#arma3_troubleshooting

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umbral narwhal
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The stress test is just an editor scenario or what? You don't mention which mission you're talking about.

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Also how much system RAM and GPU RAM do you have?

untold trout
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ohhh, that, alright, and btw, is it normal that when playing you will hear random jet sounds, or gunfire even if ur standing in the middle of nowhere?

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because ive been playing and like, i would randomly hear the sound of a jet starting up and music playing, and that sound drowns out all the other sounds in game

umbral narwhal
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Are you sure you don't have something open in the steam overlay?

untold trout
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yeah im pretty sure, because as soon as i leave the game, the sounds go away as well

serene prawn
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I am 16 GB Ram, 8 GB DDR6 Memory on my GPU

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GPU is an RTX 3060, x2 8GB Corsair Ram Sticks

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CPU is an Intel i7 11th Gen 3.6 Ghz

serene prawn
final kernel
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Need help. Mic doesn’t work in game
Have set everything from steam to system as my current mic default.

steady hawk
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Check the pinned

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You really should to doublecheck

final kernel
bronze river
pseudo badge
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Does anyone use opentrack and AI track for head tracking? Having issues and seeing if anyone knows how to fix it

steady hawk
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Don't ask to ask just ask

pseudo badge
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Im just having problems with sensitivity and tracking in general. Its extremely sensitive, breaks my camera a lot, doesnt like to center, and breaks my keys on both M+K and Joystick. I tried putting the smoothing and deadzone all the way up but it still breaks and is extremely sensitive

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Wondering if anyone knows how to fix these issues. Might just get that app head tracking for your phone

steady lark
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How do I repair or replace these missing files?

quaint jewel
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These are not the problem

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look at the top in the treeview

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and only look at first level

steady lark
steady lark
pine kite
quaint jewel
steady lark
steady lark
quaint jewel
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physx ones are inside game folder

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Tobii and GFSDK also

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OPENAL32 is missing

steady lark
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Do I need to grab the dll's in the game folder and locate them anywhere?

untold trout
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(i think its worth noting that i am on mac and im playing it on windowed mode)

pine kite
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I have no experience with that (macs) but I can't imagine any other thing running in the back ground playing content. Make sure you don't have any browsers doing stuff in the background.

quaint jewel
steady lark
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I have done everything on this solutions list as well

quaint jewel
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Well that error is absolutely 100% unrelated to missing DLL's

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try updating graphics driver

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your GPU is disconnecting

slender owl
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I've been having issues in arma 3 whenever I run editor or single player scenarios-
I suddenly get kicked back to Desktop, and can hear the game still running, but can't Alt-Tab back into it

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It won't give up control of my mouse while this is happening, and the only way to fix it is to kill it in the task manager

steady lark
steady lark
quaint jewel
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Try going to my documents/Arma 3/
and remove/rename arma3.cfg and username.Arma3Profile
That will reset your graphics settings, maybe that does something

pine kite
steady lark
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is it because I did the 32 bit instead of the 64?

pine kite
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It says it needs to be 32-bit value.

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It it doesn't work for you, or just makes it worse, remove that registry entry.

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A system restart is required.

steady lark
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Yes I restarted should I launch arma in 32 bit instead of 64 then?

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or would that not matter

pine kite
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No, 64 bit Arma 3 if you want to make use of your 4+ GB ram

steady lark
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Understood yea Im gonna delete that then try tp rename my arma 3 config as dedmen suggested to see if that changes anything

steady lark
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just got the error code again

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not sure what to do now

untold trout
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like it is so deafeningly loud, cant hear any other players or AI that are close to me, the gunshot sounds make me really confused when playing, as it takes me some time to realise wether it is the background sound or the AI shooting at me

untold trout
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ok, problem solved, so it was something about the steam overlay that i didnt take into account, just had to delete the in-game overlay data, thanks to anyone who helped anyways

fresh jetty
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I'm having this problem, I already validated the game 2 times but still nothing.

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umbral narwhal
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Antivirus killing the Arma exes, maybe.

fresh jetty
pine kite
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Check manually. Do you have an arma3.exe or arma3_x64.exe or arma3launcher.exe in the install folder?

orchid perch
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Warning Message: Preprocessor failed with error - Invalid file name(empty filename)

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i have this error

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i try add new hud and ...

uncut trellis
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you will need to explain what you do to get the error

orchid perch
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i want connect to my serveur

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i check in my logs server and client

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now impossible for me

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to connect

uncut trellis
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well you probably did faulty code somewhere

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I dont know about life server stuff so dont know how to help

tawdry kestrel
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I’m trying to play with a friend but we can’t find each others server any idea how to fix this ? As I have 2 other friends I play with and I can find there server no problem any help would be greatly appreciated

spiral wolf
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I am 300 hours into Arma 3. I play on a heavily modded server, FPS is as expected (20-30fps when busy), no complaints there. My issue is that since I hit 200 hours on the game if I open the map my game drops to 2fps until i zoom nearly all the way in. This happens in single player, editor, and in other servers. With and without the mods installed. I am at my wits end with this and really need help figuring out what the hell is causing this. I have done a full fresh windows install, fresh steam and Arma 3 install. I have a fully vanilla game at this moment, and the map still tanks my fps from 70fps (Vanilla runs really well in the first scenario) right down to 2fps.
Ryzen 5 5600G
Rx 6750xt
16gb ram

fringe salmon
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I think it something to do with your PC not Arma

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Just check youre Temp files

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Or your Arma 3 Main Directory maybe there is something wrong

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Or just reinstall it🤷‍♂️

valid lotus
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I was trying to get somone else controls and stuff so i had to change some files in documents. well ofc I messed it up deleting the three files with my name instead of 2. The file is somehow gone and i cant get it back so I decide to re install and files are still missing, i go and look up what I should do and Im told to delete the folders and re install now when I try to verify game files it misses them completely aswell as re installing it. I have dealed arma 3 times and its still not coming back

umbral narwhal
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Are you talking about Documents\Arma 3 or Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles?

valid lotus
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both

umbral narwhal
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You've deleted both folders, you run Arma 3 and what happens?

valid lotus
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nothing rlly yet but i try to download a dudes loadout and controls and that dont work

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but i cant get either folders back

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even with deleting all files and re installing

umbral narwhal
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I expect it'd create profiles on execution, not installing.

valid lotus
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ima try that

valid lotus
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I dont have some of the files and folders in it

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I went in a game tho

valid lotus
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I went into game and still dont have them

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no comp file, missions, mpmissions, usersaved these are folders I dont have the only files i have are arma3.cfg, BISPprofile.json,stats.arma3.json

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update

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i gave up on arma

golden nova
main star
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A friend of mine is trying to play Arma on my dedicated host, with some issues.

He has the modpack, it's fully downloaded, but when he gets into the server it kicks him off with a "this scenario is dependant on: _______" error. It does this for every single mod in the pack. Other players can connect fine. Initially, reinstalling the mod that showed the error changed the error to a different mod (deleting the workshop directory and then clicking "repair" to download the files again) so we decided to completely wipe the arma directory and the workshop folder from his system and perform and complete reinstall.

Issue is, after this, he tries to join again, and bam, missing mod error. No other players have this error and this server is for a community of 17 people, including myself. We've ruled out it being a server issue.

Any ideas?

