arma3_troubleshooting

[shy minnow]

Gonna upload a video of the results later

[umbral narwhal]

hmm. So when you give an AI an order to the top floor of a building, it seems to calculate a path correctly, and then for some reason it gives up before moving and calculates a new path to the same x/y position on the ground floor.

Maybe some sort of "too many points for a short distance" logic?

ok this might be the phasing trick too.

[shy minnow]

Pathing optimization is wrestling with accuracy? It knows what the right path is but maybe something it limiting how many nodes it can generate

I do notice sometime my units react to an obstacle, but then like hesitate before choosing to go through it. That certainly seems to check out

[umbral narwhal]

ah, looks like it does a path recalculate when it first enters or leaves a building.

Funny thing there is that it doesn't do it on a subsequent enter/leave, so units can reach places by pathing from one building to another that they couldn't by going outside -> inside.

hmm, it'll do multiple recalcs when ordered to change pos within the same building though.

[shy minnow]

Does arma use node graphs for pathing or something else because that seems really convoluted from my minimal source engine experience

[umbral narwhal]

There's a node graph specifically for pathing inside buildings.

I'm not sure what it uses externally, more like random spam A* within a limited distance.

[shy minnow]

Bleck. I wish I could just hand paint em or something. I could see that system getting icky if buildings are too close or overlapping

[umbral narwhal]

If they need to take a non-straight path that's too far then their behaviour is horrible, so I think that A* is limited to 100m or so for foot troops.

What's annoying with the multi-floor buildings is that the initial path is fine and the recalcs are busted.

I guess it's handling the destination Z value wrongly on the recalcs.

[shy minnow]

Yeah altitude makes em struggle vad

Bad

[umbral narwhal]

Might have a workaround...

Just re-send the doMove every time calculatePath fires :P

[shy minnow]

The loiter command marker is a god send

[shy minnow]

I have enough bs in place to have the AI not walk through doors and walls. Preventing engagnment by disabling AUTOCOMBAT helps them atleast get into a sight line before engaging, and the loiter marker as their final destination keeps them from wandering

[umbral narwhal]

Pillar inside a house isn't really a supported case.

[shy minnow]

oh yeah I guess that blue ammo bear did phase after I placed him lmao

I worked those robots into responding to the door opening with all this

Thanks for the help with the AI behavior, it really made this work

[honest jackal]

If anyone's dealing with a lot of stuttering disabling the steam ingame overlay fixed it for me

[uncut trellis]

Ai requires ai path built into the object they are on. There is no dynamic pathing in that system. No paths on object, ai considers it being glitched inside and force moves out

Buildings built from small "random" pieces are not AI usable without extreme trickery

Also looks like you are using a mod with ripped content. We don't endorse IP theft here so don't post that crap here anymore.

[uncut trellis]

and over here we support the people who make stuff and not the people who just take stuff

[whole pivot]

why is zeus fucking with me 😭
https://medal.tv/games/arma-3/clips/1rKyk2XOdkhtg9/d1337XUIUd62?invite=cr-MSxOVHgsNDE5MzI4Niw

[golden nova]

?

the mouse movement blur is from Reshade, not Zeus.

[uncut trellis]

might be some mod malfunctioning

ah

😄

[whole pivot]

iknow💀

[golden nova]

so?

[whole pivot]

its freezing and teleporting me around

[golden nova]

then it's a broken mod

[supple brook]

Hey I need some help this has been a thing that happens every so often, but I’d there any reason why helos won’t follow a waypoint but instead just gain elevation and keep doing that without regard of the waypoint?

[clear yarrow]

guys i need help. my friend trying to connect my lan server but he cant see anything and he tried to host server but map selection closing immediately pls i need help

[pine kite]

If he can't see your server, then likely you didn't get port forwarding or UPnP working in your router.

!localhost

[rustic eagle]

Arma 3
To host a server or a game session locally, you need to make sure first that your WAN address / external IP uses the IPv4 protocol!
Check your router’s status page in the settings to confirm. (If in doubt, ask your ISP, Websites like “whatismyip.com” give you a false positive!)
Local servers and games can not be hosted on an IPv6 network, or IPv4 via DSlite tunnel!
https://www.avg.com/en/signal/ipv4-vs-ipv6
Once you have confirmed that your connection uses the IPv4 protocol, you need to manually open / forward the ports 2302-2306 UDP (https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Dedicated_Server#Port_Forwarding)
See your router’s manual on how to do that, or ask google: “<your router model> + port forwarding”

[little tartan]

Hey everyone, I’m fairly new to arma(downloaded yesterday) and i want to add the alive module to a scenario I downloaded through the workshop, the problem is, i cannot save the scenario. Which is required to open it through eden editor, i have downloaded other scenarios aswell, and these ones i can save. But the one i want to edit i cant save for some reason.i dont really care abt the saving part as i like to finish the mission before i get off anyway, i just wanna edit the scenario. Does anyone know a fix?

[scarlet saffron]

@little tartan maybe the sqm is read-only. Check file properties on windows explorer.

[little tartan]

What is the sqm?

[steady hawk]

Go to the mission folder and you see mission.sqm. RCA3 has asked about it

[little tartan]

The mission folder in the arma root folder, or the one in my documents?

[steady hawk]

Eden Editor > Top left > Scenario > Open Scenario Folder

[little tartan]

These are the only ones i see, and i made those myself i didnt download these

[steady hawk]

Okay now I don't know what is your situation

a scenario I downloaded through the workshop
Where is this scenario on your computer?

i cannot save the scenario
What do you mean by this?

[little tartan]

When i click escape, the option to save is greyed out, and instead of save and exit it just says ‘abort’

[little tartan]

I have no idea

[steady hawk]

Okay, it is not Eden Editor, you're playing a scenario

[little tartan]

Yeah

[steady hawk]

We thought you've brought the scenario into Eden Editor already. Hence RCA3's answer

One thing I'd ask is, why you want to have ALiVE module into a scenario you download?

[little tartan]

For the close air support and transport

I think that’s cool as hell

[steady hawk]

One thing too, what is the scenario? Link please?

[little tartan]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2885422867

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2859982737

Its both of these, they’re basically the same but on diff maps

And the issue applies on both

[steady hawk]

This is not an issue after all though

[little tartan]

Wdym?

[steady hawk]

Because this is not an issue

But a feature

A mission maker can lock its save feature

[little tartan]

Oh

Well is there any way to get it to eden editor without having to save it?

Or maybe there’s some file that i dont know about where i can just put the save setting on ‘true’?

[steady hawk]

You can use a Debug Console. Enable it with a Mod, and put this

saveGame```
Will save your current session regardless the status of it

[little tartan]

Do u reccomend a certain debug console? Or is anything okey

Okay*

[steady hawk]

Official one does it. Or anything else if we have one

[little tartan]

Once i do this, how can i load said save

[steady hawk]

Is it still greyed?

[little tartan]

Yeah

[steady hawk]

Try thissqf (findDisplay 49 displayctrl 119) ctrlEnable true

[little tartan]

I’ll do that when i get home, just left for work

Btw thanks alot for ur time

[rotund horizon]

So im tryna copy functions from our old custom helmets to our new helmets, it had a working strobe on the helmet. Now i got all the stuff in except the actual strobe itself doesnt work. I see the ACE interaction options and all.

I did get this error, but i was unable to find any missing semicolons, i even used some cpp code chekers

[uncut trellis]

well copy paste has not been succesful and you are missing a ; like it says

[rotund horizon]

well yes but like i said, i cant find it anywhere and the checkers i used all said it was fine but idk if that counts for anything

i didnt copy in that much lines and i looked over them a bunch of times

[patent kettle]

variables can't start with a number.

[rotund horizon]

like a class?

[patent kettle]

121_75th_Helmet_fnc_... this is not a valid variable name.

[rotund horizon]

i assume its this it was talking about

[umbral narwhal]

yeah it looks like you have a CfgFunctions tag that starts with a number?

Which might work until you try to call the functions.

(config classes can start with a number, SQF identifiers can't)

[sudden kelp]

tfn retex

just dont use tacdevron

[rotund horizon]

I have got ir working after bit changing some names🙂

[sudden kelp]

what did you change

[agile dome]

Hi, when I run a headless client I keep getting this error. I have CBA_A3 on the mod line so I'm not sure what the issue is. Anyone have any ideas?

[quaint jewel]

Are you sure that its loaded

having it as parameter doesn't mean its loaded.
Maybe you typoed it, or the foldernmae

[pine kite]

If the path is borked somehow, it doesn't get loaded.

[little tartan]

Its still greyed out after trying this

[little tartan]

Anybody else know a fix? I’ll pay the person that helps me out 10 bucks lol

[sudden kelp]

i have a massive rendering issue / loading issue and gameplay lag making the game literally unplayable (3-5 fps) at under 30% gpu/cpu usage regardless of mods (vanilla or not) and graphic settings

this started after i updated my nvidia driver

i think

thats my leading theory

ill reinstall the driver either way

[umbral narwhal]

what's the hardware?

