map interface
Added: Screen Space Reflections on water (optional)
Added: Multi-component fog
Added: The description and image previews of a selected difficulty option are now displayed in the difficulty menu
Added: Triggers with height and bottom limitations are now supported
Added: Changing the Zeus camera control keybindings is now supported
Added: A list of server mods is now generated to the RPT when the game crashes
Added: New slingLoading and slingLoaded animation sources
Added: New commandSuppressiveFire and doSuppressiveFire script commands
Added: A new userInputDisabled script command (returns true when the user input is disabled)
Added: A new getTerrainGrid script command (returns the current size of the terrain grid)
Added: A “Hide” option for the Weapon Info difficulty option
Added: It is now possible to set a “Limited distance” parameter for the “Group indicators”, “Friendly name tags”,“Enemy name tags” and “Detected mines” Difficulty options
Added: A new pixelGrid script command (computing the best size of grid based on resolution and UI scale)
Added: A new screenshot script command
Added: Support for muting the VON channels in the server.cfg
Added: Support for setting a color and a selection color in a UI tree
Added: A new canUseScanners vehicle / turret parameter
Added: Dedicated Servers check the Steam AppId set for the current process and produce a warning to the console and to the log when it doesn’t match expected value
Added: The soundOverride config parameter can now be used also for gestures
Added: A new modParams script command for getting details about a mod
Added: Improvements to Night Vision grain
Added: A new forcedDifficulty server.cfg parameter
Added: AppId for a Dedicated Server when the Steam client is not running is now checked againststeam_appid.txt
Added: A glow post-process is now applied during saving of the game
Added: New functionality for configuring TreeItem left and right picture colors through configs and script commands
Added: A new startup parameter for BankRev -prefix to extract the data to Destination\Prefix\Data (instead ofDestination\PBOName\Data)
Added: A default value for the AIAvoidStance to the Default class of CfgSurfaces (0 means no change in the behavior on that surface, 1 means less preference for going prone, 2 means almost never going prone)

Tweaked: Water refraction was improved
Tweaked: Targeting was improved
Tweaked: The Score / Stats display was improved and made more configurable
Tweaked: Look-and-feel of the saving notification
Tweaked: The Suppression command was overhauled
Tweaked: The VON and chat channels are now separated
Tweaked: The turretUnit script command description now contains an example of usage
Tweaked: The PlayerDisconnected mission Event Handler is now called even when the OnPlayerDisconnectedcommand is not used
Tweaked: The “logFile” output from server config is now available for every executable type
Tweaked: The sliders for Post Process color corrections in the Video Options now inherit their values from the edit boxes
Tweaked: The multiplayer score table now toggles under the “P” key
Tweaked: Weapon animation sources were improved
Tweaked: AutoZeroing does not need the canLock parameter anymore
Tweaked: The Zeus unit icons now have a higher contrast
Tweaked: The setUnitLoadOut script command now accepts a class name (e.g. player setUnitLoadOut “B_Soldier_F”)
Tweaked: The weaponInfoType now accepts the driverWeaponsInfoType parameter
Tweaked: The channelEnabled and enableChannel script commands now support a separate muting of the VON and chat
Tweaked: The pilot camera now supports turret locking (default by the CTRL + T keys)
Tweaked: The User Interface for channel muting was improved
Tweaked: The getUnitLoadout script command was changed (syntax: getUnitLoadout [unit, fullMagazines])
Tweaked: Zeus is now using the same entity categorization as the Eden Editor
Tweaked: The remoteExec* messages JIPped via objects and groups can now be removed using the respective objects or groups
Tweaked: The pilot camera controls were slightly tweaked
Tweaked: Weapon switching between the standing and crouching stances was improved
Tweaked: The SCUD functionality has been separated to its own (engine) component for optimization purposes
Tweaked: AI visibility is now accustomed to the nights after the Visual Upgrade
Tweaked: The version numbers of the Addon Builder and the Publisher were increased to 1.5
Tweaked: Animals now use a more optimized aiBrainType (DefaultAnimalBrain)
Tweaked: The setUnitLoadout script command is now supported in the multiplayer environment
Tweaked: The current difficulty on the Dedicated Server is now used as an initial difficulty on the Create Game screen
Tweaked: The Opus codec quality now better corresponds with the vonCodecQuality parameter of the server.cfg
Tweaked: The irScanGround config parameter was expanded (0 = only air, 1 = ground and air, 2 = only ground)
Tweaked: RPT spam related to corrupted server data was removed

Fixed: The Voice-Over-Net technology was stuttering on the Global and Side channels
