Flaxpants 10 Posted November 20, 2009 Hi, I've been playing Arma2 for a while now and have a couple of friends who want to play co-op. Unfortunately their machines aren't up to Arma2, so I thought I'd download the Arma1 Combat Operations demo and see how that performed for them- turned out to be fine. None of us have any experience of Arma1 and now we are at the point of investing in a few copies, I would like some advice on which version I should be buying, I see there are a few. I had earmarked the Gold edition- would that be a good starting point? We just want to be able to dive straight in, add mods as required and get playing right away. If any of you wiley old veterans on here could give me some advice on how to get this up and running quickly I would be most appreciative. Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jasonnoguchi 11 Posted November 20, 2009 Well, ArmA:Gold works really well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tuocs 10 Posted November 25, 2009 You can't go wrong with ArmA Gold. Not to mention you can buy it now for like $7.00 online I think at http://www.shop.com. As fare as mods/ adds what are you looking for? You can go to http://www.armaholic.com and search for things you might be interested in. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertjedi 3 Posted November 27, 2009 Get Arma Gold, install Arma and then Queen's Gambit. Patch it to v1.14. Whether you go beyond that with v1.16 is up to you. The v1.16 patch is implemented as a mod so you can play either v1.14 or v1.16 with the click of a mouse. Get an Arma Launcher utility so you can easily manage your mods setting up different profiles with different mods in them. I use ArmaLaunch v1.2 because it lets me do just that. The most important mod you'll need is a custom sound pack. Arma's vanilla sounds are simply too lame. Everyone has their favorite. My favorite is HIFIFX...this version. It makes for great battles. Beyond that, the various types of mods for Arma seem almost endless. One of my favorite mods is "AI Revive" which you can add to various missions. You'll want to snag some good co-op missions or mission packs (if you'll be playing co-op). Most missions can be considered single missions (though they may have dynamic and random elements) while some other missions (Evo, Domination) are almost like unique games within Arma. I like the SimHQ missions and am currently enjoying the RueLight mission pack - after changing the respawn to "group". The variety of missions is endless. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
felix8 0 Posted November 28, 2009 ArmA GOLD works fine for me. Exept that it lags on my pc sometimes. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sniperwolf572 758 Posted December 23, 2009 Just bumping this to say that ArmA: Combat Operations is 66% off on STEAM until January 3rd, if anyone is still interested in getting it. Current Euro price is at 6,79€ with the discount. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
