arma3_troubleshooting

[umbral narwhal]

I have no idea.

I know how headless clients work. I don't know anything about these mods.

I would strongly recommend not bothering with a headless client unless the server is struggling.

Especially since 2.20

[unique barn]

what happened with 2.20?

[umbral narwhal]

Single process can handle more AIs than it used to, and it hits the cores harder.

So there's less need for HCs and it's also more difficult to run them without crippling the server.

[unique barn]

I was planning on making a scenario like Evannex, with the amount of ai on the map at one time I figured I needed an HC to help mitigate the load

I havent been in arma since the profiling beta so I dont know if the performance is as strong

[unique barn]

never the less thank you for your help

[quartz panther]

RE: RHS Escalation is the mod that broke it

[azure ibex]

Have you ever run a headless client before?
You need another instance of Arma 3 running to join as the headless client.
I have used both ZHC and Werthles and they both work fine and have different options.

[vestal sand]

hey guys uh i have been getting this certain issue for some reason

i keep getting no message received after every like 30 minuteish in game

the crazy part is steam, youtube,... everything else worked normally

this only happen in my friend's server

and no other person is affected

my internet isnt bad either

during the no message thing i tested by trying to download something on steam and my internet reached 80mb/s yet arma still giving me that message

is there any fixes to this?

im running windows and not using any VPNs

[umbral narwhal]

You can play for an unlimited time on other Arma servers?

[vestal sand]

yeah

we are gonna let someone else host today to see it that issue still persists

[uncut trellis]

Do you have old router/modem?

I've experienced similar issues with age of empires with my old modem.after replacing the drops stopped.

[abstract bison]

When I complete a scenario I've downloaded from the workshop, the lil tickbox doesnt fill like if its a bohemia made scenario...am i doing something or has this just been bugged for years?

[unique barn]

Well I moved away from Werthles because it refused to work, the shortcuts it had could never join the server

[vestal sand]

well it only happened to arma 3 on some occasion

other game it was fine (cs2, warthunder, roblox,...)

and it only happened on his server btw

todays session didnt show me the message for some reason

[uncut trellis]

same for me. only age of empries had issue

but if it now works, could have been just a fluke

[limber sluice]

Hello, not sure whether this is the right channel to post this question, please redirect me if there is a more appropriate one

I've recently purchased the Arma 3 Soundtrack on Steam and wanted to put it on an mp3 player. I copied the mp3 files and pasted them on a USB key from which I was going to paste it into the player (bit of a weird setup I know).

I recently received the mp3 player and wanted to paste the files into the device's memory. However, I then noticed that Arma 3's files took up over 90gb of space. Upon closer inspection, I saw that the "05 Zeus" album was full of garbled junk, unreadable files, some dating from 2011, and some from 2102, blah blah blah

Feels weird to ask but... Has anyone ever seen something so weird before? I'm currently running a system scan with an antivirus, so far it says that one threat has been found but idrk where as of yet

[pseudo island]

Looking at the steam depots and my local install I don't see any weird files, the total size for the soundtrack is ~2gb

try letting steam verify the "Arma 3 Soundtrack" files

[quartz berry]

Arma 3's files or the soundtrack?

[copper quail]

my arma keeps deleting and re-installing some of the mods

is there a mod limit or smthing? i have 958 mods

it is re-installing even big mods like RHS

[modern echo]

launcher? do you use arma 3 with multiple steam users?

[copper quail]

no, just me

steam shows i recently subscribed for mods i had for a few years

[modern echo]

sometimes the steam workshop local cache system and the launcher may get messed up and you could try deleting the whole steam workshop local cache that belongs to arma 3 with the client completely closed and run a validation/verify on steam

weird, something with your account or...?

[copper quail]

how do i clear the cache

[copper quail]

i don't think it is my account, no one would install CUP these days

xD

[modern echo]

workshop/content/104710 and the acf that belongs to arma 3 appid

[copper quail]

ty

[modern echo]

without steam running

as in click exit steam from the main window menu

or from the tray area

[copper quail]

yep

workshop\content\107410

i am there

[modern echo]

though the subscription date being newer is what maybe indicates your account compromised but i see that's not the case

[copper quail]

should i delete everything in this folder or?

[copper quail]

uhh well if someone wants to torture me by stealing my time waiting for some addons to install?

[modern echo]

those are all the mods, also delete the hidden !workshop folder in arma 3 directory, that's the launcher's junctioning directory

[modern echo]

the whole folder is the subscribed mods cache yeah

[copper quail]

i delete both? uhh will it make all of my 958 mods reinstall

[modern echo]

or maybe resubscribed by accident

yes it'll basically force a full redownload

[copper quail]

i didn't touch any unsubscription buttons

[copper quail]

oh my-

[modern echo]

clicking the subscribed button in the workshop unsubscribes the mod

and there's some places where it appears like you're not subscribed to mods

[copper quail]

well im not redownloading 719 gb of mods T^T

[modern echo]

then don't delete any of it

[copper quail]

maybe it will be gone by itself

[modern echo]

who knows

[turbid bay]

can anyone tell me how do I fix this

[umbral narwhal]

did you fail to paste an image or something?

[uncut trellis]

new account image spam prevention

youll have to give it a bit of time

[turbid bay]

@umbral narwhal https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/329978448938532868/1407089517751697561/image.png?ex=68a4d5bb&is=68a3843b&hm=840a8a4b35d3eb4199c6492d4c63cd31c125fc3f1c682112be9e93c79ec2f08b&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

there u go

[pine kite]

That is reforger. Go #reforger_troubleshooting

[turbid bay]

I did post it there

[umbral narwhal]

Then don't crosspost in silly places.

[pine kite]

Well, no point in double posting here.

Wait for people knowledgable in Reforger to help there.

[limber sluice]

Hey, sorry for the late reply

The files I'm talking about are copy pasted from the steamfiles, so they're not the original. I suspect that the 90 gigs of whatever the hell it is are probably the result of some corruption (the USB key on which it is is used in several computers running different OS's and Windows always tries to scan and repair the drive at launch). I think that me interrupting such a scan may have caused the kerfuffle. I'll save what I can from the USB and then format it. All virus scans returned negative, so there's that at least

(i hate windows)

[modern echo]

hate usb sticks and learn to eject them before unplugging

you basically shot yourself in the foot by unplugging it and wearing it out with scanning and fixing

it also could be your own accidental duplication of the files

[limber sluice]

I do eject them all the time, but for some reason windows always loves to see errors on USBs that interacted with another OS, then to start a scan that never ends and ends up freezing my file manager for 5 minutes. The USB is relatively new as well, so I never scanned it before the incident. I probably ejected it less than 20 times in its lifespan.
As for accidental duplication, idrk how the files would end up looking like something from a bad creepypasta and being dated anywhere from 1984 to 2559

I was half expecting to see the reports on the first sighting of the Covenant with those dates lmao

[modern echo]

yeah signs of a shitty usb, not os crap

[limber sluice]

Isn't Sandisk good?

Probably not default OS crap, I messed w/ windows a bunch a few years ago, probably consequences catching up

[quartz berry]

Well, after I messed up my Windows, my File Explorer crashes when I try to rename a file.

[modern echo]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[misty widget]

oh noo what are you going to do @quartz berry

[quartz berry]

It's been like that for a few months.

[misty widget]

save all your Arma 3 stuff on a jump drive and reinstall Windows

[mint hemlock]

Any ideas on how this happened and what would be the fix?

[uncut trellis]

onedrive corrupts profile files

its higly recommended to turn it off for Armas folders or completely if you dont use it

[mint hemlock]

2 questions then....1, Anyway to fix it currently? 2, How to turn it off for arma folders?

[uncut trellis]

pinned messages has tip for the drive

[mint hemlock]

Thank you HorribleGoat as I have completed that part. I will reverify my files one more time and see if that has me back in the action.

[pine kite]

Well, it won't fix those profile files mentioned in the error message. That is gone unless you have a backup from before that happened.

You will likely start with default keybind and game settings. Depending on what other files got corrupted in your profile, it might affect saves too.

[mint hemlock]

Would an uninstall and then reinstall work better you think?

Not sure I have a backup to go to

[pine kite]

Nope, not at all.

[mint hemlock]

okay

[pine kite]

The file affected is in your Documents folder. Game only created that when first starting the game, or when saving settings. Your progress in that is lost.

[mint hemlock]

Gotcha ya

[mint hemlock]

Sorry to bother you again.....Is there a way to begin a new file in case the game keeps crashing at launch as it has been?

[pine kite]

You could open the file in any basic text editor and delete the affected lines with strange text/characters.

Worst case you can delete that particular file. As said, it should create a new file with default settings when you play the game.

[umbral narwhal]

What used to happen occasionally is that RPT output lines would get written into the .arma3profile

[quaint jewel]

still happens

[pine kite]

The error message indicated a non-text character. So I would focus on there.

[drifting pollen]

Hello, I have a problem with the game. Suddenly, I can't play on any servers because my lobby just doesn't work. Fifteen hundred hours in the game, and this is the first time. I provide a screenshot. It's not just me who has this problem. One person decided only to roll back the operating system to an older version. Also, I found the logs in the .rpt file. I provide a fragment of the logs:

22:42:50 Warning: Cannot evaluate '(            (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1)'
22:42:50 Warning: Cannot evaluate '0.0765 + SafeZoneX'
22:42:50 Warning: Cannot evaluate '(SafeZoneH + SafeZoneY) - 0.034'
22:42:50 Warning: Cannot evaluate '(            (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 0.8)'
22:42:50 Warning: Cannot evaluate 'SafeZoneX + 0.0255'
22:42:50 Warning: Cannot evaluate '(SafeZoneH + SafeZoneY) - 0.034'
22:42:50 Warning: Cannot evaluate '(            (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1)'
22:42:50 Warning: Cannot evaluate 'SafeZoneX + 0.051'
22:42:50 Warning: Cannot evaluate '(SafeZoneH + SafeZoneY) - 0.034'
22:42:50 Warning: Cannot evaluate '(            (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 1)'
22:42:59 Warning: Cannot evaluate '(            (            (            ((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25) * 0.8)'
22:42:59 Warning: Cannot evaluate 'safezoneX'
22:42:59 Warning: Cannot evaluate 'safezoneY'
22:42:59 Warning: Cannot evaluate 'safezoneW'
22:42:59 Warning: Cannot evaluate '2.7 *     

My OS: Windows 11 24H2 26100.4946
Video card: GTX 1050 (2 GB)

I hope for your help. From your Wiki: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/SafeZone

[brave hawk]

this one? it looks like a user profile corruption
try creating a new profile and see if this works

[drifting pollen]

Okay, I'll try it now.

[drifting pollen]

No, the problem remains.

[brave hawk]

from the new profile? weeeird

[drifting pollen]

Yes.

[brave hawk]

dang. are you trying without any addons?

