Azu

hm, looks like the forwarding stopped working. Jukka is working on fixing it, it will be discord.spartangaming.co.uk again.

 

for now please use this one: https://discord.gg/YghSgtUArK

• Added: XP reward to buying VG slots
• Added: XP reward to uploading data cache
• Fixed: An error with the RadZone CP Crate
• Fixed: Some missing/wrong file paths
• Fixed: Values of some private clothing
• Fixed: Glock sounds
• Changed: CDF map marker doesn't show the remaining AIs anymore. AI count can now be seen in the bottem left Status HUD as long as you're close enough to CDF.
• Changed: Time needed to copy the data cache reduced to 60secs
• Changed: Planes bought from the aircraft traders at Balota, NWAF and NEBM spawn in the direction of the corresponding Airstrips now.
• Changed: Radzone AIs chance to spawn with a gas mask increased to 30% (was 15%)
• Changed: Zip-Tie hit detection changed/improved (feedback desired)

 

Rules

• removed the "safes must be accessible on foot via doors" rule.

Gameplay

• Removed terrain quality settings (always forced to Ultra now)
• Removed Grass
• Moved Mk-1 EMR and MK18 to Black Market
• Added "Deploy Jetski" button in XM8 (needs an extension cord like a quad bike)
• Added Double XP Area that will appear around some missions
• Added DataCache Mission/Event
• Added Samurai Kit (Uniform/Vest/Helmet/Sword)
• Added DVL10 Sniper Rifle (available at BM)
• Added CMMG Mk47 Mutant Rifle (available in SZ)
• Added some tagging logos
• Increased prices for low end helicopters
• Increased sell prices for armed helicopters
• Zub and Rog are now no build zones to allow for their respective CPs to spawn

Changed:

• Added a chance to spawn Snipex Alligator variants to CDF crates
• Added a chance to spawn Snipex Alligator variants to another mission (find out yourself)
• Added new Mission: XH9 Steal

 

Fixed:

• Snus & Databrus Mission: fixed a glitchy spot at the door to the rear deck of the destroyer that caused players to fall into the ship and die
• Blacklisted doors, hatches and windows for the tagging/spray-paint system (could be abused to effectively block visuals from one side)

 

Fixed:

• removed remains of the Exile M107 from the game (remaining AI and CDF configs, replaced existing weapons in safes with M107-X Black)

 

Changed:

• Maximum view distance increased to 3500m

 

Changed:

• NTW price has been changed to 20k (from 30k)
• NTW API and APT ammo price has been changed to 1400 (from 1500)
• NTW HEI ammo price has been changed to 20k (from 30k)

 

Added:

• Tagging
  • This brand new feature allows you to spray-paint objects with different pictures. This form of creative vandalism will stay for 2 days for premium players and for the restart for everyone else. We might reduce the premium duration if we believe it's too much.
  • Press Ctrl+P to open the menu (If it's not working press Tab, then press Reset All. You can also set a custom keybind in the Tab menu.)
  • We will update the SG Mod again shortly to add more tags. If you already have a family uniform we will add your logo/picture for free. Just open a ticket. Needed format is 512x512 PNG or PAA, transparency is possible.
• The Snipex Alligator
  • This Anti-Material Rifle chambered in 14.5x114mm packs a punch and closes the gap between the KSVK and the NTW. It was custom-modeled and skinned from scratch by FakeDeath. Check out the awesome gold version!
• New Models such as:
  • The Predator Head Helmet
  • The Chainsaw Man Helmet
  • The Altyn Helmet
  • The Pepe Helmet
  • The 6B43 explosive resistant Vest
• New Car bomb mechanics
  • In addition to the existing car bomb, you can now buy a portable car bomb from the Spec Ops Trader that you can attach to any vehicle in the wild. Locked vehicles take longer to prepare. Can't be used less than 500m from Safezones.
• 4 new Missions:
  • Azu's Brewery
  • Insa's Dairy
  • Soggy's Wig Store
  • Snus & Databrus
• Tons of textures for existing items

Change: - Silenced M320 Sound now uses the Cheytac M200 sound from Arma 2

 

Fixed:

 

Weapons:

• Spawn pistol for kit ranks 1-4 has been changed to Glock 18
• increased price of the Mk-I EMR and it's ammo to match weapons of a similar power level (e.g. SA58, Sopmod)

Fixed:

• Corrected some spawn locations for CDF reward vehicles
• fixed a bug that resulted in the "Trigger Happy" XP perk giving players the double amount of bonus mags for kit ranks 1-4

 

Will be active next restart.

