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:.

To mark the big 2.0 update, Arma 3 is currently on sale on Steam for $7.50/£6/€7, with additional bundle discounts on the Ultimate Edition, Apex Edition, Contact Edition, or DLC Essentials.

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