Cant join 1.08 servers even though I have 1.08

[Matt23 0]

I'm patched to 1.08 but some servers say bad version when I try to join.

[-=FW=-Platty 0]

The server has probably prohibited players running any mods from joining. Check what add-ons you have, any that adjust field of view, rate of fire, recoil etc are often considered 'cheats', although it might also be texture replacements that flag it, although they have little effect on gameplay.

[scruffy 22]

The equalModRequired=1; parameter has nothing to do with the addons you use, but with the modfolders you have activated, more precisely the names of the modfolder in your shortcut.

So you can't join if you use the same mod as the server with a renamed folder and you can't join a standard server even with a non existant modfolder activated when it has equalModRequired=1;

[maddogx 13]

The equalModRequired=1; parameter has nothing to do with the addons you use, but with the modfolders you have activated, more precisely the names of the modfolder in your shortcut.

So you can't join if you use the same mod as the server with a renamed folder and you can't join a standard server even with a non existant modfolder activated when it has equalModRequired=1;

Yeah, there's definitely something wrong with the implementation of the equalModRequired parameter. It does more harm than good.

[Synide 0]

...and you can't join a standard server even with a non existant modfolder activated when it has equalModRequired=1;

Hmmm, maybe i'm not understanding you, you're post is a little unlcear... Are you saying that if a standard plain vanilla server has 'equalModRequired=1;' set you can't join it?

and... what does a non-existent modfolder look like?

[rainbow 0]

In my opinion you should remove all addons and mods then try to run ArmA.

[Matt23 0]

yea i have the modern warfare sound mod going, thats probably why.

[scruffy 22]

...and you can't join a standard server even with a non existant modfolder activated when it has equalModRequired=1;

Hmmm, maybe i'm not understanding you, you're post is a little unlcear... Are you saying that if a standard plain vanilla server has 'equalModRequired=1;' set you can't join it?

and... what does a non-existent modfolder look like?

If a standard server started without any -mod= parameter has equalmodrequired=1 and you try to join with -mod=blah you can't join, even if the specified modfolder "blah" doesn't really exist in your ArmA directory. It only compares the -mod parameter from your shortcuts, not what mods/addons are actually running.

Hope that's a bit more clear, english is not my primary language