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Ah yes, didn't even check the OS. Configs all look fine btw. -winxp

Folks, this is an 'impressions' thread, there is a Troubleshooting section just for this. Let him post his impressions, if he can't be bothered to look for answers then so be it, his loss.

Can you post your profile config ? This is held in ArmA 2 Other Profiles\<Nick>\<Nick>.ArmA2Profile Cut the key binds out, just post the config stuff in there.

Same theme as your favoured games but you won't be bunny hopping over the place and the overall pace of the game is more strategic and slower than your normal twitch shooters. When playing just keep in mind that realism is the key although the UI may detract from that initially while you get used to it. Make sure you try the training missions and at least start the campaign b4 going online with it to give you an idea of what to do. Practice running, prone, crouch etc. and see how the aiming works as the crosshairs are not the same as your other games... Flying should be fun ;)

Try turning shadows off.

ArmA 2 has a thing called Direct Communication which works in the same way i.e. your voice comes from your character in game if you use this mode so if you stand behind someone and VON is enabled and you select Direct Comms then you will appear to be sounding behind the person. This is the same comms as ArmA 1.

Yes it is.

The review is also in English and I can confirm that it doesn't run that great on my AMD Phenom II x4 955 BE which is at stock (3.2GHZ).

1: Yes same issue, but it should still complete once you do your thing. 6: Try getting in then out of a vehicle, this seems to sort this bug in MP. Others I can't comment as they appeared to work albeit not as they should but I hit the 'trigger' points to complete them.

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,687620/ArmA-2-tested-Benchmarks-with-18-CPUs/Practice/ English version - looks like the game dislikes AMD CPU's, maybe thats the issue.

None I have seen playing the game. It sounds very similar to ArmA 1. You do have an option to 'talk' to players but it is very limited and has a minor novelty factor. The campaign has pre-recorded voice overs which play even while you are pointing out 'UAV Ahead' or whatever so it can make the 'dynamic' feeling voice work a bit confused.

The official release date is tomorrow. The next patch is still being worked on and so far we haven't even seen a 1.02 beta... I wouldn't expect the wonder patch to be here before the weekend, maybe sometime in a week or two so they get it right. Plus the fact that this is only the EU release and most other countries don't get it till end of the month, so I really expect something nearer that time rather than now.

No. Wait for the patch to be released for your version. Currently the 1.01 final says it is for the German version. It may work but then again some folk who installed it over the German version even had some 'issues'. I think also that the patch has modifed Language.pbo's in it or something I recall when I installed over my German copy so may not be a good idea. Wait for official info from BI although they appear not to give much out officially until after the event.

Edit your ArmA2.cfg to look like: language="English"; adapter=-1; 3D_Performance=100000; Resolution_Bpp=32; Resolution_W=1920; Resolution_H=1200; refresh=60; Render_W=1920; Render_H=1200; FSAA=0; postFX=0; HDRPrecision=8; lastDeviceId=""; localVRAM=7008256; nonlocalVRAM=7008256; and make it read only b4 entering the game, then report back. If it works, looks better but runs like pig change both the W & H values (so they match) to a resolution that works for you.

Its a feature. Please post your system specs. and your ingame video settings.

Check out the optomisation thread stickied, it has some tips to force it to change res in your ArmA2.cfg file.

20-30fps here, so if its CPU restricted then let me know which CPU to buy next please ? I currently use AMD Phenom x4 955 Black Edition (3.2Ghz).

It is not released until tomorrow. Shops are not officially allowed to put it on the shelves till then although if you go into Game or HMV or whoever is getting it in and ask they 'may' be able to sell you a copy. I did that a couple of times for other games. ---------- Post added at 01:16 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:14 PM ---------- What were you expecting a different game ? German one we have been playing was released as version 1.0 then we got 1.01 beta then then 1.01 final... EU release looks to be the 1.01Beta.

Reboot. I had this too initially when I installed the German version.

while in game hold SHIFT and hit the - key (minus) then just type flush (there is no command line for you to see) but if sucessful you wilkl get a message saying flushing textures. Theres a list somewhere...

Have you tried doing shift - FLUSH when you get the problem to see if flushing the textures then gives you a start again point till it fills up ? I tried it when I was using 256 Aperture and it seems to reset the 'timer' before it failed again. Can't be doing that while flying ;)

Looks like its more prevelant on 512MB cards then as the memory is being hit earlier on, my guess is the 1Gb cards may never or rarely get hit. For PCI-E can you see if you have an option in you bios similar to that for AGP (Aperture) and see if you are able to increase its size, better still if you have AGP Aperture increase that to 512MB ? Not getting my PCI-e for a while so can't test.

True, I just read it was Maddox that posted the dates so not official, guess I will wait till 'its done' then. My UK copy is sitting at home, confirmed by wife.

Maybe in the future a patch will be released that will allow you to select ENglish language. Until then use the search function and look for English Mod.

Let me know if it differs from the German version... mine should be at home when I get there tonight, going to uninstall the Morphicon version and see if this version actually works. Now, where is the 1.02 patch as we all have the copies turning up ??