arma3_troubleshooting

[umbral narwhal]

Is this still a Mac?

[modern echo]

ios has an aggresive background apps policy, 30 seconds and active connections are cut

hey, i have started a arma3x64.exe -server instance but after doing #shutdown its not shutting down despite having closed the window

are you running a rc build?

[stuck spear]

No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgWeapons.suppressor_l_lxWS'.

Constantly being greeted by this and cannot seem to troubleshoot this for a buddy trying to host lib.

modlist associated with this mode he is trying to play.

No Western Sahara installed on Servers or client.

[pine kite]

Well, some mod in that list, or the scenario itself requires a suppressor from Western Sahara CDLC. Either take out the mod with that requirement, or both load the compatibility mod for non-buyers of Western Sahara on the server and clients.

[sharp lodge]

Anyone know how I can fix this and why when I try join a certain server it just says that then takes me to a completely different server every time

[umbral narwhal]

Launcher does that sometimes. Reconnect to the server from within Arma to workaround.

It's a horrible bug, but it's hard to replicate so I doubt anyone will ever fix it.

[sharp lodge]

Yeah so I’ve tried both I’ve tried the launcher and I’ve tried actually arma am I doing something wrong ?

[uncut trellis]

well the error indicates a bug in a mod

or missing mod

so either you dont have correct mods to join the server or you have broken files or you have mods enabled that the server dont run

[sharp lodge]

Yeah and so when I go to launcher and press set up dlcs and mods to try find the mod that way the server doesn’t have any mods so idk how to find it if that makes any sense

[uncut trellis]

if server is configured smart, the launcher should tell you what mods you need

then the servers is poorly set up and you should not even bother

[signal onyx]

https://medal.tv/games/arma-3/clips/27mZiPwHnjwukQ/d1337EjPDqZL?invite=cr-MSxIWkgsMTk2ODk2ODY3LA Anyone know what mod changes the explosion sounds to this irritating popping noise

[ocean cosmos]

ace

[uncut trellis]

its the ammo cooking off in the fire

[signal onyx]

what i meant was a few days ago it sounded like actual explosions and now its like this

[uncut trellis]

have you started using new mods then?

like ACE

[pine kite]

Put your monitor straight up on a table?

[sharp lodge]

Lol

[pine kite]

Sorry, was a cheap shot

[knotty dove]

I'm having a problem where my Arma 3 server isn't showing up for any of my friends. I was able to host my server yesterday without any kind of problems. I allowed 2302-2306 through my firewall which allowed me to host my server. However, after getting back on today, my friends have not been able to see my server. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[patent kettle]

We've updated the sounds in last ACE update, the new sounds are more realistic.

[fringe salmon]

anyone know hwo to turn off this green border

i was pressing something along with ctrl and ` and this popped up

[marble stump]

Had a search but can't see a definite answer. Can friends direct connect via a URI? xyz.ddns.net for example. The join button is greyed out when I try it.

[steady hawk]

Maybe it lacks port?

[marble stump]

2001 set in the port input field

[modern echo]

doesnt seem like arma 3 works with domains, only ips, i believe

[marble stump]

Ah ty. My mistake, misread the channel - reforger limitation too, I guess.

[sick anvil]

So I have a problem with the A-164 Wipeout or else known as A-10

I was normally flying at 100 throttle and no airbrakes but when I press esc to go into the little pause screen and go check the controls cause I forgot some of them,
I go back to flying and suddenly find myself at 0 throttle with airbrakes on (the airbrakes are only on while in settings, i found this out on a multiplayer zeus server). Little weird to me and annoying since I go and check the settings often

[steady hawk]

AFAIK it's an normal MP behavior. In Pause screen does an autopilot not to crash into ground

[sick anvil]

Yeah but the 0 throttle causes me to crash while in the settings

[steady hawk]

You sure? Do you have any Mods?

[sick anvil]

Yeah i crashed once while in the settings and no mods, normal official zeus server

and there was no mountains near me that couldve been the issue in that crash

[steady hawk]

It should try to stabilize your plane speed as well, maybe your plane is too fast?

[sick anvil]

No it seems to put the throttle to 0 and stall the plane. I end up at like 200-290km/h when coming back from settings and it didnt increase the throttle at any time, atleast from what i saw

[bronze river]

it does lowers throttle to 0 if we press ESC while flying a plane, happens to me lots of time when playing warlords, also chat button (/) aswell, bad experience when flying blackfish

[dusty heath]

Hello, I've been playing the Global Mobilization DLC. Everything was working just fine until the 'Tit for Tat mission. I go through the mission, destroy all APCs and the tank and then the mission gets stuck, it does'nt finish and still tells me to defend. I figured there are some enemies still alive, found a few soldiers in the forest nearby and killed them but it didn't work. I did the whole mission again and nothing changed

I tried to find more enemies but it triggered "Awol" and just kicked me back to the meny after the cinematic, now it appears that the mission "Tit for Tat" is done, I can revert it or replay it, but next missions are not unlocked

I do not have any mods or any unofficial content for Arma

[stark lark]

Hiya. When i get into arma and whant to edit a unit i press on uniform and my game freezes then crashes but doesnt with any other item like best or headgear anyone know why?

[full sluice]

hey guys i just bought the game and everytime i try to lunch the i get a crush massage that says 0xC0000005 - ACCESS_VIOLATION what can i do?

[steady hawk]

First off, check pinned
Second, is it in vanilla or modded game

[full sluice]

vanillan with dlc

[steady hawk]

Remove DLCs

[full sluice]

ill try it

it still doesnt work

[steady hawk]

Then

!steamverify

[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.

[loud vapor]

Anybody around to help me with a server problem rhs is not playing nice

[mental river]

Open the mod folder, go to the keys folder and if there's an old key delete it.
Then go to the addons folder and delete the .bisign files that are signed with the old key

[loud vapor]

it has magically disappeared

[mental river]

If that's not the problem, maybe the server is not updated to the latest mod version yet

[mental river]

^ so this might've been the problem

[loud vapor]

i honestly dont know i restarted it a few times trying to get a mission working and a bit of stress testing and it just started working

[fringe salmon]

you cannot load RHS with CUP

they are incompatible with each other

[pine kite]

Well, you can load them together. You just get strange weapon damage effects. They have different ideas on how to count damage point.

[ocean cosmos]

rhs stuff is simply n9t balanced

not*

[grim tinsel]

rhs stuff is balanced against other rhs stuff, not against normal vanilla values afaik

so it is balanced, just not in the way you'd expect

[grim tinsel]

blocked, spreading fake news

[ocean cosmos]

nope, pufu said theyre not balanced

[lethal needle]

I'm pretty sure it's just because I'm dumb, but how do I get a unit patch to show in game ? I've created the unit and stuff on the website, but the image doesn't show in game :/

I can see the name of the unit in game, so it "loaded", but it doesn't show anywhere in game

[gray flicker]

i cant find the option to turn it off dont know where to find it

[lethal needle]

And it's a 512x512px png, it shows up on the launcher, on the website and stuff

But not in game

[grim tinsel]

do you have the unit selected in the launcher?

If so, make sure your arma 3 ingame profile doesnt overwrite it somehow with another units code

[lethal needle]

Yes

[lethal needle]

It's a profile I created recently, I didn't use any unit stuff with this one

[grim tinsel]

best to check either way

[lethal needle]

I'm gonna create a new profile

Doesn't change anything, sadly

[grim tinsel]

can you post a pic of what your entry on the 'players' list looks like when you open the map?

[lethal needle]

Sure

I really don't get it. Brand new unit, vanilla uniforms, a 512x512px image without a background

I don't understand why it doesn't work

The only place where it shows in game, is in the start menu

Ok so. It does show when I'm trying stuff on an official server, but not when I self host ?

Is that a normal thing ?

Ok now it shows even when self hosting

I... don't understand

But hey, it works x)

[grim tinsel]

praise the arma gods for making it work

we mere mortals do not get to understand their ways

[pallid wave]

can someone help me i just installed arma3 and im running into problems, it may just be me.

[uncut trellis]

describe the issue, someone might know answers

[uncut trellis]

does your machine have above minimum specs hardware?

[pallid wave]

yes currently have a amd 7900 cpu and gforce rtx 3060

[steady hawk]

Try without BattlEye first

[uncut trellis]

also try verify game files on steam

and try restart computer

[pallid wave]

OK, i got a 0xC0000005 - STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION exit code

i did restart my pc to check if that would help before but i will try both of those again.

[steady hawk]

After you do what

[pallid wave]

well apparently the download broke a couple of files so all fixed thank you for your help.