[sudden kelp]

cpu is tenth gen i5 and a 2070

and 16 gigs of ram

[umbral narwhal]

"loading issue"?

You mean it loads unusually slowly as well or what?

[sudden kelp]

nope

rendering / loading issue means that assets are low quality

like low lod

even at close distances

regardless of obj distance

i reinstalled the driver

launching again, with settings on standard

[sudden kelp]

nope

same thing

starts to lag after placing 10-15 units

[uncut trellis]

Mods in use?

[sudden kelp]

nope

im trying again with max graphics

[honest jackal]

also xbox game bar seems to be causing stuttering issues too

[honest jackal]

try getting rid of steam overlay

should be a setting in steam

if not then an SSD always works

[sudden kelp]

its running on an ssd

[sudden kelp]

@honest jackal did you have rendering issues though?

[honest jackal]

na

also open task manager and close xbox game bar while arma is running

[atomic mirage]

Hey I'm not sure how to find a solution to this problem here (I've looked on Google and the forums already) but a friend of mine said this might be a good place to go. Every time I try to open Arma I get about halfway through the loading screen and then it stops loading and I have to close it, and I get the 0xCFFFFFFFFF Status Hung error. Feels like I've tried every solution to it but nothing's working and I was hoping somebody might be able to help me here

[umbral narwhal]

No mods?

[steady hawk]

Hang is not a freeze. It may simply because the loading is taking so long.
Also please refer to pinned posts for more better way to troubleshoot

[atomic mirage]

Mods and Western Sahara DLC, sorry

[steady hawk]

"Mods" means nothing. Because it can be anything.

[atomic mirage]

Right, sorry

I'm verifying the game's files again but when that's done I can get the mods

[steady hawk]

Firstly, what we always recommend is to make sure is that a Mod (or maybe CDLC) 's failure or game's. Which means, try in vanilla first.

[atomic mirage]

Right

Sorry I came in here all over the place, I'm not used to needing to ask for help with this kinda stuff, sometimes it just fixes itself. When the files are done verifying, I'll go back through and try vanilla and try running as admin, etc. etc., and write stuff out more comprehensively

[steady hawk]

Please try to follow what we recommend but not like that. First of all, you need to tell us the "fact"

I'm not blaming you of course. But it will require patience for both of us

[atomic mirage]

Of course

So what do you mean by fact? What error message is popping up, what I expect to happen and is not happening?

Or smth else?

[steady hawk]

More, like,

• which mission
• what Mods
• SP or MP
  etc. Pretty much I pinned

[atomic mirage]

Gotcha

[atomic mirage]

So I'm not trying to play any mission, I can't even get past the loading from the launcher. I am trying to do singleplayer and mess around in Zeus or Eden or whatever it's called, but I do want to be able to play in a op my group is running tomorrow.
As for what exactly I've tried, so far I've tried just running the game with Western Sahara and all mods downloaded, I've tried unloading and reloading all the mods, I've tried running it vanilla (I think, I'm gonna do it again though),
I have the Western Sahara DLC installed and activated, as for mods, I can't name what all we have, but we have the RHS and ACE modpacks at the least.
As for PC specs, I'm on a Pavilion Gaming Laptop, it has an AMD Ryzen 5 5600H processor, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, two DDR4 RAM sticks (albeit only one of them is reading)
My error message like I said is the 0xCFFFFFFFFFF Status Hung one, but the wiki doesn't offer any solutions to it and I'm probably too stupid to figure out any of the in-depth stuff offered on the forum beyond stuff like verifying the files or deleting and reinstalling.
Does this help? Sorry I can't answer much else, I am horribly inept with computers and "behind the scenes" work if that phrasing makes any sense

[steady hawk]

And have you tried this?

[atomic mirage]

I think so, but just in case I haven't I'm going to do it again

Just waiting on the files to finish up

[steady hawk]

Also,

I can't even get past the loading from the launcher
Do you mean Arma 3 logo (loading addons or some sort of texts) or after the game launches?

[atomic mirage]

The Arma 3 logo, can't get past the loading addons. Sorry, should've specified

[steady hawk]

Then your Mods you have is not right

Please list all of the Mods. Or export as a preset and upload it

[atomic mirage]

Like this?

Sorry, I didn't know if it would have been against the rules or smth to have posted it, lest I might have posted it sooner

[steady hawk]

This is not a rule or something. This is simply a request from us

[atomic mirage]

Gotcha

[steady hawk]

Okay you have pretty much “enough” amount of large Mods. You should to consider to follow this> #arma3_troubleshooting message

[atomic mirage]

Alrighty

Sidenote how do I find the RPT files? Or maybe just the local app data file? I'm trying to get the RPT files but I'm struggling

[steady hawk]

!rpt

[rustic eagle]

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.

[atomic mirage]

Danke

And to share them do I just open it in something like Notepad and then copy+paste into that SQFBin website and then download them or?

[steady hawk]

Anyhow

[atomic mirage]

So would it be fine to just post it like this?

Does that work?

I think that's the most recent run

[steady hawk]

This does have no useful info

[atomic mirage]

Oh, sorry

[atomic mirage]

Opening it in vanilla resulted in the same result

Couldn't get past the logo

[steady hawk]

Then it is a game issue maybe. Or, have you ever done: moved a PBO A to B?

[atomic mirage]

I'm not sure how to do that

What would that entail

[steady hawk]

A PBO is a file that contains Arma ready data. Have you ever done that?

I think Arma 3\Addons have 372 files right now. How many files you have in the folder?

[atomic mirage]

372

[steady hawk]

Then I don't think you have done that.

What exactly the verify says? Does it say verfiy completed?

[atomic mirage]

Yes the verification is done, it said all 1928 files verified

Nothing else popped up so I assumed everything was good

[steady hawk]

Do you have any launch parameters in Launcher?

[atomic mirage]

I do not, no boxes are checked

[steady hawk]

How long you've waited in Loading Addons?

[atomic mirage]

Not long enough. I'm horribly impatient, normally when I see it freeze up at loading addons for a few seconds longer than I'm used to, I click and then the box pops up

I can open it again though, how long should I let it load

[steady hawk]

Please try at least a minute

[atomic mirage]

Gotcha

Should I just do vanilla again?

[steady hawk]

Of course

[atomic mirage]

Alrighty

Oh I'm so sorry you sat here for so long with me cause it just opened, I'm pretty sure it was just because I was impatient

I'm so sorry

[steady hawk]

Then load the Mods again. If it does work, there was no issue after all

[atomic mirage]

👍

And the DLC too?

Since we play with both

[steady hawk]

Why not

[atomic mirage]

Alrighty

Mods and DLC work, I just need to be more patient with it apparently

I guess with how many mods we have installed it just takes a lot longer so I've got to be much more patient

I'm so sorry you sat down with me and worked with me through it, only for it to be a problem with my patience, but at the same time thank you so much, I was getting very frustrated trying this stuff on my own

[little tartan]

It didn’t work, any other ideas? Im desperate asf bro please🙏

[steady hawk]

Maybe try lower difficulty

[little tartan]

How do i change it?

[steady hawk]

Options > Game > Difficulty

[little tartan]

That didn’t work

[little tartan]

Am i running out of options or is there something that im missing here

[steady hawk]

Firstly I've no idea what exactly is Evannex and how it works, but seems it has its own way to have CAS, have you tried that first?

[little tartan]

Yeah but it doesn’t work very well, the alive module is many times better(in my opinion atleast)

[plucky cloak]

Anyone know what causes the server list to be empty? Completely forgotten how I fixed it last time. I've tried validating game files and resarting my pc

[steady hawk]

Remove filters if you have

[plucky cloak]

I have none

[steady hawk]

For sure?

[plucky cloak]

Yes

[steady hawk]

And are you sure where you see is correct? You want to check Internet server, but just In case you're not seeing it?

[plucky cloak]

There is no issue with filters, settings, or UI

The server browser is empty, with no filters and a working internet connection. Direct connecting with ip and port does not get a response

[steady hawk]

Well I asked about the possibilities of human error

But anyways, did you asked for help your last time?

[plucky cloak]

I don't remember how I fixed it

[steady hawk]

I think that question can be answered in yes or no so I'll ask again: did somebody online helped you?

[plucky cloak]

I do not remember

Are you familiar with what memory is?

[steady hawk]

You are, if someone is familiar with it. But looks you aren't

Have you tried to search through possible solutions online or on this server?

[plucky cloak]

I have absolutely no idea what that is supposed to mean

[plucky cloak]

Yes, they mention firewall settings I have already configured

[steady hawk]

Double check if it is a possible solution

[plucky cloak]

I have done so

[steady hawk]

You've done the double check you mean?

