Author Topic: ARMA II (Read 1916 times)

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #40 on:** June 30, 2012, 09:41:45 PM »

Thanks for the links lads. Was able to find my current location!

Will try and play a bit more this evening but will need to find a daytime server, it must be mad in the dark

Hudson66 · « **Reply #41 on:** June 30, 2012, 11:01:30 PM »

I just avoid night time servers and I can't see a thing. Turning up brightness and gamma is just annoying and using a torch or any light is suicidal, very funny but suicidal. I remember running with the torch on. After making it across a field I turned around and the light showed a group of about 8 zombies who had been following me, didn't last too long

Macphisto80 · « **Reply #42 on:** July 1, 2012, 12:33:10 AM »

I don't have a mic, but one thing I've wondered is do the mics work off a proximity? I think one of the Ghost Recons had a similar system where the closer you got to someone, the more you could hear them and they you? Is it the same in this? I've just got it installed on Steam, so I'll be getting the mod once I get to grips with the game itself a bit before I jump online.

JLFC · « **Reply #43 on:** July 1, 2012, 01:15:00 AM »

Is this game worth getting? Looks decent and hearing comments and watching videos of it but whats your opinion on it?

blah · « **Reply #44 on:** July 1, 2012, 05:34:34 AM »

Quote from: Macphisto80 on July 1, 2012, 12:33:10 AM

I don't have a mic, but one thing I've wondered is do the mics work off a proximity? I think one of the Ghost Recons had a similar system where the closer you got to someone, the more you could hear them and they you? Is it the same in this? I've just got it installed on Steam, so I'll be getting the mod once I get to grips with the game itself a bit before I jump online.

Some of the servers use VOIP programs or the like I think. Right now the Direct communication option with voice supposedly reaches everyone within 40m. I don't use a mic and have never really experienced it work though.

I heard some servers still have global chat enabled from past versions, but I haven't seen one either.

Quote from: JLFC on July 1, 2012, 01:15:00 AM

Is this game worth getting? Looks decent and hearing comments and watching videos of it but whats your opinion on it?

If ARMA II and the expansion are on sale anywhere, and you can handle a game still being a bit buggy/unstable because it is in the very early stages, then yes. If it isn't on sale, then probably still yes.

If you're talking about Arma II then only if you like military simulators.

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #45 on:** July 1, 2012, 01:55:37 PM »

Quote from: blah on July 1, 2012, 05:34:34 AM

If ARMA II and the expansion are on sale anywhere,

https://store.bistudio.com/ still with 25% discount

For the first time this morning I managed to gear up properly in Elektro. Guns, ammo, food, drink, bandages... and then some cunting sniper shot me. Twats!

Despite that.. Somehow it's so addictive that I am still motivated to try again.

Playing with the map next to me makes such a big difference and all, thanks for those links

Red James · « **Reply #46 on:** July 1, 2012, 01:56:45 PM »

Loved Operation Flashpoint and played it to death but I never picked up ARMA. So far though I love ARMAII and it takes everything I loved from OpFlash and makes it 10 times better. Even if the campaign isn't quite as good.

The editor though is fucking brilliant.

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #47 on:** July 1, 2012, 02:10:47 PM »

P.s.- to fellow rawkite dayz players... if you are looking through your sniper rifle scope and see that your next victim is a player named Manny Calavera... for the love of god don't fucking shoot me!

blah · « **Reply #48 on:** July 1, 2012, 04:47:54 PM »

Quote from: Slick_Beef on July 1, 2012, 01:55:37 PM

https://store.bistudio.com/ still with 25% discount

For the first time this morning I managed to gear up properly in Elektro. Guns, ammo, food, drink, bandages... and then some cunting sniper shot me. Twats!

Despite that.. Somehow it's so addictive that I am still motivated to try again.

Playing with the map next to me makes such a big difference and all, thanks for those links

This game is strange because there is no objective or mission but survive, but that can get a little boring after a while. I've found that once I get kitted out pretty well, I get tired of playing it safe and become a little more daring and head towards more populated areas of the map. Almost hoping that I die so I get to experience the excitement of starting anew.

medley · « **Reply #49 on:** July 1, 2012, 04:57:56 PM »

Quote from: blah on July 1, 2012, 04:47:54 PM

This game is strange because there is no objective or mission but survive, but that can get a little boring after a while. I've found that once I get kitted out pretty well, I get tired of playing it safe and become a little more daring and head towards more populated areas of the map. Almost hoping that I die so I get to experience the excitement of starting anew.

