When I first started watching these videos I was a fledgling starting out in pub Zeus trying to become a decent pilot. 3 years and a unit later and you wouldn’t believe how much it buoys me up to see how much of this I had explored/discovered myself before this latest spate of videos. Happened to have been reading about the OODA loops recently as well so my smuggery at being ahead of the curve knows no bounds. I spend more time testing prospective pilots than flying myself now, and just saying ‘go watch art of flight, he explains it better than me with snazzier visuals’ is a common occurrence - one which I can use even more now you’ve covered this more advanced stuff I’ve been struggling to convey to the wide-eyes FNGs. Hail to the King of Milsim Pilots, long may he reign.
This just takes it to another level, Dslyecxi. I can think of no other guide with stunning visuals as yours, while keeping it simple and understandable at the same time. Thank you!
I cannot believe it was 2012 when I learned to fly a helicopter from your videos. Brought me a lot of joy, almost 2,000 hours of flying in ARMA later. Thanks for everything you've done for the community.
These guides are insanely cool to see as a longtime ground pounder who's helped teach/train a good handful of ArmA JTACs. Really drives home how critical it is to give a good 9line to your pilots
Phenomenal video. This level of quality gone into videos are quite rare within Arma. The effort you put in has not gone unnoticed and is extremely appreciated. Thank you!
Looks awesome. As a JFO I appreciate this immensley. Question; when you’re in the AH-6, what’s the mod / feature that allows you to see your sniper pod operators POV? ie Map, laser marker, pod view? Been following for a long time, it’s awesome!
That's just editing Crane's video into mine unfortunately, the only built-in functionality similar to that is the render-to-texture sensor panel that's part of the vehicle itself, but that has some issues.
Dslyecxi I think he partly means the 3D marker that follows the cameraPointer and the map markers that show the cone of view, I think I’ve seen you talk about it in other videos? I’m assuming it’s a ShackTac custom thing. Any plans to ever release it publicly?
Another wonderfully put together guide! Informative, detailed, and yet concise. Also a rare spotting of Dslyecxi in an AH-1! Shame we don't see much of that.
Don't forget the impact of guided munitions. With TV guided munitions like DAGRs in the base game, I was able to get a hit within 10m of a friendly from over 2km out without damaging them (also using masking)
The blast masking visualization was very neat. This was all for the M151 Hydra, right? Does the radius increase significantly for the M229 (17lbs vs 10lbs)?
Another amazing instruction video! It shows you put a lot of work in these. Not considering yourself; who do you think is or are the better pilots in Shack Tac or are getting close to be? As a viewer it's hard to conclude, being dependent on what is shared. Maybe a top ten in random order? I'm also still curious how your real live experience of flying ended. I know it's been a while, but I never gave up hope on seeing the rest of it.
Flying in this series is something unique given the tight integration of actual human infantry supported by actual human aircraft. There's a lot to learn, and it's a continuing process - there's always something to refine somewhere in what you do, or how you operate with others on your team. That up-front investment in watching this kind of footage is going to pay off, but it's nowhere near the end of it. Best of luck in your journey.
I wonder how many Air Cav or actual soldiers watch these vids. I wasn't in the airforce or cav myself, but I find these videos extremely interesting. Thank you!
Hey! I know in late but thanks for the vid. Im going to start with arma 3 soon and I wonder what map is being used in the “intro” section of the vid? Thanks
I'd love to see a mod list for what you're running. I used to play a lot of Arma2 and never really gelled with Arma3 simply due to the slightly futuristic setting. Sadly I'm now at the stage where my gaming group has dissolved so I suspect it would be difficult to find a gaming group which ran regular coop missions using your set up in my TZ. An absolutely excellent video and very informative.
Pardon me: I'm noticing that your Observer has a compass displayed on their sight picture and I was wondering how that was accomplished? Is that a mod? Is it a piece of gear? I tried it on all the Aircraft shown, so I know it's not a default feature. I tried it with STUI even though it wasn't listed, and it wasn't listed for a reason, I tried the IHAADs helmet, and that wasn't it. Also, is that related to your targeting boxes in the little bird? The diamond and circle pips that wouldn't ordinarily be there on a little bird?
Incredible video, simply Incredible, Dslyecxi. I absolutely love this series, but only now it has come to mind that I see you are using an Improved UI mod for cooperating with your CPG.(such as seeing where your CPG is aiming, as well as the Map View cone, I'd sell my liver for that, so we can finally stop using tactical ping). I presume it is private, but I would absolutely appreciate it, not that may matter much. Either way. Amazing video!
