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[Sickboy]

SU's Game Manager wants me to use 1.62 version of arma2oa.exe, but required md5 checksums of some other files are from 1.60. For example

File	1.62 md5	required md5
Addons\missions.pbo	71ae081e9b1afd29b927f5e20a0b6b9d	6153b9e2ae5ddc09fbc18500a7efbd3e
Addons\missions.pbo.bi.bisign	61221525f5e13f39bd49c9f169008e9f	d9780db7451adbae88abe09963dc77ad
Addons\missions.pbo.bi2.bisign	7e49002417748b6e38ae30d3d1f6f6cd	211a7b941529190b8fb22bffa79327cc
Expansion\Addons\anims_e.pbo	9b005ec1bcecbd711add07a213258998	c2fe7e6f1c98c54182133f9d13afa64f
Expansion\Addons\anims_e.pbo.bi.bisign	1b448167a2fcd72a64e91d5ba27c6d84	152cc403b409445ff878964f3760cee4
Expansion\Addons\anims_e.pbo.bi2.bisign	7f543bc776527aa0c9ecaafd7c451f27	969573ed29cb9dbafa1d7a4116724cfd

In fact all *.pbo and *.bisign in the required list are from 1.60 (except core.pbo* and product.bin, they're included in 1.62 but it looks like they weren't changed from 1.60).

Is it OK or I should create ticket at Issue Tracker?

Thanks for the heads up. Ticket would be helpful, but we'll take a looksy

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Is there a way to export a game profile? Like the launch settings and mods? I have a bunch of friends I play with who are too confused by SU and want me to be able to send a file they can import and just launch. I know communities can do that for a server, but can you do that just for the client side of things?

PwS will feature exportable and importable presets and such at a later stage. For SU you can use the CustomRepo feature (with a dummy server if you need it for SP instead): http://www.six-projects.net/Six_Upda...tomRepos_Setup
You do not need to host the mods yourself, the CustomRepo feature can be used just for configuration as well.

[pressytcn]

i have a question about the new take on rearmed

in six updter i can see all the mods i have for arma 2 but as not installed is there a way to make six use arma 2 install folder when using mods for toh many of the mods work but i need to copy them from the arma 2 folder to the toh folder but there must be another way of doing this like a launcher that can launc all 3 games and enable and disable mods without the need for redownload or having to copy 100's of gb

[Sickboy]

i have a question about the new take on rearmed

in six updter i can see all the mods i have for arma 2 but as not installed is there a way to make six use arma 2 install folder when using mods for toh many of the mods work but i need to copy them from the arma 2 folder to the toh folder but there must be another way of doing this like a launcher that can launc all 3 games and enable and disable mods without the need for redownload or having to copy 100's of gb

Hi,

I would recommend creating a global mods folder somewhere, moving the mods to this folder, and then changing the Mod Path in the SIX Updater Options to point to this folder.
Otherwise you could mess around with symlinks, but it'd be messy, currently SU only reads mods from the Mod paths.

[pressytcn]

it worked thanks

[Hoak]

Hey Nederlander, would you ever consider making a version of Play withSIX/Updater for GRAW 2? Like ArmA 2 there's no in-line updater and a lot of content to manage that separates Fans from the game... While GRAW 2 is virtually abandon-ware as GRIN (the Developer) has closed it's doors; it has excellent mod support with an enormous catalog of mods, maps and missions, as well as an enthusiastic dedicated audience with active 24/7 servers. What's more, Diesel Engine mods are self-contained 'bundle' files with integrated XML version control (info here), that would require far less of the feature sophistication provided in your ArmA 2 SIX Updater.

I'm sure you have a full plate supporting ArmA 2 feature requests but there's a substantial cross-over Ghost Recon audience as you've probably been clued in via the likes of Lightspeed's Island Thunder port for ArmA 2 (and others) -- and Ghost Recon as well as the GRAW games do have some features and technology as yet not on offer in the ArmA games, and it doesn't look like that will change with ArmA 3. Considering SIX Updater's sophistication and flexibility, and GRAW 2's simplicity it at least appears this might be quick work for what would be a very appreciative audience, but that's only a guess -- and obviously the prospect has to appeal to you.

Regardless, thanks for all you've done in making my ArmA 2 experience a better smoother ride!

[Sickboy]

Hey Nederlander, would you ever consider making a version of Play withSIX/Updater for GRAW 2? Like ArmA 2 there's no in-line updater and a lot of content to manage that separates Fans from the game... While GRAW 2 is virtually abandon-ware as GRIN (the Developer) has closed it's doors; it has excellent mod support with an enormous catalog of mods, maps and missions, as well as an enthusiastic dedicated audience with active 24/7 servers. What's more, Diesel Engine mods are self-contained 'bundle' files with integrated XML version control (info here), that would require far less of the feature sophistication provided in your ArmA 2 SIX Updater.

I'm sure you have a full plate supporting ArmA 2 feature requests but there's a substantial cross-over Ghost Recon audience as you've probably been clued in via the likes of Lightspeed's Island Thunder port for ArmA 2 (and others) -- and Ghost Recon as well as the GRAW games do have some features and technology as yet not on offer in the ArmA games, and it doesn't look like that will change with ArmA 3. Considering SIX Updater's sophistication and flexibility, and GRAW 2's simplicity it at least appears this might be quick work for what would be a very appreciative audience, but that's only a guess -- and obviously the prospect has to appeal to you.

Regardless, thanks for all you've done in making my ArmA 2 experience a better smoother ride!

Hi Hoak,

Thank you for your kind words and glad to read you enjoy our works!

It's an interesting idea and we will consider it, we have revised multi-game support planned for the latest project, Play withSIX, that might be a great opportunity.
Very low on time right now, but will keep in touch

[PeteWaddell]

Since 2 days ago, I am no longer able to open my copy of SixUpdater. I click on it, the logo pops up, then: "SixUpdater GUI has stopped working" then an option to click close program. I didn't change anything, and I have over 100 mods installed sixupdater.

Is there a known problem for this to happen? Anything I could check? I have no idea what it is and I am stuck with silly old vanilla.. Lol!

[PeteWaddell]

Fixed. I still don't know what caused it, but this time I uninstalled and deleted SU configuration files, then reinstalled. It worx

[Jopake]

I have recently installed I44 on my computer using Play withSix and I was wondering how I could download SinglePlayer Missions to the game. Thanks.

[Sickboy]

I have recently installed I44 on my computer using Play withSix and I was wondering how I could download SinglePlayer Missions to the game. Thanks.

Hi, missions are often available on diverse community sites. For I44 however there are several missions included within the @i44 mod folder. You can copy them to the game's missions folder to activate them.
I suspect the readme has some more directions, specific to I44.