I presume the developer wants to incorporate more objectives in the later releases. May be some sort of base building system where you and your friends can hide out in a fortified house or something haha

Enders · « **Reply #50 on:** July 1, 2012, 06:34:00 PM »

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2 organised gaming nights a week, usually have 40+ people on from all corners of the globe, but mainly UK/Europe.

Teapot · « **Reply #51 on:** July 1, 2012, 10:02:25 PM »

downloading this now, it looks like serious fun! some funny videos on youtube haha. i bought it for £15 via that website, wont be on tonight but i'll be on during the week if anybody is about to squad up with!

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #52 on:** July 1, 2012, 10:45:09 PM »

Yeah maybe we can get a bit of a rawk squad going. I have only been playing solo so far but i think it's easier to survive when you are paired up.

Just had my best ever game, survived about 5 hours haha. stocked up, moved inland.. was raiding staroye when a zombie saw me. Thought I would take him a little out of the town and then blast him with my shotgun but he broke my leg with his first hit

Shot him and got surrounded, took 15 zombies out with me. It was a proper hollywood death.

Quote from: Teapot on July 1, 2012, 10:02:25 PM

downloading this now, it looks like serious fun!

It certainly is but make sure you are feeling very patient when you first start to play. It is brutally unfair!

JLFC · « **Reply #53 on:** July 1, 2012, 11:35:54 PM »

Quote from: Slick_Beef on July 1, 2012, 10:45:09 PM

Yeah maybe we can get a bit of a rawk squad going. I have only been playing solo so far but i think it's easier to survive when you are paired up.

Just had my best ever game, survived about 5 hours haha. stocked up, moved inland.. was raiding staroye when a zombie saw me. Thought I would take him a little out of the town and then blast him with my shotgun but he broke my leg with his first hit Shot him and got surrounded, took 15 zombies out with me. It was a proper hollywood death.

It certainly is but make sure you are feeling very patient when you first start to play. It is brutally unfair!

I'd be all for getting a rawk squad going but I'm a noob at this so will have to take me through the paces....It would probably be quiet scary running through pitch black forests with zombies everywhere lol

EDIT: Can anyone put a step by step guide for easy installation guide. I've installed it through Steam and followed a video tutorial and apparently my OA is corrupt or not installed....

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #54 on:** July 2, 2012, 08:31:56 AM »

I had that with OA and steam. I had to right click on the game in steam, click on properties, click on "local files" and then "verify integrity of game cache". It scans it, finds the corrupt file, and repairs it. I found that I then needed to restart steam for it to work. Sometimes took more than one attempt too which is a bit strange.

JLFC · « **Reply #55 on:** July 2, 2012, 08:37:17 AM »

I think I've sorted it through renaming files and six updater. Will go on it at 11ish thanks for the help though

masch · « **Reply #56 on:** July 2, 2012, 09:42:55 AM »

I've been playing DayZ a bit. It's incredible for its ability to conjure up set-piece moments of intense action, terror, communication out of absolutely nothing.

I play with a friend - best moment was when it was pitch black, about 2am in-game time, no moon, raining and thundering; couldn't see a thing. We proned our way towards Balota control tower hoping to swap our Lee Enfield/Winchester combos for something a bit more weighty. Had to use our ears only for navigating in-between the roaming zombies - really intense stuff. Finally got into the control tower and went up top. Looking towards the windows inside noticed a weird bump in the silhouette of one, but assumed it was a chair or something. Then moments later, there's a flash of lightning and the room momentarily lights up - it's not a chair, its another fucking survivor - we'd creeped into the tower just after him and neither him or us could hear the other person's footsteps over the noise of the rain. Everyone starts mashing the fire button, and he goes down, my mate gets hit and just about survives. Then the dead guy's mate comes up the ladder on the side of the building while we're bandaging and kills both of us!

Also had a 30 minute firefight north of Stary Sobor that was amazing. 2 vs 3, in opposite treelines - no-one had a sniper rifle, we had I think an AK & and an M4, they had an AKM, and something similar for the other two. Their spare third guy kept trying to flank us, and we kept pinning him down, but eventually we ran out of ammo and had to leg it north.

