#arma3_troubleshooting

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shy hazel
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Has anyone had issues with low fps while using the editor map. Zooming in my fps sits around 80 but If I zoom out it drops to 30-40. This is on a empty map on altis with no mods installed. It's been a little bit since I've messed around with the editor so I can't remember if this was normal or not.

uncut trellis
shy hazel
uncut trellis
viral tulip
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anyone here have experience with setting up kpliberation mission? i have an issue when i add people via steam64 to independent slot commander access, they absolutely don't get the context menu actions at all, not even in commander slot. i asked this in their discord but no one answered, so i guess i'll try my luck here

pine kite
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KP Liberation has a lot of scripting for that sort of thing. It really is best if they who develop it comment on how it works or should work. I see the message that you are referring to there. #291690109760176128 message I guess you just interupted in an ongoing troublshooting with someone else, and got ignored in the process. Or you need to provide more details of exactly what you modified/changed. And try to reference that message again. It's a day later now. Out of sight, out of mind.

bleak bronze
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Hello everyone, I need help with Arma 3, all singleplayer and multiplayer modes seem to work fine with or without mods, graphics are fine, I verified game settings, yet everytime I open campaign it freezes, and I have to reset my pc.

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if you have a solution please ping me.

pine kite
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Don't use mods. Make sure there are no mods listed in the mods tab of the launcher, and also no stowaway mods are listed in the -mod parameter in the parameter tab of the launcher. If that is not the case, then make sure to do an install verification.

bleak bronze
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I have mods, but none are loaded, and even before I had mods I had the same issue.

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idk how to do install verification but I have reinstalled arma 3, same issue.

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only the campaign doesnt work

pine kite
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Then make sure you have the correct system specifications. And check if you are not going overboard with rendering settings.

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!steamverify

rustic eagleBOT
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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.

bleak bronze
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am pretty sure I have correct specs, my settings are also on something lower than what arma 3 auto-detected, and every other mode, modded multiplayer servers, showcase, bootcamp, vr training etc works fine

bleak bronze
pine kite
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Setting lower can actually make it worse. It shifts processing to the CPU, which is already the bottleneck.

bleak bronze
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well I am running high settings, arma auto-detected ultra high

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regardless I have tried all settings campaign still fails to even load the mission menu.

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I have arma 3 on profiling mode.

ember elm
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try running on main branch, profiling is not guaranteed to be stable

pine kite
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Then try the public branch.

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public=main

bleak bronze
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allow me a minute to do that

pine kite
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I don't have much more than that anyway. Got to go back to work.

bleak bronze
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so if this doesnt work am stranded

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campaign is my favourite part of every game.

fading pulsar
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After that you will bust out the logs

bleak bronze
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I'll need a guide on how to "bust out the logs"

ember elm
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Specifically what campaign are you trying to load? and if it still doesn't work you can upload the logs from %localappdata%\Arma 3 folder

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!logs

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!log

bleak bronze
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😂

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these emojis are funny

bleak bronze
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stuck again.

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so now what.

ember elm
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  • press windows key + r
  • %localappdata%\Arma 3
  • press enter
  • upload your latest .rpt file somewhere
bleak bronze
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alright,

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the latest thing is bidmp

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below that 2nd latest is rpt

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share both?

ember elm
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obviously don't have to call it "test" also doesn't have to be on a different drive, just make sure it is not in a folder managed by onedrive

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C:\Users\your windows username\Arma3Profiles would be a decent location for example

bleak bronze
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Exactly what I did

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now launching arma 3, what do I look for?

ember elm
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if you had any game settings/profile you want to keep make sure you do step 7, move them into the new folder. if not just play the campaign now

bleak bronze
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got it

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do I also copy "arma 3 other profile" ?

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its empty anyway

ember elm
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no, only if you had any other profiles

bleak bronze
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alright, another problem

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what now

ember elm
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do you care about your save file? if so you have to make sure onedrive is running before trying to copy it
if you dont care just ignore it

bleak bronze
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got it working

bleak bronze
ember elm
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then ignore it

bleak bronze
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well I got one drive working, so I have my profile in now

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i dont understand why that would mess up campaign but lets see

fading pulsar
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Cause it tries to do funny stuff when game is saving loading stuff from profile folder

ember elm
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^^
campaign progress is saved with your profile in the documents folder, OneDrive hijacks your documents folder and a3 doesn't like that

fading pulsar
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Lotsa games dont play well with onedrive

ember elm
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I still wanna know what 🤡 at Microsoft decided hijacking the folder was the better solution instead of just backing up the files inside of it

bleak bronze
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Damn

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I hate one drive and my hate is now justified.

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campaign works.

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@ember elm you're very usefull,

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Thank you.

rustic eagleBOT
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Arma RPT

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

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

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

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://pastebin.com/ (Set expiry time to 1 week or less) 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.

pine kite
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Or just uninstall it.

rough oyster
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Hi everyone, I have a friend who recently picked up Arma 3. He encounters a stupid bug: the game does not change the language even after restarting. We tried changing the language via Arma3.cfg by putting "French", nothing, we went through steam and we tried changing the language pack, nothing. Even redownload the game don't work.

I'm desperate, please help me

(ping me if you got any idea)

ember elm
bronze river
rough oyster
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no, in C driver

bronze river
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i know but does he have a Onedrive?

rough oyster
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oh mayby

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i will ask him

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What is the idea with a cloud drive ?

bronze river
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check pinned on how to deactivate one drive for arma profile folder as sometimes cloud type drive messing up with arma stuff

rough oyster
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Reger, thx a lot

real panther
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anyone knows how to fix the problem with virtual arsenal loadouts freezing when trying to delete a loadout?

bronze river
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can always delete loadout via profile cfg if i reckon

heady moon
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Hey thanks so much for this - I think this seems to have gone a huge way towards fixing the problem. I just fought a battle with 2 enemy tanks, 3 choppers, 3 airstrikes and 10-12 mraps/trucks and god knows how many enemy infantry units. No crashes at all, thank you!

modern echo
heady moon
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What's scheduled mimalloc?

waxen sail
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Scheduled is recommended for PCs with "limited" memory so it kinda depends how much you have

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If you have 32gb it's probably not worth it, best to just stick with standard mimalloc (or experiment with lock_pages if you have a decent chunk of memory free). And that's if you want to mess around with custom allocators in the first place

modern echo
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lock_pages might lead to ooms

waxen sail
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I wouldn't call 32Gb "limited available" free RAM

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Unless you're running a bunch of VMs in the background

modern echo
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they didnt specify their ram usage

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usually when one says '32gb' of ram it refers to the physical amount

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now

waxen sail
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It was in the previous screenshot

modern echo
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i have 16gb and its pretty busy

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Ah ok

modern echo
waxen sail
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How do you work that out?

modern echo
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because you see the physical ram available being almost 16gb, and the free ram being less than 1gb
usually the pagefile defaults to the same amount of physical ram, meaning the total virtual ram is essentially double the size

waxen sail
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There's no indication and no differentiation between physical and virtual memory in that screenshot

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No, there's only in use and committed

modern echo
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committed is the virtual ram

waxen sail
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No it isn't

modern echo
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yes it is

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committed is physical + paged ram

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it says used/total

waxen sail
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The total available for commit (32.6Gb) is, but you have no indication of which part is virtual

modern echo
waxen sail
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No

modern echo
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what do you know

modern echo
waxen sail
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How do I know what? I very much doubt that someone who hadn't set a page file before this point and was using the system automatic page file had managed to grow it to 16Gb?

modern echo
ornate ivy
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whenever i try and join a server from the launcher with GM loaded it unloads the dlc as soon as i hit "keep current selection and join"

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it doesn't unload the modlist though

modern echo
uncut trellis
ornate ivy
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i mean, it's not a dedicated server or anything, but yes. person hosting the server has same modlist and GM loaded, we only just started having issues with this all of the sudden

bronze osprey
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@slate portal Can you right-click repair modular shoothouse + modular warehouse parts and see if you still get the fn_snap.sqf not found error?

slate portal
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o shid how'd you find me
Yeah I was gonna try that but someone invited me to something, I'll check in a minute

slate portal
bronze osprey
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Thanks for checking!

pallid mango
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Just to clarify, is Land_HBarrier_01_big_4_green_F missing from Zeus assets a known issue?

golden nova
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if there are none tickets on the FT regarding this object then it's probably not known.

flat dust
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I don't know if this is the exact right place to ask this question so if not please feel free to let me know where I need to post these questions.
I trying to run a Halo orientated arma 3 server for my buddies but running into to game modes not loading and what seems like some mod compatibility issues, I'm not entirely sure. But any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

pine kite
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Check what dependancies those scenarios and mods for halo have. Then check the RPT log file on the server if those are actually loaded (or not found). Then check why that might be so. Anyway, for server management there is #server_admins and #server_windows or #server_linux for the specific OS it runs on.

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And start slow, with the minimal amount of mods. Even none if you don't know how to setup a server in the first place. Then build up once it works.

flat dust
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Kinda just trying to save some time and not go mod by mod again relaunching the server and testing it each time.

pine kite
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If it is on a windows machine, then #server_windows is the right one.

As for shortcuts in the testing, group the mods that belong together from which you know they work. I don't know nothing about HALO mods, so can't give advice there.

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But when it doesn't work, scratch the things you thought you knew for certain.

silent tinsel
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hello im having some server issues and was wonder if anyone had a fix. we recently updated our mod pack and when we put a the mission file it said a vehicle in the mission didnt exist but the mod was on the server and in the command line. we also noticed the command line was putting mods that was from the old list and we could remove them so we reinstalled the server and now it doesnt show up on the server browser we are using host havoc if anyone has a fix please let me know.

umbral narwhal
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that's really not a situation that any specific fix will apply to.

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Not showing up in the server browser can happen because the server's name is too generic or because it's not actually starting (starting a mission? Not sure).

silent tinsel
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i also cant direct connect

umbral narwhal
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Then it's probably not started, or crashing on startup.

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Server RPT would tell.

silent tinsel
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how would i check that?

umbral narwhal
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You find the server RPT and you read it.

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Havoc puts it somewhere logical IIRC.

silent tinsel
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yea im looking at it know and theres a lot of conflicts and stuff missing at the end of each line

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do i just gotta remove mods till it stops

umbral narwhal
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Remove them all and add known-good groups gradually.

junior lagoon
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hi, i’m getting an error that says “A3 base config requires A3 Heli misc” (or something along those lines.) i can’t run arma at all and need help. I have verified the game files through steam.

modern echo
pine kite
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Shut down the game, launcher and Steam. Go into the Arma 3 install folder from Steam. Delete all the contents of the Addon folder (for good measure). Then restart Steam and let it do a new verification. Then it should thuroughly put the files back. This may take several GBs of downloads.

golden narwhal
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Trying to turn down the weapon sway on a local hosted multiplayer server. When I execute player setCustomAimCoef 0.01; the sway stops for half a second then goes back to how it was before. Any ideas? I'm running KP Liberation and ACE + a few gear and QoL mods.

umbral narwhal
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What if you don't run ACE?

real jewel
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In the expansions 3 of the mods have a red circle next to the and I don't know how to make them work, ive tried insubbing from the mods and redownloading them but its not working. I cant join my friend in antistasi because antistasi is one of the mods with a red circle

bronze river
real jewel
bronze river
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ah mac

real jewel
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its Antistasi, A3ti and Animated recoil coefficient thats red. Theres like 27 other mods but all work fine

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I dont think mac is the issue because my friend (also on mac) was able to join antistasi multiplayer

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I can join multiplayer servers(vanilla) and it works fine but just those 3 mods are red and are the reason i cant join

bronze river
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is your friend mods also red ?

real jewel
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Nope, hes hosting the server

bronze river
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try deleting them (red) and redownload the lastest version of the mod, either they/the server have the outdated ver, or you.

real jewel
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Alright ill have him redownloading them

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Still those ones are red, me and my friend uninstalled those mods and reinstalled them and it still doesnt work

bronze river
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summoning @umbral narwhal, we may need help with this

umbral narwhal
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Not our version :/

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I don't know if Ultimate had an update recently.

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Sometimes steam just doesn't want to give you the right mod version.

real jewel
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cant believe there isnt a way to download specific versions

umbral narwhal
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There is for community. You go to the github releases page and install as a local mod. But steam gives you what it wants to give you.

real jewel
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mann im just tryna play antistasi with my friends thats the ONE mod i need to work

umbral narwhal
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At least figure out who has the bad version.

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It tells you what version it is when you run it.

real jewel
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How do you check? I've never seen that

umbral narwhal
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I can't be sure for Ultimate. For Community the easiest method is to attempt to host a game yourself, and it'll give the mission version on the mission selection screen.

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But we added that fairly late so maybe Ultimate didn't pick it up.

real jewel
umbral narwhal
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yeah no

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Next step would be to start a campaign and it'll hopefully stick it on the screen at some point.

real jewel
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were both gonna try downloading this antistasi off the github

real jewel
umbral narwhal
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Is this a dedicated server or localhost?

real jewel
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localhost

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funny thing is I turned off antistasi and joined the server and I was actually able to connect just the map and nothing else loaded

umbral narwhal
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Localhost doesn't block joining with mismatched mods anyway.

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So what happens if you do join?

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I'm not even sure what the red circles mean in Arma's browser. I normally use the launcher.

real jewel
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thats what happens if i turn off antistasi

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it lets me join but doesnt work as intended

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then crashes

umbral narwhal
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I mean what happens when you don't turn off Antistasi?

real jewel
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it will connect for just a split second then send me back to the servers list

umbral narwhal
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Is the mac version even 2.18 yet?

bronze river
real jewel
bronze river
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may take a while

real jewel
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actual agony

bronze river
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literally same bug on windows

umbral narwhal
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You can't expect beta versions of Arma to work. Even the release versions barely do :P

real jewel
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actual unending arma agony ive been trying to join for 4 hours now

bronze river
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there is also direct connect way by entering the server IP adress

real jewel
umbral narwhal
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localhost connection always was a bit flaky, I guess

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I switched to local DS pretty fast.

bronze river
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right click on your friend on steam friendlist, click on game info, it will show the IP of the server they are in

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it will show something like this

real jewel
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I see

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YEah i got that

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still not working

umbral narwhal
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Can anyone else connect to this server?

real jewel
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We havent tried

bronze river
silk wolf
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Hello, I’m experiencing an issue where all my mods suddenly need updates.
This started happening after I imported a mod preset. I’ve never encountered this problem before. Thank you!

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I’ll try verifying the game later and let y'all know once it’s done

silk wolf
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I forgot to mention that my mods is already up to date and downloaded

umbral narwhal
# real jewel We havent tried

Had to sleep. Next steps would be to check if anyone else can connect to that server, and check if you can connect to any other server.

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Also try cutting the modset down to minimum. The red dots might just be caused by exceeding the steam protocol packet size.

silk wolf
pine kite
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Something about it's database/list of mods you subscribed to got messed up and then it decides to fix it up by re-downloading it all.

Not the most efficient method. But also a suggestion to not subscribe to every new mod under the Sun. Be critical what you want to use.

If windows lacks space to work, it will come to a halt. You don't want that to happen.

silk wolf
real jewel
ocean cosmos
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No need to crosspost

umbral narwhal
vapid notch
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when i join to a server it just puts me in a gray loading screen, is there a fix for that?

pine kite
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"grey loading screen". There is no such loading screen. And certainly not grey. Maybe that is windows putting up a window washed out? When something hangs or is in the process of crashing. Please show screenshots. And which server?

modern echo
modern echo
pine kite
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Hence the request for screenshots.

modern echo
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sometimes you gotta work with what you have ¯_(ツ)_/¯

pine kite
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Or you send it back for more homework. 🙂

stoic dragon
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hello everyone, me and a friend want to host an arma 3 antistasi server on a v server under linux, the whole fun set up, unfortunately as soon as we load a config file the server no longer works without config file already someone an idea ? my english is not the best but you can try it here yes times

umbral narwhal
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"load a config file"?

stoic dragon
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jear the server.cfg

umbral narwhal
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If you read the console output it'll probably tell you what's wrong with the server.cfg

somber zodiac
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I went to play arma after awhile and when i went to play, some of my keybinds were messed up so i fixed them, then I noticed all of my loadouts were gone, wtf happened!? can someone lemme know what probably happened?

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I recently unlinked one drive from my computer because it messing up another game idk if that could cause this tho

golden nova
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It could indeed

somber zodiac
umbral narwhal
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Loadouts are stored in the profile.

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Usually that's in your documents folder, and it'd be pretty odd to unlink that.

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Might just be that it can't read the profile due to win11/onedrive shenigans.

lethal folio
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I'm unable to get any more the 27fps with my Ryzen 7 1600 & Rx6600 is there anything i can do to get more perfomance or is low FPS normal?

umbral narwhal
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Depends what you're doing. 27fps in YAAB standard would be about right for an R7 1600. Maybe a touch low.

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If that's 27fps in an empty mission on Altis then something is broken, but I don't think we ever had much success in troubleshooting those.

uncut trellis
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What view distance?

lethal folio
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the 27 FPS is on Warlords only think I've played over time

umbral narwhal
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Normal range then. Do check view distances.

uncut trellis
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MP fps varies and is dependent on server performance too.

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Warlords can get heavy with lots of stuff happening at the same time.

lethal folio
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overall its at 3000

umbral narwhal
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If you're playing infantry, cut object view distance to ~1km for a start.

lethal folio
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I only play Infantry

umbral narwhal
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Overall doesn't matter so much but 3000 is still high. Try 1300 or so.

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Shadows to ~100m or preferably disabled entirely. And don't use PIP scopes.

