pboman3 VS ACE3

You need a PBO Manager application to unbinarize them and the Arma Tools suite to work with them. Mikero's Tools are also useful to modders.

Try using a pbo management util to manually pack the mission folder into a pbo from the 'missions' directory. Not sure how youre currently exporting, but try it a different way to start troubleshooting. Can't remember what util I have installed on my machine, but pboman3 looks and achieves similar to what I use, but there's a plethora of tools and routes so just have a look around for one that suits best.

You don't. You use PBO Manager.

I'm pretty paranoid about downloading some half-obscure software, especially in the form of an installer. So, can anyone tell me if this version is safe? I'd be really grateful.

Use this one by the guy that made it originally https://github.com/winseros/pboman3

https://ace3.acemod.org/ – Check that out and you'll see tactical shooters. I don't know if it's actively played anymore but years ago on A2 it was immersive to the point of PTSD. (thats hyperbole)

Now this returns: *["ACE_MainActions","PackWeapon"]*Which is correct according to the Git Documentation

It doesn't. ACE medical has had a bug since the medical update where any vest that uses a passThrough value of less than 0.2 in the hitpoints config causes units to take almost no damage. This affects certain vanilla vests as well.

ace is a widely used overhaul of the game. It's better if you just read up on this: https://ace3.acemod.org/

Lol I don't think you're going to find that in Arma. ACE medical makes things more realistic, not less. Here's a brief guide on the basic and advanced medical system, it's a bit outdated at this point but still gives you a good overview of how it works: https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/blob/v3.12.6/docs/wiki/feature/medical-system.md

Use this domain instead

ACE medical issue. Ever since they did their big medical system rewrite, it doesn't like vests that have a hitpoint passThrough value of 0.1 or lower. Vanilla content is affected as well, it's just not as noticeable because only a couple of vests use that value.