Amazon EC2 Instance ARMA II

[500gb]

Hello,

 

I'm setting up an Epoch server on VPS. I used Steam to install ARMA II and OA on an Amazon EC2 Instance and it doesn't seem to have the graphics power to run ARMA II Manually for the first time (In order to unpack files??) I can't proceed with the install unless ARMA II is run once.

 

 

I just want to use this as a server,

 

is there any way to continue without this step?

 

 

Is there something I can add to the .exe to force it to run in super low settings the instance could handle?

 

:unsure: wat do?

[MGT]

Hello,

 

I'm setting up an Epoch server on VPS. I used Steam to install ARMA II and OA on an Amazon EC2 Instance and it doesn't seem to have the graphics power to run ARMA II Manually for the first time (In order to unpack files??) I can't proceed with the install unless ARMA II is run once.

 

 

I just want to use this as a server,

 

is there any way to continue without this step?

 

 

Is there something I can add to the .exe to force it to run in super low settings the instance could handle?

 

:unsure: wat do?

 

If you have Arma/OA installed on your personal computer, just copy all the files across?

[500gb]

Which files?

 

Do I copy the whole SteamApps/common/Arma 2 and SteamApps/common/Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead directories to the ones on my VPS??

 

 

[TayTayTheKiller]

Which files?

 

Do I copy the whole SteamApps/common/Arma 2 and SteamApps/common/Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead directories to the ones on my VPS??

Did you try to run in windows mode?

[500gb]

Yes, no luck in windowed or regular.

 

I will try to upload my files via FTP.

 

300kb/s should only take 200 hours  :wacko:

[cen]

just double click the exe, it will install direct x still just won't launch the game

[500gb]

I did and I do and even though it installs directX it gives that error about the display adapter, and day Z commander / Day Z Control Center say the game has not been installed or hasn't been run yet. They do have to be run once right?

[cen]

check the path in commander, click override and set it to your arma path:

 

[500gb]

No luck, thanks for the suggestions though.

 

Does anyone know if anyone has been able to get a VPS server up and running on Amazon EC2 successfully? I may be wasting my time...

[xPr0di9yx]

When I was setting up my Epoch server on a VPS I tried to run A2 and OA for the first time and got errors about something related to the video.  If I remember correctly, running those for the first time just sets up the registry with your CD-Keys, file paths, etc. which aren't used (I don't believe) when you run the arma2oaserver.exe file to start your server.  DayZ Commander isn't needed in order to set up your server.  Just download the Epoch client / server files from http://dayzepoch.com/ and follow one of the guides on here to set everything up.

 

Also, in order to upgrade your server's Arma2 OA beta patch just copy the Expansion/beta folder to your server.  Although to be thorough you could check all the files inside of the Expansion folder just to be sure every updated file gets copied (I think 112555 (which I don't recommend installing yet) changes more than just the beta folder :angry:).