#arma3_troubleshooting

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vast verge
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Ok

covert tide
marble kindle
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hey so im trying to launch arma 3 with mods however arma 3 then stops responding however when i launch arma 3 withoud mods it works completely fine

uncut trellis
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Add one mod at a time to see which one breaks

waxen sail
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So a mod issue
Some mods are huge and take a while to load so be patient, sometimes it can appear non-responsive while it's still initialising mods
If it continues to crash, check your RPT for any errors and then add mods one by one to figure out which one is breaking

marble kindle
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what should i do after finding the mod that breaks it

waxen sail
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Don't load it? Submit a bug report to the author

marble kindle
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so should i just wait for it to start responding or should i check which one breaks it if it does

uncut trellis
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and you cant use those

austere flax
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those are my forwarded ports.

umbral narwhal
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looks plausible.

austere flax
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haha

umbral narwhal
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Dude, no-one can do anything with your internal IP :P

austere flax
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yeah :p idk just never sure, still a noob

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so this being said

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I should be able to just launch arma 3, hit host, and boom it's good right?

umbral narwhal
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Probably not?

austere flax
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I'm not wanting to make it dedicated, just temp when I launch it with my buddies

umbral narwhal
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I don't even know whether that's a port forwarding page from the screenshot.

austere flax
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yeah it 100% is

umbral narwhal
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I also don't know whether your local IP is correct.

austere flax
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checked through CMD, IPCONFIG 100% correct.

umbral narwhal
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And whether you allowed A3 through your firewall.

austere flax
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A3 IS allowed.

umbral narwhal
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Even if you set up everything correctly, I don't know whether your ISP supports port forwarding, or whether your router is a buggy piece of shit.

austere flax
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damn :/ all these otherones work.

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just not arama 3

umbral narwhal
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oh hmm

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It should then :P

austere flax
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i'd hope not my routers are like 300 a pop

umbral narwhal
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The IP's different though?

austere flax
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yes, that's a server PC i have dedicated to running other games

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the PC im on (Trying to host a temp arma 3 coop session) is the 172.

umbral narwhal
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Maybe it has an extra firewall.

austere flax
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hmmm

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you might be right.

umbral narwhal
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DayZ's even using the same port range :P

austere flax
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currently not hosting that server ^

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but yeah they do lol

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damn dog

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no firewall either

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tbh fuck it whatever I give up

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been at this for like 3 hours can't figure it out

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it isn't that complicated, I did everything I could

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Never have issues hosting shit, always with arma 3.

umbral narwhal
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It's on a different PC :/

austere flax
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I mean why tf isn't it working then :l

umbral narwhal
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What's your test anyway?

austere flax
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everything is checked off, allowed through, forwarded, correct IP.

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and my buddy can't see me on friends or the internet

umbral narwhal
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Those port checker pages never work for me. ISPs block them or something.

austere flax
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yeah they're somewhat unreliable

umbral narwhal
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well, first things first. Check in netstat -a -n that UDP 2302+ aren't being used already. Then start the server and check again.

austere flax
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im bouta crash out

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kinda strange

umbral narwhal
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Not really. Arma does usually manage to bind ports :P

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You don't have a second router, do you? Ran into a lot of people with two layers of NAT internally.

austere flax
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I have two, but they're both uther the same pramaters

umbral narwhal
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uh

austere flax
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under*

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uhh

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"Mesh"routers

umbral narwhal
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yeah not dealing with that shit.

austere flax
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lol

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what do you mean? they're the same as any router tbh

umbral narwhal
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I'm not dealing with any two routers.

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One is bad enough.

austere flax
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haha

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No worries man, thank you for your time.

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I just don't understand why arma 3 won't work, I've had every other server I'm hosting work flawless.

umbral narwhal
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...on a different PC :P

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Maybe that one's only going through one router.

austere flax
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I got them connected to the same router

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i got a MINI pc on my desk next to my main desktop

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fuck it, I'll host it on that mini pc then.

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do the Tanoa missions come up on a dedicated server? I've never played with arma 3 dedicated server stuff @umbral narwhal

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or do you like select a map?

umbral narwhal
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If you don't put a class Missions in the server.cfg then it just gives you the mission selector when you connect.

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And that should have the tanoa coop missions in it.

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Otherwise you can get the same screen by logging in as admin and using #missions

pine kite
# austere flax

Have you noticed you are specifying the same ports for that DayZ server and Arma 3? Yet those are on different IPs. How is that router/firewall supposed to know which way to go?

pine kite
glad star
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feel like I'm missing something stupid..

Using the RHS Apache
Drone is up lasing a target
Can't seem to lock target at all? LOBL or LOAL, mashing t, r, ctrl t, ctrl r, nothing does anything, no pips or markers or tones

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Trying on Altis salt flats, definitely have line of sight, tried a few different ranges

silent vapor
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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.

steady hawk
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What error you got

silent vapor
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System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'System.Windows.Interop.BrowserInteropHelper' threw an exception. ---> System.MethodAccessException: Attempt by security transparent method 'System.Windows.Interop.BrowserInteropHelper.set_IsInitialViewerNavigation(Boolean)' to access security critical method 'MS.Internal.SecurityCriticalDataForSet`1<System.Boolean>.set_Value(Boolean)' failed.
at System.Windows.Interop.BrowserInteropHelper..cctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at MS.Internal.AppModel.ResourceContainer.GetPartCore(Uri uri)
at System.IO.Packaging.Package.GetPartHelper(Uri partUri)
at System.IO.Packaging.Package.GetPart(Uri partUri)
at System.Windows.Application.GetResourceOrContentPart(Uri uri)
at System.Windows.Application.LoadComponent(Object component, Uri resourceLocator)
at Launcher.App.InitializeComponent()
at Launcher.Program.StartGui(InitArgs param)
at Launcher.Program.HandleCommandLine()
at Launcher.Program.RunLauncher()
at Launcher.Program.Main(String[] args)

idle burrow
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Hey guys i need help with this weird thing , For the longest time i always had this bug where for the first 20-25 minutes of gameplay some mods wouldn’t work and other glitches would happen What happens is;
_ACE doesn’t work / menu wont show up when i press ctrl + windows key
_Zeus has this weird overlay and doesn’t function (check picture)
_My options are not all available, no audio, video, controls, addon options, only ACE headbug fix (also picture attached)
_DCONs vehicle spawner doesnt appear in scroll wheel menu
_Recoil Coefficient changer mod doesn’t work
_DUI Squad Radar doesn’t show up
These are the ones that i directly know about because interactions with them are common and noticeable when they are missing (for example DCONs is always there when i scroll for example, Recoil coefficient changer is noticeable when its not there...etc) so there could be a bunch of other things that don't work and i don't notice them

After 20-25 minutes everything would clear and work again Some mods do work, i can access SSPCM and toggle invincibility and virtual arsenal and virtual garage and they’ll open and i can edit my arsenal and everything

Does anyone know how i can fix this? In the past i had a makeshift fix for it where i would just access virtual arsenal through sspcm at the beginning of my mission and it would take 5-6 minutes to load in and after it would load everything would be fine This fix doesnt work anymore and all i can do now is just wait until this spell-like bug can fade away which sometimes takes 2-3 minutes and other times takes 10-15 minutes

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Oh and another thing i remember is that when i used to use Automatic view distance it wouldn't function until this weird bug passed after 10-15 minutes

novel bay
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Hey everyone! I'm having a REALLY weird issue regarding a mission hosted in Multiplayer. On initial load-in, all compositions placed on the map are functioning. But if someone joins after the initial load/ready up, map compositions completely break and I have zero idea as to what could be causing it. What I've figured out is that it IS a mission issue and NOT a server issue, as we've tested both on a dedicated server and locally. I'm not sure what information would be helpful, so feel free to poke me with questions as well.

icy arch
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Anyone knows why i cant press left mouse button to throw in server? It works perfectly outside of server but wont work in server

pine kite
pine kite
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Maybe you want the server to use ACE 3 (or whatever mod that allows that) but it failed to actually load it. Check the server RPT logfile for details in the second table. Maybe it couldn't find the mod. Or it was not completely downloaded/corrupt.

naive arrow
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idk if this is the right channel to say this but, is anyone else having issues with posting recruitment in #community_units

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"/community" just doesn't show up as a command

pine kite
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You need to be member of some group I think. Read the pinned messages in that channel.

naive arrow
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I'll restart pc and see if that works

pine kite
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Could be the bot is out of order.

steady hawk
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Restart Discord maybe. Sometimes Discord itself does an iffy

uncut trellis
naive arrow
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ok, got it to work. One of my hard drives had a loose cable and somehow was preventing the discord commands to work

steady hawk
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Unrelated

patent vapor
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My Arma forgets settings changes I make

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I'll make a set of addon settings, I restart the game, and the set is gone

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This goes for graphics settings, audio, etc.