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(please ping me when you reply so I can refer back to your comment, I might fall asleep before any help is given as I'm a tired boi)

umbral narwhal
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Maybe screen-share and check he's not doing anything daft.

main star
umbral narwhal
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Get his client RPT and check what's going on with the mod loading.

main star
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Mods are loading the same as mine are, we've compared RPTs files and they both come out roughly the same other than the "this mod is missing" error

umbral narwhal
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Can you paste his RPT?

main star
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Not at this exact moment, I'm not at my PC

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Wait I can grab it from our discord convo

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That says that VSM was missing so we reinstalled the mod, after that it changed to FIR F-35B, which is when we reinstalled the entire installation, after reinstall it still says FIR F-35B

final kernel
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New player here. Spent 3 days trying to get my mic to register in game. Works with all my other games and discord. - Set as default device - usb mic - bought a 3.5 aux mic to try also - nothing is working and getting super frustrated because I really like this game so far

pearl ridge
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Alr

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I can't link my steam account to Arma-3. I've tried everything on the web. I need to access the DLCs I bought.

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It all says not owned.

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steady hawk
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This is nothing to do with the gameplay

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You may need to restart Steam if you own them all

pearl ridge
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Maybe I'm just being an idiot but I want to access all this content I bought.

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Not really sure how Arma works tbh.

steady hawk
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What exactly you bought?

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And DLCs like Malden are not listed there

pearl ridge
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Malden, Zeus, Art of War, Marksman.

steady hawk
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Then you've got everything what you got

pearl ridge
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Where is Malden then?

steady hawk
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In game

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See? Marksmen is not listed as Not owned. Which means you owned

pearl ridge
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So I don't need to link Steam?

steady hawk
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Again it does nothing to do with gameplay

pearl ridge
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Alright, thanks.

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But I cannot access the dashboard without connecting to steam.

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steady hawk
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Again it is nothing

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You can just proceed and enjoy the game

pearl ridge
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Alr

slow root
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he will kill gus in king of the hill

pine kite
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And that unit's database server is out of action 99 times out of 100.

pearl ridge
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Ok lol

main star
umbral narwhal
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Maybe post the RPT with the current problem in it rather than the previous one. You have so many mods that it's going to be a pain to troubleshoot though.

lapis rose
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uhm ok so this is the weirdest thing ever happened to me, no idea how and I also don't see any answer on google
when I go to ACE arsenal, it starts as a mission, the area is just VR area and nothing else, no arsenal no ai nothing
what the heck?

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I have no idea what to do

uncut trellis
lapis rose
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so I am new to config making

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and I probably just didn't understand correctly the guys who explained me stuff

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and I binarized like 90% of the stuff lol

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and it probably broke literally the whole game

uncut trellis
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ah you have made something

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yes its very easy to break the base game with simple mistakes

lapis rose
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little did I know, I should have no touched other stuff xD

uncut trellis
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binarization you should do yes

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that does not break it

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but bad config can overwrite things and break them

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so Id recommend you recreate your thing in small chunks so you see what works and what does not

main star
umbral narwhal
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Nah, the one you pasted was with the compat_vsm_accs missing.

main star
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Yes

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Nothing about the RPT changes

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Just the mod that it reports as missing

umbral narwhal
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Yeah but I can't check an error that I can't see.

main star
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Seriously

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The error was exactly the same error for a different mod

umbral narwhal
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Generally it's telling the truth anyway. If it says that addon's missing then it's missing.

main star
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Only it's not telling the truth, as it's not missing

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We've delved into the workshop directory

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It's there

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When we reinstall the mod, it just changes the mod that it says is missing, over and over again, until we're back to F-35B

umbral narwhal
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You're saying that Arma is randomly picking one addon not to load?

main star
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I don't have the faintest idea

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It's just saying a mod isn't there, but the mod is definitely there.

ocean cosmos
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show us the pbos

main star
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You want

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The pbos

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For all 95 mods?

umbral narwhal
ocean cosmos
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no, a screenshot of the fir pbos

main star
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Yeah that's the one

main star
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I'm also reinstalling all the mods onto the server as well to rule that out too

umbral narwhal
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That F-35 mod only has two PBOs, and they're both loaded in the RPT you pasted. I have trouble believing that it'd break that one (either permanently or on loading) just because you reinstalled a different mod.

ocean cosmos
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this is the server's rpt, right?

umbral narwhal
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nah, client

main star
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Alright then, in that case, in the RPT I sent, is VSM's All In One collection loaded?

main star
umbral narwhal
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Not checking VSM. It's too large.

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Also there are two VSM mods loaded and I'm not sure which one has the missing addon.

main star
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VSM All in One does have a lot of .pbo files, but even confirming the presence of a few of them should show that it is loading the mod - Even if it's incomplete

main star
ocean cosmos
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missing pbos still cause missing addon messages

main star
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In the meantime I'm gonna see if he can send me the RPT file where the error is the F-35 mod

umbral narwhal
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I'm downloading this VSM thing but it'll take a while.

main star
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I got lucky there, didn't think he'd be online yet

umbral narwhal
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Ok, so in that one you're not loading the F35 mod anymore.

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I guess it got unticked accidentally while repairing?

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It's not missing files or anything, just no attempt to load.

main star
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Okay, but that was after a completely fresh reinstall of all the mods - But I've been on a screenshare with him during that, it shows the same 95 mods loaded in the launcher that mine does

main star
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He's in this discord server hold on

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@reef nova

umbral narwhal
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Just double-check that the F-35 mod is ticked in the list.

uncut trellis
reef nova
main star
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I can't name a single time that I've posted an RPT in here and someone hasn't said "That RPT lists so many config errors... Your mods are hella broken" lmfao

uncut trellis
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why not just fix the modlist so you dont use broken ass mods?

main star
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Because I have no idea what mods are erroring and honestly I don't even have any control of the modlist beyond what I've already done to it - Which was remove 35 mods... I'm just the server guy lmao

uncut trellis
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I mean there is no way to really help you with any issue if you intentionally use mods that basically break a lot of base config or other mods you try to load

main star
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And it's a mod that everyone else is loading just fine, myself and the server included

uncut trellis
reef nova
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i mean, it wasnt just that one mod

umbral narwhal
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Deal with the problem that you have now. Don't make assumptions that they're connected.

reef nova
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this mod is giving the same error as a previous mod, and we then fixed that and it gave us the new one

reef nova
umbral narwhal
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Yes, but it's actually a different problem. For the VSM ones, the mods are being loaded.

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For the F-35 one it isn't being loaded.

main star
umbral narwhal
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Unless there's actually a fourth VSM mod that's supposed to be in the first RPT.

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but you said that addon is in all-in-one.

main star
umbral narwhal
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yeah ok, there's no compat_vsm_accs in VSM all-in-one.

main star
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I'm currently running a full reinstall of the server's modlist to ensure that it's not something that was overlooked by my server launcher

main star
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This one

umbral narwhal
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Nope, not that one either.

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This is the trouble with having 95 mods :P

main star
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WELL

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I did say this when I joined the unit

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But after I purged their list we still had 130

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I had to pursuade them to let go of a further 35 before we got to 95

main star
umbral narwhal
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Are you sure :P

main star
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Yeah we just have these 3 VSM mods

umbral narwhal
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Do you run signature verification on your server?

main star
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We don't

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It was turned off as not all the mods I was given had keys...

umbral narwhal
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christ

main star
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Yeah

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Don't even get me started on the 58GB combo pack that was just weapons and equipment

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The one that straight up refused to even start the server when loaded

umbral narwhal
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Is it possible that this one guy is the only one loading the right modlist? :P

main star
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We do have the ACE .pbo verification thing turned on, but it's set to only show a message that "this client is missing this mod"

main star
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Man I wish the PSU in my server would quit rattling XD

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I'll get around to changing that PSU fan at some point

umbral narwhal
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Ok, compat_vsm_accs isn't in that one either.

