Getting Xfire to work with ARMA2 (UK retail CD patched to 1.03)

[Ace42 10]

Arma 2 wasn't showing up on my installed list in xfire, and manually pointing it at the right folder, while it correctly started spotting my playtime stats, it didn't operate properly in game.

My method to solve this problem was to open the xfire_games.ini file in notepad, and change the entry FOR THE RETAIL CD VERSION (not the steam version) to point to the CORRECT PLACE IN THE REGISTERY.

The entry should look something like:

[5856_2]
LongName=ARMA 2
ShortName=arma2
LauncherDirKey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2\main
LauncherNetworkArgs=-connect=%UA_GAME_HOST_NAME% %UA_GAME_HOST_PORT%
Launch=%UA_LAUNCHER_EXE_PATH% %UA_LAUNCHER_EXTRA_ARGS% %UA_LAUNCHER_NETWORK_ARGS%

The LauncherDirKey= originally incorrectly pointed to Bohemia Interactive, not Bohemia Interactive Studio, and to the \installpath not \main key.

Making those corrections so it looks like above should sort most people out. Failing that, run window's registery editor (regedit.exe) and navigate to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ and look for bohemia's entry, the arma2 entry, and the key with the path in it under that. Copy that key's path to the appropriate line in the xfire game.ini and you'll be good to go.

Edited September 3, 2009 by Ace42

[kozzy420 21]

Wierd, for me it worked. I just had to set it up manually in xfire (just show it what folder the EXE was in). But then again I got the retail version and im in Canada (version 1.03).

[konyo 14]

So this will bring up the chat menu in game? Im also suffering from this problem :(

[S-M 10]

Strange, it worked for me right from the start, i wonder if its because i started playing the steam demo first ?

[Ace42 10]

So this will bring up the chat menu in game? Im also suffering from this problem :(

I thought the launch-args from the ini file would solve the "no chat menu on scroll-X" but no joy. It's got me stumped, maybe it is something to do with how the game's keyboard shortcuts are configured?