Arma 3 VoiceAttack profile - v1.1 featuring unit focus
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- The new profile Speakeasy is released! Instead of this old one, I suggest you go check that out instead on the Bohemia forums.
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The first half is the actual information, the other half is just a gameplay showcase and begins at 24:32.
With this update to the profile I'm where I wanted to be with it when I started playing with the VoiceAttack scripting. This is going to be the baseline functionality-wise and from here it will be scaled with more commands.
The main thing I wanted to add is now there. It's called "unit focus". It let's you designate sets of individual units or the entire squad so that any commands you give go directly to whomever you focused on without having to select them first.
Download this profile here
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Manual with list of command phrases
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This VA profile on BI forum
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This VA profile on VoiceAttack forum
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Alpha-Kilos german VA profile:
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Link to VoiceAttack
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C2 Command & Control
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FHQ combat mode
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Video on AI squad commanding in general
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Thanks for sharing! I'd been using VAC, but I find VoiceAttack much more reliable and a bit easier to use. And your profile is awesome right out of the box.
Just wanted to share one comment: If you want your selected team to use the normal action menu, press the squad select key first. So, for example, instead of "Team Red" being 9,9,1 it would be ~,9,9,1. This way, you can still use your cursor to move the team or tell them whom to attack the way you can with a single unit.
Eric Barstad Oh! so that's why that happened. I'll make sure to fix that. Thanks for telling, and the kind words.
Thanks for putting this together.
Thank you for your work!
Trust me, i'm an expert on this It's cool, always glad if it is of use to someone. ^^
Hey Woofer! Arma veteran since the flash point days here. With this profile you have completely changed my experience of the Arma series. Thanks for putting so much effort into this, buddy. Will you be adding more features to this profile in the future?
It makes me very happy to hear that it did! A friend and I are in the final stages on more stuff. I'll post a quick teaser here which will point to a download location when we're done. After that a more thorough video will follow.
Sounds perfect, mate! Keep up the great work.
I want a slice of that banana cake sandwich!
Great stuff - in debug mode it would be useful to be able to change spelling to select phonemes to correct TTS pronunciation errors. For example the word Woofer could be edited and added as WuFar or wufer or wufa.
Yeah, I think I have it spelled "woofur" to make it sound slightly right. But I guess I'd have to change it if I switch synthesizer.
woofer Really excellent work - very impressive.
Thank you very much, mate!
nice video! i will try your profiles. thnx!!
Timo Hendriks thanks man! tell me if you find something that needs fixing or should be added.
after getting into some solo Arma scenarios and being frustrated with the AI system, I found this video. I love your attention to detail and demonstration!
This AI command system looks exactly what I'm after. I'll attempt to install and setup your profile this weekend.
few random questions:
1. what map is this? it's gorgeous!
2. how'd you get the third person camera?
3. your fps is silky smooth. what video settings are you using?
thanks again!
Elliot Mist thanks a lot!
The terrain is one of the CUP terrains I believe. I can't seem to remember exactly which one at the moment and I'm away from my computer.
the camera is simply another client that i control that is connected to the same server that uses the gcam mod.
My settings are fairly high graphics wise, but i run a pretty good gaming rig with two gtx 970's with no special startup parameters in Arma. that might have helped.
woofer thanks for the info!
Elliot Mist nope, that's what you call command view, which is a view for commanding an entire army of guys and vehicles, it's not some thing that woofer has modded or installed at all, the default control, is number pad del. or number pad . I think
Elliot Mist oh and just so you know you can look up the entire arma 3 or 2 controls in the options menu
No it is not. It is a second PC that is connecting to the game session that I am hosting on my gaming PC. I then record on both machines and edit it all together in a video editing software. The second PC is running the gcam mod. If it had been tactical view (as listed in the control options) there would be a circular cursor and a visible action menu on screen. I do use tactical view in other videos such as "AI Auto combat disengagement".
