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Yeah, I tried nuking absolutely everything attached to Arma2, or with that in the filename, including Documents, including Steam folders, the lot. It did indeed now forget all my settings (despite Steam pretending to do a proper uninstall...) and the problem remains. No idea why, because this mission used to be a favourite of my buddies and mine, and we definitely respawned. Playing the older missions in vanilla Arma 2 allows respawn, so something must have changed in an update, which is really effing annoying. I cannot find where to put a "description.ext" file either. Assuming that I'm trying to do this for "Crimson Lance CTI 16", where would I do that, does anyone know? Thanks.

No worries. So how do I go about destroying every trace of my Arma2 + DLC installs, bearing in mind I've got the Steam versions? This way, I can at least remove any possibility of it being something stupid that I've unknowingly done. :) Thanks.

As I wrote in the OP: "I start a custom game for myself, and when I say custom, I mean I am not playing the campaign - I go to Multiplayer and start a LAN server where I'm the only human player." and "I'm playing a pre-set mission, so I've not messed with any scripts or settings at all. I've changed nothing except video settings." I've never edited scripts or missions at all as I've no idea how to do it and am fine with the out-of-the-box missions. I've searched every folder that makes sense, and even my entire hard drive, and no files called "description.ext" exist. I've no idea where I should create one, either, as the C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\ folders are a labyrinth of files which I dare not touch. Nothing seems to have a name related to the mission I was playing (which was Crimson Lance CTI 16), so I've no idea where I ought to put any such file. Does anyone know if this change to respawn or anything was in a recent update? It never used to do this, and other, non-British-Armed-Forces missions still allow me to respawn as normal. Very weird behaviour indeed. Also, how would I go about annihilating EVERY single saved setting / registry entry etc. for Arma2 so that I can have a truly FRESH install, rather than trying to delete / add specific files like "description.ext"? I know that Steam's "Delete local content" isn't doing the job because Arma2 remembered my video settings and controls preferences. Thanks.

I'll have a look for it in case I've somehow gotten something changed in that file. Where would I find it for a specific mission? Thanks.

Hello all. It's a simple problem, in that it's not advanced driver problems or other computer-related issues. It's as the title says (unsurprisingly.) I start a custom game for myself, and when I say custom, I mean I am not playing the campaign - I go to Multiplayer and start a LAN server where I'm the only human player. I've got the latest Steam version of Arma2 and lots of DLC, particularly playing the British Armed Forces one. Whenever I die, or press ESC --> RESPAWN, I get the out-of-body-experience bit of zooming out skyward, looking down at my dead body.... but then NOTHING happens. No map appears asking for a respawn location. I'm playing a pre-set mission, so I've not messed with any scripts or settings at all. I've changed nothing except video settings. This didn't used to happen (I last played some months ago), I would get a map and a "where do you want to respawn". Now nothing. I thought maybe some new rule meant you could only respawn at captured points? So, off I ran and captured a point, then suicided, and nope... I can stare at my dead body indefinitely... great game... not... I also noticed that if I suicide at base, without having moved, I see a NEW ME appear.... standing there, waiting for me to take control... and I can't, because I'm too busy floating as a ghost. I've mashed the keyboard, I've tried combinations of function keys, I've tried everything I can think of. Yes, I also did a full "Delete local content" from Steam to uninstall everything and then spent the happy 3 hours downloading it all again... and it's absolutely and exactly the same. Could anyone please help with this because it makes the game pointless. All the AIs respawn (tested), and, as I said, my guy respawns, but I am not in his body and cannot take control at all, I have no option to choose a respawn location either. What the smeg? Many thanks if anyone can rescue this game, and, therefore, my £30 worth of cash paid! ---------- Post added at 20:33 ---------- Previous post was at 20:17 ---------- I have an update to this problem! I must hold my hands up entirely and say that I made a mistake! If I run the basic "Arma 2", without "British Armed Forces", then respawning still exists. Something must have happened to just that DLC. I've played British Armed Forces, the same exact mission before, though, and respawning happened properly. Can there be a settings folder somewhere which I have somehow messed with? No server parameters or options that I can change in game say anything about respawning options, so I don't see how I CAN have messed with it, but I'm open to finding out how to delete ALL hard drive content related to British Armed Forces DLC so that I can reinstall just that (that's not a MASSIVE download, after all.) Many pre-thanks for hopefully incoming solutions!