[drifting pollen]

I tried everything I could, from internet connection, computer reboots, to driver and system updates.
The lobby shrinks to a pixel, with two scroll bar arrows. As I understand it, due to the fact that the game script cannot get my screen size.

I tried to install profiling version of game - it didn't help.

[brave hawk]

if I may ask you, in %userProfile%\Documents
rename the Arma 3 directory to e.g Arma 3.BAK
the game should recreate all that for you (be sure to keep the directory so you don't lose your settings)

[drifting pollen]

Ok, one minute, pls.

[brave hawk]

same with Arma 3 - Other Profiles → Arma 3 - Other Profiles.BAK
stop the game before that

[drifting pollen]

The problem still remains.

[brave hawk]

at this point I would say only remote PC access would help e_e

are you using it all without addons/mods, just to be sure?

[brave hawk]

!SteamVerify

[rustic eagle]

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

[brave hawk]

have you tried that?

[drifting pollen]

Yes, I deleted mods, but it didn't help.

[modern echo]

win11 24h2 or later? it's a mess

[drifting pollen]

Yes.

Game full reinstall didn't help me.

[brave hawk]

have you pissed a witch in the recent days…?

[drifting pollen]

Another friend had the same problem, only rolling back Windows 11 and then disabling updates helped.

[brave hawk]

I am obviously very tempted to blame Win11, though I have no evidence but this info

[modern echo]

it been proven to wreck havoc with hardware and software recently unfortunately

[drifting pollen]

Yes, it's crazy, but I just don't know what to do. I've been with this problem for 5 days now, and I've found 2 posts by people with the same problem on different resources. No one has found a solution.

[brave hawk]

from what I know, what you described can come from a corrupted profile or corrupted data (I may be wrong still)
if everything is checked (and you did; Steam-checked, reinstalled, recreated a profile, etc), to me… unless you did not do the steps properly (like create a new profile and not use it), it's definitely something else

[bronze river]

[insert F microsoft gif]

[versed zenith]

A lot of people in the A3 community will put their Arma 3 profile on Github and use it as a back-up source. If you symlink the directory it is as easy as opening up Github Desktop (or git bash, etc) then commit/push. Here is Microsoft documentation on Symlinking if it interests you 🙂

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/new-item?view=powershell-7.5#example-7-create-a-symbolic-link-to-a-file-or-folder

[quaint jewel]

Your BattlEye is not working. I think you can try reinstalling it

Maybe go into Arma's appdata folder and delete the battleye stuff there

[mint hemlock]

Thank you for that. Also all the info and help received made it easy for me to fix the problem. Stupid onedrive

[wary stirrup]

i bought arma3 when it was on sale and i didnt download it till now but when i try to play i cant play somehow

how to fix this??

[pseudo island]

you installed the dedicated server, not the game
its "Arma 3" in your library

[wary stirrup]

cant seem to find it

it this one?

[pseudo island]

Does that say "Arma 3"?
you are looking in tools, you need to look in games

altho if you are filtering by "3" in the search field and it doesn't show up it does make me think you didn't buy arma 3

arma 3 server is available for every steam user, thats why it shows up

[wary stirrup]

tools?

[pseudo island]

the only games you own with a 3 in their name are Far cry 3 and just cause 3

[wary stirrup]

so

what i have to do?

[pseudo island]

double check you actually bought it, maybe go to the store page and try pressing install

[uncut trellis]

you have non installed games hidden in the list

probably

or you didnt buy

[pine kite]

You didn't buy Arma 3. It is not listed under games. The dedicated server is free, but not the game client.

[pseudo island]

you can't filter by installed + filter by name at the same time

[pine kite]

Ok, fair enough

[wary stirrup]

but i dont get it

[uncut trellis]

then go to the store page

[wary stirrup]

it disapreaa

[pseudo island]

maybe go to the store page and try pressing install

[uncut trellis]

it will have button to install

[pine kite]

Then you'll have to search among those 2752 games you bought.

[uncut trellis]

you have arma3 in your cart there

but dont seem tobe bought

[wary stirrup]

my game just gone?

[uncut trellis]

youll have to contact Steam tech support for that

[wary stirrup]

so i just bought the game

and i didnt get it

[pine kite]

Well, you bought it march 23rd I take it from your screen snip. I suggest you contact Steam support to solve this.

[wary stirrup]

steam said there is nothing they can do , that mean i just waste my money

nice

thank for yall help tho

[uncut trellis]

you could try request the money back from your bank

since goods were not received

[wary stirrup]

yea

am waiting for my money

i didnt get full amount back but it okay

[pseudo island]

you got a reply and partial refund this fast?

or did you try to refund before

[wary stirrup]

nope i didnt refund before

my friend got the same thing too he said he didnt get full amount that he pay for back

i think i will use my other acc to play arma then

cuz i bought on 2 acc

:P

[pseudo island]

none of this makes sense

[wary stirrup]

yea i know

well thank for your help

if i have problem on my second acc i will ask you

[pseudo island]

I meant that your story doesn't make sense lol

[wary stirrup]

i know

LOL

i bought arma in 2 diffent acc

[drifting pollen]

Finally! Thank you very much!
✅ Solution: I delete BattleEye directories from AppData/Local, AppData/Local/Arma 3, and execute Uninstall_BattleEye.bat from Arma 3/BattleEye directory. After that, I run Arma 3 from Steam and tried to connect to a server and it's work, problem solved!

[wary stirrup]

1 for me and 1 for my friend if my any of my friend want to try it

but yea

well it work on my second acc

now i have to say goodbye to my main acc LOL

[autumn lark]

hey guys. Ive run into 2 problems in my warlords setup. Whenever me and my troops respawn after death, we dont respawn with the custom loadout ive assigned to us. Most of the times we respawn without guns and a totally different loadout. 2nd problem is that vehicles wont auto capture sectors like the infantry do. They just stand still and do nothing for the whole game. I would highly appreciate any form of help since I'm out of options to be honest

[uncut trellis]

original discussion can be continued at #warlords_discussion message

Please stick to single channel @autumn lark

[autumn lark]

Sorry bro. There's just not a lot of people talking there

[strange badger]

Anyone know about an issue where things keep spawning in and out in the Zeus' left menu? It happened to our zeus and appeared to be causing some major server jitter spikes

[umbral narwhal]

That's probably because they're actually spawning in and out? Depends on your mission.

[noble oar]

Can anyone hel me with this. Literly have over 5k Hours on this PC with Arma and now this is a constant error that forces me to not be able to play

[umbral narwhal]

hmm. You already uninstalled all your mods?

[noble oar]

No mods

yep

[umbral narwhal]

Do you have anything selected in the parameters tab?

[noble oar]

nope

There has been no answerr for this issue. makes zero sense too

[quartz berry]

!steamverify

[rustic eagle]

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

[umbral narwhal]

(shut down launcher first)

Other possibility is that your profile is corrupted.

[noble oar]

Seems the profile is corrupted :/

Appreciate the help guys

Not sure why these were not things that popped up anywhere I looked

[umbral narwhal]

They're not common problems.

Profile corruption is pretty common but usually Arma just deletes the thing.

[noble oar]

Ahhhh

[quaint jewel]

Can you send me that report that it tells you to prepare and send?

[noble oar]

Seemed one of my main profiles were corrupted, I switched profiles and it resolved the isue

[quaint jewel]

Yeah I saw that, but I want to see what caused it so I can maybe atleast give it a better error message

[noble oar]

sure bro lemme try to recreate the issue

[quaint jewel]

Or if you can send me that corrupt profile file so Ican reproduce it myself maybe

[noble oar]

DM'd

[open wind]

Guys hello! When I try to join a server the selection interface disappears, how can I fix this?

[versed niche]

Hi. I'm playing Arma 3 right now, and everyone of our unit (with legally bought Arma 3) gets a message "Illegal copies my degrade"... any idea ?

[umbral narwhal]

Is that your server or someone else's?

[versed niche]

Own server

[umbral narwhal]

other guy

[versed niche]

Ah LOL, sorry

[open wind]

Im tried to connect KOTH servers, not mine

[waxen sail]

I think there's a message a few scrolls up that it's a battleye issue? Look for a message from dedmen and see if it matches your case

[open wind]

FINALLY IT WORKS! Whx dude!

[quaint jewel]

#arma3_troubleshooting message

Ah I'm late

[deep arch]

yall got any idea why this turned from 38gb to 107? i uninstalled mods and with this thing, it won't let me install the same mods again

[bronze river]

have you restart steam after you unsub from the mods?

[deep arch]

no

[bronze river]

there's the problem, sometimes steam forgot to remove the mods after you unsubed it

[deep arch]

oh there we go

thanks

[bronze river]

🍻

[dense pivot]

Hi. My game started crashing with "out of memory" error.
Rpt says this:
0:09:39 DX11 error : CreateTexture2D failed : E_OUTOFMEMORY
0:09:39 Virtual memory total 131072 GiB (140737488224256 B)
0:09:39 Virtual memory free 131030 GiB (140692701224960 B)
0:09:39 Physical memory free 16 GiB (17222459392 B)
0:09:39 Page file free 28 MiB (29581312 B)
0:09:39 Process working set 5.5 GiB (5936484352 B)
0:09:39 Process page file used 36 GiB (38803922944 B)
0:09:40 Longest free VM region: 3404742624 B
0:09:40 VM busy 42 GiB (reserved 5.3 GiB, committed 36 GiB, mapped 95 MiB), free 131030 GiB
0:09:40 Small mapped regions: 31, size 139264 B
0:09:40 VID: dedicated: 24 GiB, shared 16 GiB, system: 0 B, max: 23 GiB, used: 21 GiB
0:09:40 ErrorMessage: DX11 error : CreateTexture2D failed : E_OUTOFMEMORY

I have 32Gb RAM and 16Gb page file. How much more does this game need? Also, does the game really need all my 24Gb of VRAM?

[golden nova]

set the page file to have it managed by windows rather than custom number and see if it helps. It could also be a mod or scripting issue.

[dense pivot]

The weird thing is, I also play the game with the same modset on an old laptop with 8Gb RAM and 16Gb page file, and never had such a problem there.
How come more memory is worse?

[golden nova]

you would need a crystall ball to get an answer to this i guess

or get a mdmp and ask Dedmen if he has time to check if there is anything that would point out the issue

[umbral narwhal]

Well, something I suspected is that it doesn't clear stuff from VRAM until it runs out.

And all that memory needs to be system-backed in current windows versions.

So having 24GB VRAM just means that you need 16GB more swap than an 8GB card.

No performance advantage, because it doesn't actually use more than a few GB in the short term.

Ideally the VRAM cap parameter would work but apparently it doesn't.

[dense pivot]

So should I set the page file to 32Gb or managed by windows?

[umbral narwhal]

shrugs

Nothing is documented anymore.

What's odd there is that it fails on a createTexture. You'd think that Arma would take that as a hint to clean out the VRAM.

