#end_of_life_arma

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hallow wagon
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its fuckin difficult but its okay

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pain is the best medicene

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also i love mando's missile mod

sick mauve
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Pretty much the only thing it was good for is building compositions precisely like making a table with papers on it or a bunch of closely stacked props. Way better having to spam PREVIEW every time you need to adjust the orientation of something in 2D editor.

tacit spire
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I remember when Arma 3 first came out and had a 2D editor... fun times spamming PREVIEW to place dudes on second floors or decorate the scenario. Not to mention customizing kits or inventories of boxes with commands ^^"

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Not to mention how easy it is to load mods today with the launcher... I remember having to manually load them into @folders every time!

hallow wagon
forest leaf
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@drowsy marsh ADD ME BRO

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Pls

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@drowsy marsh

drowsy marsh
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whaaat

odd citrus
supple fulcrum
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Anyone got OF dragon rising want to do some map stuff

merry briar
supple fulcrum
merry briar
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That is the definition is not Arma

obsidian agate
supple fulcrum
mighty yew
forest onyx
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ArMA?

merry briar
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Thanks @dreamy vigil

forest onyx
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I'm having issues with arma cwa the UI is going off screen. I've got a 1920x1080 screen and that's what I chose. I tried changing aspectratio.hpp too and that doesnt work

obsidian agate
forest onyx
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tried windowed, tried stretching it into all sorts but it keeps getting clipped. worked well on a previous 22' monitor

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The main screen sometimes get clipped but even if I fix it the mission editor is always clipped,

forest onyx
obsidian agate
dreamy vigil
forest onyx
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that fixed it

wintry dagger
obsidian agate
wintry dagger
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yes

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4:3 16:9 16:10 5:4 12:3

obsidian agate
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this is the original "Steal the Car" mission data, with replaced units and objects, in Arma 3

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merry briar
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I actually had similar project for Ambush! but didn't go well. Nice work Lou

obsidian agate
forest onyx
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I loved this mission even though I kept dying

dreamy vigil
obsidian agate
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fun fact: the positions match, even scripted camera ones (even though people, tanks etc are sometimes placed in buildings as La Trinitรฉ grew between 1985 and 2035)

merry briar
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grew huh? ๐Ÿคฃ

obsidian agate
weary stirrup
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(Let me know if this is the wrong channel for this)

I'm looking for an active server host for an Arma 2 multiplayer gamemode. Your responsibilities would be paying for the server (and handling all the donations that cover more than 100 % of the server costs at this moment in the current community) and dealing with most of the daily stuff (where I can assist especially in the beginning to make you familiar with things). Server + RCon costs are about 60-70 โ‚ฌ monthly now.

You would get a relatively active and established community in exchange that would move over from the current server gradually. I can setup all the stuff and guide you through the technical details and then take a semi-passive role in the community, letting you be in charge. I'd kindly ask you to have some experience from Arma 2 and technical side of things, because the mission and setup are quite advanced nowadays โ€“ but an open and kind mindset are by far the most important features. If you consider yourself as a servant for the community, you're probably a good choice for the community host.

Vast majority of the playerbase is in or near Europe, so you being in or close to European timezones would be strongly preferred.

DM me if you're interested even if you don't fulfill the whole "wishlist" criteria. Indeed, the right mindset is by far the most important aspect here, everything else comes only after that.

ivory magnet
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thanks

tough finch
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@ivory magnet already saw the post was typing a ban message in the bot channel ๐Ÿ˜‰ that's for the heads up either way ๐Ÿ‘

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It is funny tho that the bots for some reason always post in this channel ๐Ÿ˜‰ (most get blocked by anti-spam)

strange nexus
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For Arma: CWA, was there ever or is there now an add-on/ability to use a top down view of terrain similar to what we have in A3 Editor? See example on Malden 2035 vs Original Malden:

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What I want specifically is to get a detailed view of the ground without having to fly over it manually.

merry briar
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Do you mean you want to have birdseye/satellite map?

strange nexus
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Sort of, but more like what the editor has for A3 (in terms of zooming in and out and lateral movement)

obsidian agate
strange nexus
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Will try that, thanks Lou

strange nexus
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this exec "camera.sqs";

obsidian agate
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my bad, force of habit

crystal prism
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So... @strange nexus When we will play OFP? :P

strange nexus
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Not sure. Going to play A3 tonight I think. We'll see about next week, dependant on coursework

crystal prism
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No worries man

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I don't really care which day we play

winged pollen
weary stirrup
forest leaf
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@odd citrus But okey brother i will stop and sorry for ping hahah

drowsy marsh
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I dont who you are

forest leaf
rancid sky
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Are there any arma 2 servers

mighty yew
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Yes

rancid sky
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Are they active

mighty yew
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Some are... check the in game server browser

mighty yew
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Definitely a couple of DayZ Mod servers, a number of DayZ/Epoch servers and some generic ARMA 2 ones

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I would note that DayZ/Epoch got a massive update just last year

ember bay
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Did Arma: Combat Operations and Arma Armed Assault had two different soundtracks? I'm trying to find the first "Chorus" song from here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc9-wJJv2ss - as this is the only upload and unfortunately cut off, but in ARMA X Anniversary the OST seems to be completely different

YouTube
Sir Gas
ARMA Combat Operations Original Soundtrack Full OST

I do not own any song or picture from this video. ห‡Playlist in the descriptionห‡

  1. Chorus (0:00)
  2. Death Theme 1 (2:26)
  3. Death Theme 2 (4:18)
  4. Death Theme 3 (5:44)
  5. North Island (7:29)
  6. OFP1 Remix 1 (9:49)
  7. OFP1 Remix 2 (11:32)
  8. Rock Theme 1 (13:28)
  9. Rock Theme 2 (15:55)
  10. Rock Theme 3 (19:48)
  11. Rock Theme 4 (23:...
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mighty yew
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They are all in sounds.pbo in ARMA Gold

placid rampart
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How active are the remaining Arma 2 servers if there are any

sick mauve
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Not all are public servers though. The majority are private or may not be hosted in a region that's going to be playable for you (latency-wise).

placid rampart
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Ah

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I can't run Arma 3 so I'm gonna play arma 2 instead lmao

mighty yew
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Best download Epoch then ๐Ÿ˜‰

placid rampart
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Isn't that the Dayz server?

ember bay
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no it's Arma 2

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a submod to Arma 2 Dayz mod iirc

placid rampart
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So it will still be a tactical shooter and not Dayz?

ember bay
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actually it adds more role-play aspects so nope

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for tactical experience you might want to join a unit, there are some still playing Arma 2 (or even CWA/OFP), however you'll find them on BI Forums rather than here

mighty yew
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That ๐Ÿ‘† DayZ/Epoch mod is an expansion of the vanilla DayZ mod (though I would still say that it can be a tactical shooter at times). It's also still in active development, something that resumed after the 1.64 EOL patch came out - many things in that were required by the mod.

mighty yew
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Which is about two days after starting to play the vanilla mod ๐Ÿ˜œ

cedar lintel
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anyone know what sample is the main melody of the track "Concrete Cell" from the Operation Arrowhead soundtrack ?

mighty yew
cedar lintel
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But what sample was the melody taken from, cause i've heard it everywhere

mighty yew
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Oh, no idea

merry briar
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Prolly you can ask Ondrej directly, but not sure if he has active connection nowadays

forest onyx
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Also try shazaming it or something

cobalt isle
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Does anyone play 1 anymore

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Like, online

cobalt isle
ember bay
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CA means it's Arma 2 + Arrowhead

cobalt isle
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Ah, ok

hallow wagon
hallow wagon
hallow wagon
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i tried looking for the creator but the website was down and his i emailed his hotmail with no avail, so i don't think he really would care if I ported his ARMA 1 mod into ARMA 2 OA

hallow wagon
hallow wagon
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Also maybe getting SRA and ARMA 1 mods could help but idk

obsidian agate
hallow wagon
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Onto the treacherous march to find Southy...

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I mean actually I could just make my own F-35 model

obsidian agate
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but I do understand your pov, having come all the way up from OFPโ€ฆ I saw things

hallow wagon
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ive been trying to learn how to use Oxygen

obsidian agate
hallow wagon
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the PMC editing website has been helping me a lot too

obsidian agate
hallow wagon
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sorry for the dumb question just want to make sure

obsidian agate
hallow wagon
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Alright thanks man ๐Ÿ‘

foggy rune
merry briar
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Happy birthday, OFP ๐Ÿ™‚

dreamy vigil
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OFP event when?

