Arma 3 Version 1.42

Arma 3 version 1.42 has been released on Steam with Marksmen DLC, weapon stabilization, recoil overhaul, environmental audio and workshop mods.

Arma3 1.42 Servers : http://arma3-servers.net/version/1_42_130244/

CHANGELOG

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• Added: Cyrus 9.3 mm CSAT marksman rifle*
• Added: MAR-10 .338 CTRG marksman rifle*
• Added: Mk-I EMR 7.62 mm NATO marksman rifle*
• Added: Mk14 7.62 mm FIA marksman rifle*
• Added: ASP-1 Kir CSAT special purpose rifle*
• Added: SPMG .338 NATO Medium Machine Gun*
• Added: Navid 9.3 mm CSAT Medium Machine Gun*
• Added: AMS NATO scope*
• Added: Kahlia CSAT scope*
• Added: Remote Designator NATO / CSAT and backpacks*
• Added: Full Ghillie suits NATO / CSAT / AAF (variants for arid, semi-arid, lush)*
• Added: #BIPODS
• Added: CSAT Laser Designator (and NATO & AAF reskins)
• Added: Suppressors for 9.3mm and .338 calibers (multiple color variants)
• Added: Facepaints (9 faces with camouflage, variants for arid, semi-arid, lush)
• Added: NATO Heavy Vest (multiple color variants)
• Added: NATO Grenadier Vest (multiple color variants)
• Added: AAF Grenadier Vest (multiple color variants)
• Added: Many relevant unit / group configurations
• Added: Showcase Marksmen**
• Added: 3 Purple category Firing Drills**
• Added: End Game Kavala
• Added: Showcase Firing From Vehicles (SP & MP COOP)
• Added: 3 VR Training Weapon Handling courses
• Added: VR (Vehicle) Targets
• Added: Balloons
• Added: Swivel Target
• Added: Dueling Target
• Added: Shooting Mat
• Added: Shot Timer
• Added: Bullet Trap
• Added: Air Horn
• Added: 3 Music tracks
• Added: 11 Steam Achievements
• Added: Revive mechanic in End Game
• Added: Two new specific models for SMG collimators
• Added: Selected commanders have been trained to use their weapons and binoculars while turned out
• Added: New recoil and weapon resting parameters
• Added: New sounds for armored vehicle crashes
• Added: Missing Head Down (Analogue) and Head Back (Analogue) actions to controls
• Added: Indication of DLC hints to the Hints ListBox in Field Manual
• Added: Damage indication on VR targets is now Arsenal-specific
• Added: Final icons for 'procedural' attachments
• Added: New shooting sounds for Mk200
• Added: Material for weapon bullet penetration
• Added: DLC property to uniforms
• Added: Ability to show a specific category animation on Arsenal start
• Added: Different sounds for turret elevation
• Added: Reading Arsenal / Garage assets updated to a new format
• Added: Empty belt links effect to Mk200 and Zafir
• Added: Purple FD flag
• Added: Purple Skeet_Clay and unified the purple on purple Balloons with it
• Added: BIS_fnc_position now recognizes a string as object variable name
• Added: Possibility to disable the default 3D task markers / waypoints to allow displaying of the new experimental 3D task markers
• Added: Balloon target configuration for Firing Drills
• Added: Bullet paths diagnostic to Virtual Arsenal
• Added: Players are now sorted at the top of the respawn position menu
• Added: Ability to call BIS_fnc_moduleMissionName independently
• Added: User action to activate / deactivate the police light bar on Offroad
• Added: Ammo hit and fly-by distances for AI detection & suppression
• Added: FFV inertia parameters to config
• Added: VhC implementation for the Time Trials
• Added: Config parameters for secondary text in RscShortcutButton and RscButtonMenu
• Added: "Zipper Theme" (new Marksmen track for Showcase Firing From Vehicles)
• Added: Support for random Firing Drill target positions that require ASL