Page file should probably be at least system memory + VRAM though, from my experience of how Windows works these days.

[dense pivot]

Also I remember running the game for like 8 hours straight without any issues a few days ago. And today it crashes after like 90mins

[umbral narwhal]

It's fairly odd that it found 24GB of textures to load. Most modsets don't have that much.

[dense pivot]

My laptop has only 2GB VRAM and the game usually uses 1700Mb on High settings.

[umbral narwhal]

Yeah, if you have 2GB then Arma handles that fine.

When you have more it just wastes space.

[small lance]

how do you enable mods on mac? my friend was able to download the mods off steam workshop but he doesnt have a launcher or any way to enable the mods

[quartz berry]

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Play_on_Mac

[small lance]

thanks

[crisp frigate]

I've run into a strange issue and can't seem to figure out how to fix it. The unit I participate in just recently updated their modpack and since then I've been unable to zero my scope. I initially thought it was a mod or keybind confliction but I can still zero sights that physically move, like on 40mm grenade launchers, and it seems that others aren't having this problem. Even after unloading everything but ACE I still can't do it, I'm just out of ideas at this point.

[quartz berry]

Why not ACE? ACE causes 90% of issues and "issues".

[crisp frigate]

i just wasnt too familiar with using arma without ace, i did just test it out and completely base game my zeroing seems to work, any ideas on what ace setting would be causing this?

[quartz berry]

ACE Scopes > ACE Scope Adjustments and controls of the same name.

[crisp frigate]

I still can't seem to find what is causing the problem

removing all the scope zeroing keybinds doesnt change anything and none of the ACE scope addon settings seem to be changing it

[quartz berry]

You need to USE the keybinds, not remove them.

[crisp frigate]

ive tried but those binds are for high powered scopes if im not mistaken and Im just trying to adjust a 4x that i could hold control and use the scrollwheel to adjust before

[quartz berry]

ACE considers 4x high power sometimes.
And most 4x scopes can't be zeroed at all.

[crisp frigate]

the problem is though that I could zero it and now its permanently stuck at 300m whether I'm using it as a 1x or 4x

[quartz berry]

What scope is it?

[crisp frigate]

The IOR-Valdada Pitbull 2 (2D)

[quartz berry]

That can't be zeroed.

[crisp frigate]

but i was able to previously adjust its range and I cant now and this applies to most scopes

ive got 2x and 4x scopes that are locked at 100m with red dots on top that are locked at 200m

[quartz berry]

That's how it should be.

[crisp frigate]

Interesting, now im just confused on how I was able to range most scopes

[quartz berry]

Are you sure they were the same scopes?

[crisp frigate]

absolutely, I use the pitbull on nearly any rifle I equip

idk if im gaslighting myself or what but I have older clips where I had it equipped and ive had it ranged down to 100m before

[quartz berry]

Scopes with BDC reticles shouldn't ever be able to adjust zero because that would mess up the reticle.

[crisp frigate]

it never adjusted the reticle itself, it just seemed to change the trajectory of my shots

i know it at least switched between 100m and 300m before when i went from 1x to 4x

[quartz berry]

That's my point. The trajectory would stop following the reticle.

[crisp frigate]

yeah idk, but ive got several clips where I was clearly using that scope and it was set to 100m

thats what confusing me the most at this point

[quartz berry]

That wasn't the GL's zeroing?

[crisp frigate]

shouldnt be, ive got other moments like this where it was at 100m and i was using an lmg

[quartz berry]

And now it's always 300? Could just be an update.

[umbral narwhal]

I think ACE does have settings to force range adjustment on any scope? That's not default behaviour though.

Default is realistic. You can zero scopes that are supposed to have zeroing.

[crisp frigate]

yeah im just trying to figure out what setting got changed to mess with it

[waxen sail]

Doesn't it override the standard range adjustment keybind with the finer adjustment one? (I forgot what it's called, it clicks and shows numbers on sniper scopes)

[quartz berry]

It doesn't overide. I think it depends on the scope which it uses (though, I've only encountered one scope that specifically uses the old system).

[umbral narwhal]

Well, ACE disables vanilla zeroing by clearing the relevant arrays from config, so if a scope lacks ACE compat data then it'll still have vanilla zeroing.

[quartz berry]

I mean that it only uses the vanilla zeroing. Don't the not set up scopes have both, but only the ACE adjustments work?

[quaint jewel]

0:09:39 Process page file used 36 GiB (38803922944 B)
That's certainly not normal.

[dense pivot]

Would you take a look at the mdmp?

[flat steeple]

can someone help me fix my game not accepting modlists and crahsing when I do try to load one

[umbral narwhal]

You mean the launcher?

[deep arch]

https://streamable.com/u8uo9f yall know this weird gunfire shot looking sound in crash or destroyed vehicles this is really annoying

https://streamable.com/1z3mdk

and continuously explosion

[uncut trellis]

got mods?

thats the sound of onboard ammunition cooking off

[deep arch]

yeah

[uncut trellis]

mods do that. ACE for example has such feature

[bronze river]

bad ace config is usually the issue

[deep arch]

where can I bind that?

i mean

oh nvm

oh its gone now

its the cook-off

dang I didn't know this exist

[deep arch]

what about the continuously explosion?

[uncut trellis]

probably mod related too

[deep arch]

its kinda annoying and unrealistic, vehicles dont just explode again if the whole thing is destroyed..

sob

[bronze river]

refer to this ^

[dapper beacon]

how do you go back to a previous version of a mod? i noticed a mod me and my friends use alot for our uniforms for our faction did a update where they replaced and removed alot of the uniforms, how do we go back to the previous version?

[uncut trellis]

you cant

[dapper beacon]

nice, i was thinking maybe go to the Mod Author Website and see if they have a github with old releases..

[quaint jewel]

It wouldn't tell me anything. It doesn't say whats using up that pagefile space. It'll probably be something in the GPU drivers that's actually using it

[quaint jewel]

Well you go back to a previous version, by getting and loading the previous version. That's the answer to your question.

How you do that depends on the mod and where you got it from.

Its possible to get old versions from steam workshop, but its complicated and I cannot explain how to do it.

[bleak obsidian]

Any suggestions on diagnosing server freezes? We're starting to experience it more frequently where all objects stop moving, admin commands don't respond, and only VOIP works, but we don't get any freeze dumps nor log messages other than the following:

21:54:37 NetServer::finishDestroyPlayer(1225243581): DESTROY immediately after CREATE, both cancelled
21:54:37 BEServer::finishDestroyPlayer(1225243581): users.get failed```
For context, it's a Linux server running stable branch, vanilla with optional mods.
cc @pallid mango

[pallid mango]

Added Context:

According to some players, the freezing is correlated to mission functions which Load & Unload ammo crates and such from vehicles, along with Drag and Carry functions for moving said ammo crate.

[umbral narwhal]

Not inventory changes, just attach/detach?

[bleak obsidian]

mostly, here's me following the alleged reproduction steps which involves attaching to a vehicle, then loading as ViV, then attaching to the player:

however, this didn't freeze my DS, so we're not sure if there were additional factors involved or if it was merely coincidental with some of the server freezes

[pallid mango]

It very much feels like unloading and carrying/dragging the object is what leads to the freeze, but we can't reproduce it.

[quartz berry]

It's not really unrealistic AFAIK. Vehicles can cookoff for a while like that. You can change its parameters in ACE's settings.

[quaint jewel]

Profiling on profiling branch?

[bleak obsidian]

for me and the test server in the above clip yes, actual server is 2.20 stable with mix of both players

[pallid mango]

I can try switching my client to profiling and try reproducing. Hadn't thought about that.

[quaint jewel]

I mean you can use that to analyze

[bleak obsidian]

ah, like with diag_captureSlowFrame or another command?

[quaint jewel]

Yes that

[exotic sparrow]

1. the drive has more space but steam refuses to recognize it and says non-steam takes it up when theres nothing there
2. arma itself + mods doesnt take up that much space (yes i know about the whole duplication thing) and when i try to update a single mod i get a disk write error, i already tried clearing download cache and defragmenting the drive

[bronze river]

so what are those 91GB files?

[exotic sparrow]

not anything that ive ever been able to find

[bronze river]

if you move those files to other disk will the Free still 0 or changed

[uncut trellis]

does windows show the space as free?

[exotic sparrow]

no

[pseudo island]

use something like WinDirStat/WizTree/TreeSize Free
but it should just be anything not in the "STEAMLIBRARY" folder on your D drive

[uncut trellis]

then How can you say the drive has more space

[exotic sparrow]

because from what i can see there shouldnt be anything, obviously the computer disagrees but im lost as to what the discrepancy is

[exotic sparrow]

there is stuff not in steam library but it adds up to a couple gigs not 91

[pseudo island]

Well there is files there somewhere, gonna have to look closer to find them

[exotic sparrow]

so it turns out for various reasons in various games the steam storage check was essentially lying to me and windirstat is revealing a lot more, currently sorting through it

arma + mods according to both takes up the same size so i dont think the problem is there

however i just deleted 17 gigs worth of junk from another game yet steam says only 20 MB were freed

[uncut trellis]

if its steam downloaded stuff then it might reserve the space for it

[pseudo island]

did you actually delete it or just move it to recycle bin?

[exotic sparrow]

deleted, i gave it a minute and it went through so now im partially done

part of this stuff isnt actually junk im finding out its legit stuff for some games but steam doesnt recognize it for whatever reason

[pine kite]

Make sure you actually unsubscribe from mods of those games, or else Steam will download them back. Just deleting a folder is not enough to clear space for the future.

[exotic sparrow]

yep i think ive gotten rid of most of the actual junk

thanks all

disk write error mightve just been a lack of space thing im still verifying arma atm

[pine kite]

Also, deleting folders usually just puts them hidden away in the garbage bin.

Ofcourse, if the drive is stuffed to the brim then Windows is going to generate disk write errors. You don't ever want to get near that.

[exotic sparrow]

yeah im making sure to kill it in the recycle bin too

[acoustic echo]

I cannot for the life of me figure out why my liberation campaign is not saving.I am running mission on a dedicated server and I have located the root folder where it is supposed to be saving, yet all I see is a "cacheItems.map" file. I see that it says in the config file that it saves every 60 seconds. I also enabled the save instead of load in the mission parameters before launching. Is there something that I am missing? is there a save button or adjustment to the config file that I need to make?

[pine kite]

It saves the scenario state in the server profile file: serverprofilename.vars.arma3profile

[noble oar]

Has there ever been a explanation for the whole "Battleye not responding" issues that happens to Invade & Annex servers?

[waxen sail]

I think mostly just speculation that the server is leaving a battleye connection open after a sudden disconnect,
There's a new issue with it happening before players even get past the lobby though which is super frustrating

[umbral narwhal]

There's an old issue where if some stage of startup was too slow then battleye would simply time out. I thought that was fixed for 2.20 though.

