Arma Reforger Update 0.9.6.38 Brings the Game to a Better Place

Arma Reforger got another update that seemingly fixes a lot of issues and brings the Arma 4 gateway to a better place. Tons of these are expected to arrive over the coming course until Bohemia Interactive is ready to jump into details about Arma 4. Therefore, we are going to be short as it’s not the first time we have seen a connection improvement, fix of game crashes, and more.

Arma Reforger 0.9.6.38 Changelog

Assets

Added: Prone roll animations (default key Q/E)
Added: Adjusted lower crouch stance, controllable with Ctrl+Mouse Scroll
Added: Weapon inspection animations instead of IKpose
Added: New poses for US Army bandage
Added: Unfolding of M16 M203 sights
Added: Brake/collision reaction animations for characters in vehicles
Added: Animated internal parts to the BTR turret
Changed: New animations for flat top ladder
Changed: Boonie model was remade from scratch
Tweaked: Character locomotion animations
Tweaked: Grenade usage animations
Tweaked: Hands and arms poses for various weapons
Tweaked: Jump animations
Tweaked: Reload animations for sniper rifles
Tweaked: Death animations
Tweaked: Polished swimming animations
Fixed: Various fixes and improvements to buildings
Fixed: Various typos in road signs and other text assets
Fixed: Wrong width on some ladders
Fixed: M16 fire selector not being animated
Fixed: Ladder setup in Fire Station

Game Master

Added: Quick placing bar
Added: Added new ping that is only visible and usable by Game Masters
Added: In Game Master, the description of system entities (i.e. Zone Restriction) is now shown in the tooltip
Added: Logic was added to prevent certain Game Master context actions (such as ping and lightning strike) from being spammed
Added: Armavision now allows players to add different types of lens flare
Added: Game Master can now interact with objects in the world (i.e. open a door, play the piano, or flush a toilet)
Added: Game Master can now instantly fill vehicles with crew and passengers by means of context action or when placing them over a vehicle
Changed: Take control AI moved from key C to U to avoid overlapping input
Changed: Game Master slot type and slot size filters are combined. Instead of selecting Slot type Flat/Road then Slot size Large/Medium/Small they are now combined into Small Flat, Large Road, etc.
Changed: Editor UI has been shuffled to allow for the introduction of a quick placing bar
Changed: When transforming an entity in Game Master (i.e. moving it around with its ghost preview visible), context menu actions are no longer available
Tweaked: Sounds when editing layers
Fixed: Wind direction is now correctly displayed in Game Master
Fixed: In Game Master, hovering over an entity that was not selected and pressing “Delete” key did nothing. Now it deletes the entity, taking precedence over selected entities. The same for neutralizing entities by pressing “End” key
Fixed: Transitioning from Game Master to Armavision or back could break camera controls

Conflict

Added: FIA Supply Depots – these can be raided to obtain additional supplies and distribute them to your bases
Added: Randomized starting location
Added: Respawning on Conflict bases now requires supplies
Added: Barracks composition to spawn defenders (in exchange for supplies)
Added: Heavy Vehicle Depots
Added: Antenna installation – extends radio signal range of parent base
Added: Base icons now flash for the whole duration of them being captured
Added: Base defenders can now alert others about attacks on their base
Added: FIA will now try to retake their supply depots
Changed: Conflict winning condition – you are required to seize a certain amount of points and hold them for a given time
Changed: Supplies generation frequency in main bases
Changed: Requesting vehicles now require supplies
Changed: Spawn protection time
Changed: Supply depots are no longer automatically pre-built
Fixed: You can no longer capture Coastal bases without radio signal.
Fixed: Possibility to spawn on a base recently captured by the enemy
Fixed: Modded factions visualization on map
Removed: Radio capture in Conflict bases – bases are now seized by maintaining a superior presence in the area
Removed: Overrun base mechanics

Player Management & Server Administration

Added: You can now cancel your vote for a player after casting it
Added: Players who are targets of a vote, e.g., to kick or receive Game Master rights, are now highlighted in player list.
Added: “-autoreload 10” CLI param, where number specifies after how many seconds a scenario should restart after finishing
Added: Reload and missions server commands
Added: Command to list all players
Added: Player kicks now support timeout, which serves as a ban
Added: Bans commands (Ban / Unban)
Added: Command to display local player ID
Changed: In-game kicking is now based on player ID

