A.C.E. Advanced Combat Environment - Public Beta!

[JSj 12]

i feel like a beta testing guinea pig the hard work is much appreciated but all this hassle to install and then new installers and whatnot getting spat out every minute is a little excessive.

Well, this IS all in the beta stage, so everyone who chooses to use ACE 2 right now are all beta testers. If you don't like that, just wait for the finished version to be released.

[Njayjay 10]

Where does it mention the wounding system is disabled? How is one supposed to know all these things? There really should be a more upfront and complete set of instructions with every new release of this. This thread would be about 200 pages shorter if that were the case too.

[sickboy 13]

Where does it mention the wounding system is disabled? How is one supposed to know all these things? There really should be a more upfront and complete set of instructions with every new release of this. This thread would be about 200 pages shorter if that were the case too.

Come join the team and setup all those things you are talking about :)

[jasonnoguchi 11]

M4 CCO picture missing after applying patch 1.05.

[stege 10]

Sorry my English not is my lenguage.

Well, I have ACE2 mod and now I install the 1.05 pach. When I join the game wich ACE the version apper is 1.04

If I join game wich pach 1.05 can not enter to ACE2 servers (because i dont activate the mod)

How play ACE2 wich 1.05 pach??????

thx

[Minoza 11]

Does anyone else have this problem after 1.05:

Grass layer still not visible at distance

Tried this in MP - map ACE Domination

Took binoculars and tried to see grass at distance - no go...

*edit*

just to prevent one stupid question - YES, I have turned grass on...

[sickboy 13]

The grass shouldnt be visible, but units are sunk into the ground at distance. Please go to an ArmA 2 Patch 1.05 thread for 1.05 details :)

Sorry my English not is my lenguage.

Well, I have ACE2 mod and now I install the 1.05 pach. When I join the game wich ACE the version apper is 1.04

If I join game wich pach 1.05 can not enter to ACE2 servers (because i dont activate the mod)

How play ACE2 wich 1.05 pach??????

thx

Switch to NOT beta patch. You need the "Vanilla" presets.

For A.C.E, that is called "A.C.E. Mod". Select it on Main page, and hit execute.

More info:

http://dev-heaven.net/news/show/262

A.C.E.should be fine with the 1.05 patch.

After patching your game to 1.05 (Yes, we cannot do this with the Updater for you :(),

In the Web-client (GUI), Main page, pick the "A.C.E. Mod" preset, instead of the "A2 Beta" one.

Don't select an override settings profile, and execute. All should be well.

http://dev-heaven.net/news/show/262

http://dev-heaven.net/issues/show/7263

If there are immediate issues that require patching, we can deploy updates within minutes, so hang in tight :D

Edited December 22, 2009 by Sickboy

[Pilcrow 10]

Installation was a bit hairy, but you guys did a great job on ACE2. Keep it up!

[Steakslim 1]

Does anyone else have this problem after 1.05:

Grass layer still not visible at distance

Tried this in MP - map ACE Domination

Took binoculars and tried to see grass at distance - no go...

*edit*

just to prevent one stupid question - YES, I have turned grass on...

Incase you are not aware. They did the same thing in ArmA2 that they did in ArmA1 to fix the grass layer issue. No you will not actually see "grass" after a certain distance, instead you will actually see the ground layer raised a foot or two after a certain distance to conceal people and objects. This will appear as if a person is partially sunken into the green ground grass texture and so on. It's not the prettiest fix on the issue, but it works. This should work in ACE as it was working with ACE in the beta patches.

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Slight problem, and sorry if it's covered, but I was trying to update ACE for 1.05, followed the instructions of choosing Vanilla, but when I try to update it reports that I have no valid installation folder.

I have the Steam version, however the patch works fine with it as one of the DEV's said it would and I even tested to be sure.

[PuFu 4600]

please stay on topic.

This is not 1.05 patch thread, nor Domination thread but ACE2.

TY

@Njayjay:

don't like it, don't use it.

most of the information is available on BIKI. That said, due to the nature of wiki, anyone can update those pages with more information where needed. Contributions are always welcome

[sickboy 13]

Slight problem, and sorry if it's covered, but I was trying to update ACE for 1.05, followed the instructions of choosing Vanilla, but when I try to update it reports that I have no valid installation folder.

I have the Steam version, however the patch works fine with it as one of the DEV's said it would and I even tested to be sure.

No-valid-installation-folder-found

[Linelor 10]

Is there any program or method by which I can automate the update of ACE? The server I have through AOWC doesn't allow clientside programs, but if there is some program they can setup and automate through a script then they can make a button for me on the control panel to update it.

[Steakslim 1]

No-valid-installation-folder-found

Just so I'm understanding this troubleshooting link, this is assuming that I'm trying to install with a beta patch of ArmA2? I'm currently running 1.05 vanilla, and when attempting to use the Vanilla preset in the Six Updater it is presenting this error.

[sickboy 13]

@Linelor; http://dev-heaven.net/wiki/six-arma-updater/Server

Just so I'm understanding this troubleshooting link, this is assuming that I'm trying to install with a beta patch of ArmA2? I'm currently running 1.05 vanilla, and when attempting to use the Vanilla preset in the Six Updater it is presenting this error.

Just read on as the text tells you to :) It's below described.

(Edit your Vanilla settings profile, and set the path to arma 2 installation folder)

[Steakslim 1]

@Linelor; http://dev-heaven.net/wiki/six-arma-updater/Server

Just read on as the text tells you to :) It's below described.