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Hosted by bohemia of course

hallow wagon
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Gonnaf find out a way on how to change the in-game ARMA 2 year when you're making a scenario

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It's jsut capped at 2020

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I don't think you can actually change it past that cuz im pretty sure its something within the engine but i'll try and see a workaround

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not like its rlly important but

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wtv

obsidian agate
somber shadow
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Hiya, would anyone still have the FNC scopes, ballistics, and muzzle velocity mods for ARMA 2? Thank you!

hallow wagon
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Thanks

merry briar
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Speaking of, if I want to play Red Hammer, is there any legal way to do?

obsidian agate
merry briar
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Ask Codemasters? ๐Ÿ˜„

obsidian agate
forest onyx
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Memories, memories...

vital hedge
merry briar
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Well, meant actual Red Hammer on OFP

vital hedge
obsidian agate
vital hedge
obsidian agate
ember bay
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isn't Red Hammer considered abandonware now?

obsidian agate
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nyeeeeeeeee not sure, why would it be?

merry briar
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Hmm I've found Red Hammer CD-ROM from Imagineer (Japanese publisher for OFP) in Amazon, about 25 bucks + shipping

obsidian agate
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Codemasters still exists (ok, bought by EA so technically dead, but ๐Ÿ˜„)

merry briar
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Isn't OFP studio is already closed like ages ago?

ember bay
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it's not in distribution anymore

obsidian agate
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not buyable != abandonware (unfortunately)
at one point Alan Wake couldn't be bought because of a music rights issue, right now Driver San Francisco cannot be bought becauseโ€ฆ UbiSoft decided so?, but these games are/were not abandonwares
to me, qualifies as abandonware something that cannot be bought because the people owning the rights got bankrupt or something alike

ember bay
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but they do not handle any support for owners of the original game so it's past end of life state even

obsidian agate
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hm by internet definition, no distribution + no support = abandonware

ember bay
obsidian agate
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not valid! OFP/CWA is still selling

I found this definition:

Abandonware is any software still under copyright when the copyright owner either doesn't or can't enforce it. Regardless, since the copyright still exists, hosting and downloading abandonware generally counts as piracy in the US, making it illegal.

obsidian agate
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they were from release

vital hedge
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codema**** doesn't have the game in its game list, so it will be considered abandonware?

obsidian agate
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still illegal, but it fits all the definitions I could find on the interwebz

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SWAT 4 is abandonware, technically

modern basalt
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isn't SWAT 4 available on GOG?

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it is for like $4 or whatever the pricing is in other regions blobdoggoshruggoogly

ember bay
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it is

obsidian agate
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ah, Activision might still be able to get the monies ๐Ÿ™‚

hallow wagon
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gonna see if I can change ARMA 2's font to OCR-A but i highly doubt i can

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its gonan be funny having the

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MW font

agile sky
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guys how do I cheat in Arma cold war assault ? Getting sniped and blasted scares the s out of me...

forest onyx
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It has the cheat key and the cheat codes

agile sky
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i remember trying these ingame a couple months ago and it didnt do anything

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gonna try it again and report back

forest onyx
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I'm sure the campaign one worked for me

agile sky
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did you try god mode?

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thats the only one that I need

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i found a cheat engine table on fearless called Arma cold war assault 1.99, dont know if it works tho

forest onyx
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Nah I just tried campaign

agile sky
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gotcha, i remember playing the demo as a kid and thinking thats all the game had to offer haha

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until I bought a cd that includes all missions

forest onyx
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Got the CD, played it for a couple years, then got it off steam so had it for about a decade

forest onyx
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Where the heck could I find a group to play Arma 2 with? Like a rp server or discord server or anything.

ember bay
forest onyx
obsidian trout
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hey, im thinking of getting arma 2, mainly for multiplayer so how alive is the game rn? oh, and also, on the steam page, there's also a arma 2: operation arrowhead, is that just a dlc? or does it have different multiplayer for it?

somber shadow
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haven't really heard much about multiplayer either

tough finch
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Arma 2 does have a small player group, compared to Arma 3......... VERY small..... my advice would definitely be to get Arma 3 if you really want a good MP experience.

forest onyx
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there is really no reason to play arma 2 online

obsidian agate
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the campaign?

merry briar
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Depressed feelings?

mighty yew
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DayZ/Epoch?

obsidian trout
toxic delta
forest onyx
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@toxic delta no

tacit spire
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I've gone back to A2 for the COOP campaigns a plethora of times, but it was mostly with people I dragged from A3 into it

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but Harvest Red only once... getting through that in cooperative ONE time was enough ๐Ÿ˜…

toxic delta
# forest onyx <@344612468380663819> no

Yes?

I do have friends with whom I play older games once in a while, including OPF and Arma 2.
Mods are a pain though since ArmaHolic doesn't exist anymore, but till now we've managed.

weary stirrup
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Would people here be interested if I revived the fast paced version of Chernarus Life server in Arma 2: Combined Ops?

leaden otter
weary stirrup
idle marlin
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Anyone know anything about modded nitrado arma 2 OA servers? Looking for some help with custom missions plz DM.

forest onyx
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it should be more or less the same as arma 3

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where do you even find mods for arma 2?

sick mauve
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There's a couple of others but these are the ones with the most up-to-date mod versions.

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MODDB's repo has always been woefully outdated and lacking even before Armaholic went down so search in other repos for mods.

vital hedge
neon wadi
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ARMA 2: Is it possible to create a class inside a mission? This way people don't need to download mods if I just want to alter certain properties of a unit.

eg. put Config.cpp in the mission file and then do something like this

class CfgPatches
{

class YourJeep
{

units[] = {"YourJeep"};

weapons[] = {};

requiredVersion = 1.0;

requiredAddons[] = {};

};
};

class CfgVehicles
{

class All {};
class AllVehicles: All {};
class Land: AllVehicles {};
class LandVehicle: Land {};
class Car: LandVehicle {};
class HMMWV_Base: Car {};
class HMMWV_Ambulance: HMMWV_Base {};

class YourJeep : HMMWV_Ambulance

{
    displayName = "Your Jeep";
}

}
ember bay
mighty yew
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No, only CfgSounds and CfgSfx in description.ext

idle marlin
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Does anyone know anything about arma 2 OA servers?

vital hedge
idle marlin
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@vital hedge I need help with custom missions. When I upload them I can play some and others will just load CTI when I hit play. I know they work because I can host them on Lan but not the server

vital hedge
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look at the rpt to see what the error is

ripe rune
tough finch
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Yes you can, it is a event/community within the Arma franchise and a community the channels are not just for Arma 3 / Reforger @ripe rune ๐Ÿ‘

ripe rune
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Thanks

neon wadi
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is there any way how to eliminate lag from ZU-23 in Arma 2? whenever i shoot, fps goes from eg. 100 to 5-10. It is the smoke effect. Is there a config for this?

weary stirrup
neon wadi
obsidian agate
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aaany other mods?

neon wadi
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no mods at all

oblique wren
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Heyo guys. I've recently decided to redownload Arma 2 and get some mods to play around, and I've been looking for the latest version of CWR2 and addons, but it looks like its site is dead? http://cwr2.arma2.fr/cwr2-v17/

I've been trying to find it anywhere else, but no luck so far. Anyone knows anything about this? It looks like the site was still working just last month :/

obsidian agate
oblique wren
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Thank you. Man, I'd never imagine I'd have a hard time finding the latest version of such a well known mod.

Does anyone here know if the site for CWR2 is permanently out, or maybe it's just down temporarily? I've not been interacting with this community, and I know that armaholic closed sometime ago, but were not able to find any info about CWR2 site

mighty yew
oblique wren
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Cheers, I'll try doing that later

ripe rune
tame warren
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Hello guys

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I have a question about arma 2

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How to disable magazine icon in arma 2 ace mod when reloading? I can change it to icon or text when reloading

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I has searched the configs but no success

vital hedge
tame warren
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Thank you

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I'll look at that later and then report again if it worked out

tame warren
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I have fixed it

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new question maybe you can help me, you get in a vehicle an then pop up a field with stow gear how can i disable it? i have found it in ace_sys_eject but cant disable it or found a script for this

unique plaza
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Hello guys does anyone know how to fix reloading animation keep looping in arma 2 and i have a bunch of addons installed

merry briar
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You can unload Mods one by one, or half by half, to check which is the faulty

ember bay
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are there any differences in content of Arma: Armed Assault and Arma: Combat Operations? Someone had claimed that the Sahrani campaign on "older version" has different cutscenes but I'm kinda lost between which one is what and what's the actual difference.

merry briar
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I heard, forgot which is which, but American version has an additional scenario made by Moricky IIRC

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https://youtu.be/fDsmQY-teIY?t=155
Unrelated. Sometimes I really do miss this low-res texture. This is where I hopped into... Nostalgia!

YouTube
GamexOnline
[HD 1080p] Arma 2 Free (Trailer+Gameplay)

Arma 2: Free is developed by Bohemia Interactive Studio.
It is basically Arma 2, but with limited features(no singleplayer, no user created content.)
So, Arma 2 is the official sequel to the Operation Flashpoint-series following its predecessor, ARMA: Armed Assault.
Go training. create your own scenarios, deploy a selection of missions or play o...

