01-07-2026

We're opening public Release Candidate testing for Arma 3 platform update 2.22.

Steam beta branch access code: Arma3Update222RC
Download sizes: ~3.1 GB (client) / ~1.1 GB (server)

Pseudo-changelog:

MH-80 (Assault / Direct Action Penetrator) Ghost Hawks
ECM / Radar / Camera / Searchlight pylon pods
12.7mm Minigun pylon weapon
H-80 External fuel tank jettisoning
Bulgarian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Slovak, and Latin*
Miscellaneous fixes and tweaks

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*These languages were experimentally translated using an AI model. The quality of these translations is not guaranteed, and they may contain mistakes. Separate issues are unlikely to be fixed, but full regenerations using improved models may occur. All other existing languages were translated by a team of human translators.

08-07-2026

Notable changes:

Fixed: Missing strings for the ECM pod in the HUD
Tweaked: 12.7mm Minigun pylon weapon is now actually firing the correct caliber rounds
Added: Damage materials to various MH-80 components
Tweaked: Radar and Searchlight pods are now possible to operate from the copilot seat too
Fixed: Various other MH-80, pylon and passenger seat issues
Fixed: setPylonLoadout to remove a generic pylon, which would not propagate in multiplayer
Fixed: Camera pylon pods were not being displayed in the camera HUD panels
Added: "SetOpenBay" / "GetOpenBay" commands to pylonAction
Fixed: Crash after removing a camera pod while a different pod also has a camera (when switching to the other pod, the wrong pylon index was used)
Added: Config entry turretsAvailable in vehicle pylons, which allows restricting pylon assignment to specific vehicle seats
Fixed: Changing pylon loadout in 3DEN could remove default weapons

14-07-2026

Notable changes:

Fixed: 12.7mm Minigun pylon display name in HUD
Fixed: Swapped speed and altitude fields in the camera pod UI
Added: Explosion sounds to 12.7x99mm HEIAP rounds
Fixed: 3DEN would allow putting units into locked seats if all other seats were full
Fixed: Zeus would allow putting units into locked seats
Fixed: moveInAny did not respect get-in ordering (getInProxyOrder config entry)
Fixed: Some weapons were not returned with compatibleWeapons for known magazines
Fixed: HUD could show incorrect (empty) weapons after changing from default pylon weapons
Fixed: Various potential crashes