Fixed: The sounds of bullet casings hitting the ground were not audible
Fixed: The turretUnit command would return objNull even with a vehicle driver present (inconsistent with other turret related commands)
Fixed: It is no longer possible to place a waypoint by a MapSingleClick mission Event Handler
Fixed: Vehicle explosions were not audible correctly when inside of another vehicle
Fixed: AI would slow down when running around dead bodies
Fixed: Characters would not be simulated properly for FFV positions in an attached vehicle
Fixed: The height parameter of a trigger was not synchronized in a multiplayer environment
Fixed: The new camera actions had incorrect names
Fixed: Pressing the CTRL key while zoomed in would zoom the view out (fix applies for the general GetActionusage – http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=24024)
Fixed: The isInside command did not reflect the existence of the height parameter for triggers
Fixed: The commanding cursor was offset in freelook
Fixed: A potential crash related to the commandSuppressiveFire script command
Fixed: Setting the VonCodecQuality server.cfg parameter to a value higher than 20 would cause corrupted VON (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=16789)
Fixed: Pressing the CTRL key while zoomed in would cause zooming out (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=24024)
Fixed: The color of some particles under dynamic lighting was incorrect when using the multi-component fog
Fixed: Car tracks would appear on the ground even with the shadows disabled
Fixed: The flyInHeight script command would be applied also for stationary helicopters
Fixed: Deleting a vehicle’s crew would cause other crew members to disembark
Fixed: Filtering of duplicate targets for the remoteExec* commands was not working in singleplayer
Fixed: Crash when using the setDate script command with incorrect date values
Fixed: There was an issue when joining a scenario with the autoAssign enabled
Fixed: A potential crash connected to the isOnRoad script command
Fixed: The config parameter “thrustDelay” was working incorrectly (its minimum value now is 0.5)
Fixed: Characters would get stuck when moving forward while changing to a pistol while standing up
Fixed: Characters would go prone too quickly when going prone while switching to a launcher
Fixed: Blending with an empty animation mask was incorrect
Fixed: Triggers created via the createTrigger script command had an incorrect angle
Fixed: A potential crash connected to the anti-spam feature for the RPT file
Fixed: A potential server crash
Fixed: Being in an area of a trigger with swapped sides was causing the inArea command to fail
Fixed: A potential crash when restarting a scenario with a SQM file that had meanwhile changed
Fixed: The camera behavior when selecting a launcher in a prone deployed stance was incorrect
Fixed: Players would be kicked from a Dedicated Server after a scenario ended when the mission cycle was active
Fixed: A potential crash
Fixed: The in-game videos would be corrupted while playing (e.g. frame skipping and sound crackling)
Fixed: The ctrlDelete script command was not working in specific cases (e.g. inside controls groups)
Fixed: Crash when walking out of the water
Fixed: A potential crash in Zeus
Fixed: Taking control over a helicopter with a sensor pod from the copilot seat would cause an incorrect camera behavior (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=27345)
Fixed: Clutter would be generated incorrectly near roadways
Fixed: The weapon cursors would not move vertically in the Commander mode when the weapon was deployed (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=27447)
Fixed: Some weapon animations in multiplayer were incorrect
Fixed: Profile .vars would be deleted after switching between different game branches (thanks Alwarren and others – https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/143930-general-discussion-dev-branch/page-976?p=3020259#entry3020259)
Fixed: The camSetDir script command was working incorrectly
Fixed: It was possible to perform a step-over while switching weapons on the move
Fixed: Dedicated Server with a mission cycle would start with the second scenario listed
Fixed: Clutter cache computation was slightly incorrect
Fixed: Flashlight flares were not visible for graphics settings set to lower than Very High
Fixed: A logged-in administrator would be kicked off a Dedicated Server after a scenario changed
Fixed: Video playback speed when no audio stream is present
Fixed: Shooting sounds were still playing after a weapon stopped shooting in some cases
Fixed: Some letters would be missing in the Russian localization
Fixed: Some Russian characters were not displayed correctly
Fixed: Depth calculations for characters would be incorrect for swimming
Fixed: The difficulty settings of the client would be inherited from the server even after disconnecting from the session in some cases
Fixed: The remoteExec* would not apply a correct message filter for the Joined-In-Progress players