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You could try the demo to get an idea of how it will play. Remember that there are also many mods that improve performance. Good site: www.armaholic.com

I'd say You definitely need more ram. 3Gb is absolute minimum command line: C:\Program Files\ArmA 2\arma2.exe -winxp -nosplash -world=empty

Can't say I've heard of that one so I assume its to do with your key assignments. You shouldn't have to press wheel button to bring up the action menu. It should come up just by rolling the wheel. Its annoying but I'd suggest to reset key bindings to default and go from there.

Just wondering if anyone can make a new addon or port the Cartridge addon by Mondkalb that was available for ARMA. It a small detail really but added alot to immersion when you could see evidence of a firefight and didn't seem to affect performance.

Best to put ARMA2 on its own fast HD or at least its own partition.

I duno where you are based and what servers you use but I've been in quite a few european (mainly UK) and only once had the message "No response from server..." I think some people are a bit ambitious with their server machines. I saw one CTI server which said it was running on a Q6600 :¬0 That certainly wouldn't last long.

It is as you suspect, the CPU getting stressed by AI, scripts etc. (which increase over time) These kinds of missions are best played on dedicated high end servers.

I'd suggest (like others)... All radar contacts are white (unknown) unless previously identified by you or your side. TAB to lock a target then a delay of a few seconds while the target is confirmed as enemy and allows firing. The delay could be linked to distance? This could work for all guided weapons including shoulder-fired launchers.

+1 vote to remove LoD update with RMB (eye) zoom.

Yes, this has been requested many times and its strange that hasn't been fixed as it should be quite easy.

Certainly its most beneficial when flying. As soldier is good especially for leaning. (Interesting that I don't like using float zone) Definitely needs time to get used to but worth having if you have the money. (Perhaps TrackIR4 is better value?)

New build 60295 This is crashing to desktop after few minutes play. No addons. NEVER had any CTD before with any version. System: XP 32 Q6600 (stock) GTX285 (driver 191.07)

There are some things that I prefer in OFP|DR like ragdoll, lighting (NOT night look). But huge bullet impacts is not one of them I'm afraid. The effects are very "Hollywood" and way over the top. Like "WarFX", I'm sure there will be an addon that can tweak the effects the way you want. As far as the "flash bulb" muzzle effect everyone agrees that there needs to be some variation but the night effect is actually very good. I have a night scope and although I don't shoot with it I can say that a muzzle flash would completely white out the view or produce a big blob if gain/sensitivity set low.

Hiall, Just wondering if other people think BIS should try and introduce rotor collision damage. I think it would make piloting helicopters MUCH more interesting to fly at low level or land. For a realistic game like this I don't understand why its not in there! So if the rotor hits something it will stop working and the helicopter will fall down for the main rotor or lose yaw control for the tail rotor. The damage from the fall would then use the normal damage physics so a low height would not destroy the helicopter but higher would do more damage and possibly make it explode. I'm not asking for visual damage to the rotors just that they stop working. (Of course it would be even better if the rotors could look damaged or be removed ;))

Thats just one possible ending. Play the campaign again and you will get a different ending if you do things differently. (ie capture Lopotev)

The CPU handles the AI, scripts, logics etc. I play on a Q6600 which is ok most of the time. It slows a bit with lots of AI units. (I can have about 500 before it gets unplayable) Unfortunately I can't overclock mine as its a DELL OEM but there are motherboards which will allow overclocking and you can then upgrade CPU when u have more cash. The graphics card is very important as it handles all the visual stuff. I think the two you should consider is the ATI HD4850 or NVidia 9800GTX

Been playing BIS series since OFP in 2001... ARMA2 is now the ONLY game I play. -=Signed=-

Well it could be used to automatically cache textures and objects...

Hi and welcome Wupjak, I agree with your openning statement. I've been playing the OFP series since 2001 and I did like other games such as COD and BF etc but they got repetitive quite quickly and there is not as much teamplay. (I did like JointOperations alot too) Anyway, I agree that ARMA is gona get better and better. A little reminder of how far ARMA2 has come:

Thanks Tim, Yes, the betas are a bit better for performance. The buildings are still the main fps killers.

I'm on version 1.04

Hi guys, I got a 30Gb OCZ Vertex because I can't put more than 4Gb ram in my machine. ARMA2 runs quite a bit better with less stuttering but ramdisk will be better if you can get enough ram. Its great to put all of ARMA on the SSD so loading missions, editor etc is all faster. EDIT: I just did a test playing around Chernogorsk and had very little stuttering compared to my HD (Maxtor|7200rpm|16mb cache) Anyone know the best setting for "File Allocation Size" when formatting an SSD? Machine: Q6600 @ 2.4 (can't overclock DELL) :( 3Gb Ram GTX285 XP Home Generally ARMA runs quite well with avg 30fps but I obviously get more slowdown when there are lots of units on the map because of CPU.

Yeah, as some kind of guy said, they just say that when they are far from you but you can't lose em. Just issue a regroup command and they'll be right back with you.

I use it too. Haven't done any measured tests to see if it helps but shutting down any unrequired services must be a good thing. Actually I just downloaded ArmaMark so I'll see if it makes any measured difference.

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