Cant get online in OA

[Diesel Tech JC]

After having downloaded OA and playing offline..I decided to get online...every server i go into it downloads content then boots me back to the lobby...something about deleted files..ammo boxes?? just installed this last nite from steam so not sure whats happening...any ideas or anyone else have this issue?? Thanks


JC

[ArmAriffic]

DO you have any mods on?

[Diesel Tech JC]

I just have what I got from steam..didnt buy the british armed forces or the private mil company..just have those in the "lite" version that come with OA...both have green boxes next to them..so I assume they are active...I did get into 1 server..101AD server...but the rest I get booted no error message just the ammo box thing missing it says..weird..Thanks for the reply any other ideas?

JC

[Günter Severloh]

Make sure the servers you are trying to get onto dont require any mods.
Also make sure your version of the game is up to par with the server's most servers are running 1.57 of OA.

Steam does auto update, just make sure that you have the latest version.

Also any errors or any messages you get then psot them word for word, then we can possibly tell you.

In the future refer to the steam thread for all steam related issues seen here:
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73554

[Diesel Tech JC]

maybe a moderator can move this thread to the proper place?
Also here is the error message:
"You cannot play/edit this missionit is dependent on content that has been deleted caweapons_ammoboxes CAwheeled_LAV CAWater cawater_fregata..
any more help would be great..and how do i tell if the server requires mods?


JC

[Günter Severloh]

This error:
"You cannot play/edit this missionit is dependent on content that has been deleted caweapons_ammoboxes CAwheeled_LAV CAWater cawater_fregata..

is because you have removed the cawater_fregata, which is a ship, if you find and return the ship to the game this message will go away.
Did you build a missions with an addon and then remove the addon and now the mission is asking you You cannot play/edit
this missionit is dependent on content that has been deleted

this is a typical message you will get when you remove an addon or mod from your startup and then try to run a mission
that was built with that addon or mod.

As far as servers go, if they dont have the mods listed in the information window when you have your mouse clicked on
the server in the server list, then the only other way that I know of thats if you want to play on a specific server is get
the server info and ask the guys who run the server, one way to do that is through BIS forums here.

[Diesel Tech JC]

I havent made any missions or done anything like modded anything..its all stock..where would i even look for those files missing..just doesnt make anysense
..is their any where i can get these so called missing files? I registred at steam forumns and will ask same question their...thankyou for the reply and i apologize if i seem short but this is so frustrating..spent money to play a game online and cant...is their an option to "repair" the game any place? I'll ask about missing files in the steam section as well..Thanks again for the reply/help.

JC

[Günter Severloh]

Well when you tried to join a server that you got this message:

"You cannot play/edit this mission it is dependent on content that has been deleted caweapons_ammoboxes
CAwheeled_LAV CAWater cawater_fregata..

Its telling you need an addon or mod that the server is running to play the mission the are playing.

You got to understand that in this game its a military simulator but a sandbox game, this means that the game is very
customizable, in one way you can join just about any server and play, but then there are servers that run
"custom" missions that for some may require a addon or a mod that the mission they are running uses.

Nothing wrong with the game, you just got to find out what the addon or mod is to play the mission
that the server is running thats all.

My best guess for that error is this mod:
Frigates, Weapons and Waves
http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=11908

What i will do is download this mod, something I have actually been meaning to do and then build a small
mission with it then load the mission without the mod, it will give me an error, and if i get a similaer error
that you got then that would confirm that is what you need, just a hunch though.

---------- Post added at 10:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:24 PM ----------

Back, done testing, its not the one I mentioned, the error i get is Gnt frigates which is not your error,
that server is running something your missing that is all, either find out what you need or try another server.

[TonyGrunt]

I think the problem is that you have ArmA2OA only and the servers run ArmA2CO (ArmA2 + ArmA2OA) as caweapons_ammoboxes, CAwheeled_LAV, CAWater cawater_fregata are all ArmA2 content.

[Günter Severloh]

Good point Tony, I was pondering that too, dont think many people play OA alone let alone have a server setup specifically for OA.

That could solve your problem then, install OA into Arma2 and patch our game to the latest. Hope that helps.