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Can you do a file search in your workshop folder?

main star
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I mean, sure

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Yeah, nothing

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That don't exist

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Could it be part of a .pbo though?

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My PBO manager is being awkward

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It's giving me the .pbo but when I open it, apparently its empty?

umbral narwhal
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oh never mind, it's a CfgPatches reference there not a PBO name.

main star
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Ahhh

umbral narwhal
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Ok, so the first RPT is missing the mlo_compat_ace.pbo from the VSM ACE compat, but the second does have it. First one is loading the F-35 mod in the command line but the second isn't.

main star
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Okay that's interesting

rotund horizon
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does anyone have an idea why it cant find it?

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main star
rotund horizon
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i put with caps in the config

main star
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It's looking for 3rb.paa not 3RB.paa

umbral narwhal
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what's the prefix of the PBO?

main star
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Huh

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Welp I'm outta ideas

main star
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"I have trouble believing that it'd break that one (either permanently or on loading) just because you reinstalled a different mod."

proceeds to check the RPTs to find out that, somehow, that's exactly what it seems to be doing

rotund horizon
main star
rotund horizon
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i changed all the paths to that one

ocean cosmos
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requires a preceding backslash iirc

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if its an inventory icon or similar

rotund horizon
ocean cosmos
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yeah do "\customVests[...]

rotund horizon
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oooooh

umbral narwhal
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@main star Still looks like human error. Did you actually double-check that the F-35 mod is ticked in the mod list?

rotund horizon
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i just nee to add the slash in front?

ocean cosmos
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should do

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dedmen wont fix it 🙃

main star
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@reef nova could you take a quick screenshot that the F-35B mod is ticked so I know I'm not going mad?

reef nova
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arma is uninstalled rn

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but i saw it ticked

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it 100% is

main star
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Ah yeah we were putting it on that new HDD

reef nova
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yes

umbral narwhal
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You mean SSD right

main star
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HAH

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HAHAHA

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You're funny

umbral narwhal
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No way is someone loading that modlist on an HDD

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what do you do, start the game before you go to bed

main star
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Man the server runs a 500GB hdd

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It only takes about 2 minutes

umbral narwhal
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huh, not much worse than a 3CB BAF modset

main star
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But yeah I connect from a 4x 500GB RAID 0 lmao

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Much nicer

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Not M.2 SSD nice but a lot nicer than 1 HDD

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But honestly some HDDs nowadays reach speeds up to 200 megabytes for read speeds, they aren't all that bad

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I had a 1tb drive hit about 160

umbral narwhal
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I guess Arma doesn't do the 4k random stuff so much and loading time is mostly config grinding.

rotund horizon
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nope still not

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none of the vests work either so idk

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guess ill just keep it as is xD

main star
rotund horizon
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ill try

main star
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I have no idea if that'd work

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But rn it don't work

umbral narwhal
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@rotund horizon Click that gear button at the top in PBO manager.

main star
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So no harm in trying lmao

rotund horizon
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ahhhhh he put his name on it

umbral narwhal
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There should be a property "prefix" in there.

rotund horizon
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yes i see it

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il lsee if it works now

umbral narwhal
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File path will be [prefix]\textures\3rb.paa. No customvests unless that's in the prefix.

rotund horizon
hybrid kettle
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hey guys does anyone know how to correctly upload RHS to a deticated server? Whatever i try it doesn't seem to work

umbral narwhal
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Is this Nitrado?

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Whatever. You just FTP the whole mod folder from the client to the server.

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force to binary transfer not auto.

hybrid kettle
hybrid kettle
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sorry if these are dumb questions btw

umbral narwhal
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Which FTP client are you using?

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Are you sure it's not just a folder naming issue though?

main star
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Both compat_VSM_accs and F-35B Armaverse

umbral narwhal
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F-35 mod not loaded. VSM compat has this:
20:40:51 VSM - ACE Config | @VSM - ACE3 Compatibility | false | false | GAME DIR (Empty) | da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 | 11fdd19c | D:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@VSM - ACE3 Compatibility

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Which means there's no files in the addons folder.

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GAME DIR (Empty)

hybrid kettle
hybrid kettle
umbral narwhal
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In filezilla, transfer -> transfer type -> binary

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It's probably not that though.

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Paste your server RPT.

hybrid kettle
main star
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In which case @reef nova will need to repair the VSM ACE Compat, and somehow load the F-35B mod...

umbral narwhal
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@hybrid kettle On shockbyte? No idea. Look around a bit.

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It's possible that there's some rogue AV whacking stuff, but that wouldn't cause the F-35 issue.

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but yes.

main star
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Wait hang on

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That's different to the one you sent earlier

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Yeah that'll be why it's not showing that one as loaded

umbral narwhal
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I don't think it's showing either.

main star
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Yikes

main star
umbral narwhal
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There's a big table that starts with ========= List of mods ================

main star
umbral narwhal
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Another thing you can do is use process explorer to see the command line used to launch Arma, so you can see if the mod is listed in there. I've never heard of the launcher fucking that up though.

main star
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After counting every single mod that is apparently loaded on his client via the RPT file, I'm counting 93 mods - Which means TWO are missing, and it just so happens two mods are giving us problems

reef nova
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oh thank god at least its only these 2

umbral narwhal
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Nah it's three.

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The VSM compat is in the list.

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The files are just going walkabout.

reef nova
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oh

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why is this happening 😭

main star
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Correction, 94

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Blahaj you're missing a mod already there should be 95

reef nova
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i launched that with the exact modpack u sent me tho why are there 94 😭

main star
reef nova
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ok so that one wasnt even subscribed

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which shouldntve happened

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bcs i dragged ur modlist into my launcher

main star
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Okay well thats one problem out of the way

reef nova
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shut

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dont jinx it

main star
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I blame discord

reef nova
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i blame arma launcher

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it shouldve subscribed

umbral narwhal
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Launcher is bugged to hell. Steam is bugged to hell. This is why I ask you to double-check :/

reef nova
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hang on its not even in the html file u sent me

main star
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Now that's the thing, we did double check, and last time he was subscribed

reef nova
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ive unsubbed from all my mods like 3 times today to troubleshoot

umbral narwhal
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Sledgehammer approach probably repeating the same error.

main star
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So

reef nova
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ok so the f-35 error is gone

main star
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Okay is it just the VSM one now?

reef nova
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we fixed the vsm one yesterday and it only just popped back up when i tried it on my hdd how did we fix it again?

umbral narwhal
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Just run a mod repair on the thing and then check that it has a file in addons.

main star
reef nova
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aight

umbral narwhal
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That wasn't even the right mod :P

main star
reef nova
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we deleted the shortcut + the folder in steamapps\workshop right

main star
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Becuase we know that mod has files in it because he just put my mod files from the same folder in there and got the same error

main star
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For the VSM All In One

reef nova
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ill delete all the vsm ones and repair them

main star
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I'd just do the one we did yesterday

reef nova
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eh, no harm

main star
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Possibly harm

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Let's just do it one at a time lmfao

reef nova
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alright then

umbral narwhal
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just fix the broken one :/

reef nova
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just repairing it now