[uncut trellis]

👍

[proven vale]

Also, getting an empty Servers List for Official Servers, unless I turn on a VPN. I'm in Asia

And after I try to connect to a server from the Internet, and it kicks me out saying I don't have some files, the Internet servers tab becomes empty too, and doesn't load any servers, even if I refresh multiple times

[vague jetty]

the briefing order is different in eden editor and exported scenario, is that a bug?

[steady hawk]

What have you done?

[vague jetty]

no change in mission file, only difference is play in editor or play in main menu

[steady hawk]

I mean what kind of script or setup creates this Briefing

[vague jetty]

used the " create diary record" module in editor

[raw hearth]

I'm having an issue that whenever I load into the main menu it lags for a second and completely freezes the game

I don't really play arma 3 often but I decided to try again after a while and now it keeps doing this

all mods and DLCs disabled

no difference

I already did a verify and it found 7 corrupted files but even after that still the same issue

[sly ravine]

Hello, my friend can't get out of vehicles, often see me invisible. It doesn't make a difference if we play with or without mod or DLC
Any solution please ?

[lost orbit]

Yes I am the friend that experiencing the issues: when in multiplayer, if I get into véhicule, I cannot seem to get out without my friend killing me. Aswell, one killed I respawn invisible to him, and he is invisble to me. Any help would be much appreciated. Love from France🇫🇷 !

[polar hollow]

Hi, Im looking to locate certain cfgpatches locations to figure out what addon is breaking, Is there a way to do this?

[ocean cosmos]

config viewer

[polar hollow]

How exactly? I'm not really the best at this would that be something in arma tools or..

Oh i see its in the console

How would I go about looking my specific one up

[uncut trellis]

Is there a error you are trying to solve or why are you looking at cfgpatches?

[polar hollow]

Yes i am having an error

[uncut trellis]

whats the error?

[unreal yacht]

How do i fix this? cant get into server

[polar hollow]

bin\config.bin/CfgPatches.acp_main
ive got no clue if this is significant or not but thats the error

Im trying to figure it out so i can see if its significant or not

[grim tinsel]

that by itself shouldnt prevent you from joining the server, do you get any other errors/problems?

I'd assume maybe mod mismatch or something like that

[uncut trellis]

is that the whole error?

[polar hollow]

Yep..

[uncut trellis]

nothing else?

all errors are significant

when does it appear?

[polar hollow]

Warning Message: No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgPatches.acp_main'.
Warning Message: No entry '.units'.
Warning Message: No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgPatches.acp_main'.
Warning Message: No entry '.units'.
No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgPatches.acp_main'.

[uncut trellis]

this is caused by broken made mod

which creates a weapon called ItemInfo

dont use mods like that

[uncut trellis]

there we go

so what you are looking for is what mod is acp_main

as it is also made broken

if you cant deduce what mod ACP is straight from you modlis or the contents of your units/vehicles list

[polar hollow]

Theres no way to look it up?

[uncut trellis]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/configSourceMod this command might work

there are other commands in that series you can also check out

and try

[polar hollow]

I will do this thank you

[drowsy apex]

arma 3 won't launch after clicking play in launcher

i tried verifying , deleteing profile in documents ,reinstalling, only way for it to launch is only through directory

and it won't show any errors

[uncut trellis]

Does anything happen when you hit play in launcher?

[pine kite]

Indeed, pressing play in Steam should start the Arma 3 launcher application. Used to change mods, select CDLC, find servers and load mods for those, change startup parameters. That starts the game proper.

[brazen oxide]

Hey Guys,
since my game crashed whilst playing on the Warlords redux server (official), i cant make it past the role selection screen as the game just crashes when loading to the map. I already tried a repair, and i went into the mpmissions folder and deleted the warlordsredux2.Altis folder (just a shot in the dark tho). neither fixed it and im out of ideas
other servers, even other warlords servers work fine.
edit: im on profiling branch

[uncut trellis]

Maybe something got corrupted in your profile. You can easily try creating new profile in game and try joining with that

[brazen oxide]

that doesnt work either, sadly

i just noticed that when i join the server, there is a message in chat that says something along the line of: path/mod... is not signed with a key accepted by this server.
the thing is, i did not load any mod at all. the displayed path and mod change randomly every time i try to join again after the crash, but they are real mods ive downloaded.

i tried both manually unloading all mods as well as the automatic button in the launcher
edit: it doesnt even happen every time, had it twice in a row but cant reproduce that message now. i think ill just clean all things arma of my drive and start fresh

[drowsy apex]

yes it loads arma picure with a bar then nothing happens

[dire holly]

hey guys

is it possible for a mod to make arma 3 register left clicks when there's no mouse even plugged in

because that's what has been happening

i dont know if its a mod tho

maybe i have a virus or its just terrible ram

doubt i have a virus rho

tho*

[uncut trellis]

you sure they are left clicks?

and not just some other key or device bound to same actions left click does

you can check via scripting for example if left click actually happens

[drowsy apex]

the problem its from battleye , i played without enabling battleye it worked

i deleted battleye from every folder location still the same issue , it shows in taskmanager battleye

it says "starting battleye service..."

[dire holly]

not sure

its firing repeatedly for no reason and i checked the fire keybind, only two things bound to it and they were both unplugged at time of testing

[uncut trellis]

test without mods on then

could be something like overheating causing misfires (a mod thing)

if you use mods you do need to know what they do

[dire holly]

i dont remember installing a mod that does that

maybe an update happened

also not to mention the RAM suggestion

[uncut trellis]

ace for example has something like that

simplest thing you can do is to test without mods

and see if it still happens

if not, then you got to figure out what your mods do

[dire holly]

did spearhead add it?

because it hasnt been an issue until i bought it

im also gonna restart my computer

[uncut trellis]

no. I dont think so. Did you try without mods yet?

[dire holly]

not yet

turning them off rn

off, starting

i'll try normandy for it

it only seems to happen when there's a lot of units

lemme try that

no issue

ima start activating mods until the issue comes back

[dire holly]

it may be just volume of mods and may require a purge

104 loaded mods 💀

mini purge only like 94 now

[dire holly]

either it was volume of mods or it was the fact my computer had been on for a couple days

[lusty night]

It says im admin banned for no reasone when i try to join a server and also it says seesion lost and says something about a file

that i dont have

Help

[uncut trellis]

need to know the specifics of each message to be able to say anything

[grim wing]

Arma has stopped emitting sound entirely. My default sounds are correct, the device in the sound mixer (win11) is set to default, but nothing is making any noise

and I can't change the output in game

[lusty night]

Ok ill tell you tomorrow because to tell you exactly what it says

[woven quarry]

How do I get OBS game capture working with Arma 3? Can't seem to get it working, just black screen. Tried full screen and windowed

[shut idol]

there is these mods that just wont download even tho i tried it a million times, i need help

[uncut trellis]

Are you out of diskspace?

[shut idol]

no

[uncut trellis]

Did you try the mod repair in launchers mod list

[shut idol]

i dont know how to do that

[uncut trellis]

Select mod, press the three dots button (...)

[shut idol]

i dont see any dots

[uncut trellis]

You picture is from reforger

Not arma3

[shut idol]

yes

[uncut trellis]

This is Arma3 troubleshooting channel. You want #reforger_troubleshooting

[shut idol]

i dont see that channel

[uncut trellis]

You'll have to fix your #✔role-selection

Or you have hidden it in thee discord channel tool

[ocean cosmos]

wrong channel this isnt reforger

[pseudo ibex]

sorry

[wary dirge]

im trying to open a server but ports arent opening

1. my firewall is off
2. all ports from 2301-2306 are open
3. port checker says port is closed when server is running
4. upnp is enabled

[pine kite]

Which kind of ports are those? TCP or UDP?

[storm reef]

im having around 30-50 fps in tanoa with the following pc specs, is there any way to improve it other than tweaking ingame video settings and turning vsync off?
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-8265U CPU @ 1.60GHz 1.80 GHz
6gb ram

[golden nova]

get a better hardware or cope with the performance you get. Arma 3 won't run any better on this.

also spamming the same thing over multiple channels won't magically help, it's against the rules however.

[pine kite]

If that CPU can only go upto 1.8 GHz in boost then you are stuck with those frames as you got.

(EDIT: No, it should go upto 3.9 GHz. 1.8 is a memory access frequency limit)
Make sure Windows doesn't keep your system in low power/powersaving mode. But yeah, 30-50 FPS, especially when playing on a server is considered normal.

[storm reef]

any gpu recommended for a3?

im using intel hd graphics right now

[golden nova]

GPU can be whatever, it's the CPU that matters the most. As long as the processor and RAM are fast, you should be able to maintain high framerate even with older GTX cards.

