ACRE & Teamspeak

Bad Dudes uses the Advanced Combat Radio Environment 2(ACRE2) mod. ACRE2 adds realistic radio simulation to Arma 3 by replacing the Arma 3 VoIP with an external dependency on Teamspeak 3.

This allows for directional local speech, whispering, yelling, interactable radios, and radio terrain interference simulation.

Installing Teamspeak 3

1. Download and install Teamspeak 3
2. Close Teamspeak if it is running.
3. Launch Arma 3 with the ACRE2 mod enabled.

If successful you will get a pop up indicating that ACRE2 has successfully installed the required Teamspeak plugins.

If, however, you get a pop up warning that the installation has failed you will have to try one of two alternate setup methods.

Alternate method 1 - Run as admin

If ACRE2 plugin installation fails, try running the launcher as administrator. This should give Arma the necessary permissions to install the plugins. You can run Arma normally after this process but will heave to repeat the process whenever ACRE2 updates.

1. Navigate to your Arma installation directory (<steam-install-directory>\steamapps\common\Arma 3)
2. Right-click arma3launcher.exe and select Run as administrator
3. Launch Arma with ACRE2 enabled under mods.

Alternate method 2 - Copy plugins manually

If neither of the above methods worked you will have to copy the plugins manually. This can commonly occur if you have Teamspeak in a non-standard location.

1. Navigate to <steam-install-directory>\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@ACRE2\plugin. Note that the !Workshop directory is a hidden folder and you may have to reveal hidden files and folders in Windows Explorer to locate it.
2. Select and copy the acre2_win32.dll and acre2_win64.dll files.
3. Navigate to %APPDATA%\TS3Client\plugins and paste both plugin files.

Verifying installation

After following either of the above installation methods you should now verify that ACRE2 plugins are successfully installed and enabled in Teamspeak.

1. Launch Teamspeak 3
2. Select the Tools menu at the top and then click on Options
3. Select the Addons tab on the left hand side.
4. Select the Plugins tab on the top.
5. Verify that the entry for ACRE2 is present and is Enabled.

Connecting to the server

The next step is to connect to the server and verify that the server correctly reports your ACRE status.

1. Open the Connections menu at the top left.
2. Click on Connect
3. Enter oronar.net in the server address field.
4. Enter a nickname in the nickname field.
5. Click the Connect button.
6. Click on your nickname in the server list and verify that you have an ACRE2 status in the right panel.

You should be able to see your ACRE version, 2.7.2.1022 at the time of writing this guide. You will also see an Arma Connected status. This indicates when you or someone else is in an active Arma mission and can no longer hear anyone on the server who is not also in the mission.