It's difficult to release something like that for a few reasons, namely (a) I don't like maintaining public mods (b) Mods I write within ST are hooked into our framework and it's time-consuming to make them standalone (c) Mods we write within ST are based on our modset and don't necessarily work correctly when applied to an arbitrary modset, and we don't want to spread ourselves thin trying to support such
@@dslyecxi Amazing! I was not expecting a reply, so thank you. And thank you even more for explaining. I see now, and this is enough justification not to release it. Saying "just release the entire framework lmao" would be disrespectful, but i think more of a "ima throw this there and let the community fix it and maintain" works better. Of course I know the feeling of keeping mods private since after all they are for friends. My old a2 group used to do that so i understand the perspective. Either way. Thank you for explaining Dslyecxi. Stay safe and keep on rolling!
What is your sensitivity on the mouse? my mouse for "smooth" maneuvers is almost the same as pressing a keybind, but with a bit more control, I mean 400 dpi seems low but your littlebird seems to be alot less sensitive
As a fixed wing guy, this makes fixed wing airstrike WAYYY easier. All I need to care is on course and on target, and I am starting my run far enough so I can adjust my flight path before firing.
I've been flying in the series since Operation Flashpoint, so 2001 to now. A good start would be watching through the different Art of Flight episodes and then the rest of it really comes down to lots and lots and lots and lots of practice.
BlutigesPapier really all I can recommend is to play the game and practice however I recommend that you don’t practice so much that the game becomes boring. Once you get to about 1000 hours in the game you will have a decent muscle memory of how all the flight models handle and how to properly apply maneuvers and tactics.
I'm tempted to make a short video to explain this, but in my opinion, _don't "practice"_ Have fun! You can learn anything in Arma - from the controls, to flying helicopters, by just playing the game.
i've encountered three types of pilot playing arma: the insta crash/i pull back and go straight up to stop type. the trained/semi trained clan pilot that does a decent job. the freaks that can go from full speed @ 150m to full stop landed in under 5 seconds while putting a rocket up a bmps tail pipe half a click down the road.
Dslyecxi, how as a TrackIR user, do you ensure that the grease spot in the LittleBird is actually where your bullets/rockets will hit? I guess that I move my head too much when flying and I usually have to reposition my head because bullets are either going slightly left or right (especially after a turn).
That'd be a matter of having a dead zone that you can easily recenter yourself into (physically). For ST, we use collimated sights in the Littlebird, so there's no parallax to worry about.
Are you guys using a publicly-available mod which adds that marker to your HUD that shows where the copilot is aiming, or is that something made exclusively for ShackTac?
@@dslyecxi I mean, the graphics that stay floating on screen as the camera moves. The dotted circumferences and the infantry sillhouettes in the red areas. Sorry for my poor english =( !
Meanwhile I continue practicing how to helicopter. Arma 3 is on a major sale, so I bought the rest of the DLC packs. Flying low is one thing, landing smooth is a whole another matter.
All artillery is 600m (naval guns and Tomahawk are a lil diff). Aviation fires varies based on munitions/platform/range, but 200m is a reasonable swag. Most are below that but not by much.
You can apply to ST on dslyecxi's website, however it is a very popular group, with (AFAIK) many applicants. If you don't get in with ST, but still want to try an Arma group, r/FindAUnit is a good place to find arma communities of all kinds (milsim and casual and anything in-between). That's what I did at least.
Fantastic video, (as always) that's concise and properly worded with narration that's matched by none. And people wonder why this is my favorite channel... In other news, anyone interested in explosive weapons effects (IRL), check this out: www.gichd.org/fileadmin/GICHD-resources/rec-documents/Explosive_weapon_effects_web.pdf It's a bit much to read, but there's a shitload of interesting info in it.....not really related to Arma, butt hay...
When Cypher is FAC: "Good effect Reaper, target destroyed."
When Freddy is FAC: "Heh nice."
Brevity and clarity are the highest considerations.
I love the added ingame visuals, it's a great touch to these guides.
Yea these aren't just tutorials, but also beautiful cinematics
subs long ago, not playing Arma 2 or 3 anymore, but so entertained watching your tutorial, good work sir.
