arma3_troubleshooting

[umbral narwhal]

Before you verify, make sure that the Arma launcher is closed and that no copies of Arma are running in the background.

[spiral bane]

okay

[pine kite]

It's the one Rambro mentioned in his message. While less/not tested these days, it does not mean it doesn't work. But yeah, better use the 64 bit executable of anything thesedays.

[dreamy oriole]

I cant go into third person view on my Server(hosted by Nitrado), It does work in singleplayer.

the servers difficulty is set to "Custom"

[golden nova]

then in the difficulty settings server-side you have third person disabled

[umbral narwhal]

There's at least one provider where they trick you into editing the wrong profile, so check the RPT.

[spice verge]

Hey! when i host a server i for some reason cant spawn and cant respawn. how to fix this?

valen is gonna safe the day

[pine kite]

What scenario did you choose to play on the server?

[spice verge]

i made my own mission

and exported it to multiplayer

i setted up a respawn

[pine kite]

Yeah, then you probably need to learn how to make that respawn work. I don't know.

[spice verge]

so you cant help?

[pine kite]

I'm no expert in the Eden Editor. But I hear there is a tutorial in it. That may explain/cover that. Otherwise: #arma3_editor people might be able to help with that specific issue.

[spice verge]

thx

[dreamy oriole]

whats the RPT?

[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.

[dreamy oriole]

intrestingly if i start the mission on "recruit" we can switch to thrid person, any ideas what i fucked up?

[upbeat spire]

Game difficulty.
Easy fix if you go to eden go to
Settings > Game Options > Difficulty - Set your stuff there and then play.
If you are playing on dedicated server then you need to setup Difficulty for the server as well.

[dreamy oriole]

yes i know, the difficulties all work as they should exept custom

its the only one that is not working, and according to a youtube vid i have to ask for permission for my Server.ArmA3Profile file from the server hosting company

[upbeat spire]

Well i use custom difficulty and it isnt broken.
Also you should be able to change difficulty on your server provider. You dont have to edit that file to change the difficulty.

[dreamy oriole]

I can edit the server.cfg file but it just straight up has the wrong difficulty settings when set to custom

I can also set forceddifficutly = custom and it wont work

[upbeat spire]

Ah yea IDK then i am using FASTER as the dedicated server GUI and in there you can change Difficulty easy.

[weak aurora]

Can someone explain to me how to setup Custom Difficulty on a Debian Dedicated Server?

I have tried the startup parameter -name=custom, and it produces a custom profile, however changing the custom difficulty in that profile does not do anything.

My Arma 3 Server is installed using AMP, and its path is /home/amp/.ampdata/instances/arma01/arma3/233780

[umbral narwhal]

Nitrado give you full access. They just don't tell you where the profile is so you have to check the command line in the RPT.

[weak aurora]

I tried creating a /home/.local/share/Arma 3 - Other Profiles/Player/Player.Arma3Profile but it also has done nothing.

[umbral narwhal]

Make sure you're editing the correct profile by starting the server and checking the update times.

[weak aurora]

Checking the update..? Sorry could you explain

[dreamy oriole]

where do i find rpt files on my server?

[weak aurora]

You mean modifying the custom.Arma3Profile if -name=custom profile is used?

[umbral narwhal]

In the profile folder :D

which you can only find if you know where the profile folder is.

[dreamy oriole]

oh its on my pc

not in the server files right?

[umbral narwhal]

No, the server profile.

[dreamy oriole]

now im confused

[umbral narwhal]

Basically you need to find the profile folder by educated guesswork, because Nitrado are a clown show.

[dreamy oriole]

i wanna kms

what does the rpt file look like? does it end with.rpt

[weak aurora]

Ok I'm assuming you're talking to Mettoxa and not my issue.

[umbral narwhal]

I have a vague recollection that it's literally in a folder called "profile" in the Arma directory.

[dreamy oriole]

nope, none there

im kinda confused now at this pointtho

im looking for a rpt file with which i can find my Server.ArmA3Profile

is that coorect?

[umbral narwhal]

Unfortunately the RPT files are in the profile folder.

[dreamy oriole]

oh fuck

[umbral narwhal]

Some providers have a "logs" link on the UI that'll take you there.

[dreamy oriole]

i found this

[umbral narwhal]

I don't remember if Nitrado do. Probably not.

[dreamy oriole]

i am missiong one tho

server.armaprofile

[umbral narwhal]

Consider all information about the Linux version to be hopelessly untrustworthy. The only proof that a profile is in use is if the timestamp updates when you run the server.

[weak aurora]

Yeah I just ended up doing a search for files ending with .Arma3Profile

then modified all of them with a custom difficulty and it worked

Crazy how awfully un-user friendly something as simple as custom difficulty is.

[hearty wigeon]

Hi, I recently did a symlink of my workshop folder to an HDD while arma was installed in an SSD, now certain mods continue to reinstall from the workshop everytime I boot up my computer. Anyone know a workaround?

[modern echo]

there's something in the wiki

[modern echo]

dont do that, the launcher manages the !workshop junction, and on windows you should make it a junction not a symlink

[hearty wigeon]

I see

Thanks

[modern echo]

for folders, junction, for files, hardlinks are better

[hearty wigeon]

So i just make a junction from the !Workshop folder to another !Workshop folder elsewhere?

[modern echo]

yeah the ntfs concept is the opposite of what is known as in the linux/posix world

[hearty wigeon]

What about the steam/steamapps/workshop ?

[modern echo]

no, dont do that, instead make a junction in ..\..\workshop\content\107410 pointing to your new location, or just move arma 3 to the other disk via steam move function, that will move the workshop data

gotcha? dont use symlinks unless you want to have like them on separate ssds for more performance @hearty wigeon

[golden nova]

it says letters that you can probably translate to a language we all speak. But assuming there's a space between text and the dot, you're missing one of the vcredist versions or something

I don't remember why doesn't it tell what is missing exactly there.

[hearty wigeon]

Friend of mine having this issue

He has 100Gb storage still available

[quaint jewel]

but is it swap/pagefile memory too?

Disk space != Swap disk space

Google "Windows set pagefile size"

[hearty wigeon]

So quick tldr on the rundown of events:

• We increased pagefile, it caused this error
• We changed the pagefile back to system managed
• We changed the malloc back to system from TBBD

We are now seeing if the game runs proper

[hearty wigeon]

The reason we increased it was because he was running out of memory earlier

[pine kite]

Better post screenshots of the memory pane of the performance tab of taskmanager. We dont know how much he has to begin with.

And if the drive is full the pagefile is also limited in size. Never get into such deadlocks.

[austere cloak]

code execution cannot continue because the system did not detect

[hidden axle]

I bought Arma 3 a few days ago during the sale but now I am having problems continuing the Campaign where I left off. If I select a checkpoint in a mission and click click continue on any of them it restarts the whole mission instead of the checkpoint. Do I really have to play through it all again?

[steady hawk]

You are clicking RESTART not REVERT which you supposed to click

[hidden axle]

Ah, thank you! I should have tried that before...

[austere cloak]

I bought the game, but when I log into any server I get an error (code execution cannot continue because the system did not detect)

[uncut trellis]

youll have to screenshot the full error you get

[steady hawk]

honger already tould you that. Reinstall DirectX 11 and Visual C++ 2013

[austere cloak]

I already reinstalled

[steady hawk]

Restart Windows then

[austere cloak]

already did that

[steady hawk]

Are you sure you reinstalled both

[austere cloak]

yes

[steady hawk]

And are you sure you reinstalled the right file

[austere cloak]

I have directx 12

[uncut trellis]

but did you reinstall directx 11 package?

[austere cloak]

Could this be a problem?

[uncut trellis]

dx 12 contains also dx 11

but you need the rigth files installed

[austere cloak]

reinstalled 12

[uncut trellis]

reisntall the dx11 files too

[austere cloak]

ok

[austere cloak]

the installation program failed to download the file

it is written that I have the latest version of directx

[uncut trellis]

it can still lack older files

that older games may need

[austere cloak]

this is some kind of mockery, it's easier to return the money and go play dayz, at least you can play the game there, and not sit for days and jerk off the PC

[golden nova]

then do that if you don't want to troubleshoot the issue

all games have a minimal chance to not work in certain environments, the error you get is usually caused by missing components like the vcredist or dx or whatever. It's most often a Windows 11 issue, dunno if you're on 11 or 10.

