Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

silversurfer · 25 Dec 2011 at 19:53

The setup will vary by each server you play on. Thats the downside to such a customisable game, its a bit of a handful

This guide should get you started http://forums.unitedoperations.net/...ading/united-operations-quick-start-guide-r50

Rhodan · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:08

Thanks for the reply. I'm just wanting to play single player with some enhancements. Is ACE a bit of an overkill with that?

Tibbz2 · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:13

I need to get this game on my new PC!

Just wondering, as this is a very intensive game what kind of experience would I be getting on an i5-2500K and HD6950 2GB?

silversurfer · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:22

You might as well play with all of ACE if you want more then standard

ARMA2 works fine on quad cores, Ive played with a nvidia 6800 before now just make sure you got the CPU and memory right or it will chug

Tibbz2 · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:31

Well I will be OCing CPU and GPU, and I have 8GB of RAM, will that be ok?

silversurfer · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:47

Im ok with 6gb so I would hope you'd be able to run everything at max with view distance of 10 kilometers, it should look good.
It varys by the map as some are older but it should be challenging to any system especially with lots of smoke

You dont need to go over the top with the CPU. I do use 4ghz but 95% of the time 2.6ghz is more then enough, again its the maps and missions. If you got 200 bots in 200 tanks then its like a benchmark test I think, not too many times that happens though so I'd expect you at 100fps mostly?

Tibbz2 · 25 Dec 2011 at 20:49

silversurfer said:
Im ok with 6gb so I would hope you'd be able to run everything at max with view distance of 10 kilometers, it should look good.
It varys by the map as some are older but it should be challenging to any system especially with lots of smoke

You dont need to go over the top with the CPU. I do use 4ghz but 95% of the time 2.6ghz is more then enough, again its the maps and missions. If you got 200 bots in 200 tanks then its like a benchmark test I think, not too many times that happens though

Ah ok, cheers mate.

Can't wait to try the game out, completely my type of game

HR4 · 15 Jul 2012 at 14:09

We are fast moving towards patch 1.61, the RC is already up for download. I downloaded it and was stunned at the reduction in textures, ACR units have now been reduced to lower arma (1) type textures, you can of course buy the DLC for ACR units, these will remain as original. But they came with OA if I remember rightly so to reduce these would be a bad move by BIS I think.
There are two ‘new maps’ as part of the patch, or should I say not new, just bits of Chernarus (cut-outs) re-worked also a cut-out of Takistan, all of these have very low textures, really arma (1) stuff.

I reverted back to 1.60 beta 94444, its a nice stable standard to be at, till the new official 1.61 patch.

I have followed the series from OFP days, and really hope that the 1.61 patch is sorted. However I hope they are not moving toward lowering textures for A2 just to make A3 look good.

If your thinking of downloading the 1.61RC, I would recommend you back-up all your arma related stuff, not any mods or addons as these will be ok, but the game itself, as reverting back can be a problem (i.e. full re-install).

Is it worth getting 1.61RC?... no not in my opinion, wait till they sort it out, its not very good as it stands now.

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