beta patch is not applying

[zyfer.nyholm@gmail.com 131]

i dont know why this happens, but it also happens to 3 of my friends, we are trying to install the 94995 beta patch and its not applying at all, its still the same old patch we use 94876, i dont know whats going on here? the installer runs fine, no errors.

Anyone else who knows how to fix this?

[doom4mr 135]

when you install beta patch, shortcut appears in the Arma 2 root folder called "Launch Arma2 OA Beta Patch"

use it to run beta patched Arma

[Disgraced 1123]

For the way that I run things, I then have to copy the 'new' arma2oa.exe from the beta folder into the 'regular' folder to fool steam into running it. If I don't, it just runs whatever I left in there last, which is usually the last beta patch....

[simjedi 43]

Once you apply a Beta patch you can not downgrade to a lower version, you have to uninstall the game then reinstall it.

If using Steam make sure you verify each game, meaning Arma2 and Arma2 AO after the install. Then run just Arma2 by itself load the Armory and test drive something then exit run ArmA2 AO and do the same thing again. After that is done apply the patch then install the DayZ mod.

ETA: It's also a good idea to make backups of your games before applying the patch so you don't have to re-download all over again, just delete the local files and restore.

Edited July 17, 2012 by SIMJEDI

[catstyle (DayZ) 6]

Playing via steam and applying beta-patch dont always put it in the right path.

This is what you should do.

X:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Expansion\beta

In that folder (might be a different location on your computer) your beta-installer files will be put for some wierd reason.

You need 2 things, a map and a .exe : )

Should be a map named DLL and a file named arma2oa OR arma2oa.exe :D (same thing)

Copy those 2, and paste them into your X:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead

That will fix it.

If your unsure, make a backup copy of your current DLL file and exe before.

This is something I have to do every new arma beta patch, to lazy to find the fix for it. and it works ^^

Edited July 17, 2012 by catstyle

[zyfer.nyholm@gmail.com 131]

alright first im gonna verify each game then i will run the oa beta patch in the root and see where that takes me.

@simjedi i did that when i installed them game already.

The thing is, i was actually running 94997 yesterday, and today it was reverted, explain that lol.

[zyfer.nyholm@gmail.com 131]

Playing via steam and applying beta-patch dont always put it in the right path.

This is what you should do.

X:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Expansion\beta

In that folder (might be a different location on your computer) your beta-installer files will be put for some wierd reason.

You need 2 things, a map and a .exe : )

Should be a map named DLL and a file named arma2oa OR arma2oa.exe :D (same thing)

Copy those 2, and paste them into your X:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead

That will fix it.

If your unsure, make a backup copy of your current DLL file and exe before.

This is something I have to do every new arma beta patch, to lazy to find the fix for it. and it works ^^

i do not see the dll for some reason, i have arma2oa and arma2oaserver and arma2rft, weird.

[simjedi 43]

alright first im gonna verify each game then i will run the oa beta patch in the root and see where that takes me.

@simjedi i did that when i installed them game already.

The thing is, i was actually running 94997 yesterday, and today it was reverted, explain that lol.

Maybe there was some kind of update, when using the beta's auto-update should be turned off so check that also

[zyfer.nyholm@gmail.com 131]

i got it working, i dont know whats up with this but its deffo a bug not many has, i think it might have been something ive done on my end, like my oa cant create 3d when i run it from the directory, and the six launcher basically wants to update my game now so im not using that, i launch the game via the arma 2 oa beta patch launcher thing, and that launches the patch correctly, so bye bye six launcher, i have no idea what has gone wrong but its deffinetly weird.

i also verified the game cache via steam and there was 3 files that was reported for something i cant remember, i dont know if steam replaced those files so they work now, but it probably did.

[simjedi 43]

so bye bye six launcher

I still don't understand why this site recommends the 666 updater because it's horrid. Glad you got it sorted out!

[zyfer.nyholm@gmail.com 131]

I still don't understand why this site recommends the 666 updater because it's horrid. Glad you got it sorted out!

thanks man and yeah totally, i dont get it either, that updater is wrecked for me, im just gonna keep using the beta launcher to launch the game lol, im afraid to press update, i dont wanna get an even bigger problem because tbh there are NO solutions to fix this issue if it occurs, i checked google and everything, its an error for itself lol.

and thanks for all the suggestions guys

Edited July 17, 2012 by Zyfer

[catstyle (DayZ) 6]

i do not see the dll for some reason, i have arma2oa and arma2oaserver and arma2rft, weird.

arma2oa is the one there.

dll is a map, if you dont have it, it might not be needed for that patch then? :)

Oh well

Happy that it worked out for you! ^^