I also like to try to spook people at night. Sometimes I follow people, just out of any flare-light, and then when the oportunity arises I either throw flares, smoke grenades, M67 frags, etc around them, but without identifying myself. Some people go crazy over direct when you do it lol. One guy took up his Makarov and pumped about 20 bullets into the darkness in the opposite direction.

Megasuperb · « **Reply #57 on:** July 2, 2012, 10:00:22 AM »

Quote from: Macphisto80 on June 19, 2012, 04:50:28 PM

Arma 3 actually comes with DayZ, or at least I think it is. Not sure if it's going to be an expansion or a separate game mode, but the devs hired the modders to make it.

Heh, the developer (rocket) was already BI employee even before he made it. Apparently he hasn't gotten any personal profit off it so far but Bohemia would be stupid to not instruct him to work on it fulltime. Arma 2 has been top of the steam charts since May because of this mod.

Anyway, this game is great. Never before has my heart pounded and palms sweated in a video game, until now. It sure does know how to get the adrenaline pumping, this. And my favourite thing about it is that these intense heart-racing situations are all player-driven. No scripts or linear events.

There still are a few quirks and mechanics that need to be worked out, my biggest gripe is the incredibly minuscule amount of enterable buildings and lack of end-game. Currently I have everything I need (M107, NVG's, all tools.. blah blah) and I'm not doing anything right now except trying to find vehicles. I think I'll just go sniping rampage in Elecktro / Cherno until I die.

Also, if you guys are buying Arma 2 just for this mod - do yourself a favour and at least try to play vanilla Arma 2 and Operation Arrowhead. It's a pretty damn good game and you'll be supporting a developer that isn't cancer to the gaming industry ala EA. They're independent so there's no suits holding a gun to their head.

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #58 on:** July 2, 2012, 10:52:39 AM »

Quote from: masch on July 2, 2012, 09:42:55 AM

I also like to try to spook people at night. Sometimes I follow people, just out of any flare-light, and then when the oportunity arises I either throw flares, smoke grenades, M67 frags, etc around them, but without identifying myself. Some people go crazy over direct when you do it lol. One guy took up his Makarov and pumped about 20 bullets into the darkness in the opposite direction.

you bastard. hahaha that is a boss idea.

Quote from: Megasuperb on July 2, 2012, 10:00:22 AM

Anyway, this game is great. Never before has my heart pounded and palms sweated in a video game, until now. It sure does know how to get the adrenaline pumping, this. And my favourite thing about it is that these intense heart-racing situations are all player-driven. No scripts or linear events.

Couldn't agree more...

JLFC · « **Reply #59 on:** July 2, 2012, 11:24:11 AM »

Quote from: masch on July 2, 2012, 09:42:55 AM

I also like to try to spook people at night. Sometimes I follow people, just out of any flare-light, and then when the oportunity arises I either throw flares, smoke grenades, M67 frags, etc around them, but without identifying myself. Some people go crazy over direct when you do it lol. One guy took up his Makarov and pumped about 20 bullets into the darkness in the opposite direction.

Hahaha like we've got enough to content with on this game

Quote from: Slick_Beef on July 2, 2012, 08:31:56 AM

I had that with OA and steam. I had to right click on the game in steam, click on properties, click on "local files" and then "verify integrity of game cache". It scans it, finds the corrupt file, and repairs it. I found that I then needed to restart steam for it to work. Sometimes took more than one attempt too which is a bit strange.

Just done what worked for you when I load it up through steam now get a corrupt data detected message. Had any problems with this before? Might do a reinstall. What is the easiest installation process?

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #60 on:** July 2, 2012, 12:27:16 PM »

If you had already ran six updater,it could be that what happened is that six updater installed the beta patch which means steam thinks all the files are broken and has messed things up a bit (that's just a guess though). Maybe you could try running six updater again to reinstall the update? as once you have six updater you don't need to use steam to play at all. I guess the worst case scenario if you can't make it work is that you need to uninstall operation arrowhead in steam and start from scratch.

JLFC · « **Reply #61 on:** July 2, 2012, 12:33:55 PM »

Quote from: Slick_Beef on July 2, 2012, 12:27:16 PM

If you had already ran six updater,it could be that what happened is that six updater installed the beta patch which means steam thinks all the files are broken and has messed things up a bit (that's just a guess though). Maybe you could try running six updater again to reinstall the update? as once you have six updater you don't need to use steam to play at all. I guess the worst case scenario if you can't make it work is that you need to uninstall operation arrowhead in steam and start from scratch.