[plucky cloak]

Yes

Believe me, having this conversation is a last resort

[steady hawk]

Okay let's try to clarify the situation. Which server browser you see? Are you sure it is not fetching the servers?

[plucky cloak]

I'm using the priarie fire dlc, I've tried both the simple and advanced server browser. I've tried direct connecting to the IP of a server I know is running.

[steady hawk]

So in-game browser

[plucky cloak]

The launcher browser is also empty

[steady hawk]

I've tried direct connecting to the IP of a server I know is running.
You mean the server is?

[plucky cloak]

The IP of a server that is running

[steady hawk]

https://master.bistudio.com/?page=1&count=10&game_id=6
Can you check servers through this?

[plucky cloak]

I can see servers on that website

[plucky cloak]

What's the use in sending this?

[little tartan]

?

[sudden kelp]

i still have the same issue

as referenced above

[umbral narwhal]

Have you tried reverting to the previous driver version?

[little tartan]

Anybody?

[uncut trellis]

youll probably need to exlpain the problem again

[little tartan]

Hey everyone, I’m fairly new to arma(downloaded yesterday) and i want to add the alive module to a scenario I downloaded through the workshop, the problem is, i cannot save the scenario. Which is required to open it through eden editor, i have downloaded other scenarios aswell, and these ones i can save. But the one i want to edit i cant save for some reason.i dont really care abt the saving part as i like to finish the mission before i get off anyway, i just wanna edit the scenario. Does anyone know a fix?

[uncut trellis]

do you mean you cant save edited mission in the editor?

as in you get the mission open in editor add the alive stuff but can not save the mission file?

or you can not open the mission at all in editor

[little tartan]

This

[uncut trellis]

right

[little tartan]

I downloaded it off steam workshop, tried to get it in the editor to add the alive stuff, but i cant get in the editor(i tried through pbo manager but this was unsuccessful)

[uncut trellis]

so either its protected against tampering or you made a mistake in the process

what guide did you follow?

[little tartan]

https://youtu.be/P3NdnGicX6c?si=8XQzCCSijvLaveU5

This

[uncut trellis]

that should be good for it

[little tartan]

It didn’t work tho, i think this is bc i cant save the mission

They guy in the vid also said its a crucial step to save it

[uncut trellis]

I dont follow

save it where?

you just said you cant get it to open in editor

[little tartan]

I cannot get in the editor because i cant save it(i think that is the reason). When i click escape while in the scenario, the ‘save’ option is greyed out and the ‘save and exit’ option says ‘abort’ instead of ‘save and exit’

[uncut trellis]

your statement makes no sense

so again from the beginning

you CAN open the mission in editor

[little tartan]

No i can not

[uncut trellis]

then why are you talking about saving

are you now talking about saving while playing the mission?

as those are 2 totally different things

and not related

[little tartan]

Yes

[uncut trellis]

the saving the tutorial talks about is saving the new altered mission

not saving while playing it

which of course you can not do since you can not get the mission to open in the first place

but you have it confused with the saving gameplay progress while playing

[little tartan]

This step is what i cant do, and (i think) i cant open the scenario in the editor because i cant do this step

[uncut trellis]

no

these are not related

its either you did a mistake in the process or the mission is made so that it can not be edited

[little tartan]

If the mission is made not to be edited, am i just fucked? Or is there a way around this

[uncut trellis]

if its not meant to be edited then you need to enjoy it without alive

or contact the author

[little tartan]

‘Need to’ as in you reccomend it? Or is it morally wrong to edit it? Wdym by this

[uncut trellis]

if you cant open it to edit it there isnt anything you can do

I dont know how be any clearer

and what about that what Ive said you can not understand

[little tartan]

Nevermind

[uncut trellis]

Id try the tutorial process again just to make sure you did not make some mistake with it

[little tartan]

Okay

[ruby crystal]

hey, im trying to make a server for me and my friend using nitrado but when i try to join the server it says that one of the mod pbo's is not signed by the key, i transferred the mods to the server directory using filezilla and after that i uploaded the keys to the server keys folder

okay i can join now when i disabled "verifySignatures" in my server config

[uncut trellis]

if its a server for just you and a friend you can probably play alright without the signature verification

just make sure you dont accidentally run wrong mods

[ruby crystal]

yeah, know im having problem that i cant see any missions i downloaded in the mission select screen

i installed dynamic recon ops takistan, i renamed it to Dynamic_Recon_Ops_Takistan.pbo and uploaded it to the mpmissions folder but i cant see it in the mission select screen when i join the serer

server*

[uncut trellis]

is it a mod or a mission

and why rename it?

[ruby crystal]

some guide said that it needs to be renamed to .pbo and the mission name and terrain

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=726564022 it is this one

[uncut trellis]

what was the original name?

Do you also run the required addons for it?

[ruby crystal]

yes

[pine kite]

Make sure one of those mods you uploaded didn't get corrupted in the process. I understand transering file as binary transfer mode can avoid that, in stead of auto or text mode. See if the FTP program can show cyclic redundancy checksums to verify if bits are in the wrong place.

[pine kite]

Try whatevername.Takistan.pbo

[ruby crystal]

not sure what that means but when i uploaded the mods to my server it said that everything was succesfully transferred and 0 failed transfers

[pine kite]

Well, you will have to search for the features and help pages of whatever FTP program you use. Getting an interuption in the datastream is possible. Maybe it does the neccessary error detection already. I don't know.

[foggy sleet]

can someone help me

im trying to play arma 3 with my friend

and i host a server

and when my friend filters it with the name

it doesnt come up

[charred kraken]

switch it to internet

[foggy sleet]

yea i did

serrver is hosted through internet

friend searches thru internet section

[charred kraken]

There should be a box

tick the box

cant remember what its calle

[foggy sleet]

UPNP?

[charred kraken]

mhm

[foggy sleet]

yea it was ticked

friend still couldnt find it

same other way round I tried

i also tried to do it through LAN with Hamachi

no luck

[charred kraken]

lan wont work

has ur friend been doing it through server browser to shift tab

[foggy sleet]

yeah

multiplayer

what is shift tab needed for?

hes trying to connect through server browser

[charred kraken]

you can join ppl through that aswell

press shift tab

then go to the two people

and click on the name

[foggy sleet]

on the steam popup?

[charred kraken]

then do join game

mhm

if he still cant join then its a mod issue

you prob dont have the same mods

[foggy sleet]

ok lemme try

thanks

[charred kraken]

no worries

[foggy sleet]

doesnt work

my friend when he tries to host gets a UPNP error

is that the problem?

[rotund horizon]

@quaint jewel im really sorry if im overstepping by pining you.

Ive been trying out your mod TacControl for a few hours now but cant seem to get it working.

So i loaded this mod, opened up eden. and started a multiplayer game with it. When i open the app on my PC (Windows 10), it recognizes it within arma (gives me the message i need to confirim map data transmit) however i can click yes how many times i want, the message only goes away if i click no and i end up not being able to transmit the stuff. When i open the app on my samsung phone (newest OS S23 Ultra) it recognizes it in-game as well but same thing, and the app crashes after i pressed the "yes" button in-game.

I have already tried adding the port "8082" in windows firewall as thats what the app seemed to take by standard.

[quaint jewel]

Mh indeed.
Yeah I know sometimes something is wrong and the map export isn't working. Maybe try in singleplayer?
I had some trouble with that but sometimes it worked

[rotund horizon]

cpy that, thank you for the reply. i will try out singleplayer now

[quaint jewel]

I can take a look in half an hour or so

[rotund horizon]

i think i got it working, idk what i did lol

just one question, i see i can change my channel view on the viewer from like general-side, but it will always draw on general. Is there a way of changing that to side-channel, or will it be hard-locked to general?

[quaint jewel]

I think you could click on channel to select the active one, which should also place markers in it
I don't have much time for it lately

[ruby crystal]

can anyone help me with co10 escape? im not sure how i can install it on my server as its not the basic .pbo file you put in to mpmissions

[woven hatch]

Can anyone tell me how to disable the battleeye time out feature. Mission runs fine for all but when logged in as a Admin battleeye times out and kicks the admin. Any fix for this ?

ive tried autoSelectMission = true; // should fix battleye kicks

// MISSIONS CYCLE
forcedDifficulty = "Veteran";
autoSelectMission = true; //<-- add here
class Missions
{
class Mission1
{
template="HC_M3_OutKasts_CUP_V1_10.takistan";
forcedDifficulty = "Veteran";
};

still kicks admin as a time out

[crimson flower]

Hi all,
Does anyone know how to fix this annoying texture glitch ?

[sturdy hill]

Is there a way to completely disable chromatic aberration ? It hurts my eyes so much and even makes me dizzy

[pine kite]

Please be more specific about what you consider the texture glitch to be. It is considered normal and intended that the NPCs sink in the ground to simulate them hiding in the grass. Their hitbox is at their normal height rather. If you mean the flickering of their feet in the grass as the glitch I suppose you have a point. But I doubt there is a solution either.

