*******Official Armed Assault 2 thread of official officialness*******

Patch 1.05 has just been released - I don't have a link as yet, I think the mirrors are being finalised at the moment. :)

It brings the performance updates from the beta versions, the AH64 Apache and a new campaign.
 
ARMA 2 Patch 1.05

http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12682406&postcount=1

This patch is universal and works ALSO with STEAM version but before You use it. make sure You DISABLE automatic updates of ARMA 2 in STEAM client.

Version 1.05 Highlights

Free bonus campaign Eagle Wing
Free bonus helicopter addon AH-64D
New Warfare multiplayer mode When Diplomacy Fails, including 3-sides and support for dimplomacy between factions
Major AI tweaking and balancing (better combat cooperation, better situational awareness, new Suppressive fire command)
Significant performance improvements, especially in large towns
Fixed compatibility problems under Windows Vista and Windows 7 x64 with 8 GB and more RAM
Grass now provides concealment also in distance
Improved hit detection and damage system
Improved object visibility and less significant objects popping in distance
Spatial sound improvements
Automatic launching of user made addons (units, missions etc.) via "pbo" file association with the game
Possibility to switch between windowed and fullscreen mode at any time in game menus using Alt + Enter or through video options
Various crash opportunities fixed
Linux server support added (dedicated server file available as separate download)
New GUI to various dedicated server settings
DRM free for users of legitimate installs
Optional BattlEye anti-cheat protection
Airplane Heads-Up displays reworked

Changelog:
[61961] Improved: Convoy movement a lot smoother, esp. on roads.
[61943] Changed: AI gunners can autonomously use automatic weapons only when some automatic weapon is selected
[61387] Improved: Cars are now following road turns and corners better.
[61385] Improved: Enabled commanding during conversations.
[61362] Improved: Helicopters now crashing less often when engaging ground targets.
[61060] Fixed: Crash when copying trigger activated by a group.
[61057] Fixed: AI subordinates in a player group were often not moving in combat until player has stopped.
[61035] Fix: Dedicated server window has not react to some window messages often (such as focus loss)
[61032] Changed: Destroy helicopter if on ground and upside down.
[60954] Changed: Increased range of ILS signal from 3 to 8 km.
[60939] Improved: increased VASI brightness to increase its visible range.
[60908] New: BattlEye support
[60902] Changed: Helicopters crash into the ground condition improved.
[60902] Fixed: Helicopter with automatic gear control open gear earlier when main rotor failure.
[60886] Improved: AI subordinates in a player lead group now respect formation when choosing a cover.
[60852] Fixed: After revert, year was restored to 1985.
[60838] New function x interpolate [xFrom,xTo,resultFrom, resultTo] can be used in simple expressions.
[60818] Fixed: AI no longer switches to aware when player leader turns in in an armored vehicle, it only goes prone/crouch.
[60818] Fixed: AI groups never went to "combat" when player was a tank commander, resulting in multiple "under fire" messages.
[60818] Improved: AI subordinates in player's group now report Clear as appropriate unless player has given Danger command.
[60718] Changed: AI now goes to Combat behavior automatically only when under fire, not when player is prone.
[60718] Changed: AI follows leader stance, but does not switch to combat behavior when player is prone.
[60711] Changed: Units now never enter cover while moving in compact (Delta or File) formations.
[60588] Fixed: MP client could not use laser designator in vehicles.
[60525] Fixed: Changing window size is no longer possible inside of video options screen.
[60522] Improved: Longer view distance for objects when high view distance is used.
[60457] New: FreeTrack support using FreeTrackClient.dll
[60323] Changed: Formation direction now adjusts to human leader body direction, not a movement direction.
[60260] Fixed: AI soldiers moving in Safe/Aware could sometimes be stuck near a bush or other objects.
[60234] New: Scripting function enableAIFeature to disable new AI features when old behavior is required.
[60220] Improved: AI covering units tend to stay close to each other.
[60155] Fixed: MultiPlayer client crash caused by certain custom sound
[60129] Fixed: AI subordinates now move faster (use less cover) to catch up when leader is way ahead of them.
[60102] Fixed: AI subordinates should now respect formation more when moving in combat.
[60101] Fixed: Group leader was often running far ahead alone in combat.
[60092] Fixed: AI leader did not wait for a player to cover him when moving in combat.
[60090] Fixed: Improved vehicles and motorcycles driving.
[60068] New: Alt-Enter can be used to switch window/fullscreen while paused.
[60015] New: Execute action with LMB can be unmapped.
[60013] Fixed: Possible freeze under Vista/Win7 when Alt-Tabbing out of the game during progress screen.
[59999] Fixed: Player is no more target when commanding in external view.
[59988] New: Windowed/Fullscreen can now be switched ingame (in Video options).
[59924] Fixed: More 32b overflows caused by 8 GB RAM + large VRAM.
[59906] Fixed: Most vehicle gunners did not provide suppressive fire.
[59899] Fixed: AI did not use suppressive fire against enemies seen while holding fire.
[59898] Fixed: Spatial explosions sounds
[59884] Fixed: Suppress in the commanding menu did nothing.
[59875] New: Suppressive fire against known enemies can be scripted using unit suppressFor time.
[59873] Fixed: After spawning new types of entities via script, game could randomly freeze or crash.
[59872] Fixed: Airplane, helicopter, car and ship control was lost while map was active.
[59808] Fixed: DOF in 3D scope view
[59741] Analogue throttle working for helicopters as well.
[59736] Fixed: Startup sounds are not spatial and stick to audio channels
[59715] Covering soldier in grass ("Grass layer")
[59691] Improved: Small hit be ignored by hitpoints (configurable by minimalHit)
[59668] Improved: Hitpoint can pass only a part of the hit to the total damage (passthrough setting no longer ignored).
[59446] New: IK weapon animations are now blending with primary animations.
[59351] Fixed: VoN direct speaking distance fade out
[59318] Fixed: support the highest Matrox TrippleHead2Go resolutions
[59279] Fixed: FPS on Dedicated server is not affected by server window manipulation (such as move or scroll).
[59088] Mouse lag can caused by GPU render ahead buffer be limited using GPU_MaxFramesAhead=N in ArmA2.cfg.
[59047] Fix: When player was a helicopter pilot, the AI gunner sometimes had no weapon selected on mission start
[59030] Fix: Helicopters - when manual fire on, do not allow AI gunner to switch weapons