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which is the broken one tho

umbral narwhal
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VSM ace compat

reef nova
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we fixed it yesterdayh bu doing this to vsm aio tho

umbral narwhal
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Don't cargo-cult shit

reef nova
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ill do compat next but this worked yesterday

main star
reef nova
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but fluffy is right, we should do one at a time and ive already started repairing this one

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ill do ace compat next if this doesnt work

main star
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And we know the right files are in the ace compat because we just put them there manually

umbral narwhal
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Are they still in there?

main star
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If they haven't been deleted since being put in there about 10 minutes ago, they should be

umbral narwhal
#

Windows will fight you. Steam will fight you. Antivirus will fight you.

main star
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Yeah I know lmfao

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This is why I still use windows 10

umbral narwhal
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They had this "technology" since Vista.

main star
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Yeah lmfao

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Windows XP is best

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Still have a windows XP laptop

reef nova
main star
reef nova
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no

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ill repair them

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i didnt remember doing it yesterday

main star
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Did you delete all 3 folders?

reef nova
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no

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only aio

main star
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Don't delete the folders tho

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Just click fix

reef nova
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i did

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launching now

main star
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Might just be freaking out because the VSM mod (which was it's dependancy) suddenly ceased to exist

reef nova
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probably

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still got vsm error

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ill try ace compat now

main star
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Odd, okay, do that repair for VSM ACE COMPAT now then

reef nova
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yes

main star
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This worked yesterday so I wonder what's different this time

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But before you delete the folder, there are things inside the folder right?

reef nova
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uh i deleted it

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but there should be

main star
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Eeeeee

reef nova
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i can check from my recycle bin in a sec if its important

main star
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Yeah we just need to know that there were files in that folder

reef nova
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still got the vsm compat error

main star
#

What's the RPT this time?

reef nova
main star
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Yeah...

reef nova
main star
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21:38:13 Warning Message: You cannot play/edit this mission; it is dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted.
compat_vsm_accs```
reef nova
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whats missing 😭

main star
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21:37:36 VSM - ACE Config | @VSM - ACE3 Compatibility | false | false | GAME DIR (Empty) | da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709 | 11fdd19c | C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@VSM - ACE3 Compatibility

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Still says it's empty

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So... Now what?

umbral narwhal
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Well, is it empty?

main star
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I'm stuck here XD

main star
umbral narwhal
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Show screenshot.

main star
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@reef nova your time to shine, bud

reef nova
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uh lemme find it

main star
#

What's in the addons folder?

umbral narwhal
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addons folder

reef nova
#

all 95 mods are loaded so this shouldb be the last issue

main star
#

Yeah that checks out, that's what I've got in mine too

reef nova
#

ok waht about the other vsm mods

main star
#

Lemme go on the mod page and see if there was an update recently, maybe others are having this issue too

umbral narwhal
#

Try switching Arma to the stable build. You're running perf/profiling atm.

reef nova
#

i tried yesterday and it didnt work but maybe itll work now

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this is my vsm aio addons folder

image.png image.png
main star
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Yeah that mod isn't the one saying its DIR is empty

reef nova
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wdym?

main star
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(DIR means Directory)

reef nova
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no yea i know but what does the whole sentence mean

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oh right i see

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nvm

reef nova
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though ill keep arma on the stable build until its fixed

umbral narwhal
#

Give Windows a restart.

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it seems confused.

reef nova
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this didnt work yesterday but sure

umbral narwhal
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You were missing the F-35 mod yesterday.

main star
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He wasn't lmfao

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Thats new

umbral narwhal
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oh yeah, it was in the first RPT :P

main star
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I saw his modpack yesterday and it wasn't missing

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Yeah XD

umbral narwhal
#

can try a dumb workaround after the restart.

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I've never seen Arma just fail to detect a PBO in an addons folder though.

main star
#

So somewhere between repairing VSM AIO and launching the game yesterday the F-35B mod disappeared

reef nova
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pcs restarted

reef nova
main star
#

Which is odd because the VSM error disappeared when the F-35B error appeared

umbral narwhal
#

Make a copy of the VSM compat mod folder in the Arma root, and add that as a local mod.

reef nova
#

aight, ill try that after seeing if it works this time

umbral narwhal
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Ideally copy from someone else's files that are working.

reef nova
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@main star can you be a folder donor

main star
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You should have that .zip of my folder already

reef nova
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oh yea that one

main star
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Lmao

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Usually I wouldn't reccomend this but if it works it's unlikely that mod is gonna update any time soon

reef nova
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im going to fucking kill myself

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main star
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Oh my god

reef nova
#

yeah nah i feel

main star
#

WE DON'T EVEN USE TFAR

reef nova
#

i feel theres a bigger problem at play

main star
#

What the

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Hold on

reef nova
#

tfar isnt even in my modlist

main star
#

I need to check the server's mission file real quick

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I recognise those mods

reef nova
#

IM NOT EVEN SUBSCRIBED TO TFAR

umbral narwhal
#

progress

main star
#

Those mods are from a different mission file on the server

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A different version of the mission currently launched

reef nova
umbral narwhal
#

Launcher sometimes connects to the wrong server btw :P

reef nova
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i joined from inside the game

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maybe i joined the wrong server, ill try again

main star
reef nova
#

theres a chance i misclicked and joined warwolf server

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ill try again

main star
reef nova
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do they?

main star
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I think

reef nova
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no they dont

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they use tfar

main star
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Huh

reef nova
#

unless they changed it in the last week

main star
#

You doofus did you join Warwolf

reef nova
#

i was in warwolf before even starting the airforce

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anyway

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yes i think i did misclick on warwolf

main star
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I saw you connect this time

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The console started

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Are you in??

reef nova
#

no

main star
#

REEEE

reef nova
#

got the vsm error again

reef nova
main star
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OH MA GAWH

reef nova
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so i did misclick here

main star
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Aight

reef nova
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thank fuck

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anyway

main star
#

@umbral narwhal so sideloading it as a local mod did not work either

reef nova
#

no i havent triex that

main star
#

Time to bring out the magnum opus

main star
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I'll be removing VSM ACE3 COMPAT from the server

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All it does is make the VSM stuff neater in the arsenal

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We can manage without

reef nova
#

should i unsubscribe to vsm ace3 compat before sideloading

main star
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Unload it but don't unsub

reef nova
#

the sideloaded one and the normal one have different names

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main star
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Yeah the sideloaded one will take the name of the config inside the mod folder and not the workshop name

reef nova
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ok

main star
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See if the sideloaded one works

reef nova
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still no cheese

main star
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Aight then

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Time to remove the mod from the server

reef nova
#

i hope it works

main star
#

Luckily, unlike the F-35B mod, that's not one we rely on

reef nova
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yay

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so weird it didnt sub me to the f35 one tho

umbral narwhal
#

What AV software are you running btw?

reef nova
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to my knoledge none

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though windows defender may be on

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i doubt it though

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actually i think it is on

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aight turned off

umbral narwhal
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pretty sure defender wouldn't do that.

#

It's that sort of level of problem though. That file is invisible to Arma, regardless of where it is.

reef nova
fringe salmon
#

running into an error when trying to find any servers in launcher or in game menu, verified files via steam and changed off profiling branch. i've also attached a rpt file from when i launch

image.png 📎 Arma3_x64_2023-07-20_04-26-04.rpt
main star
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Because if it's not his antivirus then what could it be?

