arma3_troubleshooting

[quartz berry]

The ` at the end are ' and not `.

[barren garnet]

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;
  }];
};

there we go

[quartz berry]

Where in the code is the error?

[pine kite]

Usually it shows a line number, is it not?

[barren garnet]

it just shows me this no line number

[quartz berry]

Oh, you need to remove comments. Comments like that don't work in init boxes.

[barren garnet]

ahhhhhh i see

[pine kite]

It does show a specific part of the code as to the location.

[barren garnet]

It no longer throws out an error but didnt do what i want it to do 😭

[quartz berry]

Because you had ChatGPT script it!
What's even going on with BIS_fnc_garage_center = createVehicle [?

[barren garnet]

its worked fine up until now and no idea. Think that automatically spawns it whether you press okay or cancel which i should probably remove

[quartz berry]

Literally none of the script makes any sense at all.
Like it's calling functions that don't exist.

[barren garnet]

i did lobotomise it from my original script which was this

if (hasInterface) then {
  this addAction [
    "Open Vehicle Garage",
    {
      if (isNil "BIS_fnc_garage_center") then {
        BIS_fnc_garage_center = createVehicle [
          "Land_HelipadEmpty_F",
          getMarkerPos "veh_spawn",
          [],
          0,
          "CAN_COLLIDE"
        ];
      };
      ["Open", true] call BIS_fnc_garage;
    }
  ];
};

but im attampting to limit the garage to only AAF vehicles

[quartz berry]

The script is fine apart from the fact that

      if (isNil "BIS_fnc_garage_center") then {
        BIS_fnc_garage_center = createVehicle [
          "Land_HelipadEmpty_F",
          getMarkerPos "veh_spawn",
          [],
          0,
          "CAN_COLLIDE"
        ];
      };

DOES NOTHING!!

[barren garnet]

Well its not fine coz the script doesnt work. All factions vehicles are still available in the garage

[quartz berry]

Can you even limit it (ignoring what ChatGPT says)?

[barren garnet]

Im not sure i assume so. If not then i might try and pull whatever script theyre using in raction forces that spawns vehicles and try and use that

although i have a feeling that method will be a brain melter

[quartz berry]

How about you use Warlord's method?
Also send me that config.

[barren garnet]

I could do. Im not sure how to add warlords vehicle whop without the warlords init tho. This is a different mission to the warlords mission im working on. But ill send over the AAF warlords mod config i was working on. Ive not properly gone over it yet tho

[quartz berry]

Oh

[quartz berry]

It doesn't look obviously bad, so it might work.

[barren garnet]

yeye just a couple units/vehicles i need to add namely units from the RF, WS and EF CDLC's

[opal ridge]

hi im hvaeing trouble with my mic in arma my mic works for discord and evarything but nit arma

[ripe linden]

I’ve fixed the first one now I got another one

Bruh

[ripe linden]

!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.

[barren garnet]

She works alright. Only 1 non critical error i need to fix which is that in the second screenshot

[quartz berry]

There is no such thing as a non-critical error. Any error means something needs to be fixed.

[barren garnet]

I believe its for the logo of the faction. An incorrect file path. Ive tested it everything spawns and runs fine its just that error popup thats the issue. I just need to find the correct file path for original AAF logo I think

[barren garnet]

I dont understand the file path is correct?

I found a work around i just set it to a blank image

[umbral narwhal]

First screenshot has an F in there. Second one doesn't.

[barren garnet]

ohhhhh yeah

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3569613213 Well lads. it is done

[quaint jewel]

There is another error message before that one, that says what's wrong

[ripe linden]

I’ve already fixed it ty tho

[pine kite]

Make your desired microphone the default Windows Input device in Settings/System/Audio before starting the game/launcher. You can set the output device ingame. But not for input afaik.

[gilded bear]

Hi, been replaying Arma 3 lately and was doing the tutorials/showcases when i noticed a weird frametime behaviour, this happens with unlocked and locked framerate.

Every 60 seconds, a frametime spike happens, it happens no matter the mission or map, even in the VA map and empty editor maps.

Playing with no DLCs, no mods, no launcher CMDs or options, everything is stock, this also happens regardless of what graphical settings are used, i've tried lowest of the lowest, same behaviour.

This issue is specific to Arma 3, i have no such issues with any other game.

I haven't found anything at all regarding this issue, any insight would be appreciated.

I also attempted to use the frame capture feature from the profiling branch but i'm not sure i did it properly.

Specs :

7800X3D

64gb RAM - 2x32Gb 6000CL30

Samsung 990 Pro

RTX 2080 Ti - Driver 580.88

Frametime graph, locked 60 fps via RTSS in this example :

[quaint jewel]

That profiling capture shows a frame time of 16.64
That sounds right for a 60fps limit

[gilded bear]

Yeah that's expected, i was trying it to see if i could capture what's causing the frametime spike, my overall framerate is just fine, just the cyclic stutter that's the issue

[uncut trellis]

disk read maybe

[bronze river]

oh right SSD or HDD?

[pine kite]

Samsun 990 Pro is an M.2 formfactor SSD.

[gilded bear]

I checked the disk status everything is fine on that end.

Someone on reddit mentionned a sync that steam would do on a regular interval but i have no other lead right now.

[uncut trellis]

do you have lot of compositions subscribed?

that used to have an issue I recall

dont remember if it was resolved

got any cloud sync going on maybe?

[gilded bear]

I think i have around 5-6 compos yeah, i'll try deleting them and see if that changes anything.

And nope, 0 sync whatsoever

Didn't fix it sadly

[quaint jewel]

You can but you need to use slow frame and adjust the frametime

[gilded bear]

Sure i can try that, i have 0 experience with the capture CMDs, any specific ones i should use?

[glossy zephyr]

multiplayer, what could be an issue here?
suddenly the bullets stop landing where they should, on backtracking attempt for ballistic elevation sprites on bullet hits are missing too, range is absolutely within specs for dmr type ni/cup barrel

[quaint jewel]

Diag_captureslowframe

[quaint jewel]

How do you determine where they should?

[gilded bear]

Thanks, i'll try that when i have time

[glossy zephyr]

i approximate it to be somewhere inside field of view at least, also by well blaying it?

[gilded bear]

Captured this, not sure if it's helpful

I don't know how to read frame analyses and even less so Arma's engine stuff, would this be related ?

Takes a real long time compared to everything else in the frame

[umbral narwhal]

Yeah that's the hitch, but only BI can tell you exactly what's happening there.

[gilded bear]

Alrighty, well i'm not sure if a dev will see this

It does say steam but i'm not sure it's steam related, could be but i have no clue

[umbral narwhal]

Dedmen will see it.

Kinda surprised you noticed a 1-frame hitch in Arma tbh :P

It's probably doing that to everyone.

[gilded bear]

It's easy to notice frametime spikes with locked framerate, but this was exacerbated with unlocked fps as well, it's how i noticed it first, i wish i wasn't so sensitive to this shit lol

I know some people don't notice it at all, i wish i was in that camp 🤣

uploading this in case it can help, game doesn't let me screenshot in fullscreen so it's blurry due to the scaling i guess

[spice spear]

Hi, After purchasing a CDLC, is it possible to somehow simulate that I don't own it so that I can test what players have available in the game with only the data compatibility mod?

[bronze river]

untick the CLDC in the CDLC tab in launcher, and load the compat in mods tab

[spice spear]

Yes I did that but the game gave me powers as if I owned the content (can ride cars etc)

[golden nova]

Steam Library -> Arma 3 -> Properties -> DLC -> uncheck so it uninstalls it. Now it should work like you don't own it.

[spice spear]

Thaks. i will try after work

[patent kettle]

it does not work like that

this will only remove the files.

The license is tied to your account and can't be disabled unless it's an developer account. Compat Data is equal to the "Normal" DLC data.

[quaint jewel]

I could maybe multithread that, but I think that'd be hard.
I don't consider that worth the time investment, the hitch (0.7ms) really is tiny

[barren garnet]

Trying to sort out a script that despawns a helicopter and its crew when it reaches its waypoint but for me only the crew is despawning?

[gilded bear]

It's not actually a 0.7 ms spike sadly, it's closer to 14ms from what i've retested when unlocked

[gentle flicker]

does anyone know how to fix "Receiving mission file (0 KB/ 0KB)"?

[quaint jewel]

Oh I see the total frametime is 19ms. But the steam part is only 0.7 so it must be smth else then.
I'll take another look

Oh duh i read it the wrong way around, steam does take 16ms.
I think thats the thing I already tried to multithread and it didn't work

Because steam will still force it to be sequential

[gilded bear]

I see, but what is it though i'm curious ? It's like a sync with steam stats or something related?

[quaint jewel]

#arma3_troubleshooting message
It seems something that suddenly got worse with a steam update

its sync of the steam stats yeah

[gilded bear]

Damn, then yeah it def shouldn't be taking that long lol

[quaint jewel]

Steam tells us "the stats have changed, you deal with figuring out which one specifically"

So we go through all stats and pull the current value

for some reason, steam takes very long replying

[gilded bear]

Ahh i see yeah

Is there a workaround or a way to disable that momentarily ?

[quaint jewel]

no

[gilded bear]

Alright, well i hope it can be fixed, seems like it's been a thing for a while

[misty widget]

@barren garnet

{deleteVehicle _x} forEach (crew Helo1)+[Helo1];

[tall cobalt]

Anyone know how to fix https://i.gyazo.com/6ed7c512f04285c8370367f66c800101.png when trying to open buldozer in Object builder

[uncut trellis]

needs working setup for P drive

[tall cobalt]

ahh, well time to backup my files then

[uncut trellis]

#arma3_config message

do these

[tall cobalt]

Will do

[molten mason]

a while back i heard about a option to make rpt more verbose, how do i do that? is it profiling branch only?

[umbral narwhal]

It's just -debug command line option. Works on stable.

The main thing you get is call stacks on SQF errors.

[molten mason]

k, ty

also i have a minidump for the crash i'm dealing with, how can i read it?

[umbral narwhal]

You can't. You need to send it to Dedmen.

[molten mason]

Unfortunate, ty anyways

[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?

[pine kite]

You are not doing anything wrong I think. None of the scenarios from the steam workshop are checked on my side.

[abstract bison]

They always used to but for some reason they don’t anymore

[hasty cove]

How do I fix this?

I reinstalled everything

made sure Windows NT is updated

So I dont know what it could be

Arma itself works

ive run it through the EXE

But the launcher doesnt even open

it just creates this file

[umbral narwhal]

Looks like a corrupted UI description file but I don't know how that survives a reinstall.

