Arma 3 hails people of every flavour from all over the world. To get to know them a little better, we're hosting a series of mini-interviews with some of our amazing community members. These aim to give you a personal insight into their backgrounds, why they got into Arma, and how they typically experience the game. For the latest Community Profile we've talked to one of Epoch Mod's developers, AWOL.
BIO
Name: Aaron Clark
Nickname:[VB]AWOL
Age: 38
Location: Texas
Occupation: Programmer
Nickname:[VB]AWOL
Age: 38
Location: Texas
Occupation: Programmer
BASELINE
To host Arma 3 Epoch you require a dedicated server - whether you choose to rent an Arma 3 server from a Game Server Provider GSP, rent/host your own Dedicated Server DS or purchase your own Dedicated Server and have it co-located is entirely up to you.
Can you provide us with one random fact about yourself?
I worked construction for more than 15 years and can repair just about anything made from concrete.
What was the first Arma game you played?
Operation Flashpoint.
What is your current Arma 3 playtime?
8409 hours, mainly from just modding and testing.
What is your favourite game of all time?
Soldier of Fortune 1.
What is your favourite movie of all time?
Hackers (1995).
Do you eat pineapple on pizza?
Normally yes, but not currently because I am doing Keto.
Can you show us your PC setup?
5 QUESTIONS
1. How and why did you get into Arma?
I used to play Operation Flashpoint with my gaming group on a satellite internet connection back in 2001, and I have been a fan of the franchise ever since. One of the first mods I played was CTI; just the concept of modding left an impression on me that left me hooked, and I have purchased every Arma game since. It was Arma 2: DayZ Mod that started my Arma modding adventure.
2. How do you play or engage with Arma 3 nowadays?
Modding is my main form of engagement these days and I do enjoy testing with the team and participating in community events.
3. Can you tell us about your most remarkable Arma 3 moment? (most funny, memorable, biggest achievement, etc)
Random stuff with friends that I have met along the way. We once made an obstacle course event constructed out of Epoch's Modular Base Building objects out at green mountain tower — the first person to make it to the top wins. It was a blast.
4. What is your favorite piece of Arma 3 user-created content (mod, addon, scenario, game mode, tool) and why?
I was most impressed by the 'Get Wrecked' game mode created by Sli; the vehicular combat concept is great fun and different.
5. Can you share your #1 pro-tip for any Arma 3 player?
There are many ways to play Arma 3, try to keep an open mind.
BONUS: Would you rather be famous for inventing a deadly new weapon or invent something that helps the world but someone else gets all the credit for inventing it?
The beginning, as it means the creation of life. The latter being the destruction of earth and everyone on it.
CLOSING
To finish the interview, do you have anything you'd like to share with the Arma community?
Epoch is an Open Source (APL-SA) Survival gamemode and we welcome any suggestions, feedback, or contributions to any of our projects for Arma 2, Arma 3 or DayZ via GitHub. You can find our Discord here: https://discord.gg/qkZ7wUf
You can also find Epoch on Twitter.
Thanks to Bohemia Interactive and please show your support to the community modders!
Backpacks let you increase the amount of space in the inventory by adding a certain amount of universal slots. You can store anything in it, from medicine to weapons. Backpacks come in a few kinds, varying in appearance and capacity. The more capacity, the harder a given backpack is to find. Some of them are only available in most inaccessible army bases. The list of backpacks in DayZ is as follows:
Czech Vest Pouch Number of slots: 6 Where to find: military objects, barracks Rareness: very rare |
Coyote Patrol Pack Number of slots: 8 Where to find: civilian, residential buildings Rareness: often (starting backpack) |
Assault Pack Number of slots: 12 Where to find: military objects, barracks Rareness: rare |
Czech Backpack Number of slots: 16 Where to find: civilian, residential buildings Rareness: occasional |
Alice Pack Number of slots: 20 Where to find: civilian, residential buildings Rareness: rare |
Coyote Backpack Number of slots: 24 Where to find: military objects, barracks Rareness: very rare |
Managing your backpack is rather not intuitive and requires some training. The least complicated thing is putting items from the ground into the backpack. In order to place an item from a pile or other container into the backpack, you must:
- Open the container by pressing [G].
- Double click on the thumbnail on your backpack found in the equipment, or choose it and press Open bag.
- The inventory window will be replaced by slots in your backpack. Move the items you want into it in the same way you collect items to your inventory.
- Press Close bag.
The whole thing looks a bit different when you want to move something to or out of the backpack without opening any other container. Is such case, opening the backpack works completely differently.
- Open your inventory with [G]
- Open the backpack. Note that no open slots of your backpack have appeared. Instead, the whole content will be showed on the list on the left side of the inventory window.
- Move items between your inventory and the back pack just like you do it with loots lying on the ground.
- The number of free/full slots in an opened backpack will be displayed as text above the item list - Backpack X (Y/Z)
Main weapons take up 10 backpack slots + slots for ammunition. Sidearms take up 5 slots + ammunition slots. Before moving any weapon to the backpack, make sure you have enough space for it, otherwise the weapon might disappear (at least until the bug causing it isn't dealt with). |
From time to time you will come across new backpack in shops, residential and military buildings and even deer stands. Changing your old backpack to a new one required a different set of moves.
After aiming at the newly found backpack, an Open backpack x sign will appear. Sometimes there might be items inside it. In order to take them, do treat the backpack as a pile of items and follow the same steps. To take the backpack, you need to keep a certain order of steps in order not to lose anything from your current one.
- Firstlythrow out your current backpack (with its content) onto the ground.
- Aim at the new backpack and use the mouse wheel to open the menu and choose pick up backpack x.
- After equipping your new backpack, approach the one which you threw out and open it, to move all the items into the new one.
Remember that the bugs appearing while moving items from the inventory to the backpack (and vice versa) will eventually be fixed, but for now be careful.