Multiple members with same Player ID does not have Squad XML applied
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Description

When a Squad XML includes multiple members with the same Player ID, only the first one has the Squad XML applied to it.

NOTE: I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT PIRACY HERE. WE ARE NOT TRYING TO PLAY WITH THE SAME PLAYER ID ON DIFFERENT MACHINES BECAUSE OF PIRACY. WE JUST HAVE MULTIPLE PROFILES (THE POINT OF HAVING A PROFILE IN THE FIRST PLACE!) ON THE SAME MACHINE.

Details

Legacy ID: 1399397270
Severity: None
Resolution: Open
Reproducibility: Always
Category: Visual-GUI

Steps To Reproduce

Create two profiles in Arma: Alice and Bob
Add Alice and the Player ID into a Squad XML
Add Bob and the player ID into the same Squad XML
Start a new multiplayer game as Bob
Squad XML is not applied to Bob

4b. Start a new multiplayer game as Alice
5b. Squad XML is properly applied to Alice

Additional Information

If you switch the order of the members in the squad XML, the one who gets applied is changed.

This happens because both me and my wife have our own profiles on the same machine. We also have duplicate profiles on another, less powerful machine, which we use when playing together. These have other player IDs, obviously.

Currently I'm using the following workaround:

On machine 1, player 2 is considered the "extra".
On machine 2, player 1 is considered the "extra".
Create another squad.xml (squad2.xml) with only the "extra" members in it.
Change the "extra" profiles on each machine to point to the squad2.xml file instead.