arma3_troubleshooting

[modern carbon]

No mods. The logs say "Launching the game failed". The problem disappears after turning on VPN.

[radiant schooner]

Does anyone know when this memory leak issue is going to be sorted as my game is still causing a memory leak to my os

[pure yacht]

there is no mem-leak on my end

tried using another allocator?

[radiant schooner]

no but Ill give a try and see if it works

[worn jungle]

Did you get this working/ found solution how to fix?
I did same.
Deleted everything and re-verified, still no dice.

[lethal marlin]

Nada. But it doesn’t affect my gameplay so no biggie tbh for me

[worn jungle]

i got crash with that

[worn jungle]

Error is from Jbad mod. <-- Albasrah mod does it.

[lethal marlin]

Ahhh Roger ty

[fringe salmon]

how to join mp games with friends everytime he tells me the code it just ports me to the list of servers and nothing happens

[umbral narwhal]

It's the host who has to do the work. If they've set it up correctly then clients can join like any other server.

If they haven't then there's no way you can join them.

[rich yoke]

Are you sure it is a memory leak and not an access violation?

[mental narwhal]

They are verrrry different things

[short pollen]

I am having an issue with my view distance. The problem is that even if I max out my view distance, it just stays stuck at a very close distance visually, the fog is always there around 600m. Does anyone know how to fix it?

[uncut trellis]

On a server?

Clear weather? Foggy weather?

[quaint jewel]

Not a crash. A force kill because you run -debug parameter.

[quaint jewel]

This is the second report I get about that broken mod in one week.
I posted about their bugs on their workshop page but it doesn't seem like they'd fix it
Apparently it also breaks lighting on some other mod terrains, but they haven't fixed it in 2 years so probably no fix coming.

[worn jungle]

Thanks, good to know.

[scarlet maple]

hello- I am trying to make a custom controller layout in Arma 3. I'm running into an issue mapping the look stick.

On the normal configuration the look stick works fine. However, if I make a custom binding where I assign the look left/right/up/down to my right stick it moves the view extremely slowly. Adjusting the sensitivity does nothing to increase this speed
is there some other binding I should use for the look stick on the controller other than the look left/right/up/down commands?

[radiant schooner]

A friend of my has just reinstalled arma and they have previously purchased the DLC but they cant access it not they have reinstalled it

[copper bridge]

So, does the DLC come up in the owned products list? If not, it's an issue for Steam Support.
If it does and it's not downloading, right click the item in the library, and check that the DLC is set to download.
If it still doesn't, Steam Support. There is nothing we can do for him here besides ensuring it is active in the DLC list.

[stark pebble]

Hey I’m having trouble getting arma 3 to let me talk in game. I’ve been working at it for about an hour and a half now and I’m at a loss of what to do to fix it.

[waxen sail]

What are you using and what have you already tried?

[stark pebble]

using in reference to what.

ive tried restarting the game, testing my mic in different applications(which it worked in them all), using the config in game, verifying the integrety of the game files, restarting my pc, redownloading the game, and whatever i seen when i looked it up to troublshoot it myself before coming here.

also checked if i needed to update drivers

[waxen sail]

https://discord.com/channels/105462288051380224/1331375608495607881

[radiant schooner]

okay thanks i dont think it was so ill tell him to get in touch with steam support

[bronze river]

okayy that as fast, about to tag moderator cuzof scam bot

[versed viper]

Yesterday we have restarted the arma dedicated server app 2 hours prior to the event. Somehow logging in as admin to pick mission didn't work, and mission didnt even start when 6 people voted for it (wtf?).

We had to restart server entire system PC and then it worked. Super strange. Does anyone know how that could even happen??

[spice spear]

I have noticed that after a while, when I have more than 500-600 add-ons subscribed to as a Steam user, the add-ons start to disappear and Steam downloads them as if they were never subscribed to, even though they are (the launcher cannot detect this...) Is this a known problem that could be solved, or just a limitation of the system?

[quaint jewel]

Please provide more details. What is the actual problem.
What exactly, doesn't work.

[umbral narwhal]

Well, first thing to ask with one-off symtoms is whether your server hardware is reliable. We had a case a few days ago where the server was throwing the missing-mod error in the RPT every time it created an object, but then the server is a 13900.

[stark pebble]

the game wont use my microphone so i can talk in game

[waxen sail]

More descriptive. What mic? How does it plug in?

Do you see the mic active flag when you press the PTT keybind? What shows in the audio tab of settings?

Give as much info as you think is relevant and helpful so others can help you

[stark pebble]

when i key push to talk i see it activate on my end but my name doesnt show up that im talking. no ones able to hear me. im using a hyper x cloud core headset with a mic plugged into an adapter with a 3.5 jack and the adapter is plugged into the pc with a usb port. arma does not access my mic when i check my settings in windows and windows doesnt receive a requst from arma to access my mic.

this mic has worked for arma 3 before. i have tested it on multiple devices, applications, and other games and works everywhere else

and this is playing on vanilla servers only.

[obsidian swift]

can anyone help me? Im running MRHMilSimTools and have been for several months at this point without issue. However while testing a map today, in multiplayer LAN, I keep getting this to pop up at start and not allowing me to spawn or respawn. I know its the MRH admin menu but i never use it and i havent had this issue appear. Even on old maps Ive already done ops on it is suddenly having this issue. so yeah... can anyone help me? and if this isnt the right spot i apologize.
a few quick notes is that I do have the auto failure to 100% in the settings, i have clicked all of the the buttons, i have done everything possible on the admin menu itself and i cant fix it

[blazing sleet]

It seems that half the time, when I run arma3diag_x64.exe, it loads some mods I have downloaded, and half the time it doesn't. It doesn't seem to matter whether I have the mods activated or not in the normal launcher. Anyone know what causes this? I just run it directly from double clicking it in file explorer.

