Yeah of course. I hate having to sit through the process of having to download mods just to be able to play a mission for 30 minutes or so.

It was also the reason why I decided to make this kind of mission without addons.
Thus i takes note of your comment! Thank you Masonjwright123

Personally, I have the opposite opinion !
I think that you should start using mods but only the most downloaded ones.I believe that nearly everyone uses RHS (US and Russian army) and CUP Terrains (maps from the other Ama games), so you'd be pretty safe using those two !

I think it will give you more room for creativity and would likely attract all those guys who don't like vanilla futuristic setting (and I'm one of them).

PS: And for love sake don't use CUP units/weapons, those mods are huge and the quality is poor...

Hi Tova !! That's one the many problems that i encounter while making missions on Vanilla setting, there's a time where everything has been already made/used, i mean, locations are known and explored for a long time so it's difficult to make "original" contents, vanilla weapons become boring and the ground does not favor certain scenarios...
So it's very complicated.
Thus, i think i will work one day on a mission with those mods to see the new possibilities which could help me to create a better content.

Thank you a lot for your opinion ;)

I think there's a way to make mission initialize additional mods if they are installed. So, the basic idea is: you have rhs (for example) installed - you'll see content from this mod, you don't - you will see vanilla gear. Of course, this won't work with mods that add maps but this would ease the life for people who don't like to use additional mods and would prefer vanilla arma. Sorry for bad english.

Hi JimmyTheEye, I think you're right, playing a scenario without addons ease the life of many people, thus i think i will continue for the moment to work on missions without addons.
Thank you for your comment !

My opinion; previous titles made it difficult to find, download and install mods or addons. Arma 3 makes it super easy by just clicking the subscribe button. I've been inside the BIS editor since 2002 and found it satisfying to check out and use community made content in my missions and see it used in others missions as well. Not only do you expand your creative boundaries but you include other community members' efforts as well. "THAT" is what allowed Operation Flashpoint to hold on to it's community for so long. Players inspired other players and kept the fires burning. Don't limit yourself to just default content, You have the determination to create immersive missions by thinking outside the average submission, don't let anything stop you from continuing your endeavors. I've played "Snowfall" and enjoyed your attention to detail in creating a death strewn battlefield for the player to navigate through, complete with sound effects and ambient traffic to keep the player glancing over his shoulder. The only thing missing was road traffic and a few more distant firefights but I'll not discredit your efforts. You did better than 80% of the submitters on Steam, so keep it up.

Thanks savedbygraceofp for your opinion, i liked it !
In fact, i've got 4 others scenarios in preparation which not contains any addons, i think once they will be finished and published, i will begin to work on a mission with addons to actually see if it's better or not, (even if i know that it will be better for me because it will allow me to do more things, things i couldn't do with the vanilla set ^^), and then see if people prefer to play this kind of missions with addons or without.

Thank you again! :D

Very happy to know you're working on another scenarios !! Continue without addon +1

Thanks madvent ! :)

all official DLC from steam would be fine