[ocean cosmos]

never had that on win11

had to install it once and that was problem solved

[cursive reef]

ello guys, I randomly started getting the "You were kicked off the game. Invalid DLC licenses detected" the last time i tried to play, I uninstalled yesterday and reinstalled fresh this morning still to get the same error. (I have never used a DLC unlocker for arma 3 and haven't even touched my DLCs since SOG came out in 2021) alas randomly it started telling me I own DLCs without them actually existing within my game. I can upload screenshots/RPT file if it helps. I've tried absolutely everything and Im just stuck as i cant play with my own unit.

when i load into the game, it says i own 0 dlcs. yet the steam DLC's say i own the ones i actually DO have.

[steady hawk]

Would suggest these first:

1. Restart Arma 3
2. Restart Steam

[cursive reef]

I've had my PC on and off since then and done a fresh install of the game. but I'll do it now for good measure 👍

yep still the same issue

A3 launcher says I have them all but some are "available optional DLC"

https://snipboard.io/eSuKPm.jpg

https://snipboard.io/9bZ56P.jpg

these are the only dlc I've ever had

[steady hawk]

Can you post RPT anyways

[cursive reef]

aye will do

dmed

[cursive reef]

ty

[steady hawk]

What about vanilla game?

[cursive reef]

same issue

cant load into any server

[golden nova]

then try doing so in vanilla and post the rpt again

[cursive reef]

okay will do

[quaint jewel]

Its very simple. Don't pirate DLC's

[cursive reef]

I can promise you sir I have not

[quaint jewel]

You may not have a DLC unlocker for Arma 3. But you probably have on inside your Steam client

you could try reinstalling Steam

I can see in your RPT that something is wrong with your DLC's. You have things that you cannot have, that noone has.

Your steam is lying. Because you have a piracy tool installed in your steam

[cursive reef]

where could it be? I haven't used any of the dlc unlockers at any point

at least in the last 5 years

[quaint jewel]

Somewhere in your Steam install

commonly its in your steam folder, a version.dll next to your steam exe

But there are many variants

[cursive reef]

righty so a fresh install would probably be the best bet instead of trying to find the file probably?

[quaint jewel]

Of the Steam client

[cursive reef]

yep

[quaint jewel]

I think you can do that without uninstalling steam games, not sure if they are installed in the steam clients directory

[cursive reef]

yeah you can just re-add the drive

its strange because I would have swapped rigs twice maybe, since a certain file could be there. so steam would've been reinstalled a few times

I'll crack on with that now and see how it goes, appreciate the help guys

[cursive reef]

this seems to have worked, thanks for the support guys

i made sure the folder was completely gone before reinstalling

[quaint jewel]

After uninstall the piracy files may have been left behind. Would've been interesting to know what it was

[pine kite]

Reinstalled the game? Or that Visual C++ 2013 redistributable?

[sudden parcel]

hello can someone help me? it keeps crashing on the launcher when i join a server or when i press play

[modern echo]

be patient and don't close it when it's frozen

[sudden parcel]

but it says its not responding

[modern echo]

it's normal because it's loading data, wait for it

it's a unoptimized game

especially with mods it takes a while to load and start

it's a skill issue not a real problem

[uncut moss]

I've been trying to get this game to start for the last 2 days. i keep getting "Engine Initialization Error" I have DirectX 12_0, so I'm good there. I reinstalled the game. Anyone have any other suggestions?

[uncut trellis]

does the laucher start?

have you tried verifying the game files on steam

[cinder prawn]

Is there any reason why a mod isnt automatically updating? I uploaded a mod but people are having to right click and repair it in order for it to update instead of it just updating automatically.

[uncut trellis]

steam is slow sometimes

[cinder prawn]

The mod was posted june 19th and still does it and ive never had it happen before so I did not know what the issue was.

[uncut trellis]

maybe too small change for steam to recognize it?

or steam just being boop

[uncut moss]

Launcher doesn't start. Files are verified.

[uncut trellis]

does the game start if you start if from the Arma3_x64 exe?

[uncut moss]

Shit. Sorry. Just realized this is the Arma III troubleshooting. I'm in Reforger.

Sorry to waste your time

[uncut trellis]

[modern echo]

uhh, steam shenanigans, try restarting it and just doing what you're already doing. the workshop handling infrastructure is not the best

[teal lark]

Been trying to figure out what is causing this, I been trying to check all the mods and removing unneeded mods but idk what it is.

Idk what TPW_MODS is

[ocean cosmos]

go to here and check you dont have -mods anywhere

[uncut trellis]

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2586787720

google says its this

[teal lark]

I opened it, it says I'm not subcribed to it

I'm gonna have to see if theres any mods that requires it or something

I just got a crash report

what do I send?

[uncut trellis]

Rpt log is what can be read here. Otherwise the post them on the feedback tracker that's linked at the end there

[umbral narwhal]

You don't. 0x0000DEAD means that Arma shut down intentionally. You need to check the previous error.

[teal lark]

Do I need to relaunch arma and see if it pops up?

[umbral narwhal]

Yes.

Reading up, I'm gonna guess that you just removed a mod that another mod required as a dependency.

[teal lark]

give me a min

I'm not sure, cause I looked at all the mods it says none of them are missing any dependencies

[umbral narwhal]

Remove all your mods and check if it works.

Then add the mods you need. Gradually.

[steady hawk]

First thing first, your first fault is loading Mods you don't know what they are and do

[teal lark]

Aye

Give me a few I'm gonna do all that rq i'll let you know of when I finished doing that and what happens after

all mods removed, it doesn't crash or anything anymore

bruh what was causing it

[snow mesa]

Is there still no hold pri. mouse button??

[steady hawk]

?

What does your question mean

[snow mesa]

i wanted to invert shoot and scope in arma 3

making my zoom with my prime mouse button

although there's no option for hold pri. mouse button, nor can i assign it by pressing and holding

[steady hawk]

I do believe you can just hold LMB to assign

[snow mesa]

yeah.. I've been trying that for a while now

[steady hawk]

I believed you can then. Maybe I'll check. In the worst case you can update your config using text editor

[snow mesa]

by config this I believe?

[steady hawk]

Yes

[snow mesa]

gotchu, I don't know what hold prime in numbers is tho w

[steady hawk]

Same rn either

[snow mesa]

alright thanks for helping, hope there's a fix

[modern echo]

@snow mesa if you're left handed you should be good to go with the windows mouse button swap

[modern echo]

that's why the mouse buttons are listed in the edit bind dialog

you press it and essentially holding will do what you want

the zoom zooms in/out by pressing and holding the key without any special hold option in the keybinds setup

[modern echo]

the problem is skill issue and the fix is simple as reassigning the bind and trying it out

[modern echo]

pri is short of primary

[modern echo]

you cant, that's why the mouse buttons are listed on the right which is a list of buttons that cant be assigned by pressing the input

[gritty sphinx]

Hello, i want to open a Dedicated server for me and my friends to join, since the ports in my network doesn't seem to work in multi-player host game, and i did as the community wiki and this error happends to me, can someone tell me why?

the wiki : https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Dedicated_Server#Arma3server_steamcmd_example.cmd

[modern echo]

you dont need steamcmd if you're using your own computer to host it. the client/regular game can be a dedicated server and the mod management is done with the launcher itself like you usually do. you cant use the same profile in the server and in the client simultaneously because it's not a supported edge case
you also do not need to log on your steam account to download it, should be available via anonymous login
the validate command is not necessary that's only for verifying/validating exisitng data, the problem is that its being passed as a beta password argument. dont do that, you dont need any beta unless you want to host CDLCs or use profiling/performance branch
if your network ports do not function, check firewall and contact your isp if it does not work after port forwarding correctly. ultimately you can use any self-provided vpn software to play through a internet lan style

when you do not set the hostname on the dedicated server it defaults to just your computer name instead of <profile name> on <computer name>

you did things wrong, you've specified the server appid as a branch of arma 3

the script looks like it attempts to run the update operation with the main game appid instead of the dedicated server

oh and dont place steamcmd and steam in the same folder

its better to use separate folders for that, the assets slightly differ

well, it probably works fine but i wouldnt recommend mixing both together

[gritty sphinx]

can you give me a link or a tutorial for hosting the Dedicated server in my own pc?
and about the port forwarding, i don't really know how to put it correctly because the moment i put in arma 3 UNTP i did it in the router settings the same as the tutorial,
but this happens to me for some reason

thats why i moved to the Dedicated server method, i searched it up, and it said i need to put those commands and those dir, and start the batch as at is, and this is what happened to me until now

