majorexperimental

I have created a scenario in the Arma2-editor and now tested to create a server based on this. It seems to work fine to start with but when a people tries to connect they get connection error and the ping is crazy 2500... I assume the problem has to do with firewall/router. Any idea how to solve this?

I just wanna report that I know found the updates. They are here: http://www.armaholic.com/list.php?c=arma2_oa_files_patches_official

Hmm... I find it very hard to find updates that is even close to v1.5 and up. For example here http://arma2.filefront.com/files/ArmA_2/Official/Patches;12011 only v1.04 can be found... And as sad above when Googling on "arma 2 latest version/patch download" the first hit is the official page but it's down http://www.bistudio.com/english/home/news/company/365-websites-offline-for-maintenance?Itemid=20 This is the same link when using http://www.arma2.com.. It's down.... :-( What to do? Is the possibilities to update this bad? :-/

I'm new to Arma and have been testing Arma2Free for some time now and have been focusing on creating missions in the editor; testing commander stuff, setting up artillery, UAV's etc. The troubles I have found so far I have solved but the basic thing how to get more ammo for things as Stingers, RPG's and Javelins I can't figure out how to do that. When trying to rearm at trucks and similar I can refill the normal weapons ammo but those I ask here. So.... How?

I discovered now that the price for Arma 2 Combined Operations are really good so I will order it soon. I thought it should be much more expensive than it actually is; in level as other shooters released just recently as BF3 (I thought I've seen such high price but I must have seen wrong) but this love price give me no excesses for not buying it even if version 3 is on it's way.

About buying Arma: I'm already hooked; this game is what I have been looking for since the developers of BF3 now seems to have the goal to conquer the CallOfDuty-audience and completely have forgot what made BF great in the earlier versions. Arma has some things that aren't perfect; animations are sometimes not that beautiful, the weapons not always feel that distinctive, but the big picture is far more rewarding than any other military game. In this game you got that feeling of adventure and a sense of "being there" for example. I would have bought it immediately if not version 3 was on the way; I hope those things that aren't that good now are better and that destruction has modernized; hopefully similar to BF3's.... On the other hand version 2 has lots of mods... What its your thoughts about this dilemma? About that SQF file. You say "save it to the mission youre creating"... I don't know how things work yet; please give a hint. So far I only have used my editor missions as "preview" inside the editor. The next goal is to make them playable for others so if you have any hint here too it would be great! ---------- Post added at 09:48 ---------- Previous post was at 09:29 ---------- And thanks for the video feedback! I make those mostly to convince my gamer friends what a awesome game this is but it would also be interesting to perhaps see what can be done cinematic in this game. I will explore the forum; but if you could fast tell me where in the forum things about this are discussed please tell. For example I wonder if there is possible to us "free standing cameras", or perhaps record the whole battle as "3D-scenario" as in BF2 which was a fantastic feature in that game. ---------- Post added at 09:50 ---------- Previous post was at 09:48 ---------- I also have "in game questions".... Where do I ask on such things? I wonder for example if I as commander dies; if the commander-role can be automatically moved other player? At least in the editor it seems as that role then totally just disappear...

Aha. Thanks. No mods. Before I saw your post I tested out that this below worked out: this addWeaponCargo ["SMAW", 20]; this addMagazineCargo ["SMAW_HEAA", 20]; this addWeaponCargo ["Stinger", 20]; this addMagazineCargo ["Stinger", 20]; ...but it seems only to work on ammunition trucks/crates etc; not on any truck. Is that correct? Is there a more compact way of writing the code than I did above?

Yes I wish to place this ammo in vehicles. I tested "this addWeaponCargo ["weaponclassnamehere", 20]; this addMagazineCargo ["magazineclassnamehere", 20];" but got confused by all classnames at http://browser.six-projects.net/cfg_ammo If i just want to start with Stinger, Javelin, SMAW; how exactly initializing text look like? ---------- Post added at 16:36 ---------- Previous post was at 16:28 ---------- "hope you get the hang off it and will enjoy it like the rest off us do :D." I'm afraid I'm already an Armaholic! ;-) Here are links to some clips on my Arma-tests I've uploaded to Youtube: The Liberation Of Chernogorsk (an Arma2Free gameplay movie) Search and destroy : Vehicle depot attack (an Arma2Free gameplay movie) By the way; is there a section here at the forum where those kind of filmclips can be shown and discussed?