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ember bay
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eeeh

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I played A2 + OA last year and it doesn't look half as bad as on this video ๐Ÿ˜„

merry briar
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But I DO miss the texture ๐Ÿคฃ

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Sadly I uninstalled it so there shouldn't be any data around here, but if... it is possible to play, I would like to play again

ember bay
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different lightning and higher contrast definitely helped hiding any artifacts on these textures, in A3 that old stuff looks way more dated

merry briar
dreamy vigil
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if only we get arma stuff in ylands, if only...

eternal wadi
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And the AI voices and that chat is just nostalgia

ripe rune
forest onyx
dreamy vigil
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is there a mod that adds Arma 2 soundtrack to Arma 3

merry briar
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Well, technically, vanilla already does add some

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...as a part of Old Man, and I don't know why

obsidian agate
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ambient radio reason iirc

merry briar
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I mean, I don't know why they mix up everything and didn't even name/label every songs they have

vital hedge
ripe rune
vital hedge
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armedassault.info is also hosted by Jerry, but with bidentify it tries to recover everything that is not in armedassault.info, so I think it is not necessary to upload everything it already has, because it would only duplicate the files, (that is what I think, is just my opinion) you can do what you want

ripe rune
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oh, okay. I didn't know that.

eternal wadi
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Afaik Bidentify only uploads stuff that is missing anyway? so it wouldn't hurt?

twin summit
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Hey when i try to install army of the Czech republic DLC a windows pops up saying "!!! MISSING STRING"

merry briar
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All I could recall is there was a struggle when I try to install, after all

twin summit
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how did you struggle it?

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Also did you do it in A2 OA or A2?

merry briar
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Good question actually. I somehow did it and I completely forgot - it just needs some strange way

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What I can say is: don't expect a straightforward install, but maybe legacy install screen

twin summit
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ill Czech my way around

twin summit
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Got ti to work:

  1. Install both Arma 2 and Arma 2 OA,
  2. RUN Arma 2, and close
  3. RUN Arma 2 OA, and close
  4. Run Arma 2 OA, buti in steam splash screen (launcher), select "Install Army of the Czech Republic DLC"

From that point on you can launch Arma 2 OA normally and have DLCs and Arma2 content

modern basalt
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"Use Steam" they say. "It's easy and convenient" they say.

brisk zodiac
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Hi. Does anybody knows where can I download "Dune mod" for operation flashpoint cold war crisis? All links I found are broken

brisk zodiac
twin summit
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Call me blind but is there a way to change zoom in zoom out on map keybinds in arma 2?
Default is scroll down to zoom in, and scroll up to zoom out, id like to inverse that...

merry briar
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I think there is no way to inverse. More like IDK why A3 did opposite

vital hedge
twin summit
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Ah, its a bit annoying but i got used to it more or less.

twin summit
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Another a2 related question, in PMC campaign where you use ka-137 drone with pk mg. The machinegun is oddly inaccurate like 20+ MOA rendering drone useless. Thing is i dont recall it being that useless...
Is it some wierd bug, or just how it is now?

obsidian agate
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iirc as it is, but don't quote me on that

twin summit
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Hmm okay...

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Ive read that it only does that in autonomous mode, hence me asking

sick mauve
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It's like that because the AI automatically switches to the low accuracy firemode initially and once you take control of the drone, you get stuck in that firemode.

twin summit
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Yaay! Any workaround known?

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Cause mission is borderline impossible, you get overwhelmed in 5 minutes

sick mauve
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Not as far as I'm aware unfortunately. I remember just sniping the gunners on the offroads first and then switching to the XM320 + spamming HE nades.

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Didn't even bother with the drones.

twin summit
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I guess if you dont receive spg HE blast straight to face

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Ill keep grinding away i guess

sick mauve
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Probs best to to turn down AI accuracy + skill for this mission. It's one of those missions that BI didn't really...balance well to say the least.

twin summit
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I think the whole intention was to use that drone to keep most at bay and then mop up the rest.

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Might just make a mod to fix the accuracy

twin summit
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Gotta say, i really love that pop up 'o clock direction indicator in A2 whenever AI reports direction.

brisk sundial
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Dunno if if this is right channel to ask about this. but i am looking arma 2 mods and was told to join here. if i am in wrong place could someone point me on right direction thank in advance and sorry about my bad english

vital hedge
# brisk sundial Dunno if if this is right channel to ask about this. but i am looking arma 2 mo...

on steam I have answered the same question thousands of times, here you will find what you are looking for
https://steamcommunity.com/app/33930/discussions/0/6637787280771552727/

https://steamcommunity.com/app/33930/discussions/0/3379410661800768836/

If you are looking for a specific mod that is not anywhere, ask here.
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/72812-arma-2-addon-request-thread/

discord is just discord, there are no mods here, you will only find information if someone gives it to you, discord was made to talk, it cannot be used as a forum, it is always best to use the forum, there is all the information, at least that's my opinion.

twin summit
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Hey, how well do harvest red or operation arrowhead work in coop, anyone tried it, is it more buggy (ofc it is)? (A2)

tacit spire
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Harvest Red is very difficult to play, but not impossible. You likely need to be with someone who is as patient and willing to troubleshoot it as you are; it is very buggy, I've only beaten it once entirely without either person getting frustrated, and I'm not sure if I'd do it again. Operation Arrowhead worked perfectly for me everytime I played through it with friends, but it is not too interesting in comparison to some Arma 3 workshop scenarios I've played, it's a fun set of missions but not really an interesting 'campaign' per se if a story is what you're after.

Though, my favourite, by far, is Operation Black Gauntlet from the Arma 2: Private Military Company DLC. It is only 2-player, but it's the best one in my opinion, and it has also run flawless most of the time for me. I think you have to be on the Legacy branch of Arma 2 IIRC to avoid some possible issues. It has an interesting story to it and some fun gameplay gimmicks that are pretty unique to it.

twin summit
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Oh ive played and finished thru all of them singleplayer.

But ive never knew (until recently) that they are all coop. And wanna try it.
But if its too buggy (more than sp) it might be not worth the fustration

tacit spire
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Harvest Red is definitely too buggy, I wouldn't recommend it unless you and whoever you play it with are hardcore Arma fans and want the experience together. Operation Arrowhead and Operation Black Gauntlet run mostly fine without much trouble, I generally recommend playing through Operation Black Gauntlet to everyone.

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You can also play one of the scenarios (and in my opinion the worst out of the whole campaign) from Operation Crimson Lance (British Armed Forces DLC campaign) in COOP, but it is listed under Multiplayer. It is the third mission called "Heat", though I wish they would've done the whole Operation Crimson Lance campaign aswell, since it is also not too impressive as a singleplayer campaign itself either in my opinion.
https://armedassault.fandom.com/wiki/Heat_(multiplayer,_Takistan)

twin summit
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Okay will give a try to arrowhead, im not sure if everyone has PMC.

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My personal list of best campaigns in order are:

  1. Harvest red (idk just rooted deep within my heart)
  2. EW
  3. Black Gauntlet
  4. Crimson Lance
  5. Arrowhead
  6. Czech campaign (some later missions are great, but starting few are quite boring and feel blunt)
wet coral
#

PMC campaign has that really fun gimic in the 2nd to last mission I think it is where you have to choose sides. It's especially interesting if done cooperative and the one option is something I have not seen in any other game.

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||The mission can turn from cooperative to counter-operative where you and the guy you are playing with face off against one another if you make the opposite choices||

tacit spire
dreamy vigil
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ah free choice

tacit spire
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That blog post is gold though, it's a good read

wet coral
twin summit
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Well you spoiled 14 year old game D:

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I dont have anyone to play pmc coop with, so i did find it interesting.

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I figured if one shot dixon, second ending plays

tacit spire
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I think you can only get the COOP ending gimmick in COOP. There is the other endings aswell otherwise.

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Gotta drag the people you know into playing the Arma campaigns lol

twin summit
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We will play harvest red and oa, but i cant force ppl to buy dlc for one off game.

mystic goblet
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is anyone wanting to play arma 2?

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i just got it and want to know the basics

summer pulsar
brisk sundial
forest onyx
forest onyx
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how do u do campaign coop

twin summit
forest onyx
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how do u host a listen server tho ๐Ÿ’€

forest onyx
ripe rune
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Only dedicated server requires a bit more setup to get it running properly, but afaik campaigns are not even supported for that.

twin summit
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Go to campaign, eg harvest red, press host on the bottom left, select internet.

Then you need to port forward (by default) ports 2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306 as UDP inbound to your PC.

forest onyx
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niceee

forest onyx
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looks easy to do

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man i miss arma 2 takistan life extreme

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now everyone move on and no one want to host it anymore

twin summit
forest onyx
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can i join ๐Ÿซก

twin summit
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Dunno. Ill have to ask. But it will happen in near future. We dont have a set date.

Also afaik harvest red supports max 4 players. So first i will see how many of us are interested.

forest onyx
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no problem ๐Ÿซก

obsidian agate
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@granite zinc

compact garnetBOT
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Are you looking to play with people?
pick one channel:
#looking_for_game to tell others you want to play
#looking_for_unit to tell others you are looking for a group
#communities_arma3 to browse through advertised groups

Note: Please follow the templates in those channels (if applicable), and don't use them for discussions.

twin summit
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In harvest red coop, players that arent the host cant hear/read subtitles of direct chat dialog. If we move a bit away tho, so dialog switches to radio chat, then it works fine.

Anyone has any workarounds?

hard valve
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With the discount I have purchased all the armas :]

ember bay
hard valve
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playing the games in reverse order, surprised by the sci-fi elements of arma 3 but enjoying it :]

twin summit
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What gets me the most is zoom in/zoom out reversed in older titles

hard valve
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o h ?

merry briar
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I always fooled by that

obsidian agate
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ah the editor's scrollwheel yes ๐Ÿ˜„

mighty yew
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Wait til you find out about the G-key trolling ๐Ÿ˜‰

stable matrix
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Those are hurtful memories

twin summit
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Correct me if im wrong, but if i recall correctly, the sniper in pmc campaign, the one where you wait for un observers to land on airdield, had m110, now has DMR?

tacit spire
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the other PMC marksman is Denys de Jong from Royal Flush who had a different weapon, but that doesn't fit your description

twin summit
tacit spire
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hmm I never checked what gun they have ๐Ÿ˜…

hard valve
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Is it just me or is Operation arrowhead and british forces broken?

twin summit
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Just you id say. Played them both not long ago

hard valve
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;~;

obsidian agate
hard valve
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Fails to start

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The base game is fine though

twin summit
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Verify it

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Also you can play arma2,oa, pmc, baf, czech directly from arrowhead, you dont need to launch them separately

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It becomes combined assaul if u have them

hard valve
stable matrix
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to (re)install british forces just launch it once

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british forces and pmc works differently than the czech which is a proper cdlc in steam

hard valve
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I see

twin summit
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To verify: right click on steam -> manage-> verify integrity

hard valve
twin summit
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To launch arrowhead as combined assault:

  • launch arma 2, close it
  • launch arrowhead, close it
  • launch arrowhead, select install czech dlc in popup
  • from now on just start arrowhead normally and poof, you can play any campaign from arrowhead (2, ao, baf, pmc, cz)
hard valve
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I see thank you for all the help

stable matrix
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baf and pmc needs to be installed manually by running them in steam

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do that after running arrowhead once first

twin summit
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Uhh, i didnt have to

stable matrix
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the downloaded "game" is just the DLC installer

hard valve
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I see that makes sense I suppose

stable matrix
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for example, Arma 2 OA Common/weapons_baf.pbo is 15MB vs the BAF game DLCsetup/BAF/BAF_data/weapons_baf.pbo which is 62MB

twin summit
hard valve
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Thank you, no harm done

rugged gorge
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i can't seem to find an actual answer anywhere but who voice acted captain shaftoe in harvest red?

merry briar
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Good question actually. BI rarely disclose who was the voice actors and their role AFAIK, and the credits is not really helpful especially vanilla Arma 2

dreamy vigil
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some voice actor were carried over from Arma 1, or even ofp.

prisma gull
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hey, any clue why the original arma doesnt seem to run on windows 10?

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also, its called ArmA, not Arma, says in the cover box and in steam

merry briar
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Arma Gold you mean?

obsidian agate
compact garnetBOT
obsidian agate
prisma gull
prisma gull
obsidian agate
prisma gull
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fair enough

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the other games are either Arma or ARMA it looks like

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officially, Arma, sometimes ARMA

obsidian agate
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even more technically, ArmA is Arma 2 ๐Ÿ˜„

prisma gull
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Really?

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Arma 2 is called Arma 2 on steam and stuff

obsidian agate
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as Operation Flashpoint was renamed Arma: Cold War Assault

prisma gull
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oh true

obsidian agate
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for sanity reason, I call it Arma 0 on the wiki ๐Ÿ˜

prisma gull
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operation flashpoint under bohemia interactive that is

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yeah, understandable, because its technically still operation flashpoint slightly modified

dreamy vigil
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Codemaster's

prisma gull
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oh?

wet silo
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Any reason I canโ€™t play operation arrowhead anymore?

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It keeps telling me my dependents keep getting deleted

scarlet kayak
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hello everyone i have a question.. i want to try to install a mod for operation flashpoint (aka arma cold war assault)
and that mod is ffur 2008, but when i want to launch it there's a panel of commands that tell me to install an extra pack (2 type of direct x), and when i choose an option and press enter, nothing works, can someone help me please? soupe

dreamy vigil
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can you provide the screenshot of the issue?

scarlet kayak
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that's weird

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i cannot send pictures

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@dreamy vigil here i put the 3 screenshots in the imgur link, like i show from the beginning, when i open the first file of the game

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and so in the third screenshot when i write number 1 or 2, i push enter and then.. nothing? the number just disappear and nothing else change

dreamy vigil
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seems like the mod is too old and some stuff already broken. i'm sorry i couldn't give anymore info regarding this, try asking the mod author if there's any.

scarlet kayak
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it's fixed now! ๐Ÿ˜„

faint moth
prisma gull
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why arma 2 is called ArmA in the game code? things such as filenames are called ArmA 2 instead

eternal wadi
prisma gull
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ah thanks

barren stump
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is there source code for any game released?

ember bay
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no

dreamy vigil
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there is but for BI employees only

prisma gull
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aka not to the public

opaque marsh
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hello everyone, i been wondering if anybody is able to help me on locating a downloadable link for an arma 1 mod that became lost media after the armaholic website shut down, been checking the wayback machine and it didn't work for me sadly (the mod in question is The Lost Brothers Modpack)

ripe rune
opaque marsh
opaque marsh
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small update : i reviewed the link for the mod pack using the wayback machine, it worked and now im downloading the mod

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unfortunately,the file is corrupt

opaque marsh
hallow wagon
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In ARMA 2 is it possible to make drones controlled by enemy AI that target hostiles n shit

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i had a scenario where i managed to like

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have the enemy drone attack me and my allies but its on my ssd and its not avaliable to me right now

hallow wagon
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but im 95% sure its also possible to do it more efficiently and properly

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if im not able to do it properly i guess i could just try and script/mod it myself

forest onyx
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right they told me to ask here

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coc divers artillery mines
usmc symbols
bn tracers
any ideas for links?

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cwa

stable matrix
forest onyx
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this it?

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oh it is thanks pal

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@stable matrixfound everything but fn tracers

forest onyx
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the link won't open just say untitled

stable matrix
stray socket
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Played Arma 1 ACE mod today

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Pretty threatening mod

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All that happens is you make contact and all ypu hear is blood curdling screams

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Hit in the helmet and you're losing your sight

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But you can still move and shoot

opaque marsh
stray socket
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Yeah it does a good job of emulating being totally at the whim of your DNA during a battle.

hallow wagon
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does anyone know how to add fonts to arma 2?

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i saw VME/chinese devs do it in ARMA 2

merry briar
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Same way with A3

hallow wagon
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that makes things a lot easier

coarse quest
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How would i get the screenshots from the built camera in arma

mighty yew
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CTRL-P? Oh, that's ARMA 3 though...

sharp kernel
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This might sound dumb but I want to pick up Arma Gold Edition soon because I want to learn more about the island of Sahrani through the campaigns since I was gonna use Sahrani as the backdrop for some missions or whatever

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Maybe I could also wrangle some people for multiplayer using LAN stuff

opaque marsh
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But first what version would it be ?

sharp kernel
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I was gonna get the GOG version for now since it's on sale for $2

opaque marsh
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And i downgraded it to 1.14 because i use integrated GPUs which don't work on version 1.18

dreamy vigil
merry briar
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Well Decker said about lore wise

sharp kernel
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So far I've just learned that the Us Army really needs to stop deploying me solo for side missions as a Private

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"Alright go get em champ!"
"Sir, you want me to destroy 4 tanks by myself?"
"Yes."

dreamy vigil
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in ofp you were 3 man team destroying the entire island AA, god bless James Gastovski

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steal confidential document

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and there is one mission where you fleeing from enemy forces alone without map and only have stars to guide you

sharp kernel
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Man maybe I have it easier in this game lol

opaque marsh
tacit spire
sharp kernel
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I should play Royal Flush. I just got a bit into Armed Assault and so far it's fun minus this one Humvee side mission

opaque marsh
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Even some details too

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||Like if one of your team dies he'll be replaced by an sla soldier and wont appear in the ending cutscene of the campaign||

sharp kernel
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I'll give it a shot later today

opaque marsh
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@sharp kernel how's your experience on arma armed assault?

sharp kernel
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Its alright although I'm pretty bad at it

sharp kernel
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I'm trying to run Arma windowed but I can't figure it out and guides keep saying to just add a -window parameter but it's not working for me

opaque marsh
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like i did try -window paramter in the target line and worked normally without problems

sharp kernel
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Maybe I'm using the wrong thing hold on

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Do I want to use it on the EXE files or the shortcut?

opaque marsh
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yeah, try it on the shortcut

sharp kernel
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It keeps launching in fullscreen

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"D:\Arma Gold Edition\arma.exe" -window

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This is what the target looks like

opaque marsh
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thats weird

opaque marsh
sharp kernel
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I don't know how to set targets for the exe files

opaque marsh
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unless they're shortcuts

sharp kernel
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The SLA forces in Arma watching in horror as they deploy Decker Lightstone, tactical bnuy

icy sail
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Anyone know how to fix the wait for host thing on Arma 2?