UI

Added: Protractor to map tools
Added: HUD adaptive opacity depending on scene brightness
Added: Author blocking and unblocking in the Workshop
Added: Adaptive Opacity enabled for a few more GUI elements
Added: Control hints for gadget selection on a controller
Tweaked: Dragging tools in the 2D map
Tweaked: Weapons and muzzles UI information

Topographic Map

Added: Bridges visualization
Added: Walls visualization
Added: Castles visualization
Changed: Road rendering process split to have smoother transitions
Changed: Export Data plugin feedback updated to new format
Tweaked: Building default parameters
Fixed: Contours array management when levels are hidden

Network

Added: An improved method for calculating the lag compensation rewind time, improving the accuracy of hit registration
Added: Ragdoll state replication
Changed: Static destructibles are now using new system, optimized for network traffic
Changed: Music Manager had its streaming disabled, previously it was dependent on TFL_NO_LINK flag functionality, which is no longer supported
Changed: Inconsistent behavior of streamable flag in a hierarchy, this information could be lost with hierarchy moves
Changed: Inconsistent streaming when changing hierarchy from non-root old or new parent
Changed: Turned off network sync of ArmIK, AimIKXYZ, and AimTransXYZ
Changed: Disabled streaming for Groups
Tweaked: Traversing replicated nodes
Tweaked: Network streaming
Fixed: Behavior of EnableStreaming(Node)
Fixed: Streaming calls potentially still left in their ques after a node has changed hierarchy
Fixed: Server could get stuck on startup with some downloaded mods
Fixed: Calling TrySpawnPrefabToStorage on the server would cause desync on clients

Game

Added: Character roll mechanics
Added: Ragdoll effectors, using energy inputs (#T166662)
Added: Sight switching. Uses default ALT-RMB to switch between different sights. Currently available on SVD/PSO-1
Added: Weapon action, which enables/disables bipods
Added: Blending of hands poses when switching muzzles or using gestures like pointing
Added: Sway and recoil on weapons with deployed bipod in prone will be significantly lower
Added: Detach scope from weapon action and Attach scope from inventory action.
Added: US_AR and USSR_AR loadout configs, added US_AR and USSR_AR loadouts to USxUSSR loadout manager
Added: New destructibles system
Added: Elevate turret weapon for reloading
Added: Ability to toggle grenade launcher or cycle grenade type by reselecting the assigned quick slot
Added: Unbind action to keybinding settings
Added: Support of currently held gadgets for weapon inspection
Added: Possibility to specify additional per item offset when holstered as well as override holstered visibility state
Changed: Killfeed system was refactored and integrated into all playable content and notifications
Changed: Exhaust effect underwater
Changed: ADS, sprinting, and other character controls logic of interruptions
Changed: Configuration of inventory parameters of items, oversized items now should not fit into smaller containers anymore
Changed: Cameras are consistent with head angles
Changed: Character ragdoll handling refactor and ragdoll configuration tweaks
Changed: Replaced procedural animations for weapon inspection
Changed: Inspection will be disabled on stance change
Changed: Character magazine reload is restricted when a gadget is held in the left hand.
Changed: Updated radio menu controls, added logic for switching between squad channels
Changed: Right Thumbstick (Single Click) toggles freelook, Right Thumbstick (Hold Trigger) focuses instead of freelook while not driving
Changed: Stance adjustment and leaning moved from RB + Right Thumb to RB + Left Thumbstick
Changed: Sight illumination gamepad rebound to RB + Y to deconflict gadget selection while aiming
Changed: Dropping items via RMB when arsenal is open drops it on the ground
Tweaked: Zeroing on M60, PKM, M249, RPK74
Tweaked: Vehicles suspension and axles configuration
Tweaked: Weapon sway
Tweaked: Steering curves for wheeled vehicles
Tweaked: Lateral friction on wheeled vehicles, M998 gearbox controller
Tweaked: Increased explosive damage multiplier for vehicle wheels, hulls, and engines
Tweaked: Various tweaks and fixes related to tires and friction, roughness, added dirt road material
Tweaked: Truck and APC steering speeds including recentering
Tweaked: Weather simulation, moon position, time of day
Fixed: Added test for surface evaluation to fix the cases when the character can fall into tight holes
Fixed: Getting out of a vehicle could clip the character into vehicle geometry
Fixed: Backpack radio not visible on back if spawned as initial loadout
Fixed: Camera movement when jumping, falling, climbing walls, ladders, and entering/exiting vehicles should now be smoother.
Fixed: Frozen fire animation when a weapon was dropped during firing
Fixed: One-handed aim modifier will now work properly while playing pickup item gesture
Fixed: Weapon inspection transitions should suppress firing
Fixed: Character doesn’t get detached from a vehicle being destroyed while getting in/out animation is played
Fixed: Joystick and TrackIR input breaking inventory interface
Fixed: Turret base movement sounds
Fixed: Character collision test now performs against kinematics as well to prevent characters from passing through another character even when interaction is enabled
Fixed: Backpacks and weapons not properly hidden when equipped during switching seats
Fixed: If you set your car on fire and die in it, you should not get punished for friendly fire
Fixed: Tutorial – Requesting supply truck stage would get delayed due to slow supplies income
Fixed: Wrong melee instigator resulting in melee kills counting as suicides
Fixed: Sometimes players had to press deploy multiple times to respawn
Fixed: Respawning with saved loadout could disable the primary weapon (#T166317)
Removed: Timeout for fatigue-based semi-lowering of weapons