[celest pulsar]

im getting this when i try to open arma 3 ive uninstalled and reinstalled as well as verifying game files

[patent vapor]

My main menu worlds have a very low draw render distance (200m), what can I do to increase it?

[golden nova]

make your own main menu background. Base ones are made like this so it doesn't take too much time to load or cause any lags.

Although usually the angles are towards the ground so you can't see what the view distance set is.

[small frigate]

Yo i Made my settings on 1 PC and copied the config folder from documents and Put IT on another PC, IT doesnt Work help (arma3)

[quartz berry]

Make sure the .Arma3Profile file and related files are named what they were originally on the new PC.

[small frigate]

pcs have same name and after i put the new file in it just uses default settings

[quartz berry]

Were you using a profile other than the default?

[pine kite]

please show a screenshot of the C:\Users folder of both computers. And name the profile that you actually want moved.

It either is a name-discrepancy between both user accounts. Or the profile in question has some kind of corruption in it, due to inappropriate shutdown of Arma 3 before it could be saved properly.

[small frigate]

i just made my custom keybinds and perfected it for flying, copied the folder in documents into google drive, deleted old folder insrted folder from other computer but i booted arma up and default settings.

[small frigate]

when pulling the profile out of gdrive it comes out as zip

[pine kite]

Well, it should not be on google drive unless you place it there manually. And when you download it from there via the web-portal of it, it should tell if it is a zip file. You will have to extract that, Arma 3 won't know what to do with it.

Also, just like Microsoft Onedrive, if you have Google drive upload Arma 3 profile files to the cloud on the fly, then it may end up being corrupted there if Arma 3 didn't save it while the game is running. Don't count on it as a synchronising method.

I have not heard of people having issues with Google drive. But Onedrive is notorious for messing up Arma 3 profiles. Enough for there to be a pinned message in here about how to disable it for Arma 3. Or advise to uninstall Onedrive altogether if you don't need it for other reasons.

[small frigate]

copied arma 3 folder to desktop, copied that to gdrive, got home opened gdrive downloaded the zip and extracted to my desktop

[pine kite]

It should not be put on your desktop. The profiles should be in your Documents/Arma 3 folder.

[small frigate]

of course, i did that

[quartz berry]

Try making a new profile on the new computer and copying the text of the profile file over.

[small frigate]

what

[quartz berry]

Do you know how to make new Arma 3 profiles?

[small frigate]

delete the folder and it makes a new one? or r u talking about in game

[quartz berry]

In-game

[small frigate]

will it transfer keybinds?

[quartz berry]

No

[small frigate]

the only thing i want is the keybinds transfered i worked on them to make em good

i tried replacing profile, vex profile or something and the arma3 config only still not working

[quartz berry]

I'm telling you what to try #arma3_troubleshooting message. First, make a new profile A3 on the new computer.

[mental narwhal]

But how can you shoot trouble if you can't see it

[sacred lily]

Lol

[sage basalt]

Maybe because you are having trouble shooting? 😛

[sacred lily]

Lmao

[fringe salmon]

Do you even Arma?

[sage basalt]

I play Karma

get it? 😛 K-ArmA

[fringe salmon]

I get it haha

[sacred lily]

Lol

[faint dawn]

Head -> Table

[sacred lily]

^^^

[sage basalt]

Face Palm

[sage zenith]

Need help

here

So I have this issue

bad_module

I fixed it but my arma is still crashing

[pine kite]

You can look at the first yellow/orange link on that message for common reasons for the crash. But it can be many reasons outside of Arma 3.

[sage zenith]

I tried everything really

[pine kite]

Here is the link again if you lost that screen: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Unusual_process_exit

If you can't narrow it down. Then don't use any mods if you did before, disable them in the mods tab and try to reproduce the crash. Or report the crash via that button to the bohemia feedback tracker site. They won't be able to respond to you on that until monday/workdays though.

[sage zenith]

thanks

[pine kite]

Personally I see you have a fair bit of programs/browsers active in the taskbar. Those usually eat a lot of RAM. Maybe shut those down when you are playing.

[hasty cove]

it happened 3 times

[sage zenith]

could it be a ram issue?

[pine kite]

It could. A bad ram location can cause this. Worth a try with some memory test program on self bootingh USB.

[fringe salmon]

WHY ARMA https://gyazo.com/4c5c883a7e8baf7efd1d0039fe58b95a

Have to restart my computer now to launch arma again. This happened after a crash...

[sage basalt]

You can go to more details and click the 'end process' button by right-clicking the process in Task Manager.

[flat falcon]

Thats exactly what he does in the gif

Note the bottom says "fewer details" with an up arrow

[sage basalt]

Yes, but there should be an 'end process' button if you go into details.

[flat falcon]

My bad! Thanks for that trick

[sage basalt]

No problem. 😉

[shy gale]

taskkill /im arma3.exe/arma3battleeye.exe /f

[vocal tapir]

anyone has this problem? or any solutions I can take on? 😭

I try mostly everything (verifying games and run it as administator still doesn't work)

[pine kite]

Is your D-drive a removable device?

[hearty brook]

On our project, two players have had the same problem since yesterday

The error happens when starting the game from the launcher

[vocal tapir]

It's not only me then 🙏

[vocal tapir]

can you walk me through on what you meant?

[pine kite]

Is it a USB stick or attachable by USB cable?

[vocal tapir]

uh I have no idea about that to be honest how do I check I'm not techical wise

[pine kite]

It could be your antivirus is checking files on it before Arma 3 tries to access files on it. Or some cloudsynchronising application is in the process of synching it to the cloud.

[vocal tapir]

all I could honestly tell is my pc specs 😭

[pine kite]

It is simple, do you stick a USB drive into the pc case or a cable for it before that D-drive shows up in Windows Explorer.

[vocal tapir]

the thing is I don't have antivirus on (only firewall) also another problem arises which is that I couldn't access to my window antivirus at all

[pine kite]

Then Arma 3 isn't your problem. You seem to have bigger issues if you can't get access to your system. You are better off asking local professional help like a computer support shop. It is hard to instruct you to investigate this if you have no clue about this level of tech.

[vocal tapir]

Ngl, this has never happened before. It has happened this time just right after I installed it back

[fierce swan]

Tried to verify my files didnt help

[worn jungle]

Did you try without mods, just vanilla?

[fierce swan]

Yes

Works without mods

[worn jungle]

Well then you need to figure out which mod is causing the problems.
Some mods just break everything

[sage zenith]

Yo does your arma crash at launch also?

[small frigate]

wym A3

[steady hawk]

Arma 3

[fierce swan]

Only after i join a server, Works fine in Eden

[sage zenith]

I have issue with that

but

its from launch

[real thorn]

So my friend and i play antistasi on a private server (we both Use Radmin) but suddenly i cannot see his Server when Hosted and can also not Direct Connect

[uncut trellis]

get his new IP

[real thorn]

what do you mean he doesnt have a new one you might misunderstood HE hosts a server with Radmin

[pine kite]

If he gets an IP in the Radmin network then that may have changed. I don't know much about Radmin though. But if it is just the two of you, and you try to direct connect, either he is not there, or he has a different number.

[umbral narwhal]

If you're connected with radmin or any other virtual LAN service then servers should show up in the "local" tab.

Note that if you use radmin with multiple people then you would need to connect to the correct one.

[real thorn]

It worked before but now it stopped working that way

his server doesnt show up in the Lan or Local tab

[umbral narwhal]

Can he connect if you host?

[merry marten]

@fringe salmon You know can force close it via command line like Grim has suggested that would be the best method

[fringe salmon]

Yep. Will do that next time

[real thorn]

Yes

[umbral narwhal]

In that case he's probably firewalled.

You know how the first time you run a game, windows asks whether you want to allow incoming traffic for it?

If you say no, that's it. Blocked :P

I think radmin's network type defaults to private rather than public at least, otherwise that could also be an issue.

[real thorn]

Thanks guys we got it to work 👍

[native fern]

2 Issues,

1. My AI in gunner just stares at enemy and does not shoot. I keep clicking fire and ceasefire when in tank or kajman and nothing happens.
2. My Kajman and Neo just don't pick up on targets from the air. The sector has tons of armor, and yet nothing shows on radar.

[quartz berry]

1. AI gunners will only fire on their own if they have a machinegun/autocannon selected. Otherwise you need to use Control + LMB to tell them to fire. Control + F will tell them to change weapons.
2. Radars do not pick up ground targets unless they're moving like 100 km/h or faster. IR sensors do not pick up ground targets unless their engine is on.

[native fern]

1. AI gunners are sluggish and simply don't fire. They just stare at the enemy!
2. Kajaman radar and Neo radar are not picking up targets in active ao with moving vehicles. The whole map is blank when it comes to the radar.

[native fern]

Look at this, I am telling him to target soldier, and the gunner is not shooting

[quartz berry]

1. Make sure that you didn't tell them to cease fire with Control + RMB; that they have the machine gun or autocannon selected; and that they are within range and have identified the target as hostile.
2. Most ground vehicles can/do not move fast enough to be detected by radar.

[pine kite]

Also, there seems to be a fence between them. Maybe it does not see the rifleman.

[native fern]

I am telling you he is looking at them and not doing anything

I ended up dying he did not fire a shot

[quartz berry]

Walls and windows do weird things to AI. For ground vehicles, just "drive" them from the gunner seat.

[native fern]

now I can't enter my vehicle!!!

[pine kite]

Probably not looking at it in the right angle. Get out of 3rd person view.

[native fern]

same probs with another one, I can access the inventory just not enter it

[uncut trellis]

its possible you run some mod that locks the vehicles

or its some feature of the mission

[uncut trellis]

in anycase, most likely mod/mission issue

[native fern]

no I was able to enter vehicle then it stopped

I had to leave the game

[uncut trellis]

yes like i said, scripting can lock vehicle so it cant be used.

[quartz berry]

Warlords has a vehicle locking mechanic.

[native fern]

I was hoping for troubleshooting help

[uncut trellis]

unfortunately there isnt much to look into

like that kind of a thing would not really appear anywhere in logs or such

[native fern]

what about enemy contacts not showing on radar, would that show up on logs?

[uncut trellis]

no

but that could be difficulty setting thing

or mission setting

[quartz berry]

That's intended.

[native fern]

So halfway thru the game, the enemy armor will just not show up on the radar?

[quartz berry]

Are you sure they weren't being detected by another sensor?

