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To play Dayz, you need :- Arma 2 and Operation Arrowhead, game need to be run using arma 2 CO icon. reinforcement pack is only 2 DLC for the main game. you need to get Operation Arrowhead.

refer to particular group that hosts the server for allowed mods, they usually post it on their forum.

not recommended, you might have issues like unable to complete the mission and etc. I tried Zeus_AI on OA mission and my team leader started to chase the enemy patrol far away. i cant even complete the 1st objective.

Warfare servers is pretty popular, just load up arma 2 vanilla without any mods and browse the multiplayer server list base on lowest ping. You should easily see public servers nearby with low ping that have players in it. there's gameson.net server in aussie, hotshots XR server in europe and a few in the states. Join in those that have less than 200ms ping for you for good gameplay experience.

For starters you can use JSRS and blastcore, then you can try total conversion mod like ACE. There's also AI enhancement mod like zeus, ASR and a few more. After getting familiar with the mods then you can start playing with the editor. If you're getting familiar with the official island like your own backyard you can start playing with custom island mod. Finally with the editor start porting your favorite mission to custom islands.

If you dont want to do a fresh install you can just use steam mover, just goggle and download it. Change the directory and point it to your SSD.

ah i have tried this addon before, it's the @LDL folder in arma 2, remove the mod from your shortcut parameter and you should be good to join public servers again. You should see no mod on the right side of the main arma 2 menu. if you see there's a mod list like @LDL there, public server wont accepts it because it's not signed for it.

ok i'm starting to have this issue too when playing warfare online, i notice it only starts to happen after maybe 40-60min into the game. the changes that i notice was when before it start lagging my GPU usage is around ~50% but when the lag starts my GPU is at 100% all the time. Closing arma and running it again wont fix it since i can see the lag even at the main menu, only after i do a pc restart only then the issue is gone. Last night i played with the pmc campaign for a few hours and it didnt lag. BTW how do you do the flush command? i want to try that later instead of restarting my pc.

In domination you can easily dominate the towns once you have jets but in evo towns have a really aggressive AA capabilities. Most player in jets will spend a lot of time doing holding pattern waiting for ground units but in evo jet players will be really busy tackling enemy air reinforcement and attacking towns is really risky. In short, if you're new play domination first. After you're confident with your skills and want a faster pace action play evo. Expect to die a lot in evo, the pace is pretty hectic. Evo is pretty fun to play when the servers is more than half full.

i miss the OFP targeting style where you can right click using binocular for units hiding behind trees and the gunship radar where you can click on individual dots. Not tab lock spamming like now T_T

Steam will auto update the patch, you dont patch steam copies like other digital copy or CD copies. Try getting the OA only patch for the OA cd copy that you have. or try to use your cd serial key and add it into steam if it accepts it you can have full steam copy.

i5 or i7? - the diff is hyper-threading which most game still not utilizing it yet, low on budget get i5. Got money to burn get i7. GPU - get the most expensive your budget can allow you, SLI if you can afford it. RAM - Games rarely use more than 2-3GB ram, most of the ram will be used by google chrome,win7 and etc. SSD - SSD is a must if you want a good experience with arma2 For those that's having CTD or BSOD issue, run furmark GPU stress test to verify if there's any problem with your setup. Arma is one of the game that will push your GPU to 100% most of the time and doing a stress test will assist in eliminating hardware issue and software. Gets you to RMA that hardware while it's still under warranty too.

