ARMA 2: OA Beta 72716 is up

[=kct=blackmamba 44]

[72701] New: getWeaponCargo, getMagazineCargo, getBackpackCargo script commands

[72698] Experimental: TCMalloc used as a memory allocator.

does this hopefully mean bether memory usage ?

simple archive for server admins

http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1717093&postcount=31

(just recheck if you use proper folders when extracting depends how you setup your server)

Edited August 13, 2010 by Dwarden

[suma 8]

One change was dropped in the changelog by mistake:

[72710] Fixed: Terrain shadows were too short (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/12328)

[roberthammer 582]

Great :) , gonna test it

[gossamersolid 155]

What exactly is TCMalloc?

[mosh 0]

Is it supposed to show the running mods in top right corner? That's a nice feature. So far so good....

[=kct=blackmamba 44]

One change was dropped in the changelog by mistake:

[72710] Fixed: Terrain shadows were too short (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/12328)

did this also solve vehicle lights shining trough terrain?, noticable when wearing NVG goggles.

[suma 8]

What exactly is TCMalloc?

TCMalloc is this. Hopefully it could give a better performance or stability in some situations than the previous one we have used (which was JEMalloc).

[Jelliz 10]

What exactly is TCMalloc?

This.

[Pauldarrington 9]

thanks for the new beta i like the new feature that shows what mods your running on the main menu

[old_painless 182]

This is for OA, right? Thread title was not specific, but I assume so ....

[maddogx 13]

This is for OA, right? Thread title was not specific, but I assume so ....

Yes, it is for OA.

[kremator 1064]

NICE ! Downloading and testing now.

[abel 0]

TCMalloc is this. Hopefully it could give a better performance or stability in some situations than the previous one we have used (which was JEMalloc).

Indian code?) that could be interesting))

[M.Andersson(SWE) 4]

Ohhh..

They are getting bigger...Nice...

Means either 2 of things:

One: More and better stuff

Two: more buggs..Ouch

[-=anders=- 0]

Hmm, I've never succeeded running the betas..... Get errors all the time. :/

When I start with this path (by running the arma2oa.exe as arma2.exe for crossfire):

"\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2.exe" -noSplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7 -world=empty -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM;@TRFW;@TRRW;@TRTV;@TRWV;@Tracers;@JayArmA2Lib;@ACRE

...it says "No entry '.profilePathDefault'." and press OK, then the gamemenu-UI is totally fucked up. Can't see anything...

What shall i do to succeed running the betas?????? :S

[kremator 1064]

I like that way addons are shown on the right side now in order ! Nice touch!

[abel 0]

Hmm, I've never succeeded running the betas..... Get errors all the time. :/

When I start with this path (by running the arma2oa.exe as arma2.exe for crossfire):

"\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2.exe" -noSplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7 -world=empty -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM;@TRFW;@TRRW;@TRTV;@TRWV;@Tracers;@JayArmA2Lib;@ACRE

...it says "No entry '.profilePathDefault'." and press OK, then the gamemenu-UI is totally fucked up. Can't see anything...

What shall i do to succeed running the betas?????? :S

mod line is wrong. correct format could be found in OA beta launch link (which is created after beta installation).

[bluesteel 0]

Hmm, I've never succeeded running the betas..... Get errors all the time. :/

When I start with this path (by running the arma2oa.exe as arma2.exe for crossfire):

"\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2.exe" -noSplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7 -world=empty -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM;@TRFW;@TRRW;@TRTV;@TRWV;@Tracers;@JayArmA2Lib;@ACRE

...it says "No entry '.profilePathDefault'." and press OK, then the gamemenu-UI is totally fucked up. Can't see anything...

What shall i do to succeed running the betas?????? :S

You are missing the actual beta data folders in your mod line. It should look like this:

-mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion;@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM;@TRFW;@TRRW;@TRTV;@TRWV;@Tracers;@JayArmA2Lib;@ACRE

[-=anders=- 0]

Ahh ok, thx mates!

Although I now tried to uninstall the beta and reinstall it, the installer tells me this: "Arma2 OA is not installed on your computer or installation is corrupted."

What the hell is going on??? :(

[xxbbcc 6]

You also need to make sure that your startup folder is the top ArmA 2 installation folder, not the beta folder.

[kremator 1064]

DELETE the beta folder don't uninstall it !

[-=anders=- 0]

You also need to make sure that your startup folder is the top ArmA 2 installation folder, not the beta folder.

Ok, so not: "\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta"?

---------- Post added at 02:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:31 PM ----------

DELETE the beta folder don't uninstall it !

God damn, so if I selected to unistall it and now i can't find it, what do I do now?

[das attorney 857]

"C:\Program files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@JSRS-E;@JSRS-V;@JSRS-VW;@JSRS-W -nosplash

The above works for me (note that I've cut and pasted the entire line). Also, there's a space in your line; TR WV, which shouldn't be there. Try the following for your mods...

"C:\Program files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2.exe" -mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX_SM;@TRFW;@TRRW;@TRTV;@TRWV;@Tracers;@JayArmA2Lib;@ACRE -nosplash - world=empty -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7

I'm not sure you'll need the -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7, but if you're running the arma2 exe then it's probably a safe bet to put them in.

EDIT: Weird. It put's a space in @Tracers; for some reason.. :)

Double edit. If you're still getting errors, try the above but with arma2oa.exe instead of arma2.exe. It might be trying to reference the arma2.exe to an arma2 beta that isn't there. I'm not really sure though...

Edited August 13, 2010 by Das Attorney

[kremator 1064]

This is an OA patch so it should be in Expansion\beta .... that's where it put mine (after I deleted the older folder !)

[-=anders=- 0]

Must I uninstall OA and reinstall it again, cause I cant even patch with the original 1.52 patch?