ArmA II Demo Later Today?

EastCoasthandle · Jun 16, 2009, 03:28 AM

There maybe a demo tomorrow for this game. If so, lets give this game a try.
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Keep your eye on this thread!

CDdude55 · Jun 16, 2009, 02:24 PM

I hope, never tried the first one and a demo would be nice to try for the second.

tigger · Jun 16, 2009, 02:30 PM

Tried it,its very very good.

EastCoasthandle · Jun 25, 2009, 10:26 PM

10 days later the demo is finally released.

EastCoasthandle · Jun 25, 2009, 10:53 PM

Odd, the TPU demo stopped at 1 gig for me.

ShadowFold · Jun 25, 2009, 10:54 PM

Getting almost 2mb/s, thanks for the link

W1zzard · Jun 25, 2009, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EastCoasthandle

Odd, the TPU demo stopped at 1 gig for me.

try to restart. i had to redo something on a few download servers which required a restart of the server

AsRock · Jun 25, 2009, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by W1zzard

try to restart. i had to redo something on a few download servers which required a restart of the server

Thanks for hosted it W1z

tigger · Jun 25, 2009, 11:56 PM

I bought armaII i knew i would,its a greeat game indeed.

EastCoasthandle · Jun 26, 2009, 12:54 AM

Ok, got it this time. Wow, I expected more interest in this game then this. Come on people give it a try and see what you think!

ShadowFold · Jun 26, 2009, 01:02 AM

This game runs like shit. Screw this.

AsRock · Jun 26, 2009, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by EastCoasthandle

Ok, got it this time. Wow, I expected more interest in this game then this. Come on people give it a try and see what you think!

It runs lots better than Arma 1 did . Although feels more like GRAW ( No as bad as it though ) and not Arma now lol.

Heli's, hummers and tanks look like crap even when the details are maxed out. Every thing look wise is good for me. Although had to stop playing it as moving is hurting my eye's. I'm thinking it's with using a large display.

The benchmark suck but i expected that though.. Overall i enjoy playing Arma 1 more. Think i'll wait till some mods are out.

Like i have always said it's a love or hate game.

EastCoasthandle · Jun 26, 2009, 01:21 AM

OK, I can't play this until I disable the blur. Everytime I turn everything is completely blurred. How do you do this?

AsRock · Jun 26, 2009, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by EastCoasthandle

OK, I can't play this until I disable the blur. Everytime I turn everything is completely blurred. How do you do this?

Turn off postprocess effects. It's in the advanced part.

denice25 · Jun 26, 2009, 02:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EastCoasthandle

There maybe a demo tomorrow for this game. If so, lets give this game a try.
Source

Keep your eye on this thread!

nice thread.... thanks..

EastCoasthandle · Jun 26, 2009, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AsRock

Turn off postprocess effects. It's in the advanced part.

Ok, done but I have to admit I am not enjoying this. Arma II is basically designed for those that know and understand Arma I. The whole control mechanism from ordering your squad to picking up stuff isn't intuitive IMO. The way points are confusing to say the least as it really don't direct you to any particular objective. The movement of your character gives me the impression that it was made with TrackIR in mind. The missions aren't really explained in detail and the time frame involved in this game before you actually do something is a tad to long for my taste. If we are seeing large scale maps like this it's time to figure out how to create large scale battles IMO. Perhaps this is were OpenCL comes into play.

ShadowFold · Jun 26, 2009, 04:45 AM

I loved arma 1, I just can't get this demo to run decently.

EastCoasthandle · Jun 26, 2009, 04:48 AM

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Originally Posted by ShadowFold

I loved arma 1, I just can't get this demo to run decently.

Did you try the benchmark? The game should run decently at 30 FPS or better.

ShadowFold · Jun 26, 2009, 04:49 AM

I was getting 22-30fps, which is totally unplayable for me.

EastCoasthandle · Jun 26, 2009, 04:51 AM

That's odd I'm not getting that at 1680 with all settings on High. Did you download and install the latest directx? I recall being told to do that.

ShadowFold · Jun 26, 2009, 04:52 AM

I'm at 1920x1080, and yes I have everything updated.

EastCoasthandle · Jun 26, 2009, 04:53 AM

Lower the resolution then. Just so you know, everyone is having problems with performance at high resolutions.

ShadowFold · Jun 26, 2009, 05:01 AM

That's ridiculous..

bigtye · Jun 26, 2009, 05:17 AM

nah not rediculous, just busy. Check you cpu 5load when in game. I have read some posts where people on e8400's clocked to 4.0ghz have both cores loaded to 90% in game.

If this is true, it could well benefit greatly from more cores.

There is a lot going on in game, check the following vid of online coop:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaAnC...eature=related

Also this sp vid of heaps of ai units running around unscripted, may explain the cpu load. This guy is using an over clocked e8400 and 4870 as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KK6F...eature=related

I am going to get the demo and try it out before deciding to invest in a q9550 or not.

As to track ir, yes this game and its players are heavily into it, again notice it's use in the vid.

Am looking forward to it but we get it some time in August here in the land of Oz.

Tye

ShiBDiB · Jun 26, 2009, 06:46 AM

i run fine maxed out at 1920x1080

Jun 16, 2009, 03:28 AM	#1
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Jun 16, 2009, 02:24 PM	#2
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EastCoasthandle Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6,244 (2.10/day) Thanks: 382 Thanked 1,528 Times in 865 Posts System Specs	OK, I can't play this until I disable the blur. Everytime I turn everything is completely blurred. How do you do this? __________________ Windows 7 Club!, Online Gaming Lag and You GPU/CPU Water Cooling Club, Q9650 OC'd vs 2600K Stock PC Air Cooling Club, Game Performance Tips

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EastCoasthandle Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6,244 (2.10/day) Thanks: 382 Thanked 1,528 Times in 865 Posts System Specs	That's odd I'm not getting that at 1680 with all settings on High. Did you download and install the latest directx? I recall being told to do that. __________________ Windows 7 Club!, Online Gaming Lag and You GPU/CPU Water Cooling Club, Q9650 OC'd vs 2600K Stock PC Air Cooling Club, Game Performance Tips

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Jun 26, 2009, 04:53 AM	#22
EastCoasthandle Eligible for custom title Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 6,244 (2.10/day) Thanks: 382 Thanked 1,528 Times in 865 Posts System Specs	Lower the resolution then. Just so you know, everyone is having problems with performance at high resolutions. __________________ Windows 7 Club!, Online Gaming Lag and You GPU/CPU Water Cooling Club, Q9650 OC'd vs 2600K Stock PC Air Cooling Club, Game Performance Tips

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