[gritty sphinx]

yup it is in different folders

[gritty sphinx]

i just copied it thats why i don't know what i put there 😅

[modern echo]

you have to enable upnp in your router for it to work, if it still does not work check firewall and resort to the alternative which is disabling upnp and port forwarding the port in your router directly

[gritty sphinx]

does it do anything if i enabled the upnp and port forward the port in my router directly in the same time?

because that is what i did in the first place

[modern echo]

sorry, i dont have that on me.
im telling you can just do it with the launcher, you still need to go through the server.cfg stuff and accepting battleye license on the separate profile which you can just do by launching the regular game with be enabled and accept the license there
the regular game includes the dedicated exe and its also built into the main executable

[modern echo]

that's not how it works, doing that defeats the point

do one or the other since upnp is essentially unattended port forwarding done by applications

[gritty sphinx]

oh, i didn't know that, i'll try now by deleting the forwarding i put, and enable upnp only, i'll do it and return back to you and tell you what happens, thanks for the help anyways i was trying to do it for the past 4 hours

do i need to restart the router or instantly try to host a game?

[modern echo]

if you couldn't get it working and its still closed, either use a vpn software such as hamachi or zerotier or radmin vpn to play with your friend or contact your internet provider to understand the matter. due to ipv4 exhaustion providers have started using carrier grade nat which is a usually very restrictive system that puts a infinite amount of clients behind a shared ip

[modern echo]

usually you should be good to go. make sure you're putting the correct local ip address and i suggest pinning your computer in the dhcp settings which means reserving the mac address of your network adapter to always get assigned the same ip address so you dont have to change the port forward every once in a while because your computer was turned off for too long that the dhcp server entry expired

i suggest opening the port and hosting something and checking with a port forward checker website to determine if the port is actually open or your provider infrastructure is preventing you from hosting

typically domestic internet carriers do not want their clients hosting so they give a fraction of the download speed as the upload speed usually

[gritty sphinx]

so, i deleted the forwarding i did and enabled only the upnp, and still the same problem, i'll try to forward the port myself and disable the upnp

[modern echo]

firewall might be blocking upnp

[gritty sphinx]

how can i know?

[modern echo]

uhhhhhh

look in windows firewall allowed programs list for anything related to universal plug and play (upnp) and check it if its unticked, also you might need to fix arma 3 firewall rule if you didnt do anything when the windows firewall dialog appeared that arma3_x64.exe was blocked

[umbral narwhal]

The wiki example is wrong. You shouldn't use -beta unless you're specifying a different branch, and the quotes for the app_update command are in the wrong place, although I'm not sure that matters.

but yeah, running a dedicated server locally doesn't get around port forwarding requirements.

[modern echo]

uh, it does and doesnt matter: the quotes are for things with spaces, usually values such as the appid or beta passwords

[gritty sphinx]

i have 3 arma's in the firewall allowed programs, but i didn't find anything about upnp

[modern echo]

did you scroll through everything?

[gritty sphinx]

yup

[modern echo]

you need to enable upnp both in your router and in the internet provider router

so like, upnp needs to be supported/enabled in all the devices in the chain for it to fully work

@gritty sphinx try switching your network connection from public to private or enable network discovery for public networks in advanced sharing settings accessible from the network and sharing center control panel window

i dont recommend doing that if the network is not actually safe

[gritty sphinx]

so, now not upnp or port forwarding the ports myself will work unless i enable upnp in the firewall?

[modern echo]

enable network discovery, that enables the necessary things in the firewall for you

port forwarding will work regardless

[gritty sphinx]

i'll try doing it now

[gritty sphinx]

i enabled it, now what?

[modern echo]

try hosting again

[gritty sphinx]

okay

[modern echo]

and you dont really need the dedicated server if you play just fine with the host function in the game

but some missions are designed for dedicated server and may be faulty via client hosting

also when hosting through the game its not possible to have other administrators than the person hosting because arma can only have one admin logged in at a given time and the host cant log out

[gritty sphinx]

thats what i know, i did it once but it was on my own network at my home, but now i am in my family house so they have another company for the router and network, thats why everything changed on me. idk what happened wrong in the hosting i did and thats why i went to dedicated server

[gritty sphinx]

didn't work

[modern echo]

well unfortunately the wiki needs some clean up and better instructions for the dedicated server stuff

well, you could check in your router if the upnp port forwarding got made

try restarting arma 3 maybe

[gritty sphinx]

how can i see that, i didn't know i can check that, i just enabled it

[modern echo]

in your router, im not a magician and it varies wildly between different manufacturers and models but usually there's a place where you can check what entries were forwarded with upnp

[modern echo]

you dont have like a status part or something like that showing the list of upnp entries?

[gritty sphinx]

i can't find it, but i'll try the port forwarding method, maybe it'll save us a lot of time for you explaining for my stupidity and help me solve all of this..
( and maybe some wording of mine didn't seem understandable, my english is bad and not my first language 😅

[modern echo]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[gritty sphinx]

nope

[modern echo]

well, or just go the easier route of using vpn software such as radmin vpn or hamachi. those require that the computers are in at least one mutual network to be able to communicate each other.
logmein hamachi has bugs/issues piled up unfortunately, mainly service issues and the network adapter driver may come up as not signed
oh and its account walled

radmin vpn isnt the best but it does the job to an extent

[gritty sphinx]

but the consequence is a lot of lag i think

[modern echo]

generally the lag is already there because of the physical difference. vpn softwares have some overhead but its usually minimal and most of the lag/delay comes from the geographical high ping and such

[gritty sphinx]

so does hamachi does bugs in the game itself or do you mean the program itself?

[modern echo]

itself, it has a history of having a really buggy engine service that needed to get restarted and things like that

[gritty sphinx]

i tried it a few times and it worked good for me but that is in minecraft, the only problem was the lag but, i'll try hamachi now

[modern echo]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

anyways, the recommendation of running dedicated comes from the fact that its more flexible.
you dont need to waste additional disk space for the dedicated server package with steamcmd because you already have the game and the user data is the same
it's a no-brainer to have the setup im talking about

and you can have multiple/different administrators either via password or steam uid whitelist

[gritty sphinx]

nice, if hamachi works and my friends like the game, i'll start the dedicated server

[gritty sphinx]

it worked in hamachi, thank you very much, i made you tired with me today

[pine kite]

TPW is a mod creator. You must have subscribed to and enabled one off his mods. The message says that it expects some files and folders in the Arma 3 install folder/userconfig folder. Which you probably didn't create/moved/copied there. Read the mod's documentation. Though you may have an older version of it. Last time I used TPW_MODS it didn't need messing with files. It needs CBA_A3 mod and can change all the settings ingame in the Addon options: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2586787720

[pine kite]

This is my modified version of the script, with some additional explanation. With 4 options for setting the server branch. Only 1 should be enabled at a time. Make sure to change the STEAMLOGIN and A3serverpath and STEAMPATH to your details.

But yeah, this is intended if you want to make a standalone dedicated server install. Not re-use the game client files.

[pine kite]

I've never seen those in all the different kinds of routers I have come across. But that may just be my limited subset of experience.

[gritty sphinx]

okay, great news, port forwarding worked finally, and i created a dedicated server, but the only problem now it shows only for me in lan, how can my friends join?

[golden summit]

please write to me in PM I have a problem loading arma

please

[steady hawk]

State your exact issue

[golden summit]

When you turn on the game, the adons load endlessly, most likely something was not installed correctly

[steady hawk]

Do you load Mods or not

[golden summit]

yes all

[steady hawk]

All what

[golden summit]

Well, I looked on the Internet and downloaded the necessary ones according to the instructions

[steady hawk]

Try vanilla first

[golden summit]

My arma itself won’t start, how can I try vanilla??

[steady hawk]

Unload Mods and launch?

