Activating an Arma 2 OA non Steam Version on Steam

[LoneStarrr]

Since the most recent Arma 2 update (1.63) all of the Arma 2 servers are now powered through Steam. However, I have a non-steam version of Arma 2 OA. I decided that it was time to activate it. I went through all the steps to activate it. It accepted my CD key and everything worked fine until the install. I saw that it was trying to download the whole 6GB game again. Now, I have a slow download speed and I don't feel like downloading all that data when it's already on my computer. Is there any way I can move my Arma 2 and Arma 2 OA files into my steam folder so they're accepted by steam to where I don't have to redownload?

[Hextravert]

Of course.

Start the download/installation via Steam—then pause it. After that, copy and paste all the Arma 2 files that you already had into that location.

[LoneStarrr]

Hextravert původně napsal:

Of course.

Start the download/installation via Steam—then pause it. After that, copy and paste all the Arma 2 files that you already had into that location.

I have tried that but it just keeps downloading the files like my pasted files don't even exist...

[Hextravert]

Everything (6GB)? This must mean that the files are different.

I'm afraid you can't get out of this one.

[Hextravert]

There is another thing that you could try.

After pasting all those files in the correct folder, go to your library and right-click on Arma 2>Properties>Local files>Verify integrity of game cache.