[native fern]

On radar armor and vehicle show up as squares, right? Then halfway thru the game, the radar goes blank. I over enemy sector with tanks/armor/vehicles all over the place, and the radar is blank. So I cannot cycle thru them and/or engage.

[quartz berry]

Just sensor targets in general; not just radar. Also, did your turn off the radar by any chance?

[civic latch]

im having issues with my arma

[civic latch]

i changed the display setting s in arma 3 and now i cant get passed the launcher it jus tis a black screen when i open the full game

[umbral narwhal]

What did you change exactly?

[bronze river]

probably changed to 2nd monitor somehow, arma 3 doesnt support 2nd monitor

[bronze river]

you have arma and roblox playing at the same time, no wonder it crashed

[sage zenith]

Even if I have none at all

[hearty brook]

What did you expect us to be able to do with this screenshot?

If you get the error "Arma 3 has stopped working" when launching the game, simply do nothing until the game fully launches

[quaint jewel]

Huh, I didn't know SteamLayer had assertions 😰

[quaint jewel]

Its a web issue, I'd think thats the official server list.
You can safely press abort and it will stop annoying you

[quaint jewel]

Its a battleye error sir, not USB stick

[quaint jewel]

prepare report and send me

@sage zenith same, I can read that report

[steep depot]

I have a problem with zooming in while in a tank, does anybody know how to get around this without a numpad?

[sage zenith]

wait i can send it

[fair oar]

Change the keybind I guess

[sage zenith]

I send tmr

Sorry

[quartz berry]

Mouse side buttons(the best and most commonly used) or you'll have to get really creative.

[steep depot]

ok ill try

it desnt even show up

cause i dont have a numpad

[native fern]

900 M away and it does not show up on the radar?

[quartz berry]

Do you know that:

• ...the radar is an air to ground radar?
• ...the radar is not obscured?
• ...the tank is in the radar's speed limits?
• ...the tank is in the radar's vertical angles?

[native fern]

Yes, I have clear line of sight to it, it's there and then it does not show. it's cutting in and out

[quartz berry]

Do you know that it's not a visual or IR sensor detecting the tank?
Also, what Arma think is a clear line of sight can be fairly unpredictable when trees and fences are around.

[simple blaze]

Currently having some issues having my dedicated server appear in a direct connect, the debug window shows the server starting up with its game port, firewall rules are setup to accept traffic for the application on the ports (even switched to any any rather than specific ports). Anyone got any tips to fix?

[umbral narwhal]

Connecting from where?

If it's on the local network then it should show up in the local tab.

If it's not then you've missed an entire category of problems to solve.

[simple blaze]

remotely, server is reachable, even hosting a couple other game servers and those show up, just not arma@umbral narwhal

[umbral narwhal]

ok so what does "appear in a direct connect" mean?

[simple blaze]

click direct connect, put the info in, server usually shows up in the server browser

its no longer doing that

[umbral narwhal]

It does? :P

[simple blaze]

it certainly hasnt just joined directly off the direct connect before

[umbral narwhal]

Direct connect just tries to connect.

[simple blaze]

well even then

thats not happening

[umbral narwhal]

It doesn't try or it doesn't connect?

[simple blaze]

i click join, it goes right back to the server browser

to show zero servers

specifically from server browser after starting arma, not connecting from the launcher

connecting from the launcher it just hangs, presumably because the server isnt appearing

similar behavior as the video in this reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/comments/1d7vm3h/cant_direct_connect_to_a_multiplayer_server/

i made sure to remove all the mods to make sure thats not an issue, but it still isnt appearing

[umbral narwhal]

If the mods are a problem then it'll throw an error on connecting. Just sitting on the A3 splash screen until timeout is just a lack of response on 2302 or whatever port you used.

[simple blaze]

yeah tracking that, I removed the mods for now just in case anyway

[umbral narwhal]

So you'd need to expand on "server is reachable", because it isn't.

[simple blaze]

i can ping it

i can hit it on multiple other game ports for other servers

[umbral narwhal]

What sort of server is it?

Reminds me of an issue with some dedicated hosts where they have an additional hardware firewall that you have to configure.

[simple blaze]

Its a windows server 2019

i didnt have this issue about a month ago, so its odd its appearing now when theres been no configuration changes or IP changes

like i also know its reachable since im RDP'd into it and can see all the other ports

i changed the game port for arma as well, and ensured that the firewall rules would account for that, yet its still not appearing

[native fern]

my ai is still not shooting at enemy right in front

[steep depot]

well are they used for anything else??

and will it effect gameplay not in a tank

[umbral narwhal]

I feel like you're looking for some magical "Arma is weird, just do this" answer. Arma is pretty weird but the networking is bog-standard UDP, and direct connection tends to work even if you failed to forward the additional ports or have packet fragmentation issues. If the server is running and direct connection isn't working, the UDP traffic on that port has been blocked.

[umbral narwhal]

Looks like you have them on hold fire? That's the red striped box on the command bar.

[native fern]

no that's open fire

AI does nothing and I get killed

[native fern]

This is hold fire

This is open fire

[umbral narwhal]

hmm. Stripey box on the right is combat mode?

ah yeah

Is your frame rate as bad as it looks in the video?

Personal-squad AIs will perform much worse if your client has low frame rates. Maybe worse since 2.20. I've not tested it that low.

[native fern]

Like nothing.

[native fern]

what's 2.2?

[vapid flume]

is there a way in arma to prove that X unit causes stutter? Some kind of recording performance ingame, I know there is some monitoring system for admin, is there anything in terms of debug? (monitor command has not enough info). I am trying to troubleshoot stutter when VLS is outside of the map, my only proof is micro stutter every few seconds when VLS is there, and it disappears when VLS is removed, steam overlay fps counter aint enough.

[pine kite]

Ping uses a different protocol (ICMP) that is unrelated to the portrange Arma 3 uses to connect (UDP, portrange 2302-2306)

[pine kite]

That means whatever ports you opened in the firewall (or home connection router) are not really open.

[umbral narwhal]

what's your goal? Because that is almost certainly a real issue.

It'd likely be the radar system rather than the VLS itself.

[pine kite]

version 2.20, not 2.2. The current Arma 3 stable version. Which has improved multithreading support.

[waxen sail]

Profiling branch with profiling exe can profile stutters with special cheat commands but you may need to pass the dumps to dedmen

[vapid flume]

VLS is the only AI outside of the map boundaries, if VLS is placed empty then there is no issue

[simple blaze]

im aware of what ICMP is, i was saying the server is reachable and that its not a routing issue. Also, i specifically gave it an any to any port opening for the application just to see if that would work and that failed to make the server respond on the game port or appear in the browser

Also the port is being opened since i can see it in the servers netstat, so im still not sure why the server itself cant even see its own port open and test-netconnection is failing to get to it

[vapid flume]

misread

sorry

[waxen sail]

How far outside the map is it? I think one of our servers has that with no issues

[umbral narwhal]

oh right, they have some built-in fake radar

[pine kite]

Windows Server advanced firewall was quite unintuitive when I last used it in 2008 R2. Disabling the firewall actually shut it closed. Making a custom rule with setting "any port" also blocked packets. Setting a specific application for the rule also didn't allow Arma 3 server executable to receive the packets. I ended up setting a generic port range rule and had to be careful where to put my spaces in "2302, 2303, 2304, 2305, 2306". No spaces wouldn't work.

[simple blaze]

I'll try this real quick, my question would be why is it throwing a fit over this now when the same rules that have been on this server for 2 years have been fine before?

[pine kite]

Well, I could say "Microsoft". But how long you used it before is never a proper benchmark.

[vapid flume]

11km from the edge of map, we have also seen stutter but smaller one during other ops while flying outside of map, but here is was really heavy

[umbral narwhal]

The general issue is that it has to continually generate the terrain to check raycasts.

Doing that on all clients is pretty daft, but it's gonna be bad somewhere.

[simple blaze]

alright so long story short, tried that, didnt work, did some re enabling and disabling and re enabling, server popped up, "cool, lemme restart it with the mods now", restarted but didnt appear again, so i disabled the firewall and re-enabled it again, and it appeared. Not really sure why the firewall is needing to be restarted every time the application grabs ports, but i guess its a workaround for now?

[vapid flume]

VLS spawned
https://i.imgur.com/I0ditp5.png

VLS removed (same effect when sim disabled through zeus)
https://i.imgur.com/W6TKqDi.png

so it can be any AI outside of map borders or also it can be AI looking outside of map borders?

[umbral narwhal]

AI normally don't see very far, so I would expect the impact to be limited. Issue with the radar would be that it's raycasting to every object within tens of km, and it needs to generate all the terrain along each ray.

Radar within borders to objects outside borders would also be an issue, but less likely to be significant.

There was some chat about using a maximum terrain cell height to optimize that case (vs high-altitude aircraft outside borders, specifically), but that wouldn't help if the VLS is outside.

[quartz berry]

It's bound to zoom in/out by default.

[quartz berry]

Control the vehicle from the gunner seat yourself.

[azure ibex]

tell them to engage at will?

[wary flint]

Anybody pls help I have been playing arma 3 for about 2 years now planning on buying the ultimate edition but the last 2-3 months when ever I play any mission my textures will plummet to exstra low and when I put it back to high after a min in will plummet again pc specs AMD Ryzen 5 5675u,16gb ddr5 ram,4gb gpu,SSD I play at 1080p with 50-60fps

[pine kite]

clogged fans?

[wary flint]

no it is a brannew pc and the problem started on my old pc that I cleaned every week I thought it was just getting old the pc now but then the problem started on my new one also

[pine kite]

You don't specify the GPU, besides having 4 GB. Maybe you got bad drivers recently?

[timber escarp]

Does anyone know if CBA mods can cause hard freezes or deadlocks on the first loading screen?
Because I always experience freezes every time I use some mods, but not on my old PC which has a lower VGA than my current one. My current VGA is RX 5500 XT.

[uncut trellis]

CBA unlikely, "some" mods sure can be very broken

[idle path]

I'm playing antistasi with kat and ace and for some reason whenever I go to command my AI by pressing the ~ key it opens the command menu and says.

5- Status
0 - Reply

I tried fixing it by pressing left ctrl + space but it doesn't work.

[pine kite]

ACE is known to reorganise the keybinds for the command menu. It assumes you don't need or want to mess with AI. It actually turns off the command menu. And replaces the keybinds for use to select weapons. Or at least, it did in older versions. Haven't played with the recent releases.

It has it's own keybind lists through the CBA 'Addon options' feature.

[idle path]

I'm looking through the addon options and I can't find anything about command and the only thing in the ACE AI section is for NVGs.