[uncut trellis]

testing problems starts from not using anything extra

[golden summit]

maybe let's call me and I'll show you my problem

[steady hawk]

No need to call, just post your issue or screen here

[golden summit]

okey

damn I can’t just explain the problem through a photo, I’m still loading endlessly into Sync Hone

[steady hawk]

#offtopic_bot_cmds and #rules check

[modern echo]

you need to ask your friend to look for the server or try direct ip connection, if it doesn't connect for him or something then it's not working or the isp setup is causing that

[modern echo]

don't say that and don't worry about it

[modern echo]

seems like the rarity rather than the norm, unfortunately vista and later can not control upnp like xp did

[gritty sphinx]

when he try to direct connect it just froze at arma's logo

[modern echo]

dont launch it attempting to connect, do it from the in-game user interface
its likely timing out, also its normal for it to seen stuck on the loading screen when you launch with a direct connect argument

[modern echo]

if its not showing up in the internet tab for him after waiting a good while for servers to populate with the filter set to show empty servers and sorting it by ping, then the port forward is not working @gritty sphinx

[kindred oriole]

Every time I enter the game, it shows me a window and not a full screen.

[quaint jewel]

Press ALT+ENTER while in game menu

Or just go to video settings to change it

Or remove the windowed mode from your launch parameters

[ebon girder]

How do you host a server that people can actually see

[umbral narwhal]

That anyone can see? That may not be possible, depending on your internet provider.

[pine kite]

You rent one on the internet.

[ebon girder]

Why would I rent one

[pine kite]

But you the less expensive options you have to get the networking/firewall sorted out.

[ebon girder]

So port forwarding

[pine kite]

Hosted servers on the internet are mostly properly configured to let people find it. Otherwise those companies make no money.

[pine kite]

Yes, if UPnP doesn't work in your router. But also your firewall. Renting a server online bypasses the issue if your ISP doesn't allow you to portforward.

[ebon girder]

I think ive done it before for another game

Really just want to host a server on my own network that someone can join

[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”

[pine kite]

In that case you should know how to do it. But with the following details (what the bot said after HorribleGoat summoned it)

[ebon girder]

Been a lil bit since ive done it lol

But ya can figure it out

[modern echo]

@ebon girder hosting for this game should be just like any other game that uses the classic style port listening. it will work on lan and internet needs port forwarding or working upnp. alternatively just play with your friends using vpn software such as radmin vpn or zerotier

its recommended to use dedicated server but you are not required to use steamcmd and waste storage because of the mods. you already have the game and the launcher is your mod manager, and it has a option to launch the dedicated server from the regular exe. all you need to do is do the server.cfg setup and make sure you're using a separate profile for the dedicated server

[vernal ore]

Hi, i cannot seem to chance optics anymore, i have it on mouse button 5 like always but suddenly its not working anymore 😦

[uncut trellis]

check your keybinds that the button is actually working

as in can you set it as the optic swap key again

[vernal ore]

yea it works

The button that is

[uncut trellis]

try turn off mods and test that

[vernal ore]

It was CBA trying to be funny by having its own keybinds suddenly

[uncut trellis]

👍

[modern echo]

lol, you can customize that, probably some mod making cba take over the vanilla bind

[ebon girder]

Ya I would def prefer a dedicated server

[modern echo]

literally or on the same computer?

[ebon girder]

Dedicated server hosted on my computer

Not local

[modern echo]

thats what i meant with the latter lol

well, see the above messages on that matter

[alpine loom]

Hey, has anyone else had trouble with a AI gunner in the Mi48 not locking scaples onto anything?

nvm it was a range thing

[valid parrot]

Can anybody help squeeze some more fps out of my weak ass PC?
I have an AMD Ryzen 3 3250U with Radeon Graphics and an AMD Radeon Vega 3 Graphics. It runs at 2.6/3.6 GHZ (IDK which is which, prob lower), with 6 real GB of ram, 2 GB of VRAM.
Graphics drivers are up-to-date. The things I suspect to be the cause of FPS loss are mostly textures, shadows, and resolution. I want a target of at least 45 FPS when things are going, prob a small OP of like a few guys, 10-20 to be exact. Anything more than that, I prob can't really handle it.

I'm running a couple performance mods like Garbage Collector, Perspective, along with the performance branch. Auto-detect gives me this as my settings:

[restive sequoia]

#hardware_vs_arma better channel

And with this hardware there is not much you can do.

[valid parrot]

Did some tests on Altis (no mods). Pulled around my target 45, but it got drops when I zoomed in and fired my weapons. I did play some on Tona and I got worse FPS due to all the trees

[restive sequoia]

Not sure if still valid, but running on low settings causes even more load on the CPU and arma is already CPU bottlenecked

[valid parrot]

I'm on the performance branch.

The latest version of it as of now

[steady hawk]

Increase video settings. Especially textures and such

Alternatively, use Autodetect

[valid parrot]

I did

That what it gave me

[steady hawk]

Then increase afterwards

[valid parrot]

Yep I'll try that. I messed with HDR and seemed to rise my frames

[fallen mica]

I believe this is a troubleshooting question, whenever I’m playing Arma 3, a few minutes into the game my fans get really loud, I’m not sure if it’s the fans or the gpu fan, but this doesn’t happen on any other game like cod war zone, gta 5, and some other games.

Specs are i3-9100f and rx 570

I’m wondering if this is an issue

To add, the game runs flawlessly and I haven’t had a single fps drop or graphics issue

On like mostly medium and I think 1-2 high settings

[uncut trellis]

could be GPU driver game profile that has extra fan action enabled or something like that

[modern echo]

lol, how come?

i have it in standard and its fine

[valid parrot]

I've tested it a bit. Going from HDR standard to low raised it by like 3-5 FPS

I have don't clue why that is. Maybe it has something to do with how my PC calculates the lighting
Like how AO and shadows drop my FPS.

[fallen mica]

Thanks, I’ll check it when I’m home

I believe there are profiles in the Radeon software too

[modern echo]

that's normal, its because the difference is minimal since its just a matter of quality/calculation complexity

anyways this belongs to #hardware_vs_arma

[hybrid flame]

Getting status access violation crash everytime a particular player joins my server

[uncut trellis]

file a ticket at the feedback tracker with details. #arma3_feedback_tracker has instructions

[pine kite]

But don't expect a reply until monday. Unless they are quick and have an easy friday workload at Bohemia

[quaint jewel]

If you're quick I can look at it now

[uncut trellis]

Be like lightning!!

[pine kite]

But don't touch any connector terminals. Electronics don't like zaps.

[hybrid flame]

Oh man sorry was busy elsewhere

imma send it now

[quaint jewel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/451143444367409193.gif?size=96&quality=lossless

[hybrid flame]

How do I open a ticket?

[quaint jewel]

Just throw the crash report into my DM's

or in this channel

A ticket is usually waste of storage space on our servers 😄

[hybrid flame]

ah imma send it in your dms then, thanks

[vapid whale]

im running a dedicated server and ive uploaded my mission but whenever I press "OK" I get booted back to the role selection screen

[pine kite]

Where are you pressing OK? There are many windows in the game where you can press OK.

[vapid whale]

i select my role and press OK in the bottom right corner to start the mission

[pine kite]

Then either the file got corrupted during upload to the server or it was broken to begin with. Can you play the scenario in a local hosted server ingame?

[vapid whale]

yeah

local hosted works fine

thats what i was testing it in

[steady hawk]

Check server RPT then

[pine kite]

Then it is probably corrupted during upload. Make sure to upload as binary file if you use FTP. And check for any error messages in the RPT log file.

[vapid whale]

im getting "No more slot to add connection at"

[pine kite]

Then why did you say it was a dedicated server?

[vapid whale]

because it is

i was testing it locally

ive uploaded it to my server

[pine kite]

A local hosted server ingame isn't a dedicated server.

[vapid whale]

i uploaded it to my server

and its broken

im getting this

[pine kite]

The entire RPT please, this snippet might not contain the cause or important messages about it.

[vapid whale]

and i would find that where...?

[pine kite]

!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.

[steady hawk]

Server's profile

[pine kite]

But yeah, on proper dedicated servers it is stored in the server profile folder.

[vapid whale]

yeah i just gotta find the server profile

[pine kite]

Server hosters like to hide that from you. Sorry.

[vapid whale]

nah i host it myself

using a hetzner server

anyway

i got it

theres a lot of .log files

no RPT files

[pine kite]

Hetzner is a serverhoster. Was it a bare bones windows server? Or Linux? Or a premade Arma 3 server?

[vapid whale]

its a bare metal linux server

and then i set it up using pterodactyl

the server works fine on other missions

ive run loads of ops for my unit off the server

[pine kite]

Ok, then Linux servers don't generate RPT log files. The messages end up in stdout/stderr. Unless those are piped to a file.