[spice spear]

Hi Any ideas on how to fix downloading add-ons on Steam? I canceled all add-on subscriptions, but even after restarting Steam and my PC several times, Arma is still trying to download add-ons from the workshop, even though I don't have any subscriptions there.

[thorny otter]

try deleting them from the download cache folder

Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\workshop downloads and temp

[thorny otter]

i guess your arma launcher has mods set that are not downlaoded so it tries to get them

what does it show in steam library UI right click ARMA 3 -> properties -> Workshop

[spice spear]

I deleted everything, but it still tries to download. In reality, however, nothing is actually being downloaded.

[thorny otter]

it's not actually downloading anything? i was gonna say the steam servers for workshop subscriptions seems out of sync with some CDN somewhere so it's trying to retrieve your old list of subscribed mods

that would have just been my guess

[restive sequoia]

it should into temp folder and then move it, once its done,
you need to unsub in the workshop from all mods and restart steam possibly

[spice spear]

Yes, it happened because I deleted all the workshop add-ons... then I restarted Steam and my PC... then I tried to download the add-ons again, but the mods got stuck at 100% after 6 hours at this value. When I opened the game, 3cb factions was actually downloading twice in a row and still didn't download... So I canceled everything again, and it has been stuck like this ever since.

Yes, I deleted everything again, restarted, etc., but the Steam UI says it's downloading the add-ons.

[restive sequoia]

abort the download, delete it via steam, close steam and delete the download cache
Go into steam folder in windows and delete the contents of "downloading".
You can find it in "Steam\steamapps"

Or maybe this works

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/6AD7-820D-8BE5-E51F

[spice spear]

thanks 😄 you save me

clear cache fix it 😄

[rapid ferry]

Hello, with reference to TFAR, has anyone ever experienced pushing other keys while holding CapsLock to disrupt the SR and LR push-to-talks?

It's been happening ever since I made the switch to Linux

[quaint jewel]

when i key push to talk i see it activate on my end
See what activate? I assumed you see your mic activate

arma does not access my mic when i check my settings in windows and windows doesnt receive a requst from arma to access my mic.
But that tells me you don't.

Did you try switching to profiling branch on steam? It has new mic input stuff

[stark pebble]

When I hit ptt I See that it’s showing me in the bottom left of my screen that I’m trying to talk with the channel I have selected but my name doesn’t show up for myself or others that I am actively talking. And as far as profiling branch I have no idea what that is.

[umbral narwhal]

@stark pebble Right-click Arma 3 in Steam. Properties, betas, select "profiling - performance" from the dropdown. Then wait for steam to swap it over. Switch it back the same way (change to "none") when necessary.

[stark pebble]

Oh ok. Ik how to do that. Alright. I’ll try that when I get home. Thanks

[stark pebble]

didnt work

[worn jungle]

Check from your .rpt file if you arent launching perf .exe, you may need rename arma3_x64.exe to arma3_x64_org.exe, and take copy of arma3profiling_x64.exe and rename that copy to arma3_x64.exe .
And you should able see in .rpt file ->

Type: Public
Build: Profile
Version: 2.20.153368

[stark pebble]

i dont know how to do that or where to go to access that infomation

[worn jungle]

!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.

[stark pebble]

im sorry idk what im doing. when i go to look for arma3_x64.exe i cant find it anywhere

[uncut trellis]

should be in the arma3 install folder

if not try verify arma install

!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.

[stark pebble]

I searched in the arma folder and it said nothing found

[stark pebble]

I did that the first day the problem started

[uncut trellis]

you sure you had the right folder?

[stark pebble]

I was in armas specific folder. And did a general search. So was supposed to be in a different folder

[uncut trellis]

take a screenshot of your arma3 folder

[waxen sail]

I'm not sure what all this is for, steam update should replace the relevant binaries and I'd be very surprised if it failed to do so
The potential fix which is a part of perf/prof also shouldn't need the profiling specific binary so no need to go hunting for .exes
I'd say the only thing to look for right now is the .rpt for checking if the headset is recognised

You can also easily tell if you're running performance because it now appears on the launcher and the loading splash

[stark pebble]

what would i need to do to check that

[waxen sail]

#arma3_troubleshooting message

[stark pebble]

right i get that but what to i look for after i pull it up

11:54:16 InitSound ...
11:54:16 Selected Audio Output: Speakers (USB PnP Audio Device) - Channels: 8, Freq: 48000
11:54:16 InitSound - complete
is this what i need to look for?

[waxen sail]

No you're looking for input

or you can just post the whole thing in here

[royal hemlock]

not sure if this is a bug or a feature, bu every time i look at this destroyed lorry, my hud has this perculiar glitched effect. It only started happening once i had destroyed it

[quartz berry]

It's the heat haze (is that what it's called?) effect. Since the HUD is projected at infinity, I imagine the game thinks that it's behind the effect. Games tend to have lots of unsolvable issues like that.

[royal hemlock]

it only seems to occur with this particular fire though. i will do some tests

[quartz berry]

Usually it happens for all of them.

[south mango]

can i ask a arma 3 editor question? its something here that isnt working correctly for me

in this tutorial im watching, this guy gets this menu thing in the lower right, which i usually also always get but this time when im selecting units or triggers etc nothing appears for me making it so i cant use triggers

wtf i turned off all my mods and it still persists so i cant do anything with the units

[quartz berry]

#arma3_editor is better.

[royal hemlock]

aaaaand now my gun wont fire at the locked enemy target and it has a green box arround it

[quartz berry]

Are you manual firing? If not, the AI has a lot of reasons why it doesn't like to fire sometimes.

[royal hemlock]

i have switched to manual firing

whenever the green box appears arround a target i can't fire the gun

[quartz berry]

Even with manual fire? That's never happened to me.

