=VG= SemlerPDX

Are you properly installed/patched with Arma 2? Do you also have Operation Arrowhead (or do you have Combined Operations) ? Combined Operations (or Operation Arrowhead) are also required to join VG Arma Servers. From the Arma 2 MultiPlayer Menu, you can see a colored indicator that will let you know which servers you can join based on your current version and addon set. Green is Good to Go, Yellow is Unknown (just try, and if it kicks you, a message will tell you what you are missing), and Red is of course Cannot Join/Version Mis-Match. Check how ours is displayed to you. You will need the Addon Map CLAfghan for the CLAfghan Server Mission, it is far from stock - BlastCoreVisuals, JSRS Sound Mod, and CBA are merely optional. Insurgency Server requires no addons, and allows none. Additionaly, when you click one time on a server, the information at the bottom will tell you details: Current Patch Version running on Server; Online Player Names; Current Addons Active on Server; etc. If you are able to screenshot, it may help me help you better, but try some of the things listed above - let me know how it works. Current Install Order for Arma 2: 1. Install Arma 2 2. Install Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead 3. Run Arma 2 at least once; exit back to desktop. 4. Run Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead at least once; exit back to desktop. 5. If you have BAF DLC Addon Pack, install it. 6. Run BAF at least once; exit to desktop. 7. If you have PMC DLC Addon Pack, install it. 8. Run PMC at least once; exit to desktop. 9. Install the 1.60 Patch (or run Steam update) now. Downloads for BI can be found here, or in our DL section: Arma Patches 9b. Run Arma 2/OA/CO at least once; exit to desktop. 9c. Install the 1.62 Patch (or run Steam update) now. 10. Spend a fair amount of time removing key bindings you will never use for the 20 redundant Arma buttons !lol Complete and Manual Arma Uninstall Order (prep for a clean install): http://www.veterans-gaming.com/vg-plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?20735.0 s/f

new mission is live. And let me say, the deployable net for MHQ is SICK! I love it! Nap time now....online later.

Already been fixed. Wrapping up a 20 hour session, long overdue hotfixes and incomplete ideas now implemented. Final mission testing as of this writing; v0.94 should be live on the server within the hour. New Changelog: <br />---- 1/17/2011 v0.94 by (TFOR) =VG= CLAfghan COOP Project Team: =VG= SemlerPDX;<br /> =VG= Poffadder; =VG= SavageCDN; and cuel.<br />- FIXED: C130J and CH-47 Statics Were respawning in multiple numbers<br /> - Added if(!isServer) to respawn init<br />- FIXED: Players All teleported to Sniper Training Range, PushBack Teleport Triggers Removed<br />- FIXED: Spelling, Grammer on all texts, notes, and notice boards<br />- REMOVED: bon_settings For pressing T to change View Distance <br />- Not working 100%, and conflicts with RMM NVG<br />- ADDED: View Distance and Terrain Detail Scripts by Sinky. Copyright (C) 2011 Sinky<br />- ADDED: RMM NVG by Rommell; is NVG Brightness Adjuster on PgUp, PgDwn.<br /> End toggles Auto-Adjust Mode<br />- ADDED: Officers can Skip current Mission via Map Radio Command<br />- ADDED: New Config Class: tfor_canExtract is Snipers, Crewmen, Pilots, Officers - <br />can use Map Radio 002 for teleport "extract" to South Airfield,<br /> must be high in hills, >1000m and on ground.<br />- FIXED: Tank Mission spawned tanks on hillsides; will now drive to AO, sometimes long travel time.<br />- FIXED: NEFlag "UH60M MEV" was flying off when current mission AO was also Camp Branca.  <br />  Removed Camp Branca from Mission Possible Locations List.<br />- FIXED: Helicopters weren't servicing fully at Service Stations. see next:<br />- ADDED: Xeno's Vehicle Service Script<br />- FIXED: Ammo Boxes did not dispense ammo/weapons<br />- ADDED: Pistols to many preset weapons kits like snipers, riflemen, and AT soldiers.<br /> SD Kits will have SD pistol. (only one type available in mission)<br />- ADDED: Graceful Teleport to MHQ via South Airfield UH60M MEV;<br /> goes to current location of Stryker MEV<br />- ADDED: Above Sea Level Meter (in feet) to ParaJumpers Altimeter<br />- ADDED: Small Side Missions Hidden throughout Map;<br /> effect certain available skills/assets of OPFOR side<br />- MOVED: Lightpole at Camp Branca - todo: add on/off switches<br />- ADDED: Many Ambient and Functional Base items to South Airfield<br />- ADDED: Ability for Camo Net to be deployed over MHQ; this makes it invisible to OPFOR,<br />  and Vehicle Fuel is 0 when Net Deployed<br />- ADDED: Gcam by Gigan; Only available to certain Admins who produce Arma Videos<br />

