A.C.E. Advanced Combat Environment - Public Beta!

[A.C.E. Advanced Combat Environment - Public Beta!]

Well, i got the install to work now, thanks Sickboy! I'm looking forward too this :D

[A.C.E. Advanced Combat Environment - Public Beta!]

Gonna take a shower though, think im swimming in gallons of sweat here :D

Don't make a mess now while im gone, you hear :eek:!

Read the error message again ;), and then do what it says; delete the mentioned file ;)

Lol, I thought it said "If you believe in this error"

[A.C.E. Advanced Combat Environment - Public Beta!]

I run Six as admin and press 2+enter after getting the lazy file, and i get an error saying something is already running.. I've tried closing most programs but it still complains? :S

[A.C.E. Advanced Combat Environment - Public Beta!]

They don't have to.

You're at step 2: http://dev-heaven.net/wiki/six-arma-updater/Quickstart

Combined with the lazy way, will get you ingame in the next 3 minutes: http://dev-heaven.net/wiki/ace-mod2/Lazy :)

Thank you, will try.

[A.C.E. Advanced Combat Environment - Public Beta!]

Even the help files are confusing.. I downloaded the 7z's but it looks nothing like a modfolder..

[CEC Effects Mod??]

I hope it is a script rather than a mod, it's a bit over the top to happen on every explosion, but as an event, for instance an ammo dump for a rocket battery going nova, it'd be brilliant.

It does say In the name its a script.

[Australians at War Addon Team]

Just a loader? I was the carrier for that bloody thing. wont set eyes on one ever again. :D

I had a choice. I choose loader. I just fell in love with the pressure i guess :p

While I agree the launcher itself is more cumbersome to haul around, especially in dense forests (all of Sweden) the ammunition weighed more ;) / :(

Swe version looks a bit differnt, mostly the "tripod"

[Australians at War Addon Team]

I was a loader for this beast when I was in the army.. *drool*

[i lost two good men :(]

Yes but you usually fight the enemy first.. If they're screaming they're alive, as my old platoon commander used too say ;)

[ATI Adaptive AA?]

Yes but you have a 5870 according to your sig. Our 4xxx series cards would go up in flames with those settings ;)

Well I guess I'm exaggerating. It's only AA that really brings the performance down for me.

It's the same for me really. Only my system can manage it. I don't exactly get a stable 45fps with it set too high, but it's playable. Plus my old comp, i ran the game at 15-25 FPS so it would be stupid too complain :p

[Will my PC Run this? What CPU/GPU to get? What settings? System Specifications.]

It might just be me but as of 1.03-1.04.. Most comps that are 1-2 years old Should be able to handle this game?? This thread was good for when the game was new, but since then it's had some improvements imo.

[Using steering wheel in arma 2?]

I don't think it does.. This has been up several times.. Might work with über old wheels, but i have the G25 with 900 degrees of turning.. And I've got 90 degrees of dead-zone in both directions. But if you as me, there is no need for a wheel unless you are a tank driver or similar in your (if you're in one?) clan.

[ATI Adaptive AA?]

I get really good performance with all on very high (where available) and high AA @ 1920x1200 (16:10 24") 100% FillR and no PP.

Settings in CC are as follows.

Smoothvision HD: AA = Use app/box filter

Smoothvision HD: AF = Use app

Catalyst A.I = Advanced (the higher value, the more it relies on th CPU, mine is 4Ghz so no reason not to use it for me, but it might not be appropriate for everyone)

Mipmap = High Quality

V-Sync = Always ON

AA Mode = Multi right now, but i reckon Adaptive is as good if not better.

Tripple buffer = Unchecked.. But it doesn't matter since its OGL anyway :)

[Will my PC Run this? What CPU/GPU to get? What settings? System Specifications.]

I don't know all the specifics about my new rig coming in the mail (since it's a Christmas present), but I do know this much.

A 2.8 GHz dual core processor

3-4 gigs of DDR2 ram

ATI Radeon HD4850

Windows 7 OS

So will a rig like that be able to play Arma2 on a 1280X1040 monitor with at least 30 FPS on decent high settings?

Definatly, I've run A2 on a much worse computer with better fps.

[i lost two good men :(]

What I want know is why you sent in a corpsman to get your man.. I can tell you haven't done any military service, heh.

[Low GPU-load in game (one single-chipped videocard)]

I run the game with everything at highest @1920x1200, except I use 100% fillrate, and no Post Processing. The only thing that really messes with my FPS is AA and fillrate, but I can't stand edges etc, so AA was left on..

My tips (for ATI).

This is not to maximize FPS, but to make it look good, but still run good as well.

Turn your Mipmap to highest quality, and everything else to lowest, and put box as filter for the AA.

Max everything except PP and fillrate (3D res).

Gradually reduce AA until acceptable, if at all needed.

[It's not BIS's fault there's not 100,000 playing Arma2]

Also, bugs in the game itself put alot of people off, especially since it chews resources like a pig.

Better that than OFPDR, cause it looks like one.

[Low GPU-load in game (one single-chipped videocard)]

Well that the reason to own a 5870, its to use AA...or run it at 200% I cant stand jaggies or crawlling... which can happen even at 200% but it gone at 4X(normal) AA, Get another 5870 and then you will see the big differences for GPUs But a 4.0+ i7 will show alot of performance in this game, and it will push the GPU(s) all that much better.

Using two 4870x2s @ 4XAA all the time. 4870X2=5870 basically~

Well unfortunately ATI AA is shit. I think it's more ATI related than AA in general, because everything else i can set to very high and still get 60 fps.

I can run with high AA, but it doesn't feel as smooth.. And you can forget it during large scale op's.. :rolleyes:

<edit> You can't honestly believe that I can run 1920x1200@200% ? Man last time i tried it loaded the textures for 5 mines, then i got bored and closed the game via task manager. 150% is doable, but still pretty useless as i'll still have the edges. Also.. It's the flickering of textures that i want gone.

[Is it possible to play Arma 2 without the DVD?]

I say again, if you have the beta installed you don't need the DVD.

[Low GPU-load in game (one single-chipped videocard)]

My point was I got only a 10 fps difference at best switching from 8800 to 5870. That said, i still had 60fps when nothing was going on with the 8800, mind you it was with the exactly same computer as i have in my specs, only GPU differed.

[Low GPU-load in game (one single-chipped videocard)]

Maybe the GPU isn't used much because the game uses the processor to calculate most things. I certainly didn't see much difference with my current computers specs and the same but with a 8800 GTS 512 (waiting for the 5870 to be released)... I really don't think GPU is a big deal. Quad core and HT off, overclocked if possible. That's another general tip.

[Is it possible to play Arma 2 without the DVD?]

If you're using @beta you don't need it.

[Low GPU-load in game (one single-chipped videocard)]

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

Get 24Gb RAM and put the entire game on a RAM drive, should solve that problem :rolleyes:

My only real advice is too turn of the AA.. Everything else I can run on very high no problem, but the AA eats the FPS. And I have a proper gaming computer that is like 3 months old.

I doubt sporting a faster harddrive is gonna help the AA performance.

[It's not BIS's fault there's not 100,000 playing Arma2]

^

Yeah.

[Female Soldier [Feature request to BIS]]

Females have been "used" since WW2 ... Russia as an example had many great female snipers credited with hundreds of kills.. You just don't hear about it too often for some reason. Check youtube..