• Added: Parameter for remote cameras in Striders and re-linked its samples
• Added: Author to magazines
• Added: Stance indicator icons for resting and deployment
• Added: Sound definition for footsteps on some surfaces
• Fixed: Left hand for Acts_Ending_Adams1
• Fixed: Snipers should have LRPS instead of SOS optics
• Fixed: Removed smoke launcher from UGV as it is not on the model
• Fixed: Unit insignia were not visible in Virtual Arsenal
• Fixed: Base weapons were not loaded correctly in Virtual Arsenal
• Fixed: Black variants of MX-family of rifles are available in Arsenal
• Fixed: Adjust stance key binds for Industry Standard preset
• Fixed: Proper aimPrecision values for stance transitions
• Fixed: Driver coveralls properly display the DLC icon in Editor
• Fixed: Icon sizes and general macros for Hellcat, Huron, Marid, Slammer, T-100, Ifrit and Zamak
• Fixed: veryuglylowercase animation state names to LeadingLetterCamelCase for better visual orientation
• Fixed: Fatigue now resets correctly when resetting a stage of VR Training
• Fixed: Broken link to Lynx sample
• Fixed: General macros and correct author for various characters
• Fixed: Attempt to fix discrepancies between VR entities and their soldiers counterparts
• Fixed: Icons for VR soldiers
• Fixed: Detection for specific vehicle type in function hitPart
• Fixed: Radar dome should be more vulnerable to APFSDS rounds
• Fixed: Fired rockets on Kajman are removed
• Fixed: Faction showcases will now be marked correctly when finished
• Fixed: Edit field in Insert Marker display was not selected by default
• Fixed: DAGR missiles had the nameSound of rockets
• Fixed: SOS should have the same reticle as before
• Fixed: Commander proxy for Slammer
• Fixed: Trying to restore an attachment on an incompatible weapon generated a RPT error
• Fixed: Arsenal loadout was randomized even after trying it, not only on mission start
• Fixed: AH-99 Blackfoot cockpit glass looked damaged in VR
• Fixed: LRPS and MOS had switched reticles
• Fixed: Nightstalker zeroing gap and maximal zoom magnitude
• Fixed: Attempt to fix weapon penetration issues
• Fixed: Non-owned DLC asset FM hint title
• Fixed: Marker channel selection was visible even in SP
• Fixed: When the benches of the MH-9 were removed, then added, they were added folded
• Fixed: OPFOR Rifleman should be default instead of Officer
• Fixed: BIS_fnc_obvjectVar sometimes could sometimes assign a duplicate variable to different objects
• Fixed: It was possible to respawn on a dead group leader when the respawn point was the group
• Fixed: When a respawn point was removed when the player had it selected in the respawn menu, he was still able to respawn on it if he didn't pick any position afterwards
• Fixed: Recognition of compatible items was not calculated correctly (http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=23111)
• Fixed: Missing CfgPatches classes
• Fixed: For security reasons, it's no longer possible to overwrite the path of official BIS functions in CfgFunctions
• Fixed: Incorrect variable name in BIS_fnc_objectVar
• Fixed: FD rifle decal had inconsistent transparency
• Fixed: If a FD CP only contained bonus targets, those would not be shown in the IGUI properly
• Fixed: If you left a CP with only bonus targets remaining, there would be incorrect audio feedback
• Fixed: Tab highlighting in the server browser
• Fixed: Unable to collapse advanced hint after exiting UAV terminal
• Fixed: Attempt to fix all discrepancies between the editor groups composition design and current in-game state, discovered while testing editor groups