[crimson flower]

Usually playing multiplayer some players are under the texture as you can see in the video..

I think it is some kind of a texture glitch

[pine kite]

Well, in this video it seemed like they are NPCs. Regular MP players are rendered the same way. You just notice their irregular movement more to identify they are human.

[pine kite]

It's not, I see intended rendering to hide them in grass without actually rendering grass like at short range.

[mint needle]

Anyone know how to fix: bin\config.bin/CfgWorlds.dagger_island_summer

Ping me when reply pls

nvm I know what I did

[plush night]

im trying to get some of my friends to join a server but this error keeps popping up, they have all the mods they need

it is updated too

[umbral narwhal]

More than one person has the same error?

The latter two look like someone copying garbage into the Arma addons folder.

[strange ibex]

my file is on read only i have tried everything can someone hop on vc or call

[plush night]

the main one is DCO_ToolBox

[uncut trellis]

what file?

[plush night]

its 2 people who have it, only one person has the f_vest but i think that might be Aegis

[strange ibex]

arma3

hop on call

[uncut trellis]

no Im doing stuff

arma3 is not a file

explain the issue here and when someone can they usually answer

but you have to give proper details

[strange ibex]

ok so my arma 3 steam file is on read only and not changing

[uncut trellis]

what is steam file?

paste the actual file name

that usually helps

[strange ibex]

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3"

the read only and coming off

i have used cmd and reset still not working

[umbral narwhal]

I think Windows always shows that partial tick for folders?

[strange ibex]

nop

[umbral narwhal]

It does here.

What are you actually trying to do?

[strange ibex]

it still says in game file on read only

[strange ibex]

nothing in game is saving

[umbral narwhal]

That's probably the profile not Arma.

onedrive issues or similar.

[strange ibex]

john

you av to hop on call

[strange ibex]

show me how to fix the profile

[umbral narwhal]

Depends what's wrong with it. Make sure you have no extra copies of Arma running and uninstall onedrive.

If you don't know how to check the first part, just restart windows.

[strange ibex]

i have no cops

first time ins

can you send me vid link or sum

on how to fix it

if you cant hop on call

[shut swan]

having some difficult connecting unit and/or arma3squads to my profile. I am getting expected tags correctly in either case.

connecting to unit, I see a thumbnail logo under my profile on the A3 opening screen. but I see no logos in either the player tab in game, and no uni patch either.

trying to connect arma3squad, I see no thumbnail, no player tab unit logo, and no uni patch.

as a thought experiment, reverting to another unit profile of mine to see if the results are any better. this seems to work okay, logo on player tab, uni patch, etc.

could it be a server side cache has not flushed through hundred percent yet? or is it something else, dimensions on the images are finicky? i.e. units page needing to be exactly 184x, cannot be something else.

[shut swan]

looking out to my AppData, seems okay, but in game no joy, player tab no logo, uni patch absent.

[quaint jewel]

You have add-ons inside your main Arma files (add-ons/f_vest) these shouldnt be there, delete them

Paa Files (which squad logos are) need to be power of two. So 128 or 256, but not 184

Server may have units timeout set, or A3 units might be down

I don't know if that same timeout applies to squad.xml which I assume arma3squads is

[shut swan]

hmm, well I uploaded a 256x to the Steam group (?), and the A3 units is rather specific what it wants. still no joy however.

but the other unit does work whatever client/server state it happens to be in at the moment.

thinking that maybe a server side and/or cached in some way conversion has not happened yet, perhaps on the A3 units side?

[quaint jewel]

The Arma server would cache the image file, but not the text squad info itself.

A3 units is often simply down/offline

[shut swan]

plausible, partially down... like I said, I see the image in my dashboard. and even in the A3 welcome screen, profile thumbnail. but anything beyond that, player tab, uni patches, no joy.

by comparison the other unit profile fully works 3 for 3, thumbnail, tab, patch.

[ruby crystal]

anyone here using arma 3 remastered? i want to find the mod that changes the aiming sensitivity, its super fast for me and my friend and want to lower it or disable the mod, no one is answering me on the official discord..

[uncut trellis]

is that some mod?

[ocean cosmos]

its a shitty modpack that im pretty sure was dmca'd

[umbral narwhal]

Not sure why you'd want a mod to change mouse sensitivity.

[pine kite]

Yes it does. Newly created folder gets the read only mark. Either way, you are looking at or for a red herring. Explain the real problem. This is just a false symptom.

[ruby crystal]

its a pack containing 117 mods, movement mods etc and its called "remastered" it felt so buggy so i just enabled some sound mods etc

[uncut trellis]

such packs are not recommended to be used

they are likely out dated and mashed together poorly

[strange ibex]

got it working just had to make a folder and link it

[shut swan]

any thoughts on this one? I seem to be getting a partial conversion of the uploaded assets. I get 1/3 of the expected assets, dashboard only, no player tab, no uni patches. by contrast, previously existing Steam group (?) and/or A3 units finds all three just fine.

which BTW, in either instance, unit tags are appending just fine. only that the player tab and uni patches are failing to connect any dots.

[woven hatch]

anyone on atm that can help, i just started getting Tried to AccessTargetList for non-local AI group while non-local targeting was disabled! Engine will now enable non-local targeting which will hurt clientside performance.

what causes this?

[shut swan]

anyone at all can shed some light on this why it is not working?

[woven hatch]

which i did my friend mine was doing same i had to add what was missing as error came 😦

[umbral narwhal]

what support people

[umbral narwhal]

Calling commands like targets or knowsAbout on a non-local group.

[quaint jewel]

Running AI things on remote units

[fringe salmon]

after the update the arma launcher crash when I pick up a server and want to join it ... any ideas?

[nova elm]

What is the error you get?

[fringe salmon]

the launcher crash with no error message

[nova elm]

I'm not getting a crash when I join a server through the launcher. Could you give some more information on what server you are trying to join, whether it has mods, etc.?

[pine kite]

Can be if you have mods loaded that the server doesn't use. I too had a crash without flushing my enabled mods list before joining a server.

With clean list of mods Arma 3 started normally with the join server process.

[fringe salmon]

yea server has some mods on. when I try to look for the mods, it instantly crash. mods arent shown

let me try to start it without mod

[uncut trellis]

have you tried verifying game files on steam?

[rustic eagle]

Steam file verification process:
Right Click on game -> Properties -> Installed 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.

[fringe salmon]

yea I am on it

[quaint jewel]

If it crashes it should create a text file on your desktop with crash info

[fringe salmon]

yea several files there

looks like that problem have other too when you have a look at the steam comments

file verification complete, problem not solved

starting the game without pickup a server and without mod works

[nova elm]

Could you share those crash info files?

[fringe salmon]

need to create account

[stiff snow]

I got one

Another one from another player in my community

Looks pretty the same

[nova elm]

Yea, seem to be the same.

[stiff snow]

In case you dont know how to reproduce the crash: it happens when we click "Join" button to join a modded server from server list.

and the server enables signature check

[rotund horizon]

im getting a crash as well joining server through the launcher since update

its only after i press the yellow join button, it loads but before it shows the mod selection screen it crashes

time to create new html files 😂

[fringe salmon]

crash dumps reported

[stiff snow]

Okay... Joining a non-modded server crashes the launcher, too.

[neat oxide]

Game crash on launcher when u try to join a server, this is after the recent update just now

[nova panther]

Anyone else getting a steam authentication failure when trying to join a 2.14 server? Profiling or stable doesn't matter for both client and server.. always happens it seems.

[static ivy]

Same problem here

[twin hare]

I have the same pb

[jolly otter]

It has been reported to feedback for arma, Hopefully they are onto it 🙂

[nova panther]

do you have a link maybe?

[fringe salmon]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/project/profile/1/

[jolly otter]

To join a server, You need to click on PLAY WITH MODS / Multiplayer / Server Browser and then find the server in the list ,

[honest jackal]

It’s not downloading the update lol

It downloaded something but says incompatible version whenever I try to play on servers

[quaint jewel]

Maybe the servers are just not updated yet?

[surreal patrol]

When hotfix for launcher? its broken after update

have to manually select mods and launch game before joining server now 😭

multiple people complain about the same on steam forum

[quaint jewel]

Working on it

Steam update probably tomorrow. But I'll try to send a fixed one in here

[nova panther]

can you confirm or deny the steam authentication issue dedmen? Same thing we had in one of the profiling/perf builds..