[vapid whale]

im doing a trial run of KP Liberation and it doesent seem to be working lol

right

does .log work?

[pine kite]

This might help to pipe it to a file: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/arma.RPT#Linux

[vapid whale]

i doubt that exists for me

ptero does things differently

[pine kite]

Log is usually the text output of the application. It usually contains much less/different stuff that the RPT logfile would contain.

Well, then you have to figure out how Ptero does that. Other people went before you. Also, there is #server_linux for this topic.

[vapid whale]

right

1 moment

im gonna reupload the mission and see if that works

[pine kite]

Do so as binary FTP upload.

[vapid whale]

i need to binarize the mission?

@pine kite ?

this one, correct?

[pine kite]

Well, maybe you don't use FTP, then disregard. I meant in FTP client.

Any way, got to go to work in minutes. Can't help

[vapid whale]

yeah, i can use FTP

[pine kite]

No, not ingame or edirtor

[vapid whale]

so how would i do it with filezilla?

alright i think i got it

[pine kite]

Do get that RPT file stuff going. Otherwise you are blind to what is happening inside your server, especially mods not loading.

[vapid whale]

okay so ive tried testing other missions but to no avail

whenever i load another mission it just boots me back to the original one

okay, i MIGHT have found the issue

in the KP Liberation wiki they say to use PBO Manager to pack the mission file

i was using export mission

im gonna try using PBO Manager to pack it and see how that goes

[pine kite]

You only need to pack the mission if you made any changes to it. I guess you broke it somehow.

[vapid whale]

alright, im home now

i tried it

it it did more than it did last time

it actually said recieving mission file

but same error

[vapid whale]

alright, i tried loading the default altis zeus mission, same console loop/error and it booted me back to the loading screen

i think it could be an issue with the server..?

[modern echo]

looks like you have more mission slots than server slots, maybe that's a problem?

[modern echo]

try validating it with steamcmd

[vapid whale]

tried that

some vanilla missions failed to load

[modern echo]

uninstall it with steamcmd and reinstall?

[vapid whale]

modded missions wouldnt load

reinstalled server

still didnt work

that was with the mods kept

[modern echo]

did you try the sample config instead?

[vapid whale]

ive deleted all the files and im doing a full install rn

[modern echo]

or without specifying a server.cfg

[vapid whale]

just waiting for steamCMD to download mods

[modern echo]

aka using all defaults

what are your server launch arguments?

[modern echo]

why are you using -filePatching

[vapid whale]

its needed for certian stuff i do

[modern echo]

its not recommended to use that because its meant for development

[vapid whale]

i forgot what

i just know its needed

[modern echo]

missions without pbo? modding without packaging?

[vapid whale]

KP Lib i think

[modern echo]

ah

doesnt that need be disabled?

[vapid whale]

dude

[modern echo]

i think running with -filePatching might be the issue

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[vapid whale]

i forgot what it was enabled for

[modern echo]

its usually not recommended

[vapid whale]

i just remember that something broke when i turned it off

[modern echo]

you can refresh your memory by running without it

[vapid whale]

omfg

i cant download my mods

steamCMD keeps getting rate limited

[modern echo]

wait a while then let it download?

or you could transfer your local workshop folder to the server perhaps

[uncut trellis]

get it to run without mods first

[modern echo]

that too

dont worry about mods

[uncut trellis]

then add mods and see what works

[modern echo]

and try removing -filePatching to see if the server works properly

hmm, do bi official servers run on linux?

[vapid whale]

dawg

i get that

i see what you are saying

but ive got an op

[modern echo]

please follow as we said because its a troubleshooting step

[vapid whale]

it was supposed to be in 15 minutes and ive had to delay it by 1 hour

[modern echo]

your server is having issues with vanilla stuff

Rip

technical difficulties are something that happens unfortunately

[vapid whale]

indeed

[modern echo]

i understand how bad of a setback is that

[uncut trellis]

well you got to cancel that

simple as that

[vapid whale]

nah its fine

its on the last few mods

[modern echo]

postpone that

or rather announce your players its going to be delayed due to technical issues

[vapid whale]

i did

[uncut trellis]

well good luck then

[vapid whale]

if it breaks its my own fault 🤷‍♂️

im gonna try my best to not cancel my op

[modern echo]

okay, can you do a quick test without mods and without filepatching just to see if the server can run vanilla missions without mods?

just to check if the server files or the environment giving you issues now

[vapid whale]

look, if this fails ill try that but im gonna force through and get this op going

[modern echo]

okay then

[vapid whale]

whats the timer for steamCMD rate limit

[modern echo]

uh, its a steam servers rate limit

not steamcmd's

[modern echo]

yeah... dont use a script that abuses steamcmd

[vapid whale]

it doesent

its the built in mod function with pterodactyl panel 🤷‍♂️

[modern echo]

ahh ok

well its spawning steamcmd calls for every mod download from workshop, no?

[vapid whale]

no idea

[modern echo]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

that's basically how you get rate limited

[vapid whale]

how else would it be done?

[modern echo]

not sure if its doing a single script or spawning each steamcmd process to login and download

the latter is a great way to get rate limited

im looking around

well, for one, rate limit exceeded is something common

you just have to wait it out, it happens because you try to do a lot of tasks with steam servers

and especially if a lot of logins/connections happen for every task which is inefficient

[vapid whale]

whats the cooldown on it

[modern echo]

i dont know off the top of my head

you could look around by searching something like steam rate limit cooldown time

Login Ban Cooldown Wait 30 min before retrying login, otherwise it resets to 30 min again

[vapid whale]

well, its started working again

i got a response from the developer of the egg

[modern echo]

what

[modern echo]

ya

you trying to download as anonymous or with your account?

[modern echo]

im implying that its likely to be this

can you please ask if the script does spawn steamcmd for each item or runs steamcmd once with either a one liner or a script?

[modern echo]

:D

unfortunate

well then, just a matter of waiting

well, at least you eventually got it working, no?

[vapid whale]

hopefully yeah

[languid tendon]

Im getting this error man

[worn jungle]

what this error man

[languid tendon]

I'm going insane

Who do I even contact man?

[worn jungle]

Using mods?
Tried without mods.
and you could

!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.

[languid tendon]

I just got the game

[languid tendon]

Will do

[modern echo]

that's a steam connection issue, try restarting steam client first, especially after you ran something piracy related with steam client active

[modern echo]

check antivirus and try restarting steam or not running it as administrator or whatever

[languid tendon]

Got it to work after verifying steam files

[pine kite]

There is no op if you can't get the scenario working.

[vapid whale]

i think i figured it out

just not fixed it

i dont think its the mission, i think its a mod issue

but im not sure

some missions work, for example, i could load combat patrol fine but if i tried zeus it wouldnt work properly

[pine kite]

If the scenario doesn't work because you can't get the right mods loaded, there still is no op. Fix it first, then schedule op when you are sure it works.

[modern echo]

dx11 out of memory crash but it reports DEAD

[modern echo]

is this of any relevance to a random crash?

the game didn't generate a crash dump this time

[vapid whale]

i cant join my server at all

i tried joining, it said battleye initilization failed, i reinstalled batteleye and now it just kicks me

[steady hawk]

You want to tell what error is there upon kick too

[vapid whale]

there isnt

it is battleye initilization failed the first time and then any other times after that it just kicks me with no error

[steady hawk]

Try official server to join then

[vapid whale]

done

it lets me in

[steady hawk]

Then server's issue

[vapid whale]

right

how do i fix it?

[steady hawk]

You don't. Ask the server owner

[vapid whale]

i own the server

[steady hawk]

Then ask yourself. Maybe the server's RPT

[vapid whale]

linux doesent generate RPT

i dont think its an issue with mods but ive got no idea

[steady hawk]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files
https://forums.bohemia.net/forums/topic/175973-linux-server-no-rpt-file/

[vapid whale]

this just generates this

not a proper RPT

[steady hawk]

Well #server_linux

[pine kite]

Also "noLogs". What do you expect that does?

You can also try to start the server without battleye. There is a line in the server config where you can turn it off.

[worn storm]

My guess is this specific line.
1:52:34 [CBA] (xeh) WARNING: One or more children of class CAManBase do not support Extended Event Handlers. Fall back to loop.

