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(bit of a struggle figuring out where to ask this) I really want to get "arma-cold war assault" but can not with the cell data caps. So does sprocket allow you to download the files on a friends cable connection and transfer them to my computer and install them|. Their site in one place states that you download and run a downloader that downloads and INSTALLS the game. Another example show installing a game by downloading the files and them running the game installer..... meaning I could take the files to my computer and install them there (?) Gamergate clearly states that you can move and install their files so I may use them. Sprocket is very unclear on this. Thoughts very welcome! jmc

Yes, always want a hardcopy! jmc

You want to jump in the game and play a little or experiment with editing. But no, steam FORCES you to download a load of stuff you don't need or want at that time. NO choice!! So maybe in 30 minutes or an hour later steam may allow you to play the game (if you stll want to) jmc

Weird, Just found out that I can see the threads IF I am not logged in. Logged in for this message and the big threads I mentioned are blank again. So no real problem I can at least read them. Don't know what would happen if I wanted to respond to one of the threads tho what with having to log in to post a response. Thanks for all the thoughts! jmc

Hmm, IE loaded the pages. Firefox will not. May try to go back a version and see if that helps. Thanks, jmc

(EDIT. I've found that it happens ONLY if I am logged in) I searched with no results. Wish a "search string" could be searched for. Some of the bigger threads come up immediately with a completely blank page... In "General" ArmA II & OA Photography thread displays correctly. ArmA II & OA video and "Will my pc run this" both come up with a blank page. Most other smaller threads work correctly. Help! Xp Pro sp2 Firefox 3.6.13 Q9450 stock speed 4gig ram Thanks! jmc

I put 1024 and 768 in five places and the window come up correctly. Thought I could not have a "windowed" shortcut but just a -window commandline works correctly now. The following got changed by the game. No clue what or why. winX=832; winY=233; The ingame video window setting for sure does not work correctly!! Should not have to go into the config file and do a manual change. Thanks! jmc

The -window -x=1024 -y=768 works in the demo but not 1.05. In 1.05 I get a window but at 1920x1200 then I have to grap the edge and shrink the window every time. My commandline is... -nosplash -maxmem=2047 -world=empty -window -x=1024 -y=768 Anyone know if the problem is my commandline or patch 1.05? (did do a search too) Thanks jmc

I really agree about the "generic military operations" plague. I loved EW also, effective emotional response. Brings back the goodness of OFP!! Made me quite uneasy... "OMG!! I don't believe it!" But what I wonder is if it will have the same strong effect on a younger person not raised in the 50s/60s? Possible SPOILER..... Possible SPOILER..... Possible SPOILER..... Possible SPOILER..... I was quite tickled by the fact of almost everyone having a different weapon making ammo scarce... Just Brilliant. jmc

Hmm, it just dawned on me that the "micro stutters" I refer to are ALWAYS in the ArmA2 benchmark mission from the DEMO. As the camera pans across the battlefield I get the micro up to 1 large hesitation in camera movement. Can NOT say that I am aware of this happening while playing normal game. (and I find them so annoying (stutters) that I believe they must not be happening) So can anyone say that running the ArmA2 benchmark mission from the DEMO (in demo or full game) is completely SMOOTH? I am now thinking that perhaps the stutters are something to do with the camera movement. thoughts welcome! jmc

Heh, the High FPS were on a "bare" editor mission- no AI, just to test the graphic setting. Fraps FPS reading too unsteady on an active mission. Setting Video Memory to DEFAULT worked in ArmA 1 but NOT ArmA 2.(for me) I got really messed up graphics and had to change texture detail to a lower level and back up to fix image corruption. (on 1 Gig card) Dropping to next highest setting fixed the problem. Hmm, well, my SSD is a slow one 155/90 R/W but the game starts up much faster. I'll be moving to my OCZ Vertex SSD when W7 gets here. Would LOVE for the micro stutters to be gone! Oh yeah, my SSD does have the evil "jmicron" controller. :( (not the Vertex tho, once W7 get here... fingers crossed) Thanks, jmc ---------- Post added at 08:15 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:03 AM ---------- WOW, thank you for that "-world=empty" my SSD load time went from 27 to 12! HDD 37 to 15 seconds! (samsung 500Gig/platter F3s) jmc ---------- Post added at 08:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:15 AM ---------- Hmm, dropping to "normal" did boost the FPS! (texture detail) I thought that my card with 1 Gig would be able to handle the highest texture level and had not tested. Dropping to NORMAL helped, to LOW no improvement. Did not notice change with "video Memory- normal" thanks, jmc

Cpu - Q9450 (2.6ghz) Ram - 4GB DDR2 1066 GPU - Ati 4870 1 Gig 750/900 OS - XPpro Resolution - 1680 x 1050 Normal Score - 2899 (Arma demo benchmark in Full game) beta 1.04-59210 ----41 FPS ,view distance 1600 (just OCed to 3.3 Ghz for testing) 3.3 Ghz Normal Score - 3422 First runs - test 5 with 2.6 and 3.3Ghz both 10. Second run gives the boost to 18 Arma DEMO benchmark/full game - 41 ------------------------------second run - 41 -------------------------(OC 2.6 to 3.3) - 41 DEMO benchmark run in full game Beta 1.04-59210 gives an 18% increase in FPS over being run in the DEMO. OC the 2.6 cpu to 3.3 gig did nothing for the Arma Demo/full game benchmark. But gave an 18% boost to ArmaMark... Don't understand that but those are the numbers. The OC to 3.3 DID get rid of the large pause in the Demo benchmark (not the micro stutters tho.) (am running it on slow 155/90-R/W OCZ SSD) Some here seem to indicate that increasing memory speeds helps But that is for another day. jmc

Visibilty 2046 interface res 1900X1200 3D res 1900X1200 Texture Detail- Very High Video Memory- Very High AF- LOW AA- LOW Terrain Detail- Very Low Object Detail- Very High Shadow Detail- Normal PostProcess- Disabled Aspect ratio 16:10 Q9450/4Gig ram XP32 Ati 4870 1Gig Beta 1.04-59210 DEMO benchmark- 44 Full game benchmark mission (from DEMO)- 52 So full game runs about 18% faster then demo. Hmm, turned off AA and FPS only jumped to 58 On simple misson, no AI, just looking at village the FPS jumps from 50 to 88 with AA off. jmc

Visibilty 2046 interface res 1900X1200 3D res 1900X1200 Texture Detail- Very High Video Memory- Very High AF- LOW AA- LOW Terrain Detail- Very Low Object Detail- Very High Shadow Detail- Normal PostProcess- Disabled Aspect ratio 16:10 Q9450/4Gig ram XP32 Ati 4870 1Gig Beta 1.04-59210 Full game benchmark mission (from DEMO)- 52 Hmm, turned off AA and FPS only jumped to 58 On simple misson, no AI, just looking at village the FPS jumps from 50 to 88 with AA off. jmc

I've got ArmA2 on a 30 Gig OCZ 155 read, 90 write. I only see an improvement in load times... hard drive- start to first menu - 35 sec SSD- 22 sec Was hoping to get rid of the ocassional studder as some mentioned here but no luck. I ran the DEMO benchmark mission in the full game and still got the very noticable pause. It just happened several seconds later then normal. The 1.04-59210beta did jump the results from 44 to 52 FPS. OT... sure would like to stop the map from loading color textures! jmc