frozen-monkey

Is there something bugged with the size of vehicle crates? It's really frustrating to only be able to load a couple of rifles and a handfull of ammo into the back of a 4x4. If I return to the site after going back to base and unloading, it's all gone! If I take a truck with me, it still only carries the same amount of kit as quadbike yet looking at it, it should be able to carry the quad bike...what's with that?!?

I'm having the same problem...no matter how many times I revert, it always starts and I don't get the task. I really don't want to have to revert Manhattan :(

Hi folks, I've just started Bitter Chill and I don't get given the task to retrieve the documents. Shaftoe is stood in the camp but he doesn't do anything. I've tried driving to the house and the documents are on the table but I can't pick them up. I've tried speaking to every Marine in Manhattan but it doesn't trigger anything. There doesn't appear to be anything I can do to get the task. I've tried reverting Bitter Chill and it has no affect, every time I revert and start the mission I dont' get given the task. Is there anything I can do to trigger the task without reverting to the start of Manhattan again? Cheers,

Just as an update...it appears this is an issue with the Steam version of Arma 2 and OA not combining to create CO. Sickboy advised me to try launching the game with the Play withSix launcher and lo-and-behold, AI Heli Control is now working fine which suggests that the game wasn't launching as CO and therefore the mods (which required CO) weren't working. All is at peace now in Frozen-Monkey's world and I no longer have AI controlled helicopters flying around the map with no way of landing unless I disembark the pilot :D

Well what can I say, it's a little bit clunky and not overly intuitive for a new user but...it's now working. Which would suggest that CO, when bought through Steam, is actually broken because there is something that Play withSIX is doing that a default install of Arma 2 followed by Arma 2:OA from Steam is not doing to get CO working. Let's hope Arma 3 doesn't deteriorate into this kind of mess in the future. Thanks for the help Sickboy, no more AI controlled helicopters practicing drifting round the map for me.

I'm having exactly the same problem as all the other steam posts here...The exact steps I'm doing are: 1) Install Arma 2 via steam, run the game once (when I run the game it also installs battleye and ACR) 2) Install Arma 2:OA via steam, run the game once 3) Install BAF via steam, run OA once 4) Install PMC via steam, run OA once 5) Install OA beta via steam, run OA beta once At the end of it there is no options for CO, there is no indication anywhere when firing up OA or OA beta that I'm running CO. When I try to run mods such as AI Heli Control (yes, I've also installed @CBA) they don't work (as in nothing happens, no error messages but the mods just don't work). I run Steam as administrator all the way through the install process, I've tried running the CMD files in the OA folder but the mods still don't work and I still get no indication anywhere that I'm running CO. I've tried copying the addons folder from Arma2 to the OA folder and, again, still nothing. I've spent 3 days trawling forums and trying all the "NTFS permissions" fixes, checking my registry, etc and I've re-installed the game 4 times (glad I have unlimited BB as that's about 60Gb's). When I do install the mods, everything (Arma2, expansion, beta, DLC's, OA and the mods) appear in the expansion list and I get the list of mods on the right of my main screen and the CBA icon at the bottom with the DLC's but still, the mods don't work. It leads me to believe the game isn't running as CO but there doesn't seem to be a way of checking for this (maybe implementing an icon on the main menu with "Combined Operations" would have been an idea?). Has anyone managed to resolve this problem and can provide any help here please?

Just added that and it has no effect.

Tried that and nothing. I've also edited the config file to set the P key as the menu key: class heli_extras { //Key to Open the Heli Extras Dialog class Menu_Key { key = 25; shift = 0; alt = 0; ctrl = 0; }; }; But still nothing. Is there any log files or anything else which would show whether CBA and Heli Control are working or not? Also does Heli Control and CBA work with the Harvest Red campaign as that's what I'm currently trying to play through (I'm loading Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead beta in Steam)

Any idea's how you got this fixed? I'm a bit new to the Arma modding thing but I've followed the instructions and installed CBA then installed AI Heli Control and I get no menu. Tried the left Windows key, tried changing to another key that's not used by anything else in the config file and still no menu. I got my game through Steam and I'm running the latest and greatest, I see the mods when I load up and in my expansions menu they're listed (albeit in an odd order...you'd think Arma2 would be top followed by OA, expansion and beta then the mods but the mods always end up at the top of the list) but still nothing. Does anyone have any idea's or am I stuck with a seriously game breaking fail in beta testing?:banghead: Any help would be much appreciated