Armed Assault Patch v1.18 Final

Description:
Copyright © 2009 [http://www.bistudio.com Bohemia Interactive]. All rights reserved.

This patch announced in the Bistudio Forums as the last official patch for Armed Assault.

This application will update your [http://www.armedassault.com ArmA: Armed Assault / Combat Operations] installation.

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System requirements:
ANY ORIGINAL VERSION OF ARMA 1.08 AND ABOVE.

Visit [http://www.armedassault.com/dwnl_update.html updates section at armedassault.com] to update your ArmA as necessary.

October 2006 DirectX 9 runtime is required (d3dx9_31.dll) and patch installer will update your system with it automatically if you don\'t have it installed.

OpenAL will be updated during the patch process to version 2.0.7.


How to install:
First make sure that you have version 1.08 or newer and run the patch exe to apply the patch setup automatically (you may be prompted to choose your exact version in some occasions).

It will install all content of the patch to folder with your ArmA installation (default is C:\\Program Files\\Bohemia Interactive\\ArmA or C:\\Program Files\\Atari\\ArmA).


Battleye:
This patch will automatically offer you to install anti cheating software for online games to your ARMA working folder. If you decide not to install Battleye, your patch still will be working but you may not be able to join game servers that will have installed Battleye software for increased anti cheating protection.

It will install all BattlEye content to a folder \"BattlEye\" (default is C:\\Program Files\\Bohemia Interactive\\ArmA\\BattlEye or C:\\Program Files\\Atari\\ArmA\\BattleEye). If BattlEye was installed, it will be securing online sessions hosted on your server (requiring all clients to have BattlEye also installed) unless it is disabled in server config using line \"battlEye = 0;\"

NOTE: BattlEye itself will be run from ARMA\'s application data folder (default is C:\\Documents and Settings\\[User Name]\\Local Settings\\Application Data\\ArmA\\BattlEye) to have write access in order to be able to download/install updates and/or create logs and other BE-related files.

There\'s an uninstall application UnInstallBE.exe installed in the BattlEye installation folder that allows you to remove BattlEye from ARMA. You can also remove BattlEye using Add/Remove Programs control panel.


ArmA Warfare:
ArmA Warfare, included as a bonus update in this patch, is a blend of a team-based multiplayer mission and realtime strategy. Two sides (BLUFOR vs. OPFOR) fight for control of the whole map. It is multiplayer map designed for 1 up to 32 players. It also uses other bonus content included in the patch: desert Marines and a modified Southern Sahrani map.

To start ArmA Warfare game, start multiplayer mission as usual. In the Create game screen select \"Southern Sahrani\" island. The \"Warfare v1.0\" and \"Warfare v1.0 for 32\" players missions appear in the list on the right. Select them to play Warfare. Standard Warfare is the 16 player (8 vs 8) mission. Warfare for 32 players (16 vs 16) is recommended for higher performance systems. See briefing screen of the Warfare mission for more instructions.

Full ArmA Warfare Manual is included in pdf file in the patch distribution.


Changelog:
Changes since 1.14
5278 - Fixed: Game did not run on some systems with 8 GB RAM and 1 GB VRAM.
5278 - Fixed: improved alt-tab stability (fixed bug in texture loading on lost device)
5278 - Fixed: Game now recovers by resetting the D3D device from \"Cannot create surface\" error.
5278 - Fixed: Improved AI path planning when riding a bike.
5272 - New: Action inputs \"Car more left\" / \"Car more right\".
5272 - New: Action inputs \"Car more left\" / \"Car more right\".
5272 - New: Action inputs \"Car more left\" / \"Car more right\".
5272 - New: Action inputs \"Car more left\" / \"Car more right\".
5272 - Fixed: Game did not run on ATI cards in fullscreenmode on Vista x64 with more then 4 GB RAM (fixed again).
5273 - Fixed: Reduced excessive virtual memory fragmentation with ATI/AMD graphics cards.
5276 - Fixed: Changed BattlEye integration (fixing \"random\" player kicks)
5277 - Attempt to fix: Crash opportunity