If you experience issues with the recent Operation Arrowhead update, we have made a "legacy" version available on Steam. To download this build, please go to your Steam library, right-click on Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead, select "Properties". In the Properties window select the "BETAS" tabs, and use the dropdown menu to select "legacy". After you click on the "Close" button, Steam will automatically begin to download the previous version of the game.
Changelog
Engine
- Security fixes
- Many crash fixes
- Various minor fixes
- Several optimizations
- Fixed: black eyes on characters
- Fixed: multiple VON issues
- Fixed: Event Handlers not resetting properly
- Fixed: MP Event Handlers re-indexing
- Fixed: vehicle turret locality sync in multiplayer
- Fixed: drawIcon displaying text
- Fixed: isNumber return
- Fixed: helicopter rotor speed after MP mission loading from a save
- Fixed: laser targets on water surfaces
- Fixed: particles drawn near the camera
- Fixed: AI gear in another group's vehicle
- Added: bonus script commands getHit, addWeaponTurret, removeWeaponTurret
- Added: #maxping, #maxpacketloss and #maxdesync commands for admins (for server.cfg too)
- Added: kickClientsOnSlowNetwork and disconnectTimeout for server.cfg
BattlEye
- Newly located /BattlEye/ folder in the root of /Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead/
- Updated client binaries and libraries
- Updated server libraries for both Windows and Linux
- Support for a new version of Windows 10 OS
Allocator
- Updated the memory allocator library (same as Arma 3) in /Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead/Dll/: /tbb4malloc_bi.dll
Steam
- Updated Steam SDK libraries to 1.42 in the root of /Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead/:
/steamclient.dll
/tier0_s.dll
/vstdlib_s.dll
/steam_api.dll
/steam.dll
Data
- New version of signed files:
/Expansion/Addons/corepatch.pbo
/Expansion/Addons/warfare2_e.pbo
/Expansion/Addons/warfare2.pbo
/Expansion/Addons/modules_e.pbo
/Expansion/Addons/language_e.pbo
/Expansion/Addons/language.pbo
/Expansion/Addons/languagemissions.pbo
/Expansion/Addons/languagemissions_e.pbo
/Common/modules.pbo
/Common/missions.pbo
Note: minor tweaks were done to Arma 2 data language files for synchronization with Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead.
CorePatch
Includes hundreds of various config or script tweaks and fixes from the past years.
More details here: https://github.com/Goliath86/CorePatch/blob/master/Changelog.txt
Credits: https://github.com/Goliath86/CorePatch/blob/master/Credits.txt
Credits & Thanks
Goliath86 for all his work on CorePatch
.kju for a very long list of errors
Rob Graham (eggbeast) for Dwarden's script to fix the Fire-In-The-Sky bug
Dwarden for his Fire-In-The-Sky script bug fix and support
OPUSfmSPol for a very long list of errors and their fixes of the Warfare module
Wolffy.au for the BIS Module Improvement Project
zGuba for the BIS Module Improvement Project
Defunkt for his ANZINS mod
OMAC for his support on bug fixing
Dimon for his support on bug fixing
Xeno426 (Xenomorph) for suggestions, improvements, bug fixing in CCP
Sa-Matra for his support and help on bug fixing
Schatten for his support and help on bug fixing
groove_c for his support and help on bug fixing
PiZZADOX for his support and help on bug fixing
All the contributors of the Community Configuration Project
All the contributors of the Community Issue Tracker
All the players who tested / reported on the Bohemia forums, e.g. https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/188702-a2a2oa-beta-corepatch-01032016/
Everyone who supported or helped and was not yet mentioned.
