9-Ball

Just so I understand this correctly: I could install the BETA patch over my Steam install and the game will run correctly if I run it from the installation folder rather than the Steam games shortcut? Beyond that, the patch should resolve the controls menu crash but will also remove the Steam integration for friends/etc (which is fine)? Thanks for the reply.

I'd be quite happy to use the latest beta patch but as your posts in other threads indicate, I can't apply it as I'm running the Steam version of ARMA2:OA and it supposedly auto-updates and is the latest build anyway. The official site indicates the latest 1.52 patch isn't compatible with the Steam version. Beyond that, Steam is less than helpful in explaining current versions and update histories. I've checked the file integrity and it reports no problems. Ergo, I appear to be stuck with the crashing control configurations and can't even progress to try the game, unless I wish to unlearn 34 years of left-handedness. That's unless you have a suggestion on how to tackle this? It seems, from reading this and other forums that a lot of people are experiencing this issue, in both the Steam version and the boxed version. Any help would be appreciated.

The idea that the keybinding problem being fixed in public BETA builds is somehow a solution or appropriate response to this problem report is far from helpful. Many people are experiencing CTD's from the controls configuration menu, whether it be using the back/next buttons or simply pressing the desired key for a given input. This is obviously a very significant bug within ARMA2:OA and not something to be simply sloughed off with a rather arrogant reply, least of all from an apparent BI developer. Fixed in the Public BETA builds? Maybe so. Fixed in the full release game we paid $50 for? No. Address the Issue. Thank you.