[storm reef]

thanks

also, i figured out that objects are what that matters most for me after adjusting some video settings
is there any way to lower its quality over the limit of that can be done in in-game settings

[golden nova]

not really, you could try lowering the overall sampling so game renders everything below the native resolution.

but Arma 3 is the game that runs in 30fps for most of the people and having it maintain stable 60 frames is something you do through upgrading the system, not downgrading the game. If high framerate is what you care about then perhaps you should consider finding a different game for yourself then

A3 is on the other side of well-optimized games.

[sudden field]

Hello, i have an issue with using custom memory allocator on server(mimalloc from GoldJohnKing), no matter what i do the server wont use it, it always starts with the tbb4malloc provided by BI, it seems like the server ignores the -malloc= parameter, even though the wiki states that it works on both server and client, if i delete all other mallocs from the dll folder except for the one i want it to use it will fallback to the windows allocator

[golden nova]

tried running the server on perf branch?

[sudden field]

yes, but still the same issue

[wheat flax]

Anyone knows a fix to the bug when steam workshop is trying to update/download mods and then failing and scheduling it in a cycle? i tried resetting download caches and etc but it still doesnt work. And it only happens with arma 3.

[sudden field]

do you have enough space on disk?(C: or basically your main temp disk also)

[wheat flax]

Yeah.

[round stirrup]

Hello. For some reason whenever I try to host a server for my friends, they can't see it in any of the server lists. When I enable UPnP it seems to set it up just fine and no errors appear, but it my friends still can't see the server on the server list. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[uncut trellis]

!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”

[uncut trellis]

@round stirrup these are the requirements

[round stirrup]

Ah, okay. Thank you.

[pine kite]

If UPnP doesn't work (your router may ignore the requests done by Arma as it might be disabled ) you should try logging into your router and manaully do the port forwarding. Every router brand looks different, and often different models look different too. So there is no single guide or tutorial how to do that. Other than that it needs to set the port range 2302-2306 to your computer's LAN IPv4 address.
Unfortunately that isn't always succesfull either, as your ISP might be using a networking scheme where you don't have a unique internet IP address and they hide you behind a router of their own. Similar to how your computer is behind a router in your home/your internet connection box. Then port forwarding won't work. It is quite hard to diagnose if that is the case.

[raw hearth]

#arma3_troubleshooting message

Still having this issue

cannot figure it out

[uncut trellis]

is there any crash message? have you checked what your rpt log says?

[raw hearth]

No crash message

it just freezes forever

RPT log... hm. where is that?

[uncut trellis]

!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.

[raw hearth]

I assueme I should run the game for it to output something right?

[uncut trellis]

the dialgo might also hide under frozen view too Id guess. check if you have any recent minidump crash files

[uncut trellis]

yes might be best to try again so you get fresh files

thay are timestamped

and rpt logging starts on game startup

[raw hearth]

The game only creates an error message because I need to forcefully kill it with task manager it's that frozen (probaly why it's going to output one)

[uncut trellis]

it should still output something up to the freeze

[raw hearth]

I had to kill it with task manager because it got so frozen again so if this error shows up in the logs it was me

just so you know

[uncut trellis]

👍 this is good

well bad for you of course but good, there is something to debug at least

since you get the crash dialog it should also create the minidump files

you can upload those on a feedback tracker ticket and BI techs can take a look

[raw hearth]

well that error only showed up because I killed the game with task manager

I can't even alt tab it's so frozen

[uncut trellis]

its still a lead

and most likley why it is frozen

[raw hearth]

Will they also help me solve my problem there?

[uncut trellis]

possibly if they can figure out what is wrong

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Unusual_Process_Exit#0x00000001_–_UNABLE_TO_INIT_DXGI

this does indicate the crash is caused by the alt tabbing

but that means the game was still on

[raw hearth]

yeah but my main issue is why it freezes in the first place

[uncut trellis]

it might show up in the crashdumps

but BI techs are the people who can look into those

[raw hearth]

Nothing is doable, I can move the mouse but no buttons are interactable and I can't even alt tab so I have to kill it on my 2nd monitor with taskmanager

[uncut trellis]

well this seems like a possible culprit

from your log

find that ebo file, delete it and verify game files on steam again

[raw hearth]

is that supposed to be a mod?

or is that an official file

[uncut trellis]

its the GM dlc

[raw hearth]

weird

[uncut trellis]

so official file

but files can get corrupted

and they can corrupt in way that steam cant repair them on its own

so when you delete it and verify it gets properly downloaded again

[raw hearth]

The weird part is I even tried disabling the DLCs and it still didn't work

in fact that outpot log was launched without any dlcs on

[uncut trellis]

DM and CLSA are still starting

you might have commandline startup parameters either in the launcher or steam settings

[raw hearth]

I don't really know what that is lol I barely know anything about arma 3

[uncut trellis]

DLCs also have their own tab in the launcher

[raw hearth]

I mean thats where I disabled them

[raw hearth]

Well I deleted this file now and it found 6 corrupted files

which is weird because

a few days ago I already did a verify where it found 7 broken files

so I don't know why they came back again

okay lets see here

Okay yeah it booted and didn't freeze

I'm gonna try launching with DLCs now just to make sure

yeah it works! damn

Really good help here I must say. thanks alot!

[uncut trellis]

excellent! Enjoy!

[pine kite]

If only Steam actually did a CRC check on the files when verifying a game. But no, just do a simple filesize check or something instead.

[pulsar swan]

Anyone have experience getting the server client to work right with GSMLinux?

[worn jungle]

#server_linux

[quaint jewel]

It must do some hash. It takes a long time to verify alot of files.
But some magic way it's apparently failing to detect problems with that...

[frozen needle]

Hey! We're getting an error in a mission made for tonight, but we can't get it fixed in time because it seems to be a mod error.

'bin/config.bin/CfgPatches/PB_Rucksack.units'

Deleting all units won't remove the error. Is there a way to force ignore it so that we can still play?

[uncut trellis]

sounds like you have some poorly made mod in use

removing that should fix it

[frozen needle]

Yeah, project Blufor just had an update and it's killed our previous missions too

[frozen needle]

Sadly the whole campaign is based around the mod. We're using every faction from there at the moment :/

[uncut trellis]

then your only hope is the mod maker fixes it

[frozen needle]

Alright, no worries dude. Thanks for the help.

[uncut trellis]

🙏 good luck

[frozen needle]

We've come up with a workaround. Instead of using our server tonight, it seems to still be playable when hosted locally. So we're just going to do that until it's fixed

[fierce linden]

Hi guys

I have an issue with reviving my AI squad units

There is no option for reviving

[uncut trellis]

most likely something to do with whatever mods you use

or the guy is dead

[fierce linden]

The guy is wounded

I use Alive mod

When I give order to a med there is an option for reviving but the ai solider won't respond

[uncut trellis]

do you use other mods?

like ACE

or you might need some sort of medic trait to be able to revive

first place to check is Alive documentation

[wheat flax]

Bug still persists. Reinstalled steam, reinstalled arma 3. Main disk is pretty much empty and already tried cleaning steam documents folder, etc, doesn't work. Steam client/arma 3 still gets in an update loop stuck between starting "download" and "updating 0%"whenever I try to download something. It only happens with Arma 3, other steam games/workshops work fine

Not sure what else there is to do

Anyone happened to have the same problem before?

[golden nova]

have you tried unsubscribing from Arma 3 workshop content? At least scenarios and compositions, if it does not help then from everything.

[languid osprey]

hey can someone help pls, whenever i try and edit a loadout in the editor it does this and i cant back out of it

[golden nova]

fix your mods

I bet it's ace or ace arsenal extended or any derivative of those.

[pine kite]

Keybinds in Eden Editor conflicting with thr mods? -> Change keybinds. Whichever is changed easiest.

Also, "it does this". That is not really descriptive of your issue.

[neon edge]

is it possible to get custom composition scripts to run in locally hosted serevrs

[willow hollow]

so... i am new here and i was told that you guys might be able to help me with this. I have a A3 exileZ server and its randomly crashing
tried on exile discord and even with their help does not seem like RPT is giving anything significant
they told em to come here and try you guys (i dont even know if this is the right channel on the server to this)
but i was told to send the crashDump here
so here they are (all the logs):

if anybody can help me to at least understand what is going on i would be very grateful
i built this server like 4 years ago, and it had the same problem, but since the RPT ends with "memory access violation" i googled this error and i found something saying that was ARMA 3 trying to use cpu instructions that my cpu did not have

then i just dumped the idea and let the server aside for a while, now, i have a better pc with a different CPU and decided to give it a new shot but it seems like the problem persists
btw, i also tried opening the .mdmp file in visual studio dubugger, but since i dont even know what i am looking for, nothing poped to me

[grim tinsel]

Huh anyone seen this before? happened while in the AAF APC and while the server wasnt responding

you can see the APC's interiors UI elements, but not the interior itself

cant say I've seen this one before

[tidal moat]

Help

Me

[steady hawk]

!steamverify

[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.

