How to manually connect to your server
To connect to your private Arma 3 server manually, you'll need to use the UI provided by the game as follows.
- Launch the Arma 3 game on Steam.
- Select
Servers
from the launcher. - Select
Direct Connect
at the bottom of the servers list. - Enter your server IP/hostname, and password. The port defaults to 2302 so you do not need to change this.