ATTN NOOBIES! - New to ArmA II or OA - Here's the place for your questions

[PurePassion]

Yup I got a noob question

What is the best and most important, working way to change your username if the normal one via the ingame menu does not work? I have read about different ways with contradicting answers so I wonder what the correct one is.

Thanks in advance!

Just tried the same thing that didn't work some time back but now it did. It's basically just creating a new profile with the desired name, copying the old customized profile and pasting it to the "Other Profiles" and matching the old profile file with the new name.

[Daddy317]

I found a couple great off site/BI FAQs - new user guides. Sadly, I can not find where I marked it. Anyone remember a site that initially helped them a lot?

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Just tried the same thing that didn't work some time back but now it did. It's basically just creating a new profile with the desired name, copying the old customized profile and pasting it to the "Other Profiles" and matching the old profile file with the new name.

When I created the account I didn't really think I would be interested in online or I failed to give it much thought. To change "daddy" do I just create a new steam account/profile? I am confused.

[kylania]

When I created the account I didn't really think I would be interested in online or I failed to give it much thought. To change "daddy" do I just create a new steam account/profile? I am confused.

He's talking about in game Profile names, not Steam. When you change your in game name your profiles move from:

Documents\ArmA 2\

to:

Documents\ArmA 2 Other Profiles\NewPlayername\

So you'd either recreate all your settings or whatever or just copy from ArmA 2\ to ArmA 2 Other Profiles\NewPlayername

[Judgemental]

Hi when I first started up ArmA 2, everything went fine. The startup was normal, auto play worked and the like.
But when I loaded up the actual game after installing it, the screen stayed black.
I then heard music from what I would think would be the main menu but all I could see was my monitor stating "The current input is not supported by the monitor display".
Can anyone help me?

[Iroquois Pliskin]

Hi when I first started up ArmA 2, everything went fine. The startup was normal, auto play worked and the like.
But when I loaded up the actual game after installing it, the screen stayed black.
I then heard music from what I would think would be the main menu but all I could see was my monitor stating "The current input is not supported by the monitor display".
Can anyone help me?

It would appear that your monitor doesn't support whatever default screen resolution is being used in-game. You'll need to modify it in the config,

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/arma2.cfg

[virus100]

hi
why do i get this message while Im trying to patch arma 2 ?
error found in files ADDONS/air.pbo(00000000!=00000001)
game version:1.02.58134

[Iroquois Pliskin]

hi
why do i get this message while Im trying to patch arma 2 ?
error found in files ADDONS/air.pbo(00000000!=00000001)
game version:1.02.58134

Hmm, could be a corrupt patch file. Try redownloading the patch, if it doesn't help - reinstall ArmA II and then apply the newly redownloaded patch.

[virus100]

Hmm, could be a corrupt patch file. Try redownloading the patch, if it doesn't help - reinstall ArmA II and then apply the newly redownloaded patch.

I did.(redownload the patch and reinstall the game) - no go
the next patch should be v1.3 yes?(because i thought maybe i downloaded the wrong one)
my current version:1.02.58134

[Iroquois Pliskin]

I did.(redownload the patch and reinstall the game) - no go
the next patch should be v1.3 yes?(because i thought maybe i downloaded the wrong one)
my current version:1.02.58134

Is it only ArmA II, without Operation Arrowhead - just to make sure it's not ArmA II Combined Operations? 1.02 is a very old version, try 1.00 to 1.09, http://www.arma2.com/index.php?optio...0-to-1&lang=en

Then after patching to 1.09, you need the latest, which is 1.11 for ArmA II - http://www.arma2.com/index.php?optio...atch-1&lang=en

1.00 to 1.09 (Which includes all versions in between)
1.05 to 1.11 (Includes 1.09)

[virus100]

Is it only ArmA II, without Operation Arrowhead - just to make sure it's not ArmA II Combined Operations? 1.02 is a very old version, try 1.00 to 1.09, http://www.arma2.com/index.php?optio...0-to-1&lang=en

Then after patching to 1.09, you need the latest, which is 1.11 for ArmA II - http://www.arma2.com/index.php?optio...atch-1&lang=en

1.00 to 1.09 (Which includes all versions in between)
1.05 to 1.11 (Includes 1.09)

This is arma 2.In fact i bought it last year but,I left it.and now i want to play it online.oh, a question:if i just patch it to 1.11,I'll be able to play it online? or I should do sth esle?(I mean deleting the crack,...)