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Arma 3 Players Guide
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Player Guide

ARMATAK can be used in two different ways from a player's perspective:

  • passive viewing, where the mission server publishes the game state and you just connect your TAK client on the same network to check it.
  • active EUD integration, where your own ATAK device follows your in-game position, pretending that your phone's GPS is pointing to Altis (or whatever map you want).

Basic Terms

  • ATAK: Android Team Awareness Kit
  • TAK: the broader ecosystem and protocol family
  • CoT: Cursor on Target XML used to exchange entities, markers and events
  • EUD: end-user device such as a phone, tablet or laptop running a TAK client

What You Need

  • ARMATAK loaded in Arma 3
  • a TAK client such as ATAK, WinTAK or iTAK
  • the TAK server or network details provided by the mission maker

Third Person EUD

If the mission maker is running the server-side CoT router, the simplest path is:

  1. Connect your TAK client to the mission's TAK server.
  2. Join the Arma session.
  3. Watch the feed in TAK.

In this mode, you do not need to connect your phone directly to Arma. The Arma mission server is already exporting the data for you.

First Person EUD

If the mission uses the client-side ARMATAK workflow, you can connect your own ATAK device to Arma and have it reflect your in-game movement.

Typical flow:

  1. Connect the TAK client to the correct TAK server or network.
  2. Open Arma 3 with ARMATAK loaded.
  3. Use the ARMATAK action to connect to your EUD.
  4. Enter your device local network address when prompted.
  5. Confirm the TAK client is now following the in-game location instead of the real device location.
  6. If you are playing on single player, you are good to go, if not, your phone must connect to the same TAK Server, local network or VPN as the other players.

Privacy Warning

If you are using the client-side EUD integration, be careful with your real location.

If the EUD link drops and your TAK client falls back to the physical device GPS, you may start transmitting your real position again. If that matters for your setup, use a fake GPS workflow or test on a controlled network first. IronTAK will filter your real location if needed, but other TAK Server providers won't.

Installation

TAK Client

ATAK-CIV is publicly available on the Play Store.

ARMATAK

ARMATAK is available through the Arma 3 Steam Workshop and GitHub releases.

Troubleshooting

If you do not see the mission feed:

  • confirm your TAK client is connected to the correct server
  • confirm the mission maker actually enabled a CoT router module
  • confirm you are in the right groups or channels if the TAK Server enforces transmission scope

If your EUD integration is not working:

  • confirm your device and PC can reach each other
  • confirm the address entered in Arma is correct
  • check whether a VPN, firewall or separate LAN is blocking the socket

Video Example

Watch the video

ARMATAK

Arma 3 addon for streaming game data into the TAK ecosystem.

ARMATAK