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lol trying to snipe with an enfield. I was ready to give it my best shot :D till I was foiled by gravity's cruel embrace.

This was a REALLY stupid death by me :(

Oops...

What are you smoking? Can I have some?

yeah dont log in... just as i suspected im in debug again... fuck. Ok thanks. Shame though, I had a few hours free I was going to play in :( Hopefully everything gets sorted soon.

So is the game screwed atm? Should I not attempt to play for a couple of days?

I bought a second copy of Combined Operations from BI's website for Steam so I could have two characters on DayZ (as my brother can't play as much as me so I need an alt to play whilst he is away) but now I appear to be stuck with the new character (as I assume the Arma 2 cd keys were changed in the registry when I opened the Steam version (my original copy is retail). So I need a way to easily switch between the two cd keys or have some way to stop the two installations (retail and steam) to stop conflicting with eachother and I can easily play on either. If I switch back to my old cd key will my old character come back, or is that one lost? Thanks!

Just confirming this works perfectly, prior to reading this I was in the process of reinstalling Arma 2 retail, this replaced the Steam keys that were in the registry. I Exported the the Key reg files (now retail) from the registry and saved them (you only need Operation Arrowhead key I think). Then I opened the Steam game and loaded it up which replaced the key in the registry, I exported that new Key reg file (steam) and saved it. So now all I have to do is double click the .reg files for the corresponding game (steam/retail) when I want to play, which replaces the key in the registry and then play the game normally.

Was hoping someone could help me, when my Arma 2 combined ops finally finishes downloading in Steam and I try to install the latest beta patch for OA how can I select the installation directory in steamapps instead of my retail Arma 2 directory which already has the latest beta patch installed. I do not see any option to choose the directory as it seems to automatically find it. Or if I run the beta patch installer will it just install in both directories? I bought Arma 2 from BI's site (for steam) so I could have an alt character and was also wondering if the Arma 2 Documents folders will conflict with eachother and how I can get around that? I think just creating a different profile in the Steam game will be fine in differentiating the two so they have their separate CD-Keys and I can have two characters (one I use to stay with my brother who can't play as much as me, the other I will play on when he's away).

I have just purchased another copy of ArmA 2 Combined Operations from BI's website for Steam so I can have a second character in DayZ. It is annoying only being able to play when my brother is on so I wanted another char so I can play a lot more. Arma 2 and OA are downloading at the moment, is there anything I should be doing to make sure the second copy of Arma 2 runs smoothly. Will it conflict with the Arma 2 folder in Documents or is there something I should be doing to make both copies work individually? Thanks Edit: I forgot to mention, my original copy of Arma 2 is retail, the one I just bought from BI is Steam. Anyone has any info on this?

I like Dxtory personally, using Lagarith codec your file sizes aren't astronomical and quality is still high. Fraps always made my game freeze for a second when it moved to a new recorded file and Dxtory doesn't have that problem (as it can record hours of footage without changing file sometimes), it also has great customisation though I must admit I have never tried bandicam or other alternatives (except MSI afterburner which doesn't record mic). Here's a clip I made of stumbling across a survivor in Balota with no weapon and waiting tensely for my brother to show up with a gun just observing the survivor, skip to the last few minutes if you don't want the tension built up. :)

Fixing server hopping and disconnecting during combat I hope is high on their priorities because it is a big problem.

Rolling back to 93965 fixed it for my brother (why doesn't it happen to me though, we are both running retail), just delete all the files in the Arma 2/Expansion/Beta folder and then install 93965 again.

Yeah this always happens, sometimes you are lucky enough, as machoman said to pick up the loot under it which occasionally allows you to interact with the backpack and pick it up. But I would suggest never dropping your backpack, just choose Take Backpack so you know you wil be getting a backpack even if your other one goes missing when they swap.

I am talking about bushes, grass, trees and such. I notice that most of that doesn't render at long ranges so if I am "hidden" behind a bush watching a survivor in the distance, how can I be sure that if he turns around and looks in my direction that I am not a really obvious blob in an "open" field instead of being well hidden in foliage. Anyone have any tips for maintaining good visual cover from other players at long ranges whilst still keeping eyes on them?

I have had no issues with animals disappearing, I do usually gut them though as soon as I kill them so maybe I'm doing it too fast to notice them going. And I do like the new animal animations, it would be nice if they ran away at speed if they detected you, this would make hunting a fun mechanic like avoiding zombies except instead of the boar rushing at you eating your face off when it detects you it would just run away and you have to track it and maybe go prone as you get closer.

+ 1 for lowering the amount of food and soda in the world, I always plan my routes on the map so I go past a pond or if need be, go into a town to look for a well. Not sure about ammo, nothing is more annoying if you aggro a zed and have nothing to kill it with (though I know shooting should be your last resort).

It would be sweet and hilarious if there was some kind of sasquatch that had a 0.01% chance of spawning on each server or something. Naturally if you killed it you could have all the amazing loot it had in its gut from eating fictional survivors :D.

* [NEW] Mob introduced: Headcrab (use crowbar for massive damage)

So this has happened twice now where I just die for no reason that I can see. I just suddenly drop dead for no apparent reason (no bleeding, no gunshot, nothing but instant death) I cannot tell if I was killed by a sniper who had to have been miles away as there was NO firing or bullet noise at all. The last time this happened I was with a group of 4 people, after I died for no apparent reason (they didn't hear a shot and also had no idea how I died) they proceeded to loot my body for some of my stuff, if it had been a sniper he could have easily killed all 4 of us with no problem as they looted me but like I said there were no shots fired and you can almost always hear shots from extreme distances. Is there some kind of cheat or admin command that kills players? The last time this happened one guy saw me (he had an m249 and was well geared up, possibly through cheat?) and we were ready to kill him as our sniper was just waiting for a clean shot (he hit him in tthe chest but didn't die somehow and probably disconnected). He could not possibly have killed me with that gun from where he was, and no gunshots were heard or seen as we had eyes on him the whole time. Has anyone else had this happen to them?

I heard that the nights are darker with the OA Beta patch? Is this the case and how have BI managed to stop the gamma/hdr trick from working? Is it listed in the OA beta patch notes? I went on a server a few nights ago (with the OA beta) and I literally couldn't see anything even with gamma/hdr up. If what I heard is true then this is great news! The most fun I had at nights was when I didn't know about the gamma/hdr trick and had to use flares/glow sticks to navigate in towns at night, so atmospheric as well as worrying about other players seeing my flares.

I guess Battleeye hasn't had time to update to recognize the new beta patch? How long does this usually take? I plan to play tonight so maybe I should downgrade just be safe.