UNIT: Savage Game Design TO: Arma 3 Users OPSUM: A review of the S.O.G. Prairie Fire 1.2 Update
EVALUATION
Hello Arma 3 players!
The team behind S.O.G. Prairie Fire is excited to be rolling out our second major update, with new assets, factions, missions and terrain to expand your Vietnam War experience.
The 1.2 update was released on July 12, 2022, and your game should update normally on Steam. Please remember, after large updates, to verify Arma 3 local file integrity in your Steam library.
New terrain: "The Bra" This unique new terrain, covering 25 km2, enables players to design and run missions around an infamous section of the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos, nicknamed “The Bra” by MACV SOG units, due to the road shape, viewed from the air. Updates to Cam Lao Nam The 1.2 update adds the US Embassy in Saigon and the train station and new city buildings in Hanoi - each recreated from period photographs and thoroughly detailed to add more immersion to urban fighting. Numerous new Vietnamese city house models have also been added.
New factions:
ANZAC Army, SAS, and Pilots
ARVN Marines
CIA "Air America"
Royal Laotian Army (RLA)
Pathet Lao (PL) Army
The new factions feature 400 new soldier classes, able to wear 20 new uniforms (with 65 variants), 14 vests, 5 packs (with 12 variants), 4 accessories and 11 new headgear items.
Other factions have been upgraded, with new faces, weapons, headgear and camouflage patterns. The 4 MACV SOG team advisers we worked with now have their faces recreated in the game, along with new Montagnard and Vietnamese faces.
16 new vehicles/vehicle variants
MiG-19S Jet Fighter
F100D Jet Fighter
PT-76 Light amphibious tank in 2 variants
M113A1 Armoured Personnel Carrier with 7 model variants
PBR boats with 2 model variants
STAB boats with 3 model variants
8 new UH-1 helicopter variants
M151 armed with M40A1 recoilless rifle
5 new static weapons
M40A1 106mm Recoilless Rifle
Mk18 40mm Grenade Launcher
H-12 (Type 63) 107mm Rocket Launcher
SGM 7.62mm Machine Gun with 3 variants
MG42 7.92mm Machine Gun with 2 variants
New weapons / weapon variants
F1 Submachine Gun and bayonet
M1 Garand Rifle with rifle grenades, scope and bayonet
L1A1 Rifle with rifle grenades, scope, bayonet and 10, 20 and 30 round magazines, including NZ, Australian and SAS variants
L1A1 + XM148
L2A1 Light Machine Gun
M14A1 Light Machine Gun
M1918A2 BAR Light Machine Gun
vz.54 Sniper Rifle and scope
5 new M16 / XM177 variants, M203 grenade launcher, new scope and bipod
18 new mines and traps
Additional multiplayer scenarios
CO12 Eldest Son II mission (MACV SOG / Khe Sanh)
CO06 Black Spear mission (SEALs / Cam Lao Nam)
New Zeus variants for The Bra map (Master, East, West, Independent)
Various fixes and quality-of-life improvements
The version 1.2 changelog can be found on the Bohemia forums. The new content is further introduced in a new OPREP blog post by developer Savage Game Design.
Sale
The Arma 3 Creator DLC: S.O.G. Prairie Fire is available for purchase on Steam with a 25% discount until July 19th. The DLC’s soundtrack is also on sale during this time at 25% off.
Creator DLC is a label for original Arma 3 projects made by third-party developers and published by Bohemia Interactive. It enables external talent to earn a financial reward for their work, while players get to enjoy more quality content. For more information, please visit the Arma 3 website.
For even more in-game assets, scenarios, mods, and other types of content, visit the Arma 3 Steam Workshop, Here you'll find 100,000+ free Workshop items shared by talented community content creators.
For even more in-game assets, scenarios, mods, and other types of content, visit the Arma 3 Steam Workshop, Here you'll find 100,000+ free Workshop items shared by talented community content creators.
It's time to return to the mid-Atlantic island of Everon — a 52km² microstate, which many of you will remember from Arma: Cold War Assault. This iconic terrain has been reimagined and faithfully restored, undoubtedly becoming our most photorealistic and beautiful environment to date. Thanks to new possibilities, made available through our next-gen Enfusion engine, we have recreated the jewel of the Malden Islands for a 1989 setting. So gear-up, set out, and explore! Take in the many sights and vistas. The glittering ocean bays, lakes, and rivers. The forests, hills and pastures, animated by the shadows of rolling clouds. There is so much to discover!
But what's an Arma game without conflict? Arma Reforger's Conflict game mode returns players to war. Join US or Soviet forces in a dynamic, multiplayer, team versus team scenario. Build support structures and defenses, oversee logistics, and capture key objectives by working together. To survive and overcome the enemy, you'll also have to rely on your wits and fieldcraft. Make no mistake, your map and compass will be every bit as important as the rifle in your hands.
In addition to this, Arma Reforger's playable content is supported with a real-time mission editor; Game Master. In this titular role, players can curate events, set tasks, and dynamically respond to other players on the battlefield, setting down challenges, compositions, and more. No combat encounter will be the same and if you're one of those in the midst of the action, you'll have to think fast to stay alive.
Last but not least, for our talented modding community, there's a lot of new tools available. In fact, we're sharing the very same technology used to make Arma Reforger — giving you an enormous amount of creative freedom. All these programs are collected on one site known as Workbench. Although only accessible to PC users, addons can be published on Arma Reforger's exclusive mod repository, the Workshop, for everyone, including console players, to enjoy!
And remember, all of this is just the beginning of the evolution of the Arma franchise. That being said, Arma 3 is and still will be supported – from events featuring community content to community live streams and more.
For more information on Arma Reforger, or if you have any questions, please visit our FAQ page page. If you want to download Workbench, check our DEV HUB.
Explore Bohemia Interactive’s webpages that present the past, present and future of Arma. Arma Platform congregates all the Arma titles, easy access to the games themselves and information. Arma Reforger addresses the latest installment in the Arma series. Arma 4 web will outline the upcoming title in the future.