[quaint jewel]

Dunno. Also on official servers? We would've tested that and would've noticed it

[honest jackal]

i found the solution - steam was doing a fucky with my SSD but i fixed it

[quaint jewel]

Fixed launcher is here: #arma3_launcher message

Pings @surreal patrol @neat oxide @fringe salmon @stiff snow

[honest jackal]

Btw you get kicked from Zeus servers for using the new rail gun tank lol

[rotund horizon]

was there something changed with eden or placing vehicles as well? When i load our training map since the update vehicles that were previously fine standing close together suddenly bump into each other and creating mass destruction

[quaint jewel]

Not that I know of

[strange ibex]

anyone know know my i cant join

[quaint jewel]

Because the servers didn't update yet

[visual bane]

hi i can't create a key with DSUtils pls help

error says "cannot find key in path <path>\keyname.biprivatekey"

[uncut trellis]

do you have a .biprivatekey file?

[visual bane]

nope

i mean i do but i've been creating multiple ones for different mods since i didn't know i only need one with my name on it

it throws the error without creating the key

[uncut trellis]

you can have multiple privatekeys for different projects

otherwise you cant limit which ones can be run

unless you want that of course

then you can use just single private key

(private key being the master file you dont share)

[visual bane]

i can somehow lock mods from being used?

[uncut trellis]

server can limit what mods can be run on it with the keys

why are you signing mods if you dont know what it does?

[visual bane]

i was told i need to so i did that

for multiplayer

[uncut trellis]

are they your mods?

[visual bane]

yes?

duh?

[uncut trellis]

no duh mate. legit question when you seem a bit lost

but yes, mod keys are used on servers to allow set of mods to be run when joining

[visual bane]

aight, i see

so i tried to create the key straight at the hard drive, still error

it used to be working fine before

"unhandled exception" "can't find part of the path"

[twin hare]

No, it's not because the servers aren't up to date, but because the launcher keeps crashing :!

[quaint jewel]

See #arma3_launcher there is a fix

[twin hare]

don't work in my launcher :/

[quaint jewel]

Welp works for everyone else so far

So I'll assume you're not putting it in the correct place

[twin hare]

i go test

[uncut trellis]

sounds like a typo

[visual bane]

that's outtakes of the error one sec

cannot find part of path "G:\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma3 Tools\DSSignFile\SCP_EF.biprivatekey"

i'm translating it because the error is in russian

both pathes to create/load the private key are absolutely the same

i already validated the tools and reinstalled them, didn't help

gonna restart my pc and try again

does the DSUtils work fine for everyone else?

[rancid tangle]

guys amazing update with the graphics etc. but will it get optimised more soon?
shadow slider turns game into 20 fps

RTX 4090, AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 64 GB Ram 5600MHz DDR 5

[uncut trellis]

no

there is no magical optimization that can be done

if there were, it would have been done.

[rancid tangle]

damn, the shadow is the one that makes game look change the most but it just brake it at the same time

[uncut trellis]

its a lot more to draw

[rancid tangle]

ok I'll leave it at 800 with the rest on extreme and play on 60 fps, hoped I can do something in files or whatever to push it to max

ty for reply

[strange ibex]

its been like this know for a good 2 hours no

now

[quaint jewel]

Yeah. Sounds about right

server owners update when they get to it

[tiny imp]

should be fixed, if not please DM me which exactly server it was on ... also official server problems can go to #arma3_official_servers

[tiny imp]

whispers into the wind 'threaded shadows and v2 DX11 renderer' 😁

[uncut trellis]

well its been said its not coming 😅

and its real thing, not magics

[strange ibex]

ho ok

[quartz oar]

i got these error messages when loading into a server. this only happens on 1 tho

[pine kite]

Dedmen made a workaround/hotfix: #arma3_launcher message

[quartz oar]

doesnt work

[azure shard]

Can confirm I am having the same issue.

[quaint jewel]

Which language is your launcher, are you sure you replaced the right file?

[quaint jewel]

To be clear, replacing the file with the one sent didn't work? And your launcher is set to english language?

[quaint jewel]

Well. It says in the log

Culture: de-DE
So yeah

Read the whole text #arma3_launcher message. Make sure you replace your languages file

[azure shard]

Correct I did that already.

[quaint jewel]

Can you send me the exception log? it will be a text file on your desktop

[signal ice]

Anybody ever have an issue where your AV won't show in the UAV terminal unless it's hacked then it does?

I'm in BLUFOR, using BLUFOR terminal on a BLUFOR AV

I have all unit traits

[quick halo]

I find that whenever I join a public Zeus server, I'm able to play a bit before randomly losing connection and getting the red chain of doom. I have to exit the server, refresh the browser, and then re-enter the game. It's as if I never actually lost connection, but something's blocking me from staying on. Anyone have any ideas?

[fringe salmon]

The update killed Arma. I can no longer launch into the game. It will not load mods. I get kicked back out to Steam.

[quaint jewel]

You mean your launcher is crashing?
For which if you'd just scroll up, or check the launcher discord channel, you'll find a solution

[golden nova]

posting in one channel is usually enough as otherwise it would go aginst the #rules

linux has its own channel btw, #linux_mac_branch

[fringe salmon]

ya i just saw that i'll delete the posts in others

someone opened a ticket on it already, not just me
https://feedback.bistudio.com/T175242

[fringe salmon]

Thanx!!!

[quartz oar]

i replaced the DE-de file

nvm replaced the EN-en file and it works

[fringe salmon]

new update is live

[shrewd sedge]

https://gyazo.com/fbf8c618cf3287d89fad8109818c1eb0

Anyone know a fix?

[quartz oar]

i have that too

[shrewd sedge]

Has been happening since hte most recent update

[uncut trellis]

find the file in the folders, delete it and then verify files in steam

[shrewd sedge]

Already tried that

Tried deleting battleeye aswell

[uncut trellis]

that is the only known fix

could try clearing steam download chache too

[quaint jewel]

We just updated the game

Servers have to update again

[shrewd sedge]

Ahh

cheers

[knotty geode]

is there any way to revert the download because now i cant play with my friend who's on mac anymore

or does anyone know when it gets fixed

[nova elm]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Steam_Branches Use the Arma3LegacyPorts access code to get the same version that Mac players are on.

[knotty geode]

cheers

[tropic brook]

Any idea how to fix this? Tried validating game files and also repairing said mod, even tried launching without it enabled but no avail, any ideas?

[nova elm]

Have you tried deleting that one file and then repairing the mod? I find Steam's file verification can be hit or miss.

[tropic brook]

I haven't actually, I'll give that a bash. Wait out

Just tried that, as seen here

Same result

[uncut trellis]

did you repair it from the . . . menu? in the launchers mod list

[tropic brook]

yea

[uncut trellis]

could be its just broken

it is pretty old

[tropic brook]

might be the case

Shame, making Artwork in Arma is a hassle as it is

[uncut trellis]

next step is to learn make your own poses I suppose 😅

[hollow nymph]

anyone know what this rendering issue is about? I've already cleared steam cache and verified game files. Yes, I am using mods. No, this does not happen in vanilla. No, this is not happening to my other group members.

[umbral narwhal]

Is it just those crates?

[hollow nymph]

pretty much everything

here is Tanoa.

[umbral narwhal]

What GPU and detail settings, for reference?

[hollow nymph]

3060 and ultra. I'm currently testing if its some of my mods.

[umbral narwhal]

Seen similar things before but no plausible common factors.

[hollow nymph]

im thinking it could be this one.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1223309664

[umbral narwhal]

That's certainly a risk factor.

[hollow nymph]

Yea I think thats the one.

[bronze river]

could it be conflicted with vanilla enhanced video setting?

[hollow nymph]

FYI to anyone else using it... try resetting your video settings.

[umbral narwhal]

Kinda dangerous by default. 40km view distance lol

[bronze river]

ahh seeing altis from one end to another

[umbral narwhal]

2.14 expanded the settings anyway so that might conflict.

[hollow nymph]

awesome... Troubleshooting complete. I will remove that from our modlist... Thanks for bearing with me.

[visual bane]

Please help, i have no idea what might be causing it

Oh, forgot to mention, it's arma 3 tools DSUtils when i try to create a private key. no key is created no matter if i press continue or quit.

[umbral narwhal]

Maybe don't try to create the key inside the Arma 3 Tools folder?

[calm mesa]

Any fix to this?

[nova elm]

Join a server that has been updated after the hotfix

[calm mesa]

This is my ded server

[nova elm]

Either your client is out of date, or the server is out of date.

[quaint jewel]

"Steam gamos" is that supposed to say games?

[lime sphinx]

i mean, i've tried two unupdated official servers (still running 14whatever build, not 150...). One kicked me for ui_f, another didn't

[calm mesa]

Just updated it, works now

Cheers

[nova elm]

That build didn't change, there were no engine changes.

[lime sphinx]

what i mean is: you can't say if server would kick a player based only on server's build id

[nova elm]

As for updated official servers, Dwarden announced about an hour ago all servers have been updated #arma3_official_servers message

[lime sphinx]

and they show different build ids after that? I am confuse

[nova elm]

Not sure why you would try connecting to a server running 14whatever, since that would still be a 2.12 server and should show it is incompatible.

[nova elm]

No, they don't. That is what I meant by my first reply.