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You can also try running the perf branch as it has a lot of multithreading improvements, but note that it's not entirely stable.

lethal folio
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Thanks ill try the above steps, hopefully Arma 4 has better performance 😛

umbral narwhal
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Not on an RX6600 it won't :P

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A3: Hopelessly overestimate how much faster single thread CPU performance will get.
A4: Hopelessly overestimate how much faster GPUs will get.

lethal folio
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its odd because in Reforger i can easily get 60fps smoothly

umbral narwhal
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hmm, kinda surprised. RX6600 is kinda min-spec.

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It's a very different engine though. A3's almost always limited by single-thread CPU performance, while Reforger is more like a modern game: GPU limited unless you have a monster GPU.

lethal folio
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it was an upgrade from a gtx 1050ti so all other games its a massive jump, just not arma 3 really

umbral narwhal
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Actually I'm a generation or two off. RX6600 is relatively close to the 3060 so should work fine for Reforger.

lethal folio
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i havent played it for like 6 months so nto tried with thr rx6600 just re downloading as only tried on the 1050

somber zodiac
umbral narwhal
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Can't really say. There are multiple possible issues.

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First thing to do is check the RPTs to see whether that's the issue. Then figure out where the profile data actually is.

somber zodiac
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What are the RPTs?

waxen sail
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!rpt

rustic eagleBOT
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Arma RPT

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

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

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

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://pastebin.com/ (Set expiry time to 1 week or less) 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.

somber zodiac
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Thank you

somber zodiac
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Also how do I open the crash file? Windows R doesnt work for me

waxen sail
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you can't get anything useful out of the crash file, only BI has the sources to properly read it

somber zodiac
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alr

somber zodiac
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Steam Community: Arma 3. In this video i will be showing you where to locate, and how to transfer,
and restore your virtual arsenal loadouts for Arma 3.

Your loadouts will be the yourusername.vars.Arma 3profile
located here:

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this video says this where your saved stuff is in the documents but its empty, i still have my in game missions tho

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and then the documents in default dont show arma 3

umbral narwhal
somber zodiac
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And I wasn’t able to hop on to go in the editor and look for it there too where says “open folder log” in the Eden editor

umbral narwhal
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just follow the path manually: C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Local\Arma 3. Might need to enable "show hidden files" to see AppData.

iron vault
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Hello, I am sorta new to Eden editor, I was making an operation for a group I am in and after making another sector with trigger points sync'd to it. It decides to have an infinite loading screen. Is there any fix to this? Or anything different I should do. (I didn't add any scripts or anything to the Sector or trigger point)

umbral narwhal
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Are you sure you didn't make something that's logically an infinite loop?

iron vault
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Nope not that I know of. Idk how to

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Also I realize that the issue occurs only when I place another sector down.

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I already have one, but when I place another it just decides to stay stuck in the map loading screen

somber zodiac
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there isnt any loadout file or any loadout file in one of those files

waxen sail
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Those are reports/game logs, they will show you if there's some error in the game while loading your profile. The actual loadout file is in your profile in a .vars.Arma3Profile file

umbral narwhal
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Get the most recent .rpt file and paste it here.

umbral narwhal
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Disable your mods, run Arma again and get the new RPT.

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This one is odd:
20:52:04 Cannot evaluate 'ReadAndCreate' - no file

umbral narwhal
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No sign of issues, so the profile probably just got corrupted and wiped.

somber zodiac
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so you think when I hooked up onedrive to my computer it corrupted them somehow and then they got wiped?

umbral narwhal
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Nah, if it was corrupted it'd be Arma doing it.

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If the timing is coincidental with a onedrive install, it's maybe possible that it moved the files and Arma is looking in the wrong place. But then you should be able to find both copies on disk somewhere.

somber zodiac
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hmm alr

paper rain
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Hi, idk if someone can help but I keep having this when I launch the game (I just installed it)

steady hawk
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!steamverify

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

steady hawk
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Well the error message really suggests what to do

paper rain
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I did it tho

steady hawk
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You sure

paper rain
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I'm doing it again maybe it's because I had my game launched

steady hawk
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Well then delete Arma 3\addons\rocks_f.pbo and verify again

paper rain
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It's re installing something rn

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It was bc my game was launched ig

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Ty

umbral narwhal
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Even having the launcher open blocks steam from verifying properly.

quaint jewel
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Stupid thing is, steam says it's validating and doesn't tell you any errors. But it finishes very quickly

umbral narwhal
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Can you guys raise issues internally with Steam? :P

river bough
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Good evening folks. I finally got my ISP to open my ports and I set up a non-permanent server. One friend was able to join without problems that day, and again today. Two other friends, however, could not see the server or connect through direct connection.
My profile is public, the requisite ports are open.
Any suggestions?

pine kite
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Maybe your PC got a different local IPv4 address and the port forwarding doesn't work anymore. If port forwarding was set manually, then adjust. If it was with UPnP then reset/powercycle the router.

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Or the address you gave your friends has changed and is no longer the current address.

river bough
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hm. The thing is the original friend still connects with the previous address...

umbral narwhal
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We had that recently with a different game and it turned out to be caused by having an iPhone charging on the host PC.

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I'm not entirely sure how this is possible. Sure, the iphone was creating a tethered connection, but the game server was bound to the hardwired IP.

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Something very weird about Windows routing, I guess.

pine kite
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Wait, "public'? Your Steam profile? Or your Windows Network Profile? Still, none would likely be able to connect if Windows Netork Profile is public. As it would cause Windows to stay stealthy for incomming traffic. i.e. ignore it.

somber zodiac
#

Hey so I want to have a trigger that when I activate radio alpha, a vehicle named "truck1" drives to the marker and unloads its personnel. I have placed down a marker named "rally1". what is the script I would put inside the trigger to make that happen?

river bough
woeful umbra
# somber zodiac Hey so I want to have a trigger that when I activate radio alpha, a vehicle name...

Give the vehicle a "hold" waypoint where you want it to idle, and then add a "get out" (if you want everyone to get out) or "transport unload" (if you want the passengers to get out) at the destination. Then, put down your trigger, set the activation to "radio alpha", and set the mode to "skip waypoint". Right click the trigger and select "set waypoint activation" (or something along those lines) on the "hold" waypoint, and you're good. The "rally1" marker is unnecessary here.

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I could be wrong but I think the 3den tutorials have a similar example for triggers. If you need more help, I'd recommed #arma3_editor. There should also be some scenario examples in Arma 3 Samples but I've never touched those so I'm not sure if it actually contains something similar.

somber zodiac
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Thank you, I’ll try this next time I’m on

deep arch
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Anyone might wanna help me here?

worn jungle
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Roll part STATUS_INVALID_IMAGE_FORMAT

deep arch
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Tried that already

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but nothing seems to work

umbral narwhal
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@deep arch As a sanity check, try running the 32-bit version.

short phoenix
#

So my game just crashed trying to RC a helicopter pilot in SOG. Lost the RPT and memory dump, will try to reproduce. The RPT mentioned ACCESS_VIOLATION, saved from Sublime Text's local copy.

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Will post a memory dump once I manage to reproduce it.

distant kite
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^Still having this issue, can anyone help?

knotty wraith
#

Can someone help me fix this error code with ace medical I have a error for extension not found return code -1

waxen sail
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Either BattlEye/your antivirus is blocking the ACE DLL, or you're running an old unsupported operating system

deep arch
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It still does the same, No matter what I do

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Run it from inside the file

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Or in the game launcher

umbral narwhal
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So what's the history? Have you ever run Arma on this machine before?

deep arch
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i have no idea what are you talking about, sorry 😭

golden nova
twilit wigeon
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My friend keeps trying to join our mission in the middle of it, and he sucessfully connects, but after he connects he disconnects without a error message or anything

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any reason why?

umbral narwhal
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Dozens of completely unrelated possiblities given that description, yes.

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Maybe provide some information about your server setup and your modset.

