Why Doesn't All The Servers On ARMA 2 OA Pop Up?

[JoCory 1]

When I'm in a Skype call with my friends and they join the server and tell us the name, I NEVER find it on there list. I type it in filter and it still never appears. I mean, sometimes it does but how do I see all the servers they see? Or even most of them?

[BoltboxerPro 1]

You should be able to see them all in OA. Try going to your filter and pressing the "Default" button. That will fix the issue if you have something like Expansions hidden in the filter and the server requires it. Thats the only thing i can think of really.

[rocu 1]

Try refreshing the server list a couple of times. I sometimes have the same problem where only like 25% of the servers pop up. But after refreshing the list a couple of times it shows all of them.

[-=seany=- 5]

AfaIk this is caused by a change added to Arma since DayZ where by it automatically tries to filter out servers it thinks are too far from your location or have too high of a ping. But as you have seen, it seems to have some problems. I myself play frequently on a US server with no Latency problems with a ping of 140-180, but it is almost always hidden from me in the server browser. I have to use the "Remote" option in the server browser to add the server's IP and force it to list it this way.

You can use a site like this to find the IP of server you want to play on:

http://arma2.swec.se/server/list?page=3&sort=players

Use the "Remote" button in the server browser to add the IP and show the server. If you want to go back to the normal server view click the "LAN/Internet" button on the bottom left of the screen.