[lime sphinx]

i mean those ids. Both screenshots are taken right now

[nova elm]

That is impossible to be a 2.14 build. That revision is from far before we updated the version in the engine.

[lime sphinx]

hardcoded in server.cfg's requiredBuild probably?

[quaint jewel]

No

What is the name of that left server?

[lime sphinx]

more than half of "Official" tab servers, i'd say

[quaint jewel]

Omg I can't read

Required. Not server version

But official Servers shouldn't have any requiredBuild in their config

[lime sphinx]

and the one thing i've missed is "announced about an hour ago", my testing was like 3 hours ago

[visual bane]

it's funny

[visual bane]

it worked fine before. it's intended too since it's the default path

[twin hare]

I updated my server to version 2.14.150957, but I still have the PBO addon ui_f error

[dusky copper]

ok, I'm stumped on this one. Figured this is likely the best channel to post it in.

A legacy Warlords mission from around 2019(Warlords: Redux 0.57) now has players stuck at the loading screen when its hosted on a dedicated server. Problem is exclusive to the Dedicated server, it runs fine locally.

I've tested across 2 Computers, 2 accounts(also as admin and non-admin) neither can load the mission and both cause same .rpt error. I've restarted the server, double checked the latest update. Tested 4 other Warlords missions, 2 of which are direct forks of this mission. Narrowed the problem down to just this one mission and only on a Dedicated server.

No mods are included with the mission(or any of the other ones I've tested), and no code for any of the missions has been touched in the last 2 weeks.

Here is the part of the .rpt with the error on dedicated server.

14:09:04 d:\bis\source\stable\futura\lib\network\networkserver.cpp NetworkServer::OnClientStateChanged:NOT IMPLEMENTED - briefing!
14:09:04 Attempt to override final function - bis_fnc_storeparamsvalues_data

Here is the same section of the .rpt when loading it as a local test(MP). Loads correctly.

13:02:56 d:\bis\source\stable\futura\lib\network\networkserver.cpp NetworkServer::OnClientStateChanged:NOT IMPLEMENTED - briefing!

I did a search of the mission file and can't find anything related to " bis_fnc_storeparamsvalues_data ", so I'm bit confused how to continue troubleshooting at this point 😢

edit for searchability This mission had setPos disabled in the multiplayer security file, comment it out and it works fine.

[quaint jewel]

~~server updated? latest version? ~~Profiling branch?

[dusky copper]

no profiling branch

[quaint jewel]

Look at the messages posted when players connect. Any steam errors?

Which loading screen is it? before role selection or after pressing continue?

[dusky copper]

after role selection. The mission is initializing because I can hear the "warlords initialized" as I'm stuck at the mission loading screen.

no steam errors, on the dedicated server the console log just stops once the player joins.

Here is the steam link to Warlords Redux 0.57, its a legacy mission. All the modern Warlords missions are loading just fine.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1834482266

[quaint jewel]

there is a waitUntil in init.sqf that is not completing

on clientside.
You could try adding diag_log's before/after each, and see where it stops

[dusky copper]

awesome thanks for pointing my in the right direction! now I have an idea where to look, I can do a compare with modern/working missions.

[mint needle]

How to disable patches Arma 3: Dynamic Groups, Each group has a random patch add to there left/right arm, I would like to remove this completely so the group doesnt have a random patch on their arm, thanks (Ping me when got an answer, thanks)

[dusky copper]

Operator error did a code diff of that legacy mission vs modern warlords mission. Noticed setPos was disabled in the multiplayer security file

rechecked the client side log and a single line in the 500ish line startup spam was a setPos error....rookie mistake. No idea why/how I didn't catch this until now.

[teal lark]

Having an issue where the NATO helicopters are like this, and it doesn't spawn the units into the helicopter only the pilot

[steady hawk]

Either unload Mods or verify the game

[teal lark]

k

[brave dome]

Is anyone else having an issue with their server not updating? I've tried running the update several times throughout yesterday and today but it always says it's up to date, yet when we look at it on the server list it's a version mismatch

[quaint jewel]

Atleast you learned new things 😄
But loading screen post role selection with sounds in background is always init.sqf not finishing, the game waits for it to run through.
I guess that script that errored was supposed to also do something else that init.sqf was waiting for

[bleak egret]

Hello, something is wrong with my arma, since it takes 20s to load without mods and 4:30 min with mods. I have a few friends that dont see such a drastic change and I'm not sure what is causing that kind of load time. I have an NVME PCi 3.0 drive and a Ryzen 7 1700x CPU, I run the profiling build but I didnt notice any diffrence when testing normal and profiling build. I have static main menu screen and skip starting logo params as well as CPU set to 7 and all additional threads settings on. I have 32gb of ram and 24gb set in params, as well as 64bit on. Any ideas as to what might be causing this problem?

[ocean cosmos]

how many mods

[bleak egret]

49, I can send the html

This problem has been persistent even with some changes to this modlist and also certain DLCs being loaded.

[ocean cosmos]

which dlcs

and do you load any mods when doing that

[bleak egret]

I already played with this modlist and SOG/Spearhead/Global Mobilization loaded or a few of them at once.

I just tried only ace and cba and it was very fast so it might be one of the mods maybe

[ocean cosmos]

almost certainly

[bleak egret]

Is there a way to wipe all of the mods data, before I try to reinstall them?

[ocean cosmos]

unsubscribe to them all

[atomic lily]

Did anybody have this issue with contact? https://imgur.com/kU35O6K

It went away after a restart

[rain niche]

Hello, so my unit has been having issues with our server freezing up at random times, usually during someone loading in. We have tried 3 different hosting companies for the server, completely changed up our modpack, and the issue persists.

The closest issue to ours that I have seen is an old post on the ALIVE forums in 2015, however after reading through the entire post we realized it doesn't actually match our issue.

[undone saffron]

Noticed that moving camera in empty scenario in 3den produces choppy movement, graphed my FPS and it looks like this:

I wonder if this is normal and just not as noticable at more usual gameplay FPS of like 40

(x=frame, y=fps)

Tried ultra low settings, same issue

vsync on/off, still same (graph is with vsync on)

[umbral narwhal]

144hz gsync/freesync monitor?

[undone saffron]

Yes, good point, gonna test it out

[umbral narwhal]

oh, I meant graph just made sense for that.

If it looks identical with vsync off then vsync isn't off though :P

maybe forced on in driver settings.

[undone saffron]

Disabled adaptive sync in monitor settings (4k120hz now), same choppiness in game (both vsync on/off)

[umbral narwhal]

It doesn't actually feel choppy besides the camera, does it?

[undone saffron]

Okay, tried all possible settings, disabled adaptive sync in the monitor, disabled gsync in nvidia control panel, tried lower hz setting, same issue in the game.

[bleak egret]

I reinstalled all of the mods and arma and the issiue still persists, I know that its not the mods themself since a few of my friends have similar or worse specs and with the same mods take less time to load into the game. It seems like there is an additional action made for every mod or something since the time increases with the ammount of mods. I also noticed that in SP it feels like saving takes longer that it used to when I played a long time ago, but it might be just my memory.

Is it possible that maybe defender checks mods every time?

[umbral narwhal]

It's not still capped at exactly 144fps though, is it?

@bleak egret Well, it'd certainly re-check them each time you reinstalled...

but it shouldn't be re-checking untouched files.

[undone saffron]

It does, I notice picture jerking during gameplay too. Maybe not as much in real scene at lower FPS but its there.

[undone saffron]

Nope, it jumps up and down from ~120 to 144 like on the graph

Similar picture at 4k120hz
vsync=on
gsync and adaptive sync=off

Similar picture again with 4k120hz
vsync=off
gsync and adaptive = off

[umbral narwhal]

ah yeah, different levels though.

[bleak egret]

Is it possible it might be some kind of steam cloud saving data or loading it? Since it also seems to affect SP saving.

[undone saffron]

Same settings, but singleplayer and old 2d editor preview instead of 3den:

So it should be Arma 3-wide issue 🤔

Restarted the game with all syncs off for a good measure, same issue

Restarted Windows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4GIasTCL_k

[sinful osprey]

Anyone else have a problem with the helo wanting to nose dive with no control inputs? Seems like it's sling loading a tank from the very nose... tried disabling trim, checking keybinds, then disabled my joystick and it has no problem.. just noticed this after the update

[steady hawk]

1. Mods?
2. Which heli?
3. Do you have multiple enabled input device? (including keyboard and mouse)

[sinful osprey]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3025703952

[steady hawk]

?

[sinful osprey]

all helos i've tried with all profiles and yea, a joystick, mouse and keyboard. but have always ran that

those are the mods

[steady hawk]

1. Try vanilla first
2. Disconnect a joystick (or disable in-game)

[sinful osprey]

it doesnt do it when i disable the joystick

[steady hawk]

Then the cause is certain: the joystick inputs to move the heli forward

[sinful osprey]

that's what boggles me...the interior stick doesn't move a bit...