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And whether your friend can connect to either your server or any other server in any other situation.

twilit wigeon
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I am using a hosted server, not a dedicated one, and we have a very small mod list

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here it is

umbral narwhal
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Port forwarded or VPN?

twilit wigeon
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UPNP

umbral narwhal
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What map is your mission on?

twilit wigeon
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altis

umbral narwhal
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Do you all the have CDLCs installed or not?

twilit wigeon
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i have reaction forces and western sahara, but not EF

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we have a guy who doesnt have any of the CDLCs

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and a guy (who cant join our server) who has all of the mods and CDLCs

umbral narwhal
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Is anyone running the perf/profiling branch?

twilit wigeon
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nope

umbral narwhal
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Can your friend connect to any other Arma servers?

pure plover
#

Not sure why but every 20-30 minutes, or around that time my game randomly crashes and when it does my entire pc just dies and I always have to restart it, I just installed some dlcs but I might refund them and not play the game since it just crashes, Ive verified game integrity files, lowered graphics, updated nvidia driver

waxen sail
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hardware issue maybe. what do you mean "just dies"?

arctic saffron
pure plover
pure plover
waxen sail
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Check event viewer to see if there are any details on these crashes
How much memory do you have installed?

pure plover
waxen sail
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Press windows, open settings (cog icon), go to System, then at the bottom About, under Device specifications you will see your Processor and Installed RAM

pure plover
waxen sail
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Make sure you aren't running anything too RAM intensive at the same time as Arma, I can't say for definite without more information but it sounds like a DWM crash from filling up your RAM

pure plover
waxen sail
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yeah that might be a problem

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what else are you running that uses memory? do you have a lot of tabs open in a browser?
Try restarting your entire computer, do not open any other programs except Arma and see if the problem persists

pure plover
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I have no tabs open its just random stuff which idk what they are

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Mainly stuff below 40mb

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Only stuff I have open usually is Discord which is 400mb in memory

pure plover
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DX11 error : CreateTexture2D failed : E_OUTOFMEMORY thats wild

waxen sail
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lol yeah it's a memory issue. You should probably use task manager and resource monitor to figure out what's filling it.
Do you run arma with any specific memory parameters? Are you running a lot of heavy mods?

pure plover
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I have no mods. Even without having an app on its already at 47% memory usage

waxen sail
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8GB idle is crazy

pure plover
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Yeah idk how to fix that lol

wise jewel
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Isn't DX11 error : CreateTexture2D failed : E_OUTOFMEMORY a VRAM issue, not a RAM issue?

waxen sail
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Yeah but I don't think capping VRAM would lock up a whole system

wise jewel
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I've definitely had crashes with that error with Arma before due to VRAM issues (64GB ram, 8GB vram)
Probably irrelevant to this situation though, as it takes 10 or so Arma open then close cycles to cause it. Profiling seems to have stopped that issue as well

pure plover
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Well idk what any of that means but basically: when running Arma 3, I usually go up to 90% of memory usage in task manager, and when idling not on any app (besides discord) Im already at 50% memory usage, I have no idea how to fix it and don’t want to end task or delete any files because I don’t know what would crash my pc

brave totem
#

Any way to figure out what mod is causing this?

signal heart
#

Anyone know why this keeps happening to me, I haven't pressed play yet & I can't load any mods.

waxen sail
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You have another instance stuck somewhere in the background? Check task manager

signal heart
wise jewel
signal heart
fading pulsar
#

Nowdays when you turn it "off" it doesnt actually off itself but hybernate (dump ram to disk and sleep).

Anyhow, what happens if you press "Close game"?

high salmon
signal heart
modern echo
#

fast startup is log off all users and hibernate the system when you hit shut down

faint trail
#

has anyone managed to get the A3 launcher to work on linux via proton, it exits briefly after startup seemingly due to the disk it's on not being NTFS (well of course it won't be!)

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before anyone mentions: no, I don't want to use the linux port because tons of mods don't work properly on it

waxen sail
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I haven't heard of mods not working on linux

faint trail
#

TFR works natively on linux?

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mods with windows dlls?

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I'm sure @quaint jewel has some info on this but it seems really odd to be "NTFS or GTFO" rather than if (NTFS) { doJunction(path); } else { doSymlink(path); }

waxen sail
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no, DLL dependent things (as well as ts3) go under proton. Unfortunately the person I know who runs it isn't around at the moment for me to ask

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Do you have the logs from it exiting? from what I'm reading a non-NTFS drive shouldn't be an issue

faint trail
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sure

quaint jewel
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Launcher can handle non-ntfs drives.
It just doesn't create links, because it doesn't actually need them

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It loads the steam download folder directly

faint trail
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in which case I wonder why it is just exiting without any error messages

meager jolt
#

Hey gang, need some help finding something:

I redownloaded ARMA after many months off the wagon, currently rebuilding my modlist and there is one I cannot seem to find. My editor save lists the missing plugin [in pluginese, of course] as "alkframework_m1".

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Anyone have a lead on what this is? Would love to have it back lol

hazy shadow
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Hi all. Wondering if anyone has experienced the following. every time i start up Reforger i get a BSOD stating the violation as a PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA. sometimes it can be straight away sometimes it can be after 30mins but its happening more and more. I've done a fresh wipe and reinstalled just discord and Reforger and still the problem persists. Kinda pulling my hair out now. I am running the following-

RTX4080
i9 13000K
32GB RAM
M.2 NVME SSD's
ROG STRIX moby

Not sure if anyone else has had the same issue and know of a fix.

umbral narwhal
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13900K?

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Might be a dying CPU. They have a tendency.

short phoenix
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I'm seeing Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at B14D8770

short phoenix
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Is there anyone I can contact/bother to get more clues?

hazy shadow
subtle orchid
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Hi, how can I reload the Flares (countermeasure) in a helicopter, I see 0 ammo but 2 mags inside one?

real jewel
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Not sure if theres a way to fix this but, (for me) on Mac, when I place certain modded vehicles in the editor my game instantly crashes. Like 70% of modded vehicles work fine but some just insantly crash the game once I place it. Heres some of the vehicles that instantly crash my game:
-RHSUSAF F-22(Everything else in the RHS mods works)
-Hatchet H-60 pack
-Unsung(any vehicle crashes the game)
-USAF AC-130(The rest of the USAF vehicles work)
-USAF: HH-60G Pavehawk

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It crashes any time the vehicles models are loaded. Like if I place them outside of my render distance the game is fine but when i get closer i will see the vehicle model load for a split second then the game instantly closes

quaint jewel
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That is probably the Mac crash that is already known

umbral narwhal
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Difficult to prove that it's not something else though.

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page-fault-in-nonpaged-area is not an application-level crash though.

hazy shadow
umbral narwhal
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Now that sounds like a clear 24H2 compatibility issue, except it's not in the list.

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Last post:

My issue was resolved by replacing my processor. I had a bad i9-13900 that intel has just recently announced had an issue with degradation and stability issues. Warrantied it out, installed the new one then bada bing bada boom, not a single issue with any game or software.

hazy shadow
umbral narwhal
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In general it'd be weird for a dying CPU to fail only for one application. Maybe the TPM is particularly fragile to the overvolting or something.

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Seen other cases where it's one P core or E cluster that fails instead.

hazy shadow
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i have seen TPM mentiond in the eventview log and points about DCOM which i have also tried to resolve. I dont want to bin win11 and install win10 just to have the same issue lol but its certainly mind boggling and stressfull

umbral narwhal
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What's the TPM event viewer message?

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this one?

"The device driver for the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) encountered a non-recoverable error in the TPM hardware, which prevents TPM services (such as data encryption) from being used. For further help, please contact the computer manufacturer."

hazy shadow
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il grab it now

real jewel
hazy shadow
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@umbral narwhal i sent the event report in private due to sensitive information but just tried to boot refoger again and had another bsod. same game BEDaisy.sys

pine kite
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The question is, if this will be fixed with a hotfix, or if you need to wait until 2.20 Mac

real jewel
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Hopefully just a hotfix since its not too big of an issue gameplay wise just cant use some facton mods

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Godbless firewill and his planes not crashing on mac

hazy shadow
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@umbral narwhalmight have found a fix 🤞 my OS is on my C:\ and its a WD_Black M.2 NVMe and its firmware was corrupted and needed an update. Now although my game is on my D:\ i have read this can still cause the suggested issue as the OS controls the file access including access to other drives.....so hoping this has worked. will update once stress tested. But thanks for the help very much apreciated.

modern echo
real jewel
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I hope they fix the bug soon atleast

subtle orchid
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Hi, got few questions:

  1. how can I reload the Flares (countermeasure) in a helicopter, I see 0 ammo but 2 mags inside one?
  2. is it possible to somehow run Arma 3 multiplayer in Mac OS with BattleEye enabled? (its fine if emulated)
subtle orchid
agile fox
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whenever i launch the game from the launcher

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it doesnt work

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stays stuck in the initial loading screen

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but it works if i open it from arma_x64

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like the application in the game files

pine kite
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You should be using the x64 bit version of the game anyway. Not the 32-bit version. THe launcher has a checkmark in parameters for that.

While you are at it, reset all parameters to default/unset. Then try again.

Shut down Steam, the launcher and the game. Then start Steam again and do a Arma 3 install verification. Maybe some files are bent out of shape.

agile fox
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you talking about the option at the bottom?

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@pine kite THANK YOU KING🙏

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I HOPE YOU NEVER STUB YO TOE AGAIN

pine kite
twilit wigeon
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I have a situation where when I try starting a mission, and then after hitting play, my friends who want to join connect to the server, and then immediately disconnect. The server is a player hosted one.

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I know this is really vague, but I dont know what else might be useful to fixing the issue.

