Moerderhoschi 106 Posted June 18, 2016 for me it was annoying to redownload the mass of data anytime i switch between A3 stable and dev version. So i wrote a little .bat file to make a copy of the arma 3 folder and switch fast between the different version without redownload. how does it work: 1. close your steam 2. open mdhA3versionSwitch.bat in the editor/notepad and set variable _myArmA3SteamPath to your Arma 3 folder location 3. start mdhA3versionSwitch.bat and choose if you have stable or dev installed 4. a copy of you arma 3 folder will be made and named xStable_Arma 3 / xDev_Arma 3 5. start steam and switch your version to dev / stable 6. from now use the mdhA3versionSwitch.bat to switch between versions. Download: http://moerderhoschi.bplaced.net/public/tools/arma3/mdhA3versionSwitch.zip FAQ: Q: what does this .bat? A: at the first run a simple copy of you Arma 3 folder, on the further runs of the .bat a rename of the appmanifest_107410.acf and of you Arma 3 folder Q: can i use this tool also to switch between stable and sneak_peak_preview / dev and sneak_peak_preview? A: yes, but the folder will be still named xStable_Arma 3 and xDev_Arma 3 and the .bat will still return the text Switched to Dev / Stable Q: why i have to close steam when i start your tool? A: gameversion is checked at the start of steam, so a change of the version while steam is running will result in unexcepted behaviour, but the tool checks if steam is running so don't worry to forget to close steam Q: where i have to store the mdhA3versionSwitch.bat file? A: where you want, the important Arma 3 path which the .bat needs to work is stored in the .bat, but you have to set it the first time Q: anything more important to know before i start this .bat A: be sure you have enough diskspace at the first time, because a complete copy of you Arma 3 folder will be made attention, use this tool/mdhA3versionSwitch.bat on your own risk kind regards moerderhoschi 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moerderhoschi 106 Posted June 26, 2016 update: - improved the check which version is currently activated - added more echos/textreplies what the tool is doing when started, so now you can see in the cmd window what files and folders where renamed at the run - corrected some echos/textreplies Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HazJ 1288 Posted February 28, 2017 Very useful, thanks for sharing. Good work! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