[quartz berry]

It's not addon options, it's addon keybinds.

[idle path]

Do you know what section it is in addon keybinds?

[quartz berry]

Bottom right in the normal controls menu.

[idle path]

I mean like the section like ACE Common, ACE Vehicles

[quartz berry]

Weapons

[pine kite]

My bad, as said, haven't looked at the exact name recently.

[idle path]

dw abt it

[idle path]

I can't find it in Ace Weapons

nor in CBA weapons

[azure ibex]

another mod is probably causing the conflict. check the other keybinds for the other mods you are using

[quartz berry]

The stuff like choose grenade bound to numbers?

[idle path]

CBA, ACE, and KAT

[idle path]

Yeah

[azure ibex]

go though each ace/kat selection and find out what key bind is causing the issues and remove it

[idle path]

By selection do you mean the keybinds?

[azure ibex]

place you character down in mission and then go to controls-configure addons-addon-and scroll through the addons and find out which mod is causing the issue and remove it

[idle path]

K

[idle path]

oh and btw idk if it's too late to tell you but for some reason i don't have radios in my arsenal

[quartz berry]

You need to loot them in Antistasi.

[idle path]

So can I command AI without them?

and where would I find them

[quartz berry]

Maybe.
And radios? Off bodies. You need 25 (?) by default to round up to infinity and permanently unlock an item.

[idle path]

k

thx im gonna go try that out now

[quartz berry]

Make sure you know about the loot box you can purchase from the garage to quickly gather all items in a large radius (I actually just cheat and call the function from the debug console to pick up all items because I think that having to go around and do chores is bad gameplay).

[idle path]

oh thats nice

thanks for telling me about it

i'll use it

[pine kite]

Within a few hundred meters they do what you order them. But not infinite range.

Revived incapacitated enemies also spawn the small white lootcrate. At least, in Antistasi Official Community mod. Ultimate uses a different box I think you need to purchase.

[idle path]

I even took out all the mods and it doesn't work

[quartz berry]

Is it bound to the right key?

[pine kite]

Learn Antistasi without ACE and KAT and whatever other mods that complicate it. Especially if you have no idea how to command AI yet. That is a learning challenge in and of itself.

[thorny heart]

Someone please help. Game wont launch. Tried reinstalling, verifying, deleting Documents/Arma 3 folder

This happens when I used FASTER server creator and updated configuration

[quartz berry]

I have no idea, but maybe it has to do with drivers?

[thorny heart]

Reinstalled drivers, using ddu in safe mode, installed new drivers

[pine kite]

Faster shouldn't start the game as the server. It should start a seperate server executable.

[thorny heart]

Yeah so the game works first time I launch it, and then when I click on UPDATE in faster and it downloads cca 4gb the game wont launch no more

[pine kite]

Never seen this error myself. But it seems like Faster is starting the wrong thing.

Also, see if the RPT log files of that time 1give any more information.

[thorny heart]

Where can I find rpt log file?

[pine kite]

You probably installed the server inside you game install folder?

!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.

[pine kite]

I have not used FASTER myself though. So I don't know the exact way to set up a server through it. But I would make sure it installs it in a seperate folder.

[thorny heart]

Using FASTER worked before, and suddenly it doesnt anymore

[pine kite]

That RPT log file is of your client. I don't know if faster started this. See if you find any other RPT log file in the game install folder, or wherever you made FASTER point to for the server.

This is an outright crash. Try again with no mods whatsoever. See if you can join the server and use chat to login as admin.

Always start learning how to work with a server from the simplest beginnings. Never with a bunch of mods.

Maybe Dedmen can do something with that mdmp file mentioned at the end of this RPT log file.

[idle path]

yup left control + space

[umbral narwhal]

Are you pointing FASTER at the Arma client folder? Because you shouldn't do that.

Server folder should be separate.

[quartz berry]

Wait, what are you trying to do? Ctrl + Space is high command, ` is select all units in squad.

[idle path]

I press ctrl + space nothing pops up but when I do ` it pops up the command menuwith 5 - Status 0 - Reply

[quartz berry]

What are you trying to do? Do you have guys in your squad? Do you have high command squads?

[idle path]

In antistasi I hire AI and can't command them

[quartz berry]

Do you have guys in your squad?

[idle path]

Wdym squad?

[quartz berry]

Your group of guys you're controlling.

[idle path]

Idk I bought them and did nothing after that

[quartz berry]

Can you see them in the bottom left? Like it should show your name, and then the first AI's name, etc.

[idle path]

nope

[quartz berry]

Then you don't have anyone in your squad or you're not the leader.
Where did you get the guys?

[idle path]

bought them from the officer guy

[quartz berry]

First, what Antistasi are you playing on?
Second, what where the options you could choose from?
Third, try buying them from the flag (if you can in that version).

[idle path]

I'm playing the Antistasi from steam.https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2867537125&searchtext=antistasi

The options I could choose from are rifleman, grenadier, squad leader, medic, auto rifleman, mortar marksman, light at, AT missile, aa missile.

I'll try that rn

For the flag I need a radio and I can only hire squads, not individual units

[quartz berry]

Hmm, that seems all correct.

[idle path]

Want me to send a video?

maybe that'll solve something

[quartz berry]

🤷 I really don't know.

[idle path]

I'll try reinstalling antistasi

[idle path]

btw what's the difference between antistasi and antisasi ultimate?

because if regular doesn't work I'll do ultimate

[quartz berry]

QoL changes and factions/terrains mostly.

[idle path]

is it better?

[quartz berry]

I've never used it.

[vale flint]

Ultimate wont fix whatever issue you're having, will probably break it more instead :p

There isn't an officer guy you can buy units from; you probably made a garrison at HQ instead, so they will only defend base. If you want units in your squad to command you need to go find a radio off a dead guy and then use the flag.

[quartz berry]

You can't recruit AI without a radio?? I thought I did in the past. Maybe something some other version does(n't do).

[umbral narwhal]

uh, pretty sure you don't need a radio for personal squad.

[vale flint]

Yeah I cant find the blocker now that I'm looking for it

[umbral narwhal]

That's only a requirement for high command.

[vale flint]

I thought someone had that issue with personal squad AI just the other day but it might have been HC squads

[idle path]

k I'll try that

[vale flint]

Yeah if you just go to the flag and try to recruit individual guys it should work

[umbral narwhal]

There should be three actions on the flagpole: Move asset, unit recruitment and squad recruitment.

The only condition for the action showing is that you're not moving HQ, but that condition also applies to squad recruitment.

[pine kite]

Grandfather versus Grandson. The son called Plus is missing in action.

[idle path]

yeah I also saw plus

[pine kite]

Look on the Antistasi Ultimate website/description page what they took over from Plus and made for their own. But Antistasi The mod has had a few changes/improvements of its own since Ultimate and Plus came out.

[idle path]

ah okay

[gilded bear]

Completely random but, anyone knows what mod could cause a performance drop for like 2-3 secs right after reloading? Very strange behaviour I noticed and no clue what's causing it

[umbral narwhal]

maybe something that was dropping the magazine as a simulated weapon holder?

[fierce swan]

Give me 10 minutes and ill get it here

[fierce swan]

Will the zip do?

I cant even upload the zip

[umbral narwhal]

zip is fine. DM it to Dedmen.

[fierce swan]

Still too large, Im cheap and dont want to buy Nitro lol

[waxen sail]

put it on google drive then

or just pick a decent file sharing service

[umbral narwhal]

Hmm. Is that a full dump or something? I don't know what the report does.

oh, I guess even the mdmp is nearly 20MB zipped.

[small frigate]

i got a new file from the other computer if this was corrupted. still the same thing. how to make an a3 profile

nvm i made one

what now

[quartz berry]

Copy the text of the old settings file and replace the text of the new one with it while keeping the actual files.

[small frigate]

text file or wym

[pine kite]

In the top right corner of the game main menu there is a pawn icon. Hover over it with your cursor.
Then click on the current profile name (Rico in my case)
It then shows a menu listing the profile names on the left, and the profile details on the right. At the bottom are 2 buttons to delete or create a new profile. When you create a new profile, the fields on the left become active to change it. When done, "apply".
This should create a new profile folder like 'Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profile\YourNewProfile'

And

[small frigate]

ok ill try

[pine kite]

Then do what Sticky Joe wrote with that ergaergaerg.arma3profile. Replace it's contents and paste the contents of your other file in there.

[quartz berry]

Open the old profile file > Press Control + A > Press Control + C > Save the text somewhere (e.g. Google Docs)
Copy the text to the clipboard > Open the new file > Press Control + A > Press Control + V

[small frigate]

took new files, renamed it to the second profile name, pasted it into second profile name (deleted the old) now it works the settings are copied thanx

btw how to make the radar pop up on the left side by default instead of the right or disable it coming up by default altoegether

(plane)

[quartz berry]

The bracket keys select what kind of panel is currently active. In UI settings you can move the right panel to the left and the left panel to the right.

[idle path]

guys thank you so much for telling me about the flag it works

[vale flint]

antistasi specific questions should probably be funneled to the actual Antistasi discord in the future. There should be a link for it in #channel_invites_list or as my discord tag, if you have further questions about the gamemode

[idle path]

k thx

[fossil geyser]

Hello!

I am hosting a server from my PC through UPnP. We are using a lot of different mods, namely antistasi, but I feel this is not an Antistasi specific question.

We have been playing perfectly fine until today, when we added a good portion of mods (jumped from 19 to 36 total). My friend now has an issue: Whenever he joins my server, the launcher automatically unloads the optional DLC (S.O.G and Spearhead) and gets an error saying "Server can't transmit all data: list of required mods might be incomplete." And then he fails to connect.

We verified the mods matched, and cut a very large portion of the mods out (down to 16) and the issue occured once, then the launcher crashed and upon reattempting to join it worked. (we then tried using the mods again and it didn't work)

My question is: Is there any way to allow the larger amount of mods on a Non-Dedicated server? Or are we just going to have to play with less mods overall...

[pine kite]

There should be a line in the server.cfg file of the server called steamProtocolMaxDataSize = (or if, not place it) with a value higher than the default 1024. https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Server_Config_File

Increase the number until it is enough to prevent this. More mods means higher value.

[fossil geyser]

How can I access that file? I am not hosting the server through any website or anything, just through the Host feature of the game...

[bronze osprey]

Is it an unfixable issue that the farther an AttachTo object attached via BIS_fnc_attachToRelative is from what it's attached to, the less accurate it seems to placed? If I attached a box to a helipad and moved the helipad 100m away, in a dedi server it seems terribly misaligned.