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For clarification, if I am still selecting a mission file to play, and someone connects, they stay connected. But if I am in the role selection screen, and someone connects, they immediately disconnect.

pine kite
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Have you beforehand configured your router to port forward UDP portrange 2302-2306 to your hosting computer? The UPnP checkmark can be ignored by some routers. And even if it is supporting UPnP, your internet service provider may use a network topolofy that prevents hosting from home to work.

twilit wigeon
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I see

pine kite
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If they actually manage to stay in the game in your world on your hosted server then the above does not apply. But if they can't actually connect either way, then it does.

twilit wigeon
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they can connect and stay in the game if they join before I select a mission file

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But if we are at the role selection screen or anything past that, and someone tries joining, the systemchat will say:

SoAndSo uses modified data
SoAndSo connecting
SoAndSo connected
SoAndSo disconnected

without

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an error on my side or on their side

tropic brook
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how do I get rid of this screen when transitioning from an 'Intro' scenario into the actual scenario itself
I've tried disabling the briefing in the Eden attributes, to no avail. Also trued "briefing = 0" to also no avail

high salmon
solid loom
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so a friend of me loaded the reaction forces cdlc and started arma... hge joined on my server but ingame the items were "locked" like he doesnt own the dlc... he restarted steam and repaired the files but still nothing... any help?

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(reaction forces)

waxen sail
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Did they start Arma with the RF CDLC loaded?

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you need to set it explicitly in the DLC tab, then the play button will change colour

high salmon
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Did they load both RF CLDC and the compatibility mod?
If neither is loaded, the gear simply won't show up,
Don't know what would happen if both are loaded

solid loom
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yup it was loaded @waxen sail

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just the cdlc is loaded not a compat mod

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it was alr in the editor and the cdlc was loaded

agile fox
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anyone know why

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whenever I make a loadout/customize a character (change their guns or smth) when I play asthe character I dont get the gear i chose?

agile fox
solid loom
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so no more problem? xd

agile fox
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i guess so

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well whatever you were planning to tell me thanks

solid loom
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@waxen sail u got any advice?

waxen sail
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Can't say I've run into this before. Maybe have a look at the RPT for any weirdness loading RF?

dim zinc
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what are the two letter short codes for Emergency Forces and Reaction Forces CDLCs?

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ef and rf im assuming

steady hawk
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Yes

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*Expeditionary Forces

dim zinc
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yeah mb

pine kite
pine kite
pine kite
solid loom
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and its downloaded aswell on the server and i dont have any problem just him xd

tropic brook
pine kite
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Then ask in #arma3_scenario i guess. Those people know more about this specifically.

quaint jewel
twilit wigeon
high salmon
livid timber
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Question? I got the Reaction Forces CDLC, installed it and loaded it into the Arma Launcher, but it still shows me an ad in the editor and on servers saying that I don't have the DLC yet. Is there a way to fix this?

uncut trellis
#

!rpt

rustic eagleBOT
#
Arma RPT

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

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

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

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://pastebin.com/ (Set expiry time to 1 week or less) 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.

livid timber
umbral narwhal
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Just dump it into the channel. Discord knows what to do with it.

livid timber
umbral narwhal
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Can you screenshot the actual problem?

livid timber
twilit wigeon
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Is their a way to tell if join in progress is even enabled?

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I just tried to have a friend join the game with no mods enabled and I still got the same problem.

high salmon
twilit wigeon
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got it

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We just tried to do JIP with only CBA and ACE, and that seems to be the problem

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btw we are running a player hosted server

high salmon
umbral narwhal
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Trouble with player-hosted servers is that you can't enforce client mods. There's always someone loading the wrong mods.

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And they will swear blind that they're not.

rough zodiac
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a friend of mine overwrote an editor mission but still has access and can load a save file of the mission. Where is that mission file located?
Tried appdata/install folder mission and mpmission but no dice.

I exported the save in SQF format but there doesn't seem to be any good way to convert this into something you can use in the editor?

steady hawk
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overwrote an editor mission
In Eden Editor?
still has access and can load a save file of the mission
In where?

rough zodiac
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  1. I think so yes
  2. He fires up a listen server and can load the save just fine to play it
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Sorry that wasn't clear what I mean by save. He can play a save file of said mission, I can't find an SQM or pbo

steady hawk
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Why you believe you could find it? Where it is? Eden Editor's mission is always located in local computer/local drive, unless you make something connected/shared on network

rough zodiac
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I assumed (key word here) some mission file+save is what's used to get everything loaded and playing on the server

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So if I can load a save, the mission file could be somewhere in a cache

steady hawk
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And what exactly do you mean by

load a save
In this context?

rough zodiac
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They used the in-game save function while playing a mission

steady hawk
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Okay, so, do we mean

  • Your friend overwrote some mission in Eden Editor
  • You still have an access to an MP mission that was supposed to be overwritten
  • You still have an access to the in-game save function that is built into the mission in that MP mission
rough zodiac
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Yes, I'm sorry I really wanna convey what's going on on his end and I'm not sure what was confusing about my wording. I'm guessing the different meanings of "a save"

steady hawk
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These three issues are really unrelated each other

  • Eden Editor's overwritten mission.sqm can never be retrieved from the past, unless you somehow have a Git environment etc
  • MPMissions are not synced to what Eden Editor has, but only upon export
  • That mission's save functionality, whichever it has, is likely saved into profile, which is also unrelated
rough zodiac
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right, I know all of this, but just trying anything to get a friend to recover what they can.

They can just put all of this in a sqf after using the ZEN export function, but what I'm wondering is if there's a more elegant way to finagle the data from the mission save function into a shape that can be read by the editor

steady hawk
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Well, if you sure you have the PBO you look for, you can unpack it

rough zodiac
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Haven't found anything of the sort so far.
I think I'll just have him search for any pbo in relevant folders and zip it to me, he's just starting with the editor so he's kinda crushed. I'm thankful for your time

steady hawk
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Who has the server?

rough zodiac
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It's a listen server he ran on his own machine

steady hawk
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And, just in case and clarify, his server still have the mission you look for?

rough zodiac
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There is no dedicated server per se, the mission still shows up in the server ui because it was overwritten and not deleted.

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I'll do some more troubleshooting on his end before coming back here, thank you

steady hawk
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Then it is likely located in his MPMissions

rough zodiac
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There is one, it's a figuratively "empty" SQM

1.Create mission, place down unit, save to SQM
2.Start a server on the client, load the mission
3.Use the in-game save function
4.Overwrite the original SQM with an empty mission
5.Start a server on the client, use the "resume" button.```

I tried to reproduce on my end but using resume just puts you in an infinite load screen.
On his end, he actually resumes the mission from last savestate and everything is there
steady hawk
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Wait, so that is the issue? I thought we were hunting for a lost mission itself

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If what you have is an empty mission and only save file, (which is not mission specific function but game's in this case) I don't think it is not even retrievable anyways

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Maybe check cache, but that would be the last resort

rough zodiac
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yeah, I'm starting to believe the save file has basically all it needs to recreate the "mission state" and does not rely on a SQM

steady hawk
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Indeed

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(At least that's what I believe, I'm not a developer)

rough zodiac
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What is weird is that if it actually is the case, nothing shows up in the server UI if you have the save but not the SQM? This is all very tiring for a simple mistake. It'll surely be a learning opportunity for him

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anyhow that's enough of this for tonight

somber zodiac
#

Is there a way to make my AI mortars fire at enemies without me telling them to fire and where?

polar tapir
#

How can I check which profile arma 3 server is using? I am not sure if my difficulty settings are actually being applied, and I'm not entirely sure if I'm using the profile parameter correctly. This is on windows server

livid timber
steady hawk
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Just in case, restart Steam?

livid timber
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15:04:28 Skipped loading of addon 'RF_Data_ws_compatibility' as required addon 'data_f_lxWS' is not present

Im not trusted with these Datas but it say that the DLC was Skipped ?

steady hawk
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This is not a relevant issue

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Not even an issue

livid timber
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Ok thx,
I played with the RF CDLC for about 6 months on a friend's server and I was able to use everything without having the bug and the day before yesterday I bought (Arma 3 Creator DLC: Expeditionary Forces). Since then, I don't know if the problem only came up then, I've had the problem that the items were shown as not purchased.

steady hawk
livid timber
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I have restarted Steam several times as well as PC and it didn't help the times, I'll try again xD

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Its still broken xD

pine kite
livid timber
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But 6 Month ago i wasnt havin Western Sahara DLC and it worked.

pine kite
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Yeah, well, that was ages ago. May not even be relevant to this issue.

livid timber
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So i must buy Western Sahara or what

pine kite
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No

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it only mentions a file for RF for compatibility with something **IF **you have and use WS.

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I would shut down the game, the launcher and delete that RF folder. Then let steam do a game verification to retrieve it. Sometimes Steam thinks it is ok when corrupted files are there.

lethal pier
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in the main campaign on the 8th mission, at the very end where your boat gets bombed, instead of ending the mission it just shows me the death screen and i cant continue on the next mission. help

cunning otter
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howdy, quick silly question, does it matter if i set up port forwarding to TCP/UDP or it needs to be UDP only? i moved places and in the new one i am struggling to get the ports properly open, so trying through options to find out whats the one that will work. thanks!

waxen sail
pine kite
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You can set the server to begin at a different starting port. 2302 is just the default.

cunning otter
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how about when i just want to host the game from my pc, not running server etc?

pine kite
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hosting from the game is the same as having a dedicated server instance running seperately.

waxen sail
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That is a server

cunning otter
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yep okay just wanted to confirm that tidbit, i'll poke around some more. just hard to determine by myself if stuff works 😄

pine kite
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If the server is running on a different machine in your home LAN then it has a different IP to which the router port forwards. If the server application is running on the same machine then it is using the 2302 portrange instead of the game. If you host it from the game then the game client is using those ports for incomming traffic.

livid timber
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I deleted the RF folder and checked Arma for errors and it still doesn't work xD It's starting to annoy me. I just want to play Arma

pine kite
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For what it is worth, your RPT file you uploaded before says you have owned and installed Reaction Forces.

