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Absolutely no Text Documentation for Game Play
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Description

There is absolutely no text-based documentation for game play instructions and/or game usage, except for some sparse instructions embedded within the game called a Field Manual and including a semi-detailed PDF map.

DOCUMENTATION

  1. Should include some of the objective(s) of the game, whether building bases or fighting on the front line, should also provide some insight. (eg. How to increase side scores, taking major bases over minor bases)
  1. Insight on the medical system, such things as bandaging prior to injecting with morphine, etc.

VIDEOS
My opinion on (YouTube) videos for instructing, videos are the very last source of information I resort to and can be very time consuming versus reading or scanning through a text manual. (Hopefully the text manual includes some pictures or diagrams, depicting difficult to explain items, for which are likely few, similar to how the Field Manual consists of now.)

PDF MAP

  1. Does not include supply points
  2. No road names
  3. Lacks the level of the in-game map detail. (eg. Zoom in on coastal bases, and level of detail is very vague.)

Details

Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
N/A
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Category
General
Steps To Reproduce
  1. Wipe your brain/memory of any residual information relating to ARMA.
  1. Start the game and play the game from an unknowledgeable perspective.

Have fun because it'll likely take most users months to realize the rational for naming cities with State names, if they ever catch on.

And, noting you'll likely have no idea the objective of the game, clearly over-looking the larger base icons from the smaller base icons on the map. As such, will have no clear objective.

Additional Information

Again, currently, almost any of the useful information aside from the sparsely documented in-game user manual has, is mostly on YouTube. Most times, doesn't take any experience or effort for making a video, however most YouTube videos can contain up to, or more than, an hour of silence. And most YouTube video material is mostly useless and pointless, unless the viewer can fast forward to the specific time within the video containing the essential information.

Don't believe me? Try having a beer with one of the other drinking players playing within the game, and I'm sure they'll be quite up-front with their opinion(s)!

Most times, when performing vehicle repairs, I read the official assembly/disassembly text manuals first. (eg. Manufacturer's vehicle owner's manual, Chiltons manual, ...) I only use YouTube as a supplemental information, only after reading the official text based information.

Event Timeline

rogerx created this task.Feb 14 2024, 1:58 AM
Geez changed the task status from New to Feedback.Feb 14 2024, 12:15 PM
• fghsw33 added a subscriber: • fghsw33.Mar 7 2024, 1:50 AM
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rogerx added a comment.Mar 7 2024, 2:41 AM

Thanks fghsw33. I was completely oblivious the Lovecraftian world involved pretty young school girls with love seeking octopus tentacles locked inside of school lockers!

(When Google Images is your friend, and everybody else is not.)

KStrike added a subscriber: KStrike.Mar 7 2024, 9:26 AM

I am an Arma veteran (since Operation Flashpoint back in 2001) and I know the struggle with the games new players may have because of their complexity.

But the game has now a very good tutorial (Main Menu -> Scenarios -> Training) with all the basics needed (at least in the experimental build of the game).

It doesn't matter if it is about the medical or repair system, driving, flying, base building, movement, combat mechanics or just navigating through the area.
Some of these things require work and training (especially navigation) and even I had some struggle with it at the first time.

But if you take the time and go through the trainings in combination with the field manual you will have all the basic informations you will need for a great single player or multiplayer session.

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