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Steam is a video game distribution platform that hosts, sometimes exclusively, Bohemia Interactive games such as Arma 3, Take On Helicopters and Arma Reforger.

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See Steam (service).

Available Bohemia Interactive Games

• Operation Flashpoint
• ArmA: Armed Assault
• Arma 2
• Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
• Arma 3
• Arma Reforger
• DayZ
• Ylands
• Take On Helicopters
• Take On Mars
• Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

Assistance

Verify Game Files

In the event of a game issue, it is sometimes recommended to make Steam verify the game files:

• right-click on the game in the Steam list
• select "Properties"
• click on "Local Files"
• press "Verify integrity of game files"

Steam will now verify and repair modified files. This will not erase any personal files; game progress, controls and other configurations will remain unchanged.

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See Steam's tutorial.

Move Arma 3 Workshop Items

Mods in Arma 3 can often take a lot of space, and storage capacity can quickly be overwhelmed. In order to circumvent this issue, it is possible to change the mods storage location.
A Symbolic link (also known as Symlink) can make this happen, making Windows believe a directory is actually in another location.

1. Locate the Workshop directory, in which the 107410 directory (which has the entire Arma 3 related Workshop items) is present.
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   Usually C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content or if SteamLibrary is installed on another drive (e.g D:), D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content.
2. Copy the 107410 directory to its new location (e.g E:\NewArma3WorkshopDirectory)
3. Rename the <workshop directory>\107410 source directory to make a backup and ensure it is not used accidentally(e.g 107410_backup)
4. Open Command Prompt in Administrator mode (Windows Search > type "cmd", right-click > "Run as Administrator")
5. Enter this command: mklink /d target source, where:
   • target is the original 107410 location, e.g C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\107410
   • source is the actual data directory, e.g E:\NewArma3WorkshopDirectory
6. Press Enter ↵ to run the command, here mklink /d "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\107410" "E:\NewArma3WorkshopDirectory"
7. This is it! There is nothing else to configure and nothing to change Launcher-wise. Start the game to make sure it recognizes the items properly.
8. If everything went well, the backup can be safely deleted (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\107410_backup).

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To delete a symbolic link, simply delete the target directory from Windows Explorer (here C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\107410 > right-click > delete).
See also How-To Geek tutorial.