Wasteland is a game mode of ArmA 3. You can select one of the three teams/factions – Blue (Blufor) / Red (Opfor) / Green (Independent). It is a team-based domination sandbox where the objective is to take over territories and defend them against other players, teams, groups and AI. You are also able to Build bases, complete AI Missions, kill players and play in a group or alone against all.
Players who complain about being killed to often should choose a different game.
Soon as you join one of our Arma 3 Wasteland servers, please choose one of the player slots in the lobby.
Player slots:
Combat Life Saver - spawn with medkit and are able to heal and revive players.
Engineer - ability to repair any vehicle with a toolkit.
Sniper - spawn with ghillie suit and suppressor on any chosen weapon from the custom loadout.
Combat Diver - spawn with diving equipment.
Grenadier - spawn with grenade launcher attachment weapons (Slot isnt available on all servers)
Spawning/Respawn:
When you spawn in for the first time (or after being killed), you can choose to spawn either on the ground, per halo parachute jump, at team beacons or in blue shaded areas shown on the map either at random or at team mates.
Every player is equiped with a invisible *magic* parachute, which is available at any time. (You can also use it to jump of high buildings/rocks)
While selecting Town or Beacons spawns you are able to see how many AI, enemy or friendly players are near the beacon or inside the town/blue shaded area marker.
Remember: If you die, you have to wait 5 minutes to respawn at the same position again.
Placing a Beacon: (Group/Teamspawn)
To be able to spawn at a beacon, you need to buy a "Spawn Beacon" in a General Store, and use it per player menu. General stores are marked on the map with a blue GS.
Players are able to steal beacons or use a mine detector to find them. There is also a limit of 3 beacons being placed per player.
Beacons are not allowed to be placed on Trees or inside rocks.
Beacons can be placed by any faction (Blufor, Opfor, Independent) and be used by the faction or any group.
Custom Loadout:
Back in the Respawn Menu, is a Custom Loadout on the top right side.
The Custom Loadout is a limited custom loadout menu which enables you to select your starting Primary & Secondary Weapon, Scope and Uniform (+7 level).
The higher your ingame bank cash gets the better weapons you are able to choose from. The last weapon to be activated is the Cyrus (Marksmen weapon)
The Loadout will be expanded within updates.
Gear Loadout:
To unlock higher gear/dynamic loadout levels, you need to farm cash and deposit it into your in-game bank via ATMs. ATMs are marked on the map and Bank money is shared across all servers.
In the map view > "M-Key" under "Gear Loadout" there is more information about the bank count that needs to be reached, and which weapons and equipment may get enabled.
Choosing a Team:
If you play in the team Blufor (Blue), Opfor (Red) or in the Independent group (Green) you will be able to see colored tags above their head. To activate their names, you have to press the Windows key.
Do not shoot at your team mates.
If you play Independent you got the option to play alone, if you prefer killing everyone.
Teamkilling:
If you get team killed, punish the player. If its a massive team kill and the player reconnects to bypass the system open a ticket in discord.
Playing in a Group and its Advantages:
It is possible to play in group as Blufor, Opfor and Independent. To create or accept a group invite, open the Player menu with `-Key, Z-Key Y-Key or per menu scroll. Then press onto Group Management. If you leave the server while being the group leader, then a random group member gets the leader position to be able to invite players.
To be able to speak in the groups channel, use either .-Key or ,-Key and CAPS LOCK-Key to speak. To write use the /-Key.
Group size for independent faction is limited to 12 on Stratis and 15 on the other servers. (Opfor and Blufor have no group limit)
Advantages:
- Using Tactical Ping with Shift+T
- Opening teammates backpacks
- Group Voice Support
- Group Chat
- Group markers
Team Balance:
Our servers use a auto balancing function, which try's to balence the teams. Only VIP's can bypass the Balancing system.
Map Markers:
Yellow ATM markers:
These yellow ATM markers are places where you are able to deposit or withdraw bank money. Money which you carry can be lost after dieing. Bank money only disappears when you spend or waste it.
GUN STORE:
This is the place to buy Weapons, Ammo, Scopes, Suppressors, Grenades and Static Weapons such as Mortars. (Static Weapons usually spawn near a Gunstore)
If you enter the Gunstore area on Stratis it shows if there are Allies or Enemies in the marker zone.