When I first started watching these videos I was a fledgling starting out in pub Zeus trying to become a decent pilot. 3 years and a unit later and you wouldn’t believe how much it buoys me up to see how much of this I had explored/discovered myself before this latest spate of videos. Happened to have been reading about the OODA loops recently as well so my smuggery at being ahead of the curve knows no bounds.
I spend more time testing prospective pilots than flying myself now, and just saying ‘go watch art of flight, he explains it better than me with snazzier visuals’ is a common occurrence - one which I can use even more now you’ve covered this more advanced stuff I’ve been struggling to convey to the wide-eyes FNGs.
Hail to the King of Milsim Pilots, long may he reign.
This just takes it to another level, Dslyecxi. I can think of no other guide with stunning visuals as yours, while keeping it simple and understandable at the same time. Thank you!
Great video as always!
Maybe fixed wing CAS next?
Dslyecxi I love how much effort you've put into your visualizations in the engine. I wish I could use the Arma 3 engine like you
I cannot believe it was 2012 when I learned to fly a helicopter from your videos.
Brought me a lot of joy, almost 2,000 hours of flying in ARMA later.
Thanks for everything you've done for the community.
These guides are insanely cool to see as a longtime ground pounder who's helped teach/train a good handful of ArmA JTACs. Really drives home how critical it is to give a good 9line to your pilots
Phenomenal video. This level of quality gone into videos are quite rare within Arma. The effort you put in has not gone unnoticed and is extremely appreciated. Thank you!
Looks awesome. As a JFO I appreciate this immensley. Question; when you’re in the AH-6, what’s the mod / feature that allows you to see your sniper pod operators POV? ie Map, laser marker, pod view? Been following for a long time, it’s awesome!
That's just editing Crane's video into mine unfortunately, the only built-in functionality similar to that is the render-to-texture sensor panel that's part of the vehicle itself, but that has some issues.
Dslyecxi I think he partly means the 3D marker that follows the cameraPointer and the map markers that show the cone of view,
I think I’ve seen you talk about it in other videos? I’m assuming it’s a ShackTac custom thing.
Any plans to ever release it publicly?
Quality content from Dslyecxi! Thank you.
This is a fantastic tutorial. As a bonus, it has some of the greatest shots l've seen in your videos. Thank you!
Dude i miss so much your videos!
Beautiful language and diction. Concise and engaging.
These tutorials help us more than you will ever know.
Just checked my feed in time, love this series so much
I recently got back into ArmA now that I have a non-potato computer, glad to see Dslyecxi's stuff just getting better and better
I'm so glad for the AoF series, thank you!
Great video! Well done. 👍🏼
I'm gonna need to watch this a few times to take it all in. Again, well done!
This was one of my fav videos of AoF!! :D OMG I'm going to practice on the editor all weekend! :D
As always, fantastic. Your really spoiling the community.
Yerrrrs, about to go in the gym and this comes up on me phone. Guna be a good sesh
Showing the classy side of the Arma community. Brilliant work!
Another wonderfully put together guide! Informative, detailed, and yet concise. Also a rare spotting of Dslyecxi in an AH-1! Shame we don't see much of that.
Dslyecxi, I don't play ARMA anymore, but damn if your tutorials aren't still as entertaining as ever!
These guides are incredibly well-made, great stuff!
when watching these i just forget the time there are so well made and look stuning great work keep it up
30:45 - beautiful visualisation!
This is epic, pls keep going
Don't forget the impact of guided munitions. With TV guided munitions like DAGRs in the base game, I was able to get a hit within 10m of a friendly from over 2km out without damaging them (also using masking)
The blast masking visualization was very neat. This was all for the M151 Hydra, right? Does the radius increase significantly for the M229 (17lbs vs 10lbs)?
Nice tactical video!
Dslyecxi you are my Gamer Fuel.
I feel like I just got my primer in a military class... Nice video.
Oh damn, OODA havn't heard that since my SERF alpha class for the navy. Pretty cool seeing it getting used in a arma 3 game.
i never knew i could be this early to so many videos
Another amazing instruction video! It shows you put a lot of work in these.
Not considering yourself; who do you think is or are the better pilots in Shack Tac or are getting close to be? As a viewer it's hard to conclude, being dependent on what is shared.
Maybe a top ten in random order?
I'm also still curious how your real live experience of flying ended. I know it's been a while, but I never gave up hope on seeing the rest of it.