[steady hawk]

Post the entire RPT

[unreal raptor]

guys who knows what to do I go into arma 3 and it shows me that steam is offline and I can’t log into the server

[steady hawk]

Restart Steam maybe

[unreal raptor]

I already restarted Steam

[marble sinew]

Sorry if I asked in the wrong place.
Google translation

[ OFFICIAL ] Arma 3 KOTH stress-test (EU) #00x
When connected to

"connecting failed"
It will be displayed

I rebooted and checked the integrity, but it still didn't fix it.

[full night]

HELP! I was adding a mod to Steam Workshop and it had a dependency. It gave me 2 choices - ADD or OVERWRITE subscription which I thought would just re-add the same mod plus the dependency. But I just checked my steam work shop and ALL of my ARMA mods are gone except for the mod I added. Any way I can recover the mods off my SSD or do I have to manually resub and download ALL mods again?!

[unreal raptor]

guys who knows what to do I go into arma 3 and it shows me that steam is offline and I can’t log into the server

[umbral narwhal]

Was there a question to go with this RPT?

Ah right, started in general. The fault that's blocking mission startup is probably:
1:52:37 Mission revannobaddies.lingor3: Missing 'description.ext::Header'

I guess that's a requirement for running a mission on a DS? Not sure.

You also have at least four mods with missing files, and you have too many mods loaded for the default steam protocol packet size setting to work.

[modern echo]

try not using unofficial addons but the official no medical addon from acemod

[pine kite]

... from the Acemod team.

[subtle lion]

Maybe a month ago I started having an issue with the A3 launcher where when I used the "Close Game" option that shows up on the mods page while the game is running an empty white box would pop up and the launcher would crash.
Upon further inspection it seems any action on the launcher that opens a prompt causes the same empty white box to appear for a few seconds and then the whole launcher to crash.
I believe this white box is supposed to be the "are you sure?" kind of prompt when performing certain actions like opening a mods file location, deleting a mod preset, resetting the params, closing the game, and trying to delete a mod from the launcher.
I have already tried to verify the game files but it didn't fix the issue.
I may have messed with a parameter recently and I have a few local mods I've been loading through the launcher if either of those could have to do with it, otherwise I have no idea what I did to cause this.
Any tips or help are much appreciated!

[worn storm]

That wouldn’t do anything to cause a fail in mission start up.

The other Zeus finally got it working earlier today though while I was sleeping. Thanks y’all

[tight reef]

when i start arma from the launcher it just gives me this

and doesnt start even after 20mins

[lime sphinx]

check this parameter in the launcher. It should be turned OFF

[tight reef]

it worked thanks alot

[light beacon]

the game is asking for an addon called "Commando"

does anyone know what that is?

[modern echo]

search it in the workshop i guess? or try joining the server from the launcher

[light beacon]

I'm playing SP

and in the workshop I've downloaded lots of mods all called Commando but they don't fix the error

[modern echo]

that output looks like the server did already start, you had to launch that then launch the game again with the server checkmark disabled

do !steamverify then @light beacon

[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.

[light beacon]

let me take a looksie

okay

I repaired the mods

hope this works

[vernal ore]

Can anyone tell me why the squad menu isnt working anymore? suddenly when i press U it does nothing and i cannot find the keybind anywhere

[modern echo]

generally it depends on the gamemode you're on

[vernal ore]

Antistasi and it worked just like yesterday with the same mods and the same control settings

And now its not working

Normaly it is ''U''

Cannot find the keybind anywhere

[modern echo]

yeah uh, it depends on the version of antistasi and maybe something else such as membership. idk, try asking in the relevant antistasi discord

[pine kite]

That is not Arma 3 game client. That is the dedicated server. You can't play on that without the game client, which you need to purchase.

[pine kite]

Which scenario did you try to play? Ask it's creator on the Steam workshop page what mods it requires.

[pine kite]

Are you using ACE? It disables the showing of the squad command menu.

Or if you are using Antistasi, then you may have pressed Ctrl Space and you are in High Command mode without having any high command teams/squads recruited.

[umbral narwhal]

Different menu. The U is the squad selection. I don't know why it wouldn't work unless you unbound it.

On the client side it's just ["InitializePlayer", [player]] call BIS_fnc_dynamicGroups;. Should only break if the initClient broke before that, in which case there's probably a bug in whatever version you're running and you should report it with the client RPT.

[modern echo]

there are different popular versions of antistasi

[fringe salmon]

wut da hell boys, what is this error?

[uncut trellis]

That Arma3 game data file is broken and you need to redownload it and it's bisign file.

You can first try verify the game data on steam

[pine kite]

If that doesn't work, delete the file and it's related bisign file manually and do a new verify on steam.

!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.

[fringe salmon]

thx buddy

[lean basalt]

Could someone please try to get .pbo file of this mission and send it to me? I can't find it anywhere around my disk, not on mpcache nor behind gaming profile:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=360097028&searchtext=Terrorist+hunt

I need to get it to dedi server

[pine kite]

You probably need to play it first on a local ingame server. Then the game or steam unpack/processes it into a proper PBO file that you can find. I find all of them that I played locally in Documents\Arma 3\Saved\steamMPMission\someMPscenarioname

But in order for the server to recognise you may need to rename the file to whatevermissionname.OfficialTerrainname.pbo
The folder it is in carries the proper official terrain name inside it. Copy that literally.

So in this case, whateverTerroristHuntsomething.altis.PBO. And it needs to be placed in the server MPmissions folder.

[modest mica]

Hey peps,

Having an issue I can't get my head around.

I have a Linux machine configured as a dedicated server, and I run the server with parameter -filePatching.
The executable's folder has the x/tgf/addons/MyAwesomeMod/ structure, just like on my windows machine were it works, I reload a mission or compile a function/file and changes are taken in to effect, but not the server.

Any ideas?

[pine kite]

Linux is case sensitive. So maybe those capital letters make it those paths are not found. Try to keep everything in lower case. Also there is #server_linux for such talk.

[modest mica]

this is it:/home/steam/steamcmd/arma3/x/tgf/addons/mods/

Thanks, I'll be there

Mod name is mods, xD

[modern echo]

locate the workshop file in your steam install, copy and rename the file to the actual mission file name (you could check this in eden or in game) and transfer it to the server, or you could have the server download it from the workshop and make use of it

[modern echo]

steam client workshop location is guaranteed not the documents one, i've tried and it did not come up there

[pine kite]

it saves a copy when you play it locally.

For me that is easier to locate than a random numbered foldername hidden inside the Steam Workshop library.

Maybe it isn't how it should be done/the intended way. But as a workaround it suffices.

[modern echo]

fair enough, at least the benefit of locating the workshop one is that you can then hard link/symlink that to mpmissions for dedicated server to access to item updates

[round slate]

Hello,

I am starting to crash whenever I load into the editor. It seems to be related to some mod and I am unable to pin it down. Was wondering if anyone can take a look and help me out? I am still trying to unload and load mods to see which one exactly is it, but I can't seem to be able to pin it down...

[steady hawk]

Check pinned for one way to isolate faulty Mods

[round slate]

Alrighty will try

[pine kite]

Test the game with mods loaded, and without some of them loaded. That indicated in which groups of mods it is likely hiding. So then test on that subsection of mods, with halve of those mods and without halve of those mods. Until you narrow it down to 1.

[round slate]

So I did testing and couldn't pin it down to one mod
At first I thought it was a certain mod, but game loads just fine with it alone or even with the other mods excluding RHS.
But RHS and the mod have no issue and so on, I spent all night trying different combinations.
I eventually decided to create a new profile and test, which allowed me to load into the editor.
Now I deleted EVERYTHING in my Saved and compositions folders in the custom profile on the suggestion of a friend who said my profile might be fucked.
That seems to have fixed things for now.
It is important to note that the size of my Saved folder reached around 2 GBs...
Also it did not seem to be an issue with the modset as I had a couple of friends use the exact same modset without issue.
Will update here if issue starts happening again, but for the time being it is fixed, thanks for the help

[umbral narwhal]

huh, the CUP maps introExp missions have 136MB of saved data here.

Ignoring for the moment that those should have saving disabled, what is it even finding to save there?...

[rose wraith]

Having this error

0xC0000135 - STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND

[umbral narwhal]

Reinstall this: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/update-for-visual-c-2013-and-visual-c-redistributable-package-18d278e8-1c79-2630-e8ae-e9f4679b2393

Both x64 and x86, if in doubt.