 

 

Changes for the Wipe of April 2023:

 

Weapons:

• Middle tier spawn weapon has been changed to a silenced MP5 (from PDW)
• High tier spawn weapon has been changed to the Kovrov AK (from M27)
• The Navid+Ammo has been removed from Black Market. You can still get it through missions or in the rad zone.

 

Rules, Building and missions:

 

• The max building height has been increased by 5m (30m to 35m).
• The safe/container height limit has been removed.
• Safe rooms must not be made from glass building parts (single quick access safes on a glass roof etc. are fine, just don’t overdo it. Our staff will judge this grey area at their discretion.)
• Safes must be accessible on foot from ground via doors/hatches at all times. (e.g. if every door/hatch were without a lock you must be able to walk into the safe room from ground level. You can still stack the doors/hatches if you want to.)
• Concrete mixers are now limited to 3 per territory
• You are not allowed to block passageways with concrete mixers
• Charges: amount of Big Mommas needed to destroy a concrete mixer has been increased from 5 to 10 to make grief raiding harder
• Charges: Wood/Metal/Concrete charges can no longer be sold on the inmate market
• Grinding: battery consumption increased from 4 to 5
• Grinding: time increased from 7 minutes to 10 minutes (5 to 7 with full perks)
• Grinding: now has a small chance on failure to completely jam the door/lock for the restart (You'll need to blow it up to breach it in that case)
• Grinding: batteries can no longer be sold on the inmate market
• Thermal scanner: can no longer be sold on the inmate market
• Thermal scanner: increased trader sell price to 5k poptabs
• Thermal scanner: reduced charges from 5 to 2
• Territory: you can now only move safes when they are empty (prevents a bug that despawns all content or drops it on the ground)
• Territory: container limit has been lowered to a range of 2-15, depending on the level (was 20. Might help a tiny bit with overall performance.)
• Territory: upgrades for level 6 and above are now more expensive
• Territory: increased sell price and restore cost for stolen flags for levels 6 and above
• Territory: reduced the amount of Virtual Garage slots you get with each territory level. Level 10 now caps out at 15 Slots. You can get back up to 40 by buying slots from the office trader.

 

 

 

 

General Gameplay and missions:

• The base poptab value for mission crates has been doubled (base value * players online = crate poptabs)
• removed SMAW from mousewheel scroll menu
• added new button in XM8 that shows the no-build-zones on the map (May lag 1-2 seconds when generating markers for the client)
• added an actual “Clip of the week” Winners reward uniform. Previous winners will get added to it.

 

Premium:

• Premium players now have a button in their XM8 to spawn an airdrop containing high value loot. Everyone can contest that airdrop. (Currently needs a minimum of 25 players online, one airdrop total per restart, can be triggered once per two weeks per player. We will monitor and adjust these values if needed.)
• Added massive amounts of new skins for uniforms/weapons/spawn kits for premium players - check out the #exile-gfx channel on our discord (Thanks Soggy and NipNaps)
• Free players are now limited to two slots at the loadout trader
• Free players are now limited to five slots at the inmate market

 

 

New

 

• Added a black M107-X
• Added Offroad AT and MB 4WD AT (mission reward vehicles)
• Added some family uniforms
• Added new base paints (under misc. Needs premium.)
• Added new territory flags (useable by everyone)
• Added a Capture Point in the Radiation Zone with special loot
• Added new traders on Cherno, including both Black Markets
• New CDF on Cherno (alternates with the old one like on Altis)
• Altis: Players that logged out within 500m of the CDF will get moved to Sofia or Paros if they log in within the first 15 minutes after a restart.
• Cherno: Players that logged out within 1500m of the CDF will get moved to Elektrozavodsk or Kamyshovo if they log in within the first 15 minutes after a restart.