[steady hawk]

Do a verify

[tidal moat]

K

[uncut trellis]

if that dont work find and delete the pbo with same name as the first folder in the error message

and then verify again

[shut dew]

Does any one have issues with Addon Builder ?

[steady hawk]

What issue

[uncut trellis]

nobody else has issues.

😅

[shut dew]

its adding #include "BIS_AddonInfo.hpp" on top of each config and making game crash

[uncut trellis]

when does it add it?

you sure it adds it?

what do you pack with it?

[shut dew]

my pbo has 1 instance of it on top when i publish to steam there are 2

[shut dew]

packing with Addon builder

[uncut trellis]

a mod? a mission?

[steady hawk]

And what crash, what error

[uncut trellis]

👆

[shut dew]

its been working fine for a year started happening between today and past week

[uncut trellis]

does not matter

we cant go back in time

[shut dew]

File blabla bla\BIS_Addoninfo.hpp, Line 5: .BIS_addonInfo: Member already defined.

[steady hawk]

It does mean your config is wrong

[uncut trellis]

cant say Ive ever heard addon builder adding something like that.

[shut dew]

@bronze brook

maybe helpful duno lol

[steady hawk]

What is the reason to pinging someone out of the blue

[shut dew]

its doing it to all pbos in the folder lol

[steady hawk]

?

[shut dew]

i got a community of 900 peiople son

and we stuck

[uncut trellis]

wont make this go any faster

daddyboi

[shut dew]

ya no shit 🙂

just wanted to see if any one else reported this thats all

[steady hawk]

The error is literally telling what's wrong with your config, you have something both in your config and the hpp that you can't have in both

[shut dew]

will keep looking cheers

[uncut trellis]

out of curiosity I'll test addon builder.

but omg how is it this slow xD

no includes

but it did add this

so your config is faulty @shut dew

mine does not add anything like that

[modern echo]

its not addon builder, but something else in the chain before/after it

[umbral narwhal]

It adds it to every folder with a config.cpp for me.

But this is non-binarized.

Binarized compile would just build it into the config.bin, I imagine.

Your error message doesn't make sense to me because BIS_AddonInfo is a class, not a member variable.

I guess it's screwed up the include somehow?

[uncut trellis]

This may be part of the problem too.

[umbral narwhal]

You wouldn't want to use addon builder for binarized stuff. It just breaks things then :P

[shell rain]

This not the kind of error that crash the game

[shut dew]

we ran same files from another machine with addon builder and it ran fine

and game just didnt want to start i cant paste pics in here..

so end user error

[vapid mist]

hey lads, my game keeps crashing after I open my map. Anyone know why?

vsync on/off doesnet matter, happens no matter what

[golden nova]

without mods?

[uncut trellis]

map = tanoa, livonia, altis etc or a mission you made in eden editor?

[vapid mist]

with mods, but its a recent issue. Maybe for the past 2 Months or so

[uncut trellis]

or ingame map M

[vapid mist]

am on ground playing, not specific to a map

[uncut trellis]

so the in game map menu?

[vapid mist]

ye

[uncut trellis]

you can check your rpt log if it shows anything unusual.

!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.

[uncut trellis]

and then you can try without mods

most likely its some mod bugging

[vapid mist]

it says something about sounderrors, throughout the entire crashlog tho....

Dont think a soundmod could cause a crash

[vapid mist]

well, thats a bit harder, as Im part of a unit

so cool if the crash doenst happen on SP

but if it still happens on MP with mods

well

[uncut trellis]

rtp is the first place to check

beyond that we cant advice anything else

you could try verify your game files too

[vapid mist]

doing that rn, it didnt help last time

could a graphics card driver issue

0xC0000005 - ACCESS_VIOLATION

[uncut trellis]

00005 has few typical solutions in the wiki page for unusual process exits in arma

[vapid mist]

already checked that, checking game files, updating the GPU drivers as we speak

thanks for the help!

[uncut trellis]

did you try the recommended steps?

[golden nova]

mods are being updated every now and then.

If you don't experience this issue without mods than start adding them one by one until you find a culprit.

2 months is more than enough for at least a single mod be updated and possibly break compatibility with something else or be broken itself.

[vapid mist]

yes, I am doing that rn

[shell rain]

Can you provide us with more information like if you 2 players join after 2 minutes it crash or something like that

Because I was having something like that but it was form players are joining with more mods that not loaded by the server and they was using bug on loadout script. He can get gear from virtually arsenal and load it on server it gives silent error form server side and freeze the hole server. but if you look at any client rpt log it show like more then 20k and more line of spammed error that says (Can't load & error can't find & etc...).

[pine kite]

I don't see why not. I've had my system lock up before and play scratchy noises when playing around with sound mods. Issues disappeared when unloading the mod. And making sure I didn't play old versions of it.

Making assumptions is the mother of all mess ups.

[umbral narwhal]

Dedmen will probably pick this up but I think he only does these on weekdays.

[willow hollow]

it was just me and one friend. we last 2 times that the server crashed we were planing for quite a while, right after finishing a mission with DMS script. like maybe 20 something minutes after finishing it the server crashed. maybe something with the respawn of the missions. but knowing that i was told to disable A3XAI and try the server.

i logged in with infistar and done as much missions as i could forcing the server to create new missions. it did not crash, seemed to work fine. so it seems to be something with the integration with A3XAI and DMS, or maybe just A3XAI, i dont know... i will probably do more tests later today and come with more info if you guys think that could help.

[willow hollow]

is he a good resource for this kind of bugs? any help is welcome any time hehehe if he can only on weekdays its ok. i am kinda looking for help anywere that i can since i am quite lost with this problem, trying to debug anyway i can.

but if you think he is a good resource for this kind of bug, is it bad if i ping him here? just so he is aware that this topic exists and take a look when he got time? i kinda dont know how to behave here yet LOL dont know if tagging is "rude" or "inapropriate"

[umbral narwhal]

I think he's ok with being tagged for minidumps, but then he seems to read most of this shit anyway, so maybe wait until Tuesday. You could also file a report on BI's bug tracker, including all the info you put here and attaching the dump files.

[ocean cosmos]

just dm him with @silent

zip the .mdmp files

[willow hollow]

what i fear about asking help to BI is the case that they ask me to try without anymods (witch is compreensible) but the idea is to make it work with the mods. I really am not asking help to solve the problem necessarily. i just wanted at least some guidance on what is going on and what exactly is breaking, because at this point my logs are not pointing to anything specific. but i am almost sure that is something between A3XAI and DMS. since i customized these scripts like... A LOT its probably something that i messed up but i have no clue where.

[willow hollow]

alright! will do, thanks.

[sleek lion]

hi, help me solve the problem with TPV MODS, or rather, change the AI to your addon squad, I explain in the best way, in this mod it is possible to change the NPCs in skirmish mode, but the problem is that when you introduce your units, for some reason they don’t change and remain the same soldiers of America, perhaps I didn’t read the instructions carefully, or I didn’t understand well due to the fact that I don’t understand English well, if someone can help me, I’ll be very grateful

[shell rain]

check the Ram use may it be helpful

[willow hollow]

i dont look that all the time, i never saw a significant spike, but i got 32gb available, even with that you think arma could top it?

[shell rain]

did you place tbbmalloc.dll on the server file ?

[willow hollow]

yeap, at server root

[shell rain]

try Removing parameter's like one of -bepath=BattlEye you have 2 and remove -malloc=system. I hope it is form -malloc=system

and if it crash send new logs server side and client

[willow hollow]

i am pretty sure that it will break again i remember that i added that -malloc=system way back then trying to fix this hehehe, but i can try that again... and yes, i will remove the other bepath

[shell rain]

Because according to the analysis provided shows that the Arma 3 server (arma3server_x64.exe) crashed due to an access violation (Exception code: c0000005) while attempting to write to a null pointer (address 0000000000000000).

Exception Code: c0000005 (Access violation) - This indicates that the program attempted to access memory that it did not have permission to access, leading to a crash.

