Armarize, yet another utility for ArmA2

[Nilmerg]

Thanks for great tool!

- portable version (the configs save to relative directory)

Noted, but I can not promise that this will be integrated in the near future, because that belongs to the "advanced settings" and these are on my todo list since a few weeks/months.

- in menu of serverbrowser add something like "Run with profile"

You know that you can select your desired profile and then click on "Start"? (The big button in the bottom right corner ) Additionally if you mean the game profile, you can select that within each Armarize profile.

bug?:
- i have latest beta ArmA2OA but Armarize told me "Outdated"

Yep, will be fixed with the next version.

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Do we have some news?

[Nilmerg]

Well, yes, but I am currently a little bit busy because I am moving to another town soon. I may release the update in the last two weeks of march. But here some infos in advance:

• [FEATURE] When installing new modifications the available disk space will be checked.
• [FEATURE] New dialog added, which can be accessed through the context menu of the modification management, to display information about a specific modification.
• [IMPROVEMENT] The new -beta parameter will be used now.

Plus a little surprise, but this is still highly wip so I do not know if it will really be available with the next update. (Which will then be 1.3 ) That is also the reason why I did not released the update already.

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Why need choose profile when i update mods?

suggestion: If it possible to update servers list on fly as it makes a game. At now servers list is showing when all loaded.

[Nilmerg]

When synchronizing modifications through the wizard, your selection is stored within the profile you selected. This selection will be loaded the next time you start the wizard with the same profile. You can also predefine or change this selection without synchronizing, that is what the bottom right listing within the profile management is for. If you do not want this functionality then you can use the bottom right button within the wizard to reset the selection of modifications to synchronize.

Your suggestion reminds me that this is something what I wanted to change once I reworked the method how the server list is being refreshed and that is something I did already... so let us see if I can make this happen with the upcoming update.

[Nilmerg]

As I started the development of Armarize one and a half year ago it was just a way to train my skills in software programming and once I released the first public version I did not expect that I may release the third major update exactly one year and a week later. So now, today, I am still here, working on Armarize, adding new functionalities, fixing bugs or improving something else and it does not seem so that I will stop doing this in the near future.

Especially when I am looking at some interesting numbers: Since the release of version 1.0, Armarize has been used 45649 times with an average of 123 per day. This certainly includes the restarts when Armarize crashed, but based on the number of error reports I have received, a little over 400, I suppose that this does not make a big difference. (The gathered information to create those numbers is only used for... who would have thought it... creating those numbers, of course.)

But the title of this news is about a new update, isn't it? Well, it is, but I have to say something on this topic as well. Some of you, readers of the bistudio forums, may have already noticed that I announced a surprise that will come with this update. A buddy list. No, not this weird buddy list "light" that I integrated a few updates ago, but rather a real buddy list like the one you can find within Steam or XFire. The functionality of this feature is still in progress, but you can already add other users to your list and join on the same server they are playing on. And you can be sure that this feature will be extensively enhanced in the next weeks so be prepared!

• [FEATURE] Buddy list added to the server browser. This time a real one.
• [FEATURE] When installing new modifications the available disk space will be checked.
• [FEATURE] New dialog added, which can be accessed through the context menu of the modification management, to display information about a specific modification.
• [CHANGE] Increased minimal window size from 800x600 to 1024x738.
• [CHANGE] Removed caching of browser information across sessions.
• [CHANGE] Removed player filter. (Decreases refresh duration by 30%.)
• [CHANGE] The official mod version numbers and their respective authors were added to the modification management.
• [CHANGE] The local and remote revision numbers as well as the dependencies were removed from the modification management.
• [CHANGE] For ToH modifications there will be a proper game variant displayed now. (Note: That does not mean that ToH is supported, not yet.)
• [BUGFIX] The beta patch for Arrowhead was displayed as outdated even when it was not.
• [BUGFIX] Rare crash when starting the game with another process priority than the default one.
• [BUGFIX] When naming a mod directory "ArmA 2" or "ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead" the entered name was forcibly changed so that it contained a suffix even if there was not a directory with the same name.
• [IMPROVEMENT] The new -beta parameter will be used now.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Reworked status information during the synchronisation.
• [IMPROVEMENT] Mod detection of the serverbrowser has been slightly improved.
• [IMPROVEMENT] The display of a modifications local and download size has been reworked.
• [IMPROVEMENT] New button below the directory list within the settings tab to provide a more obvious way to append a new directory...
• [IMPROVEMENT] It is now possible to leave the synchronisation and installation of modifications so that they can proceed in the background.

And as always... if you have already installed Armarize, just start it. Otherwise:

• Download Armarize for Windows 32bit
• Download Armarize for Windows 64bit

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big thanks

[CHANGE] Removed player filter. (Decreases refresh duration by 30%.)

it would be great if it worked at least for favorite servers (because not all friends want to use armarize and create account at buddy list)

In game after use filter showed server in a wink without loading all list.

[Nilmerg]

because not all friends want to use armarize and create account at buddy list

That's a good reason to show them how cool Armarize is... isn't it? Well, I may reintegrate the player filter, once you are not the only one who wants it. (Huh, another reason to show your friends...... )

In game after use filter showed server in a wink without loading all list.

If you mean the list of favorites, that's likely due to an overloaded or limited internet connection so the servers couldn't be reached entirely.

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If you mean the list of favorites, that's likely due to an overloaded or limited internet connection so the servers couldn't be reached entirely.

I mean servers list. If i correctly understand the ArmA 2 showing up each server when get info about it (in multiplayer menu). In Armarize you collecting all info about all servers and then show this.

request: auto login

[Nilmerg]

suggestion: If it possible to update servers list on fly as it makes a game. At now servers list is showing when all loaded.

I mean servers list. If i correctly understand the ArmA 2 showing up each server when get info about it (in multiplayer menu). In Armarize you collecting all info about all servers and then show this.

Ah..

Your suggestion reminds me that this is something what I wanted to change once I reworked the method how the server list is being refreshed and that is something I did already... so let us see if I can make this happen with the upcoming update.

..well, the thing is that this is more complicated than I thought at first. I do not know when I will take some of my time to rework this functionality.

But the auto login feature is a bit more easier to integrate!