Wow! That is awsome! If I were rich, I'd have one in my house, within a week (as declassified as they could make it)! !cp

HUA! Stand Up, America!

"They shot me right in my bunyan!!!"

fa sho. But they are coming down in price rapidly. Watch for sales (or freebies....again, Savage's lucky arse!)

Ooooh. Faceplant!

SavageCDN =VG= LAN_WROTE ... Just checked mine is OK (667 hours in Arma?? I need a life..lol) Me too...858 hours in Arma and avg. 29+ hours per week. I think it's pretty clear that Arma (and VG) is my life....lol After my family stops playing Monopoly and sells that piece of shit dump on Baltic Avenue, I imagine I'll have even more time to play and improve my favorite PC game. At least I had the good sense to purchase it as a DVD-ROM, as I'm sure I'd go ape-shit if I had session logging problems like you are having, Sarge. I'll keep my "ears" open, but sounds like it could be a personal problem. Perhaps the Steam port got closed again on modem/router? Very odd.....try checking there first, then firewall ports, etc. You can speed tests and route traces online. Good luck, brother. !cheers

Depending on the games you play, there are some specific hardware upgrades that will do well. For Arma, 8GB of data streams off the Hard Drive during gameplay, so many have installed another hard drive, like me, and installed the game there. Some have even used a OCZ SSD (hard drive) to install Arma too, like Savage's lucky arse. I would also add that the hard drives I use for my OS in RAID-0 are Seagate Barracuda's, and their beauty lies in their 16MB buffer and 7200RPM speed. IMO the best consumor priced hard drives for a RAID setup. (RAID-0 is striped array, half data on one drive, half on the other for a 2x read/write performance boost) Summary: A new GFX card is a great idea, and will show instant improvement, but also examine how the data gets to it. You have a great CPU for now, RAM is fine, but can you increase the stream of data beween the 3 key parts up to the limits of the Mother Board? Guess it depends on the games you play. After building an Arma system, I realize that it eats all other games for breakfast...Arma is THE system pusher to date. \

Downloading CutePDF now...THANKS!!

Too bad you can't hold out for the Lumia. Just won an award at the CNET's CES Awards. Nokia Rocks! The Nokia Lumia: http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33370_1-57355595/nokia-lures-photographers-with-new-lumia-900/?tag=mncol%3bcontentBody.4 The CNET CES Awards: http://ces.cnet.com/best-of-ces/?fb_ref=fbrecT&fb_source=profile_oneline

Perhaps your wife would enjoy the Flash Games at the VG Arcade? I know I've lost several hours, for some reason I can't explain, playing those quirky little flash games. That one with the arrow shooting is fun! Good luck on your new system, looks like you have a great direction!