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Like it's reverting to a previous state my profile was in

uncut trellis
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it messes up saving the profile

patent vapor
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Alright, I'll see if that works

pine kite
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Or something causes Arma to crash and corrupt your profile files. But you should get a message about that when Arma crashes.

patent vapor
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I mean it's not crashing

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It just forgets

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Maybe some kind of mismatch between profile folders or something, no clue

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Disabling one drive did not fix it

pine kite
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If it wasn't Onedrive, and the game didn't crash causing corrupted files, then it could be dodgy drives. Windows Event viewer would be able to show indications of that.

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Computers don't just "forgets" unless the power goes out.

patent vapor
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The computer itself is not forgetting, I'm thinking it's the launcher and its parameters

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I'll set those to default and see if it helps

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That or windows automatically sets the Arma profile folders (Located in Documents) to read only

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Seems to be the latter

patent vapor
pine kite
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If you mean the checkmark on the properties of that folder, every folder has that. Windows uses different file permissions to prevent you able to modify files.

patent vapor
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I know that. I also know the documents folder sets itself to Read Only on its own

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Not me who set the profile folders there though, I'm pretty sure they're located in documents by default

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For the time being, the settings seem to work well, probably until I restart the pc and they set themselves to Read Only again lol.

pine kite
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Yes, Arma or Steam does that.

patent vapor
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Is it possible to move the Arma profile folders elsewhere?

pine kite
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no

patent vapor
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Dang

pine kite
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you can tell Arma Launcher to use different folders for a profile. But the primary profile will always be in your Documents/Arma 3 folder.

patent vapor
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So I could just make a new profile elsewhere and set the path to it in parameters

pine kite
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yes that can work

patent vapor
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Nice

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How do I make the profile, making one ingame just makes a new one in documents

pine kite
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Make a folder for profiles in a desired location. Set the parameter (in launcher) for profile locations with that path. And use name parameter if you want a certain profile name. Then it should create the profile when you start Arma with those parameters.

patent vapor
pine kite
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Yes, that is the base folder of where profiles will be created in.

patent vapor
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Booted up the game, it loaded up with default settings

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But under the name of a profile I already have

pine kite
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ofcourse, new profile, default settings

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name comes from Windows user account.

patent vapor
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It has these two profiles I already had

patent vapor
pine kite
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Then I don't know where that names comes from. Arma 3 can't make that up. So you specified it somewhere.

patent vapor
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Its the name of a profile I have in Arma

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Oh well, I'll figure it out at another time

pseudo swallow
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Does anyone know why when starting and loading a scenario initially, compositions and props load correctly in their right sizes and rotation, but when disconnecting and reconnecting they no longer appear in their proper positions, while extremely slowly, slowly restore said positions/rotation?

cerulean cliff
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Hallo! Juste having a bit of trouble with uploading a mission to a dedicated server. The error is this:

20:59:59 Warning Message: Preprocessor failed on file 'mpmissions__cur_mp.malden\mission.sqm' - error 7 (source 'mpmissions__cur_mp.malden\mission.sqm', line 204).

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Not entirely sure what is wrong. I have not changed anything in the SQM that could have caused it. I can open and play the mission in the editor, not tried regular singleplayer

cerulean cliff
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Also, i should note, the error changes line every time we load the mission the server

umbral narwhal
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Are you uploading with FTP?

cerulean cliff
vast verge
uncut trellis
pine kite
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Or can you confirm this in other Arma 3 vanila vehicles? Looks modded to me.

steady hawk
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Well Panther is a vanilla vehicle

pine kite
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Ok, my bad. Looked through tracked Arma 3 vehicles in fandom wiki but didn't see what looked the same. Must have looked incorrectly.

vast verge
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fixed itself by now

delicate topaz
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What would be causing my server to not allow text chat until you hit the map screen? Didn't used to be an issue and I'm not sure what I changed...

rapid tusk
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Is there a reason/fix for mods showing they’re subscribed on the Steam Workshop but not appearing in the Arma 3 launcher nor in-game?

rapid tusk
steady hawk
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You sure you subbed to a Mod?

rapid tusk
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several hundred lmao

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this is a recent problem so it’s probably something I subbed to recently. could it be an issue with mods that are hidden on the workshop?

steady hawk
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So do you mean hundreds of items are not shown?

rapid tusk
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No, the majority of my subbed mods appear in the launcher but some occasionally disappear from there, e.g. Enhanced Movement appeared in the launcher/game as expected but Enhanced Movement Rework was not even though I hadn’t unsubbed and the steam workshop showed I was still subbed

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Another example is the RHS suite — I suddenly had a bunch of missing dependencies because the core 4 RHS mods didn’t appear in the launcher and fixing missing dependencies forced a download of all four. updates typically download automatically so I don’t think it’s an out-of-date thing

steady hawk
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How many you subbed in Workshop?

rapid tusk
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879 tagged “Mod” in the workshop but a bunch more compositions and scenarios

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778 listed in the launcher

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also should have mentioned the update doesn't show a specific workshop item

steady hawk
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It actually look like an Steam issue. Have you restarted Steam itself?

modern echo
modern echo
modern echo
modern echo
rancid edge
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session lost verifying pbo failed message in single player editor appeared

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it worked fin before the new year ... any idea ?

steady hawk
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Post your exact error message

rancid edge
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session lost verifying pbo failed arma 3

uncut trellis
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verify your game files on steam would probably be first step

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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.

swift sundial
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So I have a friend and he trys to connect to my mp server I host so basically he connects and then goes back to main menu. Its like instant

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Ive tried all the basics and nothing so idk mostly

rapid tusk
modern echo
sullen bolt
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Hey guys I've noticed that sometimes when removing bodies from a vehicle it cannot be entered, like the body is still stuck in the vehicle

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Has anyone else seen this bug before?

fair kestrel
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How do you remove bodies?

sullen bolt
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using the ace interaction menu

fair kestrel
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Sorry, I'm not familiar with ACE.

uncut trellis
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Could be vehicle is locked

modern echo
sullen bolt
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Nah it's when you remove the body, once it's removed other seats can be entered just fine. But the seats where the body was is not able to be entered

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We had a machine gun truck that the enemy ai Gunner died in. Once his body was reminded there was no open to take the seat

sullen bolt
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I suspect it's a mod issue, just wondering if anyone had seen or heard of issues like this before?

umbral narwhal
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With ACE, yeah. I think it was supposed to be fixed though.

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Although I think ACE used to eject bodies by moving the player into the seat, so maybe it's an issue with the new method versus Arma.

swift sundial
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hey so im having a server hosting issue and basically my friend that lives far away cannot connect

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everyone that lives close to me though are able to connect though

umbral narwhal
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Close as in same house?

swift sundial
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like block or so away

umbral narwhal
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Same internet service provider?

swift sundial
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have no idea

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but basically he taps connects he goes to loading screen then back to main menu saying nothing

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its odd

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tried the basics too

umbral narwhal
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Don't really know whose end the problem is at given that evidence. I can try connecting if you give me the IP & port in DMs.

swift sundial
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alright im in a match of csgo rn but ill boot up server after

rough zodiac
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I hope it's not CGNAT

jagged mirage
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probably not the right place to ask. However, I need help. I just loaded into arma 3 and it has reset my character face AND all my ace loadouts have been deleted. I have no idea why it did this and im confused. Could someone help me out?

high salmon
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Your profile got reset or it loaded the wrong profile

jagged mirage
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so I have all my profiles, but it just reset my face for some reason

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and all my loadouts have been deleted

high salmon
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Have any of your settings changed?

jagged mirage
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as far as I saw no, all settings and such have stayed the same its just my face reset and my loadouts are gone. Also of note I cant apply a name change to my profiles either. When I try to apply changes it just gets stuck on the menu and doesnt actually apply the changes

high salmon
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That sounds like it somehow got set to the default profile, which is always the same as the name of your computer

jagged mirage
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anyway to work around this?

uncut trellis
jagged mirage
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so my profiles are all there

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everyone of them

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its literally just my Face has reset and all my arsenal loadouts are gone

uncut trellis
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it usually means it cant read the files right

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or the files themselves got reset for some reason

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if you got onedrive thats known to mess up profiles

jagged mirage
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I think I deleted onedrive. Might be a long shot but would windows updates affect it at all?

uncut trellis
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well its possible it could enable one drive again for example

jagged mirage
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ah

uncut trellis
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and it could do stuff

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or mess up your user files maybe blobdoggoshruggoogly

jagged mirage
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thats fair. Ill have a look into it

uncut trellis
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cant say I can recall anyone saying win update had mess up their profile but cant say its impossible either

jagged mirage
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I know my previous problem was windows was blocking arma access to its files and I excluded it and it had fixed my problems before

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but this is just an issue I have never seen

uncut trellis
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if you happened to upgrade to win11 from 10 that could dfefinitely do stuff

uncut trellis
jagged mirage
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will do definitely

brisk flower
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hey would here be for general Arma troubleshooting or can I ask about some Eden issues here?

uncut trellis
brisk flower
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alright bet

Issue im having is I added a custom image into a Mp scenario and it worked being put onto a leaflet.
after shutting down the game and my pc properly one day, coming back to it the next day every time i now open the mission in the editor or when Im testing it in MP, it says the custom image is not found

even though its still in the directory with no change

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I've deleted the leaflet objects that any module that calls for the image and it still says the image cant be found

uncut trellis
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if it stills calls it to get the errot you have to be using it somewhere

brisk flower
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you actually just saved me a few days of head ache

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it was the biggest overlook of the century thanks for being a second brain on this lmao

jagged mirage
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Just to update I figured out my issue. I had changed my name of my profile however the launcher still had the parameters set to the previous name so it was just fucking with the game

cobalt kayak
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Not too sure if this is the best place to ask this, but I'm having some trouble joining the server of an arma unit all of a sudden.

Today I tried to join our Arma unit's server which is currently on the map Sahrani

I was able to join last week on the map, however this week anytime I try to join I am put on a loading screen that lists the map Wild Mountains, and it never loads.
All other people that joined the server were able to successfully load onto the server and play without issue.
Nothing has changed (that I'm aware of) since I was last able to successfully join.

I disabled Wild Mountains and tried again, but a different incorrect map took its place.
I repaired the CUP Terrains - Core and CUP Terrains - Maps mods from which Sahrani comes from and tried again, but I was getting the same issue.
I uninstalled both CUP Terrains mods, reinstalled them, and tried again, still getting the same issue.
I then uninstalled all steam workshop mods and verified my Arma 3 files. 2 Files failed to validate and were reacquired. I reinstalled our mods and tried again, yet still got the same issue.
I then tried verifying my files, of which they verified without issue, and the problem persisted.
I attempted switching between the main Arma branch and the profiling branch, but this didn't help either.
I attempted to and was able to successfully load Sahrani, Southern Sahrani, and Wild Mountains in Eden Editor. I then attempted to join the server but got the same issue.

During this I also cleared my Steam download cache and restarted steam and I also restarted my computer during my attempts.

I'm not sure what else to try or what the issue could be. I was talking to the guy running the server and he said the server logs weren't throwing any errors whenever I tried to join.

uncut trellis
cobalt kayak
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No, it does not.

uncut trellis
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everyone joining a server should use absolutely same mods

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in these cases typically there is some mismatch

cobalt kayak
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As far as I'm aware, that is the case - we are using the same mods.
I can speak for myself and a couple buddies at least that we are only using the mods given to us in a preset.

uncut trellis
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it might be useful if the server did not run any extra terrains except the one you intend to play on

unborn nebula
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uh i just loaded in at the menu screen

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and it wont let me press anything

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Only for 64 bits tho

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I tried the 32 but i didnt like it

steady hawk
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More info like pinned posts are welcomed

unborn nebula
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What exactly you've tried, expected result and what you got
No messages but i cant click anything, i can only use arrow keys
Singleplayer
N/A
Menu Screen
No mods
PC specs (OS, CPU, GPU, RAM etc) Device name
Processor AMD Ryzen 5 4600G with Radeon Graphics 3.70 GHz
Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.8 GB usable)
GPU NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1650
RPT files?

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idk if this is correct

steady hawk
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Okay, what about verify

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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.

unborn nebula
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Nvm there was a missing file idk what but its fixed

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thanks

cerulean cliff
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Anyone know what causes the following error?

(function BIS_fnc_respawnTickets) Attempting to use the function on Al unit, can be used only on players.

pine kite
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Doesn't that say enough? Attempting to respawn something that is an AI instead of a human player.

cerulean cliff
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Ah, I must have accidentally set a player unit as unplayable maybe. I shall investigate. I didn't quite understand what the error was saying so that's why I came here

mint heart
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Hi, I am having trouble adding the Zeus DLC to my steam library even though I purchased the ultimate edition. I believe someone else previously noted this issue and had to get into contact with steam. Was just wondering if there was any update on this issue?

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Oops, think I've verified myself on the server now

rough zodiac
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It's a free platform update, you should not have to do anything to have access to it. It's actually absent from your DLC library?

mint heart
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I managed to get the Malden DLC registered to my steam library via steam DB but no such luck with Zeus

mint heart
rough zodiac
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That is very weird and does sound like a steam customer support case

mint heart
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Yeah I'm gonna enjoy the game in the meantime but have raised it with them

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Luckily the rest of the core DLC is installed

modern echo
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@mint heart have you checked ownership in steam store and ownership in game?

pine kite
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It might help to log off from Steam, shutdown and restart it. While the game and launcher is not active.

snow sierra
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anyone know how to put a server on the dev branch?

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theres 4 options and idk which one:
Stable
profiling
performance
RC

modern echo
modern echo
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you might want to read up about the arma 3 branches in biki

molten mason
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is it normal for tripwires to sometimes not explode when stepped on?

fathom canopy
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id say so yes. buggy...

bronze river
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if not then it's the RC, since it's for 'release candidate'

pine kite
# snow sierra anyone know how to put a server on the dev branch?

Why do you want to play the dev branch in the first place? If it is for the supposed 'multithreading support' then that is also available in Performance branch. (which is crossplay compatible with people on main branch, dev branch is not) And the change is only minor compared to the multithreading it does since ages already. Don't expect miracles of it.

umbral narwhal
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Maybe he wants to get some early QA in.

narrow kernel
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i have a problem
i cant change game settings (for the server)
i dont have any mods
i have a new profile
and game is freashly installed

umbral narwhal
#

What game settings are you talking about?

narrow kernel
#

crosshair

umbral narwhal
#

How are you running the server?

narrow kernel
umbral narwhal
#

oh, localhost.

narrow kernel
#

yeah

umbral narwhal
#

At what point are you trying to change the settings? The mission selection screen?

narrow kernel
#

I tried both ways
Mission selection screen
And main game screen

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Neither of them worked

umbral narwhal
#

I wonder if that happens if Arma can't write to the profile. Surprised it doesn't just black-hole the changes like everything else.

narrow kernel
#

Then what i can do

umbral narwhal
#

It's just a theory.

#

Try saving a loadout in the arsenal and see if it's still there after you restart Arma.

narrow kernel
#

I mean can i do something that might solve the problem
Like troubleshooting?

sharp skiff
#

does anyone know how you can eject from a jet whilst remote controlling it in zeus? (eject works fine if its like a player in a vehicle but it doesn't give me the option if im remote controlling an AI in zeus)

pine kite
narrow kernel
#

How could i even change the settings when iam in a scenario

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Do you mean if i played a scenario once i cant change its game settings forever?

pine kite
#

No, once it has started you cannot change the difficulty settings.

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Change the settings, then start a server with a scenario on it. Or singleplayer for that matter.

warm bronze
#

hey guys, arma is being arma and is throwing access violation at me again and idk how to fix it, my milsim server has a troubleshoot section and it didnt work, i restarted my pc and updated my drivers and still doesn't work

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i kinda need this fixed ASAP due to having a OP on rn

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was working last time i played which was yesterday

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24 hours ago on the dot

wise jewel
#

Im assuming you're running with mods?

wise jewel
#

Sudden failure like that is due to corrupted game/mod files, or temporary memory failure.
If you haven't, try restarting your computer as well

warm bronze
warm bronze
wise jewel
warm bronze
#

is there a way to check for update/repair all mods at once?

wise jewel
#

Only way I know of that is verifying game files or reinstalling the mods itself

#

One sec

warm bronze
#

ok

wise jewel
#

Right click Arma 3 in steam -> Betas -> Profiling

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May atleast aleviate the immediate issue

warm bronze
#

then just run arma once i do that?

wise jewel
#

Yeah

warm bronze
#

ok doing it now

warm bronze
wise jewel
#

Have you tried using a different arma profile?

warm bronze
#

i cant switch profiles

wise jewel
#

I've noticed some times a profile can get corrupt and then cause the error under certain circumstances

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Why?

warm bronze
#

i cant load in

wise jewel
#

Oh into the game at all?

warm bronze
#

no

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so we have a mod that lets us choose the server we wanna load into from arma, we use the "play with mods" button

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and we have a custom loading screen but i cant get past it

wise jewel
warm bronze
#

ohhhhh

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trying now

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This is far as I get, after this game CTD

wise jewel
#

So you're able to get to that screen fine, but crash when trying to join server?

warm bronze
#

the no entry thing is normal

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no so i gotta wait like 30 seconds then i cant close the popup, but now when the 30 seconds is up it CTD

wise jewel
#

So with this specific mod set, is it only you that has this issue?
That doesn't seem like a profile-related crash, but a more mod-related one.

warm bronze
#

wdym?

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ya just me

wise jewel
#

So other people that are joining the OP are running the same mods?

warm bronze
#

everyone has the same mods

wise jewel
#

Do you know if it happens without any mods?

warm bronze
#

if you dont, you can load into the server but then ACE kicks you

warm bronze
wise jewel
#

Im aware, but trying to narrow down the cause of the crash

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Are you able to join other servers is kinda what I mean

warm bronze
#

let me try

wise jewel
#

If its a mod related crash, I'm not well versed in them, other than just disabling them

warm bronze
#

we are the server with the red dot

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lol top of the list

wise jewel
#

Hm. Could try uninstalling all of your mods and reinstalling them, but thats more of a last resort.

warm bronze
#

the red 3 mean anything?

wise jewel
#

Just means its not 1:1 with server mods - Hence the red 3 next to Mods: (if I recall correctly)

warm bronze
#

Could that cause it?

wise jewel
#

Shouldn't cause a crash

#

At that point, the only thing I could suggest is an uninstall/reinstall of the mods, but for some people that's not really ideal. Unfortunately I can't think of anything else to help

warm bronze
#

It’s def a mod… yayyyyyyy (sarcasm)

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Loaded into a server

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Taking for ever tho

heavy terrace
#

i need help pls i cant start arma 3 get this error i have chech verify integrity pls i need help

steady hawk
#

Delete Arma 3\addons\anims_f_data.pbo and verify again

pine kite
pine kite
warm bronze
steady hawk
#

No. 2013

warm bronze
#

so install 2013

wise jewel
pine kite
steady hawk
#

Indeed I forgot, but maybe it was about Launcher?

pine kite
#

I do remember it was related to the launcher functioning correctly. But anyway, upload the crashdump to the feedback tracker site @warm bronze and the devs can probably tell you why it crashes after monday morning EU time.

sharp skiff
#

does anyone know how you can eject from a jet whilst remote controlling it in zeus? (eject works fine if its like a player in a vehicle but it doesn't give me the option if im remote controlling an AI in zeus)

high salmon
#

Try double tapping "v", or whatever you have binded to eject
It should either eject your remote controlled unit, or stop remote controlling (I haven't tested and don't remember the default behaviour)
If it stops remote controlling, you might need to write a script or make a script mod to give an eject option

sharp skiff
#

it does the same with the navigation lights

high salmon
#

Might be the weird controlling AI vs playing as player
A bunch of stuff works differently because of the difference between "player" and currently controlled unit

rapid tusk
# modern echo you can try exiting steam and deleting the workshop content for arma 3 and its a...

So I deleted the appid folder and junction and redownloaded my subscribed workshop content and not much has changed -- from time to time in the launcher I'll still have several mods that show they're loaded but need to download when they should already be downloaded/disappear unexpectedly (just happened with Better Inventory).

I'm also still getting a non-stop update for Arma 3 that only validates for a bit (on occasion it will show a file size) but every time it completes another download shows up in the queue. This happens with both the standard and profiling builds selected.

This started happening a bit after I downloaded this mission and I see that other users are reporting the same thing. Any idea what it could be?

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1849873199

supple perch
#

what does this mean DX11 error : buffer Map failed : DXGl_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED

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that is why It crashed I think

umbral narwhal
quaint jewel
quaint jewel
steady hawk
#

Noted

quaint jewel
#

Only some A3 tools tools are not updated

warm bronze
inland oyster
#

Anyone know how to keep the AI from going through the entire list of facewear? Feels like it wasnt an issue a few months ago, now half the AI that spawn have HALO masks or something else

uncut trellis
#

could be some mod you have breaks it too if you are using some list that some mod overrides

sick pier
#

hoi, tried to repackage some mods for private use, used to tool to sign them, yet when i upload the package + key just created it says signature mismatch.
as said i just created that key, any idea?

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i ofc also use the signature check feature of the tool

undone notch
#

Hey, is it any way to check the .rpt file in-game? Maybe using advanced developer tools?

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I don't mean the onscreen prompts given by debug mode, but an in-game way to look into what's been written in .rpt file.

uncut trellis
#

RPT file is not in an accessible place

normal jacinth
#

I've recently set up a server on ScalaCube and added some mods to it. Prior to adding them it worked, but now whenever i am in the loading screen for a mission it just closes my game with the ACCESS_VIOLATION error code. Everything works fine with arma apart from when i join the server. Why does this happen and how do i fix it?

normal jacinth
#

I dont see any errors

uncut trellis
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add one mod at a time to see which one(s) errors

normal jacinth
#

Ill try doing that but dear god will it take a while

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pray for me 🤞

uncut trellis
#

that is the bane of using so many mods

pine kite
# normal jacinth I dont see any errors

For one thing, XYI_DataBase_Addon mod wasn't found. See the second table. Probably partial download of corrupted file.
Don't know if that was the cause of the crash though. But it certainly isn't flawless.

normal jacinth
#

Still no clue why

opal gulch
#

I seem to be having this weird issue where none of my difficulty settings are actually saving, does anyone know what is up with this?

umbral narwhal
#

Arma can't write to the profile, most likely.

opal gulch
#

what's the recommended fix here?

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for some reason the profile is on my one drive

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I imagine that would be why

ocean nacelle
#

does anyone know anything about ACE

high salmon
somber zodiac
#

How can you give yourself multiple lives in a single player scenerio in the eden editor? I would die and then just respawn where I died.

steady hawk
#

If player got a dead-worthy damage, disable that damage and restore health, then setPos

quaint apex
steady hawk
#

It will generate such upon a crash of Launcher. Harmless to delete

quaint jewel
pine kite
visual swift
#

what its is mod name???

pine kite
#

Ask the server admin that was played on? Or whoever made the video. (Also, not really a troubleshooting topic)

visual swift
pine kite
#

admin of server.

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(And I don't know)

modern echo
pine kite
#

I can't even tell what is supposed to be a mod in those images.

modern echo
#

yeah, it also looks like some bits are broken

normal jacinth
umbral narwhal
#

@normal jacinth Usually means a critical mod isn't loaded somewhere.

#

Check the mod tables in the RPTs.

scarlet talon
#

Hia, played thousands of hours of ArmA in the past, 6 months since I've last played I've reinstalled the game and my voice chat no longer works, I've done all the things people tend to say are fixes, even tried routing my mic through VAC, I'm at a loss, shouting at my screen when I see people infront of me 🫠

Can anyone think of any reasons my mic no longer works? I've had no hardware changes in my hiatus either.

pine kite
#

Set your microphone as the default input device in Windows?

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And make sure you are not on a push-to-talk mode/keybind. Or are pressing that.

wise jewel
scarlet talon
wise jewel
scarlet talon
pallid ridge
#

I dont know if im in the right channel but i wanted to ask for advise on HostHavoc hosting if this is not the right channel could you please point me in the right direction ?

pine kite
#

If you have issues with your HostHavoc server, then the first place to ask for help is at HostHavoc. You are paying them for their services. They should explain how it works.
Which game are you trying to host on your server?

normal jacinth
scarlet talon
#

Have you tried it while in the main menu

umbral narwhal
scarlet talon
normal jacinth
pine kite
#

Do you have the -noLogs startup parameter enabled (in whatever management console) for the commandline?

normal jacinth
#

Dont think so. Then again the hosting service doesnt provide a full commandline manager so Im not sure. All I can do is change the profile and mods

pine kite
#

Then ask the hosting service where the RPT files are. You need that information to troubleshoot correctly. Can't manage it while being blind.

normal jacinth
#

Ill be back once i get in contact, cheers

normal jacinth
pine kite
#

servermods only run on the server. The other -mods= have to run on both the server and the game client. Often things like mods to interface with databases or other technical stuff only need to run on the server. The mod creator should say if it is a proper server-mod. When it doubt, load it as a normal mod with -mod= on the server.

normal jacinth
#

That clears up a lot of things. I got a reply from support saying all the "necessary" settings are in the control panel. I did also find gameserver logs in the control panel, which are split into 14 pages. yikes

pine kite
#

They can become long. The more mods you use, the mod lines are added.

normal jacinth
#

Looked through the pages and see no errors unfortunately. I'll try and upload to pastebin in a second so you may have a look

pine kite
#

Check the table of mods in the pastebin about 4/5th down. A couple of the mod folders on the server appear to be empty for the server. GAME DIR (Empty) So somehow a corrupted or partial download of them.

normal jacinth
#

Good eye man. I'll try and redownload them since all the file sizes seem the same

umbral narwhal
#

Oh, it might be addons/Addons

#

GAME DIR (Empty) means that the folder exists but there's nothing in the addons folder. But some mods mis-case it so Linux servers don't load it.

#

@normal jacinth

#

But if your provider doesn't have a "lower case everything" button and just makes you use FTP, you'll need to lower-case all the PBOs locally.

normal jacinth
#

Yeah I just checked, all the empty mods have the addons folder capitalised

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So by lowercasing them it'll be fixed, right?\

umbral narwhal
#

I think dedmen might have fixed the PBO case issue though and it's just addons/Addons now?

#

Probably not, but you definitely need to lowercase them.

#

Linux providers usually do have a "lower case everything" button, so do check for that.

normal jacinth
#

Unforunately mine didn't have one. I managed to do 50 mods manually lol

#

It's the addons folders that are the issue

umbral narwhal
#

You have possibly found the worst server provider in existence.

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Although there are many challengers.

normal jacinth
#

The support isn't very helpful either

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glad i have you guys though

umbral narwhal
#

I'm kinda sick of providing free support so that these companies can carry on providing shit service :P

normal jacinth
#

I couldnt turn down the specs what can I say

#

32GB 200GB drives for 5 bucks

umbral narwhal
#

Doesn't help that none of them are good enough to recommend.

normal jacinth
#

I think the best way of hosting arma is locally through FASTER :P

#

nothing can beat it

#

Thank you for the help, I'll be back once i rename everything

bold schooner
#

when im playing arma 3 my screen goes black for about 2 seconds then it goes to normal from time to time. i run it at 120 fps so ik my pc can run it

steady hawk
#

You sure it is Arma 3 issue

pine kite
lilac canyon
#

i bought this game yesterday

#

i can only run it on 32 bit

quaint jewel
# lilac canyon When I tried launching arma it goes black screen then this any help?

Google for your actual error "Cannot create shader Unknown, error 887a0005" shows me a few results.
All of them forums of people who couldn't solve their issue.
It seems to be a graphics driver issue

https://answers.ea.com/t5/Technical-Issues/Failed-to-create-pixel-shader-3-error-code-887a0005/td-p/10702209/page/2 maybe that last one there
https://www.reddit.com/r/blackopscoldwar/comments/lvk55m/error_887a0005_perhaps_i_fix_it/ or that

lilac canyon
#

kk

modern echo
#

ouch, maybe get 64 bits hardware

#

you could try reinstalling the gpu drivers

#

or rolling to a earlier version perhaps

heady knoll
#

I got a question for when making something in the editor
How do I make Opfor people to not have their secondary drawn
I'm trying to disguise enemies as civilians and give them only a pistol but they have them drawn which kinda blows their disguise
Anything I can do?

molten mason
#

any idea what could cause this, i'm running a Hearts & minds scenario in a dedicated server (heavily modded), never had this in my previous scenarios, happens after i shoot at enemies, the sound is fine, but when i get a weapon (in this case i got a lmg) and shot for a while at enemies sounds of all kinds start looping/bugging like this, and sometimes the vehicles teleport back with the rythm of the sound bug,

i have acess to the server log in case anyone can help me figure this out

there is a bunch of
Ref to nonnetwork object af2ba18b40# 4199715: i_c_soldier_para_3_f.p3d I_C_Soldier_Para_3_ for what appears to be all units the Hearts & minds game mode created, not saying it's their fault, most likely is something i did or a mod we have, just want some help narrowing where the problem could lie at

molten mason
#

i think i found it, it was a mod that had a loop with fadeSound

molten mason
#

in the server's .rpt mentioned above there's hundreds if not thousands of Server: Object 4:47 not found (message Type_#) and Server: Network message 70ba9 is pending T_# every second, where the #'s are a number/id mentioned.

#

how can i figure out what these are?

umbral narwhal
#

Trial and error. Arma devs won't tell you for security reasons.

#

Generally object not found is "normal" and network message is pending means that the server is trying to send too much.

green frost
#

Guys I created my own Warlords scenario for only a few capture points in Prairie Fire, but when I try to but assets I just have vanilla assets not Vietnam assets ? What needs to be changed please ?

fringe salmon
#

Load in to a mission is prevented as it says Picture 0; not found
I havent put any pictures in the op lol
Any ideas?

gaunt pendant
#

IHey guys, I have my issue with my home server/pc.I still cant get it to show up online.And also i now know of 3 other ppl in the last 3 months that have same issues.A couple of those guys manage servers for groups in the past.Any tips? Arma in the past was always great and very usefull which has been a big part of the success of the game.Wtih Arma 3 its all gone to hell.

#

The only way i can get a server to show on LAN is to do install of full game and then install dedi server ....Its a real mess and is costing the company money.Needs to be sorted ASAP.Or at least easy to follow steps/guide on a sure fire way of doing it.Not being able to join a friend on a LAN is really really really poor engineering...

ember elm
modern echo
#

what are you talking about? the networking system has stayed the same as the previous versions, probably just code rot :v

rapid tusk
#

Mods disappear from launcher/non-stop game update

lime sphinx
#

i mean, didn't GameSpy provide some NAT traversal setup?

gaunt pendant
# ember elm You mention both "show up online" and "show on LAN" how exactly are you trying t...

To get my home server to show on a LAN with all clients on same LAN is to install full agme and then install dedi server. I havent yet once been able to get my server or my own game to show online.I cannot host a game myself (not server) and have ppl join via internet.Extremely dissappointed.The game is advertised as being able to do so... I shouldnt need to hire a pro to come to my house to setup the network seetings and router settings to get it to run the way it used to and almost all other games run.This is virtually misrepresentation of a product.It should be staed that the game only runs in MP if we join a profesionally setup host.The game industry doesnt survive because all gamers are PC/network techs.BI NEED to do something..... I have forgotten how many tims someone has invited me to join there game and they/we spent hours trying unsuccessfully to get a simple MP game going.Just his pc join my pc or vice versa.Doesnt work even for ppl with PC/skills and network experience.We all stumped...Broken or inaccessible for users,No where does it mention that netwoking qualifications are required for basic MP use.It used to be that there were more ppl joining each other than hosted servers.Aint like that anymore.Thats what is costing BI money....

umbral narwhal
#

If you're on the same LAN then join with the LAN IP. Modern routers tend to lack loopback support.

stark flower
#

oh just pat ur head and rub your belly 👍

elfin falcon
#

hey guys sorry for a random message but i got a question for u lads i hit a break wall with arma 3 I get the following error message: “Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permission to access the item.” i tried everything to fix this but nothing seems to work , would you lad possibly have any solutions to this problem iv been at it ALL DAY!

ember elm
elfin falcon
#

i have been playing
1/2/3 for hours but never hit problem like that before , any information on that error would be amazing cheers lads in advance

ember elm
elfin falcon
#

i tried that a few times but still the same error , even deleted the game and downloaded again , but ill give it another red hot crack

#

ran game as admin too

ember elm
#

and what file does the error message say?

elfin falcon
#

thank u kindly for ur help btw cookie u the man

gaunt pendant
fair kestrel
#

What should BI fix? Read articles about game hosting and do it for you? Or configure your router? Or call your ISP and ask them to let you host game?

ember elm
gaunt pendant
fair kestrel
#

Now all works the same as it worked before and everything works fine for me.

gaunt pendant
fair kestrel
#

I just forwarded ports on my router.

gaunt pendant
#

Did u port forward?

uncut trellis
#

!localhost

rustic eagleBOT
#

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

gaunt pendant
#

Never had to do that for previous titles.

uncut trellis
#

Your internet connection might have changed in the past 10 years

gaunt pendant
#

I did check the IPv4 stuff.seemed correct.

fair kestrel
gaunt pendant
#

Wasnt needed by anyone

uncut trellis
#

Unless upnp has happened to work

#

But things change

gaunt pendant
#

yep

uncut trellis
#

Computer change, modem change, how your isp gives you Internet change.

#

Worked before is obsolete statement I'm afraid.

gaunt pendant
#

At least once a week someone invites me to there game but it doesnt work.

#

Big iuuse for BI.MP is almost broken'

#

an Engineer needs to look into it.

uncut trellis
#

It works for most people.

gaunt pendant
#

*issue

#

none i know of

#

*no one

#

If u host a game i bet ppl wont be able to either see your game or join

#

I'ad bet money on it.

fair kestrel
#

Dude, stop whining and blaming your problems on others.

gaunt pendant
#

....

uncut trellis
gaunt pendant
#

Its for the devs who read stuff m8

uncut trellis
#

And allow the traffic through firewall

gaunt pendant
#

Np,Will double check those things next time i try.

#

Thanks bud!

uncut trellis
#

Most problems I've had has been my interactive firewall sometimes bugging and not showing the prompt to allow the traffic.

gaunt pendant
#

I usually turn all that off for best chance or working...

uncut trellis
#

But that's very specific to my setup

gaunt pendant
#

i jsut use windows default configuration

#

Most gamers would back out of anything they that they had to portforward/ modify there routers

#

Thats a game killer.Needs to be fixed ASAP.No point in having a game only pc techs can setup.

#

I hope A4 is properly sorted.

ember elm
fair kestrel
#
  • Use UPnP.
elfin falcon
#

any recommendation on how to fix this error i have -

#

ran as admin , deleted battleye redownloaded it, deleted game and dowloaded back

ember elm
#

Are you on windows insider by any chance?

elfin falcon
#

windows 11

#

turned off all virus protection off

#

prioritized arma 3 , i pretty much did everything i could but if anyone has any other opinions throw them this way haha

#

same thing now poping up with dayz which never used to happen only after downloading arma3

ember elm
#

Do you have any other BattlEye games besides A3 and DayZ?
And can you check if you have windows insider turned off? Settings > Update & Security > Windows Insider Program, It can cause issues with battleye

#

You can also try running Arma3BattlEye.exe as admin

elfin falcon
#

i just checked if i have windows insider on but dont think i do it says get started above it

#

and it wont give me the option to run BA as admin how would i do that

pine kite
pine kite
swift harness
#

hey me and my friend are trying to play arma together and whenever either one of us hosts the other cant find the game to join it

#

also

#

my upnp doesnt work

#

if that might be part of the problem

#

because i cant host it with upnp

#

does anyone have any suggestions

#

i saw a youtoube video saying somethin about zero tier but wasnt quite sure if it was safe and all

uncut trellis
#

!localhost

rustic eagleBOT
#

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

uncut trellis
swift harness
#

thanks

swift harness
#

but

#

what if my computer uses

#

ipv6

#

or my internet i mean

#

because when i go to settings

#

it says i have an ipv4

#

and an ipv6

waxen sail
#

well if you have the ipv4 address then just bind to that

#

Usually you can't see your public IP from settings though, are you looking at your internal IP?

swift harness
#

uhh i have no clue what i did was settings > network and internet > properties then it was there

swift harness
swift harness
jagged mirage
#

so im having an issue where I cant save my p3d in object builder. It keeps saying "This file doesnt exist" or "error during save operation"

uncut trellis
#

you managed to lock the file in the windows fily system somehow

jagged mirage
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any way to undo that? I tried saving other projects and it keeps bringing up the same error

pine kite
#

Network and internet properties does not have your internet IP. They only show your LAN IP (which can be a IPv4 and IPv6). You can get your internet side IPv4 (if your ISP provides one) when you look into your router and it shows something like internet or WAN address. Arma doesn't care about IPv6 addresses. You need to have a unique IPv4 address for hosting. You can compare it with the result of whatsmyip.org

wanton fern
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I have encountered a problem like this. Can someone help me?

waxen sail
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Is it actually causing problems? Usually this message is harmless and just means you might not be running some optional client-side mods

wanton fern
waxen sail
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kicked with what reason?

wanton fern
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I don't know, I don't agree at all, but I get a notification after waiting.

uncut trellis
#

-either you dont have correct mods loaded or
-your game data is corrupted -> run steam install verification
-or the server is running old version of the game and you cant join.

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start by testing one of the official Bohemia Interactive servers

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and join games from the launchers server browser

fallen field
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can someone help me with my arma 3?
ıts crashes when ı open up
ıt gives black screen

pine kite
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Make sure to do an install verification through Steam.

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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.

fallen field
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ı did but still crashes

pine kite
worn spruce
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my b

fallen field
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no when ı say ıt crashed, ı try to say that ıt gives black screen

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my english is not that good

pine kite
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What is your operating system?

fallen field
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what do you mean by that?

pine kite
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Windows 10, 11? Mac OS? Linux?

fallen field
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window 11

pine kite
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Did you see the launcher application come up when you press play in Steam?

fallen field
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yes

pine kite
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Did you do anything with the parameters tab in it?

fallen field
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ı tryed some commends on commends tab

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to solve the problem

pine kite
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Don't. Undo those.

fallen field
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ı undo the commends but its ganna give black screen again

pine kite
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See if you can find an RPT log file as explained below:

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!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.

pine kite
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Get the file with the time and date in the name that reflects your last time trying to play it getthign the black screen.

fallen field
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ok

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ı paste it then what?

pine kite
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Upload it here.

fallen field
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how?

pine kite
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Do you not see the plus icon before the text entry line in this channel?

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You probably have not acknowledged the rules or did the !verify command.

fallen field
#

ı guess this is

umbral narwhal
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Disk is probably fucked.

pine kite
#

Sounds like you have corrupted files, or your disk you have Arma 3 installed on is dying.:

 
 0:12:25   File read recovery from error 17 has failed with error 17: Veri hatas  (d ng sel art kl k denetimi).
 
 0:12:25 Error 17 reading file 'D:\programlar\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\heli\addons\cargoposes_f_heli.pbo'
 0:12:25 ErrorMessage: (0x00000017) Veri hatası (döngüsel artıklık denetimi).
 0:12:25 Application terminated intentionally
ErrorMessage: (0x00000017) Veri hatası (döngüsel artıklık denetimi).```

I don't know what that language is. Turkish?
fallen field
#

yes

umbral narwhal
#

You can try deleting that file (heli/addons/cargoposes_f_heli.pbo) and re-verifying, but it's not a good sign for the hardware.

pine kite
#

John beat me to it answering.

fallen field
umbral narwhal
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Steam, right-click on arma 3, manage, browse local files.

fallen field
#

and is my hardware dying?

pine kite
#

Also, the error message above shows where it is.

umbral narwhal
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Probably.

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Whatever your storage device is, specifically.

fallen field
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thanks

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so can ı play now?

umbral narwhal
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wrong one :P

pine kite
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It can happen that Steam makes errors saving files. But it can be that you have a magnetic disk with surface errors. Or you have an SSD which has had too many write cycles to the section where that file is.

#

Well, ok. But is the place where it should be.

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And I think _heli means it is a folder or something inside that PBO.

fallen field
pine kite
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Well, then bring your computer to a repair shop and let them test it for disk read errors.

umbral narwhal
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Or just make sure you backed up anything critical and wait until it dies properly :P

pine kite
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Yes, these kind of error mean that sooner or later you are going to loose data on it.

fallen field
#

ı will try one last time

fallen field
pine kite
#

Copy important files on that disk to USB-stick!

umbral narwhal
pine kite
#

Oh you are right. I'm blind!

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Fixed:

swift harness
#

my arma is really choppy

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any fixes?

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ive turned the graphics down from

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ulta

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to high

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but still runin 15 fps on average

waxen sail
#

turn it down more

pine kite
#

Reduce rendering distances (to something sane and realistic as in what you can actually see), that helps a lot.

#

This video where he explains what ingame graphics settings to use worked alot for me. Not the rest outside of the game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GktBSZcglFk&t=351s

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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swift harness
#

thanks

swift harness
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i cant join any servers because of it

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warlord servers

waxen sail
#

It would need to be whitelisted for you to use it, just adjust your view distance down manually unless it is

uncut trellis
#

only ones the server allows

swift harness
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i see

fallen field
#

thank you guys

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that solved my problem

keen python
#

Hello Guys I want to play with my friend but i have trouble hosting a server?
is there any solution to this or maybe a server where we can play in peace?

uncut trellis
#

!localhost

rustic eagleBOT
#

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

uncut trellis
#

requirements for local hosting 👆 @keen python

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you can also try virtual local network programs like Hamachi

keen python
fluid ether
#

I need help with my subbed mods not loading

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Can someone help me?

waxen sail
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not without more information

uncut trellis
fluid ether
# waxen sail not without more information

The Info I can give is that before they are loaded and is working well, one day some of them disappeared and the files are still there but not the data of the mod itself on the launcher.

#

And I am still subbed on the workshop

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It doesn't wanna automatically installed subbed mods

pine kite
#

Then those mods either got removed by the mod-creator, or forced deleted by Steam or by Bohemia Interactive instruction. It probably wasn't a legit mod most likely.

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Check if you can still find the mod page on Steam Workshop.

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And try an unsubscribe/re-subscribe to get them back.

fluid ether
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They are popular mods

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CBA, ACE, 3cb, etc

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They are still in the workshop

uncut trellis
#

verify game files in steam library

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!steamverify

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.

uncut trellis
#

@fluid ether

fluid ether
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already did

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didn't work

modern echo
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maybe don't use illegal modpacks
also try resetting your steam workshop cache

fluid ether
#

But I haven't tried the workshop cache yet

modern echo
fluid ether
modern echo
fluid ether
#

Thanks for the help still though

modern echo
scenic gate
stone lava
#

anyone know why in achilles mode not all my assets show in the spawn menu

high salmon
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Not certain what achilles mode is
Achilles is a old zeus extension from what I know
Assets not showing up in zeus is often from the zeus module in the scenario not being set to include all addons

stray geyser
#

Hello uhm i am having a problem with the game whenever i try to start it up it shows "The Application was unable to start correctly (0x000009a)

amber night
#

Hey folks, I am trying to get Acre2 to run on linux. So far I got Acre 2 to install the plugin alone (meaning that arma does detect teamspeak) but teamspeak does not detect arma (see picture). I am running teamspeak with the same proton prefix as arma (through flatpak). Any idea of what could fix this issue?

high salmon
amber night
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but the provided script did not work

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as it was not made to work with flatpak it seems

high salmon
#

Umm
Try the other version of steam I guess?
The ArmaOnUnix discord might be able to give more help

amber night
#

but even then, it wouldn't be a great solution

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have you got the invite link for that discord server?

high salmon
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Not certain how active it is

amber night
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thanks

restive mantle
#

got this after the new ace update that came out yesterday in my timezone, does anyone else have this issue?

heady knoll
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Wont even let me start the game up with ACE enabked

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same goes for someone I know

uncut trellis
#

Id recommend trying to repairt the ace mod install in the launchers mod list

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repair tool is in the [. . . ] menu

quaint jewel
restive mantle
#

looks like it

pine kite
#

What Dedmen wrote!

restive mantle
#

just as shocked as you are xd

quaint jewel
#

Note that if you're playing in a closed community with your own server, you probably don't need BattlEye

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only need it if you don't trust your players to not cheat

amber night
#

Oh, and is the units service still down?

amber night
#

I fixed the acre issue by the way

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for any future endeavourers, you "simply" have to ditch flatpak and use the armaonlinux script

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ie install steam with your package manager

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then run the script

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and run arma through the pm steam

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then run the script to run teamspeak

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and it works

rotund shore
#

hello all. i got myself a new laptop and im having trouble connecting to my arma 3 server. I can connect fine on my gaming PC and so can my players in my group, its just this new laptop that's refusing to connect. i can connect to other stuff such as teamspeak and all which are all hosted on the same server machine.

im guessing its something to do with my ports but i have no idea how to troubleshoot this. arma only shows me connection failed when i try to connect to the server. i can see the server on the public list but i cant join it and i cant direct connect to it too.

amber night
rotund shore
high salmon
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Check the windows firewall settings
If it somehow didn't get configured correctly for arma, you can have issues with it
(Haven't encountered in arma, but in some other games)

amber night
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I concur

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A friend of mine accidentally firewalled arma and he had the same problem

rotund shore
#

i thought so too.

this new laptop comes with this norton360 AV thing. turned everything off, whatever live protection, smartwall firewall off. went to windows and just turned off firewall too but somehow still not able to connect

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tempted to just uninstall this norton tbh 🤣

I mean PC works fine with just windows protecting it

high salmon
#

Leave windows firewall on
Open windows defender, go to the firewall tab, and allow Arma 3 through firewall
That should fix any issues with windows firewall

rotund shore
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on norton its already allowed

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would providing my rpt file help?

uncut trellis
rotund shore
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aight. brb. uninstalling this bloatware

rotund shore
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ok uninstalled norton. allowed arma through firewall. still cant connect.

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rpt file for reference if anyone can help

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also turned off firewalls and tried to connect but no success yet

umbral narwhal
#

As it's a new laptop, I'd just reinstall the thing with a clean copy of Windows.

#

There will be something on there blocking UDP or similar, but good luck finding out what.

uncut trellis
lime sphinx
#

Arma3_x64.exe" -noSplash -ip= "-mod=... audible confusion noises

umbral narwhal
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Oh, do try connecting to another server first.

rotund shore
#

tried connecting to official servers and wasnt able too as well

uncut trellis
rotund shore
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nope nada.

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gonna try run a vanilla server without battleeye

rotund shore
uncut trellis
#

then it got to be some sort of issue in your network

rotund shore
# uncut trellis then it got to be some sort of issue in your network

change from my home network to my mobile hotspot did not solve the issue. so no idea what is anymore.

im concluding theres an app somewhere in this new laptop that's blocking my port for arma 3. proabably gonna have to do a fresh install just to remove whatever bloatware is hidden inside.

lime sphinx
rotund shore
uncut trellis
#

nothing

lime sphinx
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no -ip= argument at all blobdoggoshruggoogly

uncut trellis
#

perhaps you have set hard launch parameters somewhere in the launcher

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or in steams commandline

lime sphinx
#

if we assume the launcher does that - it should be this option. Or "Command line" blobdoggoshruggoogly

rotund shore
#

that param was somehow ticked

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was on the profiling branch and using the multicore and enabling the params and stuff. i already had it on PC and was like i should do this on the new laptop as well. did not realize i ticked an extra params...

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bruh

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tq guys for all the help 🙏

uncut trellis
#

🫣

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👍

icy silo
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@bitter flint

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In here!!

bitter flint
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found it 😄

icy silo
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yey

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pronight

bitter flint
#

Heya Folks

probally a stupid question ...
how is it possible the i cant adjust my keybindings
like throw is standart on "G" i know on my old pc i had it on Left shift Left mouse button
and now on my new pc i cant put it back in

so i tried another combo lft ctrl + left mouse button this also doent work
cNt do it by hand and cant do it by the little menu on the right

anyone has an good idea what i can try

uncut trellis
heavy kettle
#

Yo, don't know if this is the place to ask but im currently having problems with my arma 3, it just happend randomly a week ago and its bothering me because the graphics are all blurred even when im like 10 m away and it would often gets more worse and worse this happends on both singleplayer and multiplayer game, anyone know the fix to it?
and my graphic option is just pointless, even on high graphics after a few seconds it will downgrade so much you can pretty much call that a slime texture..
this happends on both modded and vanilla.

uncut trellis
pine kite
#

Or clogged fans

heavy kettle
pine kite
#

It is more important with laptops than cased PCs. But many people never look at that, and then dust builds up into a thick felt layer.

heavy kettle
pine kite
#

Which laptop do you have that it is so easily accessible on a daily basis?

heavy kettle
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it's definetly easy because i have a friend that does it for me lol, the laptop is HP 14-em0xxx

heavy kettle
umbral narwhal
#

Is this a laptop with both a discrete GPU and an IGP?

near ridge
#

I can NOT give commands to the UAV, I can tell it to follow/destroy units but I can't give it move commands.

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Can someone help me? Isn't it just right-click?

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I can tell it what to do if I right-click on where it is going currently but that doesn't really help as that means I can only use units that are visible to the UAV's cams as waypoints..

bitter flint
uncut trellis
#

if you change keys they dont work?

bitter flint
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to be honest ... i just found out you must drag them from right menu to wrds the left

modern echo
#

so confusing and whatever

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@uncut trellis think they're referring to issues with assigning them and whatever

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probably some problem with your keyboard or conflciting software

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modifier keys

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maybe ace is interfering?

uncut trellis
#

more details needed I suppose 😅

heavy kettle
slow frigate
#

Would this be the place to go for modding issues as well or just vanilla Arma 3 issues?

uncut trellis
slow frigate
#

specifically, upon adding a singular mod it makes everyone have the "Connecting Connected Disconnected" Issue.

uncut trellis
#

or the combination of mods you got does not work

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(you also should only use mods that server runs)

slow frigate
#

Specifically Antistasi Plus just doesnt like workin.

uncut trellis
#

probably combination of whatever you have

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mods dont always work together

slow frigate
#

even with just one mod it causes the Connect thing

uncut trellis
#

just antistasi?

slow frigate
#

yeah

uncut trellis
#

is it latest version?

slow frigate
#

yes.

uncut trellis
#

are the people joining having all same correct mods?

slow frigate
#

yes, we've all reinstalled the game, reinstalled the mods, manually purged the mod files and redownloaded them.

uncut trellis
#

are you hosting it locally or on external server?

slow frigate
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Locally.

uncut trellis
#

if you host any vanilla mission does that work?

slow frigate
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no mods on a vanilla mission it works

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its as soon as a SINGULAR mod exists it just dies.

uncut trellis
#

any mod or just antistasi?

slow frigate
#

any of them.

uncut trellis
#

then no idea. maybe someone else has ideas

slow frigate
#

thats what i'm hoping, i've been at this for 4 hours.

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what confuses me the most is it worked a month ago.

umbral narwhal
#

@slow frigate What's your server setup?

slow frigate
#

but we just solved it 😭

#

apparently my PC just despises arma 3, and it fixed itself upon restarting my PC.

near ridge
#

So I think this has to be one of the weirdest & rarest bugs (not suprised with my luck), as I have seen very few posts and none have fixed my issue, maybe someone else has had this here and solved it themselves, which is why I am asking.

I was playing Antistasi but it felt just too outdated so I switched to Antistasi+. I did not knew at the time but it was actually supposed to have its own mission, which after asking on Reddit why I couldn't save, looking for help, I was told to switch to Ultimate and when switching, I did not see any custom missions and just the default Antistasi mission. I chose and loaded in, it gave me a warning, saying that I should get the correct mission and that this is the wrong mission. I looked up a YouTube tutorial or two, and saw that people had a mission for Ultimate specificly. The issue is that even though Antistasi is disabled on my mod list, it is still showing with ANY mods, even with zero mods. I could not find any solutions and like I stated above, no previous posts was helpful. Can anyone help me, please?

strong apex
#

Anyone experiencing problems with saving only certain difficulty settings in the latest regular build (no DLC, no Mods), such as "multiple saves"?
Steps to reproduce: go to options, difficulty settings. Select "Veteran" preset. Scroll to bottom, enable "multiple saves" (at this point the settings DO NOT INDICATE "CUSTOM", it stays on "Veteran"). Switching another option may trigger the preset to switch to "Custom". Anyway, when you close and open the settings again, the "multiple saves" is OFF, despite it just being enabled. This may happen with other diff. switches. Things I tried that didn't work:

  • run as Admin
  • move profile folder
  • create new profile entirely
  • switch to dev or prof builds

What worked as a workaround:

  • enabling the option "multiple saves" directly in the .Arma3Profile file outside the game.

Looks like a bug to me. Can anyone test this?

near ridge
#

After I fuck up some CP'ers in Ready or Not

strong apex
#

Any mission, just try it in from the main menu. It's very weird, I didn't change anything with my setup.

golden nova
strong apex
#

Already tried, check op.

near ridge
#

Aight imma try

#

I tried different missions, and yes. It does not let me save more than once.

strong apex
#

Looks like a bug, if you switch to another preset (recruit or regular), the opposite happens, you cannot toggle it off.

stiff peak
#

@golden nova Hello

golden nova
stiff peak
#

i wanna film a soldier in arma 3 spectator mode and make it fire its missile, how can i do this?

#

for arma 3 cinematic purposes

uncut trellis
#

you can check out various available commands here 👆

stiff peak
#

hmm i dont know how to use this

#

lets say im on spectator mode , i type in player fire it dont work

uncut trellis
#

youll probably need to experiment with how scripting works more.

stiff peak
#

is tghere a way to have free camera mode whilst still controlling your unit though?

uncut trellis
#

cinematic things usually are scripted AI doing things in sequence

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and not always in same sequence but more pieced together from multiple takes

stiff peak
#

but can u give me example script for example to just make a specific unit "fire"?

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i need to give the unit a variable name first?

uncut trellis
#

no dont have any at hand

stiff peak
#
_soldier fire "M16";
Example 2:
_soldier fire "SmokeShellMuzzle";
Example 3:
_soldier fire ["SmokeShellMuzzle", "SmokeShellMuzzle", "SmokeShellRed"];
Example 4:
player playActionNow "PutDown";
player selectWeapon "DemoChargeMuzzle";
player fire ["DemoChargeMuzzle", "DemoChargeMuzzle", "DemoCharge_Remote_Mag"];
player setWeaponReloadingTime [player, "DemoChargeMuzzle", 0];````
uncut trellis
umbral narwhal
crystal mantle
#

hey so im trying to host an antistasi playthru with a couple buddies and whenever i host trying to use upnp it straight up fails every single time. ive gone into my router to turn on upnp and ipv4 aswell as set the ports to my pc for tcp and udp with every possible arma 3 port and to no avail it fails over and over

tawdry nymph
#

Isn't this a glitch in BI building ?

pine kite
#

What glitch? Looks normal to me. Other than that you are hurt somehow.

tawdry nymph
uncut trellis
tawdry nymph
low flax
low flax
#

since the ACE update in January 2025 I can no longer play Arma, when I launch my scenario it freezes and shows me an error message telling me there is an update problem. when I check all the files in steam it tells me that everything is ok.... I don't understand and when I check my arma mods tells me that ACE3 is up to date yet I can launch none of my scenarios

umbral narwhal
#

Repair the ACE mod using the Launcher, and make sure you're not loading any mods that include an older copy of ACE.

delicate elm
#

Answered already on ACE discord 👍

near ridge
# tawdry nymph

I am pretty suer that those lines are where the debris is going to break if it was to blow up, like HorribleGoat said. You don't need a tank by the way, you can use a few C2s too.

near ridge
near ridge
bronze river
#

say just in case do you have Cloud drive enabled such as ONEDrive etc? try disabling it for Arma 3 save folder (check pinned)

near ridge
#

...can you read the whole message first? there is no screenshots required, it is all clear?

near ridge
#

it was causing issues before on Arma3 and more, so I deleted it

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i hate it anyway, its so annoying

#

also, i know how to create an antistasi save?

bronze river
#

check your subscribed content on steam and see if you subscribed to antistasi scenario, since scenario doesnt show up in Launcher mod list.

near ridge
#

okay it started working for some reason??

bronze river
near ridge
#

i swear it wasn't yesterday, now it shows up on list? i did not change anything, i littereally loaded the exact same mod preset?

#

i hate when this happens, there is a saying in my country for this because it is SUPER common, its like a curse, you have the weirdest problem, that most people won't even believe, and you go to prove it, and its fixed

#

at least i get to play modded now :/

bronze river
#

oh yeah when you asked mother to find your stuff and it suddenly appears

near ridge
#

yea, fr exactly like that

signal heart
#

Anyone else getting this Error after the ACE Update the 28th?

high salmon
#

Didn't have any issues last night, other than a bug with signature mismatch that didn't do anything

umbral narwhal
#

It seems like an extremely detailed and likely accurate error.

high salmon
#

It has the first steps you should take right there

umbral narwhal
#

Great job from ACE there, tbh :P

signal heart
#

It works if I delete the APL pbo then it works again but seems to be creating further errors, but at least I am able to play the game.

#

I've reinstalled the mod & repaired it & neither fixed it.

umbral narwhal
#

Make sure you restart steam.

signal heart
#

I did

bronze river
#

when in doubt, restart pc

signal heart
#

I've done that as well

high salmon
#

Last change to ace_apl was 3 years ago, so the keys might not have been updated properly on the server with the ace 3.19 update
Either that or you have a duplicate ace_apl.pbo someplace
It's the APL licensed assets that ACE uses, needed for a bunch of the models

somber zodiac
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Hey does anyone know how to fix the ArmaFXP mod overwriting the improved craters mod? The craters stopped working when I installed the ArmaFXP mod. If there is a solution to this instead of just disabling one mod, please let me know.

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high salmon
somber zodiac
umbral narwhal
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(install as local mod, load that instead of the steam workshop version)

signal heart
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👍 I'll try that, thank you.

umbral narwhal
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If there's a duplicate PBO for ace_apl then it'll show up in the RPT easily enough.

signal heart
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Yeah the RPT said nothing about a duplicate.

high salmon
elfin falcon
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hi guys having trouble running arma3 , have been playing dayz for a bit and sense downloading arma3 this issue keeps poping up tried everything pretty much any clue what it could be

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disabled all firewall setting , ran as admin both battle eye and launcher , no error popping up in firewall history ,verified game , reinstalled game, reinstalled steam had no issue playing DayZ but ever sense downloading arma3 this happened

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deleted Battleye and reinstalled it too

modern echo
elfin falcon
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How would U do that

umbral narwhal
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It's important to know what software is running on your computer :/

modern echo
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ask your technician

marble sand
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so euhm, we updated all mods on the server

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repaired on the client, and doesnt work

fringe salmon
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this sometimes shows a green screen over it

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how the hell do i fix it?

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it sometimes works

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and then most of the time it doesnt and itll show a green screen

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this is the targeting pod