(Edit your Vanilla settings profile, and set the path to arma 2 installation folder)

Ah thank you sir.

[Vixente 10]

[offtopic]

BI 1.05 patch + ACE mod = me happy :-)

[/offtopic]

(wish i had more ACE servers in my country... :-( )

[Proud Gamer 0]

Question regarding uninstalling

Long version: (Warning: Desperate, confusing and slightly boring)

I hate to bother you guys with such a simple thing, but, err, how do I uninstall ACE2?

The thing is, somehow I f***ed up when I was installing this on my beta version. So I guess I installed it on my vanilla aswell. That wouldnt be a problem, since I'm going to do it anyway later, BUT, I really want to test the new patch with no addons or mods at all first.

In "Configuration -> Presets" I've tried to delete the mods and then "Install or Update". Didn't work. I tried "Reset, Uninstall, Blow up, Get a life" didn't work either. I tried to delete the whole line where it says "Vanilla mods: dum dum dum" etc. It's kind of hard to describe. I guess my problem is, I just can't save the settings so that my vanilla game gets, vanilla!

(All this is in the webclient)

Aaaanyway, I'm not really a good describer, but think like an idiot when you read my reply here, then you just might understand something of it.

Short version: Hi. I want to uninstall ACE2. How do I do it?

While I'm already here, thanks for a awesome mod. Oh, and yes, I tried to search for something like this, but "Dev-Heaven" isn't really easy on rookies like me...

Edited December 22, 2009 by Proud Gamer

[ahmedjbh 0]

anyone tried ACE with 1.05 for campaign?

A friend and I havent played campaign yet due to the bugs etc, should we wait until ace is out of beta? (any estimate on this?)

What I really dont want, is to start campaign now, and then my saves not be compatible with newer version of ACE.

Many thanks for great mod etc.

[hollow point 1]

I have the first release of ACE 2. I was wondering if anyone has had any problems with the new patch?

[sic-disaster 311]

For some reason i havent been able to update my ACE version anymore lately.

I can start the updater, and it will update ACE, then removes some coop missions and then just stops, usually freezing my entire pc forcing me to reboot after 1,5 hours of waiting (i went to watch a movie while the update was doing its thing).

It never finishes ACE and never even starts on ACEX or CBA, while the updater worked just fine before.

Does anybody know what might have caused this? Please send me a PM so i wont have to dig through a lot of pages to find my answer.

Thanks in advance :)

[Alex72 1]

Gaia's EW campaign has that very nice "rumble" here and there to simulate earthquake or something similar. I dont know how he does that but the screen and player shakes and it looks amazing.

Just thaught it would be a cool thing to investigate to add in ACE2 when bombs/arty lands close to the player. However the effect could be a bit smaller. Could be an idea? :)

Alex

[Gera_CCT 12]

Gaia's EW campaign has that very nice "rumble" here and there to simulate earthquake or something similar. I dont know how he does that but the screen and player shakes and it looks amazing.

Just thaught it would be a cool thing to investigate to add in ACE2 when bombs/arty lands close to the player. However the effect could be a bit smaller. Could be an idea? :)

Alex

Nice idea Alex, hope they add this to ace, BTW, i loved the EW missions, feels like STALKER somehow :)

[sick1 13]

UH1-Y venom errors with 1.5 patch causing ctd. My SEAL TEAM SIX campaigns is unplayable without the UH1. I have to step out. Can someone please report this to the bug tracker. I don't have time right now figure this out. Thanks!!

[cossack8559 10]

UH1-Y venom errors with 1.5 patch causing ctd. My SEAL TEAM SIX campaigns is unplayable without the UH1. I have to step out. Can someone please report this to the bug tracker. I don't have time right now figure this out. Thanks!!

I can't even place the Uh1 down in 1.5... they must have removed it by mistake :confused:

[LondonLad 13]

No-valid-installation-folder-found

I get the following error:

Updater (v0.12.5) by Sickboy <sb_at_dev-heaven.net>

Run with --help for help

WARNING: Please make sure anything ArmA related has been closed / shutdown, incl

explorer windows, etc

No (known) ArmA 2 Distribution detected

No valid installation folder found, please abort!

No valid installation folder found, please abort!

I'm also running the Steam version on Windows 7 Ultimate x64, and have upgraded to ARMA II 1.05 (all was working fine before I upgrade from ARMA II v1.04 to v.105 - The last ACE version I successfully d/l was v189.

I attempted to follow your information adding the :app_path: <path to ARMA II directory> but the same error occurs.

I've uninstalled the product and reinstalled (with the latest six-updater program) - I'd prefer not to manually edit my registry!

Any pointers would be helpful :)

-----

UPDATE: I took the plunge and configured the registry to make this work (using your description) - I do recommend that you provided a step-by-step 'type'-through of on to do this, as for many non-savycomputer users this is both something that could/would confuse users, and also risky (if something went wrong).

FYI my registery within the 'HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\...' section (BIS related) are

HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\BattlEye (This seems related to the new v1.05)

HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA2 (Which I presume relates to <v1.04)

I added a 'String' Value to 'HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA2' called 'MAIN' with the value of the Directory of 'my' installed ARMA II (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2)

HKLM = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (for those who aren't sure when looking within the registry)

Edited December 23, 2009 by LondonLad
Added an update!