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Keep getting this when trying to buy from the store: Error code: 30-1002 What up with that?

Yes, the games industry is one big entity. Which is why it's called the games industry and on account of Steam being the leader for PC games distribution, BIS will continue to have to rely on STEAM for a good portion of their sales. Steam customer support is one of the best in the industry, and while the risk of an account being unfairly banned remains in any digital rights protected online environment, with Steam and Valve's credibility taken into account, there is a good chance you will be dealt with fairly. Steam's success has proven that the model works and is here to stay. It has also been a great way to combat PC game piracy with its ease of access and good deals. ---------- Post added at 01:58 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:57 AM ---------- This includes almost all of the game genres that are immensely popular, thus making Steam an industry leader. The fact that you have 171 Steam games says it all. You wanting to buy a disc version are now the exception to the rule.

The PC game industry has already adopted Steam. There is no question that BIS has NO choice but to offer at the very least sales through Steam, if not total integration. Total integration would be great to have, and great for the user too, but it's up to BIS. Being angry at Steam is not going to change the reality that Steam is the leader of digital game sales and BIS MUST sell through Steam as it has been doing.

I still have a lot of them lying around and anytime I have sold them in the recent past, I have just sold the CD key.

Steam is now the only way that I buy games and so do all the people I know who are into gaming. Adding the Creation workshop would make finding and installing mods that much easier. There is no good reason I can think of from a uer point of view to not fully integrate with Steam. ---------- Post added at 09:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:44 PM ---------- Who owns CDs in this day and age? I haven't used my optical drive in years.

I see. Do I need to do anything to fix that? Does verify integrity check work for them?

No, the patching process that Steam initiates automatically which shows the traditional BIS window for patching files.

Oh ok, good to know. Though during the 1.60 patching process, I had some errors of a .pbo file missing. Don't remember which one. Is that still ok?

Already done numerous times. Keeps saying 1 file failed to validate and will be reacquired. If it matters, my Arma2 copy is from the DVD, while OA, BAF and PMC are from Steam.

How do I reinstall the 1.60 patch in the Steam version of OA/BAF/PMC?

The 1.60 patch process from Steam gave an error about some .pbo file not being found and was not able to be patched. Running integrity check on game cache in Steam says 1 file failed verification and will be re-downloadable, which never actually happens. ---------- Post added at 01:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:12 AM ---------- Here's my RPT file: ---------- Post added at 01:32 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:20 AM ---------- Also, how do I force Steam to re-install the patch or the entire game?

I'm getting similar error with the Steam patch update to 1.60. Not sure how to fix it.

Steam version of Arma2: OA/PMC/BAF. I'm getting errors when during the 1.60 patching process. It says some .pbo file cannot be opened or was not found. How do I fix this? I can still launch the game and it says version 1.60, but not sure if it was properly applied. Thanks

Seems to be an amazing patch. I almost want to pay for it. How can I give BIS money to continue the good work?

Better mission editor where you script writing is minimized and where you can use the GUI to do most of the stuff needed for a decent mission.