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Old Jul 15, 2012, 02:53 PM   #501
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Your issues might be that you're using a retail copy of ARMA 2 and Steam version of Arrowhead. Have you tried doing it all again from scratch but using the free ARMA 2 (Lite) on Steam?
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I may be tempted to try. I'm not flying off in a rage as I know it's an alpha build and as such, hopelessly prone to problems.

Hmm, I've done my garden so I have another hour or two to waste....
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I honestly think the issue lies with Steam.
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I may be tempted to try. I'm not flying off in a rage as I know it's an alpha build and as such, hopelessly prone to problems.

Hmm, I've done my garden so I have another hour or two to waste....
when you installed ArmA II and OA, did you run them in Admin mode? I had the same problem as you. I ran ArmA II in Admin then OA in Admin. I ran the Steam verify too. Also, you need to use Sixlauncher and SixUpdater. When you try to join servers and get kicked for keys and addons, the servers you are using have mods installed and required. You need to follow this guide: http://forums.unitedoperations.net/i...ted-guide-r192 I know it is for playing ArmA II, but it is the most complete, easy to follow guide to installing and configuring and playing ArmA II and DayZ since DayZ is a mod too. Hope I could help.
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Thanks for all the help but given my shitty download speed it takes several hours to download OA through steam and I figure I'll have to re-install it due to it numerous issues. I have uninstalled my retail Arma II and dl'ed the steam freebie but still all tits up.

The most recent is a bad CD key given at Set Up.

I've ran steam in admin, to no avail, and when i try to use Six Updater to get latest file info, when i do try to install the files i get a new message saying OA doesn't exist or is corrupt.

Very bored with entire process and am giving up. Good luck guys and have fun. I'll follow the thread for good news but until it hits beta standard I'm going to avoid the whole process as I've now wasted the best part of my weekend trying just to install it.

I was warned not to even try.

EDIT: FUCK IT!!

Okay, I've uninstalled EVERYTHING related to Arma II and DayZ.

Overnight I'll use Steam to reinstall both. Can someone verify these steps please:

1) Steam install Arma II Free
1a) Play - at least until menu screen.
2) Steam install Arma II OA
2a) Play Combined Ops- at least until menu screen.
3) Download Six Updater Suite.
4) Run Six Launcher - hit install box.

That should be it?
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How do you roll back a patch? I installed 94945, but it seems most servers are running 94876, so I can't join them.
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How do you roll back a patch? I installed 94945, but it seems most servers are running 94876, so I can't join them.
yes? you poked me?
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I was trying to get you to answer my previous post.

I just tried to install the old patch right over the new one, so far no luck.

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For the love of Christ!

I just made it into a server, but I spawned with a mysterious broken bone?!? I have morphine, but I don't want to waste it on a spawn glitch. I disconnected, hopefully it won't carry to another server?
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I was trying to get you to answer my previous post.

I just tried to install the old patch right over the new one, so far no luck.

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For the love of Christ!

I just made it into a server, but I spawned with a mysterious broken bone?!? I have morphine, but I don't want to waste it on a spawn glitch. I disconnected, hopefully it won't carry to another server?
Most people had to start over with the latest patch. You're lucky you're alive.


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I made it into another server, and the broken leg was gone, so I have high hopes.
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Found a lower pop server like 14/40 and i found a bus in cherno fixed it and headed to lapptino or what ever its called and almost ran head on into a guy driving a flat bed truck so i got out and shot at him. No luck as he just drove off so i took my bus to the nw airfield barracks.
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Ok I am cluless on this sixupdater thing. I loaded it this morning and it took like 3 hours to update and process and now it has a server list but when I attempt to join a server it just loads the game to the main menu nothing else?
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Use the SixLauncher, not the SixUpdater to join games.
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Ok I am cluless on this sixupdater thing. I loaded it this morning and it took like 3 hours to update and process and now it has a server list but when I attempt to join a server it just loads the game to the main menu nothing else?
six launcher is for DayZ games. Six updater is for ArmA 2 games.
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I'm going to just give up.

I finally get to some form of server choice but any that almost let me connect (when it's not just kicking or not connecting) are telling me i have add ons that are not signed for - so delete them or obtain new keys.

Given the hours lost trying to install the required software and updates it's just not worth anymore of my time. I'll keep an eye on this thread in case it gets better to access any time soon.

Disappointed, really wanted to play it.
I have never found that launching from SixLauncher works, just pick a game from the list and click join and go from there. I find I cant join from ingame ARMA menu ever for me. So just join from six laucher! Dont give up!
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Got this today, now I'm going to play Farmer Simulator.


Also killed my first player. I almost got 2, the first one Alt F4'd as he was gushing blood. 2nd one was i nthe tents are Stary, I shot him through the windows twice with my M4 then he said over the mic "Oh! I'm done, I'm done", I felt kinda bad after he said that, he wasn't dead yet, but he had to be at like 3 - 4k life and bleeding fast, so I put the last one in him. Apologies go out to Matt, we'll remember you.
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After my and my buddie killed a few players we got rushed and killed then i came back to find like 5 other dead people. What a bad day in electro.
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Thanks for all the help guys!

I've played my first game. Do you really start without ANY weapons?

My first experience was walking toward a town and then being chased into the sea by Zombies. Hey, I didn't die.
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Glad it worked. How did you sort it?

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My first experience was walking toward a town and then being chased into the sea by Zombies. Hey, I didn't die.
Yup, you really do start with just a torch (flashlight) and a single bandage. Keep to the trees and crouch around. Hope you don't start killing other players unless you have to.

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Glad it worked. How did you sort it?



Yup, you really do start with just a torch (flashlight) and a single bandage. Keep to the trees and crouch around. Hope you don't start killing other players unless you have to.

Nah, I won't kill anything unless it goes for me. All I've done so far is run away from zombies and taken a painkiller.

As for making it work, installed the steam demo and OA from scratch, then used Six Launcher - piece of cake after all the hassle. Lesson for all, don't use retail version.
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I joined a server last night finally and when I did I had no weapon or anything also couldnt run (maybe user error) to beat it all it spawned me next to a horde of zombies which killed me due to not being able to run FML
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Nah, I won't kill anything unless it goes for me. All I've done so far is run away from zombies and taken a painkiller.

As for making it work, installed the steam demo and OA from scratch, then used Six Launcher - piece of cake after all the hassle. Lesson for all, don't use retail version.
Using the demo version of ARMA results in a much poorer graphical experience, the free version doesn't use any of the advanced textures and such, so if others can make the retail work it's the best solution.

Also, never stand up and rarely run when you are in or around towns, you won't aggravate zombies as much. Double tap the shift so you have to hold it to run, the default is always run and hold to walk. That's no good.
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Well I have the retail disc - would it not be possible to drop the textures into the arma II free folder?
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Well I have the retail disc - would it not be possible to drop the textures into the arma II free folder?
Unfortunately not no.

I didn't think you could mix and match the retail copy with the Steam copy. You could try activating your retail key on Steam and see if that allows you to acquire the files that way.
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Well I have the retail disc - would it not be possible to drop the textures into the arma II free folder?
Why wouldn't you just activate that retail disc on steam?
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