FROM: High Command

TO: Arma 3 Users

INFO: Warlords Update, Developer Livestream, Steam Autumn Sale

PRECEDENCE: Flash



SITUATION

Winter is coming, yet the recent cold weather didn't prevent us from applying the final touches to the upcoming Warlords (1.86) Update. It is scheduled for release this Wednesday. We're also hosting a developer livestream, where we will be showcasing the new Warlords multiplayer mode, and giving away some '5 Years of Arma 3' hoodies to viewers!



INTELLIGENCE

The free Warlords Update is just around the corner, and we have some spicy updates to share with you regarding its release. Scheduled for deployment this Wednesday (Edit: the update is postponed until further notice, please see our tweet for more information), the Warlords Update (aka Update 1.86) will feature a new multiplayer game mode, the ADR-97 Weapon Pack, and characters carrying the heads of five legendary Arma developers. More information regarding the upcoming update can be found in our recent OPREP or SITREP. We'll be posting a SPOTREP (aka changelog) on the day of its release.



To showcase the new multiplayer mode, we're also hosting a developer livestream today (27th of November) at 16.00 ZULU (UTC). Yours truly (Homesick, Community Manager), Ondřej Kužel (Oukej, Project Lead), and Josef Zemánek (Chozé, Senior Designer) will be answering your questions about the update as well as play Warlords with the community via the Arma 3 RC-Branch on Steam. The event will be broadcasted on Twitch via the Bohemia Interactive Twitch channel.



Speaking of Warlords, last week Esportsmasters hosted a massive stress test evening for Warlords. About 80 players participated in the event, and it was an absolutely splendid evening. Thank you all for attending, and providing us with your feedback. Flash-Ranger has been so kind to provide us with a highlight reel of the stress test playsession.



Let's take a look at what else the Arma 3 community has been up to over the course of the past two weeks.

Farsight and friends visited the mountains, and from seeing the photo it looks like there are some good conditions for snowball fights.



Community terrain-maker Bludclot also shared some pictures from the upcoming update of his Prei Khmaoch Luong terrain, and they are absolutely stunning.

Task Force Aspis were deployed alongside 3/10th SFG as a Quick Reaction Force to secure and evacuate the US Embassy on Tanoa. The photos indicate a well-executed operation!



BillyTheKid captured this stellar screenshot of a Hind helicopter flying over Fallujah.



Arma Tactical Combat is hosting a large-scale Player vs Player event soon, for which they recently opened sign-ups. Make sure to check it out if you're interested in participating!



OPERATIONS

We've added new security improvements to the upcoming Warlords Update that should help prevent cheating. Please note that the game might take longer to load the first time you launch it after you install the latest update.



For the content creators among us, there have been some updates to the Arma 3 Tools on Development Branch to Object Builder and the DsUtils functions. DsUtils now uses new v3 signatures, which improves the addon verification speed. We would love your feedback on this change on our forums.



LOGISTICS

You can currently save up to 66% on Arma 3 and its DLC packs in the Steam Autumn Sale. The sale will end in just in a few hours after we post this SITREP, so be sure to seize the opportunity on time. Fortunately we'll be continuing the sale for a few more hours on the Bohemia Interactive Store.



The Steam Awards Nominations are currently underway and we'd like to thank everyone for including Arma 3 and Bohemia in their nominations. And if you haven't already, there's still time to support your favorite military game!



Our Game Designer Scott Alsworth is the next featured Bohemian in the Meet the Bohemians interview series. You may also know him by his nickname "Kydoimos". Among other things, he's the creator of the Arma 3 Resist campaign, which was selected as one of the winners in the #MakeArmaNotWar contest - and eventually became his ticket into Bohemia. If you have any questions for Scott about game design, how it was to go from community modder to Bohemia dev, or anything else, then make sure to reply to the latest #MeetTheBohemians tweet!