• Fixed: Dead players were not added to the checked list in the BIS_fnc_getUnitByUid function
• Fixed: Nighstalker optics zoom values, so dynamic zoom calculation will correspond to the tool-tip info
• Fixed: Adjusted minimal zeroing of MOS
• Fixed: Katiba GL had some strange view while used in FFV
• Fixed: FD09 - random flying target
• Fixed: Firing Drill PiP feedback would sometimes get stuck without target
• Fixed: Window geometries in some houses to allow more meaningful deployment
• Tweaked: All weapons - Improved shooting sounds, tails, interior tails added, supersonic crack, bullet hits, interior house attenuation class added, tails for UGL added
• Changed: Zafir was re-chambered (old class name for magazines 150Rnd_762x54_Boxbecame 150Rnd_762x51_Box)
• Changed: Rahim was re-chambered (old class name for magazines 10Rnd_762x54_Magbecame 10Rnd_762x51_Mag)
• Updated: PhysX logo in the splash screen
• Tweaked: UGL minor sound changes
• Tweaked: Footsteps sound definitions updated
• Tweaked: NATO Recon Marksmen should have Range Finder not Laser Designator
• Changed: New reticle for SOS scope
• Tweaked: Standardized dispersion values for MOA (in-game differences are less than marginal)
• Changed: Names of GM6 samples
• Changed: Sounds for selected reloading animations
• Changed: Sound of Strider GL
• Changed: Sound distance attenuation parameter disabled (due to redesigned feature)
• Tweaked: Simplified config for Church SFX
• Changed: Improved max zeroing of all weapons (limits now less restrictive, but maintains meaningful differences between types).
• Changed: Partial re-factoring of Van_01_base_F and similar
• Changed: Weapon tails updated and configured
• Changed: Slammer commander position
• Tweaked: Polished small DLC logos in the Field Manual and Debriefing
• Changed: Game credits updated
• Tweaked: Zooming / zeroing values of various scopes
• Changed: Vehicle customization (See documentation for more details)
• Tweaked: Assigning new pictures for FM topics
• Tweaked: Characters equipment update (use of new Marksmen gear)
• Tweaked: Silencer shot tails changed from prototype samples to final samples and other small changes
• Changed: Collimators have been changed to a new technology
• Changed: Adjusted default equipment of various soldiers
• Changed: Replaced FD frozen competitor mechanic with a more robust solution
• Tweaked: Ammo boxes have been updated with new weapons and items
• Changed: Commanders are now able to board Sochor form both sides
• Changed: Color to "Gold platform" for default mod logo
• Changed: BIS_fnc_objectsMapper stores object simulation state in the spawned objects
• Changed: In the campaign, vehicle randomization is now handled by VhC
• Changed: Removed the Internet / LAN button because it was replaced by tabs in the server browser
• Tweaked: Recon Teams have one less member now
• Tweaked: Redistributed different collimator reticles according to design
• Tweaked: Updated ammo box compositions (suppressors and new Marksmen optics) according to an updated analysis
• Tweaked: Kart shaking while driving
• Tweaked: Geometries of windows on several shops have been tweaked to allow Weapon Deployment
• Updated: Adjust stance FM hint
• Tweaked: Mass of several weapons to better scale their different weights in regard to their real counterparts according to design
• Improved: Camo1 selection of OPFOR soldier updated to include boots
• Tweaked: Firing Drill PiP feedback using better targeting parameters
• Changed: Function 'diag_log' added to the whitelist for the MP remote execution

