beta patch problem

[laszers 6]

for some reason i keep getting an error when i load the beta, saying

no entry '.profilepathdefault' then another error that shuts it off saying

error compiling pixel shader PSSpecularAlpha:0

this is my first install of it, and followed everything to the tee as well i ran it as administrator.

[murmur 0]

Are you running it with steam or without?

[laszers 6]

with steam.

[murmur 0]

Hmm sorry then, can't help you. I was having the same problem without steam awhile ago, and I was able to fix it by changing the 'start in:' property of my shortcut. Don't think that will help you though where you are using steam.

[laszers 6]

well i guess i might as well try that if you would be so kind as to tell me how.

[murmur 0]

Okay, look at the 'Launch Arma2 OA Beta Patch' that should be in your main Arma 2 folder. The target should say something like: "C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\Expansion\beta\arma2oa.exe" -beta=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -nosplash , your path will obviously be different if you are using steam. Now below that, the 'start in' should say: "C:\Program files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2" . For whatever reason my path for the start in property was the same as the target one, which gave me that error that you are getting. When I changed it back to just \ArmA 2, not \ArmA 2\Expansion etc. etc., it worked again.

Like I said your paths will be different and I'm not even sure it works the same way with steam.

[laszers 6]

nvm i got it i just had to replace the original shortcut and add a different launch option (of course made a backup of the original) ty so much for your time.

[murmur 0]

No problem, glad you got it working.

[myskaal 50]

nvm i got it i just had to replace the original shortcut and add a different launch option (of course made a backup of the original) ty so much for your time.

Any chance you could explain what you did? Having issues as well.

[laszers 6]

just go here http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=9314 and follow this.