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It seems to only be though bistudio

ripe rune
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We have been getting this lately too. Restaring game might help, or then it's just random...

icy sail
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Or so Reddit says

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I could try to get it running later

icy sail
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I see. all the servers are off line on bi studio

ripe rune
opaque marsh
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My ArmA armed assault experience lacks a lot, im looking for people who might help me to discover more mods to try out or anything interesting

dreamy vigil
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too bad most of the website containing Arma mods (ofp - arma 2) has been down

opaque marsh
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Just name and i try

wet coral
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@turbid idol This is the order of the games:

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Arma Cold War Assault
Arma Gold Edition
Arma 2
Arma OA
Arma 2 (DLCs)
Arma 3

turbid idol
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it says its an expansion pack but

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idk what that entails

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screw it

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we're buying it all

wet coral
turbid idol
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the antichrist

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yay spent money

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wait

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arma 2's dlc things are seperate?

wet coral
turbid idol
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bro i cant send images

merry briar
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For whatever reason ACR needs a bit complex setup, others are automatically AFAIK

tacit spire
sand knoll
#

does anyone have any download links to CWR2? The official site is down I assume forever, really want to get the mod and it's addons like the Austrian and Norwegian

ember bay
opaque marsh
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It doesn't contain other expansions

opaque marsh
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The links are down meaning i might possibly use wayback machine and look for the addons

sand knoll
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Tried using the wayback machine

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I've contacted wolle to see if he has some kind of mirror links though

ripe rune
#

Like nothings changed in the game. Eol patch was done ages ago + the fix for win11 BSOD. What is going on? Something wrong on BI's backend?

opaque marsh
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Try it

ripe rune
# ripe rune I had this problem just recently, and so did the headless client on my server. C...

Seems that I had to uninstall battleye, and reinstall it*** for the server.***

How it can just break like that? We've changed nothing regarding this in the server.

Either way, this batch file is incorrect in the BattleyeFiles:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\Expansion\BattlEye\Uninstall_BattlEye.bat

The contents of the file are:

@echo off
echo Uninstalling BattlEye...
..\ArmA2OA_BE.exe 4

Should be:

@echo off
echo Uninstalling BattlEye...
..\..\ArmA2OA_BE.exe 4

Same for Install_BattlEye.bat, but this can be done with starting the game.

sand knoll
opaque marsh
sand knoll
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Alright thanks

sand knoll
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Looks like its only a html and json file same goes with the west germans

opaque marsh
sand knoll
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I did, search for cold war rearmed they only have the east germans

opaque marsh
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You'll find the entirety of the cwr units there

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I'll look more for you

swift drum
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can someone help me?

sand knoll
merry briar
wet coral
sand knoll
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Having much fun with it, mixed with csla it's probably one of the best cold war experience I've had

cedar zenith
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Hello, where can I find mods for CWA?

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Oh, just found a site

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Welp, question answered, heh

cedar zenith
opaque marsh
turbid idol
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im playing arma OA and the mouse input is so weird

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its not fluid at all

earnest forge
opaque marsh
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Yes

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It does

sand knoll
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Great maps I have to say

cedar zenith
#

Does anyone know how to make the cursor slower? Not less sensitive, just slower

young mulch
#

so in OFP:CWA - how do I get AI to enter fortifications and buildings?

opaque marsh
stray socket
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Does anyone play Arma 1?

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I'm down to play MP

gritty silo
dense socket
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I have a short question about ArmA2 Editor? How can I make Forces that are on the same site (OPFOR) hostile to each other?

raw forge
#

One method I usually use is group them to a blufor leader. Then make that blufor probability of presence to zero. Those opfor should now be considered blufor. Same trick can use in Arma 3 too.

opaque marsh
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Use notepad++ to open the file

dense socket
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Thanks that helps much ๐Ÿ™‚

young mulch
raw forge
#

Right, forgot about that. I know that worked for Arma 3, don't know about Arma 2 though. Maybe it should work nonetheless.

wet coral
sand knoll
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No problem!

frank ledge
#

What would you guys say is original Operation Flashpoint special edition worth today? It came in ammo box with maps, soundtrack, flashlight and raincoat.

ember bay
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a few hundred bucks I'd say, assuming all the stuff is in good condition

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it also depends on how fast do you want to get rid of it, if you want to sell it

craggy remnant
#

Hey, I have a problem with Arma 2, I tried to install the launcher and some mods.

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And then when I tried to start it I got a message

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"shaders not valid(mismatch of exe and data?)"

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What does it mean?

merry briar
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Firstly, make sure vanilla works. Secondly, verify your game through Steam

sand knoll
#

Arma 2 has a launcher?

ripe rune
vital hedge
reef lintel
#

yo anyone here wanna group up for some arma 2 campaigns or single missions?

ripe rune
#

Does Arma 2 OA support multiple headless clients? if not, why?

ember bay
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if you googled this very question you would receive a proper answer in split second I reckon, because it's all on biki

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you either define multiple ips for multiple HCs or use the loopback entry to allow multiple conenctions from the same IP

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"if not, why" - what even is this question? If it didn't support multiple it would be because it was not important enough, just like whatever else you would ask about, simple as

ripe rune
# ember bay "if not, why" - what even is this question? If it didn't support multiple it wou...

The issue I was having is that once I start the second client, the first one closes (even before connecting). I'm using this as batch file:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\ArmA2OA_BE.exe" -client -nosound -port=2302 -profiles=server2 -name=Mr.Anderson -localhost=127.0.0.1 -noLogs -malloc=system -mod=EXPANSION;ca

Was kinda confused about the loopback mode that it "would force server in to lan mode".

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I tried having two different names/profiles and it didn't help

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on the -profiles and -name param

ember bay
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do you have the clients defined in config file?

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it's localClient[] or headlessClients[]

ripe rune
# 
localClient[]={"127.0.0.1"};
headlessClients[]={"127.0.0.1"};

It's configured like this, I'm intending to connect them both from the same machine. Could this be issue that the other client just is forced to close down?

ember bay
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if I understand the wiki correctly you can connect multiple hcs from one IP only if server is set to loopback = true

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but this will make it work in lan so probably not good for you at all

ripe rune
# ember bay if I understand the wiki correctly you can connect multiple hcs from one IP only...

Loopback makes it worse yeah, now the client is being kicked once it joins and yeah if it forces lan mode no point in that.
What do you think causes the issue in the first place that starting one client closes the other one? Should I try something like running the headless client in Docker or VM to try to isolate it from the main OS? If those containers/virtual machines can be assigned a local IP, I just enter it to the config and it should work fine?
Do you know anyone that has actually ran two or more headless clients in Arma 2? It should be possible way or another, right? but does it have to be this complicated the way I described it with VM's and stuff?

ripe rune
acoustic hinge
#

is it worth buying the anniversary edition? 10 bucks right now seems like a steal even if everythings old

merry briar
#

OSTs and some bonus arts too. That's nice

merry briar
#

I just recalled Japanese OFP community have a rumor that if you own enemy weapon it may lead to Blue on Blue from an AI... is it even true?

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(I'm asking because I've never seen such case)

raw forge
#

My recollection is old, from the 2000s. But I believe it is not true. I remember I had to take enemy weapon during the campaign, or purposefully took enemy weapon (because AK-74 is very accurate) and never been shot at by friendly.

sick mauve
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Absolutely not. Weapons don't have side affiliations and that applies to all the games.

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Not to mention that Resistance would be impossible if wielding Soviet weapons caused you to get targeted.

sand knoll
#

does anyone have an download link to DIH 1970s Generic African Units? it seems theres no actual working download links for it

ripe rune
sand knoll
#

yes

ripe rune
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Damn

mighty yew
sand knoll
#

Cheers

fringe light
#

What is the natural progression of Arma titles? Is it OFP, ARMA GOLD, A2, A2OA, A3?

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Plan to play through all games single player in order. If anyone has suggestions or specific settings you need to do for each game feel free to tell Metz

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Or any info other than spoilers someone would like to know about those games?

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Modding, scenarios, memories, groups, forums, ect. Also how armaholic effected modding when it went down?

ember bay
ember bay
ember bay
fringe light
#

Gotcha. Itโ€™s arma so Iโ€™ve been pretty used to โ€œarma jankโ€ lol. Interesting to see how far the series has come over time. All the dead forums and such as well

surreal garden
#

i just got dropped by a dude who went through a wall just to shoot me

forest onyx
#

can i run arma with a intel i5 4590 and a amd 550

forest onyx
forest onyx
forest onyx
#

But I think u won't be able to play reforger sadly

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yea buh i heard arma 3 is better iโ€™ll prolly need a better graphics card for reforged buhi jus got a pc and needed some feedback thanks man

forest onyx
#

Arma 3 On top always

tacit crest
#

Hello everyone, I've been looking into trying out CWR2, but I am very confused on what files to download and the installation process. In https://ftp.armedassault.info/ I found quite a few files with the CWR2 (and similar) labels, but I'm pretty sure not all of those are needed. Is there an updated guide of which files to download and how to install? Thanks

sand knoll
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That version is quite outdated

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Try downloading from here

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It's the latest version

tacit crest
misty lynx
#

I just got arma 2 on steam after years and when I went to start it up it will just close on its own anyone now how to fix this?

ember bay
#

which arma 2, just the base game or with the dlcs? operation arrowhead version?

devout summit
#

Iโ€™m sorry but why do people still play arma 2

ember bay
#

For the campaigns that haven't been ported to Arma 3.

