Vampyr_six

Okay, this thread is already super long and tends to led those non-super savvy people all over the place. (I count myself as one of those) Here is what I did to get Combined Operations to work with Steam AND how I was able to get mods to work too! Note: I have ARMA 2 and Operation Arrowhead installed in two seperate folders, and this method still works fine. Some people mentioned installing it all into one folder, but I couldn't figure out how to make Steam do that. Open Steam In the LIBRARY tab, right click on ARMA 2 and select PROPERTIES In the LOCAL FILES tab, select VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME CACHE... Once that is finished, close that window In Steam, select ARMA 2, click PLAY, PLAY ARMA 2, and click PLAY again Allow game to fully load. Once at main menu, exit game. Follow the exact same steps but for ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead (The next three steps are only necessary if you want to adjust the command line for mods) Now, in Steam, right click on ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead Select PROPERTIES, and in the GENERAL TAB, select SET LAUNCH OPTIONS This is where you will put your mod line. Mine is: -mod=@cba;@ace;@acex;@acex_ru;@acex_sm;@a2warmod;@faces;@sthud;@sounds; -nosplash -winxp -world=empty -cpuCount=4 Now you can select ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead, click PLAY, and you should see an option for LAUNCH ARMA 2: COMBINED OPERATIONS I had two other friends do the exact same steps also with success. Note: The multiplayer maps that you want and the mod folders that you want must reside in the ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead folder. This doesn't seem to see any of those that are over in the ARMA 2 folder. I hope that these instructions save someone else hours of frustration too. Regards, Vampyr_Six

Ah! Thanks, W0lle!

My group and I love to play the stock MP mission #5 Superpowers. (yeah, I know...there are better maps out there...) I'd like to change the default Blufor members to include a squad (versus just having squad leaders) so that we can track each other much easier. Is this possible? I cannot even seem to find the stock missions on my hard drive. Can anybody help me on this? Thanks in advance, Vampyr