[willow hollow]

about that "access violation" i think its just because the server closed inappropriately, but its just a guess. I am saying that because i saw this same thing in instances that i closed the server and it gave the same message at the end. When i first encountered this problem in 2020 i thought that it was the problem and googled it. found very little, just a thing saying that it was arma trying to use some CPU instructions that where not available in my cpu (?) since it was such a low lvl problem and i could do nothing to fix it i basically rage quieted and let the server sleep for 3 years LOL

in that same topic i found a guy suggesting to add the -malloc=system in the start options as a try to fix

so that was the reason that was there

4 years later, with a much newer pc and way more powerful CPU i decided to give a try on this again

but i would not be surprised if i was wrong with all of this

[umbral narwhal]

Access violation is a pretty generic crash message. It tells you very little on its own.

[restive lance]

anyone can help me out with UPnP error when i want to host a server to play with my friends?

[shell rain]

Try it out and send the logs from the server and client sides. I will do my best to help you as long as I am able

[shell rain]

make sure you open UPnP on your router

[willow hollow]

so, at least that i guessed right? that message appeared ust becouse it got closed wrong?

[restive lance]

well is it possible that i dont see this option in my admin panel?

[willow hollow]

are you connected to a 2nd router or directly the one from your internet provider?

[restive lance]

the one from internet prov

[willow hollow]

hmmm, usually you should be able to see that. are you familiar with router cfg?

[restive lance]

not really

i actually first time opened router admin control panel today

[willow hollow]

i can try to help, but it can varry a lot by internet provider (at least in my country)

[restive lance]

would screenshots of admin panel help you navigate me or something?

[willow hollow]

maybe...

[umbral narwhal]

Maybe but there are often dozens of pages.

Try googling the router model and "enable UPNP" first.

If it's a common service provider then someone's generally figured it out for you.

[willow hollow]

if you want i can try to guide you here, you can share the screen and i try to help. if your internet drops, make sure that you know where the factory reset is

[restive lance]

thats almost all ive got here

[willow hollow]

advanced settings

[restive lance]

and which subcategory?

[willow hollow]

just a sec, i am looking in mine

[restive lance]

alr

[shell rain]

i think on Security

[shell rain]

hmm what is your router name

or brand

[umbral narwhal]

Yeah, they do have manuals :P

"Connect Box" isn't working for me.

[restive lance]

bro this router is propably older than me

upc connectbox should be it

[willow hollow]

what if i say that i am not even finding it in mine LOL

[restive lance]

thats what i am saying

i felt like schizo when i was reading forums and everyone was saying to turn upnp in admin panel

[shell rain]

it shows on the manual (ADVANCED SETTINGS screen help to configure Wireless setting, Security Setting,
DHCP setting, UPNP and Tools)

[restive lance]

btw can u dm me the manual for future?

[restive lance]

well

UPnP playing some kind of sick hide and seek i guess

[umbral narwhal]

It's page 23 of the manual but I can't figure out from that which menu it's in :P

It's listed after DMZ

[willow hollow]

have you tryied the DMZ?

ops

lol

[restive lance]

how and where can i try it

[umbral narwhal]

hmm, should be in the main list for advanced settings actually.

[restive lance]

thats all ive got from advanced

[umbral narwhal]

yeah they might have killed it.

It's a security risk after all :P

[restive lance]

so any solution?

[umbral narwhal]

Use port forwarding instead.

[restive lance]

is it also in admin panel somewhere?

[umbral narwhal]

advanced settings -> security -> port forwarding.

You'll need to assign a static IP to your PC though.

[restive lance]

what if my provider gives me dynamic ip

[umbral narwhal]

Doesn't matter as long as you're not on CGNAT

I mean an internal static IP.

Like you'll be on some random 192.168.0.xxx

[restive lance]

wait is it UPnP?

[umbral narwhal]

and you need to make that xxx a constant.

Nah, that's remote admin access, like to this UI.

[restive lance]

https://youtu.be/rjX9hBrOaOM?si=nsrksbD7omd8lWjI&t=183

is it good start to trying port forwarding?

if yes then i have one issue

my "default gateway" is blank

[umbral narwhal]

where?

[restive lance]

Oh nvm

ive got it

[umbral narwhal]

If you didn't have a default gateway then you wouldn't be able to talk here :P

If you're using ipconfig then you have to figure the right connection.

[restive lance]

yep ive looked at wrong thing

[tidal moat]

yall this isnt really a bug but i set a trigger and i wanna know how to get to the ready to fire key on the radio

like that

i cant navigate to it and im very lost

[shell rain]

@willow hollow any good news about the test ?

[willow hollow]

not yet

i got out to dinner i will be back to pc in a bit

and turn the server on

[willow hollow]

if you guys want to play a bit and get out of the boredom of debbuging for a bit you are all welcome (until the server crash again

[restive lance]

Im back

And tldr: upc is asscrack company made by fentheads

[willow hollow]

i am back

aswell

[restive lance]

Port forwarding is disabled same as upnp

And only way is to contact isp operator via call to switch it

Since its middle of weekend ill need to wait till monday

[willow hollow]

do you have DMZ at least?

its not safe, but you can disable it when you stop plaing

[restive lance]

Couldnt see it in admin panel

[willow hollow]

should be under WAN

[restive lance]

Nope

[willow hollow]

wanna join general_voice and share the screen?

[restive lance]

We might try tommorow im too tired of this shit

[willow hollow]

ok then! 🙂

[restive lance]

Its 4 am and i tried to figure out for last 2 hours how to play with my friends

Just to find out its required to call isp

[willow hollow]

if any of your friends have port fowarding or at least DMZ (if not upnp)

you should be good

[restive lance]

Funny thing is

We tried on hamachi

And everyone except me could host it

Even tho all 3 of us have same isp

[willow hollow]

that is bezarre

maybe ask for a router change

they might give you a newer one

[restive lance]

Well honestly don’t know how it’s gonna work out

[willow hollow]

possible dumb question:
have you asked them to enable UPnP to you?

[restive lance]

Since this isp company was bought by bigger whale

[restive lance]

Shouldn’t it be enabled at first tho?

One of my friends have default settings, no additional calls or anything yet he can use Upnp

[willow hollow]

sometimes internet providers hide some configs, but that does not mean that they cannot change it for you

for me i had to ask for my isp to disable CGNat so i could at least port foward

[restive lance]

That’s what I’ve found out

I’ll need to call them

But for now I can’t since it’s weekend

[willow hollow]

ooff...

[restive lance]

Why is it even a thing that they hide some config options to users

Bullshit at its finest

[willow hollow]

another thing that might be a problem (i dont know if in your country works like this)
i am from brazil and here they usually dont allow the end user to have a public ipV4

and only big isps can give you an option on that

[restive lance]

Well I don’t know how it works honestly

[willow hollow]

maybe since your isp is small the dont want to give you that

[restive lance]

But i know for a fact that it is biggest isp in Poland

[willow hollow]

or maybe i am just talking shit lol

[restive lance]

I’ve read on forums that they dont make additional issues and change it in matter of minutes but it is still frustrating

That my accessibility is limited

[willow hollow]

back in the day we had here a small internet provider that had like bizzare internet speeds (for its time) they where awesome. but then a big one bought them and now the suck ass

but at least its 24/7 support i think

[restive lance]

Well this one had similar history but it was biggest isp that was bought by mobile phone and tv subscriptions company

[willow hollow]

i know how terrible is that, i got through that pain when i was a kid just trying to play with friends and i almost chopped my head off because i tried every internet documentation and youtube tutorial that i could just form months later discover that it would never work because i did not have a public ip 🙂

heheheh

[restive lance]

Well as far as I know only thing i need it my customer number which I forgot

[tidal moat]

Anyone can help me navigate?

[restive lance]

But is there any option

I could use nord vpn meshnet?

[umbral narwhal]

You know you can tell from the router config whether you have a usable IPv4.

Admin->info in that router.

[willow hollow]

try asking them to enable Upnp (becouse of games)
then try explaining them that you need to be able to port foward
aat the end, try asking if they can at least give you the option to use DMZ

[restive lance]

I have no idea what it is but it was recommended on portforward site

[willow hollow]

with what? i got lost for a bit hehe confused you with naz

[tidal moat]

that

im tryna do a firing squad but i cant find that in the radio

legit my only problem Lol

[willow hollow]

oof with that one i am unfamiliar, always tought that arma context menu sucks and never really tried it :/

but are you in what?

zeus?

[tidal moat]

Yes

[willow hollow]

custom mission?

[tidal moat]

Zeus

[steady hawk]

firing squad
I don't know what it does mean

[tidal moat]

i found a way to do a execution squad for a mission

warcrimes basically

[restive lance]

Anyone here know if I can use nord vpn meshnet instead of UPnP and port forewrding?