AI

Added: AI usage of melee
Added: AI reaction to melee attack
Added: AI can now throw grenades
Added: New AI weapon and target selection system
Added: AIs now react to vehicle horn
Added: Special Attack behavior tree for machineguns
Added: Special Attack behavior tree for sniper rifles
Added: Find Fire Position behavior, used by snipers when they lose sight of target
Added: Doors that are opening should cause AI to move away from them
Added: Weapon ballistic tables, used by AI to better predict aiming point
Changed: Split navmesh into smaller files
Changed: Create navmesh on sea level instead of seabed
Changed: AI aiming moved to character controller
Tweaked: Assigning waypoints to many groups
Tweaked: Behavior of an AI healing another AI is more reliable now
Fixed: Soldiers not tracking targets while friendly is in aim
Fixed: AIs were seeing enemy vehicle occupants through enemy vehicle view geometry
Fixed: AIs were not able to switch weapons in a turret
Fixed: Leaking memory in Behavior Tree
Fixed: Suppressive fire wrong parameters, aiming point sizes adjusted, aim error calculation distance correction

Audio

Added: Depth and direction perception of both shots and explosions improved. Greater emphasis on different environment types
Added: Bullet crack sounds for HMGs
Added: Caliber-specific bullet flyby sounds as well as UGL flyby sounds
Added: Collision sounds for RDG2 smoke grenade.
Added: Upper-body movement in water will now cause slightly audible splashes
Added: Any character movement inside bushes will now have audible bush rustling
Added: Vehicle sinking and leaking sounds
Added: Drop sounds for Pistols, Rifles, LMGs, Launchers, Clothes, Vests, Backpacks, Shoes, and Rifle Magazines
Added: Sounds for scope illumination and zooming
Added: Bipod fold/unfold sounds
Added: Thunder sounds
Changed: Music Manager refactored
Changed: Horn sounds logic
Changed: Scale and behavior of the “Dynamic Range” audio setting, now ranging from 0-200%. 0% = compressed mix; 200% = very high dynamic range. In order to hear the new default mix, set it to 100% (as it now ranges from 0-200%) manually, as the new default value might not be set at first on start of the game
Tweaked: Trunk open/close sounds
Tweaked: Ambient rain sounds are more intense now
Tweaked: HDR and NightMode mix settings
Fixed: Issue with respawn menu music continuously playing after respawning

Audio Editor

Added: Scattering delay network reverb DSP
Added: Priority signal input on sound node
Fixed: Volume inheritance from config works properly for filter and sound nodes now

