quick question about dayz - mixed retail / steam

binaryknight · 19 Jan 2013 at 17:50

hi thinking about getting dayz to play with a couple of mates

have arma 2 already tho i never really played it much.
the retail dvd copy of arma 2 can be used with a steam copy of op arrowhead?

how hard is it to get the two working together?

*Rich* · 19 Jan 2013 at 17:54

You tried entering your retail code into steam? Does it have a code?

NuggetUK · 19 Jan 2013 at 18:11

http://www.dayzwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_install_DayZ

*Rich* said:
You tried entering your retail code into steam? Does it have a code?

Only works with digital copies.

*Rich* · 19 Jan 2013 at 18:14

PvtJoker said:
Only works with digital copies.

Thanks for the correction

Bloomfield · 19 Jan 2013 at 18:18

Note, I've never tried this, I have both on Steam.

It should just be a case of pointing DayZ Commander at the non-Steam ArmA 2 install for ArmA 2 and pointing it to the Steam X-Pack for the X-Pack.

Like I say though I've never tried it, so if you're planning on buying it on Steam because of the above, don't blame me if it doesn't work

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Edit: http://www.dayzwiki.com/wiki/How_to_install_DayZ#ARMA2_Mixed_copy_.28Retail_.2B_Steam.29 may help

. Scroll up to see the Steam/non-Steam install guides

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