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Pinned Down A Total Combat Immersion Mod

Dev Note: New update is live! I’d love to hear your feedback—hit me up on Discord or Twitter.


(i’m new to Discord—any help is welcome 😅)

Pinned Down — Combat Immersion for Arma 3

Tired of sterile firefights? Pinned Down makes pressure matter for both players and AI. When rounds crack, your vision blinks and narrows, aim wobbles, and nerves fray. AI don’t just idle—they lose confidence and react smarter. This is how A3 combat should feel. 🔥

Firefights aren’t laser tag. In real combat most rounds miss, but they still do work: they rattle you, push your aim off, and make you think twice about peeking. Pinned Down brings that pressure to Arma. It’s lightweight, easy to use, and requires no mission edits.

[]Pressure you can feel: brief blink, soft tunnel vision, and a faint red hue on close fly-bys. Scales with proximity and caliber. Motion-safe slider included. []Aim under fire: suppression adds wobble and slows recovery. Moving/turning punish accuracy more while stressed. []Smarter AI pressure: under heavy fire they use smoke to reposition, with sensible cooldowns to avoid spam. []Tuning, not takeover: no wild camera punches. Plays nice with mission AI and other mods.

Real firefights are about suppression and maneuver, not 90% headshots. Expect roughly 1–3% hits at mid-range with cover (about 30–100 shots per hit, depending on range, skill, and terrain).

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Baseline load order: CBA → other mods → Pinned Down last
Faster, punchier feel: try Shake Mult 0.5–0.8, Stress Decay 0.03–0.04.

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• CBA_A3 (settings + functionality) → https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/workshop/filedetails/?id=450814997

• AI Suppression: ON
• Player Suppression: ON
• Brain-aware (Hybrid): ON
• Prone Hold: 6s
• Stand Lockout after Release: 5s
• Recent Combat Window: 8s
If you still see “stand → drop” pops, bump Prone Hold & Stand Lockout by +2s.

• Toggle Player Suppression / AI Suppression
• Player Effects Strength (blink / tunnel / red hue)
• Camera Shake (multiplier; optional)
• Smoke Aggressiveness
• Suppression Strength (how hard stress hits aim)
• QoL: copy current combat stats to clipboard → Ctrl+F12

Pinned Down can overlap with stance/suppression systems in LAMBS, VCOM AI, etc.
• First run: CBA + PD only
• If combining, disable overlapping stance/suppression/smoke features in one mod

• Advanced AI Cover — smarter find-cover
• Morale & Surrender — context-driven surrenders (Spearhead 1944 anims if present)
• AI Artillery Support — requests/cooldowns/safety, fully toggleable
• Optional medical tie-ins; CBA filters (your group / enemies / all AI)

I’m juggling work, family, and caretaking—updates will land, just not every day. Thanks for the patience.
If PD made your firefights spicy, please hit Favorite and Rate. 🔥👍

[]2013: AISS (first public AI project) []2016: FOA (smarter cover) []2020: Pinned (early suppression concept) []2025: Pinned Down (new codebase; suppression-centric + modular roadmap)