There are a few mods that can be downloaded from six updater or armaholic which can enhance game play.@cba@cba_a2@cba_oaThe mods above are required to run the following game enhancement mods@sthud - Provides a heads up display showing members of your team in relation to your position@jsrs - enhanced audio@blastcore_visuals - enhanced graphicsMost servers have installed the keys for these mods, certainly TAW servers do.and example command line to run these mods would be...C:\Program Files (x86)\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead\arma2oa.exe "-mod=C:\Program Files (x86)\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2;Expansion;ca;@blastcore_visuals;@cba;@cba_a2;@cba_oa;@jsrs;@sthud" -nosplash
if you use steam with OA then create a .bat file in your Arma 2 OA folder example
load_with_mods.bat
SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS:v64_path_a2For /F "Tokens=2* skip=2" %%A In ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2" /v "MAIN"') Do (set _ARMA2PATH=%%B)IF NOT DEFINED _ARMA2PATH (GOTO v32_path_a2) ELSE (GOTO v64_path_a2oa):v32_path_a2For /F "Tokens=2* skip=2" %%C In ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2" /v "MAIN"') Do (set _ARMA2PATH=%%D)IF NOT DEFINED _ARMA2PATH (GOTO uac_PATH_A2) ELSE (GOTO v64_path_a2oa):uac_PATH_A2@FOR /F "tokens=2* delims= " %%I IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2" /v "MAIN"') DO (SET _ARMA2PATH=%%J)IF NOT DEFINED _ARMA2PATH (GOTO std_PATH_A2) ELSE (GOTO v64_path_a2oa):std_PATH_A2@FOR /F "tokens=2* delims= " %%K IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2" /v "MAIN"') DO (SET _ARMA2PATH=%%L)IF NOT DEFINED _ARMA2PATH (GOTO ENDfailA2) ELSE (GOTO v64_path_a2oa):v64_path_a2oaFor /F "Tokens=2* skip=2" %%E In ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2 OA" /v "MAIN"') Do (set _ARMA2OAPATH=%%F)IF NOT DEFINED _ARMA2OAPATH (GOTO v32_path_a2oa) ELSE (GOTO RUN):v32_path_a2oaFor /F "Tokens=2* skip=2" %%G In ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2 OA" /v "MAIN"') Do set (_ARMA2OAPATH=%%H)IF NOT DEFINED _ARMA2OAPATH (GOTO uac_PATH_A2OA) ELSE (GOTO RUN):uac_PATH_A2OA@FOR /F "tokens=2* delims= " %%M IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2 OA" /v "MAIN"') DO (SET _ARMA2OAPATH=%%N)IF NOT DEFINED _ARMA2OAPATH (GOTO std_PATH_A2OA) ELSE (GOTO RUN):std_PATH_A2OA@FOR /F "tokens=2* delims= " %%O IN ('REG QUERY "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2 OA" /v "MAIN"') DO (SET _ARMA2OAPATH=%%P)IF NOT DEFINED _ARMA2OAPATH (GOTO ENDfailA2OA) ELSE (GOTO RUN):runcall "%_ARMA2OAPATH%\Expansion\beta\ARMA2OA.exe" "-mod=%_ARMA2PATH%;EXPANSION;ca" "-mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion;@cba;@cba_a2;@cba_oa;@blastcore_visuals;@jsrs;@sthud;" -window -nosplash -cpuCount=4 -exThreads=8 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 ENDLOCAL:end@exit /B 0:ENDfailA2@exit /B 1:ENDfailA2OA@exit /B 2
then create a shortcut to it on your desktop, and rename the shortcut and change the icon.
this will allow you to load with the moads grim listed.
you might need to adjust the CPU count and the Threads to match your system.
this .bat file also needs the beta mod from BI installed.