* Restrictions apply for those who don't own Arma 3 Marksmen DLC.

** Content requires ownership of the Arma 3 Marksmen DLC.

ENGINE:

• Added: Weapon Deployment
• Added: Weapon Resting
• Added: Recoil Overhaul
• Added: Distance-based attenuation filter
• Added: Sound: Attenuation of exterior sounds while inside structures
• Added: Sound: Enabled audio features (low pass, building interior)
• Added: Allow Firing From Vehicles in turned out position in most turrets
• Added: Weapon attachments can be manipulated directly from the ground via the inventory
• Added: Placing a map marker now includes visibility / broadcast scope combobox
• Added: UPnP support for servers (see the documentation for more details)
• Added: AI suppression enabled
• Added: Script command WFSideText is extended to support side for backward compatibility
• Added: Visualization of hook / unhook commands
• Added: Password-protected serverCommand script command (enabled for Dedicated Server and Headless Client)
• Added: New actions for infantry weapon switching
• Added: Parameters for setting color of item's second picture to List, Combo and XListBox
• Added: Magazine compatibility improvement with new property magazineGroup(documentation)
• Added: Network command security enhancements; brute-force protection
• Added: Allow weapon sound without soundEffectName attribute set
• Added: Telescopic turrets now have sounds when being raised / lowered
• Added: GUI option for UPnP when creating server
• Added: Direct switch weapons in vehicles: guns / rockets / missiles / bombs
• Added: File and product version to extension description
• Added: Extended logging information about #login activities on Dedicated Servers
• Added: Scripting commands isWeaponRested and isWeaponDeployed
• Added: Config parameters for weapon deployment (documentation)
• Added: New script commands for manipulation with channels - enableChannel,channelEnabled, setCurrentChannel, currentChannel, getPlayerChannel
• Added: Parameters dangerRadiusBulletClose and dangerRadiusHit for CfgAmmo
• Added: isTurnedOut script command
• Added: Enabled support for Steam friends in the server browser
• Added: Vehicles have a new config array AmphibiousRatios used when the vehicle is in water (backwards-compatible)
• Added: Weapon Resting (WeaponRested) and Deployment (WeaponDeployed) event handlers
• Added: Sound: Weapon Deployment SFX
• Added: Mod / DLC icons in the "Insert Group" dialog in editor
• Added: AI Suppression commands: getSuppression, setSuppression
• Added: Script command documentation for enableAI / disableAI (AIMINGERROR andSUPPRESSION)
• Added: Stance indicator for resting and deployment
• Fixed: setCurrentTask can be used with taskNull
• Fixed: Enabling / disabling FFV positions now propagates correctly in multiplayer
• Fixed: Error message that appeared after creating RscListBox using ctrlCreate
• Fixed: Better handling the temp / toggle UI for optics action
• Fixed: Huron back seats now have correct aiming limits
• Fixed: FFV crash when changing position of soldiers in MP
• Fixed: Shadows should work again in Buldozer
• Fixed: Player can now assign default action in map separately (LMB to set waypoint)
• Fixed: Typo in colorPictureDisabled parameter used by List, Combo and XListBox
• Fixed: Move Head Back and Move Head Down can now use negative values
• Fixed: AI will not eject without parachutes, but will jump if helicopter is close to ground
• Fixed: Double press of Enter was needed to switch to external cam in vehicle
• Fixed: Crash when shooting a unit without defined hit points
• Fixed: Support for sticks with 128 buttons
• Fixed: PhysX crash opportunity when scene is cleaned
• Fixed: Zoom artifacts when switching optics mode in other view modes than gunner
• Fixed: Functionality of the Team Switch button.
• Fixed: Potential PhysX memory leak for dropped weapons on remote units
• Fixed: R-Shift can now be used to switch maker colors / pictures
• Fixed: Disabled custom channels were always shown when creating a new marker
• Fixed: No channel selected by default when creating a new marker while having Direct channel selected
• Fixed: personTurret aiming limits sometimes applied to the turret
• Fixed: AI sometimes warped to a requested building position instantly if given an order while moving
• Fixed: Switching unit stopped music track
• Fixed: Crew will not turn out when in combat mode (even if player-commander does)
• Fixed: Possible CTD on shutdown
• Fixed: Weapon proxy drawing when there are not enough graphical LODs
• Fixed: Switching fire modes in FFV
• Fixed: Sound: Muffled sounds
• Fixed: Kicked Headless Client should not rejoin as seagull
• Fixed: CTD of servers when dragging a backpack from a crate
• Fixed: AI sometimes runs away when the vehicle it is supposed to get into, is moving
• Fixed: moveInCargo for vehicles with FFV turned-out positions
• Fixed: Play click sound for changing infantry weapon fire mode
• Fixed: setSkill with sub-skill in MP overwriting the entire skill of a unit
• Fixed: Taking a bag that is filled with another bag from the ground causes the game to crash
• Fixed: precisionAI replication to clients
• Fixed: Knocked over trees should now fall down in the correct direction after vehicle collision in MP
• Fixed: Pressed buttons on a 128 button controller have full range <0, 1>
• Fixed: Aiming error sometimes being stuck at 0
• Fixed: Usage of UAVs zoom / optics / weapon switching
• Fixed: "password" serverCommand stopped working
• Fixed: Action reload ammo type had the wrong name
• Fixed: Changing selectionFireAnim from "zasleh" hid muzzle flash forever