Cheers mate I've started again. Downloading retail version now? When I get this up and running fancy a game? Need to make a honest squad on here

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #62 on:** July 2, 2012, 12:41:18 PM »

Sounds good mate! I am working at the moment (that is..when i'm not fucking about on rawk) but will try and get on a bit later when I'm done

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #63 on:** July 2, 2012, 12:47:26 PM »

Oh, meant to say as well - i have seen a few people say this as a tip for getting it working - once you have downloaded Arma2 and Operation Arrowhead through steam, load them both up and make sure they are both working properly before running six updater and installing dayz. Hopefully will work for you this time!

JLFC · « **Reply #64 on:** July 2, 2012, 12:53:15 PM »

Quote from: Slick_Beef on July 2, 2012, 12:47:26 PM

Oh, meant to say as well - i have seen a few people say this as a tip for getting it working - once you have downloaded Arma2 and Operation Arrowhead through steam, load them both up and make sure they are both working properly before running six updater and installing dayz. Hopefully will work for you this time!

They we're both working before running six updater....Did you just drag and drop the dayz files? Look forward to it tonight!

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #65 on:** July 2, 2012, 01:02:26 PM »

After getting them both working i just installed and ran six updater, which installed the beta patch and day z automatically for me. didn't have to do anything else. Then i chose a server and started the game directly from six updater.

I noticed there is new version of six updater available today - https://dev-heaven.net/projects/six-arma-updater/files (2.9.7pre3) in case that helps

JLFC · « **Reply #66 on:** July 2, 2012, 01:04:06 PM »

Quote from: Slick_Beef on July 2, 2012, 01:02:26 PM

After getting them both working i just installed and ran six updater, which installed the beta patch and day z automatically for me. didn't have to do anything else. Then i chose a server and started the game directly from six updater.

I noticed there is new version of six updater available today - https://dev-heaven.net/projects/six-arma-updater/files (2.9.7pre3) in case that helps

Thanks for all your help

Got them both running through Steam now so I know it works. Now its time for the six updater part (Always get this wrong). Six updater can't find the exe. It's originally called ArmA2Free.exe. Is it ok to rename this to arma2.exe so six updater recognises it? This is where it all got corrupted last time

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #67 on:** July 2, 2012, 02:51:21 PM »

Hmm not tried with the free edition, will have to try and find out more

Popped home for lunch and tried mine.. it's crashing every time I join a game today

not sure why...

edit: seems quite a few people are having problems and the dayz forum is down so maybe there is something happening

JLFC · « **Reply #68 on:** July 2, 2012, 03:21:13 PM »

Quote from: Slick_Beef on July 2, 2012, 02:51:21 PM

Hmm not tried with the free edition, will have to try and find out more

Popped home for lunch and tried mine.. it's crashing every time I join a game today not sure why...

edit: seems quite a few people are having problems and the dayz forum is down so maybe there is something happening

Yep correct, I've renamed the arma2 file created a dayz present within six updater. Trying to move the mod over into the preset now but nothing happens status is "ready" at 100%, 0kb/ transferred. Any ideas? Might try do this manually

'Mondzz' · « **Reply #69 on:** July 2, 2012, 03:57:28 PM »

Just picked up this game to play Day Z but im an ARMA noob. On the Sixupdater program now any idea how i get into a Day Z game?

Edit: When i right click a server to join it comes up (modcheck): Bad. Any idea what this is or what i need to do before it?

Installed and ran combined operations then got the latest Sixupdater and now im stuck at that bit.

JLFC · « **Reply #70 on:** July 2, 2012, 04:07:22 PM »

Just worked out why I can't play it. I need to buy ARMA 2 first

Ill get this early next month

Teapot · « **Reply #71 on:** July 2, 2012, 07:02:13 PM »

my psu starts buzzing as soon as i boot this up!

blah · « **Reply #72 on:** July 4, 2012, 05:48:06 AM »

There were some server problems and an update I believe on Monday, hopefully that explains your problems.

Megasuperb · « **Reply #73 on:** July 4, 2012, 09:46:32 AM »

Is it considered an exploit to turn up brightness and gamma, and setting HDR to Very High during the night so I can actually see shit?

I feel like I want to play it right and use a flashlight but I think that's putting a big flashing sign on my back saying "shoot me"

Hudson66 · « **Reply #74 on:** July 4, 2012, 03:29:18 PM »

Quote from: JLFC on July 2, 2012, 04:07:22 PM

Just worked out why I can't play it. I need to buy ARMA 2 first

Ill get this early next month

I'm playing it and only have the free demo and Operation Arrow head. Never had a problem at all. I used 6 updater to keep the game files up to date but I did need to copy a folder from the arma 2 directory into the root folder of the Operation Arrow head directory. I can't remember right now what this is as I am in work but I will look it up when Im home.

EDIT** It was the Addons folder. I just copied and dropped it into the root of the Operation Arrow head folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead

masch · « **Reply #75 on:** July 4, 2012, 03:34:06 PM »

You can do it if you want - it doesn't help as much as it used too though. You might be able to navigate around Cherno/Elektro without any light, but elsewhere you'll need some light.

Most other people will be using flares/chemlights/flashlights too - you can use that to your advantage as well.

I was in cherno a couple of days ago carrying a chemlight. There were two guys on top of one of the tall buildings in the west; when they saw me a hail of bullets (I think maybe AKM, or perhaps M16/AK) came down. I got hit, broken legs and 2k blood left. Crawled away behind a building, bandaged, morphine etc. Proned around the building and saw them looking in my direction, silhouetted against the sky. Crouched in the corner of a garden and took them both down in the space of a second with my Enfield. They probably didn't even know where the shots came from. Darkness is awesome.

medley · « **Reply #76 on:** July 5, 2012, 11:46:44 AM »

I changed my mind yesterday and decided theres no point waiting to play until this gets to beta as that could be months. I'm glad I went back on my original decision as had such funny/good/depressing moments in a short space of time. Meeting up with 3 random swedish guys at a hospital in Cherno then getting sniped and having empty cans thrown at us was a high point.

Cherno and Elektro are brutal for bandits. I only really venture into the dead centre of town when I'm in dire need of blood from the hospital. A guy shot me in the process of trying to obtain some blood yesterday but I somehow managed to escape with 1000 blood left. At that blood level you are basically helpless and your vision becomes so blurred its near on impossible to make out landmarks. I fled into the forest north of Cherno and somehow broke my leg walking over a rock, dying in the process (such little blood levels probably the reason). Fortunately for me I had an idea where I had died and found my body and got all my equipment back.

I really need to find a larger back pack but I think they are usually found in the bigger cities.

JLFC · « **Reply #77 on:** July 5, 2012, 02:28:16 PM »

Quote from: Hudson66 on July 4, 2012, 03:29:18 PM

I'm playing it and only have the free demo and Operation Arrow head. Never had a problem at all. I used 6 updater to keep the game files up to date but I did need to copy a folder from the arma 2 directory into the root folder of the Operation Arrow head directory. I can't remember right now what this is as I am in work but I will look it up when Im home.

EDIT** It was the Addons folder. I just copied and dropped it into the root of the Operation Arrow head folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead

I've sent you a PM mate for extra help

Slick_Beef · « **Reply #78 on:** July 5, 2012, 02:32:56 PM »

Quote from: medley on July 5, 2012, 11:46:44 AM

I really need to find a larger back pack but I think they are usually found in the bigger cities.

Polana supermarket

. Smallish town, the entry road from the south has trees for cover, and the entry from the hillside to the west is also quite easy and gives you a chance to survey the whole town before going in (do not approach from the east or north!). I have been able to upgrade my bag there every time and have never ran into anyone.

Also one very strange thing I found is that you can store items in a fireplace if you have one... quite bizarre but useful!

I have a tent at the moment but I can't decide which server to pitch it on..

medley · « **Reply #79 on:** July 5, 2012, 03:22:24 PM »

Quote from: Slick_Beef on July 5, 2012, 02:32:56 PM

Polana supermarket . Smallish town, the entry road from the south has trees for cover, and the entry from the hillside to the west is also quite easy and gives you a chance to survey the whole town before going in (do not approach from the east or north!). I have been able to upgrade my bag there every time and have never ran into anyone.

Also one very strange thing I found is that you can store items in a fireplace if you have one... quite bizarre but useful!

I have a tent at the moment but I can't decide which server to pitch it on..

Wow, thats pretty far from me. I'm near Nadezhdino just north of Cherno. I could go on a hiking mission to get it but I know with my luck I'll get there and there'll be 9 bandits waiting to hatchet my face off. I might go with a group of friends and no one will want to open fire on us if theres 5 of us