Demo vs Patched game

[JesterOC 10]

Yesterday I was hosting a non-dedicated server for one friend over the internet. We where playing the demo (via steam) and we had several glitches.

One dealt with an AI that was visible to my friend but not to me. Apparently it was a mostly dead AI unit that was still standing. When he shot it, the bullet hit effect appeared on my computer in mid air. When I shot at the same location, it passed through it.

Another was a bunker that he saw as having an American flag, why I saw the op force flag.

I was wondering if this is just a demo issue, or if the final game also runs into these problems.

Thanks,

JesterOC

[Zipper5 74]

In MP, sometimes the game doesn't sync with one another and causes one person to see something that the other doesn't. The one your talking about in particular, with the dead soldier standing there on your screen but not other's, has happened a few times to me. It's not a big issue, though. He is dead after all.

The flag's being wrong is likely to be the fault of the mission designer, not the game. Long story short, the conventional way of switching what flag is flying is only seen locally. Most mission designers forget to make it the same across all clients. It's not an issue with the game, just the designer forgetting a bit of code.

However, you can't really compare the two. The demo is far inferior to the full game patched to the latest beta patch.

[Nutlink 10]

With the demo I'd recommend you just base it on the gameplay and gameplay alone. Any bugs I'd pretty much ignore (unless you can't run the game of course) because the retail has been patched several times over, along with the beta patches that it's really no comparison.

[randir14 10]

Yeah, there are still bugs in the patched game but at least now when you see a bugged AI everybody else sees it too.

[bigcheese 10]

my friends wont get the full version of arma 2 because they say they already have the editor and the only thing they are missing is the campaign...i've run out of things to say to try and get them to buy the full version...i know i cant make them decide but i can try to pursuade them to... whats better about the patched game than the demo?

[mattxr 9]

Show them ACE Mod.

[mr burns 133]

whats better about the patched game than the demo?

ArmA 2 - ADDONS & MODS: COMPLETE

[randir14 10]

Tons of things are missing from the demo editor, not to mention all the patches for the full game that have improved AI, performance, etc. They cant use mods with the demo and I doubt anyone is playing the demo online anymore.

[JesterOC 10]

I was not sure if the demo was patched also. Good to know. My copy should arrive any day now, so I will be able to get the low down soon.

Thanks to you all

JesterOC