Great work as usual Woofer.. I am getting into the C2/VA combo myself, so this content is really interesting. Can you recommend any servers that cater for co-op with AI style of play? I would love to set up a coop with each player in charge of a squad, or larger..
In that case I'd have to recommend VA/C2/Advanced AI command. The last one being a replacement for high command, but is useful for smaller groups as well. Me and LoneConspirator started playing the Liberation mission which I found is perfect for learning all the AI command stuff. Check it out on his channel or the Bohemia forum.
We aren't playing on official servers or anything, but give a holler if you want to tag along. It's pretty sporadic for me nowerdays, though.
Invade & Annex by the way is coop and I have enjoyed that a bit, but it's not AI command.
Hey, I found your videos today after I had such a difficult time trying to control Ai.
I'd like to say your videos are well put together and very clear. I appreciate the hard work.
I'm wondering would I be able to use this system online and without C2?
Thanks!
Thanks a lot! I'm glad it is proving useful.
You could absolutely use voice control for all aspects of Arma that can be done through keyboard and mouse input, since that is how VoiceAttack and other voice interfaces works. I have seen servers that outlaw macros, so you might want to be aware of that. Stick around for the next project. It will include more control of other aspects than AI control.
Thank you for getting back to me, I most appreciate it. I'll be downloading everything now.
It's a real delight to see someone providing so much help to the community!
Cant wait to try this... What is the command rose mod you use?
Also what is that GPS/control ipad type mod?
I don't get what you mean with "rose mod", but the ipad type thing is part of the C2 command & Control mod by mad_cheese.
Very very cool,thanks so much. How do you get your computer to recognise voice so well? Mine never recognise me
Probably a combination of a lucky accent that suits the engine and training the windows speech system a few times. I would guess I spent a total of an hour at different points doing the speech training thing. Control panel --> speech recognition --> train computer.
question about profile 1.3, I am saying "show contacts" yet it seems to switch to my pistol when I do that. Could you show what your in game key commands are? I have mine all set to default and am having trouble getting my snipers to attack the target im looking at ect. Also want to report that is works great for cas while using C2. The A10 pilot didnt seem to want to attack certain targets but there could have been more variables at play with that.
Does the command open the target menu at all for you? You'll need to have at least one squad member selected for "show contacts" to work. Otherwise it will just press the 2-key and with default keybinding that switches to sidearm. It's a shame that the game can't talk to the profile and tell it if anything is already selected or not. Tell me if that solves your problem.
My keybinds are APEX default for the vanilla game, which is what the profile was designed for. ACE mod will have a few conflicts in keybindings as well.
Ah I see that might have been my problem I had no one selected at first.
Hey Woofer! Looking forward to more videos :) Just wanted to pick your brains.... Is it possible to HC a Group ( Advanced AI Control Mod or C2 ) and get them to Patrol an area ( like in a cycle )? Any help would be great!!
Wilco Charlie I tried setting the waypoint type to loiter clockwise in Advanced AI command at some point, but no dice. Maybe it will work better for you. it works for aircraft at least. Other than that I don't really know to be honest. Would be very nice to have something like that.
Ok got a way using "@WW_AIMenu mod". Has waypoint and cycle. Just a lot of clicking to setup Patrol route ( depending on length ) Just selected AI and clicked each patrol route, then used "C2" to disband to HC and then used "Command AI Control" to set behaviour etc. Thanks for trying :)
eyy, good find! I had given up on that mod entirely. Thanks for telling!
what camera mod is that you use to the top down while in game. By the way... Great work
blkariesman I'm afraid it isn't an in -game camera. it's footage from another connecting player on a separate pc that is using the gcam mod. I control that second pc with a controller while playing normally on a main gaming rig. then it's edited together into the main video in premiere.
blkariesman thanks by the way :D
Been using this profile for a couple of days now, but can't seem to get FHQ or C2 to work. Any tips?