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It went from working one day to just not working the next

golden nova
fringe salmon
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no error

reef nova
#

what OS are you using

fringe salmon
#

windows 11

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worked perfectly fine till 2 days ago

reef nova
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i used to have that problem when i used linux and i just worked around it by joining from the launcher

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maybe its just ur internet being shit?

fringe salmon
#

not showing up in launcher and can play normally on dayz/other games

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  • direct connect works
reef nova
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huh

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weird

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sorry, im outta ideas, never experienced that before. sorry i cant be more help

main star
fringe salmon
#

local host has been able to work gimme 5 and i will turn off firewall for 5 min

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only my device and i have it secure before anyone has a stroke

main star
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Woah

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That's new

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The game just crashed to that

fringe salmon
#

still doesnt work

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just realised i havent even restarted my router end user moment

main star
#

Wif

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My game just wont launch now

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Oh my god

umbral narwhal
#

[user].ArmaProfile is a text file, just check it.

main star
# 
21:59:11 hebontes_assets\hebontes_signc_warning.p3d: house, config class missing```
umbral narwhal
#

oh, I saw that once before.

main star
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That should be fuckin illegal

umbral narwhal
#

It should be impossible :P

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I wonder if it sometimes writes to vars.arma3profile too

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would explain how people randomly get corrupted profiles.

main star
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It better not have corrupted my profile

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Imma be so angry

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My keybinds

fringe salmon
main star
#

Could just be your ISP blocking it

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At that point you'd have to ring your ISP and they might not even unblock it

main star
fringe salmon
umbral narwhal
#

You're not using a VPN are you?

fringe salmon
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No and located in Australia so I doubt anything government done

umbral narwhal
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Maybe one of your local steam servers just fell over.

fringe salmon
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It's weird because I'm still able to direct connect

umbral narwhal
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Yeah, that's separate.

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It doesn't scan the whole internet for servers. It asks steam for a list.

fringe salmon
#

Does arma let you use steams server browser to look for servers?

umbral narwhal
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I don't think Arma has a choice in the matter.

fringe salmon
#

Weird other games like dayz don't have this issue

umbral narwhal
#

Looks like steam's browser works.

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Whether it works better than the Arma launcher is another matter :P

fringe salmon
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no auto keying :(

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forgot what is the steam path to their abimsal server browser?

umbral narwhal
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uh, I just do view -> game servers

fringe salmon
#

hmm that's weird it shows on the internet tab but none for history or favourites

umbral narwhal
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What if you add a new favourite?

fringe salmon
#

doesnt log it weirdly enough

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wonder if maybe something with cloud causing issues

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anyway i got to go to bed now can someone please message me in dms or here if they have any ideas

celest patrol
#

My friends can't see my arma server. Before I got a new router there was never a problem, I would tick UPnP, start hosting, and friends would join. Now my friends arent able to see it now, so far I checked my firewall and Arma's not blocked

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Port Forward, I tried once and it was successful. but that was before i got a new router

umbral narwhal
#

Do you have admin access to your router?

celest patrol
#

yes

umbral narwhal
#

You'd need to stream in VC anyway. Takes far too long to fix these otherwise.

celest patrol
#

it's fine i figured it out

copper mica
#

anyone seen this before? every time they open map it lowers the volume, game has been reinstalled and default controls reset. no one else in server having this issue.

copper mica
# fringe salmon running into an error when trying to find any servers in launcher or in game men...

not the same issue, but hear me out...i was having an issue the other day where it wouldn't update from 2.10 to 2.12, really weird that it would say it was updated every time i checked for updates, and then i had to move the folder contents to another folder and run the verify files function in steam, then if finally updated.

I wonder if you have some funky stuff going on too, maybe that would get you a nice fresh install that works properly. idk just a thought. thats a really weird and frustraiting problem to have.

quaint jewel
quaint jewel
main star
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We never fixed it. We just had to stop using the mod altogether.

quaint jewel
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Da fuck

notepad_59Hfq1jMCC.png
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Arma cannot load mods from "Downloads" folder probably. There shouldn't be mods in your downloads folder, and Arma Launcher didn't install it to there, how did that happen?

main star
lime sphinx
#

sounds like some bizarre thread race derp 🙃

main star
quaint jewel
# reef nova

This screenshot here, shows the VSM compat mod inside the Steam folder
But it also has a different name

#

I assume bad/wrong mods were added as local mod to Arma launcher, and then used instead of the steam version

main star
#

But oddly enough we had managed to fix that issue by repairing a completely separate mod (VSM AIO) in the past, which gave us another error, which eventually turned out to steam not subscribing to all the mods in an imported modpack

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But oddly enough that mod that came up with "dir empty" works just fine for the other 7 people who have connected in the past

quaint jewel
# reef nova

This screenshot doesn't show the mod folder.

steamapps/workshop/content/107410/...

While game loads the path from.
Need to check the path the game actually loads it from, not some other path

explorer_LpOCbInTNS.png
main star
#

We verified that the system shortcut was correct first before anything else

quaint jewel
#

I just subscribed to the mod, let it download and launched it
11:08:13 VSM - ACE Config | @VSM - ACE3 Compatibility | false | false | GAME DIR | 6bdff143afd5dfb593d2907731a72777fd6011ef | b97ad8b4 | O:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@VSM - ACE3 Compatibility
All good

main star
#

Yeah works for me as well

#

That's where most of the confusion comes from

#

It's working for everyone else but it's shitting the bed for him

#

I had him reinstall to an entirely new drive to rule out storage errors

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Same error

quaint jewel
#

I'd say, delete all links in !Workshop folder, and let launcher recreate them

main star
#

We did, about 3 times before a full reinstall to a different drive

quaint jewel
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Other option is case sensitive filesystem

#

Which would do that but.. this is windows so not the case unless its a extremely special weird setup

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If it were, then renaming "Addons" to "addons" and making the pbo's lowercase would be required

main star
#

We wiped and repaired all the mods at once first time, that didn't work, so we wiped them one at a time, then that didn't work either, then we wiped the entire Arma directory and fully reinstalled the game (workshop included) and that didn't work either. Finally we installed Arma to a new HDD within the system that had never had Arma on it before, and the error continued

quaint jewel
#

Have you tried only loading the one mod that's not working, and no other mods?

main star
main star
quaint jewel
#

Yeah something "overflowing" and writing to another file is not really a thing

main star
#

Odd

quaint jewel
#

Well you don't need to connect to a server, to see in a log file whether the mods loaded correctly

main star
#

It would explain why people get random corrupt user profiles though, but it didn't write anything to the VARS file, just dumped a log that was 2 lines long in my Arma3Profile file and crashed the game lmfao

main star
main star
#

The amount of times I've looked at things in my IT work history and gone "that shouldn't be possible" and yet there I am

quaint jewel
#

People getting random corrupt user profiles is also explained by game crashing or being suddenly killed in other ways. Which will make it stop in the middle of a write. Which also explains why its more common with larger files (that take longer to write)

umbral narwhal
#

I'd put it down to cosmic rays except it is the second time I've seen it.