[steady hawk]

Also

Try vanilla first

[sinful osprey]

no luck 😦

[steady hawk]

Do you mean you still have the issue in vanilla?

[sinful osprey]

same issue

[steady hawk]

Then either disable joystick or unbind joystick controls from helicopter controls

[sinful osprey]

so I just cant fly with a joystick anymore?

[steady hawk]

I never knew you wanted to use joystick to fly a heli

If so you probably want to check the joystick to make sure it is centerized properly or not

[sinful osprey]

I did. other people in my unit are having the same issue now on their other profiles and on different servers...idk..

[steady hawk]

Do you mean after 2.14 update it starts to happen for everyone?

[sinful osprey]

yep

[steady hawk]

Well then you want to wait until some developers arrive at the scene

[sinful osprey]

That's what I figured. Thank you for helping though, at least I have some reassurance that it's not something that we did lol

[nova elm]

Don't forget to report it on the feedback tracker, link is in #arma3_feedback_tracker

[uncut trellis]

You could try making a new profile and see if that still has same issue (it gets fresh settings)

[keen trench]

Hello, when i go to port forward 2302 and 2305, what do i have to insert as "internal ports"?

[umbral narwhal]

The same.

[keen trench]

Since my router doesn't permit TCP and UDP together, do I have to set up 2 separate ports forward one for each?

[umbral narwhal]

You would, except that Arma only uses UDP.

[keen trench]

If yes, i set 2302 - 2306 for UDP and 2344 - 2345 for TCP

[umbral narwhal]

2344-2345 are outgoing battleye ports. You don't forward them.

[keen trench]

But my friends still can't see my lobby :/

[keen trench]

Oh

Better to remove them?

[umbral narwhal]

yeah

[keen trench]

So when i host i have to deactivate UPNP in the menu that pops up when hosting?

Or do i have to keep it on

[umbral narwhal]

Turn it off if you're using port forwarding.

[keen trench]

Got it

Should i do the same on router settings?

[umbral narwhal]

Deactivate UPNP? I wouldn't bother.

[keen trench]

Alright

I am sorry for my stupidity in this field, but here it says that I should have 2302 - 2303 forwarded

Should i do 2302 - 2306 or 2302 - 2303

[umbral narwhal]

2302-2306

2302-2303 might work if you're not using battleye.

Not sure what exactly 2304 does.

[keen trench]

Should look like this?

1. Name
2. IP of PC
3. External port
4. Internal port

[umbral narwhal]

Internal IP of PC

the one on the same subnet as the router.

[keen trench]

Basically the name above the black box

I got it from commands

idk why i put it there at all lol

[umbral narwhal]

There is no point hiding your internal IP btw. It's internal.

[keen trench]

Ah ok then

But yeah i put the internal ip

[umbral narwhal]

You know you might just be on CGNAT and then all this is useless.

[keen trench]

What do you mean?

[umbral narwhal]

Sometimes your ISP has another layer of IP translation above your router, and therefore you can't host.

They do it to save on real IPv4s.

[keen trench]

Any way to remove it?

@umbral narwhal all good i got a VLAN with my friends

[umbral narwhal]

Sometimes you can just ask the ISP to give you a real IPv4 instead.

but yeah, otherwise VLAN

[valid lake]

Anyone using a thrust master t16000m flight control to fly helicopters I’m trying to use it but it doesent seem to register it ? Anyone have this problem or know how to fix it

[grim pasture]

anyone know how to fix this

9:19:13 ErrorMessage: Data file too short 'mpmissions\Operation%20Liberty%20Final.Farabad.pbo'. Expected 4015153 B, got 2097152 B
9:19:13 Application terminated intentionally

Stopping my server

[quaint jewel]

corrupted pbo

delete it

[grim pasture]

What about the mission?

[quaint jewel]

Find the original non corrupted version

that pbo on the server is ded

[grim pasture]

that is the only one that was made

[quaint jewel]

the mission maker should still have it

[grim pasture]

then i PBO to the server

So what load the mission of that file again and save it again?

[quaint jewel]

yes

[grim pasture]

alright give that a try now

[pine kite]

Unless that IP is reserved for your PC, it might change whenever your PC is off for an extended time and some other device gets the IP-lease instead. If that happens, then your port forwarding will be broken. So try to find a way to reserve the IP.

[spare warren]

How come I see 'Player X' instead of the names?

[upbeat spire]

Try doing this:
Stream Friendly UI being turned on,
Menu >> Configure >> Game >> General >> Stream Friendly UI
Change from Enable to Disable

[spare warren]

Is this ingame? Or in Steam?

[upbeat spire]

Well that was solution for somebody who had the same thing as you:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/107410/discussions/0/1700542332317640957/

[spare warren]

Cool thanks. Will try if I can fix it

Worked

[little tree]

I am trying to find the JLTS adddon. Anyone got ideas?

0:50:34 Warning Message: Addon '3AS_Characters_Commando' requires addon 'JLTS_radios'

[steady hawk]

If 3AS is from a Mod from Workshop, check the item page

[odd fjord]

Running into an issue where when I try to launch Arma it crashes and then my SSD disconnects. I've verified files and everything is valid. I'm not sure what to do, but figured i'd ask in here for help before I do a clean install as a next step

SSD diagnostics said its not the issue

and Im using a new SATA and Power cable to the SSD

all the other games on the SSD work fine

[pine kite]

If the SSD disconnects then you have some kind of hardware or problem in Windows. Not in the game. Maybe the Windows Event viewer can provide some more details of the instant when this happens. Like if this is a power issue or data transfer issue.

Make sure that SSD isn't stuffed full to the brim.

[odd fjord]

It isnt

has 60gb of free space

[pine kite]

Did you ever mess around with the location of mod folders/Steams mod storage location/ !Workshop folder location?

[odd fjord]

Yeah, I moved it from the HDD to SSD via steam, thats when the issue started

[pine kite]

Yeah, don't do that.

[odd fjord]

Ahh

is that a issue specific to arma? or just a in general?

for my own future reference

[pine kite]

Steam stores mods in it's own special workshop folder. Then the Arma 3 launcher makes folder-links to the Arma 3\!Workshop folder so it can more easily load specific mods you enabled.

Moving those mods messed up those folder links.

[odd fjord]

So what's the solution

clean install

and a purge of that folder on other drives?

[pine kite]

Yes, but in my experience it starts (with removal of Steam and Arma 3 and following that) with installing Steam in the right place to get the mods on the right drive. Once steam is installed you can tell it to make a Steam Library folder on the other drive that doesn't have it yet, and install Arma 3 on there. I don't know if you want the mods on the SSD or on the HDD so you will have to figure that out.

So it is a bit more involved than just Arma 3, other game install might be affected.

[odd fjord]

Was about to say... I've basically got uninstall steam which will remove all the other games as well. Ugh...

thanks arma

but thanks for the help

[pine kite]

Of course take notice of the size of all the mods for all the games. SSDs tend to be smaller than HDDs. You will have to gauge how much space the mods take versus all your games you want to have installed. But you can have multiple Steam libraries so you can also have some games on installed on the HDD.

[odd fjord]

Yeah, I mean previously the Mods and game itself were on the same drive, and it would launch about 10% of the time, its just the other 90 it would fail to launch give me an error and with it take the SSD

[pine kite]

It should be possible to manually move all those mods to a special folder on a different drive using a single folder hardlink. But there is an order to do it. Others have managed to do it, I just never did it myself. (my system died before I got the nerve to face up to it, and had to buy a new computer with a single huge SSD) So I can't give specific instructions or vouch for the method.

[odd fjord]

okay, I think i found the duplicate !workshop folder. gonna delete that then do a fresh install of arma 3, it should then create a new one that works is my bet. Otherwise ill be installing 100's of GB of stuff all day

thanks for the help!

[pine kite]

The !workshop folder is the fake one. It contains links to folders elsewhere on the drive. The modfiles are not actually in it. They are in some folder path SteamInstallFolder\steamapps\workshop\content\107410

[real rain]

Hello guys, i have this bug on arma where i cant move my character camera to the right

[bronze river]

can you provide screenshot?

(or video if possible)

[real rain]

Surely give me a moment

Im trying to move camera to the right but it wont let me

only left down up

idk tf is going on

[little tree]

Hello, I have recently and while looking nothing really displayed anything relative to my issue.

[steady hawk]

Check keybinds

[real rain]

restarting game fixed it

idk tf happend but i guess it fixed

[jade echo]

Could anyone help me figure out where my PBO files are exporting to?

I've checked my ARMA MPMission folder in documents and in the install location but it doesnt appear to be showing up.