 

Changed

• Re-added the McMillan (SZ) and Barrett Model 98 Bravo (BM)
• Tweaked the stinger
• Reworked the XH9 (Flight behavior, Armor values, crate slots and more)
• Modified Crate slots for the Xi'an (Vehicle Transport now has 3, Infantry has 2)
• Removed the blue chrome-colored vehicle tuning paint from helicopters and planes to prevent abuse.
• Added Duct Tape, Extension Cords and Fuel Canisters to the Black Market Equipment Traders

 

Fixed

• Fixed multiple broken weapon sounds (KSVK, McMillan, Barrett Model 98 Bravo and some others)
• The Vehicle Repair Menu had the wrong prices for some weapon magazines
• Fixed multiple small problems with existing scripts and missions, to many to list

 

Wipe time!

 

The wipe will happen on Friday 6th of May at 3PM (UTC)

Tomorrow basically

 

The wipe is for both Chernarus and Altis!

Everything is being wiped. Nothing is staying!

 

We have some changes to come. A changelog was posted here.

The [SG] Mod will need to be updated, that will also update before the wipe giving people time to download it.

Weapons

• NEW: re-added the M134D "Epilator" to the game. Brrrrrt. Where? Find out yourself.
   
• CHANGE: removed the minimum activation range for the 3GL
• CHANGE: the suppressed M320 uses a different sound
   
• FIX: the RPG-7 does no longer fit into a backpack

Building, crafting and territories

• NEW: added new item: Concrete half wall
• NEW: added new item: CCTV-Screen on a tripod, as an alternative to a base laptop
• NEW: improved the building system with more and better snap points
• NEW: The "flag room must be a clean 1x1" rule is now enforced by a script
• NEW: added multiple new textures in the misc category to paint your base with (needs premium)
   
• CHANGE: Base owners can no longer abandon a territory while it is in raid mode
• CHANGE: Base owners can no longer remove objects in their territory while the flag is stolen
• CHANGE: Base owners can no longer pack safes while the territory is in raid mode
• CHANGE: Base owners can no longer trigger the "access denied" function/message when their territory is in raid mode
• CHANGE: you can no longer change the safe codes in a territory that's close to deletion if you are not a territory member (they will stay at 0000)
• CHANGE: Chernarus: Green Mountain is now a no-build-zone
   
• FIX: you can now build to full height even at the edge of your territory. (build zone around a flag is now a cylinder instead of a sphere/dome)
• FIX: you can no longer move damaged objects (prevents them from getting deleted)

General gameplay, Vehicles and other stuff

• NEW: added new vehicle service menu to repair, refuel and rearm vehicles. Useable at most traders and fuel stations. The old scroll wheel entries have been removed.
• NEW: added new Vehicle XH9 VTOL
• NEW: you can now see the throttle level in your hud, e.g. in the blackfish
• NEW: you can now disarm mines with a foolbox. This takes 5 seconds and you can pick up the mine you just defused. To be able to defuse mines laid out by dispensers you also need a mine detector.
• NEW: added scroll wheel action to take weapons off the ground. Should fix not being able to loot weapons from bodies sometimes.
• NEW: you can now change the leader of a party without recreating it.
• NEW: you can now reset your XP perk points at every Office Trader. The cost is 4k poptabs per level.
• NEW: added XP perk: Bad Driver. Increases the collision damage resistance of your vehicles wheels
• NEW: added XP perk: Gotta Go Fast. Increases your walking and running speed.
• NEW: added XP perk: Trigger Happy. Increases the amount of ammunition you spawn with.
• NEW: added XP perk: Frag Enthusiast. Increases the amount of grenades you spawn with.
• NEW: added XP perk: Field Surgeon. Allows you to use instadocs on your teammates.
• NEW: added XP perk: Survivalist. Reduces your food and drink consumption.
• NEW: added scroll wheel action "Flag Info" that can be used on a flag pole when that flag has been stolen.
   
• CHANGE: the maximum XP level has been raised to 200
• CHANGE: some of the stronger vehicles can no longer shoot when located inside of a territory
• CHANGE: increased the max amount of family map markers to 40
• CHANGE: changed airdrops: AI-controlled invincible planes now drop them. They may contain better loot.
• CHANGE: re-enabled packing of karts and quad bikes in enemy territories.
• CHANGE: the offroad repair truck has been removed from the traders
• CHANGE: reduced the amount of countermeasure flares of most armed or heavily armored vehicles to 60
• CHANGE: 3D-markers now get slightly transparent when you aim directly at them
• CHANGE: the early morning time setting has been re-added.
• CHANGE: added colors and re-sorted some of the scroll wheel actions in safe zones
   
• FIX: tweaked 3D-markers, they no longer mark objects that are very close to you such as bushes, trees or walls.