#

Not even sure if the other case was Windows though. Was a while ago.

ocean cosmos
#

my friend's profile gets corrupted nearly every time he exits arma, think hes just getting smitten down by god 🙃

umbral narwhal
#

Probably too much alt-f4

ocean cosmos
#

thought so too, started making him go all the way back to main menu and exit that way, no dice still

umbral narwhal
#

mmm

golden nova
#

Tell him to make a new profile

ocean cosmos
#

its quite funny because he lives in hope that he wont have to redo all his keybinds every time he launches arma

ocean cosmos
umbral narwhal
#

Wait, the [user].arma3profile not the [user].vars.arma3profile?

ocean cosmos
#

it seems to be inconsistent because sometimes his loadouts save, other times they dont

#

but has to redo keybinds every time

umbral narwhal
#

loadouts are vars

ocean cosmos
#

and hes not using onedrive either

#

theres a couple funny characters in the bottom of his rpts (a line full of NULL chars) but dedmen said its fine

vestal stream
#

If anyone can shed some light on this or has any suggestions beyond whats listed on the wiki (tried them all) I would appreciate it.

quaint jewel
#

"125.65 KB"
There is no crash dump in there

#

The only thing in there is a Arma 32 bit log file from 3 years ago

#

seems like it crashes even before it can create a logfile or set up its crash reporting.
And you havent played for 3 years?

Can't shed any more light on that

vestal stream
#

I have certainly played ArmA more recently than 3 years ago lol

#

Every log I have saved from the crash reporter today is the same 126kb

#

Sorry - I see what you mean now.
Surely there's something I'm missing here as to /why/ log .zip is showing a 3 year old file?
That would also explain why it shows the wrong GPU thonk

quaint jewel
#

!rpt

rustic eagleBOT
#
Arma RPT

Arma generates a .rpt log file each time it's run, which contains a lot of information like the loaded mods, or any errors that appear, this log file can be very useful for troubleshooting problems.

To get to your RPT files press Windows+R and enter %localappdata%/Arma 3

Additionally see the wiki page for more info: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://sqfbin.com/ to upload the full log, that way the people helping you can take a look at it and try to figure out the problem you're having together with you.
Note: RPT logs can hold personal information relevant to your system, the game or others.

quaint jewel
#

check the folder manually maybe, but I assume also nothing there

vestal stream
#

There's an RPT file, but also from 2020 so equally as useless

quaint jewel
#

I assume its crashing instantly at game start, before you even see the splash screen?

vestal stream
#

No, the crash occurs when I attempt to start a scenario in the editor.
If I either hit Play in Singleplayer
or
After selecting a role in the lobby if I choose Play in Multiplayer.

However, I can load it, place entities, etc. - problem only occurs when I attempt to load into it.

This same scenario is also on a dedicated server, and as of today the server itself crashes when this scenario "starts" as well, despite no issues in the months its been played.

pine kite
vestal stream
quaint jewel
vestal stream
#

I'm dumb as hell boss, I was looking in the folder of the profile, not the Profiles folder

#

after checking the %appdata% you stated I mean

vestal stream
#

Well, I did see a few missing ;s in there, but I still can't make heads or tails of it. I appreciate your time regardless 👍

pine kite
#

You point the path for where the player profiles are stored inside the Arma 3 install folder. (see -profiles= parameter) It normally belongs inside the Documents folder of the useraccount in the operating system. If at any point you cause Steam to remove the game, those profiles probably will go along with it.

quaint jewel
# vestal stream

But the report thing should be grabbing files from there too. Weird that I fails. Do you have a .mdmp in there? Can you pack in zip and send?

#

Sadly you're too late I just left, so I can only check tomorrow in like 14 hours

vestal stream
elder sand
#

My game crashes when I try to start the second mission from Beyond Hope

main star
#

Having a small issue with my HOTAS and arma rn

#

My thrust lever isn't 50% thrust when the lever is in the middle, it's only 13%

cunning glacier
#

Hi Y'all, I'm new to Arma and using a mac. Is there anyway for me to use Mods (CUP)? I have not found a launcher for mac. Thanks!

mint needle
#

Anyone know the issue why the Zeus Music Module volume isnt turning down for tracks? Cant figure it out

topaz hemlock
#

is anyone else experiencing crashes and reset settings after the new update?

vestal stream
golden nova
steady hawk
#

There is

golden nova
#

ah alright, my bad then, Steam is not downloading anything.

fringe salmon
#

Maybe it already did and u didn't notice, for me it was only around 12MB

golden nova
#

I only got a Steam Workshop update, but restarted the client and now got the actual game update too.

#

but anyway the game still seems to be working as it should, no crashes and profile is intact.

bronze river
golden nova
#

yup, but YuYu posted above that they are experiencing "crashes and reset settings" after this.

vestal stream
vestal stream
quaint jewel
fringe salmon
#

quick question if someone knows when adding a mission to a server you add the file to the MP missions folder and then in the server config add the mission under the class missions section as noted in this tutorial, if the mission is based on Malden do i use .Malden or .Madlen 2035???

quaint jewel
vestal stream
vestal stream
quaint jewel
#

I can read it from the mdmp, but only devs can

#

placement radius 0 will not run the broken code, so it won't crash

vestal stream
#

Awesome. I'll go in and make that change now.
I really appreciate you taking the time to look into it, thank you.

fringe salmon
#

alright follow up. when making the mission in editor i give it a name. when I then export it to MP missions folder so i can upload the PBO file to the server the file has % where the spaces should be. assuming this is normal fomatting in the config file do I then need to note the mission name with spaces or with % replacing spaces?

#

eg:

#

I named the file ORRCA Malden HQ Phase 2 Operations. in the MP Missions folder its saved as
ORRCA%20Malden%20HQ%20Phase%202%20Operations.Malden

mint needle
#

Kinda need it for an op tomorrow

vestal stream
#

I say that mostly because I don't actually know myself and it was faster to just bypass the issue while simultaneously making things easier to read lol

#

easier to read in my opinion*

fringe salmon
#

and yeah ytour right

#

will try it worse case i have to export it again to get the native formatting

vestal stream
#

nah as long as the name matches it should run it np

#

I have a few where the .pbo and mission folder names don't match at all and have no issues

fringe salmon
#

Fold up...

vestal stream
fringe salmon
#

to be clear as i am sure you have figured I am new to this by now. do you mean that the PBO in the MP Missions folder needs to be nested in another folder called the missions name??

vestal stream
#

no, no sorry

fringe salmon
#

and cheers man sorry for the stupid questions

vestal stream
#

Hey no worries, if you never ask you never learn

#

The .pbo will go straight into the MPMissions folder as you said

mint needle
vestal stream
#

I was thinking of the folder where the scenarios are saved to be accessed by the Editor

mint needle
#

I also have the sound and music+ mod, it might be that now thinking of it but unsure

vestal stream
fringe salmon
vestal stream
#

@fringe salmon here is a screenshot of my servers mpmissions folder for reference, and as you can see there the .Malden example as well 🙂

vestal stream
fringe salmon
#

Mmmh still not working. Wait a minute if I running the mission with a modpack. Do I need to install the scenario as a mod on the server or locally on my client? I assumed I wouldn't but maybe that's the issue?

vestal stream
#

Depending on the mod, yes. In the editor, if you hit ALT + O (I think, I can't get into editor atm) it should open a window that shows you which mods are required by your scenario, and then those mods will need to be on the server as well

#

The mods used while creating the scenario will create dependencies, and anyone who will be playing the scenario (server included) will need to have the same mods the scenario requires

fringe salmon
#

This page seeks to describe my link saw the server status comes up as creating and stays that way and when I join i end up on an endless loading screen for stratis.
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/227477-server-not-properly-starting-status-creating/

Bohemia Interactive Forums
Server not properly starting (status "creating")

Hi folks, Im lost. Ive pretty tech-savvy but Im unable to find what is causing these problems and possible solutions havent worked.. Perhaps someone with more experience is willing to take a look 🙂? What Im trying to do, is host an Arma 3 server with co10 escape on my dedicated server (ubuntu), b...

mint needle
fringe salmon
#

Is the pbo file all I need to dump into the server?

mint needle
#

I keep you updated

quaint jewel
fringe salmon
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Just noticed when i open editor and then click open the only place the save comes up is under the Missions folder on the left nothing is in the MPMissions folder even when I export to MPMissions.

golden nova
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exporting is not saving

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missions exported to MPMissions go to "\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\MPMissions", if you save mission then you choose a folder within your profile directory in Documents

vestal stream
vestal stream
fringe salmon
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Alright makes sense thanks for the education.