[rose wraith]

Done

[modern echo]

i seen a few times when exiting from the menu that it says saving game

[placid karma]

idk if this is trouble but

how do i make it to where the ground dosent look like horrible

everything on ultra btw

ik this game is old but WOW i dont remember it looking like this 😭

srry if i offended anyone lol

[ocean cosmos]

thats how it always looked

[placid karma]

is there any mods to make it better?

[teal lark]

I installed the SPE1944 DLC and added some other mods such as ACE, Real Engine, and some other WW2 mods

[quaint jewel]

What does the error message before that one say

[teal lark]

here you go

I'm looking at the mods, I don't see anything called LIB or whatever

[modern echo]

the name you see there is the name of the component not the mod name. in this case its the core of the vehicle that is referred as LIB_ArmouredCar

[teal lark]

Aye

I'm trying to figure out what mod it is, but I get all the mods from Steam Workshop so I don't know whats inside the files or whatever

[modern echo]

you can look for clues in pbos or you'll have to extract/decompile the metadata files

[modern echo]

the launcher puts all the workshop mods in a more readable manner in !workshop hidden folder at the game folder, dont edit files but only check out the mods contents.
missions and compositions aren't placed there unless its a mod, so for those you'd have to scout for it in the respective workshop content folder and i suggest hard linking it if you want to host with a dedicated server easily since that does not support loading missions from steam workshop but only from mpmissions folder

[teal lark]

do you have the uh

directory to the thing in the folder?

is it the arma 3 in the steamapps selection in the folder?

[teal lark]

the mpmissions folder is empty it has a Read me doc on it only

same as missions

[modern echo]

ah dont worry

[modern echo]

arma 3 in steamapps common
its a hidden folder so you might need to tell file explorer to show hidden files and folders

and also disable hide known extensions in windows folder options

[teal lark]

I have no ide ahow to make show hiding options

[modern echo]

click view in the ribbon at the top of the window and you'll see a checkmark for hidden files

[teal lark]

this?

[modern echo]

yes that setting

and uncheck hide extension for known file types (this is the reason why malware so easily baited people thinking it was legit)

[teal lark]

Mk

Do I click Ok or Apply?

[modern echo]

either works and you need to close the dialog because its blocking the window you're on if you accessed it from file options in the window

[teal lark]

Alright

now to find the source of whats causing my crashes

Do I just type LIB_ArmouredCar in the search?

[modern echo]

try that, and hope that there is a pbo named like that in the mod

[teal lark]

No items match your find

but there are things called LIB

[modern echo]

thats not it

hmm, check the rpt, maybe it says what addon spewed that message

[teal lark]

the rpt?

[modern echo]

!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.

[teal lark]

Not sure if its this one

but its the most recent one

idk

[modern echo]

the crash isnt useful to me

[modern echo]

when you last launched the game and got the error? you could reproduce it again and check it, open it with notepad

[teal lark]

i just saved a report log that saved as a zip file

[modern echo]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[modern echo]

um, i guess you could check the sorted information in the zip

[teal lark]

I'm unloading all mods and seeing if it stops

[modern echo]

ok, go ahead and do the binary search method

[umbral narwhal]

LIB_ stuff is usually IFA.

You're definitely looking for some WW2 mod that adds vehicles anyway. If that isn't enough to track it down then you're loading far too many mods.

[teal lark]

it wasn't ifa, I removed some effects mods

like FTX and all that

i think one of them was causing the issue

[modern echo]

start adding those one by one until you find the issue

[balmy fiber]

All mods I download are being marked as corrupt and repair and re installing does nothing to fix them?

[hollow nymph]

ever find a solution for this?

[steady hawk]

What it does mean corrupt? What says so?

[balmy fiber]

There is a red icon with an ! Next to the name and after hovering over it it says they are corrupt

[steady hawk]

Probably you didn't installed dependency Mod

[balmy fiber]

I did.

[steady hawk]

If it is only happening to a very particular Mod, don't use it then

[balmy fiber]

There were 3 and I downloaded all 3, even the dependency mods has corruption and they needed no mods besides ones I was already downloading for the original mod.

[balmy fiber]

Every mod, even popular ones like ace.

[steady hawk]

Have you moved Arma 3 installation location on Steam recently?

[balmy fiber]

Nope, just downloaded it yesterday.

[steady hawk]

Just downloaded Arma 3 yesterday?

[balmy fiber]

Yes.

Got it with the summer sale.

[steady hawk]

Can you check the Mod's folder in Explorer?

[balmy fiber]

I tried looking and I didn't see any mods folder earlier when this first happened

[steady hawk]

Launcher, right click a Mod, open Mod folder. (Or whatever its called) Do you see anythig?

[balmy fiber]

Doesn't let me hit open mod folder, just grayed out and un selectable.

Should I try re-installing the game?

[steady hawk]

Then probably Steam failed to install them. Maybe restart Steam

[balmy fiber]

Tried. I'll re install Arma later

Not near computer anymore.

[steady hawk]

Reinstall Arma most unlikely fix it

!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.

[balmy fiber]

Oh.

[steady hawk]

If you haven't done it do this verify

[balmy fiber]

Okay, thanks.

I'll try tmr as I'm not near computer rn.

[quaint jewel]

What if we ask google.
First two hits, exact same error.
Let's click the second one, as its in the relevant mod-specific forum
https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/discussion/2648308937/3383904768776505757/
Bam there is your fix

I found a fix, if you have the ArmaFXP mod loaded, unload it.

[fathom snow]

Hi everyone! Anyone knows how to import control settings when playing on a Mac?

[teal lark]

Thank you

[pine kite]

I wouldn't be surprised if you got a modpack with CBA_A3 inside that Legionbase mod. Meaning that is an older version than current.

[balmy fiber]

Oh, alright... So Should I try to find the most recent version?

[pine kite]

Well, alway you should have the original mod. Not a reupload of it. But that may not be so obvious in modpacks.

[balmy fiber]

I was thinking its because there is no Mod folder as listed here.

I think I'm using the right one.

[pine kite]

First of all, that is Starwars material. So it is considered illegal by this discord.

[balmy fiber]

Oh...

I wont use that one than, but for the others?

[pine kite]

The others you can just subscribe to on the workshop. Those are fine. But may need to be updated by the Launcher.

[balmy fiber]

Okay, thanks.

[pine kite]

To update Arma 3 mods from the launcher then select the mod in your list of available mods. Unfold it with the chevron down icon. Then press the 3 dots below the image. Then select the repair option.

[balmy fiber]

I have tried repairing, does nothing. And when I open that menu the open in folder button isn't able to be selected almost like there is no folder for them to go into.

[fathom snow]

found it! /Library/Application Support/com.vpltd.Arma3/GameDocuments

[modern echo]

did you repair cba and stuff? cleared steam workshop content folder? are you using the launcher correctly? is the disk healthy? is the location not managed by a cloud service nor there are permission issues in the filesystem?

is your path too long?

[modern echo]

that should be triggering steam, i suggest resetting the steam workshop folder

[modern echo]

dont judge whatever you're using the right mod with rating/reviews only, make sure the creator and the item are the right people
use official addons not random copycats that pretend to be official

[balmy fiber]

K.

[modern echo]

reminder that the way steam workshop is managed on the client is not good when its outside of the most used scenarios

[balmy fiber]

Do you have links to correct ones so I can verify the creators?

[modern echo]

googling around should help you, your issue does look like the launcher or steam messed up somewhere, i'd check for any conflicting software such as antivirus/antimalware real time protections

[balmy fiber]

Alright, thanks.

[modern echo]

here's the link for CBA_A3 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=450814997 @balmy fiber

and here's the ace one, which unfortunately has a lot of repacks http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=463939057

[balmy fiber]

Yeah thats the one I've been using/

Same errors.

[modern echo]

repair doesnt fix it?

[balmy fiber]

Nope.

And I assume it has something to do with Mod Folder as the option to open the folder is not selectable

[modern echo]

okay, navigate to the game folder, can you check if the path contains non-latin characters?

browse local files by right clicking arma 3 on steam and going to manage

[balmy fiber]

Lemme see.

[modern echo]

could you do the following?
shut down the game, launcher, then in steam browse to the files, then shut down steam
shift+delete the hidden !Workshop folder
next go up to steamapps in the same location where the arma 3 game is in and go to workshop folder then delete appworkshop_107410.acf and the 107410 folders you find inside content, downloads and temp.
then start steam back up and it should start to redownload your subscribed mods, if that doesnt do it, before opening the launcher again, please verify the game which will download the mods. once that is done you can try opening the lanucher and see if its fixed

@balmy fiber is your user account an administrator?