18:55:53 21 Arma 3 Creator DLC: Reaction Forces 2647760 yes yes yes yes

livid timber
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?

pine kite
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It just means the game knows you have the CDLC.

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why it shows that menu ingame is still a mystery.

pine kite
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I would suggest creating a ticket on the Bohemia Feedback tracker and letting their support department figure this out.

#

Make sure to give all the details about what scenario you are playing there. And screenshots of the parameters in the Arma 3 launcher.

lethal pier
#

in the main campaign on the 8th mission, at the very end where your boat gets bombed, instead of ending the mission it just shows me the death screen and i cant continue on the next mission. help

twilit wigeon
#

we are doing antistasi ultimate to try and narrow down if it might be a problem with how i make missions, as we have been able to JIP with antistasi ultimate in the past

high salmon
#

Odd
You can try removing mods to find out which ones are causing issues,
Rolling back ACE and CBA might help, or might break more stuff (older releases from github)

late elbow
#

is anyone good with arma graphics

pine kite
#

Define 'Arma graphics'

late elbow
#

i am having render problems

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with certain objects in the game

pine kite
#

Modded objects? Better to show the details of what you are having problems with, otherwise people can't tell if they can help.

late elbow
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ill show you hang on and i dont play modded

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windows and glass dont load and i cant see in them

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i have to be this close

high salmon
#

Looks like it might be LOD effects
Try increasing your view distance and graphics settings, particularly object quality

late elbow
#

ive done all that mate ive got a high end pc but it happens all the time even with glass on vehices

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just goes black

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same with dmt

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but when i aimin it loads

high salmon
#

It's LOD stuff, different models appear and different distances
Cranking your object view distance can help,
You can try perf/prof branch, the settings can be set higher with it iirc

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It's not something that can be fixed entirely, since it's part of the engine and how Arma keeps the scene complexity down

late elbow
#

view distance is max atm

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is there any way i can like increase it so it loads are longer distance

high salmon
#

Set object quality to max
It can be set higher in the text file, but I don't remember which file it's in

late elbow
#

is there a video out there for this

high salmon
#

Found it
sceneComplexity in .Arma3Profile in your arma 3 profile directory

late elbow
#

you free to call for a sec?

high salmon
#

No,

late elbow
#

that it

high salmon
#

Yes,
Set it to some higher number, see how it is
If you change object quality ingame, it will change
I don't think you need to make the file readonly, which would also stop the saving of other settings

late elbow
#

ok right so how much would you set it to

high salmon
#

Add a zero, see how it is

#

I've never changed it directly before

late elbow
#

so theres a chance i can fuck my game XD

high salmon
late elbow
#

true

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thank you for trying to help btw

high salmon
#

Keeping a backup of your profile is probably a good idea

late elbow
#

i have done dw

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its done it since the start not be able to see in cars and shit its so annoying

late elbow
#

thats not fixed it

#

i just dont knew what to do

#

know

high salmon
# late elbow

The windows are like 2 pixels tall in that image
I don't know what you are expecting to see

late elbow
#

ill get a better photo

ocean cosmos
#

Yes this is a known issue with those buildings

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It will not be fixed

#

The windows aren't present on lower resolution lods

ocean cosmos
late elbow
#

it happens on everything tho

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helis the lot

ocean cosmos
#

What are your specs

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Your view distance should never be on maximum

late elbow
#

3070it ryzen 9950x 64gb ddr4 4000 ram 2 ssds

ocean cosmos
#

Are you on an SSD or hdd

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Arma itself

late elbow
#

ssd

ocean cosmos
#

NVME or SATA

late elbow
ocean cosmos
#

That is perfectly normal

late elbow
#

like the house dont load in and its hard to see people

ocean cosmos
#

Turn your view distance off of maximum and learn to live with optimisation

#

That is perfectly normal in Arma

late elbow
#

even the helis glass ?

ocean cosmos
# late elbow

How far away are you here and is it at the center of your screen or not

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But yes, in higher complexity scenarios it's common

late elbow
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am about 50m in the first photo

ocean cosmos
#

Then yes that's normal

late elbow
#

and about 10-20 in next

ocean cosmos
#

Your computer is not capable of having higher fidelity models lods used all of the time

#

You are also on a high view distance with a lot going on on a multiplayer server

high salmon
#

You are also playing on a KOTH server, which probably has restrictions on the max viewdistance

late elbow
#

dose it for every sever i play

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even on my own

high salmon
#

Then it's just Arma 3
There's only so much that can be done with the old engine

late elbow
#

dose anyone have any other ideas

pine kite
#

If you zoom in with the scope it is natural that you want to see more detail, and get thus it shows a different level of detail. Which can make glass transparent. As for at which distance this happens, I don't know.

The screenshots you posted seem pretty normal Arma 3 to me.

#

Some buildings have glass windows, but nothing behind it. (an non-enterable room/black void) They look like they reflect as glass, but can't really look into them.

late elbow
#

can i not talk to someone for five so can show them what imean

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i mena

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hlaf the time there is no glass

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its just black and someone will be in the house and i cant see shit

pine kite
#

Make sure your GPU isn't getting too hot. Or the CPU for that matter. (clean fans etcetera) And maxing out rendering distance is not the way to go as was mentioned. At least not far beyond the distance you want to see. Larger rendering distance means more work for CPU to process so it has less time to prepare stuff for the GPU.

It is normal to first be black, then as you get closer to turn transparent. And some windows stay black as I mentioned.

Feel free to show a video of what you experience. But be aware that this comes with compression distortion. And I see no reason why we need to be attending a live session. Make a video, upload it somewhere.

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Include a view of your graphics settings and post processing and stuff.

#

I personally had a better FPS after doing the changes in these graphics only: https://youtu.be/GktBSZcglFk?t=27 (not the later sections in the video)

We all have gotten stuck to 15 or 30 frames per second in Arma 3 despite your beefy rig. It is NOT optimized to any level. The game does NOT even use all of your CPU and GPU. See each step to increase your performance

Get FPS boosting mods for Arma 3: https://youtu.be/aqn8vraVaZw

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uncut trellis
#

this is normal

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I dont know your view distance

#

but if you are looking for some sort of "im gonna snipe everything through windows at 1000+ meters" Arma may not be capable of that

late elbow
#

am about 20m away

uncut trellis
#

if there is less to draw far a way, closer things can be drawn in higher quality

late elbow
#

whys it say ive still got my old cpu

uncut trellis
#

you can try reset the profile or make new one

late elbow
#

and how would i go about doing that

uncut trellis
#

delete existing profile (make backup)

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or make new profile in the games profile menu in the main menu

late elbow
#

thats the arma 3 cfg file

uncut trellis
#

you can also try delete that and let the game generate new one

pine kite
#

Detected once, never again updated after initial creation of the file. So probably not relevant.

late elbow
#

any tips on low cpu usage

fair kestrel
#

Play Arma Reforger.

pine kite
#

Don't disable CPU boost frequency. Don't use powersaving modes.

#

I don't know what that CPU is capable of, but if possible you want the core frequency up in the 4-5 Ghz.

modern echo
#

dude, you're overthinking this. did you try max detail/object distance instead of view distance????? and really
do not use max view distance, you're overestimating what the engine is capable of

molten mason
#

i know it will be difficult, but what could cause this artifcating? happens in multiple maps when interacting with player placed dynamic lights and only when dynamic lights is set to Ultra or above

#

i noticed it happens when the dynamic lights intersect, so more than one dynamic light, lights the same object

#

specs in case it matters, i5-12400f/4060 TI (gpu driver 566.03)

#

this has been happening for almost a year now in places i have multiple dynamic lights, this doesn't seem to happen to any other players i play with, although i could only confirm one of them plays with everything on ultra but their gpu is amd

steady hawk
#

At least I heard similar issue before. Not sure what words I can use to search the log

deft olive
#

Can someone help me?

steady hawk
#

Nobody has the access to the error file you talk about

deft olive
steady hawk
#

Your RPT contains nothing because you use -noLogs option

deft olive
pine kite
#

That probably wasn't the cause, as the file was made anyway. Just nothing important in it.

#

That screenshot shows links to where you can upload the crashdump. As the developers are the only people who can read or make sense of that file. (and any RPT would be in that report set of files too)

thorn apex
#

I have a a new custom face texture created by Jove Chiere, but I'm not sure how to make it into an addon.