[royal hemlock]

now it seems to work. No idea what changed. Computers love me

[spark shard]

anyone here having problems with firing the Javelin with ace? I have no problems getting a lock but for some reason it wont fire

[quartz berry]

Send a screenshot.

[spark shard]

will do

it wont let me post a screen shot for some reason

[uncut trellis]

you have not accepted rules and/or completed verification #rules / #✔role-selection

[spark shard]

The one on the left is the RHS and the left one is from CUP

[quartz berry]

You have ACE menu up which could be causing some kind of issue.
I would try on a moving tank.

[spark shard]

what do you mean

[quartz berry]

About what?

[spark shard]

lets find out

[spark shard]

it did not work

[quartz berry]

Actually, does the Titan Compact / Mini Spike work?

[spark shard]

nope

[quartz berry]

What you're doing is holding tab to lock and LMB to fire?

[spark shard]

yep

[quartz berry]

And I assume that tab is also you ACE action key? I would try rebinding the ACE lock key to something else.

[spark shard]

thats was it

[torn abyss]

How to prevent AI from dropping its weapon when it dies in Arma 3?
Using the RHS mod, it often happens that the AI's dropped weapon spins in the air, which is quite frustrating...

[umbral narwhal]

hmm, not seen that. Usually your car just gets Arma'd by a javelin dropped in the road.

You can't prevent it. Best you can do is delete the simulatedWeaponHolder on spawn.

[pine kite]

Can't remember having seen a spinning weapon either. Maybe flung in the air, like the body flip when killed. But always motionless afterwards.

[restive sequoia]

In multiplayer they can spin. Especially if you eject dead units from vehicles etc

[wise egret]

Hey, I've got a pretty big issue that's preventing my server from booting,

2:09:12 Warning Message: You cannot play/edit this mission; it is dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted.\na3_characters_f

I have no idea where to find na3_characters_f or what its a part of

Anyone run into this issue and is able to help?

[fair kestrel]

Your server most likely won't start not because of this warning. At least, I had the same one, and my server worked fine.

[wise egret]

Thing is I ran my server find two weeks ago, no issues, this only came up in the last few days and I have no idea what the issue is

If I run the server with no addons it runs perfectly fine, no issues

But I'm starting to think something in SPE and SOG might be causing issues since i Have both on the server

[fair kestrel]

Then the issue is in your mods.

[wise egret]

definitely but i'm really not sure what

i'm betting its the dlcs so i'm gonna try something........

[quaint jewel]

That warning is bogus and doesn't mean anything. (Its hard to fix thats why its still there)

[wise egret]

It's very much the issue on my server, just straight up stopping it

[quaint jewel]

No its not

[wise egret]

Looking on my console it's telling my that it's dependent and from that point on it's not doing anything, I have the rpt here and all signs a point to it being an issue

sorry if that's come off as hostile but rn I have an op tomorrow and I'm getting really annoyed cause I can't find the issue for the past 2 days

[quaint jewel]

That error is printed while the game is still starting up. BEFORE loading your mission

so it cannot be your mission

Try removing mods maybe? I don't know why it would hang there 🤔
I think that would be mods preStart scripts area

Ah no preStart already happened

After animation preload is the server setup.
loading basic.cfg, loading server.cfg, port binding, connecting to steam..

If you run server with -netLog parameter, you might get more detail if it hangs somewhere in the server setup stage. It will log when it port binds and such

[wise egret]

Removing the mods no issue but my server has been playing up, 0/0 players even when its off so I'm thinking something is wrong

thank you btw Ded

[quaint jewel]

That would make sense.
Its still running in background when you think its off, blocking the network port.
So when you try to start a second one it can't get up?

[umbral narwhal]

Is that the 32-bit server exe? Seems optimistic with that modset.

Won't be the issue because it's not getting that far, but still :P

[feral lodge]

hello, do y'all know whats causing this visual bug?

it goes away for a bit then it comes back which can be quite annoying

[steady hawk]

A Mod or script can do it. Or maybe ReShade kind of thing

[feral lodge]

i dont really use reshade

thats weird because i used the same mods that i have and this never happened

[steady hawk]

It never happened can make no sense to troubleshoot since you load some Mod

[torn abyss]

Looks like it might be a client-side bug...
I'll check on another PC.

[craggy robin]

I was updating one of my music mods and was adding a few tracks (which I've done plenty of) but it's returning this error when I launch the game now?

does anybody know what this means?

[steady hawk]

Broken config or Mod. How do you pack your PBO

[craggy robin]

define pack

aha

I've just been updating the bisigns with dsutils in arma 3 tools then publishing it

I have it sorted like this rn

[steady hawk]

What...

BISIGN is not a part of PBO, you have to config file, both are problematic

[craggy robin]

is there anyway to roll back a steam workshop mod so I can troubleshoot it?

[steady hawk]

What is the point of it when you have your source folder?

[craggy robin]

well I'm honestly not sure what I broke is the issue

I just updated it the same way I've been doing so the last 6 or so years

[steady hawk]

And how do you pack the PBO?

[craggy robin]

I've just been cutting and pasting materials into the PBO manager itself

[steady hawk]

Throw that software from your window and use at least Addon Builder

[craggy robin]

I'll give it a go

[craggy robin]

got one of my friends to send me the mod again, so got it fixed.

it just seemed like a bunch of the files in the mod got corrupted for some reason, utterly strange tbh

a reminder to keep a backup ig

[steady hawk]

What? It wasn't your project?