[balmy fiber]

Wdym?

[modern echo]

is your windows user account in the administrator group?

[balmy fiber]

Yes, I believe so.

[modern echo]

@quaint jewel idk if you already know this but making symlinks is something that requires administrator privileges which means requiring uac elevation. i wanted to confirm if the edge case of no permission is accounted for by the launcher

[balmy fiber]

How do I see the hidden files?

[modern echo]

i didnt ask for a screenshot of the folder, instead i wanted you to check if the path to the folder contains weird characters, you can do this by clicking in the blank space on the address bar between the back/forward buttons and the search box

[modern echo]

in the top/ribbon do view -> hidden files checkmark or go in folder options and select show hidden files and folders, and while you're there please uncheck hide known file extensions, in the ribbon its a checkmark that says file extensions or something along the lines

[balmy fiber]

No odd characters.

[modern echo]

okay, so just latin characters? and is the path short or very long?

[balmy fiber]

Long.

[modern echo]

like how long? that may be causing issues if the mod folders in !workshop become too long

could you copy-paste the path you see?

got it

[balmy fiber]

I see the mods I have downloaded, but they are empty as I removed them from workshop

[modern echo]

(the \ character is considered a escape one for discord so you either should use ` ` or double backslash)

[balmy fiber]

Should I change them?

[modern echo]

no its fine, i got it

its a discord thing

[balmy fiber]

Okay.

[modern echo]

okay, are you subscribed to any arma 3 workshop items currently?

[balmy fiber]

No, Unsubscribed from all.

[modern echo]

okay, can you please do those steps and see if everything is correct before trying to subscribe?

[balmy fiber]

Okay.

[modern echo]

about the last paragraph it assumes you got mods subscribed already, so you could try using a web browser to subscribe to the mods in your steam account so that steam will try to download them when you open it back up

[balmy fiber]

Okay, do I shift+delete or just delete

For the 10714)

[modern echo]

file explorer has a bug with symlinks where it only deletes them properly if you permanently delete it by holding shift when clicking delete or pressing shift+Del instead of sending it to recycle bin

[balmy fiber]

k

Okay, now start steam up again?

[modern echo]

up to you about whatever to subscribe to the most used mods such as cba_a3 and ace before starting steam so you can inmediately see if its working properly

[balmy fiber]

Okay.

[modern echo]

okay could you check %localappdata%\arma 3 launcher logs?

what can you find in the !workshop folder in the game folder?

[balmy fiber]

Same as before.

[modern echo]

nothing created?

i suspect its a issue of not having the user right to create the junction

[balmy fiber]

Nope, I'll try deleting the stuff again.

[modern echo]

dont wipe steam one

that one is probably fine

[balmy fiber]

Already did.

Same issue.

[modern echo]

you can check the content\107410 folder in workshop

Okay

are the mods downloaded correctly in steam though?

[balmy fiber]

Oh, now its just my CBA one as I unsubscribed from others

[balmy fiber]

Idk, I've been subscribing through the website

But the CBA is empty

[modern echo]

Can you please type cmd in the address bar then execute dir /a ?

[modern echo]

please?

[balmy fiber]

Where is that

[modern echo]

appdata\local in your windows user profile folder

just paste the path in the file explorer address bar to navigate to the location

it'll automatically resolve

as i suspected, your issue is that its not generating links but regular folders

[balmy fiber]

Im there

[modern echo]

okay the logs folder, feel free to zip those files up and send here

[balmy fiber]

There is a huge list of things.

7.3 million characters....

Oh, less there

[modern echo]

dont get intimidated by that, you can use the edit -> find function and search for error or fail

[modern echo]

@balmy fiber

[balmy fiber]

In the server browser

[balmy fiber]

k

[modern echo]

no, i wasnt talking about the server browser

i wanted you to navigate to the arma 3 launcher logs folder

[balmy fiber]

All there fails are for rule requests

[balmy fiber]

Ye, I'm there

[modern echo]

what i need is launcher.log

[balmy fiber]

Okay, what part of it

[modern echo]

just any failures or errors you can see, or just send the whole file, search for Junction

more details about that one?

thats not a problem, the issue is the junctions not being created

did you fully shut down steam when emptying the relevant workshop folder?

Okay hmm

[balmy fiber]

Not in task manager just hit X

[modern echo]

oh no wonder nothing changed, please click steam icon in the notification area and click exit steam or in the steam main window go to the menu where it says steam and click exit steam

not task manager

[balmy fiber]

Lol, should I delete workshop and everything again?

[modern echo]

with steam not running at all, yes

[balmy fiber]

k

[modern echo]

do you get any elevation prompts when starting the arma 3 launcher or anything like that?

if not, can you try running steam as administrator and running the game in steam?

[balmy fiber]

Don't think so.

Just shutdown steam

after deleting files

Shall I reopen it?

[modern echo]

yeah that's the issue, making junctions requires administrator privileges

yeah, if you deleted all the stuff i said with steam shut down then go ahead and start it back up

[balmy fiber]

k

Well I deleted than shutdown

[modern echo]

if it doesnt start downloading stuff for arma 3 workshop run a game verification

[modern echo]

delete after shutdown not before

[balmy fiber]

Oh, okay.

[modern echo]

dont worry about that

[balmy fiber]

Ight.

[modern echo]

Cancel the validation, exit steam and delete the workshop stuff and !workshop

through now that i think about its probably unnecessary

at one point i did ask you to look at the workshop content folder for arma 3 appid to check if the mod files are actually present and you ignored that

[balmy fiber]

Oops.

[modern echo]

i guess its easy to miss things when i pile up requests

[balmy fiber]

After I shutdown steam I dont see !workshop anymore

[modern echo]

thats from the arma 3 launcher not steam
the steam client stuff about workshop is steamapps\workshop folder

[balmy fiber]

Don't see the 107 anymore, only as a file in content

[modern echo]

delete that file

[balmy fiber]

Not a file, as a folder I mean

[modern echo]

yeah whats inside that folder?

[balmy fiber]

Nothing

[modern echo]

i mean, i told you to delete that as well

anyways

try running steam as administrator

and confirm the subscribed item downloaded just fine to the workshop content folder

[balmy fiber]

K, just resubscribed before. Guess I un subscribed somewhere in process.

Launching launcher

[modern echo]

is steam running as administrator?

[balmy fiber]

Yes.

[modern echo]

okay

[balmy fiber]

I downloaded something for Arma.

[modern echo]

check the !workshop folder now

[balmy fiber]

CBA is corrupt still

[modern echo]

does the mod folder have a shortcut icon on the bottom right of the folder?

Uhh

[balmy fiber]

K

[modern echo]

what windows is this?

you might've found a os bug that affects symlinks

is it the latest windows 11?

[balmy fiber]

How do I check

[balmy fiber]

I belive so.

CBA is empty in workshop

[modern echo]

press windows+ pause/break if you have that key

[balmy fiber]

Pause/break?

[modern echo]

the key that says pause and break in the same key

[balmy fiber]

Don't have it.

[modern echo]

oh ok, then right click on this pc and click properties

which version of 11?

hmmmmm

not sure when things got buggy for the os

ehhh

you didnt have to strip almost everything

[balmy fiber]

I mean should I just wait a few months than try again?

[modern echo]

could you do this as a workaround?

open cmd as administrator and navigate to !workshop folder

then see if mklink -j <path to cba_a3 in workshop content> @CBA_A3

[balmy fiber]

How?

[modern echo]

press windows logo and type cmd or command prompt and select run as administrator

[balmy fiber]

How do I navigate to there

[modern echo]

type cd /d and paste the path of the folder after a space

all of that together in one line ^

[balmy fiber]

Okay, than what

[modern echo]

copy the path to the cba mod in the steamapps\workshop\content\107410 folder

[balmy fiber]

Paste it in?

[modern echo]

and do mklink /j <paste path> @CBA_A3 (after deleting the @CBA_A3 folder)

no, you need that because you're going to do the junction manually which the launcher couldnt do due to an error

[balmy fiber]

Said the syntax of the command is incorrect

[modern echo]

you need to wrap the path in " because it has spaces

[balmy fiber]

"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."