ARMA 2 Patching FAQ

[Dwarden]

yes, as long as the ARMA 2 is 1.05 or higher, if you install e.g. ARMA 2 1.02 then it needs to be updated by that standalone 1.0x to 1.09 updater

[Magicpanda]

I have vanilla Arma II installed via DVD on Windows 7 to my games hard drive (separate from my Operating system).

I try to patch it up to 1.09 but when I run the patch it shows an extracting bar then absolutely nothing happens. Any ideas? I'm stumped.

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Solved this.

I opened the zip and extracted the contents. Then I opened the extracted exe with winrar which contained the proper patch exe and the battleeye install.

Ran the exe as admin and it seems to to patching up now.

[Aspide]

But when there is a new patch?

[malau]

QUOTE POST #1

I have ARMA 2: Combined Operations, but I only see patches for ARMA 2 and ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead. Do I need to install both?
No, you only need to install the patch for ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead as it includes the patch for ARMA 2 in it.



I take this to mean that in order to patch Combined Operations version of vanilla A2 I just run the AOA patch.

I tried this and it said that Operation Arrowhead was not installed on my computer - which it isn't. I need to make a separate post for this for a more serious patch issue.

[DArmstrong]

I have this issue sorted out now. BAF Lite etc. Thanks...DA

I am having an issue with Patch 1.59 running on an install of ArmA 2 Combined Operations. The DVD box set contains an ArmA 2 DVD which I installed and then opened the game once. I then Installed ArmA OA into the same directory that I installed ArmA 2 and opened it once using the Combined Operations shortcut. I made a few adjustments to the controls, audio and video settings via the in game menu and started and exited CO a couple of times.

I downloaded the Patch 1.59 via two different locations. Both are the same size and number of files so I am pretty sure I have a good copy. The patch runs and seems to update ArmA 2 and ArmA OA but fails on both BAF and PMC. I thought that the low rez version of these addons came with the patches? I have the DLC purchased and installed on both of my machines at home but on thin install on my PC at work (where I will only edit missions in my spare time) I was going to go with the low rez version of BAF and PMC. Is this still possible?

I don't mind purchasing the expansions if necessary so please let me know if that should work with the ArmA 2 CO DVDs instal.
Thanks...David

I have installed the DVD set ArmA 2 and Operation Arrowhead

[All-a-Mort]

Er...whoops where's the delete post key?

[Daza]

I've never had troubles updating a patch til now. I have Arma2 installed in my Program Files (x86) folder, yet in the readme for the patch it only shows or expects Arma2 to be in the default Program Files folder. I get any error saying i dont have Arma2 when i try to run the patch. No option to change directory.

Do i have to uninstall Arma2 and reinstall it into my Program Files folder in order to get this to install the latest patch?

[BOTA:16]

Got a new SSD and need to re-install, recommended install/patch order?

I have Arma 2 Vanilla, ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead, and BAF.

[Zebulon_Macahan]

I bought Arma 2 Combat Operations recently via Sprocket and installed Arma 2 Combat Operation files first and after the Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead.
The program worked fine but found there were several patches so I thought I'd better install them, before getting in to trouble!
There is a lot of confusion which patches to apply as there seems to be several combinations of either standalone installations or combined ones.
In the end I decided to apply patch 1.10 for Arma2. I found that with this I couldn't apply update 1.59 for Operation Arrowhead as it had a lower version number than I got after applying the Arma2 Combined Operations patch 1.10.
Obviously it updated OA too.
But now the game crashes after playing for some minutes and before diving into all technical details I'd like to know if I did the right update?
I have not applied any previous patches before 1.10 as I belived the update to be cumulative, i.e. including all previous updates. I think this should be clearly stated when releasing patches so there are no doubts, even for newbies! Furthermore, among "Latest News" at the website you can read about update 1.09 for Arma2 and also the update 1.59 for OA and Reinforements as "now available".

Can anyone help me with a proper explanation? What is valid and what to do!

And please guys! Write a proper update/patching manual and remove all outdated crap from the website!

[Angus S]

I have bought both Arma2 and Arma2:Reinforcements and have been enjoying the game a lot, but whenever I try to install a patch a box comes up saying that either the game isn't installed or the installation is corrupted. I have tried the patches for both A2 and Reinforcements as well as the beta patches and none of them work. Reinstalling the game does not work either. The game is quite buggy so patches are a bit of a must have