Griffin64

Hi there, I currently have the ArmA 2 demo and have a couple questions for those who own the full retail game. Firstly, I noticed that view distance is capped in multiplayer. So, in the full game, is there a serverside method to increase the default view distance? I understand that view distance is locked to prevent people with better computers having an advantage over other players, BUT what about in co-op missions? In large maps I'd love to have a high view distance so I can fly jets without only seeing a wall of fog around me, I hope this is possible because I know that limited view distance ruins the immersion. Thanks for any responses/help :)

So do you think my friend will be able to find it and change it? Also, is there any sort of tutorial or program for the scripting? I used to have the instant view distance mod for arma 1 and I'm not sure if there's anything like that for arma 2 yet.

So can server admins set that in game, or do they have to go and edit some files (if so, how?)? My friend will be starting an ArmA 2 server up in about a week or so and he probably won't know how to change the view distance. Thanks for any help :D

Hi guys, I've been messing around a bit in multiplayer (demo version) recently and I can't seem to change my view distance at all. It makes no difference where I put my slider...which is extremely annoying. The AI can somehow see and shoot into a town that I can't even see when I'm standing beside them. This is going to be next to impossible trying to fly and jets and attack targets if I can't see towns that are less than 2km away. I had the same issue in ArmA1, but I fixed that by just getting a mod that allowed me to change my view distance on the fly. Does anyone have any solutions to this? Co-op will be next to no fun if I can't see anything :( Specs: e6850 @ 3.0ghz 4gb RAM 768mb 8800GTX Vista 32bit *edit* Forgot to mention that this was on a friend's locally hosted server, and my locally hosted server.

Can someone that has the full retail game please shed some light about changing view distance in coop multiplayer? Also, if I were to own an actual server, would I be able to manually set the server's view distance? Any help would be vastly appreciated!

So say my friends and I wanted to play on a locally hosted map...something like evolution unlocked (when it's released for the game). View distance is important for stuff like that so you can actually see what you're attacking. It's going to be impossible to bomb/strafe targets completely blind. There has to be some way around this, the game feels so ridiculously bland at such a tiny view distance. There's no immersion when you're surrounded by fog.

Hi there, I'm very new to mission editing. I created a team vs team mission and I'm having some difficulties. I used ArmA Edit to create a description.ext file. In that file I have the code showing: showCompass = 1; showGPS = 1; showWatch = 1; respawn = "BASE"; respawnDelay = 15; Can someone please tell me why I can't see friendly player icons or vehicles on the map? All I can see are the two spawn markers I placed indicating spawn points, but I can't see the little green triangles. I can actually see vehicle and player icons when I access my mission through the preview in the editor, but the icons still don't show up when I play the mission online... Thank you very much for any help, I've spent ages trying to figure this out *Edit* I accidentally posted this in the wrong subsection.

Hi there, I'm very new to mission editing. I created a team vs team mission and I'm having some difficulties. I used ArmA Edit to create a description.ext file. In that file I have the code showing: showCompass = 1; showGPS = 1; showWatch = 1; respawn = "BASE"; respawnDelay = 15; Can someone please tell me why I can't see friendly player icons or vehicles on the map? All I can see are the two spawn markers I placed indicating spawn points, but I can't see the little green triangles. I can actually see vehicle and player icons when I access my mission through the preview in the editor, but the icons still don't show up when I play the mission online... Thank you very much for any help, I've spent ages trying to figure this out *Edit* I accidentally posted this in the wrong subsection.

Hi there, I'm very new to mission editing. I created a team vs team mission and I'm having some difficulties. I used ArmA Edit to create a description.ext file. In that file I have the code showing: showCompass = 1; showGPS = 1; showWatch = 1; respawn = "BASE"; respawnDelay = 15; Can someone please tell me why I can't see friendly player icons or vehicles on the map? All I can see are the two spawn markers I placed indicating spawn points, but I can't see the little green triangles. I can actually see vehicle and player icons when I access my mission through the preview in the editor, but the icons still don't show up when I play the mission online... Thank you very much for any help, I've spent ages trying to figure this out

Hi guys, I've had this game for about a week now and am having several issues. First: In the cobra helicopter when I pilot, my HUD shows all of the gray and red boxes that represent targets or buildings and I am able to tab target them when I need to, which is good. BUT, when I'm in the gunner position of the cobra, my HUD does NOT show these red and gray boxes for some reason, so I am unable to tab target ANYTHING. I have no idea what is causing this and is really starting to annoy me. I'm using Vista 32bit if that has anything to do with it and I'm using the arma effects mod. Thanks for any help, I would GREATLY appreciate this!

Not sure, in other situations the pilot was already in and flying around and landed to pick me up and I still could not see the squares. It's really starting to appear that it happens randomly to me, or it has to do with something between me and the server. And no, I'm not trying to steal your name lmao. I've used this thing for agessss XD

Turns out that this is more of a random issue. I seemed to have fixed it by letting someone hop into the pilot seat first and THEN getting into the gunner seat. Or if that fails, I repeat it but flush my textures.

Just plain old Arma Effects from armaholic. About 30 minutes ago I just installed that view distance mod because my view distance resets to 1km range whenever I join a server :P But that could not have an effect on it since it was just installed.

Hey everyone, I just got the demo and have been playing it for the past week or so and I was wondering if it was just me that sees very few people online. On the passworded servers i usually see 10-20 people, but on non-passworded servers i usually see a max of 6-9 people. Is this normal or should i be getting more results because it sucks playing a huge map with 3 people on each team lol. Thanks for any feedback!

Alrighty, im getting it offa fileplanet right now. Im most likely going to buy this game once i get a new computer next month... and when i get some money after spending it all on the computer :P

Yeah it is the american one I think. Is there any way i could get another version or something cause i really really wanna play this game with more people Oh and i think its version 1.03?