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Or if A3 does not work on their rigs, Arma 2 used less resources

misty lynx
ember bay
#

Arrowhead is standalone. There was a specific order of installing that stuff so it doesn't crash, but I forgor.

#

If you Google around how to install Arma 2 you should find a video guide or a forum post, just make sure to follow it step by step

misty lynx
#

So I donโ€™t just install arrow on steam?

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I need to look for steps thatโ€™s weird

stable matrix
slate thicket
#

I just bought arma 2 and when I try to play campaign it switches between the difficulty and campaign hud. Anyone knows how to fix this? I only have the base game, no DLCs

gilded jewel
#

Got a bit of a technical problem with the Old Man scenario on Arma 3. When I reach the point at which Keystone tells me to take the thumb drive, the mission description doesnโ€™t update when I pick it up. Hence, when I try to plug it into the computer tower at the sawmill it does nothing even without a CSAT security card. In other words, Iโ€™m stuck at this point in the mission. I did some Google searches but didnโ€™t find anything helpful, so Iโ€™m wondering if anyone here happens to have any ideas on how to fix this issue.

ripe rune
gilded jewel
#

Odd, they didnโ€™t appear before.

surreal matrix
#

Is there a weapon spawner mod along the lines of A3's Personal Armory for Arma 1?

livid osprey
#

Does arma 2 multiplayer still work?

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like normal arma 2

sick mauve
#

Vanilla A2's MP is still active. You just need to use alternate means to connect since GameSpy's servers are long dead.
https://master.bistudio.com/?page=1&count=10&game_id=1

Server Browser

Enables server owners to add their servers to the list, for users to directly connect to the servers (if they have a Steam version of the game) or to easily learn how to connect.

misty lynx
#

I wonder if thereโ€™s any milisims still up for Arma 2

misty lynx
sick mauve
#

You sure they're not password locked?

misty lynx
#

lat me try some more

misty lynx
sick mauve
#

ยฏ_(ใƒ„)_/ยฏ
Dunno then.

mighty yew
#

No idea on ARMA 2 MILSIM, but ARMA 2 DayZ/Epoch servers are very much still up

ripe rune
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and Warfare/Domination too. But no milsim anymore afaik

unique plaza
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Yo so i just got arma 2 and installed ace mods,but when i play the war welcome mission on multiplayer i can't respawn after my character die

mossy folio
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is there a reason arma 2 samples are missing textures?

merry briar
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Because are already provided as actual PBO

mossy folio
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fair

steep ether
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Does anyone know why the models have been up scaled for reforger? Seems weird that since arma 2 and 3 had a very distinct almost smaller than life size this change would happen now than how it was before.

Or does anyone know why the arma 2 and 3 scale was chosen to begin with?

ember bay
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upscaled? what? What models?

steep ether
# ember bay upscaled? what? What models?

Every model. Buildings, tanks, characters. Everything has been made larger by like 25%. So Iโ€™m just curious why the change now since arma 2 and 3 werenโ€™t

merry briar
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Not quite sure what exactly you're referring for and comaring

sick mauve
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Hmm...Reforger's stuff is sorta bigger. If anything, A2's seems to be way too small now that I look closely at it, whereas A3 has just about the right size between the two games.
https://i.imgur.com/azkUrd0.jpeg
I suppose this was a deliberate design choice since it does make CQB feel a lot less clunkier compared to previous games.

Imgur
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Then again, I'm not familiar enough with Czech architecture so maybe this is how Soviet-era buildings are sized. ๐Ÿ˜›

mighty yew
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IIRC, the percieved difference between A2 and A3 was because the standing stance in the latter is not really standing straight. Also you cannot compare different doors to judge - for example the ATC door is smaller than the Command HQ door. But A2 and A3 characters are both 1.82m tall. No idea about AR though

mighty yew
wheat drift
frosty gale
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Any armed assault editors active?

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I'd like to buy his services

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I'm looking to create a mod about Syria and Iraq's war against Daesh, but I don't know where to start.

I don't know how to create an addon or a pbo file, or how to model a 3d file.

ripe rune
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changed to recruiting channel, my bad

sand knoll
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I might've just fuck up my a2 oa

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So I tried moving it to my other drive that has like 1tb, now it's giving me an error about like grass clutter

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Do I need to full on reinstall my game to fix this stuff?

ripe rune
sand knoll
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The problem is that I did move it with the steam thing

ripe rune
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any mods on?

sand knoll
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Oh yeah

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Many

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41gb

ripe rune
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Probably disable those first :p

sand knoll
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It disables it after moving it, the problem is that after I turn them on again

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It dies

mint wren
sand knoll
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Ahh

sand knoll
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Looks like I can't combine a2 and oa anymore after this

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anyway to fix this stuff other than reinstall?

ripe rune
sand knoll
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Doesn't work, it says Arma 2 is activated but like Chernarus and Utes isn't in

sand knoll
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Also there's a expansion thing called just ca

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I don't know what that is

ember bay
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Base game files iirc

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Just reinstall the game if you have issues, way faster than trying to debug Arma 2

sand knoll
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Oh well

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I'll do that

sand knoll
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I've reinstalled both oa and a2

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Remains the same

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I don't know what to do now

weary stirrup
# sand knoll I don't know what to do now

Copy the contents of Arma 2 AddOns folder, except the 3 files containing corepatch_a2 in their filename. Paste the copied files into Arma 2: OA Expansion\Addons folder. When Windows asks you about whether to overwrite similarly named files or not, select "no overwrite"/"keep existing files". Then launch Arma 2: OA normally

sand knoll
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Alright

sand knoll
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Holy shit

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It worked

ripe rune
sand knoll
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Thanks

ripe rune
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@sand knoll After fresh installation, if you are not able to run Combined Operations with either:

  • by starting Arma 2 first, then running OA

On some rare installations:

  • using the batch file we talked about earlier
    and/or
  • you must remove the corepatch files and verify from the game files

If it doesn't work, the issue could be beyond Arma itself, like an anti virus software or infected system. We had dozens of players with installation issues and especially without mods, these fixed all of the issues. Just be sure to make the base game work first, then try installing mods.

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Lol

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Just posted it

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good that it worked :p

sand knoll
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The timing holy hell

weary stirrup
ripe rune
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cat_yeppers . Thanks @weary stirrup for helping him out HYPERS Added this method to our guides in case some of the players will have similar issues too.

It is very odd though. The solutions seem to be different for each of the players, and after the EOL patch the corepatch bug comes to some players only. For example, while I've done all of my installations the same way for about 10 times (just by starting Arma 2, which should do the same thing you mentioned), I only got the corepatch error once. I strongly feel that this ain't about user error and if there was patch to the game still, I wish that this could be fixed because it drives many players away from our server daily (checked from RCON log), that don't have knowledge to fix it.

sand knoll
swift pebble
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Hey! Did you get any news from them? Lmao

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Its been ages

obsidian agate
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well, I kinda forgot the whole thing too

merry briar
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He just aged well

merry scarab
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Apparently Arma 2 is extremely dark

ember bay
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you can turn up brightness and gamma

mellow plaza
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Hi, I am in the process of digging for Cold War Rearmed mod for Arma2. I already found W0lle's onedrive:
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!AF7genbUFJEbFsA&id=22A533A9DC108D6C!104&cid=22A533A9DC108D6C
It has everything except 1985 main campaign. It even has resistance campaign and expansions but not the main campaign.
Apparently it has to be downloaded separately:
https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/comments/c6qi8f/need_help_installing_rearmed_2_mod_for_arma_2/

Does anybody have the main campaign file? cwr2_1985.pbo? And maybe possibly red hammer if it exists? I will compile it all and try to duplicate the onedrive so it does not get lost in time. Thanks in advance!

austere kite
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I guess it's best to ask @eager tusk himself

eager tusk
merry scarab
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Scary to think A3 will someday wind up here...

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sorry for making you guys think of this

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lol

worn hatch
#

does anybody here regularly run stuff together on arma 2? i have every arma game up to arma 3 but i'm just really nostalgic and enjoy arma 2 and would love to play it with some people if any y'all play it a lot

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i also really like cold war assault but idk if its even possible to play multiplayer on that lol

ripe rune
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We run Warfare gamemode and it has been quite active still. You can also find various DayZ servers, some PvE servers. For milsim you might need to host it yourself.

worn hatch
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nah im not necesarily looking for milsim i just like playing the game lol. i knew there were a couple dayz servers that are somewhat active, where can you find the pve servers? also how often do you guys play that warfare gamemode, id like to get in on that

ripe rune
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The server is quite active daily usually until the midnight, and starts to gather players usually during the day/afternoon european time, discord link is in the bio if you want to try it.

