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Yh there was an ARMA 3 gameplay video making the rounds on twitter this morning that hoodwinked a lot of people. https://twitter.com/schoolboyefr/status/149682

by iKlsR 5y ago

Yh there was an ARMA 3 gameplay video making the rounds on twitter this morning that hoodwinked a lot of people. https://twitter.com/schoolboyefr/status/1496827604422348807 https://twitter.com/schoolboyefr/status/1496827604422348807

sterlind 5y ago
Jesus those graphics are realistic. the long horizon, the way explosions light up scenery like it's saturating the sensor of a low-budget camera.. I really couldn't tell this is fake.
- Sebb767 5y ago
  Same here. The house in the beginning looks a bit strange, but nothing that couldn't be caused by a potato camera. I'd fallen for this, too (though the plane does not look like a Russian one).
  - AS37 5y ago
    > though the plane does not look like a Russian one A-10 "Warthog", only flown by the USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunde...
mhitza 5y ago
Something looks sketchy in the video but couldn't point to it exactly. Maybe the light effects when explosions happen, maybe the unnatural velocity of projectiles that enter from the left side of the screen. But out of context, it could have fooled me too.
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- Grimburger 5y ago
  > unnatural velocity of projectiles Unless it's been modded you'll find the Arma games have an absurd level of accuracy in their physics, they have the correct speed of bullets down to decimal points and other real world interactions like gravity and air resistance. The entire engine is built around simulating the real world as far as technically feasible and the other half of the game studio uses it to sell war simulations to militaries around the world.
  - avereveard 5y ago
    Arma 3 is the worst one for realism. They pushed for futureish, with personal body armour and whatnot, then noticed time to kill was too long, so they upped weapon lethality (tweaking bullet speed along other things) but then cover was useless so they upped resistance to all map materials Arma 3 is a mess, even before taking apart their idea of future war (combat mission black sea did way better there) At least mods fix most of the unit issues, albeit the game as it is just don't work as a milsim because any consideration between doctrine and taor and toe gets thrown out on the name of cool
    - Grimburger 5y ago
      Would agree with the injury stuff but then again am no field doctor. Simulating injuries is a tricky business. They basically expect modders to add more realism wrt to casualties/comms as they do every release. Hell they even pay modders to make stuff for them. I was more talking about the physics, I doubt there's any other game on the planet that takes it's so far wrt emulating the real world.
- the_af 5y ago
  > Maybe the light effects I think what gives it away is that it's too crisp. Look at other combat footage, even from today's events. It's grainy (especially night footage), blurry, seldom very clear and definitely not as crisp. Even the sound is worse in real footage and often arrives at the "wrong" moment, not matching exactly what you're seeing. This one is too perfect to be true.
- initplus 5y ago
  Nobody in such a combat situation has ever held their camera as steady as that footage.
  - jessaustin 5y ago
    Uneven footage can be steadied automatically now, either realtime or afterward.
chasd00 5y ago
well, for one, i dont think the russian airforce fly A10 Thunderbolts. Secondly, i dont think Ukraine has any Phalanx CWIS systems. surely, anyone who was hoodwinked wasn't for very long.
- iKlsR 5y ago
  I'm assuming you're being sarcastic, if not you're VERY generous with your assumption that the average twitter user can recognize the silhouette of an aircraft and identify weapon systems by sound.
YATA0 5y ago
"This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules." Ironic.

by iKlsR 5y ago

sterlind 5y ago

Jesus those graphics are realistic. the long horizon, the way explosions light up scenery like it's saturating the sensor of a low-budget camera.. I really couldn't tell this is fake.

Sebb767 5y ago
Same here. The house in the beginning looks a bit strange, but nothing that couldn't be caused by a potato camera. I'd fallen for this, too (though the plane does not look like a Russian one).
- AS37 5y ago
  > though the plane does not look like a Russian one A-10 "Warthog", only flown by the USA. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunde...

mhitza 5y ago

Something looks sketchy in the video but couldn't point to it exactly. Maybe the light effects when explosions happen, maybe the unnatural velocity of projectiles that enter from the left side of the screen. But out of context, it could have fooled me too.

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Grimburger 5y ago
> unnatural velocity of projectiles Unless it's been modded you'll find the Arma games have an absurd level of accuracy in their physics, they have the correct speed of bullets down to decimal points and other real world interactions like gravity and air resistance. The entire engine is built around simulating the real world as far as technically feasible and the other half of the game studio uses it to sell war simulations to militaries around the world.
- avereveard 5y ago
  Arma 3 is the worst one for realism. They pushed for futureish, with personal body armour and whatnot, then noticed time to kill was too long, so they upped weapon lethality (tweaking bullet speed along other things) but then cover was useless so they upped resistance to all map materials Arma 3 is a mess, even before taking apart their idea of future war (combat mission black sea did way better there) At least mods fix most of the unit issues, albeit the game as it is just don't work as a milsim because any consideration between doctrine and taor and toe gets thrown out on the name of cool
  - Grimburger 5y ago
    Would agree with the injury stuff but then again am no field doctor. Simulating injuries is a tricky business. They basically expect modders to add more realism wrt to casualties/comms as they do every release. Hell they even pay modders to make stuff for them. I was more talking about the physics, I doubt there's any other game on the planet that takes it's so far wrt emulating the real world.
the_af 5y ago
> Maybe the light effects I think what gives it away is that it's too crisp. Look at other combat footage, even from today's events. It's grainy (especially night footage), blurry, seldom very clear and definitely not as crisp. Even the sound is worse in real footage and often arrives at the "wrong" moment, not matching exactly what you're seeing. This one is too perfect to be true.
initplus 5y ago
Nobody in such a combat situation has ever held their camera as steady as that footage.
- jessaustin 5y ago
  Uneven footage can be steadied automatically now, either realtime or afterward.

chasd00 5y ago

well, for one, i dont think the russian airforce fly A10 Thunderbolts. Secondly, i dont think Ukraine has any Phalanx CWIS systems. surely, anyone who was hoodwinked wasn't for very long.

iKlsR 5y ago
I'm assuming you're being sarcastic, if not you're VERY generous with your assumption that the average twitter user can recognize the silhouette of an aircraft and identify weapon systems by sound.

YATA0 5y ago

"This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules." Ironic.