[pine kite]

Ok, sorry, this does not apply then. I don't know what causes this error in a localhosted ingame server situation. Might want to wait for one of the devs to chip in later.

[pseudo island]

The steamProtocolMaxDataSize(kinda misleading name, not specifically "steam") is fixed to 1024 when hosting in-game, no way to set it
you can try running a dedicated server alongside your client but you might have some performance issues

[fierce swan]

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1nJIQ7X-noAeRAU5wd1qTTF9hUmZOYci4

[uncut trellis]

@quaint jewel this is for you I believe

[burnt star]

Why is this happening

Arma issue or my graphics settings issue?

[uncut trellis]

Model issue

some modded content

[quaint jewel]

One freeze from the 21st, looks like its just a slow script and a very big mission in Eden?
The crash is familiar.

22:21:52 Warning Message: No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgMovesMaleSdr/Actions.'
22:21:52 Warning Message: No entry '.turnSpeed'
22:21:52 Warning Message: '/' is not a value
22:21:52 Warning Message: No entry '.stance'
22:21:52 Warning Message: '/' is not a value
22:21:52 Warning Message: No entry '.upDegree'
22:21:52 Warning Message: '/' is not a value
22:21:52 Warning Message: No entry '.limitFast'
22:21:52 Warning Message: '/' is not a value
22:21:52 Warning Message: No entry '.useFastMove'
22:21:52 Warning Message: '/' is not a value
22:21:52 Warning Message: No entry '.kka3_arrested'
22:21:52 Warning Message: '/' is not a value
22:21:52 Warning Message: No entry '.kka3_surrender'
Some mod you're loading broke all the animation configs. Find it and get rid of it.

Is it maybe caused by the mission? Can you open Altis otherwise?
Try -world=Altis start parameter

[fierce swan]

Altis opens fine in the editor it’s just mp servers

[tropic meteor]

Hello there, lads. I am having an issue with performance. The game runs at around 50-60 fps, but whenever I am flying or in an engagement, it just freezes for a few seconds. Or maybe the frame drops to like 1 or 2 before going up to around 50 again. And the same thing repeats, so much that the game freezes every few seconds. Can I get some assistance with this?

[umbral narwhal]

engagement like just shooting with a rifle on foot?

Paste a client RPT where you had the problem.

[tropic meteor]

Yes

Majorly in multiplayer

[tropic meteor]

How do I do that?

[umbral narwhal]

%localappdata%\Arma 3. Find the newest .RPT file in there.

[tropic meteor]

Roger, will send it in a few hours. Traveling at the moment. Mind if I ping you?

[umbral narwhal]

I probably won't be here in a few hours but someone else can read it.

[tropic meteor]

Gotcha

[tropic meteor]

@umbral narwhal Apologies for the delay. Here is the RPT file

[steady hawk]

You do have no useful info because you have -noLogs option

[tropic meteor]

Oh...

Well, I probably should remove it from my parameters then?

[steady hawk]

yes

[tropic meteor]

Roger that

[tropic meteor]

How about this one, now?

[sinful cave]

Using tasdt with the server the mission says instant mission fail when we load in to a mission on our server

[steady hawk]

Likely the mission you play is somewhat doing wrong, not just the game or CBA

[tropic meteor]

Hmmm...but it happens in campaign as well. Though not as regularly

[pine kite]

Then your install is corrupted. As you only load the CBA mod and the core game files and DLCs. Do a instal verification in Steam.

[azure ibex]

What are the mission parameters?
check to see that mission ends when all players die is not checked off.
This sounds like a mission set up issue.
Make sure you have multiplayer spawns enabled

[tropic meteor]

I did verify my game files' integrity multiple times. Seemed alright without any issues. Is that the same as install verification?

[pine kite]

Yes

[tropic meteor]

During campaigns, with mods or not, I am able to run the game smoothly for a while before the freezes. I do not change anything in the campaign

[tropic meteor]

Then there was no issue there

[pine kite]

I wouldn't say that for sure. Often Steam verification misses some files being incorrect and require manual deletion before verification can store good ones back. But if you don't know what file would be bad, that is reall puzzle to find.

But I suppose your issue is lag and freezes. That could certainly depend on what you are spawning in your scenario. Of which you have not really specified anything.

[azure ibex]

Sounds like a mission setting parameter issue.
Check to see that mission ends when all players die is not checked off as this is usually the case or your mission doesnt have the option to turn player spawns on.
mission ends when all players die

[sinful cave]

will check now

where in the mission file would that be im using a mission called Liberation_RX.Altis

diag_log "--- Server Init start ---";

// EventHandler
addMissionEventHandler ['HandleDisconnect', {
params ["_unit", "_id", "_uid", "_name"];
if (_name select [0,3] in ["HC1", "HC2"]) exitWith {};
[_unit, _uid, true] call save_context;
[_unit, _uid] call cleanup_player;
false;
}];

addMissionEventHandler ["PlayerDisconnected", {
params ["_id", "_uid", "_name", "_jip", "_owner", "_idstr"];
if (_name select [0,14] == "headlessclient") exitWith {};
private _player_left = count (AllPlayers - (entities "HeadlessClient_F"));
if (_player_left == 0) then {
diag_log "--- LRX Mission End!";
if (time < 300) then {
diag_log format ["--- LRX MP Saving cooldown (no save done), %1sec remaining...", round (300 - time)];
} else {
[] call save_game_mp;
};
if (!GRLIB_server_persistent) then {
{ deleteMarker _x } forEach allMapMarkers;
{ deleteVehicle _x } forEach allUnits;
{ deleteVehicle _x } forEach vehicles;
endMission "END";
forceEnd;
};
};
}];

@azure ibex is this it ^^

[quartz berry]

!code

[rustic eagle]

How to use SQF syntax highlighting in Discord

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

// your code here
hint "good!";

[azure ibex]

sorry not sure with that mission. try playing in in mp and when you chose roles at the top left is paramaters, check there and see what it says.

[sinful cave]

ok stand by

[azure ibex]

and check server settings too. it can be in a couple of places

[grim wing]

Anyone I can talk to about problems with a dedicated server?

I've installed mods to my server, but when I load my mission, the map just doesn't exist. Pressing M shows a map of Altis, but the terrain just isn't there.
I've verified that the mod is installed and loaded in the RPT.

I do get this error, but I'm not sure if I need to mitigate it or quite how to.
0:59:14 Warning: Steam Query data overflow, Mods/Signatures will not be correctly received by clients. Remove unused mods or change your server configuration to allow for more data to be sent.

[pine kite]

Maybe you told the server to start with terrain mods. But if the mod files are not there, it is not going to load.

Check RPT logfile for the 2nd table showing mod status.

Also, #server_admins is the place, or the specific server channels for Linux and windows.

[tropic meteor]

Once again, I am not really doing any changes. I look up a server and I just join it. And if not that, I simply play the campaign mission (East Wind). I do not think we can change anything in the campaign. If we can, I am not aware of it

[tropic meteor]

I am constantly getting this message now about getting kicked off because of Steam Authentication failure. I have tried to restart Steam, log out and sign-in, and even re-install Arma 3. The issue persists

[normal trench]

has anyone got any idea of what this mod might be that adds a random laser under the gun? (its not any attatchments) its really annoying

[quartz berry]

No. Send your mod list and if nobody knows then, then start working on disabling mods until you find it.

[quartz berry]

On an official server and you have the sever/time/maybe evidence? Then: #arma3_official_servers message

If it's not an official server then you need to contact whoever runs that server.

[mighty fjord]

Greetings gentlemen , i have a rather pressing issue which truelly is a thorn on my ballz , here it goes this is my system http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/dx9qTW , and the problem is the fact that my fps is terrible for a system of this kind first . it doesnt matter if i use crossfire on or off arma 3 till not fps improvement it doesnt even use the second gpu and second . if am running with one card the gpu usage flauates all the time its not stable at all mostly hovering aroung 45% usage and to top that off the cpu is barely getting used at all at most 45% this is terrible its the only game am having problems with

this is in multiplayer http://imgur.com/a/Hc4sh

this is single player

[faint dawn]

#hardware_vs_arma

[mighty fjord]

this single player using the mission benchmark from steam workshop http://i.imgur.com/DItTjZL.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Qy445yt.jpg

and now this is single player mission http://i.imgur.com/aYx9RiE.jpg

[faint dawn]

Dscha - Today at 8:13 AM
#hardware_vs_arma

[light gazelle]

recently i switched from 3060 Ti to an 9070 XT and now i have a weird gunfire bug with the "CUP_M1014". Did anybody else have/had this bug?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVUyO2sGjpg

Modlist only CBA and CUP and no CDLC loaded

i never had this bug with the 3060 ti

[bronze river]

try repairing each of CUP mod, then the game itself on steam

if the problem still exists, you can try asking it directly to CUP's discord, link in #channel_invites_list

[wicked helm]

any idea which mod is causing scroll menu not showing?

[tall cobalt]

Anyone know why when i give a mission file to a friend to put on a server for some reason people spawn in as seagulls, but when i test via hosting a server on my PC it works fine

[waxen sail]

Unload them 1 by 1 until it stops

Or binary search if you know how

[tropic meteor]

Anyone know how to fix the intense brightness of the game? Verifying the files seem to fix it, sure. But not completely. I have verified the files in these pictures

[quartz berry]

Reset brightness, gamma, and the other brightness and set HDR to standard.

[tropic meteor]

Roger, will try

I am a bit scared of turning HDR to because it tanks my fps quite a bit but let me give it a shot

[coral badge]

Steam doesn't recognize I've closed Arma 3 unless I tab into steam library and watch it close. Is that normal? Tabbed into browser after closing and ended up adding a couple fake hours to my account

[steady hawk]

Do you run Arma 3 Launcher?

[coral badge]

Thats the default one right? yeah

[steady hawk]

That's the Arma 3 what Steam sees

[coral badge]

I have it set to close when A3 launches though

[steady hawk]

You sure? Does Task Manager mentions no Arma 3 related app?

[coral badge]

Let me check

Yeah, no app

Sorry it's a little tricky to "catch" this happening

[steady hawk]

?

[coral badge]

I mean it'll close when I tab back into steam so I'm looking at it through the alt-tab window

[coral badge]

Wait can you elaborate on *when * you're talking about?

