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{{ii}} Originally titled '''ARMA: Combat Operations''' in North America.
 
{{ii}} [[GameSpy]] online server browser has been shut down.<ref>[http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?175463-End-of-Gamespy End of Gamespy]</ref> Use the [http://master.bistudio.com Master Server Browser].
 
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{{mm}} [http://www.gog.com/forum/arma_series GOG.com Community Discussions] for game series
 
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{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown | [[Digital rights management (DRM)|DRM]]: StarForce or SecuROM (varies by region).<ref>[https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/ArmA:_FAQ#Which_copy_protection_is_ArmA_using.3F ArmA: FAQ - Bohemia Interactive Community]</ref>}}
 
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Revision as of 07:23, 1 January 2015

Arma: Armed Assault
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Developers
Bohemia Interactive
Publishers
505 Games
Atari
Engines
Real Virtuality 2
Release dates
Windows November 10, 2006
Arma: Armed Assault on Wikipedia

Warnings

GameSpy online services have been shut down (see Network for solutions).
Arma
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Key points

Originally titled ARMA: Combat Operations in North America.
GameSpy online server browser has been shut down.[1] Use the Master Server Browser.

General information

Bohemia Interactive Wiki
Official forum
GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Steam Community Discussions (Gold Edition)
Steam Users' Forums for game series
Armed Assault Info Fansite

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DRM: StarForce or SecuROM (varies by region).[2]
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Gold edition. Base game is also sold separately.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Patches

Latest game version is 1.18. You must have at least version 1.08 to apply the newest patch, which in turn requires you have already installed 1.05 (International, European).

Skip intro videos

Instructions

Game data

Difficulty settings

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2780/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2780/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Some suggested FOV values in radians[3] for typical setups are:

Setup Type fovTop fovLeft
1920 x 1080 at 90 FOV 1.03 1.83
1680 x 1050 at 90 FOV 1.13 1.80
2560×1600 at 90 FOV 1.13 1.76

Input settings

Controls settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Notes
LAN play
Online play
In-game server browser doesn't work; use the Master Server Browser.

Connection types

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 2.5 GHz Intel P4 or AMD Athlon
System memory (RAM) 512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 6 GB
Video card (GPU) NVIDIA GeForce 6600GT
ATI Radeon x800
256 MB of VRAM
Shader model 2.0 support

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References