[craggy robin]

it was, I just had them send me it from their mod directory

the config.cpp converted entirely into hexadecimal for some reason

😵‍💫

[steady hawk]

You are seriously misunderstanding something and inventing an issue, from what I can see

Better to re-read some trustable documents

[craggy robin]

I agree aha

[steady hawk]

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

[bitter sequoia]

Hello! Ony of my friends is having a peculiar problem joining the server I'm hosting. We're ~4 people playing in total and he's the only one having the issue. He gets stuck in an infinite loading screen when joining using "Profile 1", When he makes a new profile, i.e. "Profile 2" He's able to connect without any issue, but as soon as any setting is changed, either graphical or controls he's unable to reconnect. If changes are made during gameplay he's not disconnected and can play without any issue. Any ideas for a solution? Arma 3 is recently re-installed, iirc PC was wiped a few months back as a precaution for this issue and it still presists. (asked about this a while ago to no success)

[tropic hinge]

A friend of a friend is having a very peculiar issue:
They are attempting to play using the Western Sahara CDLC, which they do legitmately own. However, every time they try to launch the game the content doesn't properly appear and the launcher disables Western Sahara.

[quartz berry]

What happens if they try to use the compatibility data? https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2636962953

[tropic hinge]

i'llcheck

okay nvm it inexplicably works now

god bless arma

[steady hawk]

Launch the game, how? Do they try to join a server?

[worthy gale]

Hey need some help with this. I believe I've seen it once before but forgot the fix for it.

50% of people in my unit are crashing when loading into the server with the common 0xC00000005 - STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION issue. For some context, we have recently merged our dagger island training map to the updated 2025 version. Since then, this issue has been happening.

Below is the rpt comment, I'm just not sure what to do because the fault module is unknown.

=======================================================
-------------------------------------------------------
Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 00000000
cpu:  AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core Processor
graphics:  D3D11, Device: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
resolution:  2560x1080x32
Addons (Paste in web-browser to view):
Version 2.20.153411
Fault time: 2025/11/18 11:52:54
Fault address:  00000000 00:00000000ll Unknown module
file:     13th_MEU_Training_v_11_12_25 (__CUR_MP)
world:    dagger_island_summer
=======================================================
note: Minidump has been generated into the file C:\Users\lc\AppData\Local\Arma 3\Arma3_x64_2025-11-18_11-50-08.mdmp

Any help would be greatly appreciated. (removed data and mods section from rpt to fit into this message)

[umbral narwhal]

You're running perf branch there. Try stable.

[worthy gale]

Same happens on stable.

[waxen sail]

Submit the .mdmp and .rpt to dedmen directly if you haven't already used the automatic reporter

[worthy gale]

Already used the auto.

[waxen sail]

Will just need to wait then, you might be able to get around the issue by isolating the issue and removing it

[worthy gale]

I'd love to if I knew what the issue was 😂

[umbral narwhal]

Probably a map bug?

[waxen sail]

If it's instant on loading in yeah, map or mod, try removing 1 by 1 or binary search

[worthy gale]

No issues on a clean map with the same mods, but I don't wanna rebuild the entire map cause it's a lot lmao

So trying to see if theres a workaround or if someone knew issues with merging a map onto an updated version of the same map

[waxen sail]

That sounds... janky?

[umbral narwhal]

I've done it for different texture versions of Chernarus & Napf. Only thing I can think of is that some objects might really not like spawning underground.

Crashing clients suggests it's not that though.

simple+local object isn't gonna care about being underground.

[worthy gale]

Yeah idk its just driving me nuts

Normally I can debug these things myself but i cant figure this out for the life of me

[umbral narwhal]

If you have a consistent replication then you could still binary search it by copying in chunks.

[worthy gale]

You mean copying sections of the mission into a new file each time to test?

[umbral narwhal]

yeah.

[worthy gale]

Hmm okay, ill give that a try

[umbral narwhal]

Would take a while, but quicker than rebuilding from scratch.

[worthy gale]

Gotcha, ill give it a shot a bit later and let you know how it goes

[umbral narwhal]

Note that if you have a lot of players with the same crash then Dedmen has almost certainly seen and diagnosed it already :P

[worthy gale]

But its showing unknown and i cant find anything related to it

[tiny imp]

major crash and out of memory fixes in today's performance binaries in #perf_prof_branch

[quaint jewel]

Send me the minidump

[quaint jewel]

👍

[quaint jewel]

I didn't check crashes for a week, so if it only started recently, probably not

[subtle orchid]

looks like CloudFlare outage is impacting BattleEye service and that is also impacting Arma 3, your game might not start

[bronze river]

just play without BE

unless you planning on playing MP

[worthy gale]

Sent, thanks 🙂

[molten birch]

TLDR; obs cant capure any ingame video from arma 3 sync. does anyone know how to fix it?

its my second time i am trying to stream game capture from a3sync but obs cant recognise it as any open application nor as a valid source. i would love to fix that issue without having to use monitor capture. does anyone have experience with any issues and fixes that relate to that?

[bronze river]

what is A3Sync?

[molten birch]

arma 3 sync is a modloader which allows you to use mods that are outdated/not updated yet to avoid compatibility issues or bugs that might occour with newer version of the mods in question

you have to use it to play older updates of mods since the arma 3 launcher automatically forces the mod updates

[quaint jewel]

"ingame video from arma 3 sync" what, arma 3 sync is not ingame
You want to stream ingame or the arma 3 sync window? Use window capture?

[bronze river]

@molten birch ^

[molten birch]

i wanna stream the gameplay but window capture nor game capture in obs can access it as a valid source. i can select the .exe of the game play but even that is not visible in obs

thankies for the ping :D
please continue to ping me so i can see your messages faster :D

[quaint jewel]

BattlEye might block game capture.
Window capture probably doesn't work when the game is fullscreen.
But you can switch the game to fullscreen windowed instead

[molten birch]

i only play games in windowed fullscreen but it doesnt make a difference which i choose sadly
arma 3 from the arma 3 launcher can be captured in any mode whether fullscreen, windowed, or windowed fullscreen

[quaint jewel]

I don't know how arma 3 sync would do that.
A mod could potentially do that, but I've never seen one that does

[molten birch]

okie thank you for letting me know

[shut socket]

Im trying to 100% arma, Im doing this achivement and I am stuck on the first mission where you have to roll left and right. Nothing I seem to do will get the flag to go

[steady hawk]

Is that an Advanced Flight Model question or achievement not achieveable question?