1. AI talks to each other and they have larger numbers than you meaning more eyes for their side 2. Use silence weapons for night missions 3. Snipers should be positioned as overwatch at 700-1000m to be effective, not assault team. Snipers are totally useless when enemy missed shots makes their hands shakey. 4. Use smoke to retreat or relocate, use disengage command for your AI 5. MG is to be used at long distance since it's loud but accuracy are compensated by high rate of fire 6. Enemy can pinpoint you by your weapon sound, if you just fire once. you will see that they will start to move towards your location but wont detect you. If you continue firing, all of them will fire towards your location. 7. Try to take out the enemy officer 1st or teamleader, that will help to affect enemy coordination. Higher ranking officer have better stats than lower rank soldier. 8. Diversion, put another guy/team to flank the enemy. But infantry are pretty sluggish and they are pinned once they start an attack. Vehicles seems to work better though. 9. Try mods like ACE which will make shots dispersion better, but i feel like the enemy becoming worse but more player like response. 10. The advantage you have vs enemy AI is range, use it. Your AI will automatically see the enemy at farther range once you spot them. you can hear yourself relaying the info to your AI. Dont bloody work when there's a leaf in front of your binoculars tho =( 11. Dont launch an ambush or assault from on top of the hill, this is not medieval warfare where gravity gives you advantage. Even in real life your silhouette are easily spotted against the clear sky. If you can easily see all the enemy it means all of them can see you too. Only be in this position to relay info to your teams not to attack. 12. Make teams using your AI, 1 team to provide cover and the other will move. You can assign color teams to your AI to easily select them. 13. Do not rush, an enemy that is waiting for you will fire the 1st shot when you are moving unless they are looking away. 14. Expect high casualty if you're assaulting, that's why you need to use range, ambush, flanking maneuvers and all dirty tricks you can think of to increase your survival rate. For eg. you with a small team will attack and lure the enemy towards a different team that's lying in ambush 15. Dont play peek a boo with the enemy AI, once your position is compromised move! 16. Soft cover vs hard cover - Use soft cover like bushes as hiding place and hard cover like rocks and walls for attacking. AI will use cover once you tell them the attack direction. use command like watch 8 o'clock to have them concentrate on one area only. 17. If you have play close combat 3, it's an old top down 2D WW2 game, really realistic game. Units will take a while to get into position and they cant do it well if under fire. Same in arma, once you're under fire moving is not an option anymore. then you will be glad that you have hard cover and another team to flank the enemy from the other side.

Hey i bought a russian copy of BF3 and it dont let me change it to english too, what do you say about that?

Ok, there's a benchmark mission in single player mission. Adjust your graphic settings until you get a decent fps when running the benchmark. If everything works fine in the benchmark and in dayz if it is nighttime you still cant see anything it's because dayz is made that way. To test it throw a flare and see if you can see properly like a flare suppose to. You cant adjust the gamma or brightness in dayz to see at night, it is designed that way.

try doing a furmark test http://majorgeeks.com/FurMark_d4183.html, it is a graphic card stress test. If you fail the 15min stress test the issue might be on your GPU, power supply unit, heat and etc. If you passed this test then it's easier to start troubleshooting for software issues. even on my GTX560 it's being pushed to the limit., 100% GPU usage all the time. edit* ah didn't see the last post =(

lol i think he's playing in night time and you cant adjust anything to see at night. you need to use a flare or torchlight to see at night in dayz servers.

those stuffs you just described is already in this game it's really cheap now

They will implement MP later but not in the initial release

when you run sixupdater just let it do whatever it wants, dont try to force it. It will update automatically just let it. Then on how to use mod is by using the presets, find the mods you want to use and add it to a new preset and rename it. Then right click and select install and update. you can't do anything else once it's starting to install or download. you can also use it to run a dedicated server or apply a beta patch. Just find the menu and put a tick on it. It's easy to revert back from beta patch to official patch easily.

use this http://www.arma2.com/index.php?option=com_rokdownloads&view=file&Itemid=20&id=756%3Aarma-2-combined-operations--operation-arrowhead--reinforcements-patch-1〈=en it will patch everything up.

I think you also havent try the stalker mod in here, it's like the stalker game minus the loading screen. I played it for a bit but stopped cause it's too dark and scary =P Just asks the question at the proper section and i'm sure the community will gladly assist you.

guys please use sixupdater to manage your mod and beta patches so you can easily revert back to official patch to join servers that uses one. To anyone who havent use sixupdater yet you better start looking at it now to prevent other issues like this.

Whoever sets the parameter can easily dictates how the session will be played. 1. Reduce the amounts of income and you will see more infantry based players or light vehicle units. People tend to stick together too to increase survival rates 2. Set money penalty on mobile spawn will make players play less rambo style since it costly to respawn and die again. 3. Disable town camp spawn and only let spawn on ambulance/mash will let you have a more tactical gameplay

Just get sixupdater, you can easily update dayz mod too using it. You will start using mods later so just use sixupdater now. http://www.six-updater.net/