I hope you create a guide for Forward Observation and Artillery. I feel like they're underrated but valuable topics.
I have 8 hours of stuff like this to watch before I complete my pilot training in ny milsim. Goddamnit
You're not going to go far as a pilot if you're unreceptive to learning.
@@dslyecxi im just surprised that have so much to watch, but your videos are actually really useful.
Flying in this series is something unique given the tight integration of actual human infantry supported by actual human aircraft. There's a lot to learn, and it's a continuing process - there's always something to refine somewhere in what you do, or how you operate with others on your team. That up-front investment in watching this kind of footage is going to pay off, but it's nowhere near the end of it. Best of luck in your journey.
@@dslyecxi Thanks, I am going to need all of the luck I can get
Amazingly awesome video! Thanks for making one of the best instructional videos I’ve ever seen :)
Video porduction is on point
I wonder how many Air Cav or actual soldiers watch these vids. I wasn't in the airforce or cav myself, but I find these videos extremely interesting. Thank you!
why is your content quality insanely good
thanks for the vid
Can't wait to use this on the CAS helos when they make it into Squad
Hey! I know in late but thanks for the vid. Im going to start with arma 3 soon and I wonder what map is being used in the “intro” section of the vid? Thanks
I'd love to see a mod list for what you're running. I used to play a lot of Arma2 and never really gelled with Arma3 simply due to the slightly futuristic setting. Sadly I'm now at the stage where my gaming group has dissolved so I suspect it would be difficult to find a gaming group which ran regular coop missions using your set up in my TZ. An absolutely excellent video and very informative.
dslyecxi.com/yt/ has info about our mods
Love your videos helps a lot keep up the good work!!
Pardon me: I'm noticing that your Observer has a compass displayed on their sight picture and I was wondering how that was accomplished? Is that a mod? Is it a piece of gear? I tried it on all the Aircraft shown, so I know it's not a default feature. I tried it with STUI even though it wasn't listed, and it wasn't listed for a reason, I tried the IHAADs helmet, and that wasn't it.
Also, is that related to your targeting boxes in the little bird? The diamond and circle pips that wouldn't ordinarily be there on a little bird?
Those are all things I've modded into ST - they haven't had public releases thus far.
@@dslyecxi Well I'll be waiting with baited breath for it's potential future release. Thanks.
this is great content ! thank you for sharing !
Incredible video, simply Incredible, Dslyecxi. I absolutely love this series, but only now it has come to mind that I see you are using an Improved UI mod for cooperating with your CPG.(such as seeing where your CPG is aiming, as well as the Map View cone, I'd sell my liver for that, so we can finally stop using tactical ping). I presume it is private, but I would absolutely appreciate it, not that may matter much. Either way. Amazing video!
It's difficult to release something like that for a few reasons, namely (a) I don't like maintaining public mods (b) Mods I write within ST are hooked into our framework and it's time-consuming to make them standalone (c) Mods we write within ST are based on our modset and don't necessarily work correctly when applied to an arbitrary modset, and we don't want to spread ourselves thin trying to support such
@@dslyecxi Amazing! I was not expecting a reply, so thank you. And thank you even more for explaining. I see now, and this is enough justification not to release it. Saying "just release the entire framework lmao" would be disrespectful, but i think more of a "ima throw this there and let the community fix it and maintain" works better. Of course I know the feeling of keeping mods private since after all they are for friends. My old a2 group used to do that so i understand the perspective.
Either way. Thank you for explaining Dslyecxi. Stay safe and keep on rolling!
What is your sensitivity on the mouse? my mouse for "smooth" maneuvers is almost the same as pressing a keybind, but with a bit more control, I mean 400 dpi seems low but your littlebird seems to be alot less sensitive
fantsitic work mate, i need to send this to some pilots for sure hahaha
Interesting and fun to watch.
As a fixed wing guy, this makes fixed wing airstrike WAYYY easier. All I need to care is on course and on target, and I am starting my run far enough so I can adjust my flight path before firing.
Which mod is the one that allows you as a pilot see where the copilot is looking in his cam?
Hey what mod makes your helicopter camera have compas on the crosshair?
Hey, Real Question. for how long ur flying in Arma 3, and how do i get on your lvl ? :D
I've been flying in the series since Operation Flashpoint, so 2001 to now. A good start would be watching through the different Art of Flight episodes and then the rest of it really comes down to lots and lots and lots and lots of practice.