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although no mods are needed most of the time

worn hatch
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looks cool asf, just joined the discord

tulip plinth
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Yo anyone got a freecam or trainer for singleplayer arma2 ?

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i'm trying to figure some technicalities out concerning bardak in razor two

keen pecan
ripe rune
limber spear
tough finch
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Yup just 1 more week ๐Ÿ‘€

coarse sphinx
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Hey guys, I played Arma2 probably more than 10 years ago, and I wanted to play it again with some buddies for old times sake... I remember there was this great campaign called PMC Versus for Chernarus (it had 30 missions)

The problem is, no matter where I search, I can't find it anymore (it points me to armaholic but that site seems to be closed)
Does anyone by any chance has those missions backed up somewhere safe, and is willing to share?
(I know it's a slim chance, but I just can't believe they're lost)

strange nexus
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....many days later...... Still busy with coursework, but still looking forward to it one day!

coarse sphinx
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Alright, managed to get in touch with original author (Fuiba), and he gave me both campaigns (30 mission on Chernarus, and 5 mini campaign on Thirsk)

In case anyone needs it as well: https://pixeldrain.com/u/cpyFsDUQ
Will see about maybe making a post on BI forums at some point, or if anyone else who already has an account is willing to upload it there or on any other arma site, so it is a bit easier to search for it in future

(it needs ace mod, forgot to mention, no other requirements)

woven solstice
tight atlas
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is there still some people who play arma 1 or cold war assault here?

sand knoll
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Yes

sinful depot
#

Good evening, please could someone possible share Arma 2 mouse acceleration values (for infantry mainly)?

This might not be possible but I thought maybe by using RawAccel the acceleration in Arma 2 could be neutralized a bit.

tight atlas
#

did everything about vbs addons are now dead?

stable matrix
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You'll need to find a different discord for VBS, this is for Bohemia Interactive's Arma series of games

dense monolith
#

idk how to phrase this properly, but i want to remaster the original chernarus (very original ik) so i can port to reforger and possibly a3. im downloading a2 atm but im assuming the source files arent included, so how could i get my hands on these?

merry briar
dense monolith
dense monolith
#

is it possible to "bake" the terrain to some kind of model so i can work with it for texturing and then porting to enfusion?

forest onyx
mighty yew
#

Not sure why anyone would choose Chernarus for porting (especially for ARMA 3 now, with all the variations available in that platform including Chernarus 2020). Porting the actual map is fine, but most of the buildings are not enterable and the enterable buildings in ARMA 3 are basically from mods or Enoch (Livonia), none of which are available in Reforger at this point. Better to do a new eastern European themed map where the Reforger buildings fit than try a port at this point, the work on each individual ARMA 2 building is tough enough, without having to completely do 100 to open them, but that's just my opinion...

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If the upcomingโ„ข๏ธ ARMA 3 Licensed Data Pack includes Enoch buildings it'll make it an easier proposition, but all the buildings will still have to be completely rextured (and won't have furniture - BI removed all of that when they ported them from DayZ ๐Ÿ˜ญ )

keen pecan
#

Anyone still playing arma2

ripe rune
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Of course. Not vanilla but OA cat_yeppers

stuck seal
#

I am playing CWA, but my missions got deleted everytime it crashes

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(I finished After Montegau, and was supposed to play Rescue)

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Had the Memory error crashes, and now I have to start at the Assault on Montegau

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Is there any way to reactivate the Rescue mission in the campaign other than replaying the horrible After Montegau mission?

ripe rune
deep cobalt
#

In need of a good old ArmA II fix... its running nicely... I am completely forgetting where to put mission PBO files. Help!

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dePBO'd missions are showing up fine. but missions I have in my archive that are in PBO format... I am just plain lost on how I used to do this.

deep cobalt
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Wierd... I have to put them in 'D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\MPMissions'

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not 'C:\Users<redacted>\Documents\ArmA 2\MPMissions'

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oh well... solved

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Anyone have suggestion for a simple to use depbo tool for win11?

merry briar
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Mikero's Tools, dePbo. It should be compatible with

deep cobalt
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Finding documentation for ArmA 2 is pretty diceyโ€ฆ. The last saved versions of ace that I have is 1.14, which CBA do I use? And I load cba before ace, correct. And I thought I saw something that said use ArmA patch ver 1.62 as later ones borked addons.. Is that correct as well?

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โ€ฆ and the load order for mods. I seem to recall there was an order for specifically cba and ace but after that it was pretty wide open. Anything that has a dependency gets loaded after the dependency.

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I like ArmA 3 but man, I loaded up 2 and I felt like I was home.. the hours I spent in Xeonoโ€™s domination and patrol ops 2. The nostalgia is strong.

vital hedge
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There are some old mods that do not work very well with 1.63 and 1.64, but they are not all the mods as they say

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If you are going to use ArmA2 Combined Operations you must use CBA_CO

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CBA is always loaded first

deep cobalt
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Thanks!

vital hedge
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ACE2 has no problems with any version

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The latest version of ACE is 1.14.0.597

deep cobalt
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Yes, that is what I have

vital hedge
#

To load mods, keep them organized, activate and deactivate, etc, etc, you must use Spirited Machine Launcher

deep cobalt
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Was there an order for each of the ace modsโ€ฆ. I think there like 5 or 6 parts to it.

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Yes, that I have

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Best loader I ever found

vital hedge
#

is the best

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@somber dune, @somber dunex, @somber dunex_ru, @somber dunex_usnavy

deep cobalt
#

Is it possible to find casual games any more?โ€ฆ that arenโ€™t too over modded.

vital hedge
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@somber dunex_sm is not needed if you use JSRS Sound Mod

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OA vanilla server, Domination 2 or 3 servers are out there, there is also one that uses ACE

deep cobalt
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Really only played with ace, a c130 gunship mod, a drone mod and an Apache modโ€ฆ. I kept it pretty light when I ran servers for friends.

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Sweet

vital hedge
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I'm talking about public servers

deep cobalt
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Understood

vital hedge
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The Milsim servers that still remain are all private.

deep cobalt
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Iโ€™m sure that group is pretty hard core

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If they are still on A2

vital hedge
eternal wadi
tough finch
#

Ace will be thinking "what have I done wrong with so many pings?" ๐Ÿ˜…

forest onyx
#

Hi what tool should I use to pack my Arma 3 card? in an optimized way

ember bay
#

what?

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what's an "Arma 3 card"? Also this channel is about everything released before Arma 3. Use #arma3_questions for, well, Arma 3 questions

tacit spire
#

I think they must be translating "carte" (similar words mean map in some languages) into "card" instead of "map"

ember bay
#

ah, so French hmmyes

vital hedge
somber dune
#

This is a burden in every Discord lol

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It happens in every ArmA discord ever xD

toxic delta
#

Luckily this is an Arma Discord, so no issues at all ๐Ÿ˜…

deep cobalt
#

Does anyone recall this mod from Soul Assassin, it is an M109A6 Paladinโ€ฆ.?

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Having an issueโ€ฆ the interface is screwed up. Thinking it could simply be screen aspect as I have a super wide.

deep cobalt
#

Anyone know of a solution or yet another great mod faded into history.

ember bay
#

if you suspect the screen ratio then did you try running the game in a different one? or even in a 16:9 window if you don't have a 2nd "normal" screen.

deep cobalt
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@ember bay yes, did all that, it still clips top and bottom off.

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Itโ€™s like that panel is separate from the game display. Makes the game look all wonky but the panel never changes

ember bay
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then maybe @compact moss knows what's wrong

compact moss
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for Arma 2???

ember bay
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@deep cobalt figure this out with the man himself^

deep cobalt
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@compact moss Oh my!

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Yes... I had a fit of nostalgia

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The FCS interface is clipped top and bottom

compact moss
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yeah not surprised... this wass made more than 10 years ago!

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these screens didnt even exist!

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not even overreacting ๐Ÿ˜„

deep cobalt
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Nope, 3440x1440

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I suppose its deeper than diging around in the PBO for some scaling factor

compact moss
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i dunno, outside of playing on a normal 2010 resolution of the game say 1080p i dont suppose you are expecting a fix right?

deep cobalt
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No... was just hoping some brilliant mind knew of a trick

compact moss
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lol

deep cobalt
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changing game resolution has no effect. the FCS scale never changes.

compact moss
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yeah trick is to change the resolution back to prehistoric aspect ratios

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ah really

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then the game cant even suppor tthat

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dude, where did you even download it from?

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I dont even have a copy

deep cobalt
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I have archive drives

compact moss
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ah

deep cobalt
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and it is still out there

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1.1

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I found your 2.0 gag

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broke my heart but made me laugh

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Can you get that interface in A3 or is that not going to happen. I saw its in RHS but its vanilla arty comp

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Mmmm... I did sorta fix it. Instead of fiddling with resolutions, I tried aspect ratios at native resolution. Ugly as sin but switchable on the fly. Paladin rides again.