[tidal moat]

i just need the navigation cause i set a trigger for alpha team but i dont know where it is in the context menu

[willow hollow]

probably not, because the thing is not enabled in your router.

[steady hawk]

You cannot make an AI to shoot someone who is not an enemy without scripts

[willow hollow]

but i dont really get why it does not work with hamachi

[restive lance]

Fucking hell of a company…

[tidal moat]

I got blufor civilians

[umbral narwhal]

VPNs are always hit and miss.

[tidal moat]

and made them captives

[restive lance]

I mean I already have nord

Didn’t use meshnet function yet

[steady hawk]

I don't know what blufor civilians mean

[tidal moat]

https://youtu.be/Q4TNN-sHFow?si=wq3slMTIe_8pT46a

I got a mode that adds civs to any faction

Mod*

You understand now?

[willow hollow]

@chilly marten just to be sure, you are hosting a coop mission with vanilla arma right?

[restive lance]

Wrong ping but yep

And modded arma change anything?

[steady hawk]

Barely. Then what is the issue? Doesn't following the guide work?

[willow hollow]

those from apex?

[tidal moat]

No issue, i just need help navigating

[restive lance]

Wdym?

[steady hawk]

I'm more confused. What are you trying to achieve

[tidal moat]

im a little new to arma thats why

[tidal moat]

u see that ready to fire button

[steady hawk]

And why is ready to fire related with your goal

[tidal moat]

I dont know how to find it and i need it so the ai starts firing

As said in the video i sent above

[tidal moat]

.

[steady hawk]

Seriously I'm just confused. Why you need to use Ready to Fire?

[tidal moat]

Well again, in order for the ai to fire on command i need to set a trigger and use ready to fire

I dont just want them to fire as soon as i load in

[steady hawk]

But the guide is about to make a group of the AI execute civilians? Not your group

[tidal moat]

Well look at 3:33

The guy uses ready to fire

[steady hawk]

No they don't

[tidal moat]

Check again

I got the screenshot from the video

[steady hawk]

Clearly don't. It is Radio (0-0)

[tidal moat]

I know

I need radio navigation

Thats what i meant

[steady hawk]

0-0-1?

[tidal moat]

I think? Im new to arma so idk

Remind me what you mean

[steady hawk]

Place Radio Alpha trigger, press 0-0-1 in game

[tidal moat]

Just did that and put radio trigger but wont work

All it does is holsters my gun then unholsters it

[steady hawk]

It does mean Radio Alpha itself is working and you're doing something wrong/not following guide

[tidal moat]

Let me rewatch the video

And ill tell you if its just me

[tidal moat]

I just redid it twice but still doesnt work

[willow hollow]

@shell rain just enabled a3xai and started playing withit a bit, i noticed that my server is configured to have
3 air patrols
3 foot patrols
8 car patrols

it spawned successfully the 3 air and 7 car

and none foot

with that i disabled dms debbuger and enabled a3xai debugger

testing again...

[willow hollow]

Alright here i come again.
Update on the situation, playing in my server with A3XAI enabled with debug level 2 enabled (max level) and new stuff popped up
here are the logs and i will post what caught my attention right after:

Line 3438: 3:35:37 "A3XAI Debug: Probability check failed for random spawn at 117118. Canceling spawn."
this message is the one that most standed out for me, it seems like A3XAI has a spawn chance for random spawns and at this instance, this line is the only appearence in the whole log and right next to server crash. i am going through A3XAI code to see if i can squeeze more of that at this moment.

 3:36:40 Script command setOwner cannot be used for object 'Exile_Unit_Player'. Use setGroupOwner instead.
 3:36:40 Script command setOwner cannot be used for object 'B_MBT_01_mlrs_F'. Use setGroupOwner instead.
 3:36:41 Script command setOwner cannot be used for object 'Exile_Unit_Player'. Use setGroupOwner instead.
 3:36:41 Script command setOwner cannot be used for object 'B_MBT_01_mlrs_F'. Use setGroupOwner instead.

This also are very close to sever crash and the only instance in the whole log. I was using MLRS to kill bots quickly in a fun manner while i test the server. I dont know if that problem was caused because that vehicle should not be in exile but i doubt that. Anyways, for some reason its calling for setOwner in the Exile_Unit_Player class, which does not seem to make a lot of sense (this one i will be reposting in exile discord)

 3:37:50 "A3XAI Debug: Set O Alpha 2-4 waypoint position to [10784,4169.02,3.05176e-005]."

what the fuck is that power elevation in the coords? (3.05176e-005) Should this be a thing?

[willow hollow]

also.... i just noted that A3XAI is adding "random spawns" to its monitor. My server is configured to have 3 at the same time. both the probability fail AND the bizarre coordinate at the end of the log make a lot of sense.... since i monitored the server for all its spawns the whole time with infistar NO RANDOM SPAWN ON FOOT HAPPENED. at least not anywhere i can see in the map.

which makes me wonder... is it possible that that A3XAI precision level coordinate is glitching arma and spawning units so far from the map that is overflowing server memory (?) this is just a big long stretch guess but that would kinda make sense from my perspective

[uncut trellis]

These may be questions you need to direct to the developer of the mod

[willow hollow]

i dont think that would be possible, A3XAI is a very old script i dont think the original developer would still around. also, might be almost impossible to reach the guy and i dont have the means to that. would be ideal, sure... but not quite possible

if i get to be able to find the specific point of the problem i might be able to fix myself, but for that i need help from more experieced dudes with arma LOL

[uncut trellis]

Well let's see if anyone has any insight. It may be quite a big ask though. Might be your problem is too broad.

[willow hollow]

i hope not :/

maybe just that coord thing could be the problem and i can trim the number so it stops glitching. (if that is the case) but i dont know if that is a real problem... but that is the channel.... troubleshooting, lets hope for some good insights

[uncut trellis]

The last number in the coordinate is the height, so it's few meters above ground or sea level, depending on commands used. Since values are floats that's math for lot of 0s if I recall right, so should not be an issue. The x and y are well within normal range

The problem might just be that old mods/scripts like that may be poorly made or not compatible with lates Arma version

[shell rain]

But you didn't send the RPT log form client side we may find something

[shell rain]

And how can I join u to test it with u DM me

[steady brook]

hello i need help on my game i cant set pings on the map could you help me pls ?

the ping command just dont work

doubleclick

is it possible to reset completely my game ?

its not a mouse problem

[sinful basalt]

Hello, I got an issue with my Arma 3.

I have it installed on my external SSD and I switch it between two PCs.

Sometimes my Arma dissapears from installed games and I can just install and verify it and it is playable.

However, steam workshop mods are attempting to install even though I have them downloaded.

It keeps reserving space for all of the mods and it fills up my SSD.

How can I fix this?

[golden nova]

it's not an Arma 3 issue, it's how Steam works. No fix unless you keep those mods as local mods instead of Workshop ones.

[pine kite]

Putting your computer in the DMZ in your router settings is like putting it as the focal point of all internet side hack attempts. Not very recommended for someone that is a noob in networking and protecting their system.

And no, temporarily doing that and shutting it off when done playing isn't a safe practice. It can ruin your day and the rest of the year if hackers get through.

[modern echo]

you need to add your ssd to the steam library instead of trying to install manually, workshop installs in the same library as the game and there's no way to change that

[sinful basalt]

That happens automatically for me when my SSD is plugged in

[modern echo]

yeah, the workshop files are likely already on the ssd and it might not be filling it up instead unless the game was removed

[modern echo]

arma 3 should be picked up with the workshop files then

[sinful basalt]

it was not removed, the library is present on that disk

[modern echo]

you said that steam doesnt pick up arma 3 sometimes, you shouldnt be reinstalling it in that case, and its not going to fill up your ssd because its overwriting files, i dont recommend that to happen because it wears the ssd

[copper ginkgo]

Hey! I needed help with Arma3's Exile to be exact. It's for the Altis map. Me and my friend are trying to run a server for ourselves on GPortal but each time we do, it runs but when he tries to log in, he's just staring into the ground and there's no menu to select spawn point or anything. After waiting a minute or 2, battleye kicks him due to client not responding. We can't find anything anywhere, if that's reddit, github or any other forums.
I'm also getting this sometimes "mpmissions_CUR_MP.Tanoa\description.ext/Re spawnSelectionDialog/Controls/RspnLocMap.widthRailWay" along with "You were kicked off the game (Battleye: Client Not Responding)"
Any help would be appreciated<3

[sinful basalt]

I am technically not reinstalling it, it verifies the base Arma 3 files, but the mods are being reinstalled

[modern echo]

the mods are not getting reinstalled either, steam does a workshop files verification after the base game verification

[sinful basalt]

Then why does it reserve space for all of them?