[waxen sail]

The issue with the lobby was introduced (or uncovered by another change) in 2.20 and a preceding perf build

[noble oar]

Just crazy thats a thing still

[waxen sail]

Nobody wants to mess with battleye basically

[fast light]

Fix: Make sure your mod list matches or add those mods to the server.

If you're the server administrator, repair the mods below, check your server mod files and '-mod=' parameter.

Additional compatibility is being loaded for:
CUP Terrains - Core 1.17.1, RHS: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, RHS: United States Forces, RHS: Serbian Armed Forces, RHS: GREF

These listed mods are loaded in my server and still getting this error when I join the server. Anybody knows why it is happening?

and I'm loading exact same mods on my arma 3 launcher not 1 or more mods

[quartz berry]

Does the server and client RPT show the same mods?

[fast light]

how can I check server rpt?

[quartz berry]

!rpt

[rustic eagle]

Arma RPT

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

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

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

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://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.

[fast light]

6 mods are not loading on server side even I tick them in fast and tadst

I tried both of these apps

[quartz berry]

What are you using to host the server?

[fast light]

vds

[quartz berry]

What do you mean?

[fast light]

I didn't quite understand what you meant.

[quartz berry]

What kind of service or something else are you using to host?

[fast light]

I bought virtual dedicated server from hosting company

[quartz berry]

Yeah, who?

[fast light]

I'ts from Turkey called Onem bilisim

They're not selling game server especially for arma 3

[quartz berry]

I don't know then.

[fast light]

I started server again but this time it has loaded all the mods same with my client side mods

I can send rpt files if you want

[pine kite]

There is a second table in the RPT text log file that shows which mods it recognised you wanted them to be loaded (based on the commandline -mod= parameter) and a collumn in it show whether it found it or not. Sometimes there might be a folder for the mod on your drive, but it's contents have not been downloaded yet or just partially. Usually the cause of slow downloads or access permissions.

[fast light]

https://pastebin.com/Tw8SGqxc

I checked all of them and their files, all looks fine

[pine kite]

Post the entire RPT file. This is only part of it. Though it does show the table of mods. (pastebin is just awful to read due to the wordwrap.)

[humble wigeon]

Does the DX11 error E_OUTOFMEMORY mean im out of vram?

I have a 3060 with 12 gigs thats insane

[umbral narwhal]

Nah it probably means that you're out of system RAM.

IIRC you get some info in the RPT with this one.

[humble wigeon]

I never got an rpt tho, my pc just becomes an unresponsive black screen

[quartz berry]

You always get an RPT. Are you sure you're looking in the right place?

[humble wigeon]

Updating some drivers rn so gimme a mo

[umbral narwhal]

You mean it did that immediately on startup?

[celest quarry]

Hey how do i sync ts3 with arma3? like when you join the server it autmaticly moves you to a dif channel. thanks

[waxen sail]

Are you looking for ACRE to do voice comms, or do you just want people to move into a channel and use ts3 normally?

[celest quarry]

am using tfar, what i mean is:

You join the ts3 server. (in default channel)

then you join the arma3 server when your in the game you will be automaticly moved to a channel in ts3 (the new channel is ONLY for players who are in the game).

[waxen sail]

Hmm I don't have much experience with TFAR, I'm not sure if it does that, you may have to check the in-game addon settings
I do know that ACRE does that if you enter a channel name in addon settings

[celest quarry]

i just checked the addon settings for tfar, turns out all you gotta do is have a channel in the teamspeak with the name "TaskForceRadio". (or what ever name you want change able in the addon settings)

nice thanks for making look in the settings👍🏼

[pine kite]

You need Teamspeak 3 to allow plugins to work. More modern versions of teamspeak don't work for that. TFAR and ACRE should have plugin files for Teamspeak 3 in their mod folders. in Windows 10 the file format is recognised after it is install. So you can double click the plugin to get it installed into teamspeak. I've heard from people with Win 11 this is not so automatic.

[opal gulch]

Does anyone know what may be causing this issue? https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1216500736385355946/1411390403776745534/image.png?ex=68b47b3e&is=68b329be&hm=1dfe9c85c7d0ca82573ba1b53755b94121636f612edbaaa3d4a0fc3a8374636c&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

Just pushed an update to our mod today and servers and mission files (new ones) seem to not be working

[golden nova]

bug in your mod I'd assume if you did not get this before pushing it

[zinc heart]

I have a player for whom the respawn menu doesn't show up when they connect to the server. They're the only one for whom it happens consistently, everyone else can usually connect normally.

I've hit my cap of troubleshooting experience for them, so I'm finally looking for help

[waxen sail]

what is your cap of troubleshooting, have you checked client and server RPTs?

[noble oar]

My public server just did a restart and now its up and running but with a red dot next to the server name and stating "Unable to connect. Different mods or missing signatures" . I've tried everything i can think of but still cant fix the issue

[quartz berry]

What did you try?

[noble oar]

repalcing the bikeys for the mods in my game panel

even deleted a bikey i didnt recognize eitehr

[quartz berry]

Did you try repairing your mods?

[noble oar]

verifying game file through steam?

none of the players can join the server

not just me

[noble oar]

ight then

[umbral narwhal]

Are you sure you didn't delete the core A3 one :P

[noble oar]

wheres that at?

@umbral narwhal

[umbral narwhal]

a3.bikey and a3c.bikey

You'd probably get more information if you ignored the launcher and tried to connect anyway.

[zinc heart]

Yes.

[heavy kettle]

is there a fix where your stuck on the lobby selection screen?

my game is running, its just that me specifically cant move into a role and play while others can

[golden nova]

could be a missing mod. Or ask the admin to have you dragged to the slot of choice

[heavy kettle]

for mods, its all optional (public server) for admin.. yeah idk any of them

this happend after my game crashed from like 3 hours ago

[mossy dirge]

I have a issue where The UAV terminal is not accessible So it spawns but it auto switches to GPS in inventory I don't know what is up with it

i cannot control drones

ie UAV terminal is missing. Spawns but in a few seconds turns into a GPS

[pine kite]

Are you using specific mods? Or a special scenario?

[mossy dirge]

hmm i am using mods but i only open my eden editor

here my modlist

I dunno i tried removing all my ai mods and any mods that change the UI like ITC air systems

but on default i have terminal

like no mod

if smeone could please help 🙏

[pine kite]

And what scenario are you playing to try to use this UAV terminal in?

[mossy dirge]

no scenario i am booting eden editor and spawning a UAV operator

[pine kite]

Well, unload all the mods that you think do not affect the UAV issue. Then test in the eden editor with both sets. (the set where you think it doesn't affect UAV terminals and the set you think might affect) Then divide the set of mods that does cause this problem of turning a UAV terminal into a GPS. This list of mods is too long to narrow it down on it's own.

[mossy dirge]

oh man damn. Is there no way to find it right away through debug or anything?

ok ill try taht

[pine kite]

For example, you have 2 terrain mods in there. Those will likely not affect that, but you can only play on one terrain anyway.

[pine kite]

You are asking here for help because it is too complicated. The debugging is by making the list of canditate mods causing this as short as possible.

[mossy dirge]

hmm ok

thanks

[pine kite]

Big pile of unknown stuff = big pile of work.

[mossy dirge]

Arma is such a mess

[pine kite]

No, it is whoever made the list by just hoping it works out of the box.

[mossy dirge]

lol

[pine kite]

And whoever made bad mods.

Maybe you put a mod in that list that deliberately turns UAV controllers into GPS items because it isn't suposed to exist in the intended timeframe.

[mossy dirge]

see this is what's up

lol

no terminal option

[pine kite]

Show your inventory.

[mossy dirge]

Hmm spearhead 1944?

[pine kite]

Maybe. Why do you need it?

[mossy dirge]

ww2 operations

[pine kite]

Well, they didn't have terminals or drones back then

[mossy dirge]

hmm i wanted to fpv drone some tigers

well lets see if thats causing

[pine kite]

I suppose you can create a modern scenario with left over WW2 tanks in it that you need to use to fight the modern army.

Anyway, test with only the mods you actually need. Not a list because it is easier to load all at once for forever. Make specific mod lists that work.

[mossy dirge]

yea so...

it's spearhead that breaks my UAV terminal

doesn't happen with ifa3 however

[pine kite]

Then you can ask the Spearhead team if that is intentional or a bug on their side.

[mossy dirge]

Is the spearhead team on this discord?

[pine kite]

There is a channel for the CDLC, but I am sure they have their own discord too.

[fallow dagger]

arma 3 21:9 issue the hud is in the middle up and not in the corners left and right

how can i change it

with an fov of this
fovTop=0.94;
fovLeft=2.1900001;

[steady hawk]

Change the UI Scale in Video Settings

[silver cypress]

we dont

[pine kite]

Ok, I guess more investigation is needed then.

[silver cypress]

I get the option just fine running spearhead and spex

[silver cypress]

actually I might have found a potential cause from this: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Spearhead_1944_Custom_Difficulty_Adjustment_System_(CDA)

I think this mistakenly was forced on prior to the hotfix @mossy dirge
if you open the escape menu, there's an 'options menu' under 'mission options'
this will let you disable it

[mossy dirge]

Rip 🥀 i already deleted spearhead

its fine ig cuz i just installed northern fronts and like half the ww2 mods on the steam workshop

[bronze river]

then you are missing the high quality assets from SPE

[mossy dirge]

oh man having to install spearhead again

ig ill go outside then 🫡

[fallow dagger]

dont work maybe it cant be changed?

it is on 21:9 but the hud is in the middle

[steady hawk]

You may did not mentioned the issue properly and I didn't understand your point, maybe

[pine kite]

Dedmen did mention that 32:9 ratio should work fine. Given that you don't have a multiple of 16:9 might be part of the reason, perhaps. #arma3_questions message

[fallow dagger]

Okay @steady hawk

The Problem is

I have an Ultra wide Monitor
21:9 and not 16:9

The hud from
The weapons where is the ammo etc is in the middle and not in the corners how it is in 16:9
Can you follow?

And I will fix it that it is in the corners

And nothing world

Works

Not the 21:9 Setting in Arma 3

[steady hawk]

Are you saying you want to adjust the HUD/GUI so it will use the entire wide screen?

[fallow dagger]

Yes and not in the middle

[peak yacht]

anyone know why the arma 3 launcher crashes when selecting the mods tab?

[quartz berry]

Too many mods I think. #arma3_launcher

[peak yacht]

I've had like 1500 mods installed before, now I have like 200. I dont think its that but ill move to this channel thank you

[noble oar]

Got alot of players getting this issue, what is this and how can I fix it?

[pseudo island]

does your server have the correct key for CBA in the keys folder?