Missions
New: Two benchmark missions.
New: Multiplayer warfare mission: When diplomacy fails.
New: Mini campaign Eagle wing.
Fixed: Dogs of war - several fixes of scripts.
Fixed: Badlands, Dogs of war(MP) - fixed death of AI during fast travel.
Fixed: Badlands, Dogs of war(MP) - fixed buying units.
Fixed: Badlands, Dogs of war(MP) - fixed AI getting spawned at 50km height when fast traveling.
Fixed: Into the storm - several CO-OP scripts fixes.

Data
Fixed: RPG7L loaded missile model.
Fixed: No weapons on pods from pilot view in Ka-52.
Improved: Various weapons range setting.
Fixed: ZSU and ZU-23 rate of fire.
Fixed: Get-in points in static weapons.
Improved: Hit-points system for all vehicles.
New: Civilian cars registration plates.
New: Enabled clan-sign on vehicles.
Fixed: Fade-away of Pickup and Off-road in long distance.
Fixed: Get-in point for Pickup(PKM).
New: GUI Server commanding options in MP.
Improved: GUI Servers browse.
Improved: Several fixes in dubbing.
Improved: Various vehicle/turrets optics zoom and effects changed.
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derkaderka said:
HI Eddie Long time no see (shad here)

Yeah come along to GOL , its great fun

I tried playing with the VOLCABT guys but their playing still did not suit me (Basically
sitting about for an eternity doing nothing , and stuff like walking into the combat zone - took ages)
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Hey up matey, yeah I will do sometime over the xmas hols hopefully. My ArmAII sessions had been on hold as I'd ran out of activations on my DL copy of the game and SecuROM (********) wouldn't give me anymore. But now patch 1.05 has removed the DRM I'm back in action.
 
Thought I'd drag this thread up from obscurity seeing as Arma2 rocks!

For those that don't know, ACE 2 is now out and it's simply incredible! It's a mod for Arma2 that pretty much introduces every feature you can imagine. Weapons can be deployed with bipods, weapons jam, wounds leave blood trails. It goes on and on. Also, 1.05 patch for Arma 2 solves most of the issues it originally had (fps issues etc).

Installing Ace 2 is a bit of a mission but just check it out on armaholic if you're an Arma fan and haven't checked it out yet.
 
Phonesis said:
Thought I'd drag this thread up from obscurity seeing as Arma2 rocks!

For those that don't know, ACE 2 is now out and it's simply incredible! It's a mod for Arma2 that pretty much introduces every feature you can imagine. Weapons can be deployed with bipods, weapons jam, wounds leave blood trails. It goes on and on. Also, 1.05 patch for Arma 2 solves most of the issues it originally had (fps issues etc).

Installing Ace 2 is a bit of a mission but just check it out on armaholic if you're an Arma fan and haven't checked it out yet.
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ORLY, where do u play phonesis? Ill re-re-reinstall now :)
 
KnightStalker, which method did you use? Six-Updater? It should just be a case of installing that then running the updater gui as admin (if needed). Wait for the browser window to open, then making sure the preset it set to ACE mod (vanilla) - or to that effect, and clicking execute.

If you've tried that method and can't get it to work try Addon Sync, which I find to be slightly better to be honest. Kelly's Heroes has a guide for it, along with their repo to download from.

To launch ACE you need to create/edit the game shortcut and add: -noFilePatching -mod=@ACE;@ACEX;@ACEX_PLA;@ACEX_SM;@CBA bearing in mind you may not need SM if you don't want to override current sounds, or you already have your sounds taken care of by another mod. For additional mods just tack them on the end following the same format.
 
yup MaKa at first i was using the sixupdater, i then did use the Addon for the Kellys Hero's server, im sure i was playing with someone with your name lol, but any other servers i couldnt get on to, ill revert back to sixupdater, ill remove all Ace folders and start again and use the command line in the shortcut (i think i may have done that part wrong before..doh)
 
Is there an all in one installer anywhere for the ACE2 mod? If not, exactly which separate mods do I need to get?

I'm getting myself confused trying to find all the separate packages s half the links just seem to link to a useless wiki page with no downloads on it.
 
If you were playing on the Kelly's Heroes server then I suspect ACE would have been working, when the game launches it should show your ACE version. When you use the six updater it creates a shortcut where the game is installed, try launching that.

I used the six-updater to grab the latest version, joined a server and kept getting prompts about it not being the latest, that's when I switched to Addon Sync.

What message do you receive when you fail to join a server? It could be that some servers rely on additional mods or maps. Try =WB=ACE 2 under co-op for example as I usually play there.

Clum said:
Is there an all in one installer anywhere for the ACE2 mod? If not, exactly which separate mods do I need to get?
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Check my previous post for six updater (advise to use first as it's more straightforward) or addon sync. Documents should get your started though you just need to run six updater gui and click execute.
 
I suspect you may of downloaded it now? I think it's around the 800 MB region although total size showing on my HDD is 1.2 GB

Updates are on Monday, Wednesday and Friday around 5-6 PM. You only need to run the updater again around that time to grab the latest version which are usually quite small in size. You can check for updates here, here and here. :)
 
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