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:D NOT FOR STEAM USERS

 

DOWNLOAD HERE---------> http://www.arma2.com/support/updates/folder.html?lang=en

 

* Major AI tweaking and balancing (especially AI infantry can hear much less)

* Improved multiplayer and cooperative campaign (saving games, connection issues)

* Numerous fixes and improvements in the Harvest Red campaign

 

 

 

- Please note that it is not possible to rollback to a previous version after the installation of this patch, only a full reinstall of the game is possible, if you want to keep your previous version you may want to backup the entire game installation folder before applying this patch.

 

 

Engine

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* New: Functions getPosATL and setPosATL to allow controlling position relative to terrain.

* New: command line option -showScriptErrors introduced to show errors in scripts on-screen

* New: Direct analogue throttle and brake for airplanes now available.

* New: More flexible configuration of Flares in the config (brightness, size)

* New: Mission name (with * indicated unsaved work) displayed in the mission editor

* New: Keyboard shortcuts in the mission editor

* Improved: better handling of gravitation for shots (esp. for grenades)

* Improved: Building destruction

* Improved: Better airplane HUD visibility both night and day

* Optimization: Reduced frame stutter near map borders.

* Hotfix: Players are forced to reconnect after MP Load on server.

* Fixed: no particles effect when hit object with destructNo

* Fixed: grenade could destroy a building just by impact

* Fixed: grenades may explode only on the final impact

* Fixed: when a grenade bounces on a ship deck, the proper particle effects is shown now

* Fixed: missiles should pass through vegetation

* Fixed: Player connected to loaded game was sometimes frozen.

* Fixed: Game crashed when launched on a system with more then 8 CPUs/cores.

* Fixed: Possible crash with laser designator active.

* Fixed: Sometimes crew of a close vehicle was visible through the vehicle.

* Fixed: Infinite looping of commands 'Stop' in radio.

* Fixed: Leaning 'limits' do not work in TrackIR.

* Fixed: Clients were often endlessly stuck in 'Receiving...' window after MP Load.

* Fixed: Rainbow could be visible even with sun below horizon.

* Fixed: 3D Editor - civilian and resistance units did not work correctly

* Fixed: Sea surface was not rendered in NE area out of map.

* Fixed: Terrain surface was sometimes using wrong parallax map.

* Fixed: Grenade could sometimes destroy a building just by impact

* Fixed: Radio messages sometimes echoed

* Fixed: Team switch did not work when player died

* Fixed: Reduced AI detecting slowly moving enemy vehicles by ear.

* Fixed: Prevent killed AI units reporting who killed them.

* Fixed: After respawn in MP, player's tasks, diary content and skills are transferred to the new entity

* Fixed: Leaning 'limits' did not work with TrackIR

* Fixed: MP client frozen in Receiving... screen sometimes

* Fixed: Problems with saving and loading games in cooperative campaign

 

Missions

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* Fixes and improvements in most of the campaign missions (Into the Storm, Harvest Red, Bitter Chill, Manhattan, Badlands, Dogs of War)

* Improved: autosave logic to not save when it was not safe

* Improved: Eye for an Eye in Scenarios

 

Modules

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* Fixed: Warfare fast travel on clients was not using logistic values

* Fixed: Warfare money sending

* Fixed: Warfare HQ multiple reports

* Fixed: First-Aid: Action module caused healing scripts to run twice

* Fixed: Supply drop not ending (wrong vehicle class)

* New: First-Aid modules work with respawn

* New: First-Aid ability to stop healing

* New: Added ability to add Support Requests that do not expire.

* Improved: First-Aid modules more robust and faster

* Improved: Better support for side Resistance in SOM / ACM.

 

Data

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* Fixed: Invisible driver in UAZ (MG and GL)

* Fixed: AI soldiers were able to hear extremely well

* Fixed: various minor problems on buildings

* Fixed: rocks destruction effect changed

* Fixed: penetrability of some vegetation

* Fixed: collision geometry of A_BuildingWIP

* Fixed: react FSM core conversations

* Fixed: cargo animations in LAV25

* Fixed: indicators in Ka52 when using NVG

* Fixed: cargo animations in BTR

* Fixed: Warfare keypoint on Chernarus

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Give us a bit to DL/UL, patch, etc, etc and we'll put up a post as soon as this has been finished.

 

Working on it now..

 

Cheers,

 

 

Update: This is scheduled to be on the servers tomorrow so there's time to get the word out and for players to d/l the patch to minimize any impact. Stay tuned....

 

 

 

 

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No problem X... just wondered if I should prepare for playign tonight or wait til tomorrow, or whatever...:)

 

Here is the best part of the notes for me:

 

Fixed: Prevent killed AI units reporting who killed them.

 

Some interesting ramifications there.

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Apparently the dedi server patch isn't out yet, or something? Looks like I'll have to wait until the server patch gets released since I already installed mine. They said you can't roll back this patch, and you have to uninstall/install it again if you want 1.02. This should give me some time to actually work, lol.

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Apparently the dedi server patch isn't out yet, or something? Looks like I'll have to wait until the server patch gets released since I already installed mine. They said you can't roll back this patch, and you have to uninstall/install it again if you want 1.02. This should give me some time to actually work, lol.

 

 

There are 3 ways to run an ArmA2 server:

 

 

1. Click the New button in-game. You can create your own LAN or Internet server. This does not run with FireDaemon and wont reboot by itself, and so on, when there are issues. Must be tended by a human....:)

 

2. Launch a dedicated server program. This is what we do right now as far as I know. Most ded. server packages do not run the game, they call up the basic game files required to allow the players to connect and interact without having to load the full game or have a video card installed on the server box. FireDaemon can monitor this and reboot as required.

 

3. Start the game using the -server switch. You can modify your ArmA2 icon target line to launch a server:

 

C:\Program Files\Bohemia\ArmA2\arma2.exe -nosplash;-mod=@mod_here;-server

 

This starts the full game and functions as a full-fledged server. Pretty sure this mode can be managed by FireDaemon. However, since this is running the full game it may require a video card be installed on the server since the game is basically runnning the same way it would on your PC at home.

 

This mode, in general, uses up a lot more server resources and may not allow as many players to connect reliably.

 

So.. we can wait for the upgraded Dedicated Server package.. or, we can update the server box with the 1.03 patch and run it using a -server switch until the 1.03 dedicated server is released, but this may in fact not be possible if our gaming server is a standard server box without a video card installed on it.

 

Disclaimer: Me not expert. Me know from old days. Fire Good.

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Looks like the Dedicated Server went with the patch release so we dont have to wait! Yippee!...

 

Headline from release thread at BIS forums:

 

"ARMA II Patch 1.03 & Dedicated Server Released . "

 

So, lets get ready to rummmmmmmmmmble......

 

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crap, I just got the last download done, lol. I will download tonight and hey just might try to play a little bit tonight. Did a little tutorial training but still need to work on flight control binding, not happy with what I have set up but hey I am always good at running around and getting shot.

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After the 1.03 patch was installed on the UK servers I experienced what I can only describe as screen-freeze. It wasn't a total lock up, rather every so often, the screen would freeze, maybe only for a second or two and then would come back to life in exactly the same position. So very different to the traditional lag I've experienced where you end up jumping from one point to another.

 

Did anyone else on the server experience this, or is it just me and co-incidental to the 1.03 update?

 

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After the 1.03 patch was installed on the UK servers I experienced what I can only describe as screen-freeze. It wasn't a total lock up, rather every so often, the screen would freeze, maybe only for a second or two and then would come back to life in exactly the same position. So very different to the traditional lag I've experienced where you end up jumping from one point to another.

 

Did anyone else on the server experience this, or is it just me and co-incidental to the 1.03 update?

 

CBA mod and other mods/addons, have already been reported as the main issue. I would suggest running vanilla until mods have been adapted.

 

Played last night for 2 hours with 6 of us playing various missions, no issues at all, no mods or addons used all round. Game ran better than ever.

 

Played on Sparta server later on, also had screen freezes right from the start, but not as much as most others where reporting.

 

@DaiSan

 

If you have used object ID`s at all in your mission, you will need to check them again. This also screws up custom missions from functioning.

 

ID issues

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CBA mod and other mods/addons, have already been reported as the main issue. I would suggest running vanilla until mods have been adapted.

 

Played last night for 2 hours with 6 of us playing various missions, no issues at all, no mods or addons used all round. Game ran better than ever.

 

Played on Sparta server later on, also had screen freezes right from the start, but not as much as most others where reporting.

 

@DaiSan

 

If you have used object ID`s at all in your mission, you will need to check them again. This also screws up custom missions from functioning.

 

ID issues

I have no mods or addons running, still "vanilla", as you'd say. Or are you referring to server mods / addons?

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Any person joining the server, using any mods that are now having issues because of 1.3 patch, will cause global issues on that server.

 

Here is 1 popular mod fixed to start:

 

CBA Mod Update

 

So the server can be vanilla, plus so can you, but anyone joining with said mods / addons, will cause probs.

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