I spent a reasonable amount of time looking at how to install the sample missions and get them open and use them (as someone new to Arma 3 mods). That was just my experience and it brought me here, so I'm thankful.

But yeah, being hands on with the sample missions is the way to go. I've been enjoying it.

Nothing was causing the problem. I simply didn't know how to use it. But now that I've messed with it, I get the idea of the what Alive exactly does. I had to remap the APPkey since I'm playing an iMac 5k (mac keyboard). I definitely wouldn't have found that information (how to install and use) had I not asked. The sample mission engaged me to Alive.

BUT with that said, I definitely think there should be a tutorial highlighting how to use the sample mission. That would be the very first tutorial I'd look at. It's weird the trailer is great and show's what alive is, but you really can't grasp what it really does until you get hands on with it. Seeing the tutorial vides online and how many there are felt a little overwhelming.

Anyways. Awesome program, I can't wait to play with it more.

I got it to work! I got the enemy AI to show up. This is great. It took me a while to respond because I've been messing with it through the night and now it's 11 am right now. Are you guys in charge of the virtual arsenal? I'm having issues with the text popping up on the yellow tabs. It's hard for me to get the appropriate mag for the gun as well. The guns show up as black, I think they are suppose, maybe?

Thank you, thank you.

I followed this for the installation...
http://www.reddit.com/r/arma/comments/1wkmv8/alive_sample_missions_how_to_install_and_run_them/

So it loads up a few Friendly AI and no enemy AI. I'm at a base. I assume it's correct although there doesn't seem to be a mission. I'm going to poke around the guides and tutorials now.

edit: I'm getting the hang of it. Thanks again, but do let me know if the mission is suppose to load up enemies or an objective or something. Thank you spyder and the crew.

That would be fantastic. I don't mind learning Alive but if I can play Kunduz while moving a few things around and tweaking, that'll make the experience a lot more enjoyable.

edit: I'll poke around the mission templates as well.

I'm absolutely new to Arma 3 modding. I've had Arma 3 since October and played mostly Wasteland.

I really want to play Kunduz and I saw that Alive supports it. I'm not entirely sure how to use Alive, so can someone point me the right direction on how to make this happen. I'd like to play Kunduz, single player, against AI. Alive looks fanatic and there is just way too much information for me to go through at the moment. I'm just trying to wrap my head around it. Thanks!