ArmA 2 Demo feedback

[AliMag 0]

Thanks Dogtags.

I'll follow your advice

Cheers

[Baldman 10]

HD 4870 512mb and E8400 clocked at 3.2ghz runs the game ok-pretty good. A lot of inconsistency with the frames. Seems towns affect my fps a lot more than arma did. AA is enabled on demo from settings with shadows. AA seems to have a high affect in ArmA2, more than arma1 did. But fillrate is still a huge killer. Wish I could set it to 110% instead of 125% increments. All in all it was amazing. The environment/graphics, sounds, and gameplay are far better than arma. Patroling on the dirt roads feels like patroling in real life. Reminds me of militia training up in the hills that I used to do.

So here is what I'm going to do for the full game when I get it:

- Get an HD 4890 1gb 1ghz model. (Supposed to be a fairly decent upgrade from a HD 4870 512mb)

- Overclock my CPU to 3.4ghz and see if that makes a little difference.

EDIT: I really think that making buildings block out unneeded graphics processing behind them would bring performance in towns back to the level of arma1 (arma1 was better).

If you're having trouble with that system you need to optimize your PC. I have much better performance on a lesser machine. No fps drops around town and everything looks a step up from ARMA in terms of graphics. Not ARMA 2 as it was intended but pretty damned good.

Plus, AA3 is a free piece of shit!

You can't base your opinion on the entire game on a single bootcamp mission. If you don't like it thats fine but at least hate the entire game as opposed to throwing a tantrum over a single training mission.

Edited June 26, 2009 by Baldman

[Fattywads 10]

Uh, I can guess that the game will be equally as crappy as the demo, an therefore no buy it, and recommend that other people not buy it... Usually a demo is meant to showcase your abilities not your propensity to make glaring errors, which cause frustration to the prospective buyer. Gimme a demo that works well and makes me feel good about a game and I'll probably buy it, else, I wont buy it. Its not a tantrum, I was just pointing out the obvious bugs/bad choices in the game as a suggestion. BTW I wasn't throwing a tantrum over a single mission, I believe I complained about all of them (except driving, but using alt to look around and the mose to steer seems stupid to me, now that you mention it!)

[Baldman 10]

Easily fixed. Don't buy it :). There has been a huge influx of people with a single post ranting about the game lately and they all seem to have the same writing habits.

[GunnDawg09 10]

It runs great on my computer

9800 gtx+

2.4 ghz quad core processor

3gb of ram DDR

Windows Vista 32 bit

I have a question though. In star sabor (or whatever), in the single player mission, I cannot join any of the AI's squads which takes away from the experience considering I'm all alone. How do you join them? Whenever I try it says I cannot leave team empty or whatever.

I have a 2.3ghz quad-core cpu, with 4gb of ddr2 ram, and vista 64bit and the game doesnt run "great" :(

[Baldman 10]

64bit operating systems and games....... Not good bedfellows :). Look at any support forums for games released since 64 bit OS's have become mainstream and you'll find most of the problems occuring with the 64bits. Especially where Vista is concerned.

[GunnDawg09 10]

I am debating a reformat to either 32bit vista, or 32bit xp

Wonder if that would help anything.

[Baldman 10]

If I were in your position I would just drop it all and go back to XP. Look a page or so back and look at my system. Im getting a solid 50 at least unless I have 80-90 ai on screen then it starts to drop.

[Dogtags 0]

I have a 2.3ghz quad-core cpu, with 4gb of ddr2 ram, and vista 64bit and the game doesnt run "great" :(

Yeah three issues, 9800GTX, CPU speed and primarily Vista 64.....

Go to 32bit XP, most reliable OS out there (by Microsoft anyway).

I have found this game is very CPU intensive, my CPU cooks while my GPU cruises.

[GunnDawg09 10]

ok, looks like a reboot of the system is in order for me :(

[Baldman 10]

ok, looks like a reboot of the system is in order for me :(

GL mate, pain in the arse but you'll save yourself alot of headaches with plain, boring old XP.

[GrossKopf 0]

64bit operating systems and games....... Not good bedfellows :). Look at any support forums for games released since 64 bit OS's have become mainstream and you'll find most of the problems occuring with the 64bits. Especially where Vista is concerned.

I have Vista Ultimate 64. I play BF2, BF2142, a bunch of Steam games and everything runs flawlessly. I expect the same from the demo.

Sorry, can't opine on the demo, as I literally had about 3 minutes to play it. Maybe tomorrow.

[Baldman 10]

I have Vista Ultimate 64. I play BF2, BF2142, a bunch of Steam games and everything runs flawlessly. I expect the same from the demo.

Sorry, can't opine on the demo, as I literally had about 3 minutes to play it. Maybe tomorrow.