If it is only verifying, it does not make sense to me

[modern echo]

steam shenanigans, because the paths changed or something ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[modern echo]

its reserving space for all of them again instead of just verifying the existing content?

[sinful basalt]

precisely

[modern echo]

probably because steam deleted the workshop files when it detected the game not present then??

[sinful basalt]

I already written on steam support about it but I doubt they will respond to me on Sunday

[modern echo]

you're having to click install on arma 3 and it'll verify files?

[sinful basalt]

yes

[modern echo]

well, thats the thing, when that happens before you reinstall check if all the workshop content is in the library or it got deleted

that means it doesnt recognize arma 3 as installed in first place

[sinful basalt]

and instead of pressing install what should I do

[modern echo]

it should since its a library

you should make sure steam sees the game

[sinful basalt]

and if it does not?

[modern echo]

what happens if you connect it without steam running and start it afterwards?

tried removing and adding the library manually?

wait nvm it doesnt let you if theres games in it

[sinful basalt]

the library gets automatically added when the SSD it is plugged in

oh removing it

no you cant

yeah

[modern echo]

well yeah theres probably a bug with the library getting added

you can work around this by deleting the steam.dll file in the library and adding it again

[modern echo]

you can just remove the drive without any problems in steam storage manager

[sinful basalt]

huh, interesting

and for another game, lets say HOI4, I have similar issues with it, should that work as well?

[modern echo]

yeah probably

steam was never good in the area of autodetecting libraries on external drives

its a relatively new feature

[sinful basalt]

yeah and my problem is quite a specific one

[modern echo]

it happens because steam doesnt properly read the acf manifest files

[sinful basalt]

so to sum it up: if my game does not get detected by steam, unplug the drive, replug it and if it doesnt work either remove the steam.dll file in SteamLibrary?

[modern echo]

not unplug

remove the library in steam storage manager

and restart then add it again

[sinful basalt]

restart steam or whole PC?

[modern echo]

just steam

[sinful basalt]

alright, will give it a try when I encounter it

did you encounter similar issue in the past?

[modern echo]

the reason its completely redownloading the workshop data is that it is not aware of the existing metadata

no since i dont do your scenario

but i had some issues with the workshop data being larger than it should due to multiple steam users

i had to delete the whole thing and redownload entirely to make it not store my friend's workshop subscriptions

steam got confused when i messed with the metadata

[sinful basalt]

alright, thanks for your input I will give it a try when I will have a problem with it again

have a nice rest of your Sunday.

[modern echo]

if you delete steam.dll it'll make steam no longer recognize it as a steam library

in that case you'd have to select it again and maybe tell it the specific folder if the folder name is not steamlibrary

[sinful basalt]

yeah, no I named it SteamLibrary

What I done is also add the workshop folder for Arma 3 as a watched folder in the Arma 3 launcher and mods are not dissapearing, even tho I unsubbed from all of them

[modern echo]

oh about that, if you were getting mod redownloads with the launcher open then its a launcher issue recognizing things, the !workshop symblink might be changing if the drive letter changes

[sinful basalt]

@modern echo I got the issue again, I deleted steam.dll from the folder, no results, I removed and added back the external drive library again and still nothing

[modern echo]

:/

bummer

is it possible the manifest is getting deleted i wonder

[sinful basalt]

Is there a way how I can edit the manifest?

[sinful basalt]

I have the appmanifest_107410.acf file in my library

but I also have appmanifest_107410.acf.2027954879.tmp

[modern echo]

uhhh, open it with a text editor, see the states

[sinful basalt]

whatever this means

[sinful basalt]

this looks corrupted on notepad

[modern echo]

did you unplug the ssd during some steam operation?

[sinful basalt]

nope

[modern echo]

is steam working on it?

steam uses those tmp files when its in the process of updating it

[sinful basalt]

it is not working on anything, no

[modern echo]

so i guess it broke somehow?

[sinful basalt]

like downloading and such

[modern echo]

did you have steam running when you plugged the drive?

[sinful basalt]

no, I plugged it in when it was off

[modern echo]

not sure then, something is obviously happening with the manifests

check the workshop folder acfs too

[sinful basalt]

no .tmps there

but all manifests are there

[modern echo]

ok, try opening the tmp

[sinful basalt]

empty

[modern echo]

weird

you might want to back up the acf after reinstalling

[sinful basalt]

I dont know, I will contact steam support and see whats up

[willow hollow]

bump

[last nacelle]

Having issues with audio playing in only left ear when playing. Works fine in menus. Even w/o mods.

Running Steelseries sonar software, though never had any issues before and have not made any changes to my settings

Currently trying to see if maybe an issue with a recent software update is the cause, bc it works normally when using default system outputs

[last nacelle]

Nvm, issue fixed

[vague nova]

I need Urgent help

I worked on a faction and stuff

And my game black screened

I can only move the mouse

If I get out of the game everything will be deleted

I've been working for 2+ hours

I can't even alt and tab out

[uncut trellis]

unfortunately there isnt anything that can be done

[proven fable]

If anyone could help me figure this out I'd really appreciate it

[steady hawk]

"this"?

[willow hollow]

quick question, is it possible to overwrite cups capacity by vehicle? like with a server overwrite or something like that? I see that they used 2500 and 5000 in most vehicles and for normal arma this would not metter much, but since is a exile survival server its kinda important

i mean

these 2 can carry the same amount of stuff according to cup

[umbral narwhal]

You'd need to change it in a CUP-dependent addon.

well, I guess there is a command for it too...

[willow hollow]

any documentation in any of those options?

specially the second one, if i can just change it on the server side its good already

[umbral narwhal]

I would need to remember the command name, which I'm very bad at.

[willow hollow]

lol

hehe

[umbral narwhal]

wiki is practically unsearchable.

[willow hollow]

dont blame you

[willow hollow]

yeap

[umbral narwhal]

I'll dig it out of some code in a sec, just switching PCs.

[willow hollow]

alright, thank you a lot 🙂

[steady hawk]

If you want to get a clue how to make a simple Mod/config, head to #arma3_config

[willow hollow]

awesome!

will do

[steady hawk]

If you have a solid goal, and you could explain, we also can help

[umbral narwhal]

@willow hollow setMaxLoad

Kinda weird command, needs to run as server.

[steady hawk]

Oh yeah, that script could help too

[willow hollow]

but that is for specific object right?

[umbral narwhal]

Could use it with an EntityCreated mission event handler and a hashmap lookup against classname.

[willow hollow]

hmmm

[umbral narwhal]

Not necessarily easier than the mod method :P

[willow hollow]

creating the mod would be easier in your opinion?

[umbral narwhal]

shrugs

The code would be easier for me.

But then I write a lot more code than config.

[willow hollow]

i am kinda used to coding, a little rusty with sqf (a lot) but i could try that

[steady hawk]

Either way you want to know what is a script (SQF) or config (Mod) in case you wonder how it should be

[willow hollow]

the only problem that i think would that i would need to run that code everywhere when a vehicle is created, like, AI spawn, trade by, server start

[steady hawk]

Whichever the way you take, it shouldn't hurt too much, except time and your brain cells

[willow hollow]

maybe even in playerInitLocal

[umbral narwhal]

EntityCreated mission event handler on the server is enough.

It'll fire regardless of where the vehicle is created, and setMaxLoad broadcasts to clients anyway.

[willow hollow]

oh! cool!

[umbral narwhal]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Mission_Event_Handlers#EntityCreated

You'd have to install the EH before Exile started spawning vehicles. Or process already-spawned vehicle separately.

[modern echo]

well, arma 3 is at 12gb of ram after loading the texture browser

[steady hawk]

Normal

[umbral narwhal]

-maxmem :P

(it might need 12GB to not lag to hell. I wouldn't know)

[steady hawk]

I don't know how a FLUSH work in that situation tho, worth a try if you're running out of it

[modern echo]

how would i run a flush if i am in eden editor?

[modern echo]

i have maxmem and its going over it

[neon edge]

Ehh?? (This is booting the game after a file verification

[willow hollow]

i have absolutely no idea on how to do this, or the other option LOL

but i will read a bit on what you sent and try it

i will ask in the other channel aswell on how to create the config mod

with cup as a dependency

to see what is easier

[steady hawk]

Delete these dlls and battleye exe and verify again

[pine kite]

I'm guessing "handholding to play through the game". @proven fable go through the ingame tutorials, Plenty of ways to learn it. There is more than just the bootcamp/prologue to the campaign.