[thorny otter]

steam record is a pos that has never worked for me doing ANYTHING

[pseudo island]

How is this relevant to his issue? steam game recording is not OBS

[balmy jewel]

@misty widget this

when i wanna change fov

and i want to play this problem happen

[misty widget]

im not here m8 im in Gen_chat 🙂

[quaint jewel]

You made a typo in that file.
Don't do that.

[balmy jewel]

do what?

ohh

change fov?

[quaint jewel]

Don't make a typo

[sage basalt]

I cannot seem to pack my mission with Addon Builder. I have already tried using binPBO but my friend crashes when he plays the packed mission. Any help? Thanks

[ember lantern]

Hello! Arma 3 was always working fine for me but suddenly I get the error in the screenshot when I try to start the game from Steam on PC. Does anyone know how to fix the problem? I did not modify the Arm3.cfg at all before.

[ember lantern]

I tried to delete the file but it does not get regenerated. I am using Arma profiling version. Is the filed stored somewhere else?

[high salmon]

Creating a new profile in Arma should regenerate the file iirc
Or transplanting from the default profile at %DOCUMENTS%\Arma 3, since that looks like a custom profile path

[quaint jewel]

It does get regenerated. Maybe you're deleting the wrong one

[ember lantern]

Thank you. I will look into it.

[balmy jewel]

just ask chatgpt

he can help it

[quartz berry]

No no no no no

[balmy jewel]

yes yes yes

i fix my problem with chatgpt hehe

[quartz berry]

A majority of the time it causes more problems.

[balmy jewel]

sometimes like that

[hidden pier]

I use PBO Manager. Works with no problem for me and my group!

[sage basalt]

Cool, I'll try that out, thanks! :)

[tropic meteor]

Not sure why this happens, but whenever I get into a helicopter, my game freezes for a second or two and comes alie with a significant FPS drop

I tried this with mods and without mods

Same thing

[golden nova]

what are your pc specs

[tropic meteor]

8 gigs RAM, 11th gen i3, 512 VRAM. Despite the horrendous specs, the game runs well and I have been playing it at a solid 40-50 fps for a few months now, until now that is. For the past few days, this particular thing has been happening. Other than that, the game runs well

[golden nova]

are you on the performance branch?

[tropic meteor]

I switched to the performance just now

It seems a tad bit better, but that's about it

The issue still persists, kind of

[waxen sail]

run the profiling binary and capture the slow frame

There was an issue with MFDs I think? quite a while ago

[tropic meteor]

Uh how do I do that?

[waxen sail]

Run the named profiling binary in the Arma 3 game folder
then https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_3:_Cheats#SFRAME or use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/diag_captureSlowFrame

[umbral narwhal]

Specific helicopter or all helicopters?

[tropic meteor]

All

[native lodge]

Hey, my game is crashing when i enter a specific mission i created (it works in editor)

If i send an rtp can someone help me with this?

[steady hawk]

I said perform no hesitation. Just throw your info so people may check

[barren temple]

yeah, you could also check to see if other people can play the mission

[steady hawk]

This RPT does not tell any obvious game breaker at least

[native lodge]

the minidump will help you?

[steady hawk]

Not for me

Maybe for Ded

[waxen sail]

-cpuCount and -enableHT :(

[barren temple]

do you have any helis in the mission?

It might be easier to have a look at the mission PBO

[native lodge]

yes

[native lodge]

i can send it to you

[barren temple]

yeah

and mod set

[native lodge]

dm'ing you the mod list

[barren temple]

👍

[native lodge]

can the helis cause any problems?

[barren temple]

maybe

[native lodge]

why? anything in the logs indicating tht?

[barren temple]

look at line 3479

[native lodge]

this line doesn't exists...

[barren temple]

mistyped

[native lodge]

saw it

[quaint jewel]

It will help me, drop it in my DMs. But if you're too slow it'll wait till monday 😄

[odd vortex]

Pboproject...if you want to create addons that work

[native lodge]

I already re-made the mission but to debug this for further ops (because it happened more than twice i will send it to you

[feral lodge]

hello I have a question regarding rpt's specifically whats causeing the Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 1C5F0150. Idk if this is a common thing for arma 3 but it just happened recently with the same mods loaded i cant really tell whats the issue but I dont have the time to unload all the mods

[umbral narwhal]

It's a generic crash error. RPT doesn't contain any usable information about it. It might be related to another error in the RPT but it probably isn't.

[feral lodge]

i see

[umbral narwhal]

Generally the only way you get these diagnosed is by sending the .mdmp to Dedmen. Looks like you're running perf branch, so you should ideally check whether it crashes on stable.

[feral lodge]

oh yeah i just saw it aswell

ill try to reproduce this

if it crashes on the stable branch

is the perf branch unstable or does it have possible incompatibilities with mods?

[waxen sail]

It's mildly unstable as it's a bleeding edge branch but if you report things they get fixed

I don't think we've seen a particularly problematic build in a while

[feral lodge]

i see thank you

[pseudo island]

If you crash on perf it should pop up with a crash reporter, please do send those

crash on perf but not on stable is still bad as most changes from prof make their way to stable at some point.
perf/prof is easy to fix, stable is not.

[feral lodge]

yes i kept crashing on perf but it seems that using stable branch fixed it (?)

