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OK time for a couple of newb questions and I apologize if these have already been asked but this is a heck of a big thread to trawl through. 1) I would just like to know if I'm definately using the A10's 'AGM65 Ground' missiles properly as I find it extremely hard to achive a kill. This is how I'm trying to use them.... Put helmet HUD little green cross directly on ground target (cross must be within the green ID target square). When green cross is directly on the target then press TAB and the beeping green diamond comes up supposedly indicating a lock. Fire the missile but you must keep the green cross and the green diamind within the green square until the missile kills it. Can someone please confirm that this is the correct usage? If there's an easier way then please tell me lol. 2) Whilst in the Apache Longbow I can't lock onto anything at all, ground or air. I strongly suspect that 'TAB' isn't working for some weird reason. Not had this problem with any other aircraft though. Has anyone else had this problem? Thank You. :)

Ah bloody excellent! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that the problem is all fixed and the updated script will be out real soon. Thank you to Norrin and all who are helping fix/test it, it's going to be great to get back into some MP clan missions again :) That will solve one of my two problems, Telstra sees it fit to put a brand new developing estate on a congested rim hence my only option of ADSL 1 & fluctuating speeds. I've recouped some of my personal expenditure costs (trying to find the problem in the 1st place) through the TIO but nothing can be done about the crap infrastructure. As if Telstra is interested in anything more than profits and shareholders. I've joined the ever longer growing list of Telstra haters. But enough of that, lets play some Arma 2! :D

Cheers dude, I just want the radio chatter, is there a way to just have that without all the rest of the addon?

Thanks Tony, I already got my hands on an OCZ Vertex 60G SSD with 64Mb cache. I installed W7 64bit on it and Arma 2 but it didn't perform any better than it does on XP32 on my 1TB Western Digital HDD. :( From early experimentation I know that Arma 2 doesn't like W7 and Vista on my machine hence why I went back to XP originally. But I still thought that it would run better than it did on W7 using the SSD. You say that your running XP on ur SSD and maintaining the performance with a garbage collection program. Can I ask what SSD you have? and how long have you been using it? Plus are you also using that wiper.exe as well as OCZ's garbage collection program? There's conflicting information about XP performance maintainence being possible/not possible so I don't know what to believe or what to try. I'd rather get the info 1st hand from another Arma2 player. As the only reason I'm doing this is to get Arma2 to run better. ps- if anyone else here has been playing Arma 2 on XP/SSD for a while and is keeping the drive maintained and performing well then please post up what SSD you have and what you're doing to keep it running at it's peak. Sorry for all the questions. :o

@ Myke, Excellent, thanks mate :D

I'm a bit "light" on computer knowledge so I'm kind of trying to convey what I "heard" from someone else about SSD's.... Can someone with computer smarts confirm or deny these.... 1) What I heard was that running Windows XP on an SSD is no good as what gets written to the drive doesn't get automatically deleted afterwards. It just builds up until the drive gets quite full and the initial big performance boost goes down the tube for good. 2) Apparently this isn't a problem with W7 though. 3) I have Windows XP as I found that this runs Arma 2 best on my system. So this is my question..... Assuming that 1) and 2) are fairly correct then does this mean there's no way to run Arma 2 on XP installed on an SSD? Or does that garbage collector thingy work with XP? Or is there another way to keep the drive working at optimum performance with XP?

I love this aircraft mod and the afterburner and vapour trail additions are fantatstic. Well done Myke :D I have a question too... Will the next version include an easy way to disable the auto countermeasures? I'm using the RKSL flares which are operated manually.

Fixed it with a re-install. Something to do with my playername Arma2profile file as when I copy/pasted my original one to the new install it borked it again, but when I mapped the keys from fresh it was ok. Weird as I've mapped them the same as what was in the profile file anyway but I guess that's Arma for ya. What I have noticed is that I'm getting a lot of stuttering while flying that I never got in 1.04. Or didn't seem to get even after I patched 1.05 over 1.04. But going straight to 1.05 after a fresh install and it's running like a pig. Anyone else had this problem?

I've looked everywhere and can't find anyone with the same problem and I haven't flown for a few weeks so I don't know if this is a 1.05 patch related issue for myself or not. I've just dicovered that when I fly in planes that my missile lock on is really borked. I sometimes have to click the lock on button 20, 30, 40+ times before it finally gets a lock on. Once it does it's OK and can engage - disengage on the 1st button press like it should do. But to get that 1st lock on is ridiculous. Choppers are fine! It's only planes that have the problem :confused: I've tested this while not running any mods at all and it still does it. I'm praying that someone has had the same issue and knows how to address it otherwise its a complete re-install. :(

What I don't like about Arma 2 is the terrain detail. Between normal and very high there's not a lot of difference. I run it on high - very high settings and the plants, bushes and trees still look awful. The trees kind of like someone's got a paint brush and dabbled the foliage on.

So is someone working on a radio chatter mod atm? Having radio chatter in all vehicles and even in ur helmet sometimes would be absolutely awesome.

Thanks Tankbuster, I was going to use Pilfius and just say "flares" but I'd rather use a joystick button. Now I can :)

What I discovered was that flares only worked for me if I mapped the key to the keyboard. I've got a Saitek Cyborg Evo joystick and the flares won't work if mapped to any button on that. Kind of a shame as I don't want to be reaching for a certain key on my k/b when it's urgent. Can this be fixed? as the flares are great :D

Hi all, Being quite new to Arma 2 and not knowing anyone else personally who plays it and can show me stuff I have to ask here if you don't mind. ATM I've just got vanilla Arma 2 with a couple of small addons like the littlebird helicopter, binnocs with electronic bearing... that kind of thing. So can any of you experienced players recommend any addons or even mods that improve the game? Especially looking for things that will improve the AI, and game effects both visual and audio. Keeping in mind that they still work with the new patch. But feel free to mention anything at all that is worth getting. Thank you :)

Thank you too ziiip :) I've added those to my list of 'try outs'. Is there a mod that adds radio chatter to Arma 2? Doesn't sound like it from what I've read but just in case I've missed something......

wow thanks guys! You've given me heaps to try out. Look forward to giving all of these a go, very much appreciated and Merry Xmas (if you celebrate it) :D

Hey all, is there a way to simulate a malfunction with night vision goggles where they flicker on and off a few times and then stop working alltogether? I'm guessing probably not, but might as well ask.... Thanks.

Gave it a go and nothing happened. Thanks for trying though Andy :)

Thanks Nicolas, the ACE 2 mod and Zeus AI were two that I was considering. Can you confirm that these still work ok with the 1.05 patch?

Yes your right, and I found a script that saved all inventory on death. Thanks.

Unfortunately it needs more than just that, thanks anyway though.

possible? not possible? :b:

ah ok, hopefully they'll fix it in the next patch

I placed a fishing boat and attatched a ship to it. Then I placed a helo on the ship, tested it by previewing it spawning near it and it was there, great. Then I did my whole mission and when I get to the ship the helo's gone. Happens everytime, the helo's there if I spawn near it but gone if I do the mission from the start a long ways away from the ship. Wouldn't have a clue why.

I just tried this and it works in multiplayer. Can anyone tell me why it doesn't work in singleplayer? and how to get it to work in singleplayer? Plus when I respawn I lose some ordnance, ie I have satchel charges before I die but they're gone after I respawn. But I still have my other stuff. Is there a way to respawn with all your gear still with you? Thanks :)