Then you're one of the lucky few who has a sysyem that works together without hiccups. Myself and everyone I know (Every single person) who used Vista 64 had a hard battle to fight everytime a new game was introduced to the system, hours on the games support forums later and you could finally get it running stable, unitl an update came for Vista or the game itself then it was on again.

[GunnDawg09 10]

Grrrr now im having this debate with my self to reformat to a 32bit XP system, or not be arssed with doing that.

I have 100GB free out of 500GB so it wouldnt be a bad idea to start fresh again anyways...

I just dunno!!!!

[Strelok 10]

Just downloaded the demo, gameplay seems pretty solid, friendly ai seemed pretty good in the town. Just wondering, is performance in the Trial by Fire mission similar to that of the missions in the retail game?

[Dogtags 0]

Grrrr now im having this debate with my self to reformat to a 32bit XP system, or not be arssed with doing that.

I have 100GB free out of 500GB so it wouldnt be a bad idea to start fresh again anyways...

I just dunno!!!!

Comes down to the importance of ARMA2 to you and the other 400GB on your system, how important is that stuff?

XP is pretty flawless is all I can say which is why I never took the leap to Vista, no reason too.

Totally up to you, a format and instakll of XP is not much effort really. About 90 mins including getting new drivers and installing etc and you should have a fast new clean system to play with.

[GunnDawg09 10]

Dogtags, you are absolutely right. Most of the 400GB taken up so far are from the dozens of games installed on my HDD and 95% of which I dont even play anymore.

I think a 32bit XP reformat is in store for me :)

[Dogtags 0]

Dogtags, you are absolutely right. Most of the 400GB taken up so far are from the dozens of games installed on my HDD and 95% of which I dont even play anymore.

I think a 32bit XP reformat is in store for me :)

Good on you, at least that will remove the Vista issue from the equation letting you focus on optimising hardware etc.

[mr_centipede 31]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDufigx7r7A is this from demo?

The radio speech seems better and the clock direction is back (verbal, the clock indicator seems not there though, maybe not set in the difficulty settings)

I like it :))

[DLcmdr 0]

C2DE8500 at 3.8 ghz

4 gb ddr2 800 ram

Gts8800 512 mb ram

I have to set everything in very low if i want decent fraps.

Its a pitty because this is trully a good game.

They have really twekead the soliders maneurability and unlike Arma in which it sucked, you know actually run, and move smoothly.

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I have a 2.3ghz quad-core cpu, with 4gb of ddr2 ram, and vista 64bit and the game doesnt run "great" :(

For people running great is playing from 15 to 25 fps. With vsync off, no aa and a lot of features not in high.

[8BitLord 10]

I enjoyed the demo but I can only run it on low, in a windowed 1024x768, it has to be windowed since it's stretched since my monitor is 1280x1024

[Netherscourge 10]

Then you're one of the lucky few who has a sysyem that works together without hiccups. Myself and everyone I know (Every single person) who used Vista 64 had a hard battle to fight everytime a new game was introduced to the system, hours on the games support forums later and you could finally get it running stable, unitl an update came for Vista or the game itself then it was on again.

It's running fine on Windows 7 64 for me. I just need a new video card.

[Baldman 10]

I have to set everything in very low if i want decent fraps.

Need more grunt than that if you're capturing high quality video in fraps at the same time. A speedy HDD doesnt hurt either.

Edited June 26, 2009 by Baldman

[PTV-Jobo 820]

I've been pretty damn bummed for the past week, so I decided why not grab the arma 2 demo and just fiddle with it--especially since I am curious how my new system runs.

This is pretty much what I have now...aside from a huge credit card bill lol:

Cpu: Core i7 920

Mobo: Asrock X58 Supercomputer

OS: Vista Ultimate (x64)

Video: Sapphire Vapor-X 4870 X2 (2gb)

Ram: 6Gb DDR3

I jacked the video card settings up and loaded up the demo. Now I did get that error message and had to update direct X, but after that I loaded it back up and went straight for the editor and messed around. All I can say is ooooooooh crap! :butbut:

I have most settings on high, and it still runs smooth as butter most of the time. Actually the only time I noticed a dip was when I was looking around zoomed at smoke--usually when a building gets destroyed. But even then it was pretty minor. :)

I haven't checked out every square inch of the demo yet, but I admit I was worried going into it, only to end up very excited for when the full version arrives to my house in the coming weeks. Hands down, its way better than arma 1 for me. Bravo! :icon_eek: :icon_eek:

[Matt23 0]

Does anyone have problems jip on multiplayer for the death valley mission? I don't have any buy menu when I jip, and when I die that's it, I have to leave the server because it freezes.