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bought the game, ran like crap upgraded the vid card, ran like crap upgraded the cpu, ran the same, like crap bought a new hard drive since the old was full, still runs like crap... I give up, arma 2 performance aint even close to what their specs say will run it.. usually run in 1280x768 rig is currently spec'd as follows: AMD 6000 X64 3.01 Ghz dual core GTX280/1 gig memory 680watt supply 4 gigs low latency corsair ram asus crosshair mb vista enterprise x64 tried updating drivers, tried several differnt tweaks and peaks tried settings all up , all down, no shadows, no post proc, everything on low tried playing with nvidia settings panel just standing still looking around and zooming in on some trees the frame rates get to choppy to even look around... its just bullshit... i could get 16 at best and 4 by just looking left or right...

I know its a little early but if the modders out there are listning here are some aircraft i'd love to see in Arma 2 Army's new LUH145 OH58D observation Apache A or D model RAH66 Commanche Kawasaki OH-1 Light Scout and Observation Helicopter CH53 stallion CH47 chinook CH54 SKYCRANE

thanks for the help with the refuel/rearm scripts but now im having a new problem with a respawn script... although the respawn works on land, when i try to use a vehicle or aircraft on board the carrier with the same respawn script and i blow the object up to test he respawn it, the damaged item dissappear and then all the other vehicles and aircraft on the carrier not even near it disappear too... yet it works on land... any ideas??

Im sorry but BI really screwed up their required specs bigggtime.. We shouldnt have to do all these tweaks everyone is posting, most of which dont improve jack squat. I have the GTX280 (less than week old) and i cant even look left or right without it stopping, thinking, then displaying.... running well above their crap recommended specs, have to run things on low to make it smooth, medium its really not even playable...on a brand new 280... what bs bi.... cpu aint great but meets their recommended specs (4400 recommended), running amd 5200 2.6 dual core, vista enterprise 64bit, 4 gigs ram, and the GTX280 with 1 gig ram onboard... and the game is friggin unplayble other than on low settings with shadows off, AA off, post processing off at 1024x768... next month im upgrading the cpu to a 3.2ghz and if it still stutters after that bi can go F*** themselves and their suggested specs and can dedicate their next patch to making this crap playable... EDIT the 2 best things i found to increase performance in my case: 1) disabling the physX 2) in the nvidia control panel increasing the pre rendered frames by the cpu before the gpu.. still plan on upgrading the cpu next month...

I have the GTX280 (less than week old) and i cant even look left or right without it stopping, thinking, then displaying.... running well above their crap recommended specs, have to run things on low to make it smooth, medium its really not even playable...on a brand new 280... what bs bi.... cpu aint great but meets their recommended specs (4400 recommended), running amd 5200 2.6 dual core, vista enterprise 64bit, 4 gigs ram, and the GTX280 with 1 gig ram onboard... and the game is friggin unplayble other than on low settings with shadows off, AA off, post processing off... next month im upgrading the cpu to a 3.2ghz and if it still stutters after that bi can go F*** themselves and their suggested specs...

Im sorry but your instructions suck.... I tried time and time again and can not get this mod to work... alot of us are new to the arma series with arma II being our first go at all this scripting and stuff and some people do great explanations and instructions and others are difficult to try and guess... i really need this mod too, the nvg suck and i can say that cause ive used them in desert storm and in manuvers in germany alot..even the older starlight scopes were better than what arma2 portrays them lol... or do bohemians actually have that bad of eyesight? :D

thanks xeno, the servicing script is working great now... now on to the next script lol....

thanks again, will do that soon as i get home from work

still hopeing for a reply to my problem xeno when you have a chance..;) .

yeah i finally figured that out but i'd like to find a way to add it to the waypoints so i can control the altitude of the aircraft at different locations.. will have to mess with it again after work :)

MYKE, are you puttin that in the waypoint or the aircraft ?

