any tips on how to become better at the combat aspect of the game?
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
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any tips on how to become better at the combat aspect of the game?
It will patch you to 1.06 after you install AO, although as mentioned, this isnt the latest version (v1.07 is).
You then can update to the new AO patch just recently released.
And yes, it does make the whole thing a 'super' game, which is great because in essence, all you have to load up is Arma2:AO and all the single player campaigns and missions are built into it, as well as the whole armoury of weapons etc between new and older maps.
I'm going to try and install a copy of XP to test out the performance. I remember reading that it suffers badly under Vista and Windows 7 considerably, and XP offered a substantial boost in performance, which is all i want because this game is damn good!
You then can update to the new AO patch just recently released.
And yes, it does make the whole thing a 'super' game, which is great because in essence, all you have to load up is Arma2:AO and all the single player campaigns and missions are built into it, as well as the whole armoury of weapons etc between new and older maps.
I'm going to try and install a copy of XP to test out the performance. I remember reading that it suffers badly under Vista and Windows 7 considerably, and XP offered a substantial boost in performance, which is all i want because this game is damn good!
I posted a 720p HD YouTube video of the Blue Mosque in Zargabad
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssnd46kLUQQ
Performance-wise, OA seems to be all over the place like ARMA 2 before the 1.07 patch. Sometimes I get really good frames, Sometimes the framerate tanks. I hope they are still working on optimisations....
Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssnd46kLUQQ
Performance-wise, OA seems to be all over the place like ARMA 2 before the 1.07 patch. Sometimes I get really good frames, Sometimes the framerate tanks. I hope they are still working on optimisations....
To anyone having performance issues make sure of the following:
1. You are NOT running the -winxp command on your EXE (Drops FPS by half due to reverting patch fixes)
2. If you have crossfire you rename Arma2OA.exe to Arma2.exe (enables crossfire) (If you have Combined Arms, rename Arma2.exe to Arma2Backup or something)
3. Turn down PP to low or OFF
4. Don't go nuts with the AA, it really doesn't do much, low is usually good
Working fine for me with all settings maxed @ 2048x1152 AA is on LOW and PP is off with 3.6k VD with 60 FPS solid for the most part.
1. You are NOT running the -winxp command on your EXE (Drops FPS by half due to reverting patch fixes)
2. If you have crossfire you rename Arma2OA.exe to Arma2.exe (enables crossfire) (If you have Combined Arms, rename Arma2.exe to Arma2Backup or something)
3. Turn down PP to low or OFF
4. Don't go nuts with the AA, it really doesn't do much, low is usually good
Working fine for me with all settings maxed @ 2048x1152
AA is on LOW and PP is off with 3.6k VD with 60 FPS solid for the most part.
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No theirs not.
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Just arrived after ordering from game yesterday.
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Seems so......
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=101221
My version is 1.51 ? from fresh install.
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Special delivery for OcUK:
If you have dual/quad/hex cores (Which you all most certainly have) then adding the following to your OA shortcut will make use of all of your cores.
Dual-Core processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=2 -exThreads=1
Quad-Core processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7
Hexacore processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=6 -exThreads=7
for example if you have a quad core like me then you would do the following:
Open your OA shortcut by right clicking it and select properties (not the main .exe, it has to be a shortcut). There should be a directory that is in quotes e.g. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\ArmA2OA.exe".
Add the "-nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7" to the end of the quotes so it looks like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\ArmA2OA.exe" -nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7
Click apply and then OA should now make use of all of your cores.
It worked for me. I have a Q6600 and when I ran the benchmark for OA the average fps went from 25 to 37. There are more tips on how to improve your performance on the official arma 2 forums.
If you have dual/quad/hex cores (Which you all most certainly have) then adding the following to your OA shortcut will make use of all of your cores.
Dual-Core processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=2 -exThreads=1
Quad-Core processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7
Hexacore processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=6 -exThreads=7
for example if you have a quad core like me then you would do the following:
Open your OA shortcut by right clicking it and select properties (not the main .exe, it has to be a shortcut). There should be a directory that is in quotes e.g. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\ArmA2OA.exe".
Add the "-nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7" to the end of the quotes so it looks like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\ArmA2OA.exe" -nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7
Click apply and then OA should now make use of all of your cores.
It worked for me. I have a Q6600 and when I ran the benchmark for OA the average fps went from 25 to 37. There are more tips on how to improve your performance on the official arma 2 forums.
Interested in trying this out on my Q6600, stupid question time though - How do I run the benchmark test?.
Also, adding the Quad support shortcut thingy, does the game require to be patched first with the update for it to do anything improvement wise?.
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cool. Usually a message will pop up in the game saying there is a new version out
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the benchmark is in the single player > missions/Armoury section.
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Special delivery for OcUK:
If you have dual/quad/hex cores (Which you all most certainly have) then adding the following to your OA shortcut will make use of all of your cores.
Dual-Core processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=2 -exThreads=1
Quad-Core processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7
Hexacore processor:
-nosplash -cpucount=6 -exThreads=7
for example if you have a quad core like me then you would do the following:
Open your OA shortcut by right clicking it and select properties (not the main .exe, it has to be a shortcut). There should be a directory that is in quotes e.g. "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\ArmA2OA.exe".
Add the "-nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7" to the end of the quotes so it looks like this:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\ArmA2OA.exe" -nosplash -cpucount=4 -exThreads=7
Click apply and then OA should now make use of all of your cores.
It worked for me. I have a Q6600 and when I ran the benchmark for OA the average fps went from 25 to 37. There are more tips on how to improve your performance on the official arma 2 forums.
Steam apps ? What about DVD install ? Thanks.
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which? he shortcut thingy? yea should do but Arma 2 with 1.07 suppose to have quad core support now
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Same thing mate. go to your shortcut and do your thing
Ah right awesome stuff then if it's there by default now.
Strange - Had a look in the SP menus and I cannot find any mention of a benchmark test anywhere?.
I know you specifically mentioned OA but I gave it a shot with regular Arma 2 and it didn't do anything for fps. Just for the people out there who still can't run Arma 2 with their 4GHz quad cores and 5850/5870 ATIs (like me)... still 20fps in towns and 22fps in Benchmark 2.