There wasn't one, so here it is.

All the gooey, great, bad, awful, terrific things. And maybe even some help too.

You can pick up Arma 3 as a pre-order and get into the Alpha:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/107410/

Right now it's $32.99. And if you buy it now you receive the following:Here is some recent Wasteland gameplay: http://www.twitch.tv/promagnum/c/2028637

I've been asked a few times how the server side mod Wasteland works. So I've decided to explain it in short right here and send people directly to this link to possibly make things clearer.

Wasteland is a very simple game mode. If you're familiar with Arma 2's Wasteland game mode, the rules are essentially the exact same.

As a player you can choose to be on 3 different teams: Blufor, Opfor, or Independent

- Blufor & Opfor are squad based teams. Joining one of them allows you to join one of many different squad selections, resulting in being apart of the squad you selected in-game. The squads vary from 3-6 people per squad, etc.

- Independent is playing by yourself. No squad. Lone-wolf. (currently if you kill another Independent, it will result in a -minus kill)

These 3 teams can all kill each other. Think of it as 1v1v1, with Independent able to kill everyone because they have no teammates.

You start with basic gear, food & water (not implemented), some money, and a pistol with one clip. Your ultimate goals vary on play style. Through out the map are vehicles and bases which contain items that can help you. You also can gather player money and weapons by killing others and looting them.

Stores are placed through out the map, if you have money and want to purchase goods.

There are movable objects at certain bases, so if you're so inclined you can take a squad and build a fort to defend.

Certain servers also run side-objectives. The side objectives usually involve AI of some sort (i.e. a crash chopper and crew with a weapons cache) that needs to be cleared before plundering the loot cache.

Spawning can be either random, by location with 1+ teammate residing, on your squad leader, or an enabled town by the server (usually disabled).

That is the basics, and the game mode is essentially about survival. The different objectives and squad based play lead to some very interesting situations that you won't experience in regular game modes like DM, etc.

That sounds really cool.

I still need to tweak my performance some more. Too bad draw distance gives the biggest gains since it just looks so good.

I also tried to set up some webcam program. You could use it like trackir but it didn't really work that well. I'll try to tweak settings and see if I can get it to work. Could also be that my webcam is so shitty...

if anyone have any spare key for Arma 3 Alpha, I will like to get one :D

I will love to get one :)

I agree. This is by far the biggest improvement. It is leaps and bounds better than 2. Incredibly fluid.

I have some alpha invites as well, but someone mentioned they were only single player. Is that true?

I already have you on my friend list. Here is my steam http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/765611979728822...

2 more, means 1 more? :D

You didn't pay me anything :(

The coop is a mess primarily because most of the server admins are modifying the scripts to fit their needs, and it is incredibly unstable.

Though a few servers the admins are running their own missions which are a lot more stable, but they're harder to join. So it varies. I don't think there will be a good base coop like Arma 2's Evolution Coop or Destruction until the game is released.

My biggest issue at the moment though, cheaters. They're rampant, especially in servers with a large amount of players. They seem to just come in and wreck the entire game, if not kill everyone and crash the servers. I hope something is done, because this is making people, including myself, jaded.

(And yes, I agree. Forcing a pre-order to get into an alpha, is a cheap ploy to secure funds and very lame.)

Thanks :) will download it tonight

I would have preferred to preorder the game, for at least the release price of 50€, and get nothing instead. :P

I think you are mixing up Bohemia with Dice. ;)