#

class CfgPatches {
class A3_Replika_face {
units[] = {};
weapons[] = {};
requiredVersion = 0.1;
requiredAddons[] = {
"A3_Characters_F",
"A3_Characters_F_Exp",
};
};
};

class CfgFaces {
class Default{
class Custom;
};
class Man_A3: Default {
class WhiteHead_01: Default{
};
class kerry_replika: WhiteHead_01 {
displayName = "Kerry(Replika)";
texture = "kerryreplika.paa";
identityTypes[] = {"NoGlasses"};
};
class Miller_replika: WhiteHead_01 {
displayName = "Miller(Replika)";
texture = "millerreplika.paa";
identityTypes[] = {"NoGlasses"};
};
};
};

#

am i doing wrong? or i made mistake?

errant gulch
#

I have an issue, when I am playing with a group, my game seemingly at random times looses connection to the server, as well as teamspeak looses connection to teamspeak server. Forcing me to restart both.

I ran a network monitoring program, and my pc still has internet when this problem occurs.

It only happens in arma. Yes Modded, but with multiple modpacks same issue, I am the only one having it.

I did recently replace my old HDD to an SSD, but nor arma nor steam main install was on it, so not sure if that is related. But problems started around that time.

#

I could be steam related, but only happens in arma

waxen sail
#

Is the teamspeak server hosted in the same location as the arma server?

errant gulch
#

I am also thinking maybe my steam looses connection? But if that was the case, why would teamspeak do as well

waxen sail
#

How does the network monitoring service confirm you still have connection?

errant gulch
#

It constantly sends pings, after the incident I checked it and all the pings went though

waxen sail
#

pings to where

errant gulch
#

Also discord doesnt seem to have issues

#

google

#

I havent tried yet, but just in case, I will do same thing in cmd instead of over software, but seeing that discord doesnt suffer any connection loss, I assume its not my network issue

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if it was connection issue, I wouldnt need to restart the entire program to get connection back

waxen sail
#

Check event viewer for the times it happens, and check your interfaces with ipconfig when it does happen. But this probably isn't an arma issue

cunning willow
#

Oh wait- You say discord doesn't have it happen. Just text or do you also VC in discord?

errant gulch
errant gulch
#

I wonder if I should be looking into steam for whats happening. I got a feeling steam might be loosing connection causing me to disconnect from server, but that it doesnt explain teamspeak loosing it as well

cunning willow
errant gulch
# cunning willow hmm- How quickly do you get the connection back?

Okay so for teamspeak, if I restart it, immediatly. If I dont, it tries to reconnect for a while and doesnt.

For arma, immediatly if I restart it. If I dont, maybe a minute of two for server to show up in browser, and than it might take a few tries to connect as I get "session lost" sometimes

cunning willow
#

Interesting-

errant gulch
#

I wonder if it could be router related. But what kind of ports would arma want to use after an hour of playing?

#

I saw a post somewhere, where dude solved simular issue by running a vpn

cunning willow
#

I'm wondering if it's something to do with IP assignment or something- idk enough about it tho :(

umbral narwhal
#

It's almost certainly something on your side of the route resetting connections.

errant gulch
umbral narwhal
#

If you had something continually pinging a server you probably wouldn't see a hitch either.

errant gulch
#

Becauae I had qn actual network outage that lasted about 10 seconds. But with that one I got no messege received and after few seconds everything resumed

umbral narwhal
#

hmm, actually, can you even reset a UDP "connection" :P

#

Maybe the only way they can break it like that is by changing your IP.

errant gulch
#

Any ideas? I am thinking using wifi off my phone for next op instead oh house ethernet.
I read on some thread that someone who had simular issues used vpn, that dudes ISP was blocking smth

high salmon
#

If it's actually ISP issues, then all you can do is contact your ISP or switch ISPs
You could check the ip change by searching "whats my ip" in google before you have the issue and just after it occurs

umbral narwhal
#

Well, let's say you had one of those routers with backup mobile internet. If it switched to or from that, Arma & TS would lose connection.

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Similarly if you plugged in your iphone for charging and Windows immediately switched to using tether-internet through that (real case).

errant gulch
#

Oh. No my router has no mobile backup.

umbral narwhal
#

But also if you had a dynamic IP from the provider and it was forced to reset (on a timer or otherwise). This is unusual: Normally once you have an IP it stays until your router restarts, or at least only resets very infrequently.

errant gulch
#

I will try to check if my ip changes

eternal kernel
#

does anyone know how the R60 and R73 work on the SU-25 in RHS?

verbal lion
#

Why does it say I have an extreme value set when I have the shadows above 200?

ocean cosmos
#

Because you have an extreme value set

#

Use your eyes and read it

verbal lion
#

But that seems way too low to be considered "extreme"

waxen sail
#

It's probably relative to overall/object

ocean cosmos
#

No, shadows beyond 50 meters weren't supported until recently because of performance issues

verbal lion
#

In fact there is something going on because now it says I have an extreme value with the shadows at 5

umbral narwhal
#

Low values can also count as extreme.

ocean cosmos
#

Shadows still have a performance impact even when at zero

verbal lion
#

But why is it different now? It said above 200 was extreme

ocean cosmos
#

It's both 🤯

umbral narwhal
#

There's an old range for various settings and an extended range. The extended range is not guaranteed to work correctly.

marsh cove
#

Infinite loading screen with a modded dedicated server. I’m trying to get the RPT file downloaded on my phone since I had to step away but from a glance I didn’t see errors. We tried a couple init.sqm scripts and didn’t work either.

It works solo on Eden but when uploaded to server it’s getting hung on load screen.

Any ideas?

bronze river
#

how many mods loaded?

#

and how long is the 'infinite loading' before you kill the game?

marsh cove
marsh cove
#

50 some mods

marsh cove
#

I think only our Zeus role

#

Is getting loaded in. The rest are hung.

#

The issue started just recently with no change in modpack

marsh cove
#

Attempt to override final function - bis_fnc_storeparamsvalues_data

fair kestrel
marsh cove
#

ty

#

any idea on how to fix it or at least get into a situation to remove the cause of it to play?

icy arch
#

Weird bug is happening, dead AI sometimes get revied/respawned at same postion

#

and players that disconnect sometimes leave AI after them with same name etc.

#

anyone else experiencing this?

marsh cove
#

this is off a fresh server reset

#

yes its my whole group.

pine kite
twilit wigeon
#

@high salmon
Found a work around, having the player click on the server in the server list and then spam enter until it works is thing appearantly

high salmon
#

Strange workaround, but if it works, it works

north kraken
#

Ive been getting kicked from this server ive been playing in for signature mismatches, it’ll say signature mismatches for different mods and even base arma files. Ive tried enabling and disabling battleye, uninstalling and installing both arma and my mods. Does anyone know how to fix this issue?

short phoenix
#

Would need to see screenshots of the errors

bronze river
north kraken
steady hawk
#

Make sure your server is also verified

wooden moss
#

Hey, I just got a joystick and i would love to know if its possible to map it so it can use whole axis instead of 50% and 50%

fickle pollen
#

I am from the group which GhostGaming joined. There are sometimes up to 12 or so of us, running the server for 2.5 yrs, no one ever had this. When there is no one in the server, and he joins - all good. When there are more people, after some time (or immediatelly) only he starts getting this error. We checked his rpt, server log and rpt - nothing suspicious. So, seems to be specific to his client. We suppose maybe connections. It does happen regularly, but at different times, sometimes after 20 or so min when in larger op.

#

I searched google and this discord and BI forums for this message...could not find any specific solution. I told him to post here, maybe some one had similar and remembers...

#

Does anyone more experienced would think that maybe playing around with server's perf tuning options (we never touched those) would help? What is in the web page here:

midnight juniper
#

hey guys i need help with this error code: Exception: Access violation. Illegal read by 0x7ff602430d65 at 0xffffffffffffffff

icy arch
#

Weird bug is happening, dead AI sometimes get revied/respawned at same postion

#

and players that disconnect sometimes leave AI after them with same name etc.

#

Anyone else that have experienced this?

fair kestrel
edgy falcon
#

when i launch the game from the launcher it opens and i can only see my desktop with the arma 3 cursor i cannot see the game or click anything i also cannot tab in/out anyone know what to do?

rustic eagleBOT
#

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.

worn jungle
#

and test without mods

edgy falcon
#

thanks

icy arch
spring oracle
#

Can someone help me when i start my game i get a game initialization error what can i do to fix this?

static wyvern
#

I mean post the error screenshot

spring oracle
#

Oh okay

#

@static wyvern that comes up when i open the game

static wyvern
#

Aight one sec

#

Oh crap this is reforger

spring oracle
static wyvern
#

You’re good lol, might as well finish here

#

Still reading one sec

spring oracle
static wyvern
#

Okay, I have some potential solutions. Restart steam. If that doesn’t work try launching steam as admin

spring oracle
#

iam trying

static wyvern
#

“01:39:32.998 PLATFORM (E): Steamworks: SteamAPI_Init failed. Is Steam running?”

