BigChef 55 Posted July 28, 2013 How do you set up two profiles on Commander on one computer? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boneboys 7988 Posted July 28, 2013 Make a new profile in game.Make sure it is loaded before staring.Switch between the two. This will make no difference in Public Hives or for that matter in Private Hives.Just the name will change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
h3l1x 327 Posted July 28, 2013 Make a new profile in game.Make sure it is loaded before staring.Switch between the two. This will make no difference in Public Hives or for that matter in Private Hives.Just the name will change. I think that except the name, also settings, controls, and every bit of configuration wil change. I remember making a new profile and although I have music disabled, as soon as I created it there was background music. So if you want to use a new profile or two profiles you'll have to reconfigure everything (for the new profile). Someone correct me if I'm wrong. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fluxley 2228 Posted July 28, 2013 I think that except the name, also settings, controls, and every bit of configuration wil change. I remember making a new profile and although I have music disabled, as soon as I created it there was background music. So if you want to use a new profile or two profiles you'll have to reconfigure everything (for the new profile). Someone correct me if I'm wrong. Yup, you have to redo all your settings when you make a new profile, you could probably go into the arma folder where your profiles are, copy, paste and put in a new name, but never tried it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigChef 55 Posted July 28, 2013 Thanks, my daughter is getting into DayZ...which I think is very cool, however she logged on to one of my favorite servers and promptly got my ass killed. She needs her own profile!BTW, if I have two PCs running of a router will each PC have it's own signature, meaning the game will see us as two different IPs? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
h3l1x 327 Posted July 28, 2013 (edited) Need more info to answer. You have 2 pcs, on a home lan, on a router. They have different lan IPs (192.168.x.x) but share the same external (internet) IP. Each pc has it's own ARMA: OA key or do they share the same? If each pc has it's own key then theoretically you should be able to play simultaneously, even on the same server. I'm saying theoretically because apart from key/guid there's also the same IP matter, and I recall reading posts in this forum saying that two people in the same house, with the same external IP had problems getting online at the same server due to some servers not allowing duplicate IPs. They were getting kicked by BE etc. But I get this must have been fixed by now (I hope). Character progress is related to the guid/key, so if you only care about being able to play and save your progress without having your daughter killing you then yes, you can do that, IP doesn't have anything to do with that. Also if I may propose something, until you buy your daughter a new pc and another copy of ARMA: CO, you could just have two different profiles setup on your pc, your character playing in a specific private hive, and another profile for your daughter playing on a different private hive. This way you can have 2 separate instances of one character and character progression saves for each one (since private hives are autonomous). Or you could play on public hive and have your daughter restricted on private hives. Because just having two different profiles but keep on playing on the same hives (through each profile) will still ruin your progress. I hope I make sense. Edited July 29, 2013 by h3l1x 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BigChef 55 Posted July 28, 2013 Perfect sense...many thanks. Looks like I'm going to be buying another copy of ARMA as she definitely wants to play on the same server together. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
beastoverlord 574 Posted July 29, 2013 A different profile will only change your names and settings. Changing a profile will not change a character (except for its name) on a server. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
