ARMA2 & OA's Steam Thread: All Steam Q's/discussions go here [covered by Dwarden]

[Dwarden]

1. start STEAM via "run as administration"
2. if that don't help try public beta from http://forums.bistudio.com/forumdisp...-PATCH-TESTING

[Alias]

Right, Running through the beta works and it actually launches and i can play and stuff.
I used the ARMA2 launcher to set it up so i could run CO with the beta, hoping it would run it fine.
It gives me an error, Just says OA has stopped responding, this time it's not saying reinforcements.

How can I run CO as well, That was kind of the reason I bought OA.

EDIT:

I tried launching OA on its own without CO through the ARMA2 launcher and it worked fine, It appears that its just CO that causes it.
So basically, ARMA2 on its own, works fine. OA on its own, works fine. OA with the beta, works fine. ARMA2 and OA together in CO? Wont work, crashes at the main menu.

EDIT:

I have come to the conclusion that it's not the install or hardware, It's how ARMA2 is being mounted to OA and something is screwing up.

I will know for sure once i install ARMA2 on my laptop, My laptop ran OA on it's own which sort of supports this, if i get the same error on my laptop I know thats the case.

EDIT:

So I launched it with -world=empty and it got past the main menu, loaded fine. Started up harvest red and the game loaded perfectly and played fine.
Tried to load Takistan and the game crashed.

Something is wrong with takistan when ARMA2 is mounted, but it works fine when ARMA2 is not mounted.

Heres my RPT

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30996624/ArmA2OA.RPT

EDIT:

Created a shortcut in the install directory of OA with the following param

"D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\ArmA2OA.exe" "-mod=D:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2;Expansion;ca" -nosplash

And ran it as administrator, No luck

EDIT:

Reinstalling original ARMA2 as there may have been some corrupt files in it that steam was not picking up on for whatever reason.

[Dwarden]

to run ARMA 2: CO on steam since 1.60 release all You need to do is

1. exit STEAM
2. start STEAM via right mouse button menu on the STEAMclient icon "run as administrator"
3. start ARMA 2
4. exit ARMA 2
5. start ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead

that's all, the option to use ARMA 2: CO mode is not needed, it's there only for 'compatibility' issues some users might have, will be removed sometime soon for good

[wiiguy22]

Hi, I have a quick question.

I have combined operations working fine on steam without mods. I want to add the ace mod (ace &acex ace sound mod ect.) to the game. There is ACE_OA and just ACE. Which one should I get? and where do I place them? I've tried a launcher and I don't know it won't start with the mods and I've tried to launch the game though steam with the launch options edited( like "-mod=@ACE"; "-mod=@ACEX"; ect.). It launches the game but I can't access the ace options menu in-game for some reason.

[Trekari]

Question:

Years ago it was stated that Steam users would be able to download and install a CO version of ArmA2 and OA, instead of requiring two separate installs (and thus more HDD space).

Is this going to be completed anytime soon?

[Dwarden]

Question:

Years ago it was stated that Steam users would be able to download and install a CO version of ArmA2 and OA, instead of requiring two separate installs (and thus more HDD space).

Is this going to be completed anytime soon?

i think You misunderstood how it works, there is no special product A2: CO or standalone data
ARMA 2: CO = OA engine loading OA data + loading A2 data
so all You need is properly installed ARMA 2 (for STEAM users this mean run it once) and properly installed OA
rest is detected auto since 1.60

[Trekari]

Quoted from: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=1337127

Q: Can I combine A2: OA with STEAM version A2 (A2: Combined Operations)
A: Yes, You can (there is provided UI option in STEAM interface)
Note: You need first run ARMA 2 to force it write path into registry
Note: the actual solution is workaround, there will be full merge of the installs in future (most likely together with patch)

The bolded part is what I'm asking about. There's no need for CO to take up all the space on the HDD it currently does for Steam users.

[Jedra]

Quoted from: http://forums.steampowered.com/forum....php?t=1337127



The bolded part is what I'm asking about. There's no need for CO to take up all the space on the HDD it currently does for Steam users.

It is the same for all users. If you buy 'Combined Ops' anywhere (Steam, DVD, Sprocket) you get a copy of A2 and a copy of OA and you install them both individually. Steam users are not having to store anything extra.

[Trekari]

Not true. You can install the disk version of Operation Arrowhead into the ArmA2 directory and save some space.

[Johan S]

I think that with a normal harddrive today having at least 1 TB of disk space, those few GB should not be a problem. Surely there are better things BIS can do with their time than save a little space for those few who have too small harddrives in their computer.