Another episode from my arma campaign playthroughs. This time it's Operation Arrowhead Campaign. ArmA 2 Walkthrough By BR Nobody has done an ArmA 2 walkthrough, so here it is. Be aware that this contains spoilers, so you may want to try it yourself first, but if you get stuck, just read the walkthrough for the mission that you are having problems with. Three possible ways to beat the campaign are now posted. ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead has some of the same cheat codes as OFP and the original ArmA did. Like OFP and ArmA, they are activated by holding down the left Shift key and pressing the - key on the num pad. After executing this key sequence, type in the following. Savegame = Saves the game, even if you have already saved once.
Bohemia Interactive is pleased to announce the release of update 1.63 for Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead (changelog).
Go to your game directory (mine is: C: Program Files (x86) Steam steamapps common ARMA 2 Operation Arrowhead) Go to the DayZEpoch folder and open your addons folder you see. Look for dayzcode.pbo and copy and paste it onto your desktop so you can work on it quickly (please do not remove it by dragging and dropping).
Besides the numerous fixes and optimizations which were introduced during the 1.63 beta program which covered almost a 2 year period for this iteration of the engine, the update focuses on the transition of the multiplayer from GameSpy matchmaking to Steam.
As you may have heard, GameSpy is discontinuing its services and it was therefore of paramount importance to offer an alternative for the passionate Operation Arrowhead players who have supported our game and our company for so many years.
Due to the fact that Steam based matchmaking requires Steam to work, this update is only available through Steam. If you have purchased a retail copy of the game, please do not despair. As announced previously all Arma 2 (including DLCs and Operation Arrowhead expansion) keys may now be activated on Steam. Just follow this walkthrough (link), take your Arma 2 CD key, use it as a Steam product key, and the game will be added to your library.
For our other games affected by the GameSpy shutdown, but not updated to work with Steam (Arma 1, Arma Cold War Assault, Take On Helicopters), and also for those players who wish to stick with the older non-Steam version of the game, we have implemented a system to help host and connect to servers even without a functioning GameSpy - http://master.bistudio.com/. Here server owners may add their servers and players may use the listed IP addresses to connect to them. Also to help players overcome difficulties we have added a number of articles for each game to our FAQ (link) and as always our technical support staff is ready to help via [email protected].
For more information about Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead, please visit the official website at www.arma2.com.
Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead Trainer
This is an unofficial guide provided by community members and not done by Bohemia Interactive. CO Lite is still experimental as more feedback from people testing with the various distributions is needed.
1Pros and cons
2How to
2.2Advanced version
Combined Operations (A2:CO) is the combination of Operation Arrowhead (A2:OA) and Arma 2 (A2).It extends it with additional content like new worlds (Chernarus and Utes) and various factions and their assets (USMC, Russian Armed Forces, Chernarussian Defence Forces, Chernarussian Movement of the Red Star, National Party).
Combined Operations Lite (also referred as CO Lite or CO:L) is the combination of OA with Arma 2 Free (A2:F). It is called Lite as Arma 2 Free has lower quality textures and sound files.
CO Lite allows A2:OA only owners to join A2:CO servers and therefore unifies the multiplayer scene.
Even for CO Full owners it might be worth considering to use. See the next section.
Pros and cons
Pros
More FPS: up 5-15% for both average maximum and average minimum (see PvPscene Benchmark Suite) due to A2:F low resolution textures
Less texture switching due to A2:F low resolution textures
Faster loading times due to smaller pbo files.
Ability to play on A2:CO servers for people that only own A2:OA.
Cons
Low quality textures
Lower quality sounds (though it seems hard to hear a difference)
A2:F v1.11 does not contain the addon/PBO fixes of standard A2 v1.11
How to
Bohemia Interactive Forums: ARMA 2 Free - For Combined Ops Lite
Basic version
Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead Free
GetArma 2 Free
Download the ARMA2Free_setup.zip file
Extract the zip file to see the ARMA2Free_setup.exe
Install the game
Get the CD key
Visit the activation site
Log into Steam / your Google/facebook/Live ID account
As alternative create an openID account at https://www.myopenid.com and use the full openID URL to log in
Activate Arma 2 Free with the CD key
Combine A2:OA and A2:F with the modline:
You need provide the full link to the Arma 2 Free folder
You need to enclose the parameter in quotes, if it contains spaces in the path.
CO Lite:
With beta patch:
Advanced version
Visual glitch fix
There is a small visual annoyance in the main menu created by A2:F.This can be remedied by loading the misc_fix.pbo of A2 in a modfolder.
If you do not own A2, you could ask a friend to send you the said file and its bisign files.
Go to .Arma2addons
Select and copy the three files
misc_fix.pbo
misc_fix.pbo.bi.bisign
misc_fix.pbo.bi2.bisign
To a new modfolder inside your OA game folder, like .OA@A2Faddons
And add the modfolder to your modline:
Selective A2F pbo loading
This only applies for CO Full owners that want to combine A2:F to CO Lite for better performance.
Rather to use all A2:F pbos to replace the A2 pbos, you can also load only a subset of the A2:F pbos.
For example you may want to use only the vegetation and buildings pbos.
To accomplish this you copy the desired pbos and their respective bisign files to a new modfolder and load this modfolder instead of the A2:F game folder:
Get CO Full
If you want to upgrade your CO Lite setup to CO Full your best option is to buy Arma 2 on Steam.
Or buy Combined Operations itself and make your Operation Arrowhead copy a gift to a friend to convert more people to the series. :)
Support
In case of issues, head to the BI forum and this thread:http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=129154
Links
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