To install a patched version on the dedicated server, you can either install the patch on some machine with the full game installed and then transfer the full patched game, or you can download the patch to the dedicated server, make sure there exists a registry entry on the server so that the patch can find the game location, verify the CD key, and apply the patch directly on the server. Installing a patch on the dedicated server Create a configuration file for your server.Copy your already installed ArmA2/ArmA2OA directory on to the server. Add the arma2server.exe/arma2oaserver.exe file to the same directory as ArmA2.exe/ArmA2OA.exe.Install the corresponding version of the game on any machine (you will need ArmA DVD for this).The latest version of this executable is always available from the Downloads section. (However with the latest patch version 1.05 the DVD is no longer needed.).If you want to run a server without the DVD and serial number, you have to use the standalone dedicated server executable. While this is easy, it requires the ArmA DVD to be present in the drive during server operation and also original serial number. When you have installed the ArmA game, you can use the main executable (ArmA.exe) with the command line argument –server to start a dedicated server. There are two possible ways to install the dedicated server. For installation on a Linux computer see the Linux section. The rest of this section covers installation on a Windows computer. We recommend using 2 GHz machine, with 512 MB RAM and a 1 Mbps upload network bandwidth.Īrma 2: You need a Microsoft Windows XP/2000/Vista/2008/Seven computer to run an Arma 2 dedicated server, yet a version of Linux server is also available. 2 Installing a patch on the dedicated server.

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