You all have got to use the beta patch

[jpinard 10]

I know this could be in the beta page, but I wanted to direct people here who might not venture into the beta sub-section.

I am blown away by the difference the beta patch made. Nearly all of the problems I've encountered in the game thus far (which I blamed on myself for not understanding - being a newbie) were actually major problems in the game.

A quick couple:

* I can now drag a guy who's been injured.

* I can now see dead people on the ground with blood.

* I now have bullet marks left behind.

* Optics mode now works as it should (didn't even know it wasn't working right before).

* Positional sound actually works.

What's surprising is some of the problems had were not even listed as fixes in the patch-log. The difference between this and 1.05 is stunning. What a difference, and I expected very little.

[RogueBlade 0]

How about annoying texture flashing with ATI cards

[Vick 19]

How about annoying texture flashing with ATI cards

You're not alone, Nvidia user here experiencing the same thing, havent looked for a fix yet though.

[nuxil 2]

i would test/use the beta if it would work..

the beta will not install.. think its a mix of steam version and xp64 bit thats causing problems.. tried for houers but gave up getting the damn thing to work.

so im waiting for the official patch 1.06 or whatever version it will be.

[Kristian 47]

I got a Ati 4890 1Gb version, and got no flashing, never had.

Dont know what causes it, maybe bad air intake or too low

memory

[Guest]

I sometimes get small whit flickering pixels when my card overheats, but only when it overheats does it happen.

[An Fiach 10]

Glad it is working for you, I personally didn't have those problems.

[rekrul 7]

Me neither. But I do have the same white flashes with a 4890 1GB as well. I don't think it's a bug though, I think it's a placeholder until the texture is read and since it delays it's probably read the HDD.

[max power 21]

* Optics mode now works as it should (didn't even know it wasn't working right before).

I could drag injured people before and some other things were working for me before the patch. Obviously not the 3d positional audio... but what was broken with the optics?

[celery 8]

Can clients using the beta patch join 1.05 servers?

[dmarkwick 261]

Can clients using the beta patch join 1.05 servers?

Generally not I don't think. But using a beta is not destructive as it installs as a mod, so you can easily either use it or not use it.

[TimRiceSE 10]

hm, actually during the 1.04 betas it worked without problem to join non-beta 1.04 servers. I'd assume the same is still true with 1.05.

[dmarkwick 261]

hm, actually during the 1.04 betas it worked without problem to join non-beta 1.04 servers. I'd assume the same is still true with 1.05.

I was only guessing :) but, I might make the further assumption that it depends on what the particular beta is fixing/introducing/removing.

[mosh 0]

I might make the further assumption that it depends on what the particular beta is fixing/introducing/removing.

That is probably true... but for now the beta is fine for 1.05 servers. I haven't had any issues and I have been using the beta since it became available.

[binkster 0]

If I remember right this is why they are doing the beta this way. Cause all the "Splitting Community" issues we had with ArmA1. The beta's are only engine modifications.

[jpinard 10]

I could drag injured people before and some other things were working for me before the patch. Obviously not the 3d positional audio... but what was broken with the optics?

I never got permanent iron sites that could also be zoomed. Like I said, some of these aren't listed as problems, but I had them and the beta patch fixed it up. Weird, but I'll take it.

[Imperator[TFD] 444]

1.06 beta patches definitely work properly with 1.05 servers.

BIS Have stated that a patch becomes official new version when it is no longer compatible with previous versions servers.

[max power 21]

I never got permanent iron sites that could also be zoomed. Like I said, some of these aren't listed as problems, but I had them and the beta patch fixed it up. Weird, but I'll take it.

Permanent? Like, you could change camera back to your 'eye' camera?

The iron sights could always be zoomed a little bit. Same with your 'naked eye' without any sights at all.

[jw custom 56]

but what was broken with the optics?

Sights was misalligned specially when in crouch position, it got fixed in patch 1.05, not sure if thats what his refering to though!