[pseudo island]

If you could reproduce it on perf and use the crash reporter that would help us fix it before it reaches stable next update

[feral lodge]

I will thank you

[quartz berry]

What if we crash, but also have a ton of mods loaded that break everything?

[quaint jewel]

mods shouldn't be able to crash the game. If they can its still a game bug

[tropic hinge]

There's an odd issue me and friends have when we die and respawn on our dedicated server. Sometimes the chat no longer shows up after you respawn, though you can still send messages in it.

[humble wagon]

@trail niche cleaned up 👍

[wise barn]

+1

[vocal lantern]

PboProject. Period. EOD.

just be prepared to be forced to do things properly. which honestly, benefits us all.

😀

[wise barn]

and another +1 from me 😄

[modern blaze]

hi guys i have problem with arma 3,when i lunch my game without mods it launch completly fine but when i lunch it with my mods it says "Battleye game or service failed to start" is there any way to fix that?

[uncut trellis]

how do you start the game? from the launcher?

[modern blaze]

yes

[uncut trellis]

what does the battleye page of the launcher say?

[modern blaze]

it doesnt say anything

i tried to lunch it without battleye but its still the same

[modern blaze]

so u have any solutions?

maybe its beacouse i have to many mods? i have 545

[uncut trellis]

I would suggest first making sure the game runs without any mods

[modern blaze]

it runs without

i checkrd with battleye and without

so i think its the mod but idk which one so is there any options to check it withouth playing one single mods

[modern blaze]

.

[uncut trellis]

try mods in small batches

running 545 at once is insane amount though

[modern blaze]

is it the only way?

[modern blaze]

😅

[uncut trellis]

yes

[modern blaze]

oh

okay im gonna text back when it works

[modern blaze]

ive had 900mods and right now when the game works i have 450

[vocal lantern]

what is the cause of this message, fresh install of tools after having cleared out some seemingly conflicting entries from old tools (that used to work fine!). i let BI tools build/map the P:\ which is pointing directly to the tools folder where the .exe is indeed located. https://gyazo.com/674d48d7ee39b4996c74f3fcf733d271

[pure yacht]

it tells you everything you need to know @vocal lantern
the exe is not located where it is expected

thus --> find out where it expects the exe

[vocal lantern]

yeah... i'm pretty familiar with it. it's just ticking me off right now. first time in years my tools have been dicked up.

i fixed that, but still no external viewer out of OB..

[pure yacht]

as a basic rule for every tool you ever find: if something requires you to have a setup that is more complicated then "put this here and it will work" then wipe your system everytime you do a fresh install

[vocal lantern]

yeah no i cleared out the registry a couple times now. this is probably the 3rd time in the last couple of days.

[pure yacht]

"wipe your system"

[vocal lantern]

i have buddy, CC'd it all, a couple times. if you mean wipe the OS and reinstall, im laughing on the inside. 😉 i'll get it right sooner or later. either way, i find this all a bit absurd compared to all the other engines and tools i play with..

[pure yacht]

CC is waste of time

i talk about: wipe your OS

reinstall it

its something you should do on regular base anyway

[bronze river]

well seems like you got the answer already

[modern blaze]

heh😅

[quartz berry]

And what mods does it need and what do you have loaded?

[merry finch]

everything

[quartz berry]

Every mod on the workshop?

[merry finch]

CBA_A3
Arma 3 Aegis
Arma 3 Atlas

i got both

and cba

[quartz berry]

Are you using any other mods? When does the error occur?

[merry finch]

yes

when i try to staret it

[quartz berry]

Don't use unnecessary mods. If you do, use as few as possible.

[merry finch]

okokok

i see

ill try using onla a few

[quartz berry]

Also, do you have the Western Sahara DLC or the compat data loaded? You need to.
Don't use ACE unless the scenario tells you to.

[merry finch]

i dont use ace

btw

[quartz berry]

Good, what about Western Sahara?

[merry finch]

yeahp

ill try to get to it asap

[quartz berry]

You can use this https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2636962953 instead of buying.

[merry finch]

thanks papi

[modern blaze]

does anyone know why i dont have the apply button and the rest?

[high salmon]

Saw this happening a while ago, some issue with the display of certain languages:
Does it work with language set to English? Or after restarting Arma?
Are you running perf-prof branch or dev branch?

@quaint jewel Not certain if this is one you need to know about
Remembered seeing something similar last year in the perf-prof branch
#perf_prof_branch message

[modern blaze]

i have on english and it doesnt work,what is perf prof?

[high salmon]

DIfferent branches selectable in steam, probably not running then
Perf-prof is compatible updates
Dev branch is breaking updates
Basically versions in development

[modern blaze]

i checked the chat (perf_prof_branch but i dont understand anything can u help me?😅

[high salmon]

It was something that broke a while ago
I don't know if this the same issue or not, but it certainly looks similar
You could try verifying files, might fix it

[modern blaze]

okay

[modern blaze]

it worked thanks

[pastel pumice]

I need help in Arma do i just send the file in the chat or just the error codes?

[waxen island]

So, I bought some DLC today, including reaction forces which is the one CDLC. Enabled both optional DLCs (in photo) but when I start up, its on the contact screen and I can't press or interact with anything. Run RF on a compat before and it worked fine so im confused.

[pastel pumice]

Any help? The game just crashes on me.

[waxen sail]

Have a search around this discord and online for DXGI_ERROR_DEVICE_REMOVED, there are a few solutions for fixing it

[pastel pumice]

thx

[quartz berry]

What are you trying to do, what do you expect, and what is happening?

[waxen island]

trying to do - boot up ace arsenal, ensure the content is still there. tried earlier but was dumb and forgot to load RF (only unloaded the compat mod) so obviously all RF content disappeared. Loaded up the optional DLC, expecting things to work normally, and what happens is the screen just opens onto the Contact main menu screen but doesn't allow me to press anything. Can't alt tab back into it, crashed once, other times ive had to close it with task manager

[quartz berry]

Are you trying to use RF, Contact, and ACE all at the same time?
Don't load Contact unless you're playing its campaign and when you're doing that don't load anything else.