[proven fable]

i deleted the message because i solved the problem

i just missed that part lol

[neon edge]

Semi fixed, tho having a consistent issue with the Status access violation randomly happening when I play, I’ve tried most things on the wiki, however, I am aware of a small ram corruption in my pc, would that cause a Status access error?

[umbral narwhal]

...yes

Unreliable RAM -> random crashes.

[neon edge]

And that is what’s causing the status access violation errors?

I mean it makes sense, and I’ll try to figure out the one that’s corrupted so I can fix it with a backup stick I have, I’ve just been too lazy to take all the cables and shit apart

[uncut trellis]

we cant really know for sure

but failing hardware is something that needs to be handled before software can be properly debugged

[umbral narwhal]

Usually memory is dual-channel and you kinda have to chuck both sticks if one is bad.

[turbid dune]

then it failed to load these

Problem Solved. Mod that was causing the fatal error: ANZINS Terrain

[neon edge]

I have 4 😭

Ill try and figure it out

[umbral narwhal]

That's two pairs. However, running four sticks is often unreliable even if the sticks are individually good.

[icy arch]

Why arma crashes when i press windows button

anyone have same issue?

[uncut trellis]

fullscreen game does not like tabbing out

you can try borderless window mode

[modern echo]

borderless may cause the mouse to accidentally click outside of the window if using multiple monitors

[ionic light]

When playing custom support game mode, I get this error. There are 10 sectors on the small map and they are spread evenly at around 1 km from each other, and from spawn point to closest sector is 1,5 km

[sinful basalt]

@modern echo progress report if you are curious: I figured out the problem: the appmanifest_107410.acf file got corrupted, so I got a working .acf file from someone else, rewrote necessary entries to match mine and now it works.

[modern echo]

that's what i thought, steam somehow went bad on it

might've been that steam crashed on exit while writing the file to disk

[bronze river]

you'll get used to it

[modern echo]

nah i play windowed where it works properly

[willow hollow]

alright! now i reaaaally need help with this, i thought i was able to narrow down the problem to A3XAI but i just tried it with its default settings and it crashed. can anybody with powers or knowladge on dumps help me with this?

pleaaaseee 😢

[uncut trellis]

if BI people can take a look that will happen tomorrow during office hours.

[willow hollow]

oh... time zone you betraied me

lol

[willow hollow]

how can i direct the issue to some one? D:

or should i just wait and get lucky

[uncut trellis]

you can try making a feedback tracker ticket

more info at #arma3_feedback_tracker

[willow hollow]

is it possible to read this file?
configFile >> "CfgWeapons" >> _primaryWeapon >> "type"
if yes where?

i know that _primimaryWeapon is a variable and the file as well, but how can i find it?

[steady hawk]

Config Viewer can

[willow hollow]

like

could that be refering to this?

the exile config file for the loot table?

[willow hollow]

can you elaborate? like, if i download config viewer where can i load the right one

?

i am confused

[steady hawk]

I don't even know what are you trying to

[willow hollow]

my server is crashing when i am killing A3XAI AI, for some reason if A3XAI detects the AI have no pistol it tries to generate it.
my RPT have a bunch of these right next to the crash:

20:13:20 "A3XAI Debug: vehiclecrew AI unit O Alpha 2-6:1 killed by R Alpha 1-2:1 (SpaceGhost) REMOTE, 3 units left alive in group O Alpha 2-6."
20:13:20 "A3XAI Debug: Pursuit time +20 sec for Group O Alpha 2-6 (Target: SpaceGhost) to 199.236 seconds."
20:13:20 "A3XAI Debug: Generating loot for AI unit with unitLevel 3."
20:13:20 "A3XAI SPCG Debug: selected pistol: ."
20:13:20 "A3XAI SPCG Debug: selected pistol magazines: ."
20:13:20 Error in expression <_pistol >> "magazines") select 0;
_unit addMagazines _magazine;
_unit addWeapon >
20:13:20   Error position: <addMagazines _magazine;
_unit addWeapon >
20:13:20   Error addmagazines: Type String, expected Array
20:13:20 File A3XAI\compile\A3XAI_group_functions\A3XAI_generateLootOnDeath.sqf..., line 29
20:13:20 "A3XAI Debug: Deleting custom-defined AI spawn AI Vehicle Group 043027 at 043027."```

got to that file to debug it and added some diag_logs to see what it was actually trying to do

but those logs are printing a empty string

hints the problem.... i was trying to know where that file is becouse seems to be missing stuff

so i wanted to take a peak at the config file, to see its structure

probably i am missing important stuff in my mission because i tried with the default config for a3xai and yet it crashed

[quaint jewel]

I have seen that before but without reproduction steps we can't do much

[quaint jewel]

That's the same thing tho..

but randomly happening on a heavily scripted exile server. Is not exactly a repro I can work ish.

[quaint jewel]

same thing

[willow hollow]

i noted that it has something to do (in my case) with A3XAI when groups are getting killed

you kill a group and it starts doing it stuff to remove from the monitor and all of that

[quaint jewel]

A building/object being moved/deleted on the terrain.
Invalidates the AI pathfinding cache.
And before that, the cache got corrupted somehow.

[willow hollow]

and then the server crashes

hmm

[willow hollow]

could map clutter, make that happend? like i am using chernarus redux, witch has a bunch of crap around. but nothing is moving... on my tests were most related to killing AI

[quaint jewel]

yeah something ground clutter is listed there too

but there shouldn't be any ground clutter involvement there, it might just be wrongly displayed data

[willow hollow]

at this point i am completely rebuilding the server, lost hope on it, but if the problem is related to the map itself i think i could just change it to a normal chernarus. would that be a possible fix?

or do you think something is broken in the scripts?

[quaint jewel]

It is definitely some engine bug, but I have no idea how its triggered

[willow hollow]

dang....

any sugestions on how to evade the bug?

or any more information that i can provide to help?

[quaint jewel]

nope

[willow hollow]

i mean, i have LOTS of dumps here LOL

[quaint jewel]

Something corrupted the thing.
And later on when something else tried to work with it, it crashed because it was corrupted.

The dumps only show the crash, but I need to know how it became corrupted, to know what the problem is

[willow hollow]

i mean, for my side i think its all already fucked... i will try to rebuild the server and pray for the best. but if i could be of any help i could send BI my server config so you guys can maybe find the bug...

but i really dont know how a priority fixing arma 3 is to BI

maybe too old?

i know that are probably stuff wrong in my server

but dont know if they are the cause

[quaint jewel]

I don't have time to set up your server and try playing to hopefully hit a random crash

[quaint jewel]

yeah that is weird.
I testran that code and there definitely is no GroundClutter stuff there.
But in your crash, it looks like there was a ground clutter item in a list that shouldn't have any ground clutter items.
But that could just be messes done by optimized code and missing information in the crashdump, that might not mean anything

[restive sequoia]

Just remove A3XAI

[willow hollow]

I really did not want to do that, roaming AI is important, especially these days with such a low player base :/ they kinda fill the gaps hehehe

If you guys have other script to recommend... I could try, but since the problem is in arma 3 pathing, that should not make a big difference

[willow hollow]

I totally understand that. But with infistar tools i am able to reproduce it in less then 30 minutes.

Just putting myself available to help with it

If necessary i could record videos and send whatever you guys need to fix, if that is a thing

[willow hollow]

Also about this i have more dumps... I can them PM if you want.

Maybe there is a pattern

[mystic bolt]

having trouble launching up with no mods, any help please?

[steady hawk]

Usually reinstall DirectX 11 and Visual C++ 2013 can help

[mystic bolt]

Do u have a link where I can reinstall these?

[steady hawk]

Google knows

Both are provided by Microsoft

[mystic bolt]

do they install automatically into my pc once they're download on my winrar or do i have to do anything else

nvm i got it, thx for the help

[umbral narwhal]

Make sure you get the updated version of vc2013 runtimes because otherwise the problem can reoccur.

[quaint jewel]

They are also pinned https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Unusual_process_exit

[pine kite]

There is a link in that image: "something-tion on Community Wiki" If I am not mistaken that is the same link as Dedmen just posted.

[bronze jewel]

does anybody here know how to fix this issue?

I tried to launch publisher but it says this

[sterile vale]

try to verify integrity of game files

[bronze jewel]

Already tried that and tried reinstalling

[sterile vale]

idk then

[pine kite]

Seems like Steam is fixing it already.

Oh wait, that's a different UI style. It's indeed some Arma 3 UI style.

[stray gazelle]

@bronze jewel check if you are on the proper version of it by going to properties and checking if its in beta

[vague nova]

im deleting big mods

the bin is empty

and it dooesnt give me

my space back