[steady hawk]

Whenever you don't want Steam to recognize Arma 3, but it does

[coral badge]

Oh ok. So

1. Launch through Arma 3 Launcher, Arma 3 Launcher closes, is not visible on task manager
2. Exit game normally but
3. Quickly alt-tab to browser, no Arma 3 exe visible in task manager
4. Tab back into steam
5. Steam belatedly recognizes Arma 3 is closed

It's basically a fried attention span problem lol, just wondering if anyone else has experienced this

[steady hawk]

So urm

Is it about Arma 3 is running while you are not intent to, or about Arma 3 is running for a few seconds/minutes after you intent to shut?

[coral badge]

Arma 3 is running for a few seconds/minutes after you intent to shut

[steady hawk]

How long?

[coral badge]

I mean until i alt-tab back into steam

[steady hawk]

🤔 I see, that's what you mean by Alt Tab

Which OS, which Arma 3 Version (Arma 3 Launcher > Options to check)

[coral badge]

Windows 11 Home 24H2

Arma 3
Launcher version: 1.5.152984
Game version: 2.20.152984
Branch: profiling

[steady hawk]

Okay, just tried profiling. Couldn't repro

I think you want to restart Steam just in case

[coral badge]

Yeah probably something on my end, thanks for trying

[tropic meteor]

Any idea how to increase performance? I do not have a very good device, hell, not even a good one by gaming standards, but I still get around 40 fps and sometimes 70. But the problem is that my game stutters a lot. I would be getting a constant fps for a while and then all of a sudden, and somehow in the most crucial moments, it would just freeze and I would have to wait for 2-3 seconds before the game starts again

Any way I can fix this?

[steady hawk]

If you have any Mods, unload them

[tropic meteor]

Not using any of them at the moment

Same thing

[golden nova]

Your CPU or ram probably can't keep up. What are your specs?

[quartz berry]

Or maybe a terrible hard drive loading stuff in?

[tropic meteor]

Give me a suck

[tropic meteor]

Processor 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-1115G4 @ 3.00GHz 3.00 GHz
Installed RAM 8.00 GB (7.74 GB usable)
Device ID 96EDF13E-938B-4776-A5B9-4A9929D0F438
Product ID 00356-24685-58753-AAOEM
System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

[golden nova]

Yeah a bit on the lower end side, Arma loves lots of ram. And what are your graphics settings? You can try lowering view distance, shadows distance and their quality.

Play with post processing and antialiasing too

[pine kite]

Your translator needs to learn manners.

[tropic meteor]

I play around 1200 view distance with a similar obj distance. I can try lowering the shadows, though. Also, I keep antialiasing off completely. Should I turn it on?

[tropic meteor]

Oh damn, I just noticed I typed suck instead of sec

Apologies

[quartz berry]

Turn of shadows (not that it should affect stutters).

[tropic meteor]

Roger that

Wait, it is already turned off

Let me check

[golden nova]

Antialiasing enabled increases CPU usage so not really

[tropic meteor]

So, no antialiasing, I take?

[golden nova]

Yes

You can also try switching the game branch to profiling but with this specifications I'm not sure if it will do any better

[tropic meteor]

Alright, shadows are completely disabled. No antialiasing either. Lowered down the view distance a little as well

It is already on profiling

[golden nova]

:/

[tropic meteor]

Tragic, indeed

[golden nova]

You should look into upgrading your rig

[tropic meteor]

Welp, I got a laptop so I cannot do much with it. Maybe in like a few years after college, I will get a new one

Hopefully a better one

[narrow tide]

@uncut trellis

Im trying to start it up

and my notesjust pop up

[uncut trellis]

this is not Arma3

this is Arma3 server

[narrow tide]

oh

so were is my arma 3

oh

[uncut trellis]

👍

[narrow tide]

WAIT

so I made a new steam account its not new but a year old because my other account got hacked

and saw arma

and bought it

[narrow tide]

so witch is the arma 3 game

its supposed to be 5 dollars right

[uncut trellis]

at least what you are starting up there is not the game but the server software

[narrow tide]

how do I have these

[uncut trellis]

everyone can have those

[pine kite]

This one

[narrow tide]

hmm but on my cashapp and through steam I bought it and did not recive that game only servers I went to my cashapp it took my moneybut is pending

[waxen sail]

Check your filters at the top but otherwise talk to Steam support

[pine kite]

Then you need to ask that cashapp or Steam support why the transaction didn't follow through.

[uncut trellis]

This. for buying related issues youll have to ask Steam

[tropic meteor]

Whenever I try to load up a scenario, my game just crashes

No idea why. No mods loaded either

[tropic meteor]

I am trying to load in the Helicopter Pilot Series by RobJ and the Hell-Heli practice

They just keep crashing

And now it appears all of my scenarios are affected

[tropic meteor]

There is error message, no nothing

It just stops responding

And then I have to esc out of it

[umbral narwhal]

Perf branch or not?

[tropic meteor]

Performance, yes

[umbral narwhal]

Try it with stable. I think there might be an issue currently. Players on perf branch couldn't successfully join a mission on one of our servers earlier.

[tropic meteor]

Alright, then

Will give it a shot

Also, for some reason, that stuttering problem I had mentioned before is fixed

My game's running...oddly smooth

A bit creepy, honestly

I have absolutely no idea why

[tropic meteor]

Well, that did the trick

[umbral narwhal]

If you have a replicable case with a limited number of mods then do report it on #perf_prof_branch.

I didn't manage to get anything coherent out of our players.

[tropic meteor]

Roger that. Will do, boss

[quaint jewel]

Send me the crash report. Or did you already send it with the crash reporter?

[tropic meteor]

Fixed it. Used the stable version

[quaint jewel]

I know.
Still, send me the crash report so I can fix it for everyone else

[tropic meteor]

Roger, sending in a bit. Though, I am on nologs

Would it work?

[quaint jewel]

Switching away from Prof branch doesn't fix an issue.
You just ignore the issue.
If it's not fixed, the next stable update will force you to update and you'll have the issue back and it's too late

I just need the .mdmp file, nologs doesn't influence that. RPT is probably useless for this anyway

[tropic meteor]

Roger that then

[quaint jewel]

But profiling branch already has a integrated crash reporter, that should open up after crashing and ask you if you want to send it.
Did that not open up for you?

[tropic meteor]

Nope

Did not see it pop up

[tropic meteor]

Here ya go

This is the correct one?

@quaint jewel

[quaint jewel]

Oh freeze, I thought crash. yes that's correct

Got it, fixed in next prof update

[tropic meteor]

Roger that. Thanks!

[quaint jewel]

But people already answered to your post
Oh. One hour after you posted here. Yeah please no crossposting :u

[sinful cave]

load into my server join mission and then it asks me to join mission again??? in a3 then screen black nothing after

[bleak obsidian]

A member of my community sent me this screenshot which is apparently what Project Dynamic Blur looks like on their system. There's this unusual mask overlayed on top of their first-person character model:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3525204764

Any clues why this effect would be broken on their machine? I know they use a pretty old system with an iGPU and that project dynamic blur relies on ppEffectCreate ["DepthOfField", ...], which is what immediately made me clue in on that mod.

[uncut trellis]

maybe wrong version of the game

[bleak obsidian]

hmm, they should at least be on 2.20 since they took the above screenshot from my server which is running perf v26, but maybe they're only on stable

FWIW there was this visual bug from last week too when he looked at my flashlight, not related to project dynamic blur:

[uncut trellis]

cant say that sounds like a common issue

[bleak obsidian]

i was thinking it might be caused by their iGPU not supporting certain effects/operations, but i don't know if that's a real thing

confusingly enough, they said if they dialed up DoF to 75 in the video settings, it fixed the white masking issue

if they're on stable though, maybe that was because the game's DoF took precedence? as they didn't clarify if the modded DoF still worked as intended

i won't ask them too much about it, they're not very savvy with tech and troubleshooting

[bleak obsidian]

sure enough another player came in with the same issue, i told them to switch to profiling branch and that fixed it

[heavy kettle]

dont have a picture rn, but have anyone ever encountered issues with their profile resetting sometimes after installing or removing a mod?
this problem has been a pain in the ass for 4 months now, every now and then it will just decided to reset everything, i already tried putting a new Profile on a different location and it still happends..

[uncut trellis]

does not sound normal

but profile can corrupt

[heavy kettle]

so oftenly? 🙁

[uncut trellis]

could be some mod issue I suppose

but also cloud things like onedrive mess it up usually

[heavy kettle]

thats my guess

[uncut trellis]

not really much to go on to debug than test with less mods

and keep backup

[heavy kettle]

it did, once i disabled it, after a few months it happends again, i'll try to find the problem tho

[heavy kettle]

i backed up my profile and when i used it i cant even open the game settings its blank with only the last option headbug fix

[wary hollow]

Does anyone how to fix the bad battleye service issue with online games in reforger. I’ve just bought the game and can’t find a fix I can play single player games but get kicked from online games about 30 seconds after loading in.

The error code is group 3 battleye reason 4 bad service version

If that rings any bells to anyone

[uncut trellis]

check channel name

[wary hollow]

Mb

[olive spindle]

Hey guys, just wondering which graphics setting control the amount of muzzle flashes in ArmA 3?

I'm currently creating a large scale D-Day singleplayer mission and have tried my best with AI scripting/caching to alleviate performance issue. However the game still stutters whenever dozens of NPCs are firing at the same time.

I'm just wondering which graphics setting reduces the amount of muzzle flashes in game? Is it "Dynamic Lights"?

Or is Dynamic Lights only for light sources and not related to weapon muzzle flashes?

[uncut trellis]

none

game is not really designed for that massive scope

[olive spindle]

sorry, but which setting exactly affect the number of muzzle flashes?

[uncut trellis]

there is no setting for that

the visual flash part is part of the weapon model

[olive spindle]

I see thanks, so the only way to reduce the amount of visual flashes is to manually remove it from each individual weapons?

is there any global setting that can turn muzzle flashes off via scripting?

[steady hawk]

Yes and no

[uncut trellis]

that wont be possible

you probably will want to fake the firing

or it is also possible the scale of your scene is just too much

[olive spindle]

thanks, appreciate your responses!

btw just curious, what does "Dynamic Lights" in the settings menu actually do in this case? Is it just street lights at night?

and is this even enabled during daytime? I tried googling but it came up with mixed responses

[uncut trellis]

Street lights are not on by daylight. other lights might be but their effect may not really be much visible due to daylight brightness

you wont be able to turn all lights off though

im pretty sure about that

[olive spindle]

I see, thanks

[stray tendon]

Does this always happen when you equip The Desert Eagle from Reaction Forces?

[uncut trellis]

no.