^^^ perchance that’s the problem. Idk, never touched reforger

spring oracle
static wyvern
spring oracle
somber zodiac
#

Hey does anyone know the name of the setting that lets you dial in your sniper scope? The setting that allows you to change the number I circled.

uncut trellis
somber zodiac
uncut trellis
#

Nope

#

check the keybind chart maybe

somber zodiac
#

Ok

somber zodiac
steady hawk
#

Settings is not relevant with Eden or current mission, but your profile. So yes

somber zodiac
#

Thanks

somber zodiac
uncut trellis
#

if they are under your direct command (squad) you will need to order them to fire at things

#

if you tell them to fire at will, they might fire at things they know about

#

but they might not know of distant enemies

somber zodiac
#

thanks

#

Yeah I don't understand what is really going on here. I have these controls to what I like but they aren't working. Im using the M8541 scope which Im pretty sure is adjustable but still when I press those keys, nothing happens.

uncut trellis
#

try some other gun with ironsights and see if the zeroing works

bronze river
somber zodiac
bronze river
#

yes

somber zodiac
#

that I can edit?

bronze river
#

sure, find it in configure addon

somber zodiac
#

alr

fair kestrel
stiff garnet
#

Arma 3 keeps crashing but I was playing it just fine about 20 minutes ago?

#

I exited the game cause my buddy needed to install same mods as me, I exported my files and sent it to him, he installed
and he’s fine but I keep crashing after I did all that?

quaint jewel
#

You can send the crash report to me and I can look at it in ~14 hours

stiff garnet
#

It’s just being weird, I can’t add more than 8 mods or it just crashes and if I got a certain mod, it crashes again

#

but my buddy has the same mods as me and he has a worse device than I do and he’s in game perfectly fine

waxen sail
#

What error does it crash with/can you upload the .rpt?

somber zodiac
#

Is there a way to remove roads in the eden editor that apart of the map? The hide terrain thing doesn't work at that.

uncut trellis
#

no

somber zodiac
#

ok

silent vapor
#

can anyone help me with an issue I've been having with arma for a few week now?
every time I press play on steam, the launcher doesn't open, and I get an error log. When i type the log into google it says that I need to install Microsoft redistributable, but when I do (which I did several times for couple of weeks) it still doesn't fix the issue. I already tried uninstalling the game and reinstalling, verified integrity and nothing seems to work. Not sure what else to do from here.

pine kite
#

Which Microsoft Redistributable did you install? I think it needs~~ 2020 or 2021~~ 2022 now. The latest available.

silent vapor
#

2015-2022

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both x64 and x86 since some forums said I needed both

somber zodiac
#

Hey so how do I make it so that when all opfor players are elimated, it says “TASK COMPLETE”. First I place down a trigger that a blue for player activates. I sync that trigger to a create task (which I’ve already filled out and stuff). I then synced the create task to a set task state (which is already filled out too). I then sync the set task state to a trigger that covers an area which opfor are. The trigger is activated by opfor and on not present. I can make it so that it slide assigns the task, but whenever I kill all the opfor, it doesn’t day task complete.

cursive wharf
#

Can someone help me with a arma 3 annoying error?

#

My 50 cal sights just went bad and I received a no entry found cfgmainturretMg scope

#

Using mods RHS+CAF on antistasi ultimate, tried their discord but they didn't help me there

#

Everytime I try to use a m2 50cal sights their ironsights doesn't exists, doesn't move, and shows the pic above.

high salmon
#

Start by verifying files and repairing the mods you are using

cursive wharf
high salmon
#

Have you tested in the VR arsenal or editor?

cursive wharf
#

Do you know perhaps why does sights go corrupt or entries fail to read?

high salmon
#

No idea, but a no entry found error suddenly showing up makes me think that something went wrong with the files

#

Delete and repair to get new mod files from steam might fix it

cursive wharf
high salmon
#

Is the m2 you are using from RHS or from CAF?

cursive wharf
#

Not sure if it's this CAF or RHS causing this

cursive wharf
high salmon
#

Does it show up on the other M2 machine guns from RHS?

cursive wharf
#

Basically every m2 50 cal as I noticed

#

Doesn't happen to dshkms or Russian sentries

#

My main campaign has both CAF and RHS Serbia involved, I was late middle run, I've never noticed the m2 sight was broken cuz I didn't had to use it before.

#

Was expecting it to be a easy error to fix but it doesn't seen to anymore

high salmon
#

Did you try repairing the RHS mods from the launcher?

cursive wharf
#

I didn't try that

#

U mean deleting and installing the mods again?

high salmon
#

No, the 3 dot menu for the mod in the launcher

#

You can repair the mod, which verifies the files without redownloading all of it

cursive wharf
#

Nope, ive tried only deleting completely and Installing CAF again

#

I'll try that

#

I'll have to do all RHS then

high salmon
#

Try RHSUSAF first, it won't be in russia most likely since it's the M2 you are having issues with

twilit wigeon
#

I am having a problem with Arma where my audio output selection doesnt save between starts, any common solutions?

steady hawk
#

Which option you want to use and what is selected instead

twilit wigeon
#

I just want to use my headset, and arma keeps defaulting to my laptop's speakers

high salmon
#

Try setting default audio devices in windows, first without headset connected to set the speakers, then with the headphones to set the headphones
(Has to be done in this order, since windows has no audio priority settings beyond use as default)

twilit wigeon
#

alright

#

thanks

somber zodiac
#

Hey so how do I make it so that when all opfor players are elimated, it says “TASK COMPLETE”. First I place down a trigger that a blue for player activates. I sync that trigger to a create task (which I’ve already filled out and stuff). I then synced the create task to a set task state (which is already filled out too). I then sync the set task state to a trigger that covers an area which opfor are. The trigger is activated by opfor and on not present. I can make it so that it assigns the task, but whenever I kill all the opfor, it doesn’t say task complete.

cursive wharf
#

didnt work

#

@high salmon

cursive wharf
steady hawk
#

It is easy to say you have a badly made Mod

cursive wharf
#

i was getting new errors

#

and m2 50 cal ironsight was glitched still

heady knoll
#

Why do open tents instantly collapse as soon as I spawn in ? (making scenario with editor)

uncut trellis
# heady knoll

do you have something that collides with them and destroyes them?

#

you could disable their simulation or disable their damage

heady knoll
#

ok let me try disabling that

#

is that in attributes?

#

Nvm

#

Found it

#

Worked

#

Thanks

bronze river
#

it collides with the inside stuff like those beds and poles

molten mason
#

had this several times a while back with CUP_weapons, i reinstalled all the CUP mod and it stopped, now it happened again, it's the fourth time today, the problem is, 1 of the times this happened i didn't have CUP loaded, so idk what caused it at that time, but all other i had it, what could be causing this?

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cyclic redundancy checks

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after searching about it, could my drive be dying?

waxen sail
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Are you running just CUP or some other mods too? Is it one specific file that gets corrupted or multiple different ones?

molten mason
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several mods

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but last time re-installing CUP mods worked, i'd guess it'll work here too

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but from what i've searched that error means possibly corrupted files

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i had that a couple of times now, my ssd might aswell be going down

waxen sail
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Yeah the files are corrupted. It's possible it's a drive problem but that becomes more unlikely if it's just one mod that this is happening to, though I suppose it could be something to do with it being the most recent one
You could try a SMART check to make sure

molten mason
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my ssd is from ADATA and the ADATA ssd toolbox says my SSD lifetime is at 78%, idk if this is good or bad, but mentioning your previous message it is not the same pbo

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last time was CUP_weapons, this time seems to be CUP_Terrains

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addind to the famous sfc /scannow (which found corrupted files), i'll re-install CUP terrains

waxen sail
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beat me to it lol

stiff garnet
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this is pretty unrelated but how do i reinstall battleye? cant play arma for some reason when its not on my device and it deleted on its own, doesnt show up anymore, just disappeared😂

high salmon
stiff garnet
pine kite
somber zodiac
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I’ll do that

covert tide
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Can anyone help me? I have a Logitech X56 Hotas (Stick/Throttle) and i cant find a scheme specific for it. Can i install a scheme specific to this Hotas? some of the buttons dont work for some of these schemes and also the generic one doesnt capture all buttons for mapping.

lime sphinx
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just do your own bindings blobdoggoshruggoogly

wispy horizon
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hey, can i ask here regarding this error? or do i need to go to an other channel?

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a friend of mine is getting this error, and cannot play the game sadly

uncut trellis
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dont recall seeing this error though so youll have to wait for someone with more technical knowledge to see it

umbral narwhal
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What's the trigger? Launching the game?

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Microsoft don't document what quota this error refers to. Slightly longer version is "working set quota", which doesn't help much.

wispy horizon
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sorry, message above was the message i was answering to

umbral narwhal
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I doubt anything can be done other than the usual 1. Steam verify, 2. Reinstall windows.

wispy horizon
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he gets it when he tries to join the server

umbral narwhal
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Which server?

wispy horizon
umbral narwhal
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So he can play SP fine? Or join other servers?

wispy horizon
vast verge
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my vanilla animations broke completely? verified game integrity already

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like all campaigns are broken

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characters play random anims

pine kite
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Using any mods?

steady hawk
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Delete AnimDataCache

vast verge