[stiff creek]

Hello
So I have messed up big time. Accidentally I have overwritten a mission file in editor. Is there any way to get it back? Sadly, I had system backup copy turned off. I googled a bit but didnt manage to find anything useful.
I neither saved the mission prior in any way nor exported it into .pbo.
Please help 😦

[quaint jewel]

Sometimes there is a folder in your mission folder that starts with ~ with some luck you can find a temp copy of your mission

but chances aren't great

[stiff creek]

sadly there wasnt one as i just started arma 3, mislicked on save instead of open and i have overwritten whole mission

on which i spent well over 100hs

[quaint jewel]

Better start making backups now then

Putting so much time into something that is just one click away from getting deleted..
I think the editor doesn't ask for confirmation that you want to overwrite does it? we should probably fix that

[stiff creek]

Funny enough, I always did previously. Stupid brainfart that I didnt do it this time. There could be an option added that it saves 1 previous version of a mission, just mission.sqm.

[stiff creek]

It does ask, I went to the toilet when editor was loading after I clicked on save and kind of clicked overwrite without even reading what it is

[drifting sorrel]

Hey for some reason when im trying to load up my teamspeak mod with "ACRE2" I keep getting this error And Im unable to find it in my teamspeak addons. Anyone got a clue how to fix it.

[untold fractal]

Manually move the dlls to the plugins folder.

[ocean cosmos]

copy the plugins not the dlls

as the error message says

[stable storm]

Yo I’m unable to join any online games, I’m always put into the Virtual map at a fixed camera angle, and the only thing I can do is press escape to exit to the main menu

[drifting quartz]

my friends cant join my server that i am hosting

it says connection failed

are the arma servers down?

[stable storm]

Something on your end

What’s your internet set up as?

It needs to be Open Port

[drifting quartz]

i was able to host for my friends before

but it decided to stop working for sm reason

[stable storm]

It has nothing to do with Bohemias servers I promise it’s something on your end

[pine kite]

Then you will have to figure out that reason.

[stable storm]

Any help?

[uncut trellis]

Try verify game install on steam and turn off all mods if you have any.

[stable storm]

I did, and this is off of a new install, I uninstalled the entire game and reinstalled after

[uncut trellis]

The you probably need to contact the BI technical support email

[stable storm]

I do have this thing

An extra setting

Very Low

And

Extreme

Again, no mods, no clue where its from

[steady hawk]

...If you mean this

Added: "Extreme" overall quality preset in the video options (thanks Greenfist for the inspiration)
Added: New Post-Processing presets (thanks Greenfist for the inspiration)
Added: More extreme low and high end values for various video options (thanks Greenfist for the inspiration)
This is a part of the vanilla game

[stable storm]

I’ve NEVER seen it before

[steady hawk]

Because it is a part of the 2.14 update

[stable storm]

I only had problems joining after it showed up

[steady hawk]

And... have no idea why it is related with the your MP situation

[stable storm]

I think it is, I just know it only happened after that showed up

[steady hawk]

Okay, sort the things up

I just know it only happened after that showed up
What is it and that here?

[stable storm]

Those settings

So it’s something in the update

[steady hawk]

Your answer doesn't explain it and that

Do you mean, like, simply after 2.14 update (which is happened a few days ago) you cannot join into any server?

[stable storm]

I don’t know thats the problem, if I know what caused the problem I would just say

And it’s not that I can’t join a server it’s that when I do the lobby doesn’t show up, and I’m stuck with a view of the Virtual map

[nova elm]

Ignore the settings for now, they are most definitely irrelevant to the issues you are having.
Please give us more information like, what server are you trying to join, are you on windows or linux, are you running any mods or does the server require mods.

If you are on linux, we are aware of an issue where people using Proton can't join some servers. There is a custom EXE that fixes that issue in #linux_mac_branch message

[stable storm]

Official public servers, and no mods of any kind obv, I am on a steamdeck so it’s likely that Protons the problem

[nova elm]

If you can somehow get that exe onto your steamdeck to replace the arma3_x64.exe, that should fix the problem. Otherwise you'll need to wait for the profiling branch update coming in the next few days.

[stable storm]

Yipee

I’ll try it out tomorrow

[tawny totem]

Hello everyone I ran into a problem related to verifySignatures = 2 on my server, on Ubuntu 22.04. Looking for answers on the Internet, I found many open questions, but no solutions. I want to finally understand the problem and work out a solution for posterity. Maybe some of you have faced this problem? I described it in more detail in the ARMA 3 MULTIPLAYER SERVER channel, in the #server_linux section. Believe me, I have already tried a lot of solutions...

[uncut trellis]

In the future, best to lead with what OS you run if you use something rare like steamdeck\linux

[stable storm]

I’ve experienced something similar in the past on windows, like almost exactly the same around a year ago

[uncut trellis]

Does not matter since your current issue is on Linux and most likely related to that

[steady hawk]

Past is past, now is now

[uncut trellis]

And most likely issue would have been solved long ago if it was known you used linux

Details are important

[cyan hornet]

Hi, so i am hosting an antistasi server via internet i ve done all of it correctly and my friends cant see or join my server through my steam profile or server browser have all the same mods same version i ve checked rpt everythings fine server goes up has upnp but still no one can join any help would be appreciated thanks

[umbral narwhal]

@cyan hornet You'll have to check if you're on CGNAT.

[cyan hornet]

?

how?

[umbral narwhal]

Go into your router's admin pages and find the WAN IPv4 address. If it starts with 100.x or 10.x then it's probably CGNAT.

[cyan hornet]

i have hosted before srry i failed to mention its just today but i dont believe min starts with that

[umbral narwhal]

Unfortunately some ISPs seem to be moving people to CGNAT regularly.

[cyan hornet]

no it dont start with 100. or 10.

thanks tho

[umbral narwhal]

Slightly better version is to check if it's the same as your publically-visible IP, so what you get from "what's my IP" on a search engine.

[cyan hornet]

yea its the same

[umbral narwhal]

Check the following things:

1. UPNP enabled on the router.
2. Network type in windows isn't set to public.
3. Network discovery enabled for current network type.

If that's all fine then give the router and windows a restart.

[cyan hornet]

thanks alot man fixed the issue have a nice day

[pine kite]

Or 192.168.x.y or 172.16-31.x.y

[distant ibex]

for some reason whenever i remote control an entity i always place mines

wherever iom at

just randomly

[grim pasture]

anyone have the issue in zeus where you right click to send a unit and that ace bar comes up where u can teleport urself while trying to send guys to a location i cant get a fix for it never had it before like its conflicting together

give me a ping if anyone knows

[mighty sandal]

how do you join

a dlc

[steady hawk]

Okay please refer to the pinned

[mighty sandal]

what

[steady hawk]

what

[mighty sandal]

how do i play a dlc

[steady hawk]

Okay let me rephrase

[mighty sandal]

oke

[steady hawk]

Elaborate. That's what we're asking

[mighty sandal]

whats elaborate

i unstall arma 3 2 times

i dident work

[steady hawk]

And we still do not have the detailed info. Do I need to list what we want?

[mighty sandal]

ooh

[steady hawk]

Is that a yes or no?

[mighty sandal]

yes

[steady hawk]

1. What DLC?
2. What server you want to join?
3. Do you have any Mods?
4. Any error messages?
5. Which OS you run?

[mighty sandal]

What DLC? jets
What server you want to join? dlc
Do you have any Mods? no
Any error messages? yes
Which OS you run? whats os

[bronze river]

my faith in humanity

[steady hawk]

What server you want to join? dlc
DLC is not a server
Any error messages? yes
Then post it
Which OS you run? whats os
Windows, Linux, Mac OS... which one?

[mighty sandal]

windows

What DLC? jets
What server you want to join? random
Do you have any Mods? no
Any error messages? yes it says you can reinstall it
Which OS you run? windows

[steady hawk]

Please re-read my pinned post

Do not abbreviate or skip some words if you want to troubleshoot and you got some error messages.

[mighty sandal]

i did all

[steady hawk]

No you didn't

[mighty sandal]

what did i miss

[steady hawk]

This

[mighty sandal]

oke

What DLC? jets
What server you want to join? a good server
Do you have any Mods? No
Any error messages? yes it say unstall it and than install it
Which OS you run? Windows

@steady hawk

[steady hawk]

Okay you still don't understand what I said

[mighty sandal]

sorrty

but i can not good english

[steady hawk]

Do not abbreviate or skip some words if you want to troubleshoot and you got some error messages.

[mighty sandal]

a littel bit

[bronze river]

simply this, show the error messages

picture

[mighty sandal]

ooh

i am gone sent you a picture of the error messages

@steady hawk

[steady hawk]

I see no picture

[mighty sandal]

wait

i do so

@steady hawk

[steady hawk]

?

Stop pinging me for zero reason

[mighty sandal]

i sent so the picture

[steady hawk]

...And where is the picture?

[mighty sandal]

wait

Here

can you help

[steady hawk]

Stop pinging people just to get attention

[mighty sandal]

oke

sorryt

here

is the picture