[noble oar]

It has the same key I have in my CBA_A3>keys

and i load in with no issue

@pseudo island Not sure what else it could be

Hmmm nvrmind I figured it out, seems the players are laoding in with inproper .pbo 's in the addon folder.

not sure how thats a thing if theyve unistalled the mod and renestalled it to get most recent version ;/

[pine kite]

Some people get modpacks (because of supposedly easier downloading) that contain older versions of well known mods.

But that path does look like the proper location.

[quaint jewel]

Check the aspect ratio settings, the ultrawide ones

Note you need to restart the game after chaging it

[fallow dagger]

I have tested the ultrawide Stretcht and Not strecht but don’t work and the 21:9

@quaint jewel

[quaint jewel]

They were recently added to the game specifically for ultra wide usage

Maybe check your arma3.cfg, to make sure it does not contain tripleHead=1

[fallow dagger]

Okay thank you

[turbid relic]

I'm having a strange issue where textures of certain objects dont appear at all (aka, they are invisible) but the object exists in the world with proper physics. These objects are just base game airstrip platforms.

I tried multiple verifications and even reinstall to no avail. Any ideas why this might be?
Attached the pic for ref

[turbid relic]

Ok turns out I was on the edge of the map - however, if I look from a different angle, the textures are fine. Look at it directly - its invisible.

It was fine before (about 3 months ago) but now this issue is very new to me

[uncut trellis]

Map edges bug sometimes

That area looks very flat

[turbid relic]

Yea it was outside the map. Any way to force fix it apart from moving somewhere closer to the map zone?

[uncut trellis]

if you make some ground variation it might remake the ground cell so that it works

but that is a long shot

probably not

[turbid relic]

Oh well moving closer to the map it is. Thanks

[uncut trellis]

the map edges are bit poor for gameplay anyway since the edge is so close

[turbid relic]

Tbh, I was a bit far away (outside of permissable map limit in the screen) and this issue continued to persist until it was between the map edge and the terrain edge

[uncut trellis]

oooh

yeah thats no go

you dont put anythin beyond the map edges

[turbid relic]

Oh yea, but its strange (or maybe its the first time I've noticied) that this issue occuring within the red "texture invisible start" zone as normally it used to work with objects there too

[twin plover]

Heyy~~~✨

Me and some friends are gonna play Arma 3 today. We had a weird bug where med kits didn't give a prompt to heal only the first aid kits.

The mission we're running didn't have this issue before and I tried it on my own server and it worked fine.

Think it'd fix itself if we reload the mission? 😣

We're run it before with the same mods without any problems.

Asking just in case someone else have had the same issue before. 😆✨

[bronze river]

MEDKIT don't heal people, you still need first aid kit. First aid only heals about 75-80%
Medkit + FAK + Medic trait = Full Heal.

server parameter may also change the setting to 100% heal via FAK

[twin plover]

Huh. 😳
We've just always used to bring a med kit and it has sorted us out. 😳

I wonder if there's a health debug thing I can use to test it out. 😆

Reading the wiki, it just says full health recovery and unlimited uses.

I'll double check the mission, maybe the playable characters lost a trait that allows the use of the medkit or something when it got updated. 😆

This is for Arma 3 btw, without any medical mods. ✨

[pine kite]

It does full health recovery and unlimited uses, IF you are a medic or have been granted that trait.

If you are not, then it is only the first aid kits that heal you partially.

[twin plover]

True. I'm wondering if the update to steam of the mission maybe had something corrupted? Like the playable unit traits?

Or under mission loading.

[pine kite]

Nobody can tell if you don't spill the beans on which mission it is.

[twin plover]

Ah it's custom.
It'd be a bother to test out cause of all the mod dependencies. 😣 😂

[umbral narwhal]

Your unit needs to have the medic trait to uise a medkit.

Otherwise yeah, in vanilla you don't need an FAK if you have a medkit.

[twin plover]

Yeah I know. In the mission editor all player units have always had this trait, which leaves me thinking either the upload or loading of the mission failed to load the player unit traits. 😩
Since it works for me locally if I run the mission, be it singleplayer or hosting a multiplayer server.

[glad rampart]

Hello, I need your help. Some players keep getting kicked with the message "Signature check timed out"
I’ve already looked at posts on the subject, which suggest increasing steamProtocolMaxDataSize. I’ve done that (set it to 2048), but nothing has changed — the issue persists.
We have around 316 addons totaling about 14GB.
Do you have any ideas or suggestions?

I can also find some logs like :
Skipping mods and signatures due to overflow flag being set.
Skipping signatures due to overflow flag being set.
Skipping mods and signatures due to overflow flag being set.

[umbral narwhal]

2048 is nowhere near enough for 316 mods.

I'm not sure UDP fragmentation tech even goes that high

My primary suggestion would be "don't load 316 mods".

[glad rampart]

How am I supposed to do ? I saw a lot of server using more then that

[glad rampart]

Is there a workaround ?

[umbral narwhal]

well, you can turn off signature verification and then just let everything be completely broken.

[quartz berry]

What do you even need 316 mods for? In those cases I doubt more than half of them actually affect the gameplay.

[glad rampart]

Everything is done by yourself and split in different small mods that why we have that much mods.

[quartz berry]

What do you mean "done by yourself"?

[glad rampart]

I mean I own most of the mods

It's something needed for the gameplay

[umbral narwhal]

In that case you could just pack them into fewer mods.

[glad rampart]

Yes, but the initial goal was to be able to split things easily and allow players to download only the necessary updates from the addons. Even for mapping, it will be difficult to regroup some addons. However, if there is no workaround, what would be the ideal number of mods?

[umbral narwhal]

I think the max for the stock steam protocol size is about 18, with dependency on folder name size? So 3k steam protocol size (single fragmentation) would be >50 mods.

Some shitty old routers may not handle UDP fragmentation at all and then they'd be down to the 1.5k limit.

[glad rampart]

I don't believe most of the server are running with less than 50 mods with a verifySignature at 2 for milsim or life server

[umbral narwhal]

I don't know what garbage people run on life servers.

It's possible that steam protocol size can be pushed very high, but it's not a networking technology that's commonly used so it's not trustworthy.

[quartz berry]

If Steam doesn't do delta-patching already, you might be able to do something with Github to do that. You could also try strategically merging the mods in ways that would minimize the downloading.

[molten cairn]

When playing on a dedicated server, Arma3 on the server randomly crashes with an access violation.
My server machine works fine in milsim sessions, but the server app crashes in certain scenarios.
This is the RPT file. Is there anything I can do to fix this?

[umbral narwhal]

So many mods that the command line got clipped.

Also running -noLogs, which is pretty daft when you have a problem. RPTs generally aren't useful for diagnosing crashes though. Other than a lot of trial & error, all you can do is send the .mdmp files to Dedmen.

[molten cairn]

Okay, thanks in advance. I forgot I had the reporting turned off. I'll turn it on and see if it crashes again.

[fringe salmon]

hi guys, ive recently reseted my pc, and i re installed arma and noticed that it keeps crashing, and my screen gets kinda stuck, only alt+tab works, but its still stuck, audio works, i re installed my gpu drivers, it kinda helped, but when i put on mods, i can play for around 5 mins before it crashes, and then i have to restart my pc again

it doesnt show me any error at all, just black screen and freezes

[bronze river]

may want to post the rpt here

!rpt

[rustic eagle]

Arma RPT

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

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

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

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://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.

[fringe salmon]

oh alr thx

this?

its the latest

[pine kite]

Reproduce the error/stall/apparent crash with no mods at all. It could be due to them.

Even if you keep your mod list short. You want to isolate if it is due to a badly installed game/broken game/missing operating system dependancies. Or broken mods.

[fringe salmon]

i changed sum with the memory, i ran with mods and it worked

[pine kite]

You don't need those cpu/extra threads/hyperthreading settings anyway.

[umbral narwhal]

That's just totally a inadequate page file.

[mystic thicket]

crush... I have no mods. Installed the game 40 minutes ago.

[quartz berry]

Verify files with Steam.

Look at this below:

[rustic eagle]

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

[mystic thicket]

all files are ok

[quartz berry]

Delete SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\Addons\armor_f_beta.pbo and verify again.

[quartz berry]

Maybe try reinstalling? If you don't have any mods it shouldn't be too slow.

[mystic thicket]

OK, I'll try

thanks

[quartz berry]

Did it work?

[mystic thicket]

I'll try later

[mystic thicket]

I verified files again, 4 files reinstalled. But the problem is not solved

I verify again... maybe I'll achieve something

[mystic thicket]

I reinstalled the game, crush. It's endless

the game is starting, but crushes. All files are ok

[steady hawk]

Remove structures_f.pbo and verify again

Do the similar process until the crash is resolved

[mystic thicket]

OK, thanks. I'll try

[mystic thicket]

I verified files 3 times. It works. Thank you!

[fallow dagger]

@quaint jewel

this is my arma 3 cfg

steamLanguage="";
language="German";
forcedAdapterId=-1;
detectedAdapterId=0;
detectedAdapterVendorId=4318;
detectedAdapterDeviceId=9353;
detectedAdapterSubSysId=356258014;
detectedAdapterRevision=161;
detectedAdapterBenchmark=13;
detectedCPUBenchmark=133;
detectedCPUFrequency=3400;
detectedCPUCores=16;
detectedCPUDescription="AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-Core Processor ";
displayMode=0;
winX=-53;
winY=456;
winWidth=3440;
winHeight=1440;
winDefWidth=3440;
winDefHeight=1440;
fullScreenWidth=3440;
fullScreenHeight=1440;
refresh=180;
renderWidth=3440;
renderHeight=1440;
multiSampleCount=2;
multiSampleQuality=0;
particlesQuality=2;
GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1;
GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1;
HDRPrecision=16;
vsync=0;
AToC=0;
cloudsQuality=1;
waterSSReflectionsQuality=1;
pipQuality=2;
dynamicLightsQuality=1;
PPAA=7;
ppSSAO=0;
ppCaustics=0;
tripleBuffering=0;
ppHaze=0;
ppBloom=0;
ppRotBlur=0;
ppRadialBlur=0;
ppDOF=0;
ppSharpen=0.14999999;

i play on 21:9 but the menus dont are in the corners how it be

triplehead is 0

i play on an fov
fovTop=0.94;
fovLeft=2.1900001;

---

AND THIS is my UI

uiTopLeftX=0.29969558;
uiTopLeftY=0.15000001;
uiBottomRightX=0.70030439;
uiBottomRightY=0.85000002;
IGUIScale=0.69999999;

[azure ibex]

Don't do 21:9
Just choose Auto (Ultrawide Stretch) or non stretch and see if that works.
Or you can change the layout of the ui and move stuff where you want it
I run a 3440x1440 also and just moved stuff around

[fallow dagger]

How move it?

[fallow dagger]

but why is it perfect in arma 2 and not in arma 3 i have the same ui from arma 2 to arma 3 but it dont work

have fixed it

[somber iris]

Hello all! I've been scratching my head for the past few days trying to use a headless client for a localhost server, since I want the performance benefits without the absolute physics jank of a dedicated server.

But no matter what I try the HC always get kicked with the error "steam authentication failed"

I don't even know if this is possible anymore or if it was patched some time ago, but I've read of people being able to do it so I'm banging my head against this right now trying to figure it out

[pine kite]

If you don't get a reply you might want to move this to #headless_client instead and ask there.

[somber iris]

Didn't notice there was a dedicated channel for this, I'll try my luck there too. Thanks!

[azure ibex]

If you are using FASTER for the Server, try their Discord as there should be some answers in there too.

[quaint jewel]

The number needs to be large enough to work. There is no reason to try to keep it "low" just set it to a gigabyte or smth

[glad rampart]

Will there be any side effects if I set a value that's too high in the steamProtocol?

[quaint jewel]

No

Its either large enough to work, or not large enough

[glad rampart]

Okay thanks I will give it a try

[fierce swan]

Keep on getting this error when im about to join a server, Already verified files.

[uncut trellis]

check the wiki page link (first yellow) for possible solutions for the 000000005 S A V

[pallid mango]

Are you using the profiling/performance build?

[fierce swan]

Yes

[pallid mango]

That is why

[fierce swan]

What problems does it cause?

[pallid mango]

The exact error you posted

Switching back to the normal build will resolve it

[lime stirrup]

3rd crash in a row within 30 minutes

same error message as above

[pallid mango]

Are you using the profiling/performance build?

[lime stirrup]

yes

[pallid mango]

Update today causing the above error

Switch to the normal build

[lime stirrup]

ty

[slow crag]

Hi, im getting the error C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION and I already tried the solutions given in the links of the error page. Here are the logs

[umbral narwhal]

Crashed in Nvidia driver.

Does it always do that?

[slow crag]

nop

[umbral narwhal]

If it crashes somewhere different each time then it's probably the 13700 killing itself.

[slow crag]

so it's better to get a new one?

[umbral narwhal]

shrugs

Can't call it from one RPT.

You also have a giant pile of questionable mods.

but random crash location is generally unreliable hardware, and 13700s do kill themselves.

[slow crag]

thats a list of mods that i use with some friends, im the only one that has this error

[slow crag]

damn, so its the end for my 13700?

[umbral narwhal]

limited evidence. Could also be a dodgy RAM overclock for example.

If it's the 13700 then Intel have to replace it.

[wise stone]

hello team how to fix this. BE connection with remote machine could not be established. Error=3

[umbral narwhal]

Isn't that a Reforger error?

A3 doesn't generally give readable errors for battleye issues, it just stops working for no clear reason.

[half chasm]

Hi guys. I'm having issues with an arma 3 UKSF mod. At the moment, the L119A1 is said to be in the game howver whenever i equip it or any of it's attchments, there is no model whatsoever and my character is just holding air. I really need a fix for this so any help would be appreciated. I am also very tech useless

[uncut trellis]

first try without any other mods to see if its caused be some mod conflict

if the problem still persists you will likely need to try to get ahold of the mods author to report the bug so they can fix it

[signal ice]

Why do smoke mortar shells make like less smoke than a normal smoke grenade? It doesn’t even spread it’s just like a 5m radius circle of smoke.

Same thing with the howitzer smoke shells

[fringe salmon]

Help...

[signal ice]

Try running launcher as admin

I think I had this problem before and I think that was the fix

[fringe salmon]

Thank you so much it works.

[signal ice]

For sure! Glad I could help :)

[vapid flume]

So, our community encountered issue of stutter(every few seconds) that happens to everyone when we start outside of the map but it is not always the case(ie some missions don't have it all or it is very limited) and we can't narrow it down what causes it. Anyone encountered it before and maybe found solution? thanks

I remember that some time ago in perf branch channel mentioned that long range radars might cause that if the scan too far outside of the map but it also happens during WW2 mission

[quartz berry]

What mods are you using?

[vapid flume]

modern is mostly CUP, WW2 is spearhead/iron fronts

[quartz berry]

All mods. Ones that add assets aren't the problem most of the time.

[vapid flume]

so, do you prefer without ones that only have assets? (maps for example)

[quartz berry]

All mods
Export the list and or send an RPT.

[vapid flume]

@CBA_A3;@ace;@CUP Terrains - Core;@CUP Terrains - Maps;@Interiors for CUP;@Anizay;@Ruha;@Napf Island A3;@Napf Winter - Snowfall;@Fallujah 2.0;@Angola Maps v1.3;@Mutambara;@Rosche, Germany;@Federally Administered Tribal Areas;@Šumava;@Tora Bora, Afghanistan;@North Takistan;@Lybor;@Lingor/Dingor Island;@Korsac;@Global Ops Terrains;@Kunduz River;@Uzbin Valley;@CUP Weapons;@CUP Units;@CUP Vehicles;@Community Factions Project (CFP);@FA-18 Super Hornet;@[SWU] Immersion Sound Pack;@BackpackOnChest;@DUI - Squad Radar;@Task Force Arrowhead Radio (BETA!!!);@TFAR Animations - Deprecated;@RR Immersive Maps by LAxemann;@Enhanced Movement;@Enhanced Movement Rework;@Advanced Urban Rappelling;@Advanced (Urban) Rappelling ACE Compat;@Zeus Enhanced;

[quartz berry]

Does it happen in single player or local host?

[vapid flume]

dedi

there is a spam of
Client: Network message 1025b3 (update info 57b96811e40) is pending
in RPT, which i can't find in other recent op which was smooth

1300 of them in 2hrs more or less

[quartz berry]

That was not the question.

[vapid flume]

could you explain what you meant? i don't understand

[quartz berry]

If you play the mission in SP or LH, does it happen?

[vapid flume]

no, and when i played it myself(I was alone on the server) on the server it also did not happened (at least in a way that I would notice)

we play with ~60-80ppl

[quartz berry]

Then I don't know how you could test.

[vapid flume]

yeah, i would need to organize more people, but thanks for trying! i appreciate it

[craggy robin]

I've started zeusing after a 2 month break and my loadout module isn't working, anybody run into a similar experience?

[uncut trellis]

Does it happen if you don't spawn outside the map? The outside area is not exactly meant to be used like that.

[vapid flume]

we do that quite often and it doesn't happen (usually) and I am trying to find out which makes it happen, atm it might be AI/turret, as removing VLS helped with fps stability (with VLS fps was 70 with drops to 20 every second/two, without it was 70 and occasional drops and during some tests without any drops, moving VLS from outside map to the map itself also helped a lot, same as removing VLS during first tests)

but i need to do more tests

[uncut trellis]

AI outside of map is likely going to be a big problem

and well honestly anything outside the map is literally beyond the games scope. you are not supposed to put stuff there

[molten cairn]

Hi, my server has been crashing for a while now in a specific scenario. The author of the scenario says it's an Arma3 issue. Here's the RPT file. What could be wrong?

[uncut trellis]

what mission is it and do you have required mods and Dlcs for it?

[molten cairn]

KP Liberation latest version

[uncut trellis]

and you got 20k lines of errors and warnings in there so the mod set you got is not the stablest

ID recommend remove all mods and get KP liberation first running wihout anything extra

then try adding extra back in small batches

[molten cairn]

In other scenarios it's fine

[uncut trellis]

does not matter

since this one does not work

[molten cairn]

Should I update the community mod list every time it crashes until it stops crashing?

[uncut trellis]

update it where?

[molten cairn]

My MilSim unit

[uncut trellis]

first you make it work fully then you update whatever list you got

in the meantime it cant be played

[molten cairn]

It seems like a lot of work.

[uncut trellis]

yes

thats what running a server is

[molten cairn]

Can you tell from the RPT file which mod is causing the problem?

[uncut trellis]

no

[molten cairn]

Okay, I'll reduce the number of unstable mods and repeat the test.

[dusky parcel]

havent played since last update, but suddenly while render of basically everything else is good, AI flashlights dont render until VERY close

dynamic lights is set to extreme, view distance is quite high etc

known issue? any fix?

[uncut trellis]

maybe too many lights on screen

[dusky parcel]

i mean probably hitting the limit yeah, but the only lights ive added are 1 squad with flashlights, i would figure it would prioritize those over some random house in the far distance lol

[native geode]

Im trying to make a mission about the ww2 normandy airborne landings, i have planes controlled by AI pilots on a path to drop paratroopers and there is a german AA battery ready to shoot down some planes, but once i test the mission the AI pilots spot the AA guns and perform evasive maneuvers ignoring their flight path and scrambling, how do i make the AI pilots stick to their flight path and ignore the AA guns?

[umbral narwhal]

hmm

If that's vanilla behaviour then careless behaviour would probably do it. But I'm not sure that it is. Is that Spearhead?

[fathom basin]

can anyone here help me

[fathom basin]

This happens when i try playing

If anyone can help please msg me

[bronze river]

ae you on Windows XP???

[fathom basin]

idk

i just need help fixing it

[bronze river]

anyway just turn off any cloud provider or OneDrive service, step by step is in pinned message

[quartz berry]

Use unit capture
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_unitCapture
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/BIS_fnc_unitPlay

[fathom basin]

that dosent show for me

[bronze river]

is your onedrive on yet?

[fathom basin]

im not sure

i dont know what that stuff is

[bronze river]

#arma3_troubleshooting message

[fathom basin]

can u hop in a vc with u and ss

cuz i have followed the steps

and they not there

and i really wanna play this game lol

@bronze river

[bronze river]

what is not there?

[fathom basin]

arma 3 other profiles

[bronze river]

other profiles only appears after you make a new profile ingame

[pine kite]

What I wonder is why Discord is bleeding through that error message on the left.

[bronze river]

discord been doing that

[delicate haven]

hey, so I wanted to clear up some of the mods I used to use and I went ahead and removed them (uninstalled via the arma 3 launcher by right clicking and removing) but it seems like they arent actually uninstalled? anyone able to help me out?

[quartz berry]

They get stored in SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\107410.
You can view them in SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop too.

[delicate haven]

ggs so i have to manually find which mod it is based off those strings of numbers?

[quartz berry]

It's the workshop ID.

[bronze river]

restart steam after you unsub

[delicate haven]

did that to no avail earlier, figure im just gonna have to manually check each mod lol

[pine kite]

I still blame Windows for even allowing that. Or buggy display drivers.

[pine kite]

You don't need to uninstal them (meaning un-subscribe in Steam) The majority of them are likely fine. You just need to selectively disable them in the mods tab to test if it works or causes problems. Some depend on others, so might still not work if the dependancy mod is not enabled. When you are sure a specific one is faulty then notify the mod creator and ignore it or unsubscribe from it. Just don't use it.

[delicate haven]

uh, I specifically wanted to clear the mods due to storage issues

hence why I uninstalled them

[waxen sail]

Discord does some process injection (or at least their old system did) and it's likely it just picked that window up as arma3_x64.exe

[pine kite]

It shouldn't have happened.

[waxen sail]

Why? As far as discord is concerned it's just a smaller version of the window. they can't really write exceptions for every piece of software ever

[pine kite]

Application 1 should not interfere with Application 2. Basic seperation of memory and code spaces.

[granite grotto]

I cannot load patients in to vehicles with ace3 mod, any help?

No matter what i do:

• Is the vehicle medical? - Yes
• Is the patient uncon. - Yes

Additionally i tried:

• Object state: Unlocked
• Playing as "medic" (also in the character settings)

Either i pick up the patient through the medical menu and then go to the vehicle and click "load" when it's there but it drops the patient in front of it - or i pick the patient through the menu by pressing the ace3 interactiom keys, then go to the vic. again press interaction -> load patient -> drops on ground in front of it.

Is there is a way to fix it?

[waxen sail]

Have you checked your RPTs to see if there's an error when trying to load?

[granite grotto]

RPTs?

[waxen sail]

!rpt

[rustic eagle]

Arma RPT

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

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

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

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://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.

[gusty gull]

Is the "Salient Force" mission in the Tanks DLC campaign broken? I'm always failing the collateral damage objective midway through the mission despite not destroying anything

[quartz berry]

Use the dev branch where it's fixed #arma3_branch_changelog message. You might need to restart the campaign.

[gusty gull]

I think that the NATO A-10 is leveling a building somewhere and I'm getting the blame for it. BS that I have to restart though :(

[quartz berry]

Realistic!!!

[signal coral]

Hey yall have quite an issue

[shadow ravine]

whats the problem?

[signal coral]

Im trying to join a server that i can only see in the in-Game server browser, it doesnt pop up in the launcher

[quartz berry]

Never ask to ask or wait for an "expert" before saying what you need for you own sake and others'.

[signal coral]

Its driving me mad lol

[shadow ravine]

hmmm, but... you can join it in the ingame serverbrowser right?

[signal coral]

I cant join it because i need to download the mods, the launcher browser is where i do that after i find the server and click join but i cant find it.

Ive cleared filters and looked for it. Even had a friend get on and look for it and he found it instantly.

But i cant find it for whatever reason

[shadow ravine]

how long you waiting?

it takes a while to ping all of the servers.

his internet might just be better or your PC is just slower?

could be either or both.

just wait, drink a coffee or whatever and when you do find it, favorite it.

that way it will be instantly there when you relaunch today tommorrow or any day really.

[signal coral]

Gotcha man. I appreciate your help !

[shadow ravine]

no problem

tbf the launcher's server browseris very slow on the pinging of other servers side

it takes a while.

the ingame server browser is way way quicker.

[signal coral]

Gotcha. Is there any workaround for it? Like i could find the modlist and download it so the launcher isnt even needed?

[quartz berry]

Yeah

[shadow ravine]

is there a discord of the server you are trying to join?

usually it has an modlist.

its an HTML file, and when you import it into the launcher via the presets tab in the mods tab.

it will automatically load the mods you need and their exact load order and download the mods.

[signal coral]

There is a discord but the invite on the server name is expired.

[shadow ravine]

hate it when that happens.

but then youd have to do @quartz berry 's method.

i heard he had something to say earlier.

[signal coral]

That would be dope man ive been tryna play for months.

[uncut trellis]

can you see its ip address in the game server browser and use that with direct connect in launcher

[signal coral]

I tried direct connect in the launcher but it just opens the regular game and gives me the same Session error lost file

Is it a corrupted mod? I cant find where the mod folder is to delete them all.

@uncut trellis

[uncut trellis]

no idea.

if your friend can connect to it you might be able to see it in the launcher server browser friend menu

but also if the server works that wonky it might not be worth the effort

[signal coral]

Thats true. That is the plan for the time being.

but that server was so gooooood 🥲

I see something else though, Im stuck on 2452 servers but my friend has up to 4000. We live close together

it really may be just a matter of time man golleee

[quartz berry]

You might be able to find the server on https://www.battlemetrics.com/servers/arma3 actually.

[signal coral]

I did find it on there but when i try to direct connect to it it launches the game and it gives me a missing file error🥲

[quartz berry]

Did you have the correct mods?

[signal coral]

Ive tried joining their discord to acquire the mod list but that invite is expired.

Ive also tried deleting all mods but since theres no mod folder i cant really do that.

all of my workshop items are cleared out as well

[quartz berry]

Battlemetrics shows the mods.

[signal coral]

Roger

[river anvil]

Hou to fix dawnload

[signal coral]

downloaded every mod in the list. This is the same error i got before. Any ideas?

Regarding not being able to find or join a server in the launcher but find it in the in game browser but it wont download them it gives me this. Now i’ve downloaded every mod on the list from battleNet and this happens.

Im looking at the mod page for this error code and its subscribed. Ive unsubbed and resubbed and i get the same error

[quartz berry]

Do you have https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2068033599

[signal coral]

yea im lookin at the subscribed button rn

still no cigar

I validated game files and that didnt fix it either

[quartz berry]

Did you try direct connecting via the launcher?
And what is the server?

[signal coral]

The server is called

direct connect did not work gave the same error

If i could just figure out a way to find it or make it appear on the launcher it would then download everything i need or if i dont need anything just start it but sheesh its still not popping up after waiting thus long

[signal coral]

The problem with connecting via launcher is the server doesnt pop up no matter if i filter or not or if i have my pings on steam low or high. Ive even tried joining through battle net by pressing the connect button. Nothin

just the same error.

[steady hawk]

Subscribe is not equal to load. You need to load them too

[signal coral]

When i subscribed to them they all gave a green on the bottom of the launcher

[steady hawk]

?

Do you mean you load it or not?

[signal coral]

Yes i have

[quartz berry]

Show us

[signal coral]

Uno momento 🤪

Alright

Imma

Im just gonna see myself out

Uhm you guys are goated and i hope you have the best of days come to you…

Much fn love yall. I am sorry for my foolishness

[steady hawk]

Do you mean it's solved

[signal coral]

yes!

Thank yoy

you

[steady hawk]

Even though there is no pros or cons, just preference, what packer you use to pack pbo

[ripe linden]

This happens everytime I launch the game

[steady hawk]

!steamverify

[rustic eagle]

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

[steady hawk]

Firstly do verify

[ripe linden]

Me??

[uncut trellis]

yes

[steady hawk]

Who else is here?

[ripe linden]

Doesnt rlly help

[ripe linden]

Alr bud no need to be mean

[steady hawk]

Doesn't really help how? Why you are certain of it?

[ripe linden]

Ion

[steady hawk]

?

[ripe linden]

Bc I’ve tried it

[steady hawk]

Then we need more info. Firstly do you load any Mods

[ripe linden]

I unloaded everything and it still didn’t work

[steady hawk]

You may want to connect your PC into internet

Also post RPT

!rpt

[rustic eagle]

Arma RPT

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

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

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

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://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.

[ripe linden]

I just did it

[steady hawk]

And? Does Arma 3 work?

[pine kite]

The download of Arma 3 is queued. Meaning Steam deliberately waits on something else. You can click on the "Manage downloads" in the middle bottom of the screen to see what it is waiting on. Maybe something else is downloading first.

[pine kite]

Please explain the solution/reason why it didn't work before. So we learn from it too. Don't worry about embarrasment. We've all done stupid things.

[ripe linden]

Nop

[steady hawk]

Then check RPT

[ripe linden]

Erm im kind of new to arma and bugs but how do i fix arma with rpt

[steady hawk]

RPT won't magically fix it. Post it so it may lead to the possible solution

[uncut trellis]

rpt is log file that records what happens in the program

also you can check the wiki page for possible solutions for the 135 error

[ripe linden]

Ty

[pastel vessel]

anyone got an ideo on how to fix not being able to select a character slot?

[waxen sail]

Some players on our servers fix it client-side by setting the Battleye Server Port (to 2308), sometimes needing to uninstall/reinstall battleye. I wouldn't take that as an official fix though

[pastel vessel]

how do you change your server port

[waxen sail]

Parameters tab in the launcher

[pastel vessel]

nah i think i did it right but didnt work

[waxen sail]

Only other thing I can recommend is restart the server, or wait for it to restart if you don't own it

[signal coral]

The reason it wasnt working was because i didnt realize i needed to press “Load all” under the mods section in the launcher. The second i loaded them all the server connected. Thanks again yall.

[rocky locust]

hey can someone help me im on linux with mods and the game crashes on boot

but if i enable large page files it can get to the main menu but crashes when trying to load any mission

it works unmodded and with other modsets ive tried before but this specific one has had this issue

[bronze river]

then maybe the issue is with current modsets

[rocky locust]

but it works for my friends fine

and their on windows so idk if its linux or somethings corrupted

want me to send the log files?

[quaint jewel]

Send me the crash dump, the .mdmp file.
And I'll need more files from you tomorrow

[rocky locust]

it doesnt generate a .mdmp

because it doesnt crash normally

[wheat yarrow]

All of our linux based servers just "broke" after automatically updating today. I thought the update should only have touched prof/exp branches?

Clients attempting to connect gets refused with Error verifying client data. Type=2.
No messages in Client RPT.
Serrver RPT: 18:38:48 Cpl Amelia uses modified data file 2025/09/15, 18:39:13 *** Start: Players Networking Diagnostics *** 2025/09/15, 18:39:13 *** End: Players Networking Diagnostics *** 2025/09/15, 18:39:18 IP Ban added to 80.192.89.225 for 1 seconds 2025/09/15, 18:39:18 Error verifying client data. Type=2 18:39:18 Player Cpl Amelia disconnected.

[raven lichen]

Offical servers are also affected, my linux servers also dont work

[ OFFICIAL ] Arma 3 EndGame by Bohemia Interactive (EU) #01 for example

[pine kite]

No arma 3 update was released. Don't know what you are talking about.

[raven lichen]

try joining [ OFFICIAL ] Arma 3 EndGame by Bohemia Interactive (EU) #01 then

[pine kite]

I don't keep tabs on Linux Arma developments though.

[raven lichen]

weird thing i noticed is server is not connecting to BE Master with verifySignatures=2 now, when i set verifySignatures=0 it connects to BE Master but errors with Error verifying client data. Type=3

[umbral narwhal]

Does it work fine if you turn off battleye on the server?

[pine kite]

Ok, something does seem wrong with that server. Nobody is on and I can't get past the Stratis 'waiting screen'. Wavey water sound is heard only.

[raven lichen]

Battleeye 0 same issue:
20:56:53 Player Jürgen Hartmann disconnected. 20:56:59 Jürgen Hartmann uses modified data file 2025/09/15, 20:57:07 "[Display #24]" 2025/09/15, 20:57:07 Trying to execute a disabled command 'ctrlcreate' (2 args) 2025/09/15, 20:57:29 IP Ban added to 10.194.5.1 for 0 seconds 2025/09/15, 20:57:29 Error verifying client data. Type=2 20:57:29 Player Jürgen Hartmann disconnected.

[umbral narwhal]

These log lines are completely new to me and I don't know what they're from.

[pine kite]

First thing to check is which branch the server is on. Main/Stable 2.20, or some performance/profiling branch. The latter does get early fixes, but can equally be broken after a new 'fix''.

[wheat yarrow]

No, BattlEye is and has been off.

[raven lichen]

i tested stable & profiling server and stable & profiling client, issue always the same, i also re-downloaded whole server in case something got corrupted but same issue

[umbral narwhal]

What does it look like from the client side?

Usually data verification errors show something there.

[raven lichen]

copied them directly from screen, where the arma server is running in

[umbral narwhal]

huh.

[raven lichen]

my server was running fine for years, but i have low playercount so i didnt notice the issue. my server setup should be fine.

[umbral narwhal]

And this is stable 2.20 server + stable client?

[raven lichen]

yes

[wheat yarrow]

According to the depots, only ´profiling´ was updated today. And yet, when running steamCMD on linux with
app_update 233780 validate, no beta parameters, the binaries from todays update are being downloaded.

[raven lichen]

good idea, i installed server with -beta public now its working again

[pseudo island]

does steamcmd remember the branch/beta you have downloaded when just running app_update?
I would assume so, so if you are already on profiling then it would just updating from profiling

[raven lichen]

do official servers use profiling branch? [ OFFICIAL ] Arma 3 EndGame by Bohemia Interactive (EU) #01 for example has the same issue

it definitly downloaded something when i changed -beta "" to -beta public: Update state (0x81) verifying update, progress: 98.14 (40894464 / 41667904)
Its possible i originally installed it with profiling, as i was debugging some issues with extdb on LXC/QEMU-KVM and reinstalled server multiple times

[pseudo island]

usually yes (not always tho) and definitely not the latest version every time

they are on V7 rn according to #arma3_official_servers message

[quaint jewel]

Weird there are errors about RHS missing, but I can see you're loading RHS.
Maybe some other mod is just breaking the animation classes.
Could be some bad mod

[quaint jewel]

The servers did update yes? not the clients? Because that error is a client side one
And it seems to be working correctly, exactly 30 seconds sinc connect. The client is not sending data that it should be sending 🤔

I'd understand if it were a linux issue, but the official servers do not run linux

[rocky locust]

I figured out that it was a discord rich presence mod

Apparently that mod just insta crashes on Linux

[quaint jewel]

Its weird that the game doesn't catch the crash and make a crash report anyway.
It does catch other mods crashes

[raven lichen]

It looks to me as if the problem is with the current profiling version, possibly for Linux & Windows.

Once you have been on profiling, steamcmd always seems to stay on that branch unless you explicitly define the public branch (-beta public). Omitting -beta or defining -beta “” etc. does not work. So we used the profiling branch without realizing it.

I also tried to connect to my server with the profiling client, but got the same error: Error verifying client data. Type=2

[quaint jewel]

I can reproduce on linux, but not windows

[raven lichen]

I was able to reproduce it with offical Server [ OFFICIAL ] Arma 3 EndGame by Bohemia Interactive (EU) #01

[gritty onyx]

Is this a known bug? A3 crashed when I was spawning ingame after loading the mission file and map. When I try to rejoin, I can't select a slot anymore

[bronze river]

press enter

it should put you in random slot, or ask the server owner/admin to pull your name into one of the slot

but yes it is a bug

[gritty onyx]

Unfortunately this didn't work. But thanks for the info in any case 👍

[bronze river]

try creating a new profile and rejoin

[gritty onyx]

I guess I'll just wait for server restart. I'll keep this in mind in any case. Thanks for the help! 🍻

[waxen sail]

This is the new battleye bug, if you stay in that lobby long enough you'll be kicked for query timeout.

Fixes so far are playing with battleye server port parameter, reinstalling battleye, or waiting for server restart

[barren garnet]

Looking for a mod or a way to add AAF to the BLUFOR faction so i can make a warlords game with AAF as a playable faction

[quartz berry]

For the players, just group the AAF units to a random Blufor unit and then delete the Blufor unit. I don't think that you need a specific Blufor AAF for the purchasable units, though you might have to do (which might be impossible) about the arsenal uniform restrictions.

[barren garnet]

I want to be able to enable AI on the squad leaders tho and that would make them hostile because i believe they revert to original ownership when the server launches if controlled by AI instead of a player. And also purchasing AAF units in the requisitions would make them hostile. For air drops and in can just select AAF arsenals. But it would just make life a lot easier if i could Port AAF over to blufor

I also want to add virtual support requester logic into the game and without porting over AAF theyd only be able to call nato supports

If not i might attempt making a mod that Ports them over

[quartz berry]

It could be a lot of work to make a mod to port over the AAF.
Maybe you could make an event handler to make any AAF unit be switched to Blufor on spawning.

[barren garnet]

That could work but it would still revert the support requester logic back to nato. However i think chatgpt could do most of the heavy lifting in creating the mod so i might give it a shot

[quartz berry]

ChatGPT is absolutely useless. It will take you many, many times as long if you try to use it. At most you could make a program to automatically do some config stuff.

[barren garnet]

tbh its already done most of the work for me. It wrote the init, serverinit, description, and a bunch of other custom scripts in a previous warlords game i made. I just had to go through and check for unforseen conflicts. In terms of scripting in arma its been really helpful

[quartz berry]

Mods are completely different to scripting.

[barren garnet]

yeye but 90% of the work is predone coz the assets already exist. They just need to be reclassified to another faction. Its more of a copy, paste and rename job more than anything and reorganising and repackaging it into a mod with a couple of config files

[quartz berry]

Yeah, but it's still a lot of work and something that ChatGPT isn't really capable of doing. A spreadsheet would be better IMO.

[barren garnet]

It shouldnt be too complicated as mods go i just need to write a config that defines a BLUFOR faction “Altis Armed Forces (BLUFOR)” then clones core AAF soldiers/vehicles/air/statics to side=1 and finally add groups under BLUFOR so Zeus/modules can spawn them then just package it as a mod with the addon builder

[quaint jewel]

1. crash reports to me please.
2. Its most likely the old BattlEye bug, it would fail and kick you for BE timeout when you try to rejoin too quickly

[quartz berry]

Not complicated isn't the same thing as easy. It's still a lot of classes you need to change.
And you might need to make your own Blufor AAF Warlords Preset and supports preset.

[barren garnet]

Now thats 1 thing chatgpt would be really useful at. I can just give it the full list and it can recatogarize it for me then i just need to go over it and check for errors. I would still need to make a custom warlords preset but thats relatively easy with a description.ext file that sets the desired requisitions. Thats as simple as copy and pasting the unit names into an older file i have

[gritty onyx]

Yeah, I would've sent it but I closed the crash reporter before I realized what I did 😅 Thanks for the info, I think I've never had that bug before

[quartz berry]

I guess you could try. Do you know how to log classnames of all selected units to the clipboard in Eden?

[quaint jewel]

You can still send it, its in your rpt folder

[gritty onyx]

In AppData? Just checked it and it has only the RPT logs, and even they seem all normal. Weird (edit. I'm not using -noLogs either)

[barren garnet]

I know how to do them 1 by 1 but not all in one go.

[quartz berry]

Select them all, right click on one, click log or something and then log classnames.

[barren garnet]

think ive already got a config together just need to go through it but for now imma take a break but thanks for your help fr

[quartz berry]

I want see it to see if ChatGPT actually do stuff.

[barren garnet]

on an unrelated note im trying to set up a vehicle garage with only AAF vehicles in a seperate scenario. However im getting a "init: invalid number in expression" error. Ill post the code

if (hasInterface) then {
  this addAction ["Open AAF Vehicle Garage", {
    params ["_terminal","","",""];

    // Build the whitelist once on the server
    if (isServer && isNil "AAF_veh_whitelist") then {
      AAF_veh_whitelist =
        ("getNumber (_x >> 'scope') == 2 && {getText (_x >> 'faction') == 'IND_F'} && { (configName _x isKindOf 'LandVehicle') || (configName _x isKindOf 'Air') || (configName _x isKindOf 'Ship') }")
        configClasses (configFile >> "CfgVehicles")
        apply {configName _x};
    };

    // Attach the whitelist to this terminal
    if (isServer) then {
      [_terminal, [], true] call BIS_fnc_removeVirtualVehicleCargo;
      [_terminal, AAF_veh_whitelist, false] call BIS_fnc_addVirtualVehicleCargo;
    };

    // Marker-based spawn point (make sure a marker named "veh_spawn" exists)
    if (isNil "BIS_fnc_garage_center") then {
      BIS_fnc_garage_center = createVehicle [
        "Land_HelipadEmpty_F",
        getMarkerPos "veh_spawn",
        [],
        0,
        "CAN_COLLIDE"
      ];
    };

    // Open the Garage using this terminal as the source (reads the whitelist)
    ["Open", [_terminal]] call BIS_fnc_garage;
  }];
};
'''

[quartz berry]

!code

[rustic eagle]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

```sqf
// your code here
hint "good!";
```
↓

// your code here
hint "good!";

[barren garnet]

does that mean it should work? i dont understand why its not working

[pine kite]

Well, The bot response is about making that code easier to read. Maybe the error shows better.

Edit your message like the bot response.

Seems like that message is too long for non-Nitro people.

[barren garnet]

Its letting me type it out but enter isnt sending it

[quartz berry]

Go to the end of the message before hitting enter.

[barren garnet]

i did it just starts a new line

lemme try this

if (hasInterface) then {
  this addAction ["Open AAF Vehicle Garage", {
    params ["_terminal","","",""];

    // Build the whitelist once on the server
    if (isServer && isNil "AAF_veh_whitelist") then {
      AAF_veh_whitelist =
        ("getNumber (_x >> 'scope') == 2 && {getText (_x >> 'faction') == 'IND_F'} && { (configName _x isKindOf 'LandVehicle')  (configName _x isKindOf 'Air')  (configName _x isKindOf 'Ship') }")
        configClasses (configFile >> "CfgVehicles")
        apply {configName _x};
    };

    // Attach the whitelist to this terminal
    if (isServer) then {
      [_terminal, [], true] call BIS_fnc_removeVirtualVehicleCargo;
      [_terminal, AAF_veh_whitelist, false] call BIS_fnc_addVirtualVehicleCargo;
    };

    // Marker-based spawn point (make sure a marker named "veh_spawn" exists)
    if (isNil "BIS_fnc_garage_center") then {
      BIS_fnc_garage_center = createVehicle [
        "Land_HelipadEmpty_F",
        getMarkerPos "veh_spawn",
        [],
        0,
        "CAN_COLLIDE"
      ];
    };

    // Open the Garage using this terminal as the source (reads the whitelist)
    ["Open", [_terminal]] call BIS_fnc_garage;
  }];
};
'''