Please be mindful of some interruptions (especially in the first hours / days after a release) while we all work to improve the game together. Modders, server administrators and other members of the community do their best to prepare for updates and to address issues post-release as quickly as possible. We also co-operate directly on troubleshooting, and we offer an opportunity to test updates via our Release Candidate tests. We use various methods to communicate upcoming changes to our awesome modding community, such as via the Dev Hub.

Updating a deeply moddable game and its platform is not without risks.

Consider defragmenting your HDD after downloading large updates.

Consider using the Steam client option to verify the integrity of the local game cache to avoid corrupted data after downloading this update.

Contact (Platform): for most other use cases, including sandbox multiplayer (loaded by default for all players).

Contact (via PLAY CONTACT or -mod=Contact): for the singleplayer 'First Contact' campaign experience (accessible only to owners - optionally loaded).

Contact consists of 2 data packs / folders:.

The Workshop item will no longer contain game data (to avoid conflicts), but is no longer necessary for anybody. It contained the beta version, but an improved version has now been integrated into the vanilla platform.

Please be sure to unsubscribe or disable the Steam Workshop version of the 'Old Man' scenario.

Owners of the Old Man beta released on the Steam Workshop in December 2019 will also want to unsubscribe from that and restart the scenario in order to avoid compatibility issues. Arma 3 Apex: Old Man offers more than ten hours of playtime, according to Bohemia, and is free as part of the Arma 3 1.98 update, although you'll need the paid Apex DLC to play.

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