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Checking the required addon and it says all content required is installed.

vestal stream
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as honger stated above, when you click Save or Save As... you can choose whatever directory you want for the mission folder to save to, its just weird that both folders by default have the same name - just in different locations. One defaulting to the steamapps directory (pbo files) and the mission file saving to either your ArmA 3 Profiles folder, or C: drive My Documents.

vestal stream
fringe salmon
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Yeah open the mission in editor and under the scenario tab there is a button show required addons

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Silver lining I learnt how to upload to the steam working whule trying to figure this out.

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Though uploading it to steam Waa a waste it seems lol.

vestal stream
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Well hey, you get a Steam achievement for it at least lol

fringe salmon
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Lol.

vestal stream
fringe salmon
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I had hopped that making amission could save me to hour odd prep time before an op.

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Yeah have them all. In fact the sever lists more as the launcher doesn't show mods under the composition category but the server lists them.

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Urgh why is technology so... complicated lol. I wanted this set up to make my big events over the weekend easier now that doesn't look likely and I've got to figure out how to change the server config file back to what it was before o buggered it all up so I can run my event tonight.

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Don't get me wrong Streamline Servers have been great im sure it's an issue with me.

vestal stream
vestal stream
fringe salmon
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Via a browser based portal? Yeah I can access the files directly and have a browser portal to access the steam workshop.

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Can also upload and download files via the file browser and edit config files.

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Which is likely where I've cooked this up.

pine kite
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Using upper case and lowercase characters in filenames can have issues on linux systems. As it makes strict distinction between them.

quaint jewel
vestal stream
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I can expect to see a mention in the credits, right? thonk

pine kite
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"Thanks Mom!"

elder sand
vestal stream
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-config=<cheeseburgerApocalypse.cfg> is just as correct as -config=<AussieExileServer.cfg>

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or rather:
-config=your\file\path\here\AussieExileServer.cfg

fringe salmon
elder sand
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need more than this?

grafik.png
fringe salmon
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gonna assume the missions is fucked.

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gonna quickly make another mission.

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If I can get a scenario up so I don't have to do master malden and deal with the non edit zone around players that would be nice.

vestal stream
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randomMissionOrder = false;
autoSelectMission = true;

above the class Missions {

under the // MISSIONS CYCLE header

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unless I'm misreading something, its aware that the level is available to it but its not actually going into a lobby screen

fringe salmon
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alright give me a second sorry for delay was havin dinner.

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so like that?? does it matter above the lack of indenting for the second line (autoSelectMission = true;)

cunning glacier
vestal stream
vestal stream
# cunning glacier Thanks!

I would give more info if I could but I don’t have any experience with arma and macs 😭
Hopefully that’ll get you where you need to go

vestal stream
hallow viper
uncut trellis
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Answered #general_chat_arma
In the future @hallow viper please don't crosspost same thing on multiple channels.

hallow viper
mint needle
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Anyone got any ideas how to stop Player deaths getting kicked out the current unit (like Alpha 1-1, 1-2...) and wiping the colour back to white. Thank you
Also Anyone got any ideas how to stop SQL Being demoted and kicked when dying also

autumn thunder
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Hey guys, since few months, i can't connect to ANY servers in Arma 3, when i do, i'm in loading screen for 2 seconds and back to menu with this error : "you were kicked off the game". I never cheated, don't have any mod, disabled my windows defender, firewall everything, reinstall the game, verify game folder, verify Battle eye. Everything is ok but i can't connect to public game like before...😢

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I'm on steam btw

ionic fern
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Friends are having an issue where when they try to load into my game, they get through the loading screen, and then another loading screen appeared and it wont load.

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Both of them are having the issue, I laod in perfectly fine but not them.

umbral narwhal
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Can they connect fine if you load no mods?

ionic fern
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idk

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i can see them walking around in game

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like they can move

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they can hear

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and everything

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but all they see on their screen is a loading screen

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they could always join perfectly fine till now

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any fix?

umbral narwhal
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Most of these issues are mod-related. Arma localhost has no mod enforcement, so players can just join with completely incompatible sets.

ionic fern
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they both have the same exact mods I do

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i created a preset

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and the loaded the preset

umbral narwhal
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In that case try with none first.

ionic fern
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no mods?

umbral narwhal
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No mods.

ionic fern
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ive played games with them with more than 300 mods loaded at a time perfectly fine

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i dont see why this one map with a few mods wont work

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but ill try

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they loaded in

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i spent 4 hours

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making this map

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for it to somehow not let people join

pine kite
bronze river
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should try joining via launcher

mint needle
fringe salmon
steady hawk
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If is not signed you cannot use in a server that requires key/sign

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On the other word, if it doesn't require them, you can use

fringe salmon
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can i change the server config so it doesnt require key?

steady hawk
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Yes

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Keep it mind that if you disable the verifying it means you will allow EVERY Mods to be used

fringe salmon
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yeah fair enough i trust my playerbase so that shouldnt be an issue.

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you able to tel me what i need to cahnge in settings or config?

steady hawk
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verifySignatures = 0;

drowsy gust
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(Copied over from #arma3_scenario message )

I have an issue with a mission that is causing me a right headache. After a couple of hours (around 2) we see a whole bunch of people crash out of the game with a C...05 Access Violation. The most recent instance of this involved five different machines all simultaneously CTD-ing. The circumstances make it very difficult to reproduce: we've not had simultaneous crashes like this before, or on other missions since, but it's happened on this specific mission twice now. The mission in question is an ALiVE scenario on Bala Murghab with a fairly extensive but generally issue-free modlist- it's largely the same one we use for every mission twice a week aside from ALiVE and the map.
I poked around in the .mdmp's in WinDbg hoping for some insight and confirmed that it is the same process crashing for each user I got a minidump from (NtGetContextThread attempts to read a null pointer) and the stack in question had references to functions that appear to be part of drawing the skybox (specifically the clouds), but without symbols I can't go any further. Happy to provide mdmp's on request, I have a bidmp that someone sent me as well.

Other details

  • RPT has log spam about missing config classes for a couple of map structures.
  • Game is running on a dedi with 2 HCs, neither the server nor the headless clients had any issues or any log entries that seemed particularly relevant. Neither server performance nor client performance was noticeably worse leading up to the crash.
mint needle
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Anyone know a programme of how I can edit PBO Files?

