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Yeah im running Win7 64bit and have been experiencing the same CTD's although i dont get any errors the arma 2.exe still runs in the background after it crashes, have to end the process through ctrl alt del. I have tried both the 1.05 and latest beta patches, this wasnt happening to me pre 1.05.

Hey chammy your sound mod is awesome but i am having a few issues, im not sure if its just me because the explosion sounds seem kind of dull or weak i should say especially the artillery when it hits, any ideas? seems to be the same with all explosions grenades, RPG's etc. apart from that everything sounds great, the small arms fire sounds very nice.

Hey all, Just wondering what needs to be done in order for alice to work on community made maps? I have searched but couldnt find anything related, any help would be appreciated.

Hey all, I remember back in the arma1 days when i was creating missions i would use Ammo points to rearm Choppers and Jets on the run without having to stop the jet or heli. In arma 2 i cant find these ammo points in the editor and the only thing i can rearm my jets and heli's with is the service point building or ammo crates/trucks in which i have to land and come to a stop to rearm. Is there another way to do this? I have searched and cant find anything on these ammo points? Any help would be appreciated.

Thats going a bit far even for sarcasm, it doesnt bother me as i found it quite funny although im sure others wont see it that way. On topic i think it would be a cool addon as there have been other mods like this for other games as mentioned previously Fallout 3, and not to mention all the war movies out there with kids getting blown to pieces and shot up etc, so whats the difference if its in a video game or movie? I mean what its ok to kill young women in arma 2 with just about every weapon possible but when it comes to children its considered as evil, a little bit contradictory dont you think?

Hey all, I have seen a few threads regarding the badlands but im also experiencing more than 1 issue. Currently i have captured 4 towns and im stuck at a cutscene in novy storbor or whatever its called. Once my men take over the town it moves to a cutscene which i cant get out of. Razor is talking to some civilians who were caught up in the fight and they start talking about lopotev and the blonde russian, once this scene ends im stuck in a civilian and cant move around properly i have tried everything but i cant get any further has anyone got around this??? Also during the badlands how on earth do you buy units and send them to the other high command squads under your power? I can see the option to send units under communication when i select a squad but when i select it nothing comes up??? This game is awesome but omg so fustrating i had to skip most of manhatten due to the major issues which i dont have to repeat. I wish they actually had a proper beta testing phase instead of letting us actually spend money to test out there flawed campaign.

It has probably been mentioned before although i want to see some more jets and plane addons, the Russians need some bombers like the Tu-160 and Tu-95MS, also maybe custom loadouts for the su-34's with cluster muntions etc. And of course would love to see some naval battles around chernarussian waters in the near future, so hopefully a few destroyers and frigates are created soon.

I dont see how any of this is relevant, if and when arma 3 comes out im sure they would consider using a new engine because by the time arma 3 is even released the old engine would not be able to cut it amongst the new generation of games. But even if they did decide for a new makeover and use another engine it would not be the cryengine due to mainly cost and other things such as licensing etc, your also talking as if this is around the corner ffs arma 2 just came out dont get to excited.

Try downloading some user made SP missions, also get some SP warfare kicking and just play as a pilot on the russian side or something similar.

This can be done or just create a Hunter they also have NV, what does a sniper need NV for anyways? lol

You wont need a 750w psu to handle the 5870 although i would get a 600w rather than a 500w just to be on the safe side.

Agreed I dont know about that statement, Arma 2 requires some good hardware to play the game on high and i doubt a $60 cpu and $35 GPU will play arma 2 on high with decent frames, unless of course you picked up a good dual or quad core for $60 and a fairly recent GPU for $35 which i also doubt.

I just completed the campaign and i must say that i enjoyed it a lot. It was challenging and there were a lot of suprises around every corner which is a nice feeling. I loved the tank wrecks near the russian border to that was cool, as others have said the only problem is the english or lack thereof and also the cheesy lines but for me i understood what was being said so i shouldnt say problem more something that can be rectified next time round. I'll be looking forward to a sequel with the russian invasion perhaps?

I was thinking the same thing as with my 4890 i get the same thing, tbh it doesnt bother me that much as i thought this happened to everybody? Or is it an ATI thing??

I guess it could be done but i doubt this is is high on there list of things to do, i was hoping maybe one day the community would make such a mod and still have high hopes that there will be movable trains in arma 2 in the future.

Defintely the GPU holding you back, my old 9600GT struggled at times and after an upgrade to the 4890 arma 2 has been a lot more responsive on higher settings. The new 5850 is even better yet so it should allow you to play higher vid settings inc PP, AA, AF etc etc.

Seems a few have had this problem this is all i could find... http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=78912&highlight=device+freed

It is an awesome mission yet the most fustrating by far, i have come across so many bugs in this mission more than any other and i still cant finish this level without the endmission cheat. I dont see why this campaign is not fixed yet? 4 Patches and still the campaign is a broken mess, they fix one thing but not another and surely when testing these bugs would have been noticed. Anyways ill keep having a crack until i get through it as i still enjoy the game apart from the moments where the bugs ruin it and i feel the rushing urge to smash my monitor to bits but hey im sure we have all been there.

I have recently moved over to win 7 x64 and it seems to run like a dream, have ran both xp and vista previously and win 7 is the most reliable and defintely runs smoother out of the 3. Arma 2 also runs a bit better under win 7 than vista/xp imo.

They have let us down, we got told they would be focusing on performance in this patch and they have clearly not done so?? Unless you have noticed an increased in FPS? But if you have im not sure why that would be as there are no performance fixes listed??? :j: Anyways not much we can do now except wait for the next patch...:butbut:

Yeah i highly doubt that even the next patch will include performance fixes, like i said this is deja vu all over again, same exact thing happened back in the arma 1 days and it took 14 patches then to get things sorted out so im tipping in another 10 or so patches we should be right to go for arma2. BIS has let us down yet again whats new.....

I guess im not suprised there have been no performance fixes, I tried the patch out and it has not increased in fps what so ever. In fact in the larger cities i have lost frames, I swear im having deja vu all over again. What happened to all the promises from mods stating that BI will be improving performance in this patch?? Am i the only one who cant notice any performance increase? Patch 1.04= EPIC FAIL

Have you tried OC your 9500? In my old system i overclocked the 9600GT which gave me a few more frames in certain games and was quite stable with mid range temps. If you havent done so already its probs worth a shot. Also if you are getting a new gpu maybe the ati 4890 would be the best bang for buck considering the 275 is a bit more expensive with not much gain. Other than that there is not much you can do as there are others with better rigs suffering the same performance issues inc myself, we can only hope the next patch or 2 will bring some relief.

Well if your thinking of going SLI just purely for arma 2 then i would say its not worth it considering arma2 relies more on the CPU than it does the GPU, once the game is patched and the engine more optimized i would say 1 GTX 280 should be plenty. On the other hand if you can afford to go SLI considering the psu alone will cost a pretty penny and your not doing it just for arma 2 then i say why not.

I dont see why you or anyone else would think ofp2 is aimed at the bf2/cod crowd? I must admit to begin with it defintely seemed that way although after more info and trailers it actually seems quite the opposite. OFPDR doesnt allow run and guns as one bullet can end your game so that in itself steers DR away from the COD crowd and more toward the sim crowd. On topic though i agree with almost every point made in the first post and can only hope the new patch brings us closer to the game arma2 was supposed to be. Due to its issues it has been sitting on the shelf for quite a while and until the majority of issues are rectified it will remain collecting dust.