GS:
The GS is the General Store, where you are able to buy Uniforms, Vests, Backpacks, Goggles, Headgear, and Supplies.
VS:
The VS is the Vehicle Store, where you are able to buy Land Vehicles, Planes, Boats and Helicopters. (Some stores are limited)
You are also able to sell vehicles, weapons and other equipment at stores.
The Box infront of the Stores is for selling anything that you put inside of it.
Service:
The Service markers show the position of a Supply Truck to repair and rearm your vehicle.
Purple and Yellow Dot
The Purple Dot is the Garage for Vehicles (limited vehicles) and the Yellow Dot the Player Storage.
Missions/AI:
Randomly the server starts Main, Side, Money and Extra Missions where you and your team mates or enemy has to complete the missions. For every successfully completed mission, players will be rewarded either with ingame cash or gear boxes. The AI Skill is random, and some times may spawn at buggy positions.
On some servers we also use a Roaming AI System, which makes AI spawn near you random. This AI may either spawn as Blufor, Opfor or Independent and may be friendly. (Unlike Mission AI, they always spawn as Civilian)
Often answered Questions:
- If you get kicked alot, this may be the fault of the buildin reserved slot script. Soon as the server is full, you may get kicked for using a VIP Slot. Every server has 5 reserved slots and can be only used by VIPs and Admins.
- With Gear Loadout 6 you are able to spawn with a Satchel charge, and are able to use the BACKSPACE key to use the Suicide Vest after being injured.
- If you get killed, you got a short time to save your dropped weapons and gear. (Due to Corpse cleanup script)
- To scroll back through the chat feeds use the /-Key and press PGUP or PGDN-Keys
- To scroll through the Scoreboard (P-Key) use your mouse wheel.
- On some of our servers we use garage filters which enable you only to unpark AA Jets/UAVs. (On servers such as Stratis you may use CAS Jets/UAV's
Buggy UAV Trick:
1. Tow the UAV with a vehicle (large helicopter or strider) to your garage, but don't untow it. Go directly to interact with your garage terminal and park the uav. You still might have to do the following to acquire and use it.
2. It the option to acquire doesn't exist, look directly at the UAV and press the T-Key (Target). The acquire option should now appear.
Sometimes when you retrieve a UAV from a garage you have to repeat option 2.
Commands:
To open up the Player menu either scroll your mouse or use:
` / ^ / Y or Z / Use Action 8 = Player menu
WINDOWS / HOME / Use Action 13 = Show / Hide player names above team mate icons
BACKSPACE - Activate Suicide Vest
Right SHIFT / Use Action 15 - Climb over high and small walls (no mod required)
END / Use Action 14 - Earplugs
CTRL+R - Magazine repack
CTRL+G - Swaps between grenades
F - Swaps firing mode or vehicle ammo
C - To use Flares inside vehicle
SHIFT+T - Tactical Ping (only works in group)
SPACE - Jump over small walls
V - Deploy magic parachute
H / Use Action 10 - Holster / Un-Holster weapon
P - Show scoreboard
{ - Activate small GPS Radar
" - Sit down
DEL / Use Action 11 - Emergency Jump (while in Air Vehicle)
Use Action 12 - Autorun
Commands which are marked in the Color ### will be added within v1.5.2.
Better FPS:
- Buy better Hardware: High GHz count on CPU, better Graphics card, SSD drive (M.2 works nice)
- Visit the ❓│faq-Channel in our Discord and try out step 2 and 3
- Play around with the built-in Wasteland View Distance
- Open up the ArmA Launcher, navigate to "All Paramaters" and Tick "No Logs"
How do I connect to a Creator DLC Server?
To join our Creator DLC servers, you have to purchase the Creator DLC on Steam for Arma 3
It also has to be ticked in the DLC menu in the Arma 3 Launcher to be able to connect.
VPN/Same Network:
Some of our servers dont support VPN.
If you still play on the same network as your brother (or else) do this:
Open up Steam, right click Arma 3 and press onto Settings
At the bottom is a Start parameter launch line add this:
-port=2350(Every User on the same Network should connect with a different Port)
Please don't use a port below 2350.