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Notepad keeps killing it

steady hawk
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What are you exactly trying to achieve?

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Notepad never is an PBO editor

mint needle
mint needle
steady hawk
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Trying to edit some of Sound Files for Zues,
Elaborate

mint needle
# steady hawk > Trying to edit some of Sound Files for Zues, Elaborate

Im using this tool that I can import Sound files and it will create some code and pack it into a mod for Zeus Sound music thing where I can put music into the game from Zeus, anyway the creator said in the PBO File I can change the Category of the music into different ones as he hasnt added that feature yet. So Im just trying to find a Tool that can edit a PBO file

He says and I quote from his YT Tutorial:

@hyperspc1892
1 year ago
Hey! The categories feature is planned for a future release if I get enough time to go back and tinker with ZMMG in the future. For now, it can be done manually by going into the config.cpp file and duplicating the class MyMusicClass for as many categories as you want. Say for example you want another class called "Stealth", then you would create another class under MyMusicClass like this:

class MyMusicClass
{
displayName = "Test Music Mod";
};
class StealthMusicClass
{
displayName = "Stealth";
};

Make sure the classname is unique!

Once you have the config setup like that, you can go into the FileListWithMusicTracks.hpp and change the "musicClass" property of any song with the new classname. So something like this:

class Song0
{
name = "[HORROR] Creepy Soundscape";
sound[] = {"TestMusicMod\folderwithtracks\Creepy Soundscape.ogg",db+0,1};
duration=117;
musicClass = "StealthMusicClass";
};

If you have any other questions, let me know!

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for me this code is in the PBO File as I do not see a cpp file

mint needle
steady hawk
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No. I'm no able to read your long messages for now

mint needle
uncut trellis
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The way the dude suggests is bad too since you would be creating a new version of his mod instead of creating your own mod that only adds your stuff, not duplicate of his

humble heart
golden nova
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your archive is missing RPT and mdmp files.

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!rpt

rustic eagleBOT
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Arma RPT

Arma generates a .rpt log file each time it's run, which contains a lot of information like the loaded mods, or any errors that appear, this log file can be very useful for troubleshooting problems.

To get to your RPT files press Windows+R and enter %localappdata%/Arma 3

Additionally see the wiki page for more info: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://sqfbin.com/ to upload the full log, that way the people helping you can take a look at it and try to figure out the problem you're having together with you.
Note: RPT logs can hold personal information relevant to your system, the game or others.

humble heart
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is this the right one?

image.png
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havent played in months so its a fresh install, could it be the reason it doesnt show the file?

golden nova
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it's AppData\Local\Arma 3, if you don't have thhis folder then something went wrong with installation I guess

humble heart
golden nova
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dunno why it doesn't show you the rest of the error but it might be the same. And try verifying game files before reinstall

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!steamverify

rustic eagleBOT
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Steam file verification process:
Right Click on game -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of game files
Arma 3
Steam Workshop Mod repair process:
Open Launcher -> Right Click on mod -> Repair
The first process will automatically verify Steam Workshop items as well.

humble heart
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It worked now thanks

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just had to restart steam itself

ionic fern
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Is there a possible way to save everything on one map and put it all on another map in eden editor?

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Like I just made a whole scenario on Kunduz Afghanistan and then realised i have to get a different version of the map to get all the doors to work.

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am i able to just transfer all my work?

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or do i have to redo everything all over again

umbral narwhal
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You could probably edit the SQM to use a different map.

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I thought all those Kunduz versions had the same worldname anyway though.

ionic fern
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idk how

umbral narwhal
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Like you just load another version of Kunduz and the same mission will work on it.

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As far as Arma knows, they're the same map.

fringe salmon
# humble heart

You can see it's looking for Appdata\Arma, not AppData\Arma 3. To fix this, wrap the entire path in quotes

humble heart
sage timber
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I've been having this problem for years:

  • host server from launcher (not dedicated)
  • friend join
  • friend disconnects instantly
  • friend will need to keep joining until randomly he gets admitted into the server

friend's rpt has this entry whenever he fails to join:
Skipping mods and signatures due to overflow flag being set.

its the same problem as this thread and its been around for years with no explanation
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/217091-cannot-join-friends-server-not-crash-not-kick-not-mod/

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it might be related to steamProtocolMaxDataSize, but thats a server cfg parameter, is there a way to set it for a listen/hosted server?

umbral narwhal
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Are you sure it doesn't have that error regardless of whether the join is a success or failure

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Localhosts don't have signature verification so it shouldn't matter.

sage timber
sage timber
umbral narwhal
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Yeah but that's only inconvenient rather than blocking.

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Trouble is, Arma gives next to no feedback on why a disconnect happens. So with this sort of thing you're in the dark.

sage timber
umbral narwhal
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Yes, but that doesn't prevent connection.

sage timber
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is there no way to set steamProtocolMaxDataSize for listen server?

umbral narwhal
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Not that I know of.

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You can however use the client data to run a dedicated server.

golden nova
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does this happen when he is trying to join before mission starts, as a JIP or in both?

sage timber
magic hill
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I have this bug that crashes the launcher right after or opens then reopens the launcher then crashes it again and so on, I cannot get into the game because of it

gritty bison
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my friends and i have this problem where my arma server doesnt show up for them in the server list, and i cant invite them nor can they direct connect

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my port forwarding works

umbral narwhal
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What makes you think your port forwarding works?

gritty bison
umbral narwhal
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It doesn't know.

gritty bison
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well ive hosted before

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and its worked

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but now it isnt and i dont know why

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the only time its explicitly said "port forwarding failed" was when i had a vpn on

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and i turned it off

umbral narwhal
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It only says anything like that if you use UPNP.

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Are you using UPNP?

gritty bison
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yes

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its not dedicated

umbral narwhal
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Might be that your ISP has switched you to CGNAT.

gritty bison
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also idk what that means

umbral narwhal
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Did you restart your PC and router?

gritty bison
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yes

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didnt work

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and i cant restart my router anymore

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or, im scared to unplug it because the pins in the power cable may break

gritty bison
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this has happened before and ive basically just given up and came back a few days later and it somehow work but

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i dont want to keep doing that as it messes up with plans and i really need to just figure out how to fix this because its happened twice now

umbral narwhal
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If it's claiming that UPNP worked, and restarting your router doesn't help then there aren't any other options with UPNP.

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If you know what you're doing you can try proper port forwarding instead.

gritty bison
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like with hamachi?

umbral narwhal
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No, proper port forwarding. Like the manual version of UPNP.

gritty bison
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i dont think i know how to do that

umbral narwhal
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Hamachi is a VPN.

vestal stream
#

Does anyone know why using this command in editor

[cursorObject, "LMG_Mk200_F", 2] call BIS_fnc_addWeapon;

on C_Man_ConstructionWorker_01_Blue_F (civilian)

makes the civilian shoot everything in sight?

uncut trellis
crude bronze
#

for some reason holding q or e to rotate causes me to rotate

steady hawk
crude bronze
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I was seeing if anyone knew about a control that would cause constant rotation

steady hawk
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Okay let me rephrase

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Your “statement” does make zero sense

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Holding Q or E to rotate causes you to rotate, as expected?

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In what situation?

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Q or E should do what?

crude bronze
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sorry, meant q or e to lean causes me to rotate

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as in it causes me to look left or right at a constant speed

steady hawk
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Then check your keybinds