Invaders – Arma 3

Invaders is a minigame in the Arma 3 main menu. It is only available during Arma 3 Steam sales.

Invaders first appeared during the Bohemia Interactive Publisher Sale 2022 (2.10).

Controls

Action	Default Keybinding	Controls Option
Move left	A	Infantry Movement > Strafe Left
Move right	D	Infantry Movement > Strafe Right
Shoot	Space	Common > Use Default Action

Known Issues

• Invaders does not start if Arma 3 is launched with the -skipIntro or -world=Empty Startup Parameters.
• Invaders does not start if Arma 3 is launched with mods that modify the main menu.
• Sometimes pressing Space opens the Steam overlay; close the Steam overlay and click on a non-interactive part of the main menu.
  This might be related to Alt + ↹ Tab usage, ↹ Tab moving the focus and Space pressing the selected button.

Disabling Invaders

The Invaders minigame can be disabled/enabled by executing the following code (for example with the Debug Console in the Eden Editor):

Disable Invaders	Enable Invaders
profileNamespace setVariable ["BIN_ArmaInvadersOff", true]; saveProfileNamespace;	profileNamespace setVariable ["BIN_ArmaInvadersOff", nil]; saveProfileNamespace;