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layout: wiki
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title: ACE3 Installation Guide
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description: Step-by-step guide for installing ACE3
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group: user
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order: 1
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parent: wiki
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---
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## 1. Overview
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This guide will explain how to get ACE3 up and running.
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## 2. Prerequisites
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- Download [CBA](https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/releases/latest).
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- Download [ACE3]({{site.ace.githubUrl}}/releases/latest).
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## 3. Install ACE3
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- Extract both CBA and ACE3 .zip files into your Arma 3 folder. By default it is located in:
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- 32-Bit - `C:/Program Files/Steam/Steamapps/Common/Arma 3/`
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- 64-Bit - `C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/Steamapps/Common/Arma 3/`
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- After extraction you should have the `@ace` and `@CBA_A3` folders inside your Arma 3 folder.
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## 4. Install ACE3 Optional components
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<div class="panel callout">
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<h5>Note:</h5>
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<p>Skip this step if you're not using additional mods. If you are, consult with your mission maker before installing any of these components. If you are a mod creator, please visit the <a href="{{site.baseurl}}/wiki/development/modularity-and-pbo-structure.html">Modularity and PBO Structure</a> page for more information.</p>
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</div>
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### 4.1 What do they do?
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Optional components supplement 3rd party mods with ACE3 features, for example:
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- Optional weapon components make [Advanced Ballistics]({{site.baseurl}}/wiki/feature/advanced-ballistics.html) possible, as well as the ability to use ACE3 weapon attachments with 3rd party weapons like RHS, HLC, etc.
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- Optional tracers component brings back ACE2 ball tracers.
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- Optional server component is used to load the userconfig files.
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### 4.2 Which optionals should I use?
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Only use the optional components that correspond with your mod-pack.
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### 4.3 How to install these components?
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- Inside your `Arma 3\@ace\` folder, you'll find the `optionals` and `addons` folders.
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- Inside the `Arma 3` folder create a new folder e.g. `Arma 3\@ace_optionals\` and a subfolder `Arma 3\@ace_optionals\addons`
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- Copy and paste the relevant `.pbo` and `.bisign` files from the `Arma 3\@ace\optionals` folder into the `Arma 3\@ace_optionals\addons` folder.
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#### 4.3.1 Alternative method to install optionals
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- Inside your `Arma 3/@ace/` folder, you'll find the `optionals` and `addons` folders.
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- Copy and paste the relevant `.pbo` and `.bisign` files from the `optionals` folder into the `addons` folder.
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- Copy and paste the `userconfig` folder from the `optionals` folder into root `Arma 3` folder.
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## 5. Launch Arma 3 with ACE3
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- Launch Arma 3 to start the official game launcher.
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- Click `Mods` and make sure the checkboxes next to `ace` and `CBA_A3` are ticked.
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<img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/img/wiki/user/installation1-launcher.jpg" width="869" height="665" alt="Arma 3 Vanilla Launcher" />
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- Click `Play`
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## 6. Alternative launch methods
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### 6.1 Swifty
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[Swifty](https://getswifty.net/){:target="_blank"}
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- tbd
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### 6.2 Arma3Sync
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[Arma3Sync](https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/152942-arma3sync-launcher-and-addons-synchronization-software-for-arma-3/){:target="_blank"}
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- Inspect `Addon Options` and verify the `Addon Search Directories` are leading to your Arma 3 folder.
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- Return to the `Addons` tab and click `Refresh`.
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- Right-click inside `Addon Groups`, click `Create Group` and give it a name.
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- Drag and drop `@ace` and `@CBA_A3` from `Available Addons` into the new Group you created inside `Addon Groups` and make sure the checkboxes are ticked.
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<img src="{{ site.baseurl }}/img/wiki/user/installation2-a3s.jpg" width="529" height="222" alt="Arma3Sync Launcher" />
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- Click `Start Game`
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