[waxen island]

oh, thats prob the issue. thanks for the help! will report back if it still doesn't work

[quartz berry]

Lots of people can in the S.O.G. PF Discord in #channel_invites_list.

[restive vale]

uh, great, i head over there ty

[odd vortex]

Hey hatchet. Did you redo arma3p resent love you babe?

Ong

Omg

Autocorrect. Hahahahha

[vocal lantern]

lmao awww

[odd vortex]

Or is it....😘

[vocal lantern]

yeah, i finally f'n fixed it. literally wiped all record of BIS things from the rig, and just reinstalled everything. first time in about, oh i dont know.. 3-4yrs..

[odd vortex]

Oh your whole os?

[vocal lantern]

hell no...

[odd vortex]

Hahaha. Oh just the p drive. Gotcha

[vocal lantern]

yeah and all the registry foo, everything..

[fringe salmon]

oh hey guys

[vocal lantern]

it's straight now. but BIS tools does not make a proper p:\ drive setup.. dunno about that still. but dont really care. arma3p works fine.

[fringe salmon]

didnt see there was a troubleshooting channel

[odd vortex]

Yea when I ran arma3p a few weeks back ( lbs cause prior to that I hadn't run it in like 6-9 months lol) I was having issue with buldozer. I had to run some patch thing from the buldozer config in that program in your screenshot

[fringe salmon]

anyways, whenever i try downloading certain mods from playwithsix they dont work and all i see in the modfolder is a file name null.null. you guys got any clue here?

[odd vortex]

Pita. Never had any issues with the tools prior

[sour plaza]

related to Hatchet problem, does your buldozer from OB loads the model straight away?

on mine I have to alt-tab a few times to the OB popup saying "looking for external viewer" to actually make it able to launch

[odd vortex]

That's weird

[sour plaza]

while it's instant if I "send to" a p3d to buldozer from explorer

[odd vortex]

I get some dodecahedron error

[vocal lantern]

buldozer was not firing period. that was the only real issue. but it was partly me having old reg entries from old tools. which used to work, but not now apparently.

[sour plaza]

same here, from a couple updates ago 😛 (the dodecahedron)

[odd vortex]

But i can click on it and it goes away and doesn't affect anything else

[sour plaza]

yup

[odd vortex]

Stupid tools 😂

[sour plaza]

just to add some folklore

[vocal lantern]

and yeah.. i've been medicated.. so i swung the stick at a few things i probably didnt need to, but all is well. kinda pissed they finally got me though after all these years..

[odd vortex]

I knew I shouldn't even updated. I only did because smokedog was having so many problems I wanted to be on the same level as him to try and help fix his issues

@vocal lantern broke his monitor lol

[vocal lantern]

oh noes, i cant afford that. almost lost another keyboard though..

[odd vortex]

Haha.

I remember getting mad at skate or die and punching my friends game boy and breaking it.

[vocal lantern]

wow, i remember that one haha

[odd vortex]

I was like 7 I think. I remember putting it in the closet and hoping it would magically be fixed in the morning

Lol needless to say I had to purchase another one

[short phoenix]

Is anything known about Arma making PCs stutter after running for about 2-3 hours or when opened and closed repeatedly? Basically after a while of my game being open I sometimes start to get stutters on my PC even after my game is closed.

Thermals are at an acceptable level and it continues even after my temps cool down to the usual daily usage levels. Easiest way to tell is when I switch between tabs while someone talks on TeamSpeak 3 for the stutters to occur, but they can also occur when my system is idle.

I do have plenty of mods loaded and ReShade running in the background but without any effects enabled, which probably doesn't help.

[waxen sail]

Are you maxing out your memory on a long running session? That might explain the stutters
No idea about opening and closing repeatedly, or why it would persist

[short phoenix]

RAM - likely, but I have swap and it's not an issue for other games so far.
VRAM - potentially close to it since it's either 4 or 6 GB, can't check atm. Would it really persist though if it was a VRAM thing?

I do see system interruptions in task manager spiking my CPU usage when that happens, but a reboot fixes it usually

[vocal lantern]

@fringe salmon for what its worth our unit has dropped six related things as of right now. PwS I believe is no longer going to supported (nor did it ever really do all we need, granted our stuff is magical, we were still using SixUpdater for some repo foo), and we had little success with whatever the new SixNetwork app is ... we are currently looking for a better solution, using/working with Swifty currently, hoping it becomes what we need.

TLDR: I have no clue personally.

[silent nest]

I just got arma 3 and was playing the prologue, when in the 3rd mission i couldn't enter the car, I also tried in another campaign mission where i did board a helicopter but couldn't enter the truck after.

[steady hawk]

Unload all Mods

[silent nest]

I didn't get any mods, I'm not sure if DLC counts.

[short phoenix]

CDLCs are usually not advised unless the campaign comes from them. If you mean base DLCs like Apex, Marksmen, etc. then those are fine

[silent nest]

i tried without any DLC's too but it's the same.

[quartz berry]

Send a screenshot of what you're trying to do and when.
Make sure you're trying to get in on the correct side and place of the vehicle.

[silent nest]

I tried when the icon appeared but nothing happened, I also tried with the scroll wheel to no avail, I could access the inventory though.

[tropic meteor]

Not sure what's happening, but when I hold alt for freelook, I can't zoom in (I use Hold sec. Mouse button)

But it is working as long as I do not hold alt

[quartz berry]

Do you have something bound to Alt + RMB? It sounds like a key conflict.
Try setting a new keybind to zoom and test and see if that works.