thank you i will give that a try.... Update: tried and its still not working... copied the x_reload.sqf from longest day, pasted into the x_scripts folder overwriting the older file. still not working... using the init/settings i mentioned am i doing something else wrong?

hi xeno.. im trying to make a mission and wanting to see how you do your heli service so a helicopter can refuel and reload.. looking at your heli service pad i see the pad, and the trigger with these scripts: isNull d_chopper_service_fac && ("Helicopter" countType thislist > 0) && ((getpos (thislist select 0)) select 2 < 1) and _xhandle= [(thislist select 0)] execVM "x_scripts\x_reload.sqf"; ive added the folder x_scripts, and have the file x_reload.sqf inside it but i cant get the pad to work... i am guessing i need another file possibly some event handler file? can you tell me what im doing wrong or missing? I think this is a very popular script that alot of mission makers would like to use with your credits of course. :bounce3: Mikobiko : look here for your script, it works perfect http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=6080

does this fix the 1.02 patch created problem of the buttons not working in the multiplayer server list screen??? that is a pretty dam huge flaw...

Vista Enterprise 64 bit AMD 5200 2.6 ghz crosshair motherboard 4 gigs ram 8800gtx 768 ram 680watt supply game runs like crap and no difference in frame rates no matter what i tweak in settings.... its funny how everyone was so quick to say how much better arma2 was than crysis... fooyee i say... crysis never had near the bugs arma2 does, and crysis runs major smoother... sure the maps are smaller on crysis compared to arma2... but out of the box it had far less issues. its just starting to get more than frustrating and more annoying now with the amount of problems this expensive sim/game has even on good pc's... So to me they either fibbed on their system specs or there is in fact more bugs and issues than they care to admit...

Just installed the 1.02 patch, went to the multiplayer lobby, could select different servers but none of the buttons on the bottom of the screen would work... couldnt join, refresh, or anything at all.... this is a serious bug if this isnt resolved by just a simple reboot of the pc which im about to do...will report shortly. anyone else with this issue? update: still no access to any buttons in the mp screen .. this is a serious bug BI, who did you have test your patch???? It has something to do with the "arma launcher" program i was using... when i launch the game from the original exe the buttons all work... launching with the arma launcher in patch 1.02, the buttons dont work.... UPDATE AGAIN: ok now im gettin upset...after launching with te original exe the buttons worked briefly then stopped working again...what the hell is goin on in this patch?

thanks for posting that ... didnt know that was available... that might do it till they resolve this crap.

so does BI even read through these forums?

thats a good point, i can put in a server ip in my arma launcher program as it will save favorite mp servers..but i need the ip's.... cant do that unless you can join them thru the game and ask the admin the ip.... so im still screwed...

Not sure what that means but the game opens... but now i just wasted one of my installs your allowed for nothing... after uninstalling, reinstalling the game, reinstalling the patch 1.02 THE PROBLEM IS STILL THERE... BI needs to chime in here and achknowledge there is a problem and at least say they'll look into it..... cause as of 1.02 my arma2, and tumbles, is dead in the water and useless. :( vista Enterprise 64 bit 4 gig ram 8800GTX w/768 ram 680 watt supply asus crosshair am2 motherboard amd 5200 2.6 ghz cpu German dl version, patched to 1.02

system specs??? just saying it works doesnt help us diagnose the problem ---------- Post added at 02:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:47 PM ---------- ok screw it, im gonna uninstall the dam game and reinstall and re patch again... thanks BI...

is there anyone else with this problem?????? there has to be some sort of common similarity between me and tumble having the same issue??? and untill its resolved tumble and i can NOT play any multiplayer... and to me that means the game is dead... BI????

welcome to arma where many secrets like that await you...

sorry 1.02 is causing you issues as well but wouldnt that have been better to be posted here: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=75258 since it has nothing to do with the topic in this thread?

anyone else having this issue?????? you find any solutions yet Tumble?? hope a bi rep can chime in here , not being able to play sucks balls