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In Arma 1, I ended up playing Warfare almost exclusively with a group of buddies. As the most experienced player, I would usually play as Commander, so I became quite familiar with the role and, in the end, we were consistently beating the AI opponent in 2-3 hours. In Arma II, I've gone through the tutorials, created servers using the War Welcome and Superpowers mission types, voted myself Commander but I am unable to be effective because things have changed and I don't know how to do the things I did in Arma 1. Can anyone explain how to do the following in Arma 2? Alternatively, can someone point me to some documentation on how to be a Commander in Arma 2? I've been scouring the forums but haven't found anything. 1. Identify other human players on my team using the map - I can't see any identification on the map that tells me which units on my team are human controlled and who they are. 2. Provide waypoints to human controlled units - in Arma 1 Warfare, each of the 8 units on my team would be headed up by a human player. I could hit the "T" key, click on Command Teams, select the team and assign a waypoint. 3. Allow AI controlled units to proceed without direct commands. In Arma 1 Warfare, each AI controlled team would take off and start capturing towns without waiting for an order. From what I can tell, Arma 2 requires you to command each move - otherwise the units just sit around at the base. 4. Switch unit type - In Arma 1 Warfare, I could select each group and switch the unit type from Infrantry to Tank etc. I can't find a way to do this in Arma 2.

Even if we could change the waypoints etc., what value does the UAV provide? How would I use it to gain an advantage? I used it in the mission where I am tracking down the traitor but it doesn't show anything of value as it circles around.

So I called the Helicopter for extraction in the Campaign from Star Force 21. Now we're all sitting in the chopper and I don't know how to order the pilot to leave... any suggestions?

I am getting terrible (15-18 fps) and only as high as 25 fps in Arma 2 and could use any advice on how to improve it. Here's my machine: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6700 Kentsfield 2.66GHz 680i motherboard 4 GB Ram 2 - 8800 GTX in SLI Vista 32 bit Here's what I have done thus far: 1. Updated the nforce drivers for the 680i 2. Updated the nvidia graphics drivers to the latest 3. Downloaded and ran the SLI enhancement patch from EVGA I can't tell if the SLI enhancement patch was applied successfully. I can't find ARMA2.exe in the list of profiles in the NVidia control panel. My graphics settings are as follows: Visibility - 2170 Interface and 3D resolution - 1920 X 1200 (native monitor resolution) Texture - Very High Video Memory - Very High (what is this?) Anisotripic Filtering - Disabled Antialiasing - Disabled Terrain - Very High Objects - Very High Shadow - Normal Postprocessing effects - Disabled Interface size - Very small Aspect: 16:10 This settings are my attempt to get better framerates, but truth be told, downgrading settings has not helped much. I would like to increase my view distance, maintain the native resolution and have good detail for objects, terrain and shadows. I don't care as much about Anti-aliasing and post-processing effects. However, my number one wish is to have framerates consistently above 30 fps. Shouldn't I be able to achieve this with the hardware I have????

How can I tell if the EVGA SLI enhancement patch was applied successfully? Here's what I did...I updated my nforce 680i drivers, then updated the 8800 GTX drivers to the latest version. Then I clicked on the SLI enhancement .exe that I downloaded from EVGA. The file installed, but when I open the NVidia control panel, ARMA2 is not listed in the profiles area. Are there any other indicators that the Arma2 profile is being used and that SLI is working as it should? My framerate has not improved significantly.