I would suggest moving over to the Speakeasy profile instead as it supercedes this profile. It does sound like your problem is related to keybindings on Arma not matching the coffee profile. Speakeasy have a ready arma profile just for that purpose. Speakeasy is larger and better, just search that on BI forum. Also, FHQ combat mode mod might be out of order at the moment due to updates in the game.
@@woofer_808 Thanks mate :)
Could you release an ACE profile? also would this work with commanding AI in CAS with fixed wing and ordering to a specific grid?
ACE stuff is in the works. CAS can be accomplished to attack specific targets if the pilot/gunner is in your squad or in High Command. I usually stick to squad command on foot though, so I'm not entirely sure of what the experience would be.
Very good, thanks for the reply.
Banana cake sandwiche... we are my sandwiches ;D
Why my voice attack didnt show me my confidence level pronunciation as yours? How can i use the app over arma screen without alt+tab?
There's a "Show confidence level" checkbox in Options --> Recognition that need to be checked.
And I am only able to show VoiceAttack over the Arma window through video editing. I always have to keep VoiceAttack on a second screen if I want to see it while playing.
Yes, I found. I small check box. tks
Wait so if i say "Get in" the ai will get into the vehicle i am in? If so thats pretty good
Yep. Everything that can be done with key presses can be done with voice. So not only can you say "get in" but you could say "get in as driver" or "get in as gunner" for example.
There seems to be an issue with your profile, I get an error, code 19,20
Hi! I must have missed this over the holidays. When does the error appear? Is it originating from VoiceAttack? I couldn't find anything based on the information you provided. Are you running the latest VA version?
Also, do you use any AI mods, to make their reactions a bit more realistic? Cheers dude..
I didn't for this video. But I'm a fan of VcomAI which I use most of the time.
every time i say squad it keeps saluting. is there something i got to rebind
Yes, I would think that is the problem. You want to have tilde (~) for "Select all units". And by the sounds of it you most likely have salute set to tilde as well. By default, I believe, salute is quotation mark (").
Best way to test would be to create a new profile (so that you don't mess with your current one) with a standard Apex keybind. Then the profile should work as intended.
salute key is / by default. ill try changing it again , and ` is already set to select all units
what was / in your marcos meant to activate in arma so i know what key is not working
my arma 3 profile config file has keyForceCommandingMode[]={}; is this meant to be something else
keyForceCommandingMode[]={}; is a legacy command and is no longer supported. It could go away at any update and it does not work the same as the "Select all" function which is keySelectAll[]={41};
To be clear. I use a swedish keyboard and my translation to US standard might sometimes be off. Misunderstandings are pretty common because of that.
Can you please update the drive download link for this profile?
Ouch, that was embarrassing. It's updated now with a new link to all release versions.
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Perfect, thank you!!!
What mod is that that shows their positions on the ground?
That's the C2 Command & Control mod. There's a link in the description.
the squad command dosent work
The default C2 controls were changed since this video. The way newer Speakeasy has a supplied Arma profile that takes care of keybinds for you. If that's not an option, I suggest changing the keybinds in Arma according to what's in VoiceAttack if you want to go with this older profile.
I found that ACE breaks a lot of the voice commands, Do you use ACE and have some special settings? Or should I just get rid of ACE lol
I don't really use ACE when playing on my own since I avoid along with AI command. But when I play with friends where we do squad command ACE is often running. I have rebound a bunch of keys to avoid some of the clashes, so that ACE uses a ctrl modifier. Applies mostly to the number keys, but also to the ACE "change firemode" which I removed the keybind for.
What commands breaks on your end?
Almost all of them seem to stop working, but I haven't changed any of the keybindings for ACE, mainly fire modes, selecting units, and formations are what have stopped working.
But tomorrow I will try changing around all of the ace keybindings and see what happens. And will let you know!
Ace also seems to hide the command menu in the upper left sometimes, which makes it super frustrating and I'm debating just removing ace. But some of the additional features of it are nice.
