Co-Op

[mike2411 10]

It's been a long time since I've done this so please forgive me if this is a "dumb" question. My buddy and I just purchased ArmA2 and want to play it Co-OP (us against the AI). How do we do that or is it even an option in this game? We are getting together tonight over LAN and are hoping to have this figured out so we can fire it up. Thanks for any help on this issue.

[Inkompetent 0]

For the COOP campaign, go into singleplayer, select the campaign, then choose 'Host'.

For other missions, just go into multiplayer and host in the logical way, contrary to the campaign's hard-to-find hosting ^^

[mike2411 10]

I was able to figure that out. The problem we're having is my friend has no control once we're in the game. He see's what I see and when I move, his moves. How do we both get someone to control? I set it up in the panel. I gave him Sykes but he wasn't Sykes in the game, he was me and I was me (that's confusing).

[goguapsy 10]

lol

you mean he was just a camera?

maybe you have to go to the editor make a map and have 2 playable ppl... that should work, but dont quote me on that :0D

[mike2411 10]

When we enter the battle field, we get a small "chain" icon on the screen that shows a broken link. I can only imagine what that means. How do I fix it? What does the chain mean? I'm sorry for all of this but I'm a bit frustrated right about now!

[Inkompetent 0]

The chain means that the client and server are desyncronized. This is most common when a player connects since the server prioritizes sending data to the new player instead of the already connected ones.

Desync is more common for people with a bad internet connection or for weak servers that have trouble keeping up with doing all it is supposed to.

Best medicine against it in-game is simply to take it calm and wait it out. It usually sorts itself fairly fast.