Nice system! I see the desk has a PC coffin on the lower left. Time to get out the skill saw and give it a 120mm fan in the back, perhaps cut out a slat or two on the door and mount filter foam.... Then again, maybe your PC won't overheat in there... I WANT THAT VID CARD! Timing was bad when I got the 6770, two weeks later, they were all gone and 6870 was nearly the same price! !cheers

Way awesome! Outlanders and I played some Russian Roulette and BLuD and I played some darts. This is the kind of stuff that sets this website apart from other gaming sites out there! !2cool

nice, with the guy would have posted a name or link to the addon.... lame

!lol

I love PDF's for their potential as instructional manuals. Like the one for Project Reality. This is an excellent guide you put up here, I'm now installing the program and am wondering if this is something I start before I start Arma or if it makes a Shortcut I can place on my desktop/taskbar/startmenu. I use many custom shortcuts on my desktop, they are for Scripting/Editing, or jumping straight to one server or another on load.

Cool! @RAM - lol, Hillbilly p0rn! Same as regular p0rn, just fewer teeth. !rofl

Excellent! You know I'm all about the pretty pictures, Savage! Thanks for making that up so fast! I really need a PDF writer. I just got Foxit installed on my gaming PC, but what is the name of a decent writer? I'm certainly hoping it has an interface similar to MS Publisher or that series of writers.

NEVER install addons by copying their contents to your Arma Addons folder!!! ]This is not difficult: When you download a Mod or Map, it is a RAR or ZIP. Look inside it for the @THISMODNAME Folder. Copy and Paste that into the Bohemia Interactive Arma Program Folder. Simple. Then either make a shortcut with a command line like this: "A:\Programs (x86)\Bohemia Interactive\arma2OA.exe" -mod=@NAMEOFMOD Obviously, the path to the program file will differ on your PC, but this isn't rocket science here and we all will help you every step of the way. If some dingus submits their Mod or Map for download, and it's just a bunch of PBO files, they are truly the saddest sack, but it does happen. When it does, you have to finish their homework for them, and then turn it in to the teacher with your name on it. !lol Sorry for the non-sequitur. This image should show you the simple folder structure of an Arma Mod/Map Addon: I hope this helps you to get into the awsome VG CLAfghan Server. I've just uploaded version 0.92; though I do need to drop in a hotfix today, the mission is pretty well done and ready for operations. See you around, bro! !cheers

I changed the Domi(CLAfghan) server last night per your instructions - just opened up the flood gates, we don't have numbers yet anyway and I wanted to Aussies to have a fighting chance of getting in. Hey, Murder, maybe I should just mail you a 4GB flash drive with a ton of wicked Arma mods on it...lol!

Wecome to the club, beetlebaily1! Glad to hear you got your BMS sorted. I'm sure there are plenty more, but I can say that =VG= Poffadder and myself are old school MS FS pilots. Of course, I never graduated from a Cessna and Lear Jet, whereas =VG= Poffadder flies everything, including them big bad 747's. He and I both have FSX, but again, he's invested in hundreds of dollars in addons and sceneries. Iffn has been getting into Microsoft Flight Sim X with Poff, and they've been flying in Multiplayer via Hamachi. I keep nagging at Poffadder to make a picture profile here of his Screenshots - I have several as my desktop background and I must say, they are the BEST in-game shots from any game I've ever seen! People come into my office and see the desktop thinking it was a photograph from the internet of a REAL airplane over a real city. I'm sure Poff will be around more often soon, he's finishing up with first semester exams atm. Great to have you guys around! !cheers

Excellent post, man! Hope you don't mind the change from compact tiny white fonts to the "pop off the page" look. This info is great, and is gonna help a lot of gamers! Thank you !cheers

Welcome and good luck, EagleIII! Say, it does sound like you are gonna need to create a profile for that X36. I feel for you, HOTAS set-up in Falcon/BMS can take awile. This, of course, is why we are trying to assemble the largest section of Downloadable Joystick Profiles on the internet. As we do not have your X36 version, might I ask that you upload your Joystick Profile and add it to the DownLoads when you are done? This will ensure that the very next person that asks about an X36 Profile has a chance to DL a Preset Example to use/modify. Thanks in advance, and have fun with BMS! !fans