[cinder folio]

Having troubles with ARMA 3 and “no message received” after a few minutes of being on a server.. I’ve tried validating files, disabling my firewall, etc.. nothing has worked

My internet is fine, my wife works from home on the same network and hasn’t experienced any interruptions, I can play other games such as Reforger for hours without connectivity issues.. this is really frustrating, any help is extremely appreciated

[bronze river]

fine doesnt mean it always stable

also check the ping of the server, you should be fine playing in a server up to 250ms

[cinder folio]

Yeah, no.. it’s the game, definitely not my internet.. fixed by loading a single player scenario, saving, quitting, and then joining a server.. no issue after doing that.. after days of being disconnected after a few minutes of gameplay

[sacred lily]

So i updated my Nvidea drivers wednesday, but now it seems my fps dropped from around 25fps to nothing higher then 5fps, how can i fix this?

[earnest heart]

@sacred lily Did a rollback not resolve this?

[feral silo]

Does anyone know what can cause this?

Addon 'A3_Data_F_Enoch_Loadorder' requires addon 'A3_Structures_F_Enoch_Signs_Companies'

[pseudo island]

Looks like Structures_F_Enoch.pbo is corrupt somehow, validate your game files in steam

[uncut trellis]

if that does not help, delete the pbo and then validate

[feral silo]

Looks like I'll have to do that

[feral silo]

Thats not worked

[steady hawk]

How it does not worked

Any other errors

[feral silo]

I deleted the pbo, verified and then its just given me the same error

[steady hawk]

Try remove other structures_f_enoch pbos

[feral silo]

I'll try that

[lethal marlin]

got this same error, deleted all enoch pbos and reverified, still no dice

[feral silo]

Yea I tried reinstalling and it manged to persist

Im still able to load into servers with hit popping up so I'm just going to ignore it for now until something major happens but from all my checking it seems to be a mod issue, just not sure which one

[steady hawk]

You say you don't get it in vanilla game?

[sacred lily]

@earnest heart How do i do that? .....

[earnest heart]

Rolling back your Nvidia driver(s) rather, be it through Windows or by downloading an older driver from the Nvidia site ("Beta and older drivers")

[sacred lily]

Kk, thanks

[spice spear]

Hi, In the last few days, it's started happening to me that the game doesn't detect the mods I've downloaded and starts downloading them again. Is this a common problem?

[uncut trellis]

No don't think it is common

[quaint jewel]

Can you send me a RPT log of it?
Does it happen when not loading any mods?

[fresh jetty]

Hi, Everytime I try to play arma3 it gives me this errors and I can't play them.

This happened once I messed up with my p-Drive and deleted everything from it.

Is there a solution for that?

[bronze river]

verify the game on steam

[fresh jetty]

NVM, Seems like steam didn't do it correctly

[lethal marlin]

Will test for ya when I’m home 🫡

I am using profiling branch

Haven’t swapped yet

[eternal estuary]

Maybe I’m overlooking something but when in my server after I die a couple times it’ll respawn me as a civilian, is there any way to keep that from happening?

[quartz berry]

What mission and mods? Likely one of those is broken.

[eternal estuary]

It’s a custom made mission, I’ve got a few different mods but most revolving rhs. None of the other players in my server experience it

[native fern]

Players glitching turrets

2025/10/10 12:30 approx CST.

[steady hawk]

Is this a troubleshooting or player reporting?

[ember stump]

uhh

nvm

[native fern]

both

[native fern]

There's a palyer called Diddy who does not get banned?

[pine kite]

It is a vote kick, so not enough vote majority I guess?

But it not clear what you mean with these images. Explain more. Looks like this is about 2 different people?

[native fern]

There is this toxic player - who just does not get banned, he and his cousins, glitch turrets, play on both sides, sabotage teams by resetting sectors when it's about to be capped and generally engage in griefing behavior

[pine kite]

Then report to Dwarden as explained in this message: https://discordapp.com/channels/105462288051380224/204655955185631233/728720482223783966

[native fern]

Lot of people have done, that. I did that 3 weeks ago and he has not replied

[pine kite]

Well, he has other things to do in life. He get around to it when he can. It's not instant.

[native fern]

this has been happening for years. apparently this guy got a permamnet ban earlier and is now back.

[pine kite]

And the better you describe the issue, the more likely he is able to act on it.

If you sent the initial screenshots only, I can understand if he ignored it.

[native fern]

no i sent him all the info. I doubt you guys will do anything though

[pine kite]

Well, I don't do anything. I'm just a player. (and mostly solo/singleplayer)

[quartz berry]

If nothing happens there, absolutely nothing will happen here. I've heard he's been extra busy recently.

[native fern]

is he a mod? what is his job?

[quartz berry]

Yeah, and a lot of other things.

[native fern]

that's the problem right there, when you do too many things your don't do anything well

[quartz berry]

No, normally he does everything fine.

[native fern]

i stopped playing arma a year ago and I got back and this shit is going on still

[pine kite]

Well, you are dealing with people. That has mischief and trolling as a constant.

[native fern]

no, there is one guy who's been doing this for years.

[trail niche]

you don't have much tools against trollers, even banning is worthless
all it takes is to change your IP (free), create a new Steam account (free) and buy the game (and Arma 3 is cheap) so you come back to trolling/cheating
some AC manage to ban the physical IP of the motherboard, but even that can be modified (and no AC bans for trolling, it has to be done manually by an admin)

[pine kite]

AC?

[quartz berry]

Anti-cheat, I think.

[pine kite]

of course

[coarse kayak]

is the units arma3 site working? me and my friends cant check any units in "browse" and "my units"

[jovial arch]

I already asked in the Spearhead CDLC Discord for bug support wondering if anyone else could help here.

Launching Arma 3 with Spearhead CDLC enabled in either Profiling or Normal build causes the game to either:

1. Become unresponsive in the main menu after a few seconds (Profiling + CDLC enabled)
2. Never make it past the white Arma 3 text on black background (Normal + CDLC enabled)

Deleting the SPE Folder in Arma 3 and reverifying game files does not fix it. Any ideas?

[jovial arch]

Resolved. HDMI for monitor was plugged into the Motherboard instead of GPU on new AMD PC build

[pine kite]

That will break the file/mod. Follow the guides that the particular Antistasi team made to create Antistasi Extention mods with your changes. Those are loaded on-top of base-Antistasi mod.

[grim trout]

Its been stucking in this screen for 1 hour now using the modlist below and when with No mods/Diffrent mods it don't\

[grim trout]

this one

Can someone please help me

[steady hawk]

Then you have more than one broken Mod

[trail niche]

bro is using Ares xD

[errant frigate]

Hi guys,

I encountered a router related issue (Probably?) - we used to play with a friend via Hamachi. He changed routers, we still have direct channel on Hamachi but his server joining time is too long.

He is basically stuck at receiving mission file (after 30 mins he had only about 36 Kb).

Wouldn't any of you happen to know about a fix to such issue?

[umbral narwhal]

Hamachi is pretty iffy for Arma 3 in general IME.

Probably loses the larger packets, so you can connect but it can't send any significant data.

radmin seems better.

[lunar ice]

yo how do i make my teamspeak have audio when i load in

[quartz berry]

Did you set up the plug-in?

[lunar ice]

like this

or what

[quartz berry]

I have no idea how. I did it once and forgot.

[lunar ice]

oh my days

[waxen sail]

What's the actual issue, are you not able to hear other players? do their icons light up on your ts3 instance?

[lunar ice]

i cant hear anything from teamspeak the icons light up but 0 audio

[waxen sail]

Have you checked the volume on teamspeak, can you hear people outside of TFAR

Are you close enough to the players in game?

Are there any errors on screen? (you may need to check your RPT also)

[lunar ice]

how do i know if my radio is working

[waxen sail]

working in what way

generally if you're set to the correct frequency you'll be able to talk with other players on that frequency

[lunar ice]

they can hear me but i cant hear them

[waxen sail]

okay check your volumes, are you set to away in ts3?

[lunar ice]

no

i barely installed it like 20 minutes ago

[waxen sail]

you should check if you can hear people outside of TFAR, maybe wrong output device for TS3?

[lunar ice]

i can hear people when im not in a server

[azure ibex]

Why cant you direct connect?

[grim trout]

What do you mean?

[steady hawk]

Quite literally

[errant frigate]

Well, it is the same :/ Testing rn

[radiant schooner]

Does anyone know how to sort out the memory leak issue which is in the current version of arma as its literally killing my pc

[sacred lily]

@earnest heart the issue was that i forgot to update the graphic driver, i only updated the main driver

[azure ibex]

Kinda?
Did you try direct connect yet via ip address?

[errant frigate]

We tried direct connect via Hamachi server IP address. We also tried direct connect without Hamachi (but we tried this in the past - get this working would require some portforwarding or so as the internet said :D)

First variant was the same - too slow kb/s receiving mission file, the second didn't even allow him to connect (no message or so)

[umbral narwhal]

Try radmin instead of Hamachi.

Similar thing but seems to work better with A3.

[earnest heart]

@sacred lily Ouch! (Wait, which was the main driver?)

[teal current]

Can anybody tell me what I got to do to fix this issue? I had tried to uninstall all my mods, verify files, uninstall the game and nothing seems to be working.

[steady hawk]

#reforger_troubleshooting

[grim trout]

How do I fix Arma 3 that's stuck on the loading screen? After downloading some mod preset it doesn't work

[steady hawk]

Then you may have more than one broken Mod

[grim trout]

Wdym?

How do I fix it? I think the mods are the problem.

It is mods are the problem

When I load with no mods it works

[steady hawk]

Quite literally. You can unload one or more broken Mods to fix it

[grim trout]

How do I know which one?

[quartz berry]

When you unload it the problem goes away.

[steady hawk]

Unload one by one. Or half by half

[grim trout]

What happened? If I found it

[steady hawk]

The game will start

[grim trout]

Idk why But when i use the mod preset for the first time it only works once

like it works the 1st time but the second no

[steady hawk]

You told same sentence twice. We have never heard your error messages yet

Anyways, the point still stands Remove your broken Mods

[sinful lantern]

Hey, I am getting stuck when joining my units server. (gonna send a vid + rpt after this message)
The server is running via faster with persistency checked. If I restart the mission via Admin I can join normally again after some time or me leaving it always stucks me on the map loading.

[umbral narwhal]

This mod is fucked:
16:37:30 File z\sebs_briefing_table\addons\main\XEH_postInit.sqf..., line 1263

Errors in postinit will stop other postinit from running.

hmm, actually it seems to have made it through. Maybe that was fixed.

Looks like something wrecked the respawn menu data though.