• Fixed: Condition to switch to 'none' weapon when entering water
• Fixed: Right mouse button interaction with dead bodies in the inventory causes items to disappear
• Fixed: Zoom in vehicles with a commander turret without weapon
• Fixed: Can't place any explosives while falling (still can set them off)
• Fixed: Moving magazines between weapons from inventory (while being a crew member)
• Fixed: Improper soldier actions visible while manning a turret in a vehicle
• Fixed: External camera while turned-out and switching out of optics
• Fixed: An undefined variable in a formatted string in a script caused a CTD
• Fixed: Slow walk is not enabled by default anymore
• Fixed: FAKs were increasing hit point damage to 0.25
• Fixed: Wrong tool-tip formatting in the inventory display
• Fixed: Disabled personTurret in turn-out state, optics and switching weapons
• Fixed: Some values were incorrectly initialized when the createMine command is called
• Fixed: Added check for null pointer to address a potential CTD
• Fixed: Driving vehicles, which can float, on shore
• Fixed: Suppression increased by Hit events properly
• Fixed: Firing from airplanes and helicopters
• Fixed: AI not moving in formation correctly
• Fixed: Situation where inventory items might disappear when manipulated in MP
• Fixed: Minor AI pathfinding behavior fixes after changing AI locality (no ghost-like movement through building on some occasions, etc.)
• Fixed: Zeroing visible on disabled FFV for commander in Sochor
• Fixed: Stacking vests inside vests possible via the Take action
• Fixed: Missing null test when attempting to get in a vehicle as agent
• Fixed: UI element - Dynamic zoom is based on minFov, not initFov
• Fixed: Zeroing + initSpeed (kudos to http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=23256)
• Fixed: CTD when logging out from FFV turned-out position
• Fixed: Exit the UAV Terminal display when the player loses the UAV Terminal
• Fixed: Turned out weapons when starting as commander in a vehicle
• Fixed: PCML selected in turned out turret if selected before embarking
• Fixed: Items disappear when trying to take them from a remote player's corpse
• Fixed: Suppression and AimingError components can be re-enabled again
• Fixed: Grenades ready to use for FFV, if spawned as a commander
• Fixed: AI suppression influencing personTurrets properly
• Fixed: Item added to UGC monitor before raising events (SteamLayer)
• Fixed: Not all subscribed items were registered for UGC monitoring thus breaking Launcher (SteamLayer)
• Fixed: Calculation error causing AI to stop shooting at a target above it
• Fixed: Zeus Godly Creations achievement (unlocks achievement on the 200th unit, not the 201st unit)
• Fixed: Double 100% publish progress report (SteamLayer)
• Fixed: Possible CTD in the load script command
• Hotfixed: Pistol accessory on a dead body gets duplicated
• Fixed: AI soldiers should no longer get stuck around buildings
• Fixed: Inventory - Disappearing items (vests and uniforms) in inventory after swapping
• Fixed: Un-subscribe fail handling (SteamLayer)
• Fixed: Remotely-controlled unit cannot access vehicle's weapon without getting out first
• Fixed: Healing was not properly canceled by reloading
• Fixed: Weapon orientation after ragdoll initialization
• Fixed: Problem with the ''weapon'' tab, when a player tries observe attachments close to a crate on the ground
• Fixed: Game crash after trying to create non-existent weapon attachments (bad config name)
• Fixed: Taking a bag that is filled with another bag from the ground causes the game to crash
• Fixed: Author resolve counter was not decremented properly - list change may not raise sometimes (SteamLayer)
• Fixed: Crash in MP browser
• Hotfixed: Subscribe content list processing will fire subscribed events before authors resolution (it will still fire the event after the authors resolution as well) (SteamLayer)
• Changed: Supersonic crack improved
• Removed: Surrender action from subordinate action list
• Changed: AI sight now limited by object view distance, not landscape view distance
• Changed: PhysX interface re-factoring
• Changed: Further Physx code re-factoring
• Tweaked: AI aiming error when it has lost sight of a target
• Optimized: Remove unused variables from the inventory system
• Changed: Selecting default logoSmall for DLC / mods
• Changed: Vehicle commander will turn in in combat mode
• Tweaked: Further improvements of AI getting into a vehicle
• Optimized: Visibility raycast for dead bodies is limited to 50m. For living soldiers it is limited to 3km.
• Tweaked: AI suppression
• Changed: FFV inertia parameters moved to CfgWeapons
• Tweaked: Aiming error recovery made shorter for 0 value of error
• Tweaked: Weapon distraction for aiming error
• Changed: drawIcon3D takes one more parameter - drawSideArrows
• Changed: The RPM of amphibious cars are now taken from the Arma 3 simulation and not from PhysX vehicles in water
• Changed: Case insensitive comparison when trying to find a PiP texture
• Changed: Manual fire disabled for commanders using their personal weapons
• Tweaked: Use more PhysX iteration on ragdoll items
• Changed: The selectWeapon command disallows rocket launchers for personTurrets
• Improved: Commander-gunner communication (commander will assign targets faster)
• Tweaked: Sound: Changed shooting sounds dynamic
• Tweaked: Sound: Distance volume curve & distance frequency filter
• Changed: CWeaponTypeSlotsManager checks max count of available attachment slots and linked items
• Optimized: Network traffic

