Rearmed – Take On Helicopters
Overview
Take On Helicopters: Rearmed is a project released with patch 1.06 (Downtown). It will automatically merge content from Arma 2 and Operation Arrowhead into Take On Helicopters.
Setup
Once the final patch is released, all you need to do is install the patch and run the game (provided legitimate versions of the aforementioned games are installed on your system).
Release Candidate patch
A Release Candidate patch with embedded Rearmed installer was released on the forums. Carefully read the warnings before installing!
Registry
If you do not use the -mod parameter, Take On Helicopters will load Rearmed automagically when it finds Arma 2 and/or Operation Arrowhead in the registry and everything is taken care of automatically.
You can disable/enable Rearmed in the Expansion menu from the main menu. It will deactivate/activate automatically the required dependencies to the other products.
Shortcut
This is solution to run Rearmed is an alternative to the registry loading. It is useful for launcher tools or when you want to configure the modline yourself.
Create shortcuts using the following template:
TakeOnH.exe "-mod=c:\path\to\Arma2;c:\path\to\Arrowhead;c:\path\to\Arrowhead\Expansion;c:\path\to\TKOH;Rearmed"
Examples
You can combine Take On Helicopters with:
- Combined Operations:
"-mod=c:\path\to\Arma2;c:\path\to\Arrowhead;c:\path\to\Arrowhead\Expansion;c:\path\to\TKOH;Rearmed"
- Operation Arrowhead:
"-mod=c:\path\to\Arrowhead;c:\path\to\Arrowhead\Expansion;c:\path\to\TKOH;Rearmed"
- Arma 2:
"-mod=c:\path\to\Arma2;c:\path\to\TKOH;Rearmed"
- Arma 2 Free:
"-mod=c:\path\to\Arma2Free;c:\path\to\TKOH;Rearmed"
Beta patch
It is possible to test Rearmed in beta patches, but this will require some configuration. Keep in mind that this only applies to the beta patch, not the final patch!
Shortcut
Again: this is a temporary solution to run Rearmed in the beta patch. Create shortcuts using the following template:
Beta\TakeOnH.exe "-mod=c:\path\to\Arma2;c:\path\to\Arrowhead;c:\path\to\Arrowhead\Expansion;c:\path\to\TKOH;Beta"
Examples
You can combine Take On Helicopters with:
- Combined Operations:
"-mod=c:\path\to\Arma2;c:\path\to\Arrowhead;c:\path\to\Arrowhead\Expansion;c:\path\to\TKOH;Beta"
- Operation Arrowhead:
"-mod=c:\path\to\Arrowhead;c:\path\to\Arrowhead\Expansion;c:\path\to\TKOH;Beta"
- Arma 2:
"-mod=c:\path\to\Arma2;c:\path\to\TKOH;Beta"
- Arma 2 Free:
"-mod=c:\path\to\Arma2Free;c:\path\to\TKOH;Beta"