How to use mods

[Sneaker-78- 0]

like the title said , how to use mods with the beta ?

its not possible to select them ingame because i don`t see them ( i tried differents directorys )

so i use parameters like in arma 2 ?

or i doing something wrong.?

Forgot to say that i am using arma2+arrowhead

[PuFu 4600]

use the -mod= command in your shortcut

[Alex72 1]

Make it in between the expansions in the target box. Right click the OA:CO shortcut, properties, and in the target box where the game exe path is you can see at the end of it that it loads the expansion and BETA. There are two things it loads separated with a semicolon ";" right after that semicolon you add the mods. Sorry im not at home so i cant see the exact modline, but something like:

In the target box:

"C:Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ARMA2\.......EXE" -mod=C:\Expansion\Beta;Expansion\bla bla bla

So in between this: -mod=C:\Expansion\Beta;@MOD1;@MOD2;Expansion\bla bla bla

Thats how i did it and it works. Shouldnt be put before as the BETA should load first, and when i add it to the end the mods dont load at all - for me personally anyway. Test if it works.

If you cant get it to work due to me being incorrect here (at work) then ill plot it out when i get home unless someone else beats me to it. :)

[langgis08 10]

Shouldnt be put before as the BETA should load first,

this one is clear to me, same as in my order and plausible, of course

when i add it to the end the mods dont load at all - for me personally anyway

this one is unknown to me - but it's interesting, and so I tried three ways:

1st test (this is my usual way):

"...\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -noSplash -world=empty -noFilePatching -mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM

has always worked, no probs ever (maybe a little involved)

2nd test (the common usual way, I guess):

"...\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -noSplash -world=empty -noFilePatching -mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion;@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM

works for me, too

3rd test (your way, tried for the first time and just for now):

"...\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -noSplash -world=empty -noFilePatching -mod=Expansion\beta;@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM;Expansion\beta\Expansion

working, also

@Alex: do you experience your reported troubles with special mods ? or with these ace-mods I use, too ?

I get no errors with any of the 3 tested methods, always the ace-skull while loading, correct version of ace (380 atm) & oa-beta (official build), and little testing with playing missions no errors/probs, too ...

I like these themes because maybe these will bring us closer to a complete understanding of how things work together :)

[suma 8]

1st test (this is my usual way):

"...\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -noSplash -world=empty -noFilePatching -mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM

has always worked, no probs ever (maybe a little involved)

When you write mutliple -mod options, only the last one is used, as it overwrites the previous ones. This way Expansion\beta folders are not loaded at all.

[langgis08 10]

When you write mutliple -mod options, only the last one is used, as it overwrites the previous ones

thx for your answer, Suma, but look at this:

what I did now was reversing my 2 -mod-entries so that my command line looks like as follows, just to validate:

"...\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -noSplash -world=empty -noFilePatching -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM -mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion

according to your statement (like setting 2 "-mod=..."-entries won't work) the first part (Ace-Mods) should be overwritten by the second part (beta-mods)

==> but this just doesn't happen ;) <==

because ACE-skull appears during start up, correct ACE-Version shows up (down left @screen) AND correct beta-version (down right @screen)

so ACE has been loaded despite of what you said.

so why is this so :confused:ing ?

all I can say is: my method (placing 2 "-mod=" parts in shortcut) works !

Edited July 23, 2010 by langgis08

[FUNKSTAR 10]

2nd test (the common usual way, I guess):

"...\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -noSplash -world=empty -noFilePatching -mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion;@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM

This works for me fine aswell

[EDIT]

oops I ment to say the first one works fine for me

\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -noSplash -world=empty -noFilePatching -mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM

works for me

Edited July 23, 2010 by FUNKSTAR

[langgis08 10]

\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -noSplash -world=empty -noFilePatching -mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_SM

works for me

Funkstar, your answer kind of relieves me ;)

@BIS: can you repro this ? I mean, it's kinda interesting that the command line referring to loading mods seems to be more flexible than some of us believe/think. Maybe all in all it doesn't even matter in which sequence the mods are place and how many "-mod=..."-phrases you put in your shortcut ... ?!