Workbench & Modding

Added: Generic “-load” CLI param for all WB editors
Added: Option to remove your addon from the Workshop
Added: Audio & ProcAnimEditor – Group shortcut and menu entry for both editors
Added: World editor – An option to show/hide layers without shown entities
Added: New parameter for terrain objects material – UseOnTerrainHeightmapShadows – this enables usage of heightmap shadows computed on terrain level for terrain objects
Added: Links to documentation embedded directly in Workbench UI
Added: It is now possible to invoke EventHandlerManagerComponent events from script.
Added: Created ballistic table configs for all projectiles, generated ballistic table data, and assigned configs to their projectiles
Added: Grouping nodes in Behavior Tree Editor
Added: World editor – Possibility to reposition entity using drag and drop from Hierarchy window to scene window
Added: Added a way to set max decimal length when saving float in JSON format
Added: Added a way to write/read the top-level object of JSON when writing an object as the first item
Changed: Weather cycles: Added new lightning default configuration to cycles
Changed: MultilineEditBoxWidget refactored
Changed: Unified FactionAffiliationComponent and VehicleFactionAffiliationComponent
Changed: Generating of Navmesh should now be more deterministic
Changed: Improved copy/paste functionality in Behavior Tree Editor
Changed: ScriptAPI: user authorization for methods that might be harmful
Changed: Current ArmaReforgerWorkbench.exe will be replaced by new ArmaReforgerWorkbenchSteam.exe and in order to launch will require running the Steam app which owns the Arma Reforger Tools app
Tweaked: Peer tool properties, added admin password
Fixed: Saving animation workspaces that contain vanilla data
Fixed: Workbench freeze fix on a combination of prefab preview, world loading, and script debugger breakpoint
Fixed: PointInfo could not be used as an attribute in script
Fixed: Refactored PointInfo to fix adding of new WheelPositions in VehicleWheeledSimulation
Fixed: BaseMovementComponent::Launch now activates the triggers the launched projectile has
Fixed: Very slow height-map modifications on huge terrains (with possible out-of-memory crashes)
Fixed: First editor content browser tab not loading correctly on restart

Script API

Added: Entity.RemoveChild keepTransform param added
Added: Getter of aimpoints in PerceivableComponent
Added: Getters for FocusFOV in PlayerCamera
Added: Exposed ComputeEffectiveDamage to script. Now incoming damage can be modified before it’s applied.
Added: Set.IsIndexValid method
Added: Array.IsIndexValid method
Added: Particles.MultParam()
Added: String.ContainsAt, String.IsDigitAt() and String.IsSpaceAt() methods
Added: SCR_ParticleEmitter – Create*** methods (to replace Play*** methods of SCR_ParticleAPI)
Added: World editor – API function ClearVariableValue
Added: BaseContainer.GetDefaultAsString
Added: BaseTarget.GetPerceivableComponent
Added: Functions exposing Ballistic tables to script
Added: Method indicating whether a car has an automatic gearbox
Added: GUI based on SCR_InfoDisplayExtended.c doesn’t need to handle entity switching by itself, there is now a new interface method DisplayControlledEntityChanged
Added: Added a new function to set the ammo count of a magazine, SetAmmoCount
Added: TurretController::DoReloadWeaponWith
Added: BaseLightSlot::GetLightEntity
Changed: SCR_ParticleAPI is now completely obsolete
Changed: Particle effect stages functionality moved from SCR_ParticleAPI to SCR_MotorExhaustEffectGeneralComponent and optimized
Changed: Script – String.ToFloat() and String.ToInt() now have 3 optinal parameters
Changed: Script – String.Get() now throws an exception for invalid index
Fixed: OnCompartmentEntered should not get called multiple times for turret
Fixed: CallLater did not support overloaded functions.
Fixed: Factually incorrect GarbageManager::GetGarbageLifetime comment, added GarbageManager::GetGarbageRemainingLifetime (Thanks Arkensor for the report – #T167252)

Mod Manager

Added: Mod manager action for updating mod and downloading mod dependencies
Added: Mods presets
Added: Mod manager export tools
Tweaked: Mod manager auto disables mod that needs dependency if the mod dependency is disabled

Known Issues

The US Army truck has a problem turning to the left, and the wheels aren’t turning visually.
- The only thing to do is to drive carefully and slowly.
Session progress isn’t loaded after a server crash or restart.
Downloading of addons fails if the player downloads mods in the background while doing other actions.
- Workaround is to patiently wait in the downloading screen after initiating mod download until it finishes.
- If your addons get corrupted, and you’re getting “Failed to start with the following mods” even after a restart of the game, delete your addons from your device.
Players with NVIDIA GTX 10 series video cards are crashing more often than other players.
- We need to gather more information about the issue.
Spawning on Radio Operators is unreliable.
- We need to gather more information about the issue.
Game Master:
- GM using Containment Zone can result in a death warning persistently stuck on the screen of all players.
  - Reconnecting to the server is the only way to solve it.
- Entities from addons can be incorrectly shown in the GM Entity browser.
- The equipped weapon gets stuck when choosing the saved loadout in the deploy screen.
  - Switch to a secondary weapon or select a grenade and jump.