What happens to the server/data files you downloand from online games?

[BF2_Trooper]

Do files you download from servers (particularly ones playing custom missions and mods) stay on your hard drive? Or the they get deleted afterwards? Is this autodownload thing only for custom missions or do they work with full fledge mods as well?

[walker]

Hi BF2_Trooper

You cannot play a missions with a custom "mod" unless you have already downloaded it

The missions you download are in this folder

C:\Documents and Settings\ your windows user name \Local Settings\Application Data\ArmA 2\MPMissionsCache

Kind Regards walker

[Deadfast]

C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\ArmA 2\MPMissionsCache

for Vista and 7

[BF2_Trooper]

Well it seems like i cant access these myself when selecting a mission when I'm setting up my server. Do they get erased after a while? Or will they eventually pile up in my Hard Drive?

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Hi BF2_Trooper

You cannot play a missions with a custom "mod" unless you have already downloaded it

Unless I have already downloaded it manually from outside the game right?

[Lincoln1stFJ]

They are all there. They don't go anywhere.

You might have to unhide files in windows.

In XP it's tools, folder options, view. Select "Show hidden files and folders"

I dunno about Vista

[BF2_Trooper]

So it's safe to delete them if they start to take up space?

[Hund]

Yeah, quite safe, but most missions are quite small so you will have to play a lot to clog up your hard drive.

And an added benefit of already having a mission in the cache is faster loading times, i guess.

[Eclipse4349]

Is there a way to make these missions playable if I was to host a server? I have a few missions I had downloaded that are not options to choose from when I host my own. If I was to copy the files from my apllicationdata folder to some location in the root dir for the game, would I be able to host those missions?

[walker]

Is there a way to make these missions playable if I was to host a server? I have a few missions I had downloaded that are not options to choose from when I host my own. If I was to copy the files from my apllicationdata folder to some location in the root dir for the game, would I be able to host those missions?

Hi Eclipse4349

Yes copy them to the ArmA 2 MPMissions folder

C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\MPMissions

Kind Regards walker

[BF2_Trooper]

Okay, so this auto download thing only works for MISSIONS but not full fledged MODS?