PwS is no longer supported by its creators. Please use our Arma3Sync profile instead.
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If you already have PwS installed and configured, you just need to use either of these links to install our normal ACE Collection:
pws://?c=Hw8Vccld4k2selg7xS8dyQ
http://withsix.com/p/arma-3/collections/Hw8Vccld4k2selg7xS8dyQ/CiA-A3-ACE
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or these links to install our IFA3+ACE Collection:
pws://?c=NN3f8wA5Ck6rvXHr6NdiHQ
http://withsix.com/p/arma-3/collections/NN3f8wA5Ck6rvXHr6NdiHQ/CiA-IFA3
To take the pain out of downloading and updating the mods required to play on the CiA servers, I've created some profiles for Play with Six (PwS) which will do most of the work for you
So, if you haven't already, first thing to do is download and install PwS (or the newer version called "Sync", which may be more stable and easier for players to config) http://withsix.com/download
1. Once you've installed and launched PwS, to adjust the settings for each game (ArmA2CO and ArmA3) click on the arrow on the Game tab (on the far left, the one that shows ArmA II Combined Operations in the picture linked below), to show the list of games. Then click on the game and Settings.
Above Startup Parameters, you'll see Mod and Synq Directories. The first is where the mods will be installed to and generally it's best to leave this set to the folder where ArmA is installed, whilst the second is where PwS stores the backups of the mods so that it can repair them if necessary and generally it's a good idea, certainly if you're using a SSD, to change this path to a different drive as shown in the picture.
In the Switches section, you'll probably want to tick the first three as shown, unless you don't want to run the beta for some reason.
![[Image: Pw_S_Ci_A.jpg]](http://s13.postimg.org/mjwaivwo3/Pw_S_Ci_A.jpg)
2. Now you can import the CiA Collections by using either of the links at the top of this post, which will automatically load PwS (I can't post the pws:// ones as links, so just copy and paste them into a new tab). They might only work in IE, so if you're using another browser and they're not working, try them in IE (or you can click on the Windows Start Button, click on Run (type run to search for it if necessary) and paste them into the box and press Enter).
3. Enable or Add any Recommended/Optional mods that you want to use, like ST_Hud, etc.
Some mods are included in the profile as Recommended, so you just need to tick each of the ones you want to use. For other mods you want to add, click on the Collections tab on the far left (second down) and double-click to activate the CiA profile. Then, in the "Search Library" box at the top, type in the name, or part name, of the mod (Scope in the picture) and when you've found it, click on the green +/to CiA ... area on the right.
![[Image: Pw_S_Ci_A2.jpg]](http://s24.postimg.org/mcnjgi1sh/Pw_S_Ci_A2.jpg)
Double-click on the Collection name from the list to return to it and you'll see the mod has been added to it, with a tickbox indicating that you can disable it, unlike the Required mods which are locked.
![[Image: Pw_S_Ci_A3.jpg]](http://s30.postimg.org/w6dgpj0u5/Pw_S_Ci_A3.jpg)
Once you've finished adding mods, if the Update button is showing, click that to let it update/install the mods.
5. Once it's finished installing/updating mods click on Join and PwS should launch Teamspeak (if not already running) and auto-connect and launch ArmA 3 and auto-connect to the CiA server.
Note: If you want to prevent PwS automatically launching Teamspeak, if you launch it manually yourself for instance, then click on Options - Settings and in the "Server Browser" section, untick "Auto Process Server Apps". It will still prompt you to launch it but you can click No.
![[Image: Pw_S_Ci_A4.jpg]](http://s22.postimg.org/6cjamlm9p/Pw_S_Ci_A4.jpg)
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It's really easy... click the link on the forum (with Internet Explorer, I didn't get it to work with any other). Once PwS comes up, check the profile and put a checkmark in all the optional addons at the bottom you want to include... once you have done that, click on the big yellow "Install" button bottom left, and have patience

![[Image: Pw_S_Ci_A.jpg]](http://s13.postimg.org/mjwaivwo3/Pw_S_Ci_A.jpg)
![[Image: Pw_S_Ci_A2.jpg]](http://s24.postimg.org/mcnjgi1sh/Pw_S_Ci_A2.jpg)
![[Image: Pw_S_Ci_A3.jpg]](http://s30.postimg.org/w6dgpj0u5/Pw_S_Ci_A3.jpg)
![[Image: Pw_S_Ci_A4.jpg]](http://s22.postimg.org/6cjamlm9p/Pw_S_Ci_A4.jpg)