ArmA II / OA Installation problems

[ArmA II / OA Installation problems]

I would like to explain in detail as to what I did to solve this. That way if someone is having the same problem they can use this as a reference.

The file that was giving me problems was the takistan_data_layers. I navigated to the folder where the game downloaded to and went to the exact folder where the file was/is. C:\Users\Public\Documents\Amazon Games & Software\ARMAArrowhead\OperationArrowhead\Addons.

I found the file and noticed that it was Gzip file. So it was named; takistan_data_layers.pbo.gz I copied it over to my documents and when I tried to extract it I got a message from WinRaR telling me that it was corrupt. So what I did was ask Günter to send me his file that he had. Now keep in mind that the file was ONLY the .pbo AND it was NOT in a folder. So the .pbo was zipped only.

I zipped up the file that Günter sent and named the zipped file; takistan_data_layers.pbo and moved it over where the corrupt one came out of: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Amazon Games & Software\ARMAArrowhead\OperationArrowhead\Addons. I didn't have to name the file ending with the .gz because WinRAR "associates" that paticular file as a .gz so even though I used WinRar and zipped it up as a .rar, all I had to do was change the ending of the zipped file from .rar to .pbo. So please pay close attention to detail as it needs to be identical

I launched the installer and it worked. So basically I replaced the corrupt file with another one. If someone is having a similar issue, try this but make sure you backup the original file(s).

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i have the same issue with Arma 2 OA i fixed 2 files that wouldnt work by changing the suffix, but this one is different it wont work :/ its "wheeled_e.pbo.xz" and i dont know what to do to fix it. its the crc error i am currently re-downloading OA to see if that works but in the mean time it would be great if i could get help to fix this :) ps. its a download from amazon

[ArmA II / OA Installation problems]

i need help as well :/ i am on a 64 bit windows 7, so i downloaded arma 2 and OA last night but now im ready to install but half way through arma 2 says "crc error" and so does OA but OA does it at like 99%. and i tried lookin at the takistan thing but it isn't the corrupt file he had. i dont know what to do lol i need help other wise i bought it for nothing and missing out on a good game, i downloaded it from amazon btw. please help D: