arma3_troubleshooting

[fringe salmon]

something went totally bananas in my game, i removed some mods that I didnt use and now it screams when I start the editor

[uncut trellis]

something broke. maybe because of the mods

try running the game without any mods to make sure the base game works normally

then test adding mods back

[modern echo]

sorry about that

[toxic ice]

Would deleting the Wagner PBOs work?

[signal warren]

I’m trying to get my Ace Arsenal into my Hosted server, I keep getting the basic stuff from civil war times lol how do I add the Ace so I can use my Ace Arsenal loadout and that way my server has it for my company? Idk if this is the right tab for it. But worth a shot

Thanks.

[toxic ice]

Assuming you have Ace installed already, place any kind of object, like an ammo box, and then go to modules/systems and there should be something akin to an “add arsenal” module, and then just hover with it over the object you placed and click on it

That should add an Ace arsenal to that object accessible via the Ace interaction menu

Oh right, but that’s in Zeus, in the Eden editor you need to right click on the object that will serve as your arsenal and type in a command/script in the init box, let me find it

[this, true] call ace_arsenal_fnc_initbox;
Or
0 = this addaction [“ACE Arsenal”, {[player, player, true] call ace_arsenal_fnc_openBox}];

Forgot which one I used

Let me know if it works, I want to be held responsible for my fuckups

[delicate sleet]

Hello there, I have a trouble with A3, after updating my PC I have a stutters every 1-2 second for 5-10 minutes, after that game working okay, what can be a problem and how I can fix that? Game installed on SSD. Specs: Xeon 2666 V3, 32GB RAM DDR4, RTX3060

[steady hawk]

If you load more than one Mods, unload them all and try

[delicate sleet]

I tried without mods, already reinstall the OS and game.

Also some time ago I tried to change sound frequency in Windows sound settings and this helps for 1 or 2 game launches, then stutters return. All drivers are updated.

[steady hawk]

Hm 🤔

Which mission do you run, just in case? Or any?

[delicate sleet]

I have stutters in main menu and at the 3DEN Editor and in any missions, yes

As I said stutters running for 5-10 minutes and then game works normal

[modern echo]

@delicate sleet os and steam on ssd as well? where is it paging to?

is it sata, or pcie sata/nvme?

also arma 3 works better with higher single thread performance

a xeon is less than ideal for this

xeons are not optimized for games

[signal warren]

Will do it will be tomorrow, when I do this I’m on a IRL shift today for EMS

[delicate sleet]

Steam on SSD M2, A3 on SSD SATA

[modern echo]

try putting them in the same storage type

[craggy tendon]

I'm having an issue I dunno what mod is causing it, but grenades will just like drop at our feet for some reason

these are the mods we're using

[pine kite]

Just by the name I would suspect 'Death and hit reactions'. But I have not played with that one or the majority of mods in that list. But it is short enough to test which one causes it by disabling a mod and try to play it.

[craggy tendon]

it's hard to test because it doesn't happen constantly actually

it comes and goes

Also the AI in the game continuously drop constant smoke grenades and it drives us crazy, is that normal behavior?

they drop smoke when they die even, it's ludicrous

[modern echo]

lol

[pine kite]

Well, that is what you get when people kill incapacitated enemy soldiers. They try to hide and save their bacon in a last ditch attemps (j/k)

[delicate kraken]

can someone help me every time i open arma it just says the following Addon 'A3_Armor_F_Beta_APC_Tracked_01' requires addon 'A3_Armor_F_Beta'
thank i click okay then the game loads and it crashes saying Bad Animation file format in file 'a3\cargoposes_f\heli_attack_01_pilot_exit.rtm'
if anyone can help pls tell me i just got the game

[umbral narwhal]

Make sure the launcher is closed and then run a steam verify on Arma.

[tight scroll]

hello.. need help with my arma3 when trying to host and selecting a map like malden2035 or altis there's suppose to be missions in there right? but all i see is <<New 3D Editor>> and firing range in Altis. im trying to run antistasi the mod but it doesnt show up in any of the maps

[quaint jewel]

Altis has missions. Modded maps don't necessarily have any

[tight scroll]

but when i watched in youtube there's antistasi in almost all the vanilla maps

[uncut trellis]

did you install antistasi too?

do you have correct version of it?

[tight scroll]

i have antistasi the mod from workshop.. its updated right?

[golden nova]

you tell us. You can see the date of last update in the right column on Steam Workshop.

[tight scroll]

it doesnt seem it has missions only firing range in there

[tight scroll]

1 Jul @ 4:07am

doesnt say the year though

[fair kestrel]

Disable mods.

[golden nova]

no year means current year

[tight scroll]

ohh~

i guess ace 3 no medical is not compatible

[golden nova]

https://official-antistasi-community.github.io/A3-Antistasi-Docs/beginners_guide/raw_beginners_guide.html#supported-modsets browse the list and compare with your mods, get rid of those that are not there or in the forbidden tab and see if it works now.

[tight scroll]

tnx man

[quaint jewel]

There is a button in the top right, saying "show custom missions"

[tight scroll]

I seemed to have missed that 😂

Tnx for pointing it out

[pine kite]

CLick on Show Custom Missions.

[pine kite]

It is possible. I play it with Antistasi Community edition and ACE. Just make sure you use the official ACE and the official ACE No Medical

[tight scroll]

At first i thought kat medical was not supported so i was looking for ace no medical but when @golden nova gave me the link and found out the kat was supported i switched to original ace instead

Its showing up now.. i just missed the show custom missions tab

[pine kite]

The trouble with ACE and Antistasi is that ACE will override the medical behaviour of AI. And they tend to not help you as much when you are down. If you want to get back in the fight with medical assistance then you are better of using the official ACE No Medical, as then Antistasi uses vanila healing mechanics and the AI actually saves your arse.

[tight scroll]

Oh.. I didn't know that.. trouble is i dont know who's official.. who's the author?

When i type ace no medical there are many that pops up

[patent kettle]

https://ace3.acemod.org/wiki/user/installation-guide#2-steam-workshop-installation

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=463939057
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3053169823

[pine kite]

acemod team

[tight scroll]

Tnx tnx

[craggy tendon]

I'm having an issue with my profile being set to read only by running a dedicated server, any fix for this?

I can't login to my own server as a result

[quaint jewel]

Run game with -name= parameter

and give server or client a different one

they are trying to use the same profile

[craggy tendon]

can I do that on the server to force it to use a different one instead of the game

I think they're both trying to use my "redpiano" profile but I have another I don't use for playing

OKay I think that worked

[pine kite]

yes

[craggy tendon]

Now I'm trying to understand how to install mods on the server, I've never done this stuff before, can anyone link to a simple-person guide for that

[pine kite]

Mods need to be saved into a server install as a mod folder, then you write the mod folder in the -mod= parameter like -mod="@mod1;Mod2;Modsdontneedtobeginwith@;someadditionalfolder\mod3"

The double quotes around it is incase any of your mod folders containing a space anywhere in the name.

[craggy tendon]

So wherever I have the server exe, I need to add a mod folder

is the "addons" folder the default mod folder

[pine kite]

Yes, that would be the easiest. You can put them all inside one central folder, but then you need to add that path to all the mods in the -mod= parameters. That is kinda long in the tooth.

[pine kite]

NO, Addons is specifically only Bohemia content territory. Don't touch that with mods.

[craggy tendon]

do I have to specify the folder it should find the mods in?

Okay

[pine kite]

-mod=theExactModFolderName

[craggy tendon]

Okay I'll try it, thank you I really appreciate it

[pine kite]

If you have mod folders with spaces be creative and rename it while make up a name that does not contain any spaces.

[craggy tendon]

is there a character limit on the target line?

[pine kite]

I would expect one. Don't know for sure. But you don't want to use so many mods that you get near that limit. But I guess if they have really long names.

[craggy tendon]

I have like 10 mods, but some of the names yeah are very long

[pine kite]

FYI, all mods are stored in folder with just numbers in the name. Equal to the ModID number on Steam.

[craggy tendon]

Okay so in the same directory as the server exe, I created a folder called "Mods" and then added to the target line "mod=@CBA_A3;@ace;@Antistasi;@Blastcore;@C2;@CUPWeapons;@EnhancedMovement;@EnhancedSoundscape;@JSRS;JSRSDPF;@LootingEnhanced;@ReducedHaze;@TacticalPositionReady;@WMO"

Which all correspond to the exactly named folder in "Mods" but they aren't working

[fair kestrel]

Of course, where is your Mods folder in paths to your mods?

[craggy tendon]

okay yeah I fixed it

[pine kite]

You would have to prefix every mod in that parameter with Mods\nameofmod for that to work

Also the parameter starts with -mod=

[craggy tendon]

sorry I did include that just didn't copy it when I posted it here

I think the mods are loaded, but now I can't connect to the server, or at least it's taking an extremely long time

[pine kite]

That is normal, the mods need to be processed by the game.

[craggy tendon]

Like, a long long time haha

but I'll keep waiting

[pine kite]

Though, you might need to login as admin to it first and actually start an Antistasi campaign.

[craggy tendon]

can I do that without connecting to the server?

[pine kite]

On the supposed 'loading screen', open the chat menu and type #login youradminpassword

[craggy tendon]

I did, but I don't see any change in the server console or in game

[pine kite]

Then type in #missions

[craggy tendon]

yeah nothing is coming up

[pine kite]

Then probably the mods didn't completely load. The game/server should make a log file ending in RPT. It is usually in the folder where the server profile is stored.

Assuming you didn't use the -noLogs parameter too.

[craggy tendon]

nah let me find it

[pine kite]

Ideally just only load Antistasi as the mod.

Keep it simple at first.

[craggy tendon]

no other mods initially?

[pine kite]

You only need Antistasi itself.

[craggy tendon]

My config file says it has a log logFile = "server_console.log";

but I can't find it

[pine kite]

Is it a Linux machine? Or Windows?

[craggy tendon]

Windows

[pine kite]

Then it should make an RPT file somewhere, in a folder by the name of your profle , you know the -name= parameter.

[craggy tendon]

Oh okay let me go there

[pine kite]

Might be hidden in Users or something like that.

[craggy tendon]

I'm not seeing it anywhere

[pine kite]

Post a screenshot of your server install folder.

[pine kite]

what is inside logs?

[craggy tendon]

Okay I logged in to the server and it worked with only CBA and antistasi

[pine kite]

That is a good start.

[pine kite]

That is not it.

Can you post your commandline, you know the line used to start the server with all parameters.

[craggy tendon]

on the shortcut to the exe you mean

"D:\Games\Arma3\Arma 3 Server\arma3server_x64.exe" -name=anime -config=server.cfg -mod=@CBA_A3;@Antistasi;

[pine kite]

You might want to create a batch file with the commandline in it. Much easier to edit than the shortcut with a tiny text field.

[craggy tendon]

I don't know how to do that haha

[pine kite]

Just create a text file, save it as whatever.bat

And have that commandline inside it.

[fair kestrel]

I would suggest whatever.cmd.

[pine kite]

ok, .cmd is more modern, but it works too.

[craggy tendon]

okay I did it

works

[pine kite]

You can also use the parameter -profiles=ProfileFolderName

It should automatically make the profile folder and put the profile files in there. Including the RPT next time you start it.

[craggy tendon]

instead of the -name? Or in addition

[pine kite]

In addition, one parameter specifies the name, the other where that get stored.

[craggy tendon]

and this is the windows user or the arma 3 profile

[pine kite]

See a list of all startup/commandline parameters: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Startup_Parameters

Well, if you don't specify with the -name= parameter it takes the windows username that starts the server.

[craggy tendon]

okay well I tried but I don't see a log in any of those folders

[fair kestrel]

Just find any using *.rpt pattern.

[pine kite]

It probably still saves it in your Appdata folder somewhere. Check for a recent RPT file in C:\Users\whatEverYourWIndowsUsername\AppData\Local\Arma 3

[craggy tendon]

oh found it yeah

is it safe to post the file here

[pine kite]

Well, your game saves an RPT there too. So make sure you distinguish between game and server RPT.

[pine kite]

That should be right

Upload it.

[craggy tendon]

I didn't realize it was creating a profile inside the arma 3 server directory

[pine kite]

At the end of that file it shows a table with a list of all mods you told it to load. That indicates if the mods were found or not. Antistasi and CBA are found correctly here.

[craggy tendon]

Okay so should I add the other mods back and try again for a new log

[pine kite]

No, keep the mod list short. Lets try loging in as admin again.

Start the server. It should have only 4 lines in that text on the window.

[craggy tendon]

yeah I can login now because I'm getting past the load screen

[pine kite]

Then you open the game, join your server.

Open the text chat, write #login yourAdminpassword (Enter)

Then #missions (Enter)

[craggy tendon]

yeah I can see the missions

[pine kite]

Select terrain first, then pick Antistasi.

The mod

[craggy tendon]

yeah it's loaded and working

[pine kite]

Ok, next you want to add a mission cycle to the server config file to automatically load the scenario. So you don't have to do the admin thing everytime (though you can if you want to play something else)

See the end of the How to Setup a game\Dedicated server section: https://official-antistasi-community.github.io/A3-Antistasi-Docs/beginners_guide/raw_beginners_guide.html#how-to-set-up-a-game

It has an example of the mission cycle, and you need to change the name in the template line for whichever terrain you want to play Antistasi The Mod on. And maybe edit the autoLoadGame parameter in it too.

[craggy tendon]

Okay

[pine kite]

When you have that reliably working after server restarts then I suggest you play around with addition mods. Check if they are properly found with a folder location shown in that RPT table.

And if you have further issues with it, don't forget to post it in the official Antistasi Community discord. Invite link should be on the steam workshop page.

[craggy tendon]

So should I just add one mod at a time or can I do all of them and see what the log says

So, if it says "NOT FOUND" is that the issue here?

Okay it is working this time though

Would you happen to know what's causing this with Ace @pine kite

[pine kite]

Then either you made a typo in the path reference, or the upload/file transfer failed to get a good copy there.

That was about the NOT FOUND error.

[craggy tendon]

Yeah

[umbral narwhal]

That last one is usually caused by loading SOG on the client but not on the server.

[craggy tendon]

It's because I forgot the @ at the beginning of the mod, fixed it

[pine kite]

Western Sahara in this case I guess.

[umbral narwhal]

oh yeah,

[craggy tendon]

Oh so just disable that dlc

[umbral narwhal]

ACE has automatic addon loading for a lot of stuff these days, so if you load mods or CDLC that aren't on the server then you get those errors.

[pine kite]

Yes, I wouldn't enable any creatorDLC that you are not going to play or need in the game.

[craggy tendon]

If that fixes the issue ima kiss ya both, cause I searched for two hours last night and found a million solutions that ain't it

bam fixed it, thank you so much

[pine kite]

So, is this dedicated on the same computer as your game?

[craggy tendon]

yes

[pine kite]

Ok

If you want to play Antistasi with SOG then you need to load the vn folder as a mod.

[craggy tendon]

I don't, my friends have none of the dlc

[pine kite]

Well, consider it an example. Community doesn't have a Western Sahara terrain scenario for it.

[craggy tendon]

Yeah

Thank you very much @pine kite and @umbral narwhal I really appreciate all the help

[pine kite]

Have fun playing!

[craggy tendon]

Quick last question, how do other people login to my server

[umbral narwhal]

That's generally the hard part :P

You need to forward ports 2302-2306 UDP to the server machine, and make sure armaserver_x64.exe is permitted to accept incoming UDP connections by the firewall.

[craggy tendon]

I already did that yeah

well not the firewall but I 'll do that

[umbral narwhal]

On some internet connections it may not be possible because the ISP doesn't give you a real IPv4.

[craggy tendon]

is the ipv4 all they need

or do I need to use a site and get my "real" ip or whatever

[umbral narwhal]

If there's a distinction between the WAN IPv4 visible to the router and googling "what's my ip" then you're on CGNAT and it won't work.

If they're the same then it should.

[craggy tendon]

If it don't work can I use hamachi and make it work

[pine kite]

And I would just let the game host on the default port. Then the IP is the only thing specific to yours.

[umbral narwhal]

virtual LAN software like hamachi/radmin/zerotier is the last resort, yeah. They often don't work for complicated reasons though.

[craggy tendon]

so on cmd, the ipv4 is just a typical 192.etc

[umbral narwhal]

yeah that's the LAN IP.

router will also show you a WAN/external IP somewhere.

[craggy tendon]

the LAN one @umbral narwhal ?

I don't see the same IPV4 anywhere on my router's settings

it lists my actual IP there

[umbral narwhal]

I don't know what "the same" or "actual" means here.

[craggy tendon]

My real IP address, I don't know the terminology sorry

[umbral narwhal]

Ok, your router uses network address translation (NAT) to translate one external (WAN, wide area network) IPv4 to multiple internal (LAN, local area network) IPv4s.

Every machine on your local network will have a different LAN IP. Or possibly multiple, if they connect with more than one interface.

But you only have one WAN IP, which is only visible in the router UI.

[craggy tendon]

is that the IP here?

[umbral narwhal]

Yes.

[craggy tendon]

okay so if that IP isn't the same as the one when I google my IP, I can't do this

[umbral narwhal]

actually not strictly. Sometimes you have a half-bridge above that which is doing a 1-to-1 translation.

[craggy tendon]

Okay, they are the same so I should be fine

[umbral narwhal]

ok.

[craggy tendon]

I'm not clear though do they connect to me with that IP

or the public facing ipv4

[umbral narwhal]

There shouldn't be any difference

You said they were the same.

[craggy tendon]

sorry I meant the ipv4 seen in cmd

you said that's the LAN so probably not

I assume

[umbral narwhal]

That's a LAN IP. They can't see that.

[craggy tendon]

okay gotcha gotcha

okay, thank you, I understand

appreciate it, I don't deal with this stuff much so trying to figure it out

[umbral narwhal]

That is the trouble with Arma relying on this stuff for co-op play.

[pine kite]

The IP you see in a CMD window and the Ipconfig command is only your LAN side addresses. It doesn't know about the WAN/Internet side that your router got. That is why you need to ask Google/whatsmyIP sites.

[craggy tendon]

gotcha

[pine kite]

It might show a DNS server address that is not inside your LAN, but that would then be of your internet server provider or something.

[wide prairie]

hey guys, so I've been having this problem for 2 days now with no apparent fix for it being found. So I was playing Arma as usual, and decided to install the standalone blastcore alongside a realistic sound mod, I then loaded them up and joined the game. I usually get 55-60 fps on the game, but it suddenly dropped down to 2-3 FPS with no apparent spikes, it just remained at that. I unsubscribed from the mods and unloaded them, still 2-3 FPS. I decided to reinstall the entire game, still the same; but now the fps is 5-6. I unsubscribed from all of the mods in the workshop that I had and tried to run it again, and its still at the same fps. I verified integrity aswell and the files are fine, whats the issue here

Alright ngl I dont even know whats happening, I checked by launching another game and the same is happening in the other one; i'm getting these fps drops, is something wrong with my PC

idk if its a problem with the memory

[umbral narwhal]

What sort of hardware is this? That sort of FPS is more like it's not using the GPU.

[wide prairie]

Currently playing on a laptop but it's really strange bc I still get 55 to 60 fps on a good day but it never drops down to below 20

20 is like the worst fps ive gotten

It could just be the game using the cpu for some reason

Maybe using like 40% cpu and gpu

[umbral narwhal]

Yeah it's probably not using the discrete GPU. Not sure what the standard fix is for that.

[wide prairie]

Just seems really dumb bc this somehow happens right after I install blastcore and another mod and load them in, before installing them I was playing and Arma was running like usual

[umbral narwhal]

Might be a coincidence.

What was the other mod though?

[wide prairie]

Can't remember now but it was a sound mod

Let me boot up arma 3 and see the cpu and gpu % it's using

[wide prairie]

@umbral narwhal So I just ran arma 3 for 10 mins, same fps problem: checked in task manager and here's the thing: I'm using integrated graphics which is 100% do-able but I think that it might be a problem with my ram, idk how much I currently have available and alot of people are saying to have 8gb ram if you're using integrated. Task manager is showing cpu consumption as 100% right as I open arma I'm not sure about gpu consumption. I'll probably clear out my laptop and see what's using up so much of my cpu, it's already 50 to 60% before I launch arma

Yeah it's jumping to like 90 to 81% cpu usage

Arma is using 80 to 90% cpu usage not 100 my bad

And around the same for gpu usage, gpu usage is also 81%

So this is getting strange now cus the cpu usage is like 42% and the gpu usage is 90 to 100

Yeah dude idk whats happening, this isnt just happening in arma its also in other games which dont need much of a good pc to play it with; I'm gonna log off for now and see if theres any possible fixes

[golden nova]

"have 8gb ram if you're using integrated" this makes 0 sense.

[wide prairie]

yeah idk i saw it on reddit

should i try and factory reset

[modern echo]

some people 🙄

[lusty fog]

how to fix this please

[uncut trellis]

looks like corrupted install

try steam game file verify first

if that does not help, delete arma 3\addons folder and then try verify again

!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.

[wide prairie]

Hey guys my issue is fixed

[clear vessel]

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/2491138415633275777/5E756EE6064BE2CE256518B337779D822A0EBEA5/ So I got that problem everytime I open my map or any other system in-game I got around 240 mods loaded idk what would be doing that, something with Wagner Group but I don't got any mods with Wagner maybe Saber Units mod. (I'm not russian so little Ukranians kids won't get mad)

[bronze river]

first remove any faction mods, and test it one by one.

or remove 50% first, then check if the first 50% is fine then try the second 50%, do this until you found the problematic mod

[clear vessel]

Okay I will try

[clear vessel]

I will use my old mods save to see what works what not

[west ore]

Struggling with getting TFAR to work. I keep getting a message "No Task Force Radio deployed on the server"

Teamspeak and armaserver run on the same VM with the same IP, both can be connected to as usual

running tfar 1.0.335

[pine kite]

But does the server run the TFAR mod?

[west ore]

yes

I'm using FASTER launcher

it's deployed

[pine kite]

Check the RPT log file on the server if that is actually true

Faster just starts the server with a commandline. Stuff can happen that causes it not to be found.

[west ore]

aight i found something with TFAR just at the start

[pine kite]

Well, that is a sign it is not ok. But post the entire file, not just a screenshot. This is like key-hole vision.

[west ore]

running a bit many mods perhabs

[pine kite]

Yeah, start with getting your server running with just TFAR on a Bohemia Interactive made scenario. One of the default ones. No mods yet.

Besides, mixing RHS+3CB and CUP Units/Vehicles is going to be an issue with incompatible damage stats.

[west ore]

alright imma remove something out of them then

[pine kite]

Top of the 2nd table: 22:51:37 @TFAR | @TFAR | false | false | GAME DIR (Empty) | | | C:\arma files\@TFAR

Whatever you have in there, Arma doesn't recognise it as a proper mod.

[west ore]

so might be an issue with improper pathing

okay I tried to open the folder in the dir

seems the directory is broken

replace it and making a test run

TFAR seems to be working now

@pine kite do you know the mod DCO GPT by chance?

[pine kite]

Never heard of it

[west ore]

well how bad is it running RHS, 3CB and CUP together? I really like to combine features from all

[livid marten]

I'm running into a recurring problem on my modification of the dynamic "Hearts&Minds" mission.
From time to time, players will connect, slot, enter the mission but find themselves without a group. As in their playable unit appears under the "empty" category in the Zeus interface's left side.
Effects of this issue include:

• affected player has no ACE Nametag above their head, can't join other groups, nor can other players join the affected player's (non-existent) group.
• affected player can't open the UAV terminal or connect to UAVs.

When using the Dynamic Groups framework (initialized in either way, with and without registering existing groups), affected players can "create" a group, which will then have the same name of the editor-defined group their slot was part of.
Creating a group will resolve usage of the UAV terminal and nametags, but unfortunately cause a weird desync. The affected player will be duplicated one or more times in the Dynamic Groups UI, with one of the instances being part of the "correct" group, and others being shown under empty. The duplicates are also visible in the Zeus "Teleport player" module's list.
Often when sitting in a vehicle, the desync causes the affected player to repeatedly be teleported to coordinates [0,0] (bottom-left map corner), separated by decreasing intervals of 30s -> 5s. The first few times the player is also teleported back into his original seat, but as it goes on eventually he won't return from [0,0]. Teleporting him back into the vehicle via Zeus will only work for 5-20s.

I still have no clue what actually causes the issue, we're not encountering it in any other mission. The mission itself is well maintained and others do not appear to be having an issue with it.
What could cause such desyncs?

[umbral narwhal]

Maybe running out of groups?

The limit isn't very high.

[bronze river]

you need Teamspeak 3, as TS5 does not support TFAR plug in

[toxic ice]

One very important thing to note is that TS 5 doesn’t support plugins, you have to get the older TS 3, the one with the ancient UI

Another thing is that mods like Acre just don’t work with Teamspeak if you don’t run it as admin

[toxic ice]

I’ve never had any issues, I’m guessing people with older hardware might struggle with worse loading times but that’s it; the Community Faction Project is also a good mod that you might end up getting at some point, so I’ll let you know in advance that what you will find is that the otherwise great Ukrainian Faction Project, by design, does not work with the Community Faction Project as it features a Wagner faction

[west ore]

Wait there is ts5? When did that happen.

I didn't even know about that only ever used ts3.

I had to redownload TFAR 1.0.355 from github as the one installed "shit itself" and couldn't even be opened anymore for some reason. After that it worked.

[toxic ice]

Hey, when I open up the Editor everything seems to work fine, but then I hit play, and all my foliage disappears???

[quaint jewel]

ACRE, not "mods like ACRE"
TFAR has open security constraints that lets it connect just fine and doesn't need admin.

[quaint jewel]

The "not deployed on server" message has nothing to do with the teamspeak client.

[signal onyx]

anyone know why im getting this black error codes while using the crocus fpv mod?

[steady hawk]

Probably and simply because the Mod is badly made

[livid marten]

Happens with as few as 2 groups.

[livid marten]

Works fine for me and many others without Arma or TS ran with admin rights.

[lethal crater]

anyone know how to disable the thermals monitor of the gunner in the Xi'an (O_T_VTOL_02_infantry_dynamicLoadout_F)? tried it already with " vehicle player disableTIEquipment true; " doesnt disable.

[steady hawk]

If you mean PiP screen in your cockpit view, guess no

[uncut trellis]

attachTo a block in front of the camera view memorypoint 😅

[dusty oyster]

No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgSoundCurves.VFX_CRAM_Tail_Curve'.
Having this issue show up recently on some new mission files I created when trying to load them in on the server, some of my older ones don't have this issue 🤔
Anyone aware of what mod it could be?

[golden nova]

a faulty mod probably. Too much shit in this to point anything specific/

unload anything that references CRAM, make a new mission and see if it still persists

[dusty oyster]

gotcha

[pine kite]

Is that how Contact models burned out electrical equipment after the EMP?

[uncut trellis]

xD

[modern echo]

so for whatever reason trying to run 32 bits arma 3 with battleye enabled on 64 bits systems causes it to bail on startup. this is all i get in the rpt

[lavish cosmos]

Hi friends, I am having trouble keeping my CBA settings presist through restarts. I've done everything mentioned in Userconfig here
https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/wiki/CBA-Settings-System

the settings i've changed are unchangeable as they should be, but the settings themselves are incorrect. I set uncon wakeup chance to 80% but its 40%

My userconfig loaded correctly and in my userconfig it does have the right settings as shown here

Any ideas? I generally edit major settings as force through server instead of mission. I want it to persist after restarts otherwise someone has to load them in everytime.

I am using HostHavoc if that helps.

[livid marten]

Are you running the server with filePatching? It needs that to properly load userconfig/cba_settings.sqf.

[ocean cosmos]

no it doesnt

[livid marten]

Really? I've always had to put that in to make it import the file.

[umbral narwhal]

CBA doesn't have an extension so I'm not sure how else they'd do it. Generally you need filepatching to load files directly.

Only other way would be to use the mod method.

[ocean cosmos]

not once have i enabled filepatching on my servers

[vagrant fulcrum]

I'm currently having a problem trying to host internet MP games to my friends I've done it in the past and still do everything accordingly, but when ever I wait in the lobby for my friends to join they say "they cannot see" the server in the friends server listing is there a fix to 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]

the port forwarding may need to be renewed occasionally

or your if your internet connection has changed it may have become incompatible IPV6 type

[vagrant fulcrum]

I don't understand the techy talk but I'll try

I don't know how to switch it

[lavish cosmos]

I am runniing with that yep!

[vagrant fulcrum]

still having problem pretty sure I did everything correctly even followed a few videos too

[modern echo]

@vagrant fulcrum you might have better luck playing with stuff like radmin vpn or hamachi, or contact your isp

its not recommended to run with -filePatching

[delicate mauve]

Just got the game and can't get into a match since I just get an error that says ''Warning: preNLOD format in object a3/structures_f/walls/wired_fence_8m_f.p3d'', anyone know how to fix this?

[uncut trellis]

you have corrupted file there so youll have to delete structures_f.pbo in arma 3\addons\ folder

and then verify game files in steam library

!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.

[delicate mauve]

Cheers bro

[nimble umbra]

Hi all, I'm new to ARMA 3, I have issue with the game tried everything but there is no sound, i updated everything windows/drivers/directx/dlls but nothing helps

[uncut trellis]

Have you set volume to 0 /muted the game in the audio mixer? have you turned your audio device volume knob to 0? are you starting the game with -nosound startup parameter?

[nimble umbra]

Every other program has sound, chrome, windows, everything :/

[golden nova]

have you tried clicking "refresh" below the output device in the audio options

also are you loading any mods while trying to fix this or any custom parameters

[uncut trellis]

post your rpt log

!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.

[nimble umbra]

I hit refresh nothing changes, no mods or custom parameters, I just installed the game

[uncut trellis]

sqfbin does not seem to work anymore so use pastebin

[nimble umbra]

https://pastebin.com/dMXHCEvY

[uncut trellis]

looks like something fails with audio there 🤔

no idea what that means though

[golden nova]

windows 10 or 11?

you said you reinstalled directx runtimes but perhaps you're missing the ones Arma 3 would need (or are borked in some way)

xaudio2 is related to directx iirc

directx, .net and run from the newest to the oldest, don't remember exact numbers

[nimble umbra]

windows 10

I got this directx file with xaudio2 dll, should i paste it in ARMA DLL file?

[umbral narwhal]

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T177395

If dedmen doesn't know what this error means then you're kinda fucked.

It's not in the listed errors, so I guess XAudio2 is missing or damaged: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/xaudio2/xaudio2-error-codes

[nimble umbra]

Solved it. changed 64 to 32 and now it works, thanks for the help everyone

[uncut trellis]

that is not a good thing though

[golden nova]

this is not a solution though.

[uncut trellis]

its more a dirty bandaid

[nimble umbra]

agree 😄

I followed every guide i found, even added DLLs to the folder but nothing solved,

even windows provided solution did not change a thing, tried with mod Sound but it did not help as well

[umbral narwhal]

The guy in the feedback thread had the same issue (and worked in 32-bit) but could only fix it with a windows reinstall.

[bronze river]

so basically out of luck

how about windows update?

[golden nova]

they said they updated windows already

[golden nova]

here

[delicate mauve]

I must've missed something, how do I reinstall that now since I kind of need those files in order to play the missions? I verified the files and everything

[uncut trellis]

verify would get the deleted files again

[umbral narwhal]

Make sure you close the Arma launcher before you verify.

[wispy horizon]

hello, anyone knows why XAudio2_7.dll is crashing my game?
and how to fix it?
i got Error Access violation 0xC0000005

[umbral narwhal]

Paste your RPT.

Usually means that your audio device is very weird, but the known bug with that was fixed.

[golden nova]

ton of shit there. Can you get one where you don't load any mods?

if this does not happen in vanilla game perhaps there's a broken mod in your preset.

[wispy horizon]

no, it's just me, pretty sure, i was playing with different people, and they are doing completely fine (same mods preset)

scrolling down i found
Fault address: 6E7FEC56 01:0003DC56ll C:\Windows\system32\XAudio2_7.dll

and i cant really recreate the conditions of the crash, as it was really random

[umbral narwhal]

What sort of audio device is that? Bluetooth headphones?

[wispy horizon]

i am using JBL Quantum 50 earphones, and been using them for a while now

[umbral narwhal]

Selected Audio Output: Altoparlanti (Realtek(R) Audio) - Channels: 8, Freq: 48000

I guess it's just an on-board realtek chip using Altoparlanti as a brand?

[wispy horizon]

it's a normal output jack

on the board

yes

[modern echo]

hmm 8 channels, does arma 3 support surround?

@nimble umbra what is your audio hardware exactly?

[thorn swift]

Okay, this is a new one.

I recently built a new computer and ported things over.

For some reason, everything in my user profile, including all my Arma files, got moved to OneDrive, which then immediately crapped the bed because nuhhh not enough space in this cloud server you didn't ask for or want

How can I point Arma back to my local files? Is this more of a windows problem?

[umbral narwhal]

Apparently you can just right-click on the profile folders and tell onedrive not to sync them.

First pin on this channel.

[thorn swift]

Huh, neat, lemme try that.

Yknow, I never check pins.

[honest jackal]

Any idea how to fix this?

Happens whenever I start the game for like 2 mins, then goes away. Stays for ages whenever I start a custom scenario

[steady hawk]

What is this you talk about? Frame stutters?

[honest jackal]

Yeah

It goes after like 5 mins

[steady hawk]

HDD or SSD you use?

[honest jackal]

SSD

[steady hawk]

What about vanilla game? What about vanilla mission?

[honest jackal]

Yep, same for vanilla

Usually I have to load an Eden editor mission and just afk for 2 mins for it to pass

Idk what is it but it’s very annoying

[uncut trellis]

gpu/system heat spiking?

running out of memory?

[honest jackal]

Idk I got 3 different fans on it

[steady hawk]

Such video or picture don't provide any info. Check your temperature or RAM usage in your screen

[uncut trellis]

gpu control software typically have some monitoring views at least

[uncut trellis]

what gpu do you have?

[honest jackal]

1050

[steady hawk]

And its temperature when it stutters?

[uncut trellis]

and screenshots would be better than photos 😅

[honest jackal]

Idk, lemme restart the game

It only happens when I start the game and goes away after about a minute

Maybe more maybe less

[uncut trellis]

if its not constant then its just likely loading up stuff

[honest jackal]

It’s every time

Like it stutters really badly for the first match until I restart

[uncut trellis]

yes every time you start the game it has to load stuff in

[uncut trellis]

so not just a minute?

[honest jackal]

Also I’m sorry I can’t screenrecord 😔

[uncut trellis]

screenshot

[honest jackal]

It depends

[uncut trellis]

is still image

not video

[honest jackal]

It used to happen continuously

But as long as I go into the task manager and close game bar presence writer it goes after a couple of mins

But I have to do that every time I load the game

This is what happens every time

And now it’s gone

[uncut trellis]

That hard fault in memory section is not good

it may be you have harware issues

[honest jackal]

Oh fuck

Am student

Also the game microstutters every time I anger an ai

[uncut trellis]

probably got to just bear with it im afraid

make sure your laptops fan ducts are clean

pressurised air helps to keep dust out

[honest jackal]

I don’t have pressurised air, is there an alternative?

I try to clean it every now and then

Oh they’re only like £5 ima buy one

[uncut trellis]

if you need instructions look up "your laptop model + how to clean instructions"

on googlelo

[pine kite]

And don't put a regular vaccuum cleaner nozzle next to it. It might cause the electronics to get fried due to static electricity in air. Or the fan to spin to insane speeds and fry itself by magnetic induction.

[modern echo]

@

@honest jackal please use hwinfo instead of relying on resource monitor, also did you look at task manager performance tab?

sounds like you're blindly doing whatever you think is best to counter heating electronics without knowing consequences

[honest jackal]

I have a fan at the bottom and it’s raised because it’s a gaming laptop with comically bad cooling

The other fans are mainly there because it’s bloody hot in the UK rn

[modern echo]

ah ok

yeah sounds like you should get that hardware changed

[next creek]

i need help please something is wrong with my game
sometimes i can play for months but sometimes for a week or 2 the game rubber bands like shit i don't know why i dont have a very bad pc and i got fiber i dont know whats going on that makes it happen i can't enjoy the game with my guild is there any fix to this please

[uncut trellis]

rubber banding would be a internet connection issue, very unlikely anything to do with the game itself

[modern echo]

or could be a server issue as well?

[modern echo]

unfortunately not really much that can be done, perhaps contact your isp to see if anything can be done? or ask your guild to look at those issues perhaps?

[sharp nexus]

does this channel include help with mods?

[steady hawk]

Maybe

[sharp nexus]

im tryna import my groups addon setting into a LAN zeus server so i can mess around with our settings but it comes up with an error everytime and doesnt save

[quaint jewel]

Send the config (maybe remove passwords if any in there)

[sharp nexus]

fyi it has our own custom mods. i also downloaded this while our server had the antistasi modpack loaded and not our main pack idk if thatd make a difference

[quaint jewel]

CBA bug

https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/blob/master/addons/settings/fnc_parse.sqf#L31
https://github.com/CBATeam/CBA_A3/pull/1622
@dreamy basin

// DUI - Squad Radar - Indicators
diwako_dui_indicators_crew_range_enabled = false;

->

diwako_dui_indicators_crew_range_enabled = false;

->

parseSimpleArray "[ ""https:


diwako_dui_indicators_crew_range_enabled = false]"

Hotfix for you, remove
ctab_irl_connect_uri from the text file, and set that manually

[dreamy basin]

Never even occurred to me that it could be part of a URL...
I'll need to look into trying to find a fix for that

[next creek]

will restarting pc and router before a op help

[modern echo]

nah doubt so

[honest jackal]

I was cleaning my laptop and I found something that might be related to the issue 😭

[uncut trellis]

Yeeah that's not good

[honest jackal]

Nice

[fierce blaze]

guys

arma wont open on my computer

it is stuck on Microsoft.net framework

[uncut trellis]

have you given it some time to complete?

sometimes it can take a while

[fierce blaze]

30 minutes

[golden nova]

what does "stuck on Microsoft.net framework" mean

[fierce blaze]

and now i just ended its action in task manager and it worked

[golden nova]

can you take a screenshot of what you see

[golden nova]

could be something wrong with Steam then rather than game, did you try canceling this and restarting Steam

[fierce blaze]

yes

i am not stupid

[golden nova]

and after restart it immediately goes to that .net framework installation?

you could try closing steam, installing the frameworks manually, then reboot PC and run Steam again https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet-framework

[fierce blaze]

done that too

the fun fact is

when i go to task menager

and close the framework

the game instantly opens

but i have to do it with every boot

and that is not convinient

[golden nova]

you're not the only one person with this issue from what I see, Win11 seems to be doing rather shitty job when it comes to updating its features

I saw a possible solution (albeit in case of a different game) where a person unchecked .NET Frameworks in "Windows system features" and then start the game installation again

[uncut trellis]

it might get stuck in some invisible confirmation dialog or some such

or user access permission issue

[fierce blaze]

ill do it in a moment and tell if it works

[golden nova]

did it work or was you pc bricked?

[gleaming summit]

I think the Spearhead DLC on dedicated server is right now kaput... can someone help me verify this?

[umbral narwhal]

You know it was updated recently, right?

[gleaming summit]

yeah I'm aware, I did update the app but I suspect that it is the problem.

this error appear: "You cannot play/edit this mission; it is dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted. r_unfold"

[umbral narwhal]

What's the mission?

[gleaming summit]

It's WWII mission that involve the Spearhead DLC

[umbral narwhal]

Written when?

[gleaming summit]

Today. Then the error appear from the server side when I'm trying to host it.

[golden nova]

be aware r_unfold does not seem to be related to Spearhead. It's some different mod you must have been loading along it. Idk, IFA3?

[gleaming summit]

yeah IFA3 included in the mod list... it might be the cause

still checking

[golden nova]

btw is the mission yours or you got it off workshop? if latter, please post the link

[gleaming summit]

We did it from the ground up. Not from the workshop.

[fierce blaze]

I have no idea how

But it fixed itself

I reseted the game like 10 times

And finally it just worked lol

[golden nova]

just Steam things I guess ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[chrome thicket]

I'm having a weird issue: I'm hosting a dedicated server and when playing with friends no one else can hear my gunshots or see my IR laser. Could it be some weird locality issue? They hear each other's gunshots and see each other's lasers, but no one hears mine and I cannot hear theirs. I am however able to see their lasers, but they dont see mine. (im using the same mods and items as them in case anyone's thinking im using a mod they dont have).

[fringe salmon]

anyone got a clue why tfar does this?

this is in a hosthavec server

[modern echo]

don't use tfar unless it's correctly configured...?

[fringe salmon]

What do you mean?

[modern echo]

the message you received is self-explanatory

[fringe salmon]

What do you mean by configure

[modern echo]

you realize that tfar is meant to be installed on the server and the client, right?
best to remove from your client if a server does not have tfar deployed

sounds like you're playing on a server with a mismatched mod list or something

[fringe salmon]

i downloaded it on the server

[modern echo]

you need to launch the server with the mod in the parameters....

[fringe salmon]

and i checked the modlist loaded it does have everything

[modern echo]

well, maybe check up online about the message/issue

sorry for not being of much help

[fringe salmon]

i did a lot not able to find anything

[ocean cosmos]

!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.

[ocean cosmos]

send the server's

[bronze river]

you have Tfar loaded on client but the server doesn't

[modern echo]

thats what i told them and didnt seem to take that in very well?

[fringe salmon]

how do i load in to the server?

[fierce blaze]

guys?

what is NUM button?

[golden nova]

numpad

[fierce blaze]

what the heck is that

[fierce blaze]

i dont have that on my keyboard...

do i need to change then every bind with NUM button?

[golden nova]

Arma 3 relies on it due to - iirc - lack of support combo keys (which is not a problem anymore) but yeah you have to rebind

or buy separate numpad

ooor buy new keyboard with a numpad

[golden nova]

https://www.mediaexpert.pl/komputery-i-tablety/klawiatury-komputerowe/klawiatury/klawiatura-gembird-kpd-u-03

[fierce blaze]

no way i aint buying another one

i have just bought one and i am using it rn

xD

[golden nova]

English server - English lang

[fierce blaze]

yea you are right

[modern echo]

buy a dedicated numpad then

[mossy walrus]

Hello there, fellow arma 3 enjoyers ! I have a problem. I have made about 2 months back a couple of custom markers (flags to be specific) to use in one of my mission. Since then I have forgotten about it as it did not work as intended on the dedicated server. So I have though nothing of it. Then came a day I wanted to join a rather large star wars unit to enjoy some large scale combat. They have their own dedicated servers with whitelist which forbids entry to anybody with mods that dont match up with what they want. So I get booted because I have "Markers" mod or such. After reading it I remember about the flags and go trough both MPmission pbo's deleting most of them, deleting mission files themselves, validating files and even reinstalling the whole game. Then this morning I decide to join again, to try if it worked. Of course it didnt ! So I have came here to ask anybody who has some kind of experience with this...to lend me their wisdom on how to pull these markers out of the depths of arma...

TLDR: Need custom made markers removed from my arma, but I dont know how to go about doing that. Since all other known options to me failed.

[uncut trellis]

youll have to figure out where you put them so they load with the game

look into your rpt log file to see what you load in

!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.

[mossy walrus]

Righto, launched the game again and joined the server to generate a fresh rpt. What should I be looking for ?

I mean I did find the exact error just not where the marker should be located ?

[uncut trellis]

look at the list of pbos you load

addon can be loaded in only by few methods

you have put the pbo in the Arma 3\addons folder

which is big nono

since that folder is meant for games own files only

or you have it selected in the mod list in the launcher

or you have it set in commandline startup

Im fairly sure files inside missions would not matter

[mossy walrus]

I did not put it as a stand alone addon. I did it only for the one specific mission and put it in its folder. But as you say it shouldt affect the game itself

idk fucked around and found out, still on the search for the cursed pbo

[uncut trellis]

could be something else than those markers then

but RTP would show what you load

that should indicate what you load extra or what you are missing if that is the case

[astral matrix]

can anyone help me i have done like everything to try to fix this not sure what else to do

[uncut trellis]

what do you do for that to pop up?

[modern echo]

reinstalled ur windows? checked conflicting software?

[astral matrix]

yes like a cant eve load in to the game cant get passed the launcher

[modern echo]

...

you make no sense

[quaint jewel]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Unusual_Process_Exit#0xC0000135_-_STATUS_DLL_NOT_FOUND

[thorny siren]

would anyone happen to know why my menus are so dark? Brightness in settings is 1.0

it's like the gamma is really really low, but only for menus and hud. Ingame settings are totally fine

[bronze river]

because the menu background is underwater?

[golden nova]

it references MCC_sandbox_mod so it's some issue with the MCC

either you have a mod or script that breaks it, or thhe MCC itself is just bugged

they have their own discord if you look at MCC4's workshop page, but since last update was in 2020 I guess you're out of luck

[halcyon zealot]

hey so a friend of mine is having a na issue and i cannot find anywhere to help so i thought i would ask here here is the problem

0xC000005 (not sure how many zeros) status_access_violation.
Only change in system I can definitely confirm it started after I used my Bluetooth Headphones (HyperX Cloud Alpha 2)
Seems to happen with random units from the Eden Editor selection, as well as our composition. Some Units from there work, others do not.
Already checked my RAM, CPU and GPU and SSD for errors, nothing came back positive, all other games run fine.
Running Arma in 32-Bit at least allows me to run eden editor, but it doesn't seem to handle our Modpack that well.

Already tried to:

• Check Hardware for errors - all negative
• Re-Install the game / mods
• Delete new drivers/Use old ones
• Verify files
• -malloc=system (also adding the amount of memory, in this case 16GB)
• setting amount of GPU cores in the Arma Launcher Parameters, as well as Hyperthread and related settings
• Remove Bluetooth Headphones+Drivers and use different ones
• delete appdata/local/arma3 Folder
• delete profiles folder in Documents
• manually delete all mods and re-download
• uninstall / reinstall directx11 (edited)
  [4:24 AM]
  My PC:
  CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8-Core Processor 3.59 GHz
  GPU : AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT - Latest Driver 15.07.24, updated 2 weeks before any issue came up)
  32GB of Ram (not sure which one, but it's 4x8GB the same)
  Windows 10 Home 64-Bit
  Arma 3 is on a 1TB SSD that also has some other games on it

cannot find a single thing to help him and he is now stuck

[uncut trellis]

may need to post crashdump files on the feedback tracker so BI folks can take a peek.

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Unusual_Process_Exit#0xC0000005_-_ACCESS_VIOLATION

theres few things here I dont see on your list

the VCredist might be worth reinstalling

[halcyon zealot]

i will ask him to do so

[halcyon zealot]

Trued that and nothing

[uncut trellis]

then feedback tracker ticket with the minidump files attached is the way to get BI look at it

[umbral narwhal]

Seems to happen with random units from the Eden Editor selection, as well as our composition. Some Units from there work, others do not.
Vanilla units, or from a mod?

[solar sonnet]

I'm having problems with ACE client server addon mismatches on my own dedicated server

I just copied all of the ACE files from my client to the server

[umbral narwhal]

That means that you're loading the RHS mods on the client but not the server.

ACE automatically loads compats for mods that you're loading.

looks like RHSAFRF and RHSUSAF

[solar sonnet]

oh so the server does have the mods in mod="" but the files copied incorrectly it seems

alr

yeah I need to copy the files again, thanks

[solar sonnet]

yep copying the files again solved it thanks

[winter karma]

My friend is having problem with playing game without mod/dlc. Arma 3 launches with contact DLC and mods nomatter what he does.

1.Play without mods button, 2. Startup parameters 3.Report files is all inspected.

Weird thing is when he start without mod but mod+dlc is loaded, report files says there is no any mods loaded.

[uncut trellis]

post the rpt log here

[pine kite]

Is the Contact DLC enabled in the DLC tab?

[winter karma]

No, All mod/DLC has been disabled in launcher.

But it launches with mod and dlc

especially contact.

=====================================================================
== D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\Arma3_x64.exe
== "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\Arma3_x64.exe" -mod= -beservice

Original output filename: Arma3Retail_DX11_x64
Exe timestamp: 2024/03/21 14:45:00
Current time:  2024/08/11 21:44:24

Even in this case, Contact and mods were loaded.

[uncut trellis]

your friend as bunch of crap installed directly into the addons folder

[winter karma]

1.Reinstall, 2.Integrity check, 3.Mod fixing is done

[uncut trellis]

that wont delete these files

[pine kite]

Delete the contents of the addon folder and then do a install verification in steam.

[uncut trellis]

so delete the arma3\addons folder

then run verify

[winter karma]

Ok i'll try

[pine kite]

ninja post. 😛

[winter karma]

He says he did something with it. I think that will fix the problem

[pine kite]

And for the future, none of the mods/scenarios need to be put in that folder!

[uncut trellis]

tell your friend to use workshop mods only

[winter karma]

Yes I'll tell him. Thank you for SPEED response

Yap thank you

[winter karma]

He says succeded

[uncut trellis]

👍

[languid osprey]

hey my interface is suddely massive and when i try make it smaller it doesnt work like in the 2nd ss]

[golden nova]

usually you need to restart the game

[languid osprey]

i have already tried this

[golden nova]

and? the effect is still like in the 2nd screenshot?

[languid osprey]

yes unless i set it back to "small" and it is way too big again

[golden nova]

then ditch mods and try fixing the UI again in vanilla environment

[languid osprey]

i have just figured out something when i switch to an alternate profile in arma it is fixed

guess thats a fix lmao

thanks for the help

[uncut trellis]

do you have onedrive installed?

@languid osprey

[languid osprey]

yep

[uncut trellis]

that is likely preventing config saving correctly

you can disable it for the Arma3 settings folder

pinned messages has a guide

[languid osprey]

okay il try that if i need to

thanks

[uncut trellis]

it is nearly always breaking profile

so Id do it just in case

[gloomy tusk]

when I change (turn off) headphones, arma 3 crashing

but in my opinion (as far as I remember) sometimes it didn’t crash, what does this depend on?

[thorn swift]

Arma doesnt like changing audio in/outputs. Sometimes to the point of crashing, but usually just not accepting the in/out being reconnected.

[modern echo]

don't hot plug audio with the game running

[vagrant comet]

Hey everybody, i ran into some trouble with pbo manager

Any ideas?

[golden nova]

reinstall PBO manager?

or use Arma Tools for packing instead

[vagrant comet]

How can i get arma tools?

[golden nova]

from Steam

https://store.steampowered.com/app/233800/Arma_3_Tools/

Steam

Arma 3 Tools

Arma 3 Tools is a complete tools suite for the Real Virtuality game engine powering Arma 3. It allows you to produce your own content for the game.Samples of usage and work are available in the Arma 3 Samples application.Key toolsTerrain Builder This is a terrain creation tool. It allows users to build their own virtual worlds from scratch.Objec...

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[fair kestrel]

Have you restarted your PC?

[vagrant comet]

yeah, it peristed trough that

ill try out arma tools

Ah i maanged to figure out what happened

I initially got pbo manager in a file without running installer. I could open pbo manager and use it like this but it iddnt create context menu. Once i actually ran the isntaller context thing popped up. leaving this here in case it might help someone later

[uncut trellis]

👍

[icy root]

Have a quick question if anyone has the time. I set up a server using host havoc and pretty much everything is ready to go. A friend of mine tried to join but he couldn't since he is missing Western Sahara and Reaction Forces. From my understanding you can play on servers without those cdlc's as long as it isn't an overhaul like SOG or Iron Curtain.

Checked the server.cfg and they don't have a line in for that exact issue, asked support and they kinda gave me a shrug.

[pine kite]

Depends on what terrain it is playing. If it is on Sefrou Ramal then he needs Western Sahara.

[icy root]

It is Namalsk [R]

I only use items from the dlc like weapons

for AI units

[pine kite]

He will need the compatibility mods for non-buyers for those CDLC loaded to even see WS or RF content.

[icy root]

In my experience you could always play on servers even if you were missing dlc like jets or marksman.

You can "use" them too if you don't mind ads.

[pine kite]

I guess, but in a firefight I don't want anything obstructing my view.

Anyway, that is needed to play on your server.

[icy root]

so i need compat mods on my server

but what if he can't join through the launcher

[pine kite]

And your server needs to be on the CDLC branch. with the ws and rf CDLC folder loaded as a mod.

[icy root]

I've done that part, switch branch and list in the mod section.

[pine kite]

Then he needs to load those compatibility mods from Steam.

[icy root]

I just don't really understand why he wouldn't be able to join if it isn't "required" to own them

[icy root]

The launcher "X" his join button

[pine kite]

If he doesn't get the compatiblity mods, his game doesn't know the CDLC content

[icy root]

If he gets the compats will he be able to join through the launcher? The X will be removed?

[pine kite]

I don't know what is causing that X in the launcher. But he needs something for those CDLCs missing on his system. I can only assume your server is set up properly to play with those CDLCs.

Which may be not.

[icy root]

I've tested the scenario a couple of times now, the dlc items are there and everything is fluid.

[pine kite]

And no, there is no distinction between certain CDLC being overhaul versus not. Players need the bought CDLC or the compatibility mod.

[icy root]

The issue is that the launcher is telling him he needs the cdlcs to join but that also isn't true. There are servers you can join with missing dlcs you just can't use the items without ads.

I'll try that i suppose, i just don't know what to do about the launcher stonewalling him from joining

[pine kite]

If it doesn't work, post the RPT log file of the server, and of his client when he tried to join.

!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.

[icy root]

Okay i appreciate it, i'll get back to you if this doesn't work

[pine kite]

I don't know where Host Havoc keeps that RPT log file.

[icy root]

I know where it is thankfully, I also see the workshop mod literally says it contains keys. This should help, gonna test it rq.

@pine kite do i need to add these compats to the @mods ? or is it just for client side

[pine kite]

The compat mods should have the same signature verification keys as the DLCs loaded by the server. So if you load those CDLCs as mods, then you don't need to also load the compatibility mods for them on the server. Afaik.

[icy root]

Okay so friend downloaded them

still can't join : )

[uncut trellis]

he may need to enable them and join through in game server browser

[icy root]

figured it out

Direct Connect only, the launcher won't work. Which is fine i appreciate the time.

[nimble citrus]

the code exeution cannot proceed because was not found reinstallng the program may fix the problem

Anyone knows how to fix that when opening arma 3 from the launcher?

[umbral narwhal]

Install both the x86 and x64 versions from here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/update-for-visual-c-2013-and-visual-c-redistributable-package-18d278e8-1c79-2630-e8ae-e9f4679b2393

[nimble citrus]

Thank you so much!

[golden salmon]

Need help fixing an issue I can host arma locally once but when I disconnect and try to host again it doesn't show up for friends

[umbral narwhal]

Huh. Is that with UPNP or port forwarding?

[golden salmon]

UPNP

[umbral narwhal]

What do you need to do to make it work again? Restart Arma? Restart windows? Restart the router?

[golden salmon]

Have to restart the router to get it working again

[umbral narwhal]

Probably a router bug then. You could try updating the firmware but UPNP isn't used much so you're probably stuck with it.

Alternatively, try running without UPNP the second time. The forwarding rule might still be active.

[golden salmon]

Thanks for the help, usually comes back every now and then but I'll be gambling with it for a bit!

[pine kite]

Well, consider learning how to manually set up the port forwarding in the router. That should remain static until the router config is reset to factory defaults. Also consider figuring out how to reserve the IP address for your server computer in the router config menus. (or any other device for that matter if the IP in your lan is important to you)

[viral vigil]

Any leads on this? Like how do I even get more info on what is causing it?

[fair kestrel]

Broken mod.

[viral vigil]

That is correct.

[fair kestrel]

If it is correct, then there would be no error.

You've shown the class, but the error says that there is no name property of the class.

[viral vigil]

Let me rephrase, you are correct, it is a mod issue.

I figured it out thank you.

[halcyon adder]

Does anyone know where the RPT error y (268435456) out of range <0, 256) might be coming from? It only occurs immediately before a status access violation crash, usually (but not always) as the last line in the RPT before the crash. I can't seem to trace it back to any one bit of my code, as removing various bits only adjusts the frequency of it occuring.

Going off of Dedmen's analysis of a previous issue it might be related to spawning objects way out of bounds, but that would be weird for this scenario since it only occurs when running my scripts, and it crashes about 30 seconds after running my init scripts so no objects would (probably?) be created at that time [some are moving, but they shouldnt be going outside the map...]

#arma3_troubleshooting message

[pine kite]

Well, look or show the code anyway? #arma3_scripting is probably better for such assistance. People that know details are more likely there.

[fierce blaze]

how to create a fast server for buddies?

[next creek]

i don't know wtf to do no other game has this internet connectoin issues i play many online games

[uncut trellis]

other games dont work same way and run on same servers

[grave hedge]

i'm trying to launch an antistasi game but this error message keeps appearing (mods of concern in the other screenshots)

[golden nova]

corrupted download perhaps?

!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.

[golden nova]

not sure if those weird symbols in the error come from obfuscation or is there something with the download itself

[grave hedge]

i tried repairing the 3CB factions mod with no luck

i don't really want to redownload a 20gb mod but i might have to

lol

[golden nova]

other thing could be you have a mod there that breaks 3CB Factions.

Have you tried starting the game with just 3CB Factions + dependencies?

[grave hedge]

i'll try that

still an error

[vague nova]

should i be worried

why does it say different disk spaces

[gaunt hound]

is anyone willing to help me get upnp or port forwarding setup? got a new router and can't seem to get it to work, just need someone to help out

[umbral narwhal]

@gaunt hound Are you willing to screenshare?

[ionic hawk]

I have a recurring error on my Windows setup. Arma 3 has had a hard lock (this can be various things) resulting in a black screen. I can Alt+tab and view my various windows. But if I select one, then the screen remains black. I can press the Win key to open the start menu, but anything I select from it, that opens a window (eg Task Manager, Command prompt, Run dialog), is also black. Note that these new windows are selectable in the Alt+tab view. How can I close Arma 3, without a restart?

Photos of monitor to illustrate. First photo shows Alt+tab menu. Second photo shows Start Menu from pressing Win key. Otherwise it's a black screen.

[restive sequoia]

Run the game in fullscreen windowed and enable -noPause parameter in the launcher

[ionic hawk]

Ok so the game is running now. You're free to comment about backups and data storage and whatnot, but I would rather not lose unsaved data from restarting this machine. How can I exit Arma, now?

Troubleshooting notes: I have obviously tried selecting the X in the top right of the window. And Alt+F4. I have also successfully quit Steam from the Task Manager.

[restive sequoia]

I use this https://stefansundin.github.io/superf4/ to kill the exe since it also blocks the task manager xD

[umbral narwhal]

In task manager, tick options -> always on top.

Doesn't work retrospectively because you can't click on it :P

[ionic hawk]

Thank you for the suggestion. So this is a program I will have to install, for next time. Again, how can I close the Arma 3 window, right now?

[umbral narwhal]

Although maybe keyboard navigation works.

alt-O, space

[ionic hawk]

Can you expand/have a link? I can very much use my keyboard.

Although I am of course using my smartphone for this interaction.

[umbral narwhal]

alt-O opens the options menu, space ticks the first entry, which is the always-on-top option.

[molten mason]

Any idea why this happens, only happens with Dynamic Lights on Ultra or Extreme, anything below works just fine, map is lythium, didn't seem to see that happen in any other map and oddly enough i couldn't catch this happening outside of my built base but could be just bad luck not capturing it anywhere else

[restive sequoia]

How many lightsources in total nearby ?

[umbral narwhal]

Obviously you need task manager selected as the active window.

[ionic hawk]

Alt-O has opened a menu. Space did not work. But that option did have A underlined. Typed that. Problem averted

[molten mason]

5 of these airpost posts, 7 camp lights and 2 flood lights in the base itself

[umbral narwhal]

huh. which version of windows is that?

[ionic hawk]

@umbral narwhalThankyou Gendo-san. Shinji would be proud. @restive sequoia Appreciate the suggestions!

[ionic hawk]

Windows 10 Pro

[umbral narwhal]

oh huh, works like that here now too

I guess I didn't test the space part :P

[ionic hawk]

Neither did Nerv! But they were all saved in the end.

[molten mason]

There are 19 light sources placed by me in there

[restive sequoia]

Test with less
Otherwise just #arma

[molten mason]

Ok i found the culprit but this is so weird
The thing that was causing me problems was the Camp Lantern [on]

removing them fixed the issue, even if i removed every other light source but left them there, the bug would persist,

and oddly enough, this ONLY works to me, in my unit ~13 people i'm the only one having this issue, i tried the same settings as some of them and it still persisted,

the weirdest of all? placing them via zeus doesn't give me problems but placing them via editor do, why? ArmA i guess? but that only happens to me, it's so weird in so many levels

and all of that only works if my Dynamic Lights is set to Ultra or higher, while on Very high it works just fine

[restive sequoia]

https://tenor.com/view/arma3-car-explosion-car-crash-glitch-gif-26506530

#arma moment

[golden nova]

Are you on performance or stable branch of the game

[molten mason]

currently on stable, but i was in peformance a few days ago until the last update

both had it

[molten mason]

i'll try switching back to peformance just to try it out again

[golden nova]

I don't recall this happening to me regarding the camp light but when I change the time to night and fly around with flashlight on in Editor, objects can flicker too

[molten mason]

well in the video up there i was still, also works outside of zeus but yeah, i don't think it would be that, and the thing is that it is the camp lights in specific, deleting everything but them still causes it

[molten mason]

can confirm it still happens on the peformance branch

all i know it is the camp lantern, any other light source doesn't seem to cause it, and it makes sense i mean all the flickering objects are illuminated by it

[modern echo]

doesnt seem like an arma 3 issue...
one of them isnt accurate but you seem to have sufficient disk space, maybe some bug somewhere? i wouldnt worry as much tbf.

[uncut trellis]

could be issue in how the map is built

since you say it dont happen on other maps

I doubt theres anything you can do about it

[vague nova]

i launched a multiplayer op with bro and he needs to be a pilot and he cant change his overall view distance ,nither can i

its dynamic combat ops and i cant change my view distance either or do aynthing in the editor

[pine kite]

Because it first downloads whatever mod to a seperate place. Before it extracts the contents of it. So effectively it takes twice the space (temporarily). So if Windows says you have total free space remaining at 120-ish GB, then Steam halves that to 60-ish. But I wouldn't use that as a free license to download 60GB worth of mods. Windows needs a bit of breathing room for virtual memory/swapspace, hibernation file and the processing of any outstanding updates.

So you are not in trouble yet, but your download horizon is in sight.

[fair mason]

does anyone have any idea how to remove this name?

(its AI in the gunners seat)

i dont know how to disable it

[coral cipher]

i have an issue with a specific custom faction that used to work just fine before and im wondering if anyone else experienced it

for some reason, its like the gunner seat in vehicles doesnt exist, and some vehicle turrets also have a visible static muzzle flash coming from it

i have established the following:

• happened after the latest big update
• worked just fine before this update
• its only these factions specifically in a specific preset i am using
• the parent vehicles do not have this issue

does anyone have an idea what this is and how to fix it or do i have to remake the factions entirely?

[thorn swift]

Do you mean by removing them as a team member, or the squad radar itself?

[pine kite]

It is one of the difficulty options set in your profile. Unless you are playing on a server there, then that one may have been forced upon you. Either groupIndicators or friendlyTags. Not sure which: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Difficulty_Settings

[cerulean mesa]

Hi! I hope this is the right place to ask... I try to log into the official ARMA3 KOTH stress-test (EU) #00x server, which is running Sa-Matra v17, but I get this error, almost all the times, but I still have not been able to get what changes between the times I can log and the ones I can't. As an additional info I could say my connection isn't particularly fast, it's in the range from 2Mbps to 7Mbps. One thing I've noticed is that everytime I got this error the package it's downloading is not yet fully retrieved. And one time it was completed after I got the error but still refused to start.
I checked the files via Steam and everything is fine, I enabled the Performance profiling in the Betas, and I can play Combat Patrol, Escape, Warlord, or other KotH servers, like the ArmAKotH's ones or the CodeFourGaming's ones [which are running v16]... Just can't log into this specific server. Any ideas of what it could be [or what I've to do]? Thanks in advance.

[steady hawk]

It looks like latest #perf_prof_branch has an issue to reading file

Use stable for now

[cerulean mesa]

I had the same issue even before enabling #perf_prof_branch , I enabled it thinking it could be a performance issue, like the script tried to start before the download completion

I'll try again later with #perf_prof_branch disabled

[steady hawk]

Maybe you want to verify the game just to make it sure

[modern echo]

... not really something that will be fixed with a game verification

it's a known issue

[steady hawk]

That's why I said just to make it sure

[quaint jewel]

Was fixed yesterday, and also was only init.sqf, not what that is

[steady hawk]

Hm I see, I must've not followed the news carefully

[mint moon]

So i have setup my own server without a HC and tested 6 vs 6 infantry divisions + arty + 3 tanks on each side with about 1000 simple opject
Server FPS do not go down even 1 FPS (from constant 47FPS) but my FPS in-game are dropping from 200+ to about 20 - how to fix this? How can it be that the server does not drop, but i drop?
Tested it with a server run locally on my PC, and a Server about 150km away from my home - same result - bandwidth is fine with 100mb/s
How can i improve the FPS for my game client? Its funny to hear that some of the dudes i play with have about 60FPS when i have 23 FPS with a 7800x3D and 4090..
Tested settings between Low - High, render distance always at 750, objects 600, shadows 50 and PIP the lowest, 5?

[golden nova]

answering the message from other channel, eden enhanced is not a serverside mod

it is not a "playing" mod at all, you get rid of it as soon as you're finished making the mission. It should not be loaded playerside or serverside

[mint moon]

not even when i get errors that EDEN Enhanced is missing? Can try again, but im very certain that this will not fix the problem - but did not know that

[golden nova]

doubtful you get any errors regarding it.

if there are any errors then probably because server has it and you don't, or the other way

but it is a mission-making only addon

[mint moon]

Alr, will remove it then

Mby any other tips? Am i allowed to post missions here?

[golden nova]

yeah I guess

do your frames go up when you look at the ground directly? Or when in menu

if in menu you get more than in unpaused game then I'd guess there are some wild scripts running there causing your game to lag that much

[mint moon]

If i dont look at the AI yes, but there is no scripts being used in my mission, just the Units
Being at the main base i get about 200 FPS, going to the city with the US flag i get about 140 FPS (only about 10 units there) - beware, this mission needs Spearhead 1944
Only real drop when i spawn them all in and make em fight - yes ik AI is the most taxing thing in A3

[golden nova]

wait if you look at AI and you get drops then it must be tied to their models

AI calculations, firing and other stuff is done whether you look at them or not.

do you get the same issue when you play on Altis with the same number of AI?

[mint moon]

If i look at the "battle" my FPS drop from 140 to about 28 FPS - once one side is completely "dead" and i delete their bodies, my FPS stay at about 90 FPS with about 25 units still alive from one side and not doing anything - deleting them my FPS go up to 110 FPS

Did not try yet

[golden nova]

you could also try running the same mission but without ACE (so remove everything related to it) and those immersion cigs

[mint moon]

Yeah, i had this mod removed, but they are still present in the loadout of the units

[golden nova]

and you're playing on profiling branch or stable?

[mint moon]

Could actually be the DLC, in Altis with 7 vs 7 divisions i get 90 FPS when looking at the "Battle" and about 160 FPS when not looking at them
Pictures are coming, mom - stable

But do mods that are not being used effect the performance as well?
We use a Modpack of about 55GB with several mods from the workshop - too many to name
Adding Audio, Visiual, Functional stuff ect..
What can we do to get better performance? I tested the Benchmarking Map https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=375092418 and got 87 avg. FPS with the Modpack, and 137FPS vanilla

[golden nova]

mods are being loaded as soon as you press Play in the launcher.

not all features are used but everything the game has to cache, will cache

that's why some terrains will break when there are multiple loaded at once.

[mint moon]

Which means less performance?
What about Profiling and Stable? Is it recommended to use Profiling for regular usage? Saw some improvements using Profiling myself
Any way i can optimize mods myself in any way?

[golden nova]

1. yes
2. yes but be aware that Dedmen can mess something up from time to time, but it usually gets fixed within a day. Best if it's run on server and clients, but clients don't have to be on perf to play on perf server. All official servers are running on perf iirc.
3. If there are no settings for them, no

What can we do to get better performance
get rid of mods that are not essential to play through a scenario would be the first thing to do

[mint moon]

But i can not use Profiling on a non Profiling Server? We had an issue a few months ago where someone had Profiling active, and was not able to connect to the server
Any mods recommended for better performance? We are planning to use AGC, A3 Performance Extension and CH View Distance

[umbral narwhal]

There's something very bad in your modpack then. Bloodlust maybe?

[mint moon]

Dont think so, mby Blastcore? (Sadly) we use a lot of Soundmods - dont have full power over the mods we are using, but i would love to remove 50/69..

[golden nova]

well when I said about shitty mods you replied you have only "SPE, EDEN Enhanced, ACE3, CBA_A3
"

that's way more.

[umbral narwhal]

Looks like you have a lot of A/B research to do.

[mint moon]

Yeeees thats the mods we use on our server - the thing i was talking about only had the 4 mods active 😄
Lemme run that mission again so i can show pictures again

[mint moon]

How can i understand that? You mean take a look at each mod and see how much it impacts performance?

[umbral narwhal]

I mean try swapping various mods in an out until you find something with acceptable performance.

YAAB only uses vanilla assets so you can probably rule out equipment/faction mods.

YAAB doesn't have a ton of AIs in it, so that's a big hit.

[golden nova]

You should build presets for specific missions rather than having a single preset for everything. I marked mods you can remove and start from there because they are either utter garbage or I have never used them personally in last 5 years (so they probably are shit too, lol). Dunno what's below project SFX remastered but it probably says "RetroThings" and is some ass compilation of stuff, so I marked it too.

[mint moon]

This is only SPE loaded with my mission

[golden nova]

if mission runs better without this, start adding whatever you think you need, but this will be a lot of testing.

[mint moon]

Oh, when i turn away i get about 140 FPS again
Run on local MP*

[umbral narwhal]

squints

how many units is that?

[mint moon]

Same as in Vanilla Arma 3, placed 4x divisions - about 70 units on the map?

[mint moon]

Here, about the same, only thing you cant see the blue ones

Okay was prob. just 1 division per side too much - when just placing 2 v 2 i get about 80 FPS
Do you guys recommend using Hide/Show with triggers? does this give some FPS back since its not showing the AI until you actually activate the trigger?

[golden nova]

units with models hidden and disabled simulation have lesser performance impact than simulated units yes

the best way is to spawn groups on the fly

[mint moon]

Its also a correct practice to have each placed EDEN object for decoration with "Local only", "Enable Damage off", Show Model", "Simple Object" and "Enable Dynamic Simulation"?
For stuff i need to interact with, i left it as default

[umbral narwhal]

70 units is really not a lot though. I have a mass brawl test that I use to force fps down towards 20 but that's ~300 units.

and my CPU is oooold

[mint moon]

Ye, seems like i can only have a max of about 45 units on my 7800x3D LOL

[golden nova]

do you get the same framerate when you put the same amount of units on the same map but not in your mission

if you ever "optimized" game's settings through launcher or any other means I'd suggest getting rid of those too.

[mint moon]

good question - mom

[umbral narwhal]

oh, could be SPE bocage pathfinding I guess.

[mint moon]

Really? Like setting cores to 8, no logs and large page support?

[golden nova]

no logs is the only useful thing, especially when you run performance/profiling branch

[mint moon]

Letting vanilla fight each other on the same map without my mission gives me about 70 FPS for 80 units.
For around 45 SPE units i get 22 FPS

[umbral narwhal]

...huh

[mint moon]

Ye, i dont understand - but i guess thats Arma - them im going to take a look at the mods now and try to find only the required

thx

[umbral narwhal]

If you can provide a mission that gets 22 fps with 45 SPE units then I'll test it and then throw it at the SPE devs :P

[mint moon]

Will do that later! Can i tag you then?

[umbral narwhal]

sure

One other thing though, try testing with standard display preset first.

[mint moon]

All my settings are on medium 😄

[umbral narwhal]

k

[vague nova]

where do i find test directory

[modern echo]

uh, the fix for that is in the pinned messages here

[cerulean mesa]

Hi everyone! I've tried again with #perf_prof_branch disabled and I yesterday was able to log on KotH server two times with no problems, but today here we are again with the init_debug.sqf not found error.

[golden nova]

#perf_prof_branch

I mean post it there lol

with some RPT or other screenshots too so Dedmen can look into it

[cerulean mesa]

One thing I've noticed is that today I see the loading bar of "receiving mission file" [which still stops before complete loading] while yesterday I didn't see it. 🤔

[cerulean mesa]

It's not a problem with perf branch, I've this problem using stable branch, also.

[golden nova]

so on both branches

was it an official server? they run on perf branch

[cerulean mesa]

Yeah, but it's a problem I've with the official KotH server EU #00x running Sa-Matra v17

[golden nova]

if you saw tehe mission file bar it means it downloaded a new copy of mission off the server and replaced whatever was before in your cache folder

does it try to receive the file again if you keep reconnecting?

[cerulean mesa]

*[OFFICIAL] Arma 3 KOTH stress-test (EU) #00x

[cerulean mesa]

Yes, because when I got the error it hasn't fully downloaded the mission, yet

[golden nova]

if you go to C:\Users\[yourname]\AppData\Local\Arma 3\MPMissionsCache is the mission there? You could try deleting it and reconnect again

[cerulean mesa]

I deleted both the Malden and Altis maps for that server and tried to connect again, but I'm always getting the init_debug.sqf not found error and no new file has been created in said directory.

[golden nova]

No idea then

I guess the server is running on perf branch, hence the issue

[cerulean mesa]

Thanks for your time and effort

I've no problem with other KotH servers, but they're running Sa-Matra v16, not v17

[golden nova]

You could try contacting SaMatra directly

[worldly hound]

this is the issue here. cant fix it, dont know what keeps causing this and its happened for awhile but i need a fix to it

run the same mods as my friend and hes never had this issue

[umbral narwhal]

are you sure your mouse button isn't busted

I guess the minus button would work anyway.

Disable all your mods and see if it works then.

[worldly hound]

will do

and my mouse button is definitely not fucked lol

[eternal siren]

I've been running into an issue of my Dedicated Server .exe crashing with 0xc0000005(Access violation). I usually run it with mods, but it does crash even in vanilla(might not be the same reason though, not sure).
I have .rpt .mdmp and .bidmp.

[vague nova]

why do rhs tanks not die by cup missile

can i fix this?

they just dont die

idk why rhs did the thing where they try being different

it just breaks the entire game

shot a hellfire at a tank and later i figured out that the reason it didnt die is because its rhs

[golden nova]

you fix this through not using CUP content with RHS and vice-versa

RHS was meant to be used with RHS

[vague nova]

yeah but rhs is cooler

[golden nova]

then why are you playing with CUP then?

[vague nova]

the factions i use are dependant on cup

lets say i want to play X against Y

Y is cup and X is rhs

[golden nova]

switch to factions that are dependant on RHS

or ditch RHS

simple as

[umbral narwhal]

RHS tanks don't die to RHS missiles either IME

at least not with any reliability.

Like if you fire a Javelin at a frontal M1 it just hits the gun mantle and does nothing.

And the hellfires don't damage them consistently either.

[bronze river]

and the T-14 (anti projectile system) is broken af, good luck killing it with lock on weapon

[burnt idol]

Anyone know how to fix "script init_debug.sqf not found" when joining a server, cant find anything online and only recently started getting this error

[bronze river]

have you tried verifying your game files on steam?

[burnt idol]

yeah, the thing is i have been trying to join a official KOTH server but kept getting the error, now i joined a smaller unofficial one and there is no problem, im guessing it a problem with official'

[bronze river]

load the Perf_Profiling first via Beta tab on steam

that red circle

[modern echo]

sure it wasn't because of one game setting about damage?

[umbral narwhal]

sure

[modern echo]

oop

[umbral narwhal]

The behaviour's consistent enough. A lot of the vehicles will only take significant damage if you hit relatively small weakpoints. The missile hits dead center and misses everything vital.

[modern echo]

interesting, design flaw or...?