Unable to change name(not normal issue)

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

My problem is when I go to the player profile area to change/make a new profile/name is that the profile box is empty. No current profiles show in there. My name in game shows up as "My PC", and sometimes "player 1", however as I said, neither of those profiles show in the player profile box, I can not edit it. When I attempt to make a new profile to change the name that way, I can not edit the "player 1" in the box, it lets me change the face and other options, but not the name, and even if i try to save that, the profile still never shows up in the player profile area. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

Noone?

[Legacy (DayZ) 1091]

It's only been a day. Are you sure you're double clicking on the name when you go to edit your profile?

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

Yes, of course.

[Legacy (DayZ) 1091]

You didn't give me an answer, please tell me. Retail or Steam?

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

It's only been a day. Are you sure you're double clicking on the name when you go to edit your profile?

You didn't give me an answer, please tell me. Retail or Steam?

You never asked about retail or steam. Steam is where I got it from.

[terex 322]

Try editing the folder / file name to change the name if you can't do it in game.. Not sure if that works or not, haven't ever tried it. I would just create 2-3 new profiles then exit out and try changing them where the profiles are. C:\Users\Terrex\Documents\ArmA 2 Other Profiles is the default location for me. There is a folder for each profile name then the file with the saved settings etc..

Edit: It just worked for me.. Copied over an old profile and renamed the folder / file inside. Jamal is there. Good luck. ;)

Edited September 2, 2012 by terrex

[Legacy (DayZ) 1091]

Whoops, wrong thread.

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

Try editing the folder / file name to change the name if you can't do it in game.. Not sure if that works or not, haven't ever tried it. I would just create 2-3 new profiles then exit out and try changing them where the profiles are. C:\Users\Terrex\Documents\ArmA 2 Other Profiles is the default location for me. There is a folder for each profile name then the file with the saved settings etc..

Edit: It just worked for me.. Copied over an old profile and renamed the folder / file inside. Jamal is there. Good luck. ;)

I tried this, and a weird thing is that there is no documents folder on my comp. I was wondering if that is where the game looks for the player profiles? I even made a documents folder so it would have a similar path as what you listed, exept with my name of course, and still no profiles show in my player profile area. Frustrating haha.

[prestondemaria@gmail.com 65]

No documents folder? What system are you running?

[prestondemaria@gmail.com 65]

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

No documents folder? What system are you running?

Vista Ultimate 64-bit, I changed the documents folder on the start menu to be my D: drive instead of a folder on my C: drive, if that makes sense.

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

If you look in the opened folder, you will see the 2 names that it uses, " My PC" and "Player 1", and i also made one with the name I want to use "Heffe" and put it in the folder, but it never uses that one.

Edited September 2, 2012 by Heffe

[terex 322]

In those profile folders, is there a profile file? Name.Arma2OAProfile Have you tried running Arma 2 then Arma 2 OA? Or maybe verify the files?

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

There is no "profile folders", the 2 profiles that are used are just floating in the "program files (x86)/steam/steamapps/common/arma 2 operation arrowhead" folder, just loose files in there.

[prestondemaria@gmail.com 65]

The game automatically sends the 2 folders, 'ArmA 2' and 'ArmA 2 Other Profiles' to your documents

Edited September 2, 2012 by Prez

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

The game automatically sends the 2 folders, 'ArmA 2' and 'ArmA 2 Other Profiles' to your documents

So in other words, since I do not have that folder as an option, it would be why I'm having this issue?

[prestondemaria@gmail.com 65]

So in other words, since I do not have that folder as an option, it would be why I'm having this issue?

That would be my guess, but I'm not positive

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

Next question would be, how do I fix that?

[prestondemaria@gmail.com 65]

Next question would be, how do I fix that?

Create your My Documents folder the same way you took it out I guess

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

And then re-install the game or what?

[prestondemaria@gmail.com 65]

Do you have the retail version or steam?

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

Steam.

[prestondemaria@gmail.com 65]

Try this:

Open up Steam.

Go to Library

Right Click Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead

Click Properties

Local Files

Verify Integrity of Game Cache

[Heffe (DayZ) 0]

Says "1 files failed to validate and will be reaquired" but doesn't do anything, and only option is to close.