Missions

• NEW: added several new missions, including STRONG TONK
• NEW: added new abandoned territory event/mission that appears on the last restart before a territory would despawn due to a stolen flag that hasn't been restored
• NEW: added new CDF mission for Altis. The old or new CDF will randomly spawn at restart.
   
• CHANGE: tweaked details of most existing missions
• CHANGE: CDF now has a few new surprises in stock
• CHANGE: The reward vehicles for the CDF mission are now hidden until the mission has been finished

Rules
ALTIS

• New minimum build distance to AAC safezone: 2500m

BOTH

• The new "Fuel Station Robbery" and "Landed Spitfire" missions are regarded as static missions (You're not allowed to camp it from your territory).
• You are not allowed to place objects (e.g. walls) in a way that allows the territory owners to vault or jump over them while attackers can't. (because of anti-glitch mechanics)
• All players that previously received a hard 7-Player family limit have a clean slate again. Please keep in mind that we will monitor the servers and take action if needed as always.

Rule changes for the wipe on 6th of May 2022:

 

• Shooting or scouting within the radius of any territory (even if it doesn't belong to you) to any static mission is not allowed. (Currently we have 4 static missions active. CDF, Quarantine Zone, Landed Spitfire and Fuel Station Robbery)
• You are not allowed to place objects (e.g. walls) in a way that allows the territory owners to vault or jump over them while attackers can't. (because of anti-glitch mechanics)
• You are not allowed to build within 1500 meters of any Trader Zones. 2500m for the AAC-Safezone. (Measured from the Poptab marker on the map)

Rule changes for the wipe on 6th of May 2022:

 

• Shooting or scouting within the radius of any territory (even if it doesn't belong to you) to any static mission is not allowed. (Currently we have 4 static missions active. CDF, Quarantine Zone, Landed Spitfire and Fuel Station Robbery)
• You are not allowed to place objects (e.g. walls) in a way that allows the territory owners to vault or jump over them while attackers can't. (because of anti-glitch mechanics

Rules update:

 

• All safes must be placed within 3m height (one wall) of the ground/terrain. You can block them off but players must be able to access the safes inventory.
• (Altis only:) You are not allowed to build within 3500 meters of the CDF. (Measured from the static CDF marker)

Rule changes for the wipe on 22nd of April 2021:

 

• All safes must be accessible at all times with a floor underneath them. You can block them off but players must be able to access the safes inventory.

 

• All safes must be placed within 3m height (one wall) of the ground/terrain. You can block them off but players must be able to access the safes inventory.

Rule changes for the wipe on 22nd of April 2021:

 

• All safes must be accessible at all times with a floor underneath them. You can block them off but players must be able to access the safes inventory.
• You are not allowed to build within 2000 meters of the CDF. (Measured from the static CDF marker)

 

• All safes must be placed within 3m height (one wall) of the ground/terrain. You can block them off but players must be able to access the safes inventory.
• You are not allowed to build within 3500 meters of the CDF. (Measured from the static CDF marker)

What's your territory name?

 

Most likely someone just scanned your locks and opened the safe.

Oh and if you have the possibility to open a ticket on discord that would make things easier.

Also: 9600k usually can be overclocked to 5Ghz on all cores easily.. i only needed to up the voltage by like 0.015V or something..

Afair the values i mentioned belong to the mission, not the map itself. So it should work on every map. But i'm not sure, last time i looked at the editor must've been 10 years ago.

I know about the hotkeys, but they don't help in most of these situations. You usually have to choose between not seeing anything because of grass or seeing the enemy but not knowing if you can actually shoot them or if they are behind a mountain ridge (or not seeing them at all because they are sunk into that mountain ridge).

So... since having low terrain without any grass is an option i'm pretty sure 99.9% of the players use it. Having no grass is fine, but low terrain details create players/NPCs/Vehicles that glitch into mountains or that float in the air at medium to longer distances.

 

Is there any chance of removing (or cutting) the grass while being able to keep terrain details on Ultra? Server Side that is.

I know there are some options revolving around this, mainly in the clutter class. I once played on a server that had the grass cut down really low so it didn't interfere with shooting when prone. That might still have been ArmA 2 OA though.

 

scaleMax = 1.0;
scaleMin = 0.5;
clutterDist = 100;

 

These three might be a good starting point for testing...