ArmA II, while praised as a shooter, is also heavily criticized for its large amount of bugs. When we announced the new patch and DLC last week, reader Honor pointed out it's not much good without appropriate fixes, and as it turns out, that's what we get today.
Version 1.05 not only adds the "Eagle Wing" and "When Diplomacy Fails" content (complete with snazzy Apache helicopter), but adds "major" tweaks to AI and balancing, improves hit detection and damage, many crash fixes and the like, and lastly, removes the DRM (hurrah). It's rare when a publisher "sunsets" a game's protection scheme within a few months of release (or even at all), so hats off to 505 Games and Bohemia here.
The full release notes are below; grab the patch at the source.
Free bonus campaign Eagle WingFree bonus helicopter addon AH-64D
New Warfare multiplayer mode When Diplomacy Fails, including 3-sides and support for diplomacy between factions
Major AI tweaking and balancing (better combat cooperation, better situational awareness, new Suppressive fire command)
Significant performance improvements, especially in large cities
Fixed compatibility problems under Windows Vista and Windows 7 x64 with 8 GB and more RAM
Grass now provides concealment also in distance
Improved hit detection and damage system
Improved object visibility and less significant objects popping in distance
Improved mouse input handling
Spatial sound improvements
Automatic launching of user made addons (units, missions etc.) via "pbo" file association with the game
Possibility to switch between windowed and fullscreen mode at any time in game menus using Alt + Enter or through video options
Various crash opportunities fixed
Linux server support added
New GUI to various dedicated server settings
New GUI for multiplayer commands
Enabled commanding during story conversations
FreeTrack support using FreeTrackClient.dll
DRM free
Optional anti-cheat protection
Source:All Downloads - ARMA 2
Section:PC Games
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