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ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead |OT| Your browser can't handle its GIFs
- Thread starter Anton Sugar
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the graphics settings in the ARMA 2 demo acted really crazy for me the first time i tried it. after i quit/restarted and tried again it worked fine. but it seemed the settings weren't sticking or something and it just kept randomly changing stuff the first time i ran it..
i still don't quite understand the multiplayer in this or what people actually do in it, I don't like the idea of joining some hardcore game that people are really serious about as a complete newbie and getting shouted at while i throw flashbangs at myself.
is it fairly anonymous? or do you have to get together with people (who? how?) to start a mission together and they will be pissed if i drop out? because I don't like playing with people where they care too much about how well i'm doing or if i drop out (COD is fine, things like SOCOM i hate)
the idea of just having a never ending sandbox attacking the AI that you could just jump in and out of sounds fun though, is that more what its like?
and is it fun to just put together SP scenarios just sticking in a few AI in the editor and fighting them? thats mainly how I like to play Lockon/DCS.
oh and was the A-10 in Arma 2 OG? I think it was but I forget.
i still don't quite understand the multiplayer in this or what people actually do in it, I don't like the idea of joining some hardcore game that people are really serious about as a complete newbie and getting shouted at while i throw flashbangs at myself.
is it fairly anonymous? or do you have to get together with people (who? how?) to start a mission together and they will be pissed if i drop out? because I don't like playing with people where they care too much about how well i'm doing or if i drop out (COD is fine, things like SOCOM i hate)
the idea of just having a never ending sandbox attacking the AI that you could just jump in and out of sounds fun though, is that more what its like?
and is it fun to just put together SP scenarios just sticking in a few AI in the editor and fighting them? thats mainly how I like to play Lockon/DCS.
oh and was the A-10 in Arma 2 OG? I think it was but I forget.
Anton Sugar
Member
Jesus...the textures...!
Performance tweaks (or guesses, as with most PC crap your mileage may vary heh.
From http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=101124
In Game:
Set Audio Sampling rate to 16
Post Processing to Low or Disabled
Out of Game:
In your ArmA2OA.cfg file, set following
GPU_MaxFramesAhead=8;
Change HDRprecision from 8 (or whatever it is at) to 0.
Win7 users, find the arma2oa.exe in your steamapps\common folder and set it to Run as Administrator
In Steam, right-click Arma2:OA and go Properties then Set Launch Options in general tab
Dual-Core processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=2 -exThreads=1
Quad-Core processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7
Hexacore processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=6 -exThreads=7
From http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=101124
In Game:
Set Audio Sampling rate to 16
Post Processing to Low or Disabled
Out of Game:
In your ArmA2OA.cfg file, set following
GPU_MaxFramesAhead=8;
Change HDRprecision from 8 (or whatever it is at) to 0.
Win7 users, find the arma2oa.exe in your steamapps\common folder and set it to Run as Administrator
In Steam, right-click Arma2:OA and go Properties then Set Launch Options in general tab
Dual-Core processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=2 -exThreads=1
Quad-Core processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7
Hexacore processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=6 -exThreads=7
Joseph Merrick
Member
they've really done something weird to the tree loading in oa
electristan
Member
Flambe said:
You Sir/Ma'am are a god. LOCKED at 60 fps now
Could not find ArmA2OA.cfg in the folder but did the rest (i use win7) and it worked at once.
electristan said:
Mine was in C:\Users\<User>\Documents\ArmA 2
Also for Win7, Everything search is a fantastic utility for searching files/etc on your computer, extremely fast and doesn't miss stuff like the Start button search
electristan
Member
Thanks, found it with Everything.
But i take back the "everything is great statement", it works perfectly in the training missions but i still hover around 25 during the campaign.
i7 920 @ 2,8GHz
5870 1GB
8GB ram
Guess ill wait for the patches to come out
But i take back the "everything is great statement", it works perfectly in the training missions but i still hover around 25 during the campaign.
i7 920 @ 2,8GHz
5870 1GB
8GB ram
Guess ill wait for the patches to come out
I posted a 720p HD YouTube video of the Blue Mosque in Zargabad
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssnd46kLUQQ
Hmmm, 25 fps with a 5870 and an i7, you say. At what resolution, how much SSAA and how much MSAA?
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssnd46kLUQQ
electristan said:Thanks, found it with Everything.
But i take back the "everything is great statement", it works perfectly in the training missions but i still hover around 25 during the campaign.
i7 920 @ 2,8GHz
5870 1GB
8GB ram
Guess ill wait for the patches to come out
Hmmm, 25 fps with a 5870 and an i7, you say. At what resolution, how much SSAA and how much MSAA?
electristan
Member
DennisK4 said:
Screen and texture resolution is set to 1920x1200. I'll have to check to be sure when i get back, but im quite positive that i have everything application defined in the ati control panel.
In game i have Post Prosessing and AA disabled. AF set to very high.
Im going to play around more with the settings when i get back from work, start on low and step up. Ill report how it goes, and tips woild be great as the first three missions were very good, even if the control was a bit laggy.
EDIT: also saw that a poster in the Operation Arrowhead performance optimizations/comparisons thread has fps and smoothness issues wit a I7 920 @ 3.8 and gtx 480's sli. hope they get it to the 1.07 level sooner rather than later.
electristan
Member
Well, as you can see bellow there is something odd. these are screen shots during mission 2 going from the Very Low to Very High preset and there is no difference in fps.
thinking it might be a cpu issue as in the training levels i get 60 (wont go over, seems locked at 60), maybe its all the AI calculations.
