Arma beta patch 1.09 - released

[Broileri 0]

I hope you are not saying that the M4 is more effective than an AK74 in real life. The M4's barrel is short, thus muzzle velocity is lost, making it weak and inaccurate at range. You would not want that in a close up enviroment mate.

My point exactly. The AK74 is a bad weapon compared even to the M4 in the 1.09 beta. Unlike in real life.

[tonedog12 2]

im tryin to load QG but it wont load cause im gettin errors. what is the correct way to install it

[walker 0]

im tryin to load QG but it wont load cause im gettin errors.  what is the correct way to install it

Hi all

I do this to get QG runnning with the 1.09 beta. It works for me.

Instal the 1.09 beta

Make a copy of your Queens Gambit shortcut. Rename it to "Launch QG Arma Beta 1-09"

Right click your new shortcut and alter the target field to read:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">"C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA\beta\arma.exe" -nosplash -mod=DBE1;beta

Kind Regards walker

[SlipperyJim 0]

There is a game balance issue with US and Russian assault rifles and carbines that is rather serious, IMHO.

However, the patch makes the AKs worse than before. Their recoil seems the same as before (although it has been tweaked and now affects the weapon as it should, moving the barrel up, not down). The problem is that they do less damage.

Perhaps this was a quick and lazy fix for the problem of the Russians being able to pick us off so easily. Instead of fixing the AI they just tweaked the weapon stats.

Some of the feedback in this thread from people who have tried the beta scares me. They need to set aside Arma 2 for a while and fix Arma 1.

[Sevan 0]

I just want to point out there are no Russians in the game.

[ONI.au 0]

thing i like the best is the removal of the CLU (firing device) from the javelin prior to firing and if you go prone with the jave the clu is removed thanks BI for taking that on in this patch it was anoying to say the least to have to look through textures if you went prone with a jav on your back

[Espectro (DayZ) 0]

I wonder if we will see christmas trees again

Back in 2001, the 1.42 (if I remember correctly) patch added those trees just right before xmas

Cheers!

[tonedog12 2]

ok tried that and still gettin errors.  what are the two files for that come along with the patch?

why release a patch that doesnt work with QG?

[Planck 1]

If I recall correctly the patch included 2 folders, one called addons and the other called DBE1.

DBE1 has an addons folder inside it, the files in this folder go in the DBE1\Addons folder you have in ArmA root. (presuming you have queens gambit)

The files in the lone addons folder go into beta\addons folder.

Planck

[leckig 0]

This is a nice suprise!:

"FIX (ANIMATIONS): Improved turning around with launcher. "

[mr_centipede 31]

Great patch... NS no longer an FPS Hog.. hehe. now, i noticed new death anim thrown in there? or am i seeing things? like run-stumble-dead kind animation. not like ofp though, ofp one was better. i think

[kabong 1]

My Line:

"C:\Program Files\Atari\ArmA\beta\arma.exe" -mod=beta -nosplash  -mod=DBE1

I think that should read:

"C:\Program Files\Atari\ArmA\beta\arma.exe" -mod=beta;DBE1 -nosplash

Or maybe (don't know if the mod order matters):

"C:\Program Files\Atari\ArmA\beta\arma.exe" -mod=DBE1;beta -nosplash

[Blub 0]

Is the 4gb bug fixed?

[ANTH 0]

Is the 4gb bug fixed?

Here is your answer My Not likely

[Maciver 0]

Just a note: I didnt read the whole thread, so these are probably repeats. But just what I've found.

Dirtbike not fixed, still throws you off randomly.

Sound inside some vehicles messed up.

Other than that patch is great. My fps went up quite a bit. Thumbs up guys. For my personal request, fix the dirtbike, I love that thing!

[Placebo 29]

Sound inside some vehicles messed up.

Official BIS vehicles?

[kanotson 2]

Voice over net doesn't work, it's like in 1.08, I played with a friend (my pc as server), and it works, but after a while he couldn't hear me. Later I couldn't hear him also. We can see the name below when someone speaks, but the sound is gone.

First time it brokes, was when we get out from a blackhawk. Second time, just at the start of a mission.

Another strange thing: at sound options I have hardware acceleration deactivated, but I cannot activate it (the state doesn't change). My friend had it activated and he couldn't deactivate it.

Mi rig:

AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual

Core Processor 4200+

2.21 Ghz, RAM 2 GB

Sound: Realtek AC'97 Audio

Windows XP Professional SP2

On the other hand, very good patch, specially the solved CTDs when loading very big missions (at last I could complete last mission in Gloria campaign!...saving and loading, of course )

[SlipperyJim 0]

I just want to point out there are no Russians in the game.

If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck then it probably is a duck.

[Placebo 29]

There are no ducks in the game either.

[ArMoGaDoN 0]

(quack) why not?

[Benoist 0]

So, i can install this and play in a 1.08 server as usual? And if i erase beta folder i "uninstal" the patch?

EDIT: Sorry, i read the readme :P

[BraTTy 0]

Don't even have to erase it, just run your other .exe

I have about 3 hrs on this patch and I can say now that altho i didn't have serious problems before.

It is definately alot smoother now,its like you upgraded my video card.I don't have texture switching like some users report, I have less than I did before and it looks a great deal better.

Flying or riding I was in awe looking around how much better it looks.No serious bugs to report

The walking, anim switching ..it all seems smoother now.I'm impressed

I was on a server and a user died on a motorcycle on the lawn in front of me, I drove one for like 15 minutes and drove like a madman and didn't die (weird)

When I played earlier I noticed when I turned voices up louder so I could hear talk,all it did was make the other sounds lower so I put it back (all 7 default)

In game VON works for me, I hear others and talked a few times (i don't really like chat unless its squad/clan based necessity)

PIV 3.0,1 gig ddr400,7600gs 512m,winxp home

Bought this cheap Diamond soundcard few weeks ago because my built-in sound didn't allow me to enable hardware accel:

http://www.staples.com/webapp....L140474

Arma Works great!

Merry Christmas BIS and Fans

[sparks50 0]

How can i launch mods in the beta? I usually use Kegetys Arma launcher to launch mods, but the beta only has a shortcut?

Help would be fine

[Sn4pSh0ter 0]

Thanks to BIS

Performance is nice, but It still loks like this:

*Cant load image*

My system:

AMD Athlon X2 6400+

ATI Radeon HD 2900pro (1GB, GDDr4)

2GB RAM

Asus M2npv-Vm

BeQuiet straight power 650W

[mattxr 9]

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

we cant get this to work...

We added it into the difficulty profie and the server.cfg