Arma beta patch 1.09 - released

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Full release details as well as a perpetually growing list of mirrors can be found here.

This thread is for basic 1.09 feedback, general comments, trouble downloading/installing and the like, there will be a troubleshooting specific thread created in the troubleshooting forum and a single new "ArmA Positive/Negative opinions from 1.09" pinned thread in here.

Please remember that you must be installed to 1.08 before attempting to install 1.09, or it may be unpleasant and messy! The previous 1.08 release thread can be found here

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Stealing Marek's text, royalty cheque is in the post, I swear

New beta patch 1.09.5208 for ArmA is out now.

Visit @ community.bistudio.com @ for more information and list of all available download options.

* significantly smoother gameplay on Northern part of Sahrani (up to 100% increase in frame rate depending on scene, video settings and graphics card)

* combat AI improvements

* voice over net and multiplayer related fixes and improvements

* new anti cheating methods in multiplayer (including optional www.BattlEye.com depending on server settings: if enabled, be server and be client dlls will be used and automatically updated to your computer)

* fixed compatibility problems caused by various copy protections used

* fog is rendered correctly on DX10 generation cards

* new scripting functions (string manipulation, multiplayer synchronization)

WARNING: THIS IS AN INTERIM PUBLIC BETAVERSION. IT'S NOT A FULLY TESTED STABLE RELEASE. USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK. DO NOT CONTACT OFFICIAL SUPPORT WITH ANY PROBLEMS USING THIS PATCH BUT USE ONLY STANDARD COMMUNITY CHANNELS TO GIVE US FEEDBACK.

THIS BETA VERSION IS RELEASED FOR PUBLIC BETATESTING PURPOSES ONLY. YOU STILL SHOULD BE ABLE TO RUN THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF THE GAME.

THIS BETA CAN BE STARTED ONLY WHEN RUNNING THE NEW BETA EXE VIA SPECIAL SHORTCUT CREATED DURING PATCH PROCESS IN YOUR MAIN ARMA WORKING FOLDER.

Copyright © 2007 Bohemia Interactive. All rights reserved.

This application will update your ArmA: Armed Assault / Combat Operations installation with a Beta folder and shortcut to launch the beta version.

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Thank you BIS!

Will test out system peformance and AI later on tonight.

[hoz 0]

Just in time for Xmas!

[dslyecxi 23]

Good to see it out. Here's hoping the community will be able to help find any remaining issues and get them resolved so that it can become a "real" patch.

[maruk 80]

Note that BIS will not be @ work during Christmas but many of us will be watching forums closely all the time.

We are interested to get your feedback primarily related to

* Weapons / combat AI / difficulty balance

* Stability (esp. the infamous can't create memory surface problem)

* Voice over net in general

* Cheating

* New scripting functions added

[mmd 0]

Awesome! Thanks for the surprise, BIS.

Downloading now

[Inkompetent 0]

Woah! That longer, detailed version of the patch log made me drool! Wonderful stuff! Gonna try this out asap!

[Undeceived 392]

Thank you, BIS.

[Shadow NX 1]

Perfect news and after reading the changelog i feel very positive about this patch.

Will test it a bit and give my feedback, one question though, does the new grass affect Kegetys Lowplants ( or better said the other way around )?

[Ike_fin 0]

Can this patch be installed on linux server?

[hoz 0]

Quote[/b] ]Can this patch be installed on linux server?

No.

[mattxr 9]

BIS i thankyou very much and wish you a merry christmas..

The Fog bug has been eliminated.

[maruk 80]

Can this patch be installed on linux server?

Linux server for 1.09 beta is not yet available and will not be until early January.

Windows dedicated server exe arma_server.exe is installed with the patch but note that to install the patch on servers you also need to use beta mod folder content on the server and use beta as mod parameter on the server.

[tylerdurden 0]

Wow. I love this!!! I can confirm 100% performance improvement at North Sahrani!!!

Specs:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6300

2gigs of RAM

Asus X1950 Pro 256mb

[mattxr 9]

www.gol-clan.net

Server is running 1.09 - Evo up testing performence all welcome.

[NoRailgunner 0]

That's nice little present. Will test it asap with "vanilla" ArmA first.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!

[opteryx 1562]

Quote[/b] ]Fixed: MP "Head bug"

Quote[/b] ]Fixed: Fog on DX10 card

Excellent news.

[CameronMcDonald 146]

Seems OK so far... no problems seen with LowPlants either...

[raedor 8]

Just in case this has not been noted yet, but this patch brings cool stuff for scripters: string commands & PV for all data types!

[spetznaz14 0]

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~spetznaz/arma/arma_fog_fixed1.jpg

[BroK3n 0]

Fantastic!

Just when I'm getting back into Arma after a long break.

- Sly

[Spooner 0]

Get no sound whatsoever when used with FDF sounds 1.3, regardless of volume levels (fine when I don't load FDF sounds). I'm not suggesting this is BIS's fault, more so that people realise that there is an incompatibility there.

Thanks BIS for some very nice new scripter commands!

[dslyecxi 23]

Server admins, just to be clear, the new difficulty options are:

DeathMessages=0; //Death messages off

NetStats=0; //Scoreboard off until mission ends

VonID=1; //VOIP talking indicators on

VonID is an important one (IMHO) because it allows you to see who is speaking over radio VON and it color-codes it based on the chat channel. If you intend to use VOIP you will probably want to use that setting to minimize confusion.

The other two are useful if you like playing like that.

edit: Also, re: sound mods, things have changed in 1.09 that might give you odd performance from them. They will likely need to be updated to account for 1.09's new sound settings, but it is of course up to the individual authors to decide whether they want to modify it now, or wait until the final patch is released to ensure that nothing else changes.

[Luminous 0]

Thank you for the xmas present BIS!!!

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