[tropic meteor]

Roger

[tropic meteor]

Yep, there is a conflict

The problem is, I don't know what

[scarlet sapphire]

For some reason everytime i plug my flight stick my game insta crashes
someone knows what i can do to solve?

[quartz berry]

Look for anything bound to right click or maybe even alt.

[tropic meteor]

There is a lot of stuff binded to them

[quartz berry]

Then get started testing!

[tropic meteor]

Hmmmm

True

[azure ibex]

Sounds like a key conflict so maybe using alt for freelook when the default key is * on the numpad.
Change it back to that and you don't' need to hold it down for it to work. Press to use and press again to stop using it.

[tropic meteor]

I fixed it

Had to change a certain user action

[azure ibex]

glad to hear!

[tropic meteor]

Thank you for the assistancen!

[azure ibex]

it is one of the best features of Arma no one talks about

[azure ibex]

no worries!

[tropic meteor]

Truly is! People take it for granted but without it, the gameplay is just so much more different

[shadow forge]

does anyone else have issues with their mouse not being locked on the mac os version of arma 3?

[leaden heath]

nope, but i have issue with units

[trail niche]

try #linux_mac_branch

[barren owl]

hi,
i keep getting my arma game volume lowered after each restart where i have to put it back to full

any idea how to set it permanently?

[scarlet saffron]

global attenuation on Discord Voice & Video settings?
Google it, because that sounds like either a Windows or other software (like discord) issue.

[vapid fjord]

hi i need help with an issue i have in the game, for some reason my game is still running an older version of the game and it is unplayable.

[waxen sail]

which version?

[shadow forge]

does anyone else have issues with their mouse not being locked on the mac os version of arma 3?

[barren owl]

It happens even with attenuation off on discord

[deep nova]

I'm having a very strange problem with arma 3. I'm running a 7900x3d, 64gb of ram and a 9070, but it won't get above 45 fps

the strange part is that the GPU won't go above 40% utilization, nor will the cpu

it's clearly software bound somewhere but I can't find it

[umbral narwhal]

Nah that part is normal for A3.

Issue is that you should get far more than 45 fps from 40% utilization.

[waxen sail]

Do you have the CCDs working correctly for the 7900x?

[deep nova]

I've done nothing to try and configure the ccds

it hasn't really been a problem for other games

[waxen sail]

are you using any startup parameters?

[vapid fjord]

1.2.1.189

[waxen sail]

that's a reforger version

you're in the arma 3 section

[vapid fjord]

Sorry, what does that mean ?

[waxen sail]

those are two different games

#reforger_troubleshooting

[vapid fjord]

Oh ok 👍

[deep nova]

large page and that's it

everything else makes it worse

[quaint jewel]

Generally the limiter is memory speed.
No faster ram is not enough to fix it

[bronze river]

how about faster CPU?

[quaint jewel]

a faster CPU is still memory limited
More cache tho

[umbral narwhal]

There's even a risk that using more cores makes it slower. If they're all running memory-limited code on different data then the cache size is effectively divided between the active cores and so more cores => more cache misses.

[deep nova]

I watched the cores and it seems to be parking them properly too

[umbral narwhal]

I've seen a few dozen cases where A3 runs around 2x slower than it should do on the hardware. Don't know if you're one of them without a YAAB run on standard settings.

[mystic bone]

What is recommended for Arma 3 server?

[umbral narwhal]

No commonality anyway. Some guy fixed it by changing pretty much everything at once :P

[golden nova]

a hosting

[mystic bone]

oops I meant specs wise

[burnt star]

I have a player trying to join a server using one of those geforce now machines.

They join but as soon as they select their player slot and click "OK" the game kicks them out

Anyone familiar with that or know of any solutions?

There is no error in server RPT, nor is there one being displayed for the person who gets kicked. It just throws them back onto the home page without context

[pine kite]

The only thing I can think of (I never used Geforce Now myself) is that Geforce Now doesn't like to cooperate or work with some mods that use DLLs. Like ACE (heard frequent issues with it). So better try and find that client RPT log file in his session and see what mods are loaded or not.

[burnt star]

Alright thanks. I'll ask them to check their RPT now

[pine kite]

Not sure they can even access their appdata folder of their profile.

[sour cypress]

trying to add mods to a server for me and my friend but having a hard time figuring out how to download them onto server

[pine kite]

You can copy the folder and upload from your client install. In the install folder is a !workshop folder. It is actually fake and contains links to the folders where mods actually hide elsewhere in your Steam library/-ies. The easy part is they have nice readable names. The hidden location folders are just the modID numbers Steam gave them.

How you can upload or send to your server depends on the methods your server hoster provides.

[sour cypress]

they have sftp and ftp but there guides haven't been very helpful

[stone verge]

Hey everyone, I am having this error appear: arma 3 bin\config.bin\cfgVechiles/offroad_01_lxWS/Turret/M2_Turrent/: Cannot find base class main Turret. Any Idea? I have some starwars mods installed.

[steady hawk]

Though we don't allow Star Wars Mods, the error is ultimately unrelated with it. It is a part of Western Sahara config. You either forgot to load it or our recent change made some incompatibility with one of your Mods

[stone verge]

Ah Ok

Thanks 🙂

So I do have it loaded though yea unsure why its still erroring out.

[steady hawk]

That means the latter suggestion might be the point

[quaint jewel]

I have seen a very similar error reported by kju, caused by a mod.
It's some other mod, and the logs don't tell you which.

[strange agate]

Sorry if Im late try installing the western Sahara dlc or the compat as it looks like something there is using a technical from that dlc as a base and it's breaking.

[quaint jewel]

try installing the western Sahara dlc or the compat

#arma3_troubleshooting message

I do have it loaded though

Also the error message implies that its loaded

[stone verge]

Hey, sorry for the delay in responses everyone. Ