Articulate doesn't seem to interface with Arma 3.

[ctrsnarebear]

Arma 3 acts like Articulate is not working, even though Articulate seems to be working.

I think I've done everything right.

1. Used the ArticulateSetup.exe installer - it said that my OS (Windows 10) already has the .Net 4.5 framework installed.
2. I run Arma 3 from Steam, so it doesn't run as an admin. I didn't run Articulate as admin either (for kicks I tried running Articulate as admin too, but it didn't change anything).
3. Articulate recognizes my voice (I did the Windows Voice Recognition Training), and it shows that it recognizes that I'm giving it valid commands (e.g. I say "One, Two, Move up!" and it shows " one, two, move up" on the Articulate GUI.
4. I run both Arma 3 (from Steam) and Articulate (from my desktop shortcut).
5. Nothing happens in Arma 3 when I give commands as group leader. It's as if Articulate doesn't exist.

What am I missing? Thank you for your consideration.

[notheotherben]

Hi @ctrsnarebear - quick question, are you running the original ArmA 3 keybindings or the revised Apex ones? (i.e. do the F1-F10 keys select squad members or not).
Unfortunately Articulate was developed prior to Apex and never gained the ability to customise ones key bindings. We've seen a similar issue in #88 and the fix is either to switch to the standard ArmA 3 keybindings or to re-compile Articulate with a modified command set yourself.

[ctrsnarebear]

Thanks so much for your reply. I really love the idea of Articulate, and I hope I can get it working.

I have never switched to Apex keybindings. I have a lot of custom keybindings, but I have never touched the squad command keybindings. So the F1-F10 keys are the ones that select squad members.

You don't suppose ACE3 could be interfering somehow, do you?

[notheotherben]

No worries, okay that sounds like it should be working then. One other potential issue is permissions, can you try running Articulate as administrator perhaps and see if that solves the issue? If you've got two screens, keep Articulate running on the second and see if it actually recognised your command or not - I'm just trying to figure out if it's struggling to send key messages to ArmA 3 by any chance.

I don't think ACE3 should be interfering, I used to run ACE3 with it and never had any issues (but this was a while ago now).

[ctrsnarebear]

I did try running it as administrator (even though I don't think Steam runs programs as administrator), but no luck. I don't have two screens, but I did Alt+Tab out of Arma 3 to make sure that Articulate was working (it is - it shows the command that I just said). But it's like Arma 3 isn't getting the message.

I also tried using the previous version of Articulate, but there was no change. I installed and uninstalled Articulate several times too. I'm not sure what else to try... maybe I should try disabling mods. The only mod I have that changes how the game works is ACE3 (and CBA, of course) - everything else is just content (weapons, vehicles, etc.). Sorry I'm not more tech savvy. Thanks again for your patience in dealing with my issue.

[notheotherben]

Huh, that's really odd, if you wouldn't mind trying without mods - I'm not holding out hope for that fixing the issue, but if it does then that's a good data point. I'm currently at the office unfortunately, but when I get home I'll try and reproduce your issue and (if I can) put together a fix for you.

It might also have something to do with ArmA's recent change from 32-bit to 64-bit executables, but that's just me thumb-sucking ideas right now, I'll need to do some more work to confirm that.

[ctrsnarebear]

I tried disabling all my mods, but no luck.

[ctrsnarebear]

I tried making a new profile, so that I could be sure it wasn't a keybinding issue. Still no luck.

[notheotherben]

Hi @ctrsnarebear, I've been testing this out and for the life of me can't figure out why it isn't working for you. I spun up the latest version of Articulate on my machine, opened ArmA 3 and started giving orders with absolutely no issues whatsoever. I am running the latest dev build (1.73), but I doubt that has anything to do with it.

Just an idea, do you have some kind of on screen overlay or recording software running? Articulate checks what the currently active foreground window is and will only send events if that window is ArmA. If for some reason there's an overlay that is stealing focus and forwarding events underneath it, then Articulate won't be sending events through (the UI should probably indicate this, but it doesn't right now).

Unfortunately the only way to know for sure is to attach a debugger to Articulate and look at the output it produces, if you really want to go down that rabbit hole then VS Community Edition is free and will allow you to do just that.

[Ca11SignPatriot]

I am having the same problem. What are the source code files? Do I need them if i downloaded the installer?

[notheotherben]

You shouldn't need the source code if you've downloaded the binary (installer), however if you want to build it yourself then you will need them.

[Ca11SignPatriot]

Okay, I did download the installer, however the voice commands still wont work on arma.

[Ca11SignPatriot]

Could you maybe post or link a manual instillation video so me and ctrsnarebear can make sure theres no problem on our part or so we can make sure its not a problem with the auto-installer?

[ctrsnarebear]

I feel a little less idiotic knowing I have a comrade in confusion (Hi, Ca11SignPatriot!).

To my knowledge, I am not running any such overlay or recording software (and I'm pretty sure I would know). I've been playing Arma 3 on my Dell Inspiron laptop - I'm lucky to get 30 FPS on 80% sampling and practically everything else set to "low" or "off." I can just imagine what would happen if I tried running recording software. I also just did a reinstall of Windows 10, so I doubt it's an issue with a bloatware program I'm not aware of.

Steam does have an in-game overlay feature. I have it disabled though. Is it possible that it's not really turned off (just inaccessible from in-game)? I should try running Arma 3 without Steam... never tried that before, or even considered that it was possible, though now that I think about it, why shouldn't it be?

I am swamped for the rest of the week, but I will try to get it working on Saturday and attach the debugger. As always, thanks again for your patience with this issue.

[ctrsnarebear]

So, the Visual Studio stuff is way over my head. I don't even know where to start. I tried disabling the Microsoft game bar, but that didn't help anything. Thanks anyways.

[joeynuggetz]

Same issue here. After jumping thru hoops trying to get everything that was trying to tell me this software was a virus to ignore it, I have it installed and running and it recognizes commands and plays souinds but has 0 effect in Arma 3. Running windows 10 here too.