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[Spaghetti7]

Alright, so about 4pm over here. I'll be on then, and we can do some PLANNING AND JAZZ.
Sounds good.

[kg333]

All ArmA games are on sale on Steam, including both Vanilla and OA at $10, and Combined Ops at $15.   Best sale on it I've seen in a while.

KG

[LoSboccacc]

which one was the game with the auto generated randomized multiplayer skirmishes?

[hemmingjay]

there is a website that generates the missions. Just buy combined ops for $15, it is the most content and best optimized version of the engine.

[justinlee999]

now that there's ArmA free, are the ArmA2/Operation Arrowhead games still worth buying? Are there any players on the servers?

[Birdy]

now that there's ArmA free, are the ArmA2/Operation Arrowhead games still worth buying? Are there any players on the servers?

1. Yes, yes very much so. You haven't truly played Arma2 untill you've played online with 120+ players, all with working mics, radios (yes I said radios, it accurately models radio behaviour [meaning hills block them/power of the radios/static over the radio] and makes the game very immersive!) and 3D mic usage, if you talk, only players within your immediate position (1-100m) can hear you, it gets more faint as the distance gets higher, and it's 3d meaning you will hear in one ear if hes on that side.

2. It's not as played on a regular monday than say - call of dooty, but some events can have up to 120+ players

If you need any help getting the game started/knowing where to find these communities that play, I'd be glad to introduce you to the game!

BTW the main community that I play on is called United operations (you can google it, they have a website and info on how to play with us)

[justinlee999]

But I'm living in Southeast Asia, I hope I won't have ridiculous ping on the populated servers...

[kg333]

There's a lot of European servers, so hopefully that won't be too much of an issue for you.  One of the warfare servers I sometimes play on is in Russia, and I get decent pings from the US.

[PTTG??]

I would love to try out a really big server so long as it isn't very serious. In fact, a 120 player server with all of takistan and a bunch of AI fighting and vehicles spawning and civilians wandering around might be a lot of fun to mess around in.

[justinlee999]

There's a lot of European servers, so hopefully that won't be too much of an issue for you.  One of the warfare servers I sometimes play on is in Russia, and I get decent pings from the US.

If you can get decent pings from US to Russia, I guess I can get decent pings from Southeast Asia, as it's nearer to Russia than the US.

Also the Project Reality mod for ArmA2 looks interesting.

[LoSboccacc]

soooooo I got OA and private company.

any server to join? 

any noob friendly server to join? 

[Birdy]

I would love to try out a really big server so long as it isn't very serious. In fact, a 120 player server with all of takistan and a bunch of AI fighting and vehicles spawning and civilians wandering around might be a lot of fun to mess around in.

Ah, then I'd recommend the 3RD Marine Division Server... you have to get ACE mod, but it's an MSO server (Multi Session Ops) meaning people play on it, and mark out enemy positions/briefs/report logs when they sign out to basically let the next batch of players know what's up.

They're not so serious bunch of gamers, but I will warn you that they don't like herpderperdy. (Don't go around shooting everything and trying to disrupt other players good time)

they also have their own teamspeak server, just google for 3rdMD and you should find all you need.

[Simmura McCrea]

soooooo I got OA and private company.

any server to join? 

any noob friendly server to join? 

There's sometimes a DFC server up. Times and dates are usually posted in this thread.

[LoSboccacc]

I continuously get stuck on 'receiving data...' in the multiplayer setup after I join a game,

anyone know why this could happen and knows a workaround/what to check to diagnose the problem?

[Calhoun]

New ARMA 2 zombie mod for future reference: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=15300

Its Turkey day, but hell, we still might get something up today at some point. Watch the DFC chat to be sure (Or join the teamspeak).