LAUNCHER:

• Added: Support for the new Steam Workshop version (full mods, multiple files, unlimited file size - you’ll need the new Publisher before such items can be published)
• Added: Custom command-line parsing, skipping OS parsing
• Added: Workaround to nudge Steam to upgrade subscribed Workshop items to the new version
• Added: Workaround for legacy items that are not converted for the new Workshop version
• Added: Explicit queue for synchronization tasks
• Added: Loading box label marked as localizable
• Added: Notification about auto-included items in the status bar
• Added: A new folder selection dialog when adding a local mod and a folder with mods for auto-inclusion
• Added: Enabled selection of multiple folders with mods at once
• Added: Mods can be managed while Steam is off-line
• Fixed: “Vypnout harwarovou” > “hardwarovou”
• Fixed: The list of presets expands beyond popup boundaries and it is clipped instead of enabling a vertical scrollbar
• Fixed: Incorrect status displayed in the mod details when an item update is queued
• Fixed: Handled a situation when Launcher fails to start because it attempts to detect a running instance of the game with higher privileges
• Fixed: Parameter decoding is skipped for Steam parameters
• Hotfixed: Steam UGC status workflow has changed for legacy items; updating state automaton to compensate
• Hotfixed: Made a label on the Options page localizable with current translations
• Fixed: Changed color of of label 'Auto-included' from general orange to the correct green color
• Fixed: The 'Updated' label of a mod now stays on until the Launcher is restarted and is not overridden by any other synchronization
• Fixed: An error message was briefly displayed on the news page before the first news page was loaded
• Fixed: the last active preset were not loaded correctly under specific circumstances

SERVER:

• Updated: Stand-alone Windows Dedicated Server (1.42)
• Updated: Stand-alone Linux Dedicated Server (1.42)
  • Known issue: Steam client modifies the steam_appid.txt file incorrectly. In case of issues, verify its content is: 107410
  • Known issue: Sometimes the add-ons are loaded from the wrong installation (e.g. main game)
  • Try adding -mod=curator;kart;heli;mark;dlcbundle to your arma3server.exe shortcut

Source : http://dev.arma3.com/post/spotrep-00040