#ARMA 2 HOW TO INSTALL MODS INSTALL#
#ARMA 2 HOW TO INSTALL MODS MOD#
#ARMA 2 HOW TO INSTALL MODS SERIES#

#ARMA 2 HOW TO INSTALL MODS INSTALL#

(A note: sometimes mods will come as a bare PBO rather than already being inside a To install them, create a folder in the same dir as ArmA 2 OA, then inside it create a folder named 'Addons'. And in any case, most mods work with both.

#ARMA 2 HOW TO INSTALL MODS MOD#

It doesn't matter if a mod is for ArmA 2 or for ArmA 2 OA, if you're using Combined Ops it goes where the arma2oa.exe is, because that's the only exe you should ever use. To install mods, go to the folder where you arma2oa.exe file is, and drop in the directory from the zip you've downloaded. If so, you know with 100% certainty that you have a 'Combined Ops' install with both ArmA 2 OA and ArmA 2 content. If this isn't true, then you'll have to make a Steam-ready Combined Ops install, which I don't know about - perhaps someone else can explain that.ДЇirst, you can check if you have Combined Ops working by launching ArmA 2 OA from your Steam, go to Single Player -> Editor, and see if Chernarus and Takistan are both listed map there. If it's true that ArmA 2 OA will automatically detect the presence of ArmA 2 and launch a 'Combined Ops' version, the process should be pretty straightforward. I don't have the Steam version, so I can't provide detailed instructions, but here's what I'd do based on what I know about ArmA 2 finds mods. Bottom line, it's very tough to find a good step-by-step set of instructions on this site or any other on installing mods for this game with the Steam version.

#ARMA 2 HOW TO INSTALL MODS SERIES#

Most of the threads I find regarding Steam here are from 2010.ДЄn example issue I'm having with mods for ARMA is that it's never clear if the mod is specific to ARMA 2, or can be used with Arrowhead as well, or is it one install for the newest Combined Ops version? And which directory in SteamApps/Common does it go into then? Both if you want to use the mod for both?ДЄlso, several threads (and CURRENT mod install readmes) say that you first need to enable the Steam version to 'run both at once' through a series of complicated command line parameters, but after much digging here I found a post saying that after the 1.60 patch, the CO version works together automatically. Those links you posted DO NOT explain installing mods to Steam with the current folder configuration that Steam installs with this game and they need to be updated.

I just the other day bought ARMA 2:CO from Steam, and judging by the number of people buying it from there and the unlikelihood of finding it on a store shelf, this is going to be a hotter topic in the near future.

Well, I'm quite good with PC's having managed and installed mods with Falcon 4.0, Lock-On, etc, and newer games like Combat Mission BN, but I find the ARMA mod install process unclear and overly complicated for such a modern game. Maybe this will help others having the same problem I'm having: Posted this at Armaholic after I read a rather snotty response to a new member there by one of the moderators (Foxhound - even slammed a guy for not picking an avatar!).

Arma 2 how to install mods