That sounds like a lot more problems than what I had with ACE on standard keybinds. It could be load order or something that happened on the last CBA update perhaps? Well. I like ACE too, but it adds to the already problematic AI stuff >_
All I know, is if I remove the ACE and ACEX mods, your amazing voice command profile works perfectly, and if I add ace/acex it breaks nearly everything.
Haven't had a chance to change the default ace keybinds, but I will update when I do!
Well after I changed all the ACE keybindings, the only things that seem not to be working are "Focus Squad" the command works, but executing commands after saying that don't work, you still have to say "Squad" or "team ___" or "1-2-3-whatever". Although to make it more confusing, it does actually focus and work 'sometimes'... I'm making sure I'm not hitting any other modifiers or keys any time I say a command, and voice attack is recognizing what I'm saying.
And apparently now the "Retreat" command opens my compass for a second, but still seems to work fine. Odd, but not a real issue.
Do I have to pay for it... That is messed up.
its £6 on steam atm
it's only messed up if you're a child with no job.
If you're really THAT tight with money, just use Articulate.
I can't get it to select teams
Make sure your key bindings allow for selecting teams with [left shift + F1-F5].
If other commands work, then that should be it unless it simply can't recognize that particular voice command out of your voice.
For clarity: version 1.2 lets you select a team with voice command 'team blue' for example.
Idk why but a lot of them aren't working I will just have to figure it all out I read the HTML with the commands but its not making any sense haha
Btw thanks for the profile the unit focus and assigning roles is amazing
I think i figured out how to use it I just have to change the controls in voice attack to what I use in arma 3 correct?
Yes. Either change the profile by editing the commands within the VoiceAttack program or change your actual Arma 3 keybinds. You don't have to edit the actual .vap file (which is what it sounds like you are doing, but I could be wrong).
Another option would be to create a new profile within Arma that has the default Apex controls and just use that for AI commanding.
Anyone any idea why saying 'squad' makes my dude sit down? :/
it's because you have a different keyboard layout than the profile versions was built on (swedish or english). VoiceAttack basically presses the wrong button for you. The new profile, Speakeasy has system to mitigate that. You can fix it in the profile you have, but it's pretty tedious. Check forums.bistudio.com/forums/topic/211074-speakeasy-voiceattack-profile/
Thanks man I figured it out, just changed the binding in game, only just started playing recently so I'm not too used to any particular control scheme that it'd be a pain to change things
Michael Farrell gotcha. If you start to use speakeasy, it comes with a pre-made arma3 profile that can get you going right away.
Is speakeasy different from the profile linked to google drive in the description from July? :/
Oh yeah. Under the hood it's way more advanced and more thought through. But the stuff from this profile is used in that profile as well, like focus and role selection for example.
what file is the voice commands themselves? at this point I'm going to call you a scammer until my case is solved, because voice attack is not free either, it comes at a rather small cost for the full version and only comes with 11 commands available at random for the free version, so I have made yet another one of my pure common sense videos to prove these programs don't work, because they don't work for Australian English
No of course they don't work for Australian English, because Windows itself does not support speech recognition for Australian English. You need to switch your system language to a supported speech recognition language like US English or UK English. It has nothing to do with the voice interfaces that utilize windows speech, such as Articulate, VAC or VoiceAttack. Easily googled with something like "windows speech recognition languages" or by watching at least my "how to command AI" video. I probably mention it in other places too.
I honestly thought your video was some attempt at ironic humor and this was some kind of trolling, but your "common sense" won't apply since you draw the wrong conclusion from given facts. Please be grateful that I went out of my way to explain this to you despite your lousy attitude after previous attempts to help you out.
The VoiceAttack profile itself is "170517-woofer's-Arma3-VA-profile-1.3-US_english.vap".
Make sure you run VoiceAttack as Administrator after setting your system language to a supported one.
Enjoy.
LOL Awkward...
I can't get it to choose a team