As Dslyecxi says at the end, "Practice, Practice, Practice."
BlutigesPapier really all I can recommend is to play the game and practice however I recommend that you don’t practice so much that the game becomes boring. Once you get to about 1000 hours in the game you will have a decent muscle memory of how all the flight models handle and how to properly apply maneuvers and tactics.
I'm tempted to make a short video to explain this, but in my opinion, _don't "practice"_ Have fun!
You can learn anything in Arma - from the controls, to flying helicopters, by just playing the game.
How to add those visuals do I can practice and get used to the gun target lane
i've encountered three types of pilot playing arma:
the insta crash/i pull back and go straight up to stop type.
the trained/semi trained clan pilot that does a decent job.
the freaks that can go from full speed @ 150m to full stop landed in under 5 seconds while putting a rocket up a bmps tail pipe half a click down the road.
Hi, I'm dislexi. Is their a chance you can make dislexi frenbly content¿
Dslyecxi, how as a TrackIR user, do you ensure that the grease spot in the LittleBird is actually where your bullets/rockets will hit? I guess that I move my head too much when flying and I usually have to reposition my head because bullets are either going slightly left or right (especially after a turn).
That'd be a matter of having a dead zone that you can easily recenter yourself into (physically). For ST, we use collimated sights in the Littlebird, so there's no parallax to worry about.
Are you guys using a publicly-available mod which adds that marker to your HUD that shows where the copilot is aiming, or is that something made exclusively for ShackTac?
It's something I made, as yet unreleased.
Amazing Video!! Wich program are u using to put NATO symbology on videos?
It's scripted in A3 itself.
@@dslyecxi I mean, the graphics that stay floating on screen as the camera moves. The dotted circumferences and the infantry sillhouettes in the red areas.
Sorry for my poor english =( !
Right, these are things I scripted within Arma 3.
@@dslyecxi thanks for you answer! Amazing work!
@@dslyecxi by the way, could u make a tutorial or how to about that?
What mod is he using that allows what seems to be a pilot-operated little bird camera? Been trying to find something like that for days.
It's editing two perspectives together.
Wish my friends would watch these videos, because right now they are obliterating friendly elements more than the enemy.
Meanwhile I continue practicing how to helicopter.
Arma 3 is on a major sale, so I bought the rest of the DLC packs. Flying low is one thing, landing smooth is a whole another matter.
@@Aereto Be sure to learn how to land without an engine by auto rotating.
I think there's something weird with the audio. Some weird static in the background.
Are you talking about the underlying ambient music?
hey loved the video, quick question tho: what kind of turret overhaul are you using might i ask?
How do you mean?
@@dslyecxi I think they mean the white diamond that appears where the gunner/copilot camera pod is looking.
@@dslyecxi example of this is 27:23 the North East South and West that show.
oh and the extra info in the pods too (the N, W, E, and S indicator)
what hud mod do you use?
I need a fixed wing CAS vid like this to train my argentinean Marines
Thought danger close was 600 meters. Or is that for Arty?
IRL it's a different set of considerations - this is tweaked for Arma.
All artillery is 600m (naval guns and Tomahawk are a lil diff). Aviation fires varies based on munitions/platform/range, but 200m is a reasonable swag. Most are below that but not by much.
I really want to play on your servers. How can I do it?
dslyecxi.com/shacktac_wp/st-join-faq/
You can apply to ST on dslyecxi's website, however it is a very popular group, with (AFAIK) many applicants. If you don't get in with ST, but still want to try an Arma group, r/FindAUnit is a good place to find arma communities of all kinds (milsim and casual and anything in-between). That's what I did at least.
I guess I should add that ST = ShackTac, which is Dslyecxi's whitelisted Arma community.
i'm not a member, but the answer is: you cant. closed group.
What hud mod do you use, i need a new one
Not sure about the HUD stuff other than this bit: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=498740884
Fantastic video, (as always) that's concise and properly worded with narration that's matched by none. And people wonder why this is my favorite channel...
In other news, anyone interested in explosive weapons effects (IRL), check this out: www.gichd.org/fileadmin/GICHD-resources/rec-documents/Explosive_weapon_effects_web.pdf
It's a bit much to read, but there's a shitload of interesting info in it.....not really related to Arma, butt hay...
Worth noting that the linked PDF includes some graphic imagery.
@@dslyecxi Yes, sorry about that. I should have mentioned it.