ARMA2 & OA's Steam Thread: All Steam Q's/discussions go here [covered by Dwarden]

[Recnelis2 10]

The Steam FAQ mentioned us being able to Preload Arma 2. Anyone have any information on when this should occur? we only have about 1 day and 4 hours till release and still no preload option. =(

[Bigtnaples 10]

The Steam FAQ mentioned us being able to Preload Arma 2. Anyone have any information on when this should occur? we only have about 1 day and 4 hours till release and still no preload option. =(

I was just about to post this. A preload hours before release kind of defeats the purpose of lightening server load. Hopefully it will be up by tonight.:confused:

[Big Dawg KS 6]

Are you able to have more than one shortcut to the same file with steam in the steam games list?

http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1326311&postcount=266

You can create additional shortcuts for Steam games (and according to Dwarden start parameters will work properly if passed to Steam.exe), I'm not too sure about adding them to the games list though (maybe possible with add non-Steam game, maybe not).

[revolverocelotkjb 13]

Dwarden could you please elaborate on the following question in the Steam FAQ:

Q: Will Steam offer beta patches?

I did not play ARMA 1 and as a result I am not to familiar with the history surrounding ARMA 1's support. It is to my understanding that BIS produced beta patches for ARMA 1 (I guess when official patch support had ended and patch funding was no longer available patches produced by developers are unofficial and deemed beta patches???) and that ARMA 1 Steam purchasers could manually update with these beta patches if they chose to do so. Will this be the same for ARMA 2?

If: Example Mod requires x.xx Beta patch but Steam users couldn't download Beta patch then Steam users would not be able to play Example Mod.

1) For Steam purposes are Beta patches treated as a Mod on Steam?

2) What by definition is a beta patch (Is it where official patch funding support has ended yet the BIS developers continue to support the game with unofficial official patches referred to as beta patches)?

3) How will Steam's ability or inability of using beta patches affect Steam players in the future with not only mods but also online play?

Thanks!

THE Rev Tube

Ok...let me rephrase...Can any moderator/developer please elaborate on the questions above?

[th3flyboy 0]

Please for the love of god allow us to use our cd keys to get a steam copy...

[Asher 10]

Steam says it will be ready in approx 18hrs ... which puts it at 6pm Central US time ... can anyone confirm ?

I thought June 26th, 2009 would have ment @ midnight on June 26th, 2009 ... maybe i am naive.

Come on already ... I am so ready for the first new game for a LONG time.

[SteamFan1 10]

Steam usually releases their games between 9am-5pm on release day.

[Arrowhead 0]

Steam says it will be ready in approx 18hrs ... which puts it at 6pm Central US time ... can anyone confirm ?

I thought June 26th, 2009 would have ment @ midnight on June 26th, 2009 ... maybe i am naive.

Come on already ... I am so ready for the first new game for a LONG time.

Why would you think that? Go to the Arma Steam page, it still says 17 hours as of this moment.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/33900/

[Wifout Teef 10]

4 pm pacific.

I CANT WAIT THAT LONG

[papoose244 10]

Yes Dwarden it would be great if we could register our cd keys with steam.

[PRECISION 10]

5pm Mountain time for me. -7GMT

I'm just glad I have it waiting for me on my Steam account.

[_Cappa 10]

Hey don't complain I have to wait until the 30th GMT.

Don't really understand why 30th instead of 26th in the uk?

Edited June 26, 2009 by _Cappa

[SteamFan1 10]

Please for the love of god allow us to use our cd keys to get a steam copy...

Most likely won't happen. BI would be responsible for paying Valve for use of its bandwidth (i.e. every time someone re-downloads the game).

[kocrachon 2]

ugh, I just wish it would have been a midnight release. Or at the very least I wish it was already pre-loaded so I could sit there and drool some more.

[galzohar 31]

Hey don't complain I have to wait until the 30th GMT.

Don't really understand why 30th instead of 26th in the uk?

As far as I understand, it has stuff to do with loca distributors not liking people buying steam versions and thus force BIS to delay the Steam release for those countries. It's kind of hinted in the FAQ too.

[BLSmith2112 0]

http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1326311&postcount=266

You can create additional shortcuts for Steam games (and according to Dwarden start parameters will work properly if passed to Steam.exe), I'm not too sure about adding them to the games list though (maybe possible with add non-Steam game, maybe not).

I guess I'll be able to find out tomorrow once the download comes up.

[Bellum 10]

This game will unlock in approximately 13 hours

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Edited June 26, 2009 by Placebo

[Dwarden 1125]

i would like to inform You that there is now:

STEAM Official Game Group (OGG) for ARMA 2:

http://steamcommunity.com/games/arma2

any game updates or official game related news will appear there too

so everyone with STEAM account is welcome to join ...

also i would like to hear some feedback on e.g. Avatars :)

also official STEAM community group (the former main one):

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ArmA_2

will remain official for community related events/news ...

if You representative of some major community site please PM me if You interested to take part on that community event group...

[Bigtnaples 10]

i would like to inform You that there is now:

STEAM Official Game Group (OGG) for ARMA 2:

http://steamcommunity.com/games/arma2

any game updates or official game related news will appear there too

so everyone with STEAM account is welcome to join ...

also i would like to hear some feedback on e.g. Avatars :)

also official STEAM community group (the former main one):

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ArmA_2

will remain official for community related events/news ...

if You representative of some major community site please PM me if You interested to take part on that community event group...

So can we still expect a preload or no?

[revolverocelotkjb 13]

So can we still expect a preload or no?

Since we're not getting responses from the moderators concerning our questions about Steam I would safely assume the answer concerning preload is:

No

Since my questions as well as others surrounding Beta patches on Steam were completely ignored and moderator support on this thread went from ton to none upon the imminent release on Steam I can't rely on BI support via Steam. Maybe, should, and don't know doesn't exactly instill confidence getting this game on Steam and furthermore ducking mature questions concerning Arma 2 on Steam is unacceptable especially upon release. If BI was serious about supporting Steam users then the Steam FAQs should have been researched and ironed out way before now and even now too much info we are receiving is TBD, should, we'll try, or don't know.

Edited June 26, 2009 by RevolverOcelotKJB

[Dwarden 1125]

the question about beta patches WAS not ignored and it was answered by me on both forums plus it's in FAQ

asking for definitive decision about beta patches prior we even release first beta patch is bit absurd ...

about the preload , there was reason it was marked as 'possible but not sure' ....

Edited June 26, 2009 by Dwarden

[Big Dawg KS 6]

I guess I'll be able to find out tomorrow once the download comes up.

Let me know what you find.

[Dwarden 1125]

Let me know what you find.

i wasn't speaking about STEAM shortcut but normal windows shortcuts ...

there is no problem to run as many commandlines as you are able shortcuts in windows ...

[thelawless999 10]

I see that it releases at 4:00 PM Pacific time.... Is there going to be a preload before this? I have to play this game tonight or I'm going to buy an M16 assault rifle and head to the forest to shoot animals until it downloads.

[Funko 0]

So i love the game but i am worried about being able to install mods and addons with the steam version. I was going to buy from direct to drive instead but i want to get my money back from my preorder on steam. In the steam FAQ forum it says we can absolutly get our money back if we wanted to from a steam preorder. How do I do this???

Great demo thanks BIS.