TheLastRonin

As indicated in the other thread I am NOT missing an OS component. However the problem is now resolved. If anyone sees this and has a similar problem message me and I'll explain the process I used to solve it.

I do have C:\Windows\Syswow64\Reg.exe installed. You can even have a screen-cap if you want. Look, don't take this the wrong way and not to be rude or anything but not everyone who buys a game wants to spend hours playing around at being a programmer or registry diving. What you consider 'logic' most people would probably not even think about. Most people do not have extensive experience modifying .bat files or checking their registry. I have an average if not greater understanding of computers and 99% of this thread still made 0 sense to me (and from looking through the posts I'm not the only one). You need to make a clearly defined set of instructions or there are going to be a lot of people who end up just as frustrated as me. This should probably include advice to modify the .bat and replace it with permanent addresses and instructions on how to do so if the other method is unsuccessful. If this is a known problem for so many users (and it seems to be when you consider it spans multiple threads on both this and the STEAM forums) why has Bohemia Interactive not attempted a proper fix in over a year of discovering the problem? Unless such a fix is not possible?

I have: - Uninstalled both ARMA II and ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead. - Cleaned the registry with a registry cleaner. - Reinstalled ARMA II and ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead. - Run ARMA II. - Run ARMA II Operation Arrowhead. - Attempted to run Combined Operations from both the STEAM menu and .bat both of which failed. All of this was done from a STEAM that was accessed via 'run as administrator'. In fact I have UAC off so it shouldn't even matter but I did it anyway. Here is what the .bat process says when it starts up: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/15/combinedopserror.png/ It complains about not recognizing 'REG' and gives me a B1 error which kills the process. Again running Windows 7 x64 and running STEAM out of my Programs (x86) file. ---------- Post added at 02:18 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:54 PM ---------- Alrighty for anyone like me who doesn't like reading through 76 pages of stuff that is at best vaguely helpful here's what I did to get mine working. It's a simple five step process. Make sure you make backups in case. 1. Back-up your _runA2CO.bat file just in-case. 2. Open your _runA2CO.bat file with a text editor. 3. delete ALL TEXT above the :runs line 4. Change the line below the runs line to be a solid address instead of this pulling paths from the registry crap. Mine was: :runs "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steam.exe" -applaunch 33930 "-mod=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2;EXPANSION;ca" but yours might be different. 5. Everytime you want to run Combined Operations run it from the .bat file. The only downside to this (if you can even call it that) is that it will recognize under expansions that you're running 'ARMA II' and also 'arma 2'. One of those is obviously erroneous but it doesn't seem to effect the game. How this fix is not included on the main page is shocking...

I have done this repeatedly (even trying a fresh install)... It does not work.

Hi... Originally I played ARMA II on STEAM and loved the stuffing out of it. I took a break for awhile and now that I recently have wanted to get back into it I have found all the servers are now using combined ops. So I bought OA on STEAM and since then I've had nothing but trouble... ARMA II will boot up and OA will boot up individually but I can't get Combined Ops to boot up, I just get a quick black .bat screen and then nothing. I noticed that there was a thread here explaining all about the _runA2CO.bat file and how to get CO to run. None of the solutions in this thread worked for me and believe me I've tried them all (been at this for over five hours) including diving into the registry and checking the paths (which were right). All I want to do is play some combined ops. Surely there is an easy way to get the two games to recognize each other and be able to play. I am running Windows 7 x64. Can anyone here help me? EDIT - Also I see this problem has been around longer than a year... I am dissapointed that the developers haven't had a go at a proper fix for it yet.

Hi... Originally I played ARMA II on STEAM and loved the stuffing out of it. I took a break for awhile and now that I recently have wanted to get back into it I have found all the servers are now using combined ops. So I bought OA on STEAM and since then I've had nothing but trouble... ARMA II will boot up and OA will boot up individually but I can't get Combined Ops to boot up, I just get a quick black .bat screen and then nothing. I noticed that there was a thread here explaining all about the _runA2CO.bat file and how to get CO to run. None of the solutions in this thread worked for me and believe me I've tried them all (been at this for over five hours) including diving into the registry and checking the paths (which were right). All I want to do is play some combined ops. Surely there is an easy way to get the two games to recognize each other and be able to play. I am running Windows 7 x64. Can anyone here help me?

Got it, working good now :). Is the version 184? My version is 184 but all the servers are still running 182?

Every time I try to start it I get an error... Starting the game with -noSPLASH -noFilePatching -mod=@CBA;@ACE;@ACEX WARNING: Something went wrong starting the app: beta/arma2.exe

Maybe the AI is so intelligent that it recognized you were trying to get it to turn around so knowing that the gig was up for that particular soldier it ignored you while hand-signaling a flank on you to it's buddies... As you pondered the nature of the ARMA code several professional terrorist snipers and marksman began to draw beads on you, ready, waiting to fire... :p

So even though I used OPTION 1 in the DOS BOX I can just launch the game after it finishes installing using OPTION 23? That sounds easy if so, thanks . PS - It takes a butt-load of time to update :|... About 2/3's through I think.

Crap... I clicked 1... Can I fix it somehow :|...

update options 21 - 24?? What do you mean??

Oh and when you do the PRESET thing, you just add the CBA, ACE and ACEX... I saw a bunch of other things I could add but I left them...

Thanks but I managed to do it the hard way ;). It's just finishing installing now... I was just wondering if I needed a special launch property like or whether I just booted ARMA up like normal through STEAM... Any way I can tell if the mods working?

Does ACE work with STEAM using the install instructions in the OP or am I required to take some extra steps... If so what steps are they?