[sinful lantern]

Weird thing is, this only happens to me, my friends could connect normally. I run the exact same modset.
Maybe something in my profile is messed up cause I develop some mods sometimes? But TBH this should not be the case tho

[umbral narwhal]

Not sure why the respawn logic would have any local profile dependence, but then that could be a red herring.

[sinful lantern]

Any Ideas what I can do to fix that? I am kinda out of Ideas why or how. This is why I am here.

[umbral narwhal]

Well, do try a fresh profile at least.

Not much else you can do if you're running a vast pile of other people's shitcode and hoping that it hangs together.

[tacit heron]

can anyone help me with arma 3 its stuck on an infinite loading screen when launching ive tried disabling all my mods revalidating files and i reinstalled it but it did nothing

[quartz berry]

Do you have any weird launcher parameters?

[tacit heron]

havent messed around with the parameters at all

[quartz berry]

!rpt

[rustic eagle]

Arma RPT

Arma generates an .rpt log file on every run. This log file contains a lot of information like the loaded mods or any errors that appear, and 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 with you the problem you encounter.
Note: RPT logs can hold personal information relevant to your system, the game or others.

[tacit heron]

did some messing around and fixed it by deleting my saved games and disabling steam overlay hope this helps anyonee else

[quartz berry]

Maybe. Send the RPT.

[cold thicket]

Hi all !

We have a dedicated server and we are experiencing random bugs with somes mods that work fine locally but not on the server.

For example:
A grenade throw animation mod, for some players the animation works fine and for others it bugs, everything is the same for everyone, including the add-on settings.

Any idea ?

[golden nova]

report it to the mod maker

[uncut trellis]

mods are not always compatible with each other or even guaranteed to work as intended

[cold thicket]

I know, but the same mods work very well together locally, but not on the dedicated server.

[quartz berry]

Some mods don't really work in multiplayer. Does your server check signatures to make sure everybody had the same stuff?

[cold thicket]

Yes !

[uncut trellis]

Like Sticky there says SP and MP can behave very different. even local hosted MP and Dedicated server MP can work different

a mod that does special animations might be made in way that it does not fully work in MP

if you can test it alone in your server to see if it works consistently alone

then add other mods to see if it still works

[cold thicket]

Thx, I planned to try, but why does it work correctly on the dedicated server, but only for certain players ?

All the players have the same mod pack

[uncut trellis]

such a thing is scripted

and those things can fail in multiplayer environment if not made right

I dont know exactly why but I suspect its either conflicting with another mod or just plain bugging on dedicated server

like if it runs locally on one player the commands might not be made to transfer properly to other players

[cold thicket]

Thank you for your feedback. I also suspected the server. Is there a way to avoid this via a script ?

[uncut trellis]

no

but if a mod does not work there isnt much you can do. Reporting reliable reproduction method to the author can lead to a fix

but sometimes mods are old and author has left the scene

sometimes just got to remove and play without

[cold thicket]

Thank you for youy time and the advise

[sacred lily]

@earnest heart my Nvidea installed a driver and had to restart my PC, when it was restarted, it appearantly had to install another driver (graphics driver)

[snow sierra]

hello, i have an antistasi mod I made using a bunch of mods not including the USAF mod, but when i load it on the server it says the mission requires USAF_servicemenu

[dark anvil]

downloaded mods won't fully load

[earnest heart]

Curious.

[eager zephyr]

HC Steam auth fail

[craggy topaz]

Can anyone help me witht this, it just happens randomly when theres like a lot of stuff going on. Very annoying

[quartz berry]

Are you using mods?

[craggy topaz]

Yes

[quartz berry]

Test without any and see if it works. If so, remove them until the problem goes away to find the broken one.

[faint plinth]

Does anyone know what mod adds this? Immediate thought was ace bluforce tracker but it's disabled, I briefly looked through all of the mods I have in addon options to see if there was an obvious answer but I couldn't find anything so I was hoping someone would recognize it here before I have to sift through 80 mods

Inquiry is about the blue infantry markers, because they also show up for OPFOR whether they've been discovered or not.

[pale wind]

You talking about blue INFANTRY markers?

[faint plinth]

Yes

[pale wind]

You could post mod preset also. I have disabled in server custom difficulty all markers on the map, so it is not shows for me.

[pale wind]

Is everyone see markers or only admin?

Most of mods I know. I would suggest to check XYI CORE, DCO SOLDIER addon settings

[delicate saffron]

I have a problem (I previously posted this in the ‘arma3_ai’ channel but no one replied. I think it’s related to the engine, so I’m posting it again here). In my mod, I created a crater decal. To prevent small decals from disappearing at a distance due to the engine’s rendering behavior, I made the decal much larger than the visible area (the extra area uses a transparent texture). However, all aircraft AI seem to detect the enlarged invisible area (which has no collision geometry) and try to fly over it. How can I solve this problem without reducing the decal size? The key point I want to know is: which LODs are detected or taken into account by aircraft AI?

[uncut trellis]

can not.

what you try to do is not supported by the engine

[quaint jewel]

If you don't submit the report, I can't look at it

It might be the same as your report 3 days ago. Which is
Somehow some memory got garbage'd

[pale wind]

I want to ask. Why you need crater decal so big? Is it for video purposes?

[faint plinth]

Everyone.

Looking into those mods, I already looked through DCO but I can double check it.

Found it, it was DCO. "Show enemy squad markers"

[craggy topaz]

What should I do

[pine kite]

Try to reproduce it, narrow down to the situation in which this doesn't occur. Remove mods, or don't do certain actions. Then what is not there, or didn't precede it happening, was likely the cause. Then confirm by including that missing piece and it shows up again. Troubleshooting basics.

[solemn cedar]

Good morning.

I changed my server Hoster to HOST HAVOC to NITRADO. I set up the serv load the mission files and set up CUSTOMS difficulty files. all work fine exept for ThirdPerson View wich don't work in game even if the value in the config files is set to 1.

difficulty="Custom";
class DifficultyPresets
{
class CustomDifficulty
{
class Options
{
reducedDamage=0;
groupIndicators=0;
friendlyTags=0;
enemyTags=0;
detectedMines=0;
commands=0;
waypoints=0;
weaponInfo=0;
stanceIndicator=1;
staminaBar=0;
weaponCrosshair=0;
visionAid=0;
thirdPersonView=1;
cameraShake=1;
scoreTable=0;
deathMessages=0;
vonID=1;
mapContent=0;
autoReport=1;
multipleSaves=0;
};
aiLevelPreset=3;

    class CustomAILevel
    {
        skillAI=0.99;
        precisionAI=0.40;
    };
};

};

here the files i don't know what is wrong

[umbral narwhal]

IIRC Nitrado has a false profile folder link somewhere, so you're probably editing the wrong file.

And the rest is just correct by accident.

[pine kite]

Yeah, that section needs to be placed in the server profile. Not in the server config file.

If you put that in the mission cycle, or anywhere in that same file, then it won't work.

You need to look for some_name_nitrado_gave_it_probably_with_long_random_characters.arma3profile

[stray fern]

Out of curiousity, has anyone ever ran into an issue where the command to input #missions is ran and nothing happens? I have checked the .rpt and there is nothing there. It logs me logging in, but nothing else afterwards.

[azure ibex]

make sure you are the admin for this to work

[pine kite]

The command doesn't do anything unless you are logged in as admin on the dedicated server.

[hollow ingot]

i am running into a problem where arma hangs every time in multiplayer when it goes from lobby to the map screen on a dedicated server i run. ive tried changing the paramerters in my launcher but nothing seems to fix the issue. ive also tested the server and the client with no mods and the base game missions work just fine. how would i go about finding the issue.

[umbral narwhal]

Check the server & client RPTs first. Maybe there's just a syntax error in a postinit or something.

[hollow ingot]

the only thing i see on client side that could be an issue is *** Player identity cannot be applied on person 2:5896 (z1) - player 331299192 not found
doing tests now to see which mod it might be...

dang... looks like my client side ace arsenal and never black on ammo mod was the issue... oh well, guess i should stop trying to cheat in arma...

[heavy kettle]

anyone know how to troubleshoot making server with UPNP?

i tried countless of time, after a while i manage to put the port through windows defenders, anod now it wont show the UPNP error. but none of my friends can join
or am i just dumb and it requires a static ip?

[pine kite]

That is the big issue i have with UPNP, i cant see, or wouldnt know where to read what it did.

A static ip is not essential. A stable or reserved ip is more important. Even if the lease is only an hour length it should still work within that time.

Your issue might be your ISP having a kind of network setup that prevents port forwarding/upnp from working.

Assuming you did all the firewall stuf correctly. Which you did not explain what youvset exactly.

[umbral narwhal]

The method is basically:

• Set the correct network adapter is set to "private" rather than "public".
• Make sure Arma has its firewall entries.
• Set UPNP to enabled on the router.

If your ISP is using CGNAT then it won't work.

[heavy kettle]

yeah, after checking it, my provider uses CGNAT sadly, thanks you 2 for assisting tho

[heavy kettle]

i meant opening the port 2302-2306 through firewall, because it was blocked before

[umbral narwhal]

Only options with CGNAT are asking your provider to give you a proper IPv4 or using VLAN software like radmin.

[heavy kettle]

yeah figured, i'll stick back using VLAN for now

[pine kite]

UDP I hope for your sake.

[heavy kettle]

Yeah its UDP

[quaint jewel]

Anyone know, if when these cgnat setups don't let you Host ipv4, are they likely to provide V6 forwarding?

I have a cgnat, but afaik no IPv6 to test that with

[umbral narwhal]

The only non-mobile UK ISP I know of that uses CGNAT claims to have proper ipv6 support. Would be natural, but I couldn't really say beyond that.

[lament pumice]

Any idea why I can't host my server from in game Arma? We played with friends yesterday and it stopped working

I didn't change any settings, it just stopped working, yesterday it ran fine

[umbral narwhal]

Arma hosting doesn't just work. You have to know why it was working in order to fix it.

[solemn cedar]

@umbral narwhal@pine kite Many thank for your help, it worked. first time using nitrado after 4 years of host havoc. i have struggle to set it up

but for the difficulty it work

[solemn cedar]

❤️

[umbral narwhal]

Nitrado links the wrong profile folder IIRC.

[solemn cedar]

yes i didn't expected this possibility the profile server files was missing i just created one and it work fine

[modern carbon]

Good evening, does anyone know how to solve this problem?

[quartz berry]

Does it work without mods? Test that first.
Also check the launcher's BattlEye log and see if it's blocking something.