FPS really improved for many people in the last few patches. The game runs good for me.
[Game] The ArmA 2 thread (hurr hurr, no Armed Assault 2)
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FPS really improved for many people in the last few patches. The game runs good for me.
There's still enough of other smaller missions to play, or custom campaigns even.
But anyways i don't see it as something illogical. It's a sandbox game, that means you can add as much crap as you want. Logically, that will take up more and more CPU power untill finally your pc can't handle it anymore.
Just try it out, place just yourself in the editor on FOB Manhattan's location, click preview and walk around. Notice the smooth FPS.
Now add several squads of AI walking around through waypoints, FPS will go down a bit, and so on and so on.
If you add scripts, the game will have even more to keep track of, etc etc.
There is a lot going on under the hood that requires the most of your pc, not so much graphically.
It's the same for me too. I stopped playing the main campaign because of bad FPS. There are a lot of missions i can still play very well, but just now i stopped playing a custom mission that was so heavy on AI i got 12 fps at the most.
It doesnt bother me though.
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Thing is I wanna play the SP campaign, how can a developer seriously develop a SP-part doesn't even run on high-end machines? I feel kinda fooled. Not like the sp campaign was that great so far but it's a matter of principle
Runs pretty well on my E8400, 8800gt 3go ram, XP, 22".
Everything on normal, shadows & blood on high, PP on low.
I have noticed that if you push your machine a little too far in the options (over estimating Vram), ArmAII will bring it to its knees.
I will admit that the SP campaign is very demanding.
Everything on normal, shadows & blood on high, PP on low.
I have noticed that if you push your machine a little too far in the options (over estimating Vram), ArmAII will bring it to its knees.
I will admit that the SP campaign is very demanding.
Arma 2 performance is directly tied to CPU power, the GPU really isn't important at all. You need a good quad core to run it properly, end of story.
My system is pretty much double the recommended requirements in every area except CPU, I only have an E6600. This bottlenecks me so badly that I can barely run the game on low-med settings. As soon as there is a bit of battle and AI running about performance just crashes and burns.
That said the engine is a lot better than it's Arma 1 version, someone on the Arma boards ported over Sahrani island (as in the whole Arma 1 island) to the new engine. It's pretty amazing because this same island that you load in Arma 1 and runs like crap actually runs like silk when you load it through the Arma 2 engine, even on high settings. My guess is this is because it handles vegetation layers in a much superior fashion.
My system is pretty much double the recommended requirements in every area except CPU, I only have an E6600. This bottlenecks me so badly that I can barely run the game on low-med settings. As soon as there is a bit of battle and AI running about performance just crashes and burns.
That said the engine is a lot better than it's Arma 1 version, someone on the Arma boards ported over Sahrani island (as in the whole Arma 1 island) to the new engine. It's pretty amazing because this same island that you load in Arma 1 and runs like crap actually runs like silk when you load it through the Arma 2 engine, even on high settings. My guess is this is because it handles vegetation layers in a much superior fashion.
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Well I got a Q6600, I'll try lowering the settings to medium and see how performance is then, but there's no way I'm going to pull it even lower.
It ran pretty well on my Q6600 and high(ish) settings (and a 4870, you're on a 4/5770 arnt you?) though its been a while since ive had it installed.
Are you running the Q6600 on stock settings? If your comfortable with overclocking it you can easily take it up from 2.4Ghz to the 2.8-3.2ghz range with no extra cooling.
Are you running the Q6600 on stock settings? If your comfortable with overclocking it you can easily take it up from 2.4Ghz to the 2.8-3.2ghz range with no extra cooling.
I luv this tune and used to play the OFP version of the mod, great stuff.
YouTube - Liberation mod armor show
YouTube - Liberation mod armor show
That video makes me think you could have a more realistic and complete experience of WWII with Arma + that mod than you will be able to with RO:HOS. That already looks great, the infantry side is probably a touch more realistic than RO:HOS's will be, and the maps are colossal vs. Tripwire's relatively tiny deathmatch maps.
How does the run perform in MP? Is it fun? I bought the game but never actually tried the MP, today I dreamed about it (lol) so I thought I might have to give it a try.
With a group of people you know it can be one of the most amazing co-op experiences you could have.
With public players, especially on Domination or Evolution maps, usually not so much. These players usually arent on any type of TS or Vent, so coordination between players is weak and consequently most will wander off and do their own thing.
If you are trying public, i'd be on the lookout for serves with regular missions, these are usually more focussed and because of that more people will play together. At least this is in my limited experience playing in public, because right now i only play it with TDNL members.
With public players, especially on Domination or Evolution maps, usually not so much. These players usually arent on any type of TS or Vent, so coordination between players is weak and consequently most will wander off and do their own thing.
If you are trying public, i'd be on the lookout for serves with regular missions, these are usually more focussed and because of that more people will play together. At least this is in my limited experience playing in public, because right now i only play it with TDNL members.
Arma 1 + expansion and Arma 2 in single package for just 5€ over D2D: http://www.direct2drive.eu/promos/spring-sale/
Part of the spring sale, pretty damn good price.
Part of the spring sale, pretty damn good price.
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Hmm Operation Arrowhead looks pretty awesome so far from the screenshots. But then again so did ArmA2
Yes, there are new Operation Arrowhead screenshots here:
http://www.hookedgamers.com/pc/arma_ii_operation_arrowhead/screenshots.html
And a preview of the FLIR function:
YouTube - ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead FLIR | ArmA2.pl
http://www.hookedgamers.com/pc/arma_ii_operation_arrowhead/screenshots.html
And a preview of the FLIR function:
YouTube - ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead FLIR | ArmA2.pl
