Major ArmA 2 update goes live

By Fred Dutton Published 22 December, 2011

New features and fixes for Bohemia's PC shooter.

PC shooter ArmA 2 gets a massive Christmas update today encompassing all expansions and DLC, Bohemia Interactive has announced.

New additions include an FXAA anti-aliasing mode for Operation Arrowhead, alongside a number of performance tweaks and bug fixes.

See a list of selected highlights below.

Bohemia's FPS originally launched to critical acclaim back in 2009 - see Eurogamer's ArmA 2 review for details. A sequel is due out some time in 2012.

Operation Arrowhead patched to 1.60

  • New features: FXAA Anti-Aliasing mode, user-definable memory allocators, new scripting commands, new commandline options
  • Multiplayer is much smoother, no more warping, includes a number of fixes, optimizations and improvements
  • Netcode, VON and dedicated server fixes plus configuration additions in place
  • Singleplayer received visual states smoothing and prediction (notable e.g. on distant units)
  • AI is improved, especially (but not only) in combat, AI has received numerous bug fixes
  • Aircraft & Helicopter simulation received slight improvements
  • ARMA 2, ARMA 2: OA, ARMA 2: EW campaigns and stand-alone missions received special treatment to get rid of most annoying bugs
  • Numerous other small bugs/glitches fixed

Arma 2 patched to 1.11

  • Numerous bug fixes, multiplayer code tweaks and mission fixes
  • ARMA 2, ARMA 2: OA, ARMA 2: EW campaigns and stand-alone missions received special treatment to get rid of the most annoying bugs

Arma 2: Free patched to 1.11

  • MP Code brought into line with Arma 2 for compatibility

BAF patched to 1.03 and PMC patched to 1.02

  • Several stability and game saves fixes as well as mission tweaks, also new BAF missions included.
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Comments (9) Latest comment 5 months ago

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  • jogyourmind #1 5 months ago

    Very good :) One of my favourite games.

  • colicabd #2 5 months ago

    Worth it for the sandbox editor alone :)

  • felicitous_blue #3 5 months ago

    There's a massive patch for Take On Helicopters that incorporates the Arma 2 patch as well.... Just thought I'd delurk to mention it.

  • jogyourmind #4 5 months ago

    And I think some of the tweaks to Arma2 have come from the work they have done on Take On Helicopters too.

  • WAusJackBauer #5 5 months ago

    This game came out in 2009 and yet I'd except a patch this big to be released within the first 3 months of the game being launched.

    Glad I'll be playing it for the first time with this patch applied.

  • G-Lord #6 5 months ago

    I think I should give the game another chance. Couldn't get into it so far, even as a Arma 1 player.

  • jogyourmind #7 5 months ago

    @WAusJackBauer

    This is just an icing on the cake patch. The game has been solid for years, and it has had AA since it was released.

  • Stratix #8 5 months ago

    I got this game a while ago when it was on the cheap but I couldn't really get into it.

    I found the gun sounds a bit pathetic, broke the immersion a bit. Is that a legitimate downfall or am I just wrong/ being picky?

    I am aware this is a great game and should really give it another chance sometime soon.
    Edited by Stratix at 23/12/11 @ 13:10

  • jogyourmind #9 5 months ago

    @Stratix

    The gun sounds are pretty close to perfect? There are probably over 100 weapons so maybe you were using a submachine gun, or a silenced rifle or something?

    A lot of people have tried this game and never got in to it. It took me almost 2 years to get in to it.. But I was playing various other crappy shooters and they weren't doing it for me and it finally dawned on me what I wanted and that what I wanted already existed. So I put some effort in to getting to grips with it and ended up super hooked. For me, it's the best shooter bar none.