Any help would be great, but either way its a great game
EDIT: Definitely seems to be AI/Script related, to many makes the game struggle. I downloaded son single-player maps and they work great, 45-60 all the time.
Looks like its patch waiting time
thinking it might be a cpu issue as in the training levels i get 60 (wont go over, seems locked at 60), maybe its all the AI calculations.
Any help would be great, but either way its a great game
EDIT: Definitely seems to be AI/Script related, to many makes the game struggle. I downloaded son single-player maps and they work great, 45-60 all the time.
Looks like its patch waiting time
BattleMonkey
Member
So the visuals are improved in this or about same as Arma 2? Just got Arma 2, have almost all settings up on very high and it's a pretty so so visual experience. Kinda expected more out of so many people saying how badly the game run. Large game no doubt and does have some nice texture work in parts, but overall it seems fairly mediocre.
Joseph Merrick
Member
about the same. it looks a bit worse because of the setting, desert vs forestBattleMonkey said:
Roude Leiw
Member
i really like tank gameplay. is there tank gameplay in the multiplayer and if is it any good? how many gaffers play arma 2 online?
bonesmccoy
Banned
ArmA 2...
So I fired it up for the first time in about 10 months last week, thinking "Hey, it must have been updated and improved by now?". The last time I played it, I managed to bungled my way through to the 3rd mission, whereupon the vehicle textures just stopped loading, and wouldn't come back.
So anyways, I fire it up last week, and start the game on the air craft carrier. The Admiral finishes his speech and... my character can't walk straight. I change the key maps, no luck. I restart, no luck.
Sigh.
So I fired it up for the first time in about 10 months last week, thinking "Hey, it must have been updated and improved by now?". The last time I played it, I managed to bungled my way through to the 3rd mission, whereupon the vehicle textures just stopped loading, and wouldn't come back.
So anyways, I fire it up last week, and start the game on the air craft carrier. The Admiral finishes his speech and... my character can't walk straight. I change the key maps, no luck. I restart, no luck.
Sigh.
Tried this in multiplayer with servers running the dominion mod yesterday. Is it just me, or do AI tend to warp around alot? Tried several servers aswell as with a friend only.
Anyhow, when it works as it should it is an amazing experience. Almost similar to the one in World War II Online in scope.
Anyhow, when it works as it should it is an amazing experience. Almost similar to the one in World War II Online in scope.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
Billen said:
Just lag, you were probably connected to a server outside your country.
Legato.Reborn-
Member
Skenzin said:
Nope. The quality is in the groups.
ShackTac / CharlieFoxtrot / TacticalAssualt? / PCGamer (believe it or not)
Yea, there's not much to do of course, but the flight physics for the chopper in the preview is amazing compared to ArmA 2's chopper handling. I'm definitely interested but I wish that it had interactive cockpits that you use the mouse with.Zenith said:
I've been glued to OA after getting it during the Steam sale and I'm so happy with the improvements over ArmA 2. I just wish the SP ran a little better regardless of settings.
demolitio said:They did mention that they were going to have some military helicopters with the new physics too, correct? I think mission variety will be the key for me, but I can't even imagine how awesome it'd be trying to fly a Chinook with the new physics.
Only confirmed military helicopter so far is the Merlin HC3.
Joseph Merrick
Member
what demo? link?
edit: ok. found it
edit: ok. found it
Joseph Merrick said:
http://takeonthegame.com/download/community-preview/
Requires OA, installs on top like the OA betas. Then remember to run it from the shortcut in the root folder, not as a separate mod on top of the OA.exe.
Latest version is a mess, sound disappears after take-off.
Vigilant Walrus
Member
I just saw this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K28O-RE8Z4
Now I need to buy this game. OMG!!
But is it true that this game is going free 2 play?
Is there still a lot of people playing, or are people waiting for ARMA 3?
Now I need to buy this game. OMG!!
But is it true that this game is going free 2 play?
Is there still a lot of people playing, or are people waiting for ARMA 3?
Vigilant Walrus said:
There already is an ArmA II Free-to-Play version.
Read more here: http://www.arma2.com/free
time to wake sleeping soldiers
4 games patched (A2, A2: Free, A2: OA, A2: RFT)
2 DLCs patched (A2: BAF, A2: PMC)
http://www.bistudio.com/english/hom...date-for-entire-arma-2-product-range-released
huge amount of improvements across all parts
discuss: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=129042
read readme/changelog
http://forums.bistudio.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=81&d=1324571120
http://www.bistudio.com/happy-holidays/
4 games patched (A2, A2: Free, A2: OA, A2: RFT)
2 DLCs patched (A2: BAF, A2: PMC)
http://www.bistudio.com/english/hom...date-for-entire-arma-2-product-range-released
huge amount of improvements across all parts
discuss: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=129042
read readme/changelog
http://forums.bistudio.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=81&d=1324571120
http://www.bistudio.com/happy-holidays/
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
time to wake sleeping soldiers
4 games patched (A2, A2: Free, A2: OA, A2: RFT)
2 DLCs patched (A2: BAF, A2: PMC)
http://www.bistudio.com/english/hom...date-for-entire-arma-2-product-range-released
huge amount of improvements across all parts
discuss: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=129042
read readme/changelog
http://forums.bistudio.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=81&d=1324571120
http://www.bistudio.com/happy-holidays/
Hey there. I have a question. I have the Steam bundle of every ArmA game to date. Does booting these games through steam enable the updates or is it done on it's own like other Steam games?