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16:10... eww

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Then that clips the left side menu off

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There is no winning. Oh well.

vital hedge
deep cobalt
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@vital hedge thanks looking

deep cobalt
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@vital hedge no effect on the Paladin interface. The only fix I have is that while in the interface I change aspect ratio to something the game supports natively. Which then crops the sides off and I loose context menus on the left.

โ€ฆ. Unless I did something wrong. But I donโ€™t think I did because after doing your suggested change, the game looked better even though both video settings were set to native and the aspect to custom which I would imagine is just the video horizontal / vertical ratio.

stuck seal
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One question, is the helicopter/aircraft controls the same from OFP onward?

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like for Arma 1, 2, and 3, etc

merry briar
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No AFAIK. Heli/Plane control are more limited in OFP

frosty gale
#

Anyone active in Arma Gold?

deep cobalt
#

Omigosh I though I was old school!

fleet quarry
deep cobalt
#

Been having some fun with Forgotten Few 2 in ArmA III. Does anyone know where I might find TheForgottenFew_054.7z, the dlownload for the ArmA II version?

ripe rune
deep cobalt
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Yes

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unless I am blind, its not there

ripe rune
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Nothing on moddb either, at least what I searched. It might be gone Sadge

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checking my mods download folder too

deep cobalt
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I have found some huge mission repos but none of them have. Odd

ripe rune
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Probably not theFEW.rar

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or?

# 
22/01/2010
the FEW  by CSJ   ver .100122
(work in progress)

closest I could find on my SSD

deep cobalt
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@ripe rune thanks for trying

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I found "something"

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shocked at size

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54mb but that could be voiceovers

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no version info

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and I am scanning it to death

deep cobalt
#

KingN kindly responded to my necro of a 9 year old thread. Very kind of them.

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I was always so focued on MP that I never noticed this gem.

tepid marten
#

Probably a big ask but... does anyone have a copy of A2 Armory v3 (or similar)?

The one where you are at NW airport in Chernarus with all vehicles pre-spawned.

deep cobalt
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Was there anything particularly special about this mission, @tepid marten ? That would be pretty easy to duplicate if it was just vehicles to play with.

tepid marten
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NW Airport had the armory, while Cherno had a โ€œreclaim the cityโ€ event with patrolling enemies and a helicopter that would get called in by them. The sign at the spawn also gave the option to paradrop anywhere on the map.

I could place the objects/entities myself but unsure of the scripts side of things.

tepid marten
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oh my goodness, I just found it!

deep cobalt
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@tepid marten well do share!

tepid marten
deep cobalt
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Will check it out.

deep cobalt
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I have all the mods I want. Really just use ace, atragmx, Medivac and konyos ch47. Itโ€™s mission content that I search for and missions are getting hard to find and you never know what youโ€™re in for.

deep cobalt
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Did multiplayer back in the day and thatโ€™s not a thing anymore with A2โ€ฆ at least not like it was.

ember bay
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but for real now, you might still find a unit or two that would still play A2 missions but I'd look for them on BI Forums.

mighty yew
vital hedge
bronze berry
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Yo, OFP, the only game that I killed a keyboard over lol (random snipe through the trees from 450m away). That was the day I found patience. Also, not even 40 yet myself

tight atlas
#

is there anyone who can help me with installing ace on arma 2: oa?

frosty gale
#

Anyone available to create an addon for ARMA Gold?

fierce frost
tight atlas
#

i managed to install it and now its running fine again

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thanks to @vital hedge

wooden wing
#

Arma tactics where?

ember bay
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on Steam?

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you can still buy it but it's not a pleasant experience

tacit spire
#

oh wow never realised it was on STEAM, wanted to take a peek at it for a while

lunar stream
#

Anyone here play arma 2 DayZ if so anytime I try to start the game it crashes on start up

forest onyx
#

Are there any Romanians here who play weapon 2?

prisma gull
#

anyone still playing og arma these days?

prisma gull
#

what alternatives are there for armaholic? are the mods archived?

merry briar
#

armedassault info's archives may be the thing you want to check

merry briar
stoic kiln
#

is there some rumors about arma 4 coming ?

merry briar
#

!arma4

compact garnetBOT
merry briar
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It's not even a rumor

stoic kiln
#

Someone know some good arma mods campaign? I have 5h of train tomorrow and I Need to do something cool

ember bay
#

what arma

prisma gull
keen forge
#

man i miss sahrini life

ember bay
#

Zucchini Live was something else back then...

toxic delta
#

I still play no-life, best game mode ever ๐Ÿ˜…

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And it's available for all games in the Arma series

ripe rune
#

And @hallow scroll , just buy the game, it's not expensive and then ask if you have any issues.

odd citrus
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buy the games if you want support for them thanks

hallow scroll
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Is it against the rules? sorry, i will delete it

odd citrus
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mindblowing to come and ask help for stolen game from the games maker

wild cloak
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Wtf... X'D

hallow scroll
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lol

obsidian agate
#

๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘€

wild cloak
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I spit my water on my screen X'D

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With this information, in France it's like 2 years of prison + 30.000โ‚ฌ for hacking/pirating... Just screen on discord and go to the Police X'D

forest onyx
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hello, can you give me some advice, I want to make a mod for the Romanian army in arma2, I found a mod for the Bulgarian army and it looks like the Romanian one, so I want to change the flags for soldiers and cars and put the Romanian ones , how could I do it?

vital hedge
forest onyx
vital hedge
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summarizing...
*just unpack pbo, search and modify the texture you want and pack pbo again that would be all, *but if you don't know the engine you should learn what I put above

forest onyx
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quite complicated ๐Ÿฅฒ aren't there any tutorials on YouTube or somewhere?

ember bay
#

no

tired fern
forest onyx
forest onyx
#

how do i mute side channel

forest onyx
#

how do i install mods for base arma 2

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do i need Operation arrowhead?

tired fern
prisma gull
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i think arma 2 wasn't targeted by mods? everything went into oa

mighty yew
#

ARMA 2 had plenty of mods but back then was not so convenient to obtain

sick mauve
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Pretty much the bulk of mods for Arma 2 vanilla was on Armaholic (and are now gone forever).
You can try trawling the BI forums and pray that some of the threads for vanilla A2 mods still have usable links. But I think it's safe to say that if you can't find them on Jerry Hopper's repository or Armedassault, then it's a goneburger.

prisma gull
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yeah unfortunately

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along with a2oa mods

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was there cba for og a2?

prisma gull
sick mauve
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Never tried but I doubt Wayback Machine will help in this case. DDLs back then were mostly dropbox, MEGA, Mediafire, etc. and would've expired long before the threads get archived.

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Nobody would've anticipated that a certain owner of Armaholic would've pulled a Joker and burned it all down, I suppose.

ocean grotto
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Anyone know if it's till possible to get coop to work on A2?

tacit spire
#

yes

wheat star
#

Does anyone know, how the gearboxlist in the gear menu is being generated (displayname etc.)?
I am trying to adjust the displaynames of some backpacks and I get it only party working.
Basically everywhere but in the gearboxlist of the gear itself.

wheat star
#

Found a way to do what I want when I realized, that I need to use commands for rsclistbox instead of the ones for normal controls.

prisma gull
#

is there cba for the og arma 2?

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and for the og arma and ofp/acwa?

obsidian agate
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A2 yes, below idk

sand knoll
#

arma 2 mods website?

sick mauve
ripe rune
# sand knoll armedassault.info isnt working

Now thatโ€™s unfortunate. I guess bidentify by Jerry Hopper is not working either. There might be some mods still in moddb, and I have all .7z, zip, rar, exe and such files downloaded from armedassault on my ssd and schoolโ€™s clouddrive (wonโ€™t be sharing that publicly though). Once my account expires from there I'll be getting it for personal usage and at the same time I can upload every mod to there.
Meanwhile, here's the list of files that I downloaded https://pastebin.com/m1rf4sB7, and if you need any of them, let me know, and I can upload it for you.

ripe rune
sick mauve
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Although now that I look at it again, alot of stuffs missing :/

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Yeah.

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Wonder what happened...

ripe rune
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I guess I have pretty much the same files cuz they were on the armedassault.info server (which was owned by Jerry Hopper). But someone just would need to host a node...?

sand knoll
sand knoll
ripe rune
# sand knoll do you have the UN stuff?

Every file that is listed on the pastebin that I linked. Unfortunately I don't have too much information what each of these folders even have inside of them, only filenames (modfolders, mostly) since I downloaded them all from the armedassault.info site using a script.

sand knoll
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ah

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alright

ripe rune
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https://imgur.com/a/UJga6Ve some UN mods here, but look for @UN too, then you can provide me a pastebin of the files you want and I'll upload them for you as a temporary solution until I dump them all to a cloud drive, once I have the space to do so which won't reveal my real name.

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have 30gb free on my personal cloud drive rn

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240gb of mods total on ssd

prisma gull
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got a armaholic archive by chance?