Willl arma II free work with a paid version of Arma II: OA?

[FPSAzn 0]

Been thinking of whether to buy Arma: OA or CO, I'm really, really short on cash. So does Arma II work?

[Legacy (DayZ) 1091]

I heard it's unsupported but there is a way to make it work with SixUpdater, so yes.

[FPSAzn 0]

Uh do you have a link to the way? X3

[Legacy (DayZ) 1091]

Sadly I don't and I'm way too tired to bother. Consider using the search function.

[FPSAzn 0]

ok thanks ;D

[Stef (DayZ) 1]

Yes ARMA II Free does work with ARMA II: OA, I got it to work pretty much on my own. It took me a while but in the end it is rather easy. Just make sure you install both games in the same dir. Update OA to the newest version, load all the needed dayZ files as explained here.

Then you need to get the ARMA II Launcher by Spirited Machine here.

There is also a tutorial for that.

Once you've done that it should actually work.

Important things:

ARMA II and OA in the same dir.

Use the proper dir for the addon. (combined operations / @dayz / addons / ~mod files are here~)

Use the launcher, check play online and make sure dayZ is loaded.

[Disgraced 1123]

I would wonder, first, if doing that is sanctioned by the developers of Arma II. Do you know that it is?

[Reklin 56]

I would wonder' date=' first, if doing that is sanctioned by the developers of Arma II.

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It is. Silly to think otherwise.

[ultraspank 0]

Keep in mind, the textures used in Arma 2 Free are significantly lower res than normal Arma 2 so all assets used from Arma 2 will not look as good. Reference video here:

. If this is something you don't care about then have at it. I personally am a freak when it comes to visual quality and even purchased the PMC dlc for OA just to get those better textures. Game looks amazing on my rig.

This is also of note, I've heard people mention that Arma 2 Free doesn't run as well as Arma 2 (even less optimization). I'm not entirely sure though as I have not tested it.

[red62 9]

symlink your addons folder from arma2 free to your AO folder

[FPSAzn 0]

I've decided to get Arma II too haha, since it only costs 10 dollars more. Hmm.

Thanks guys tho!

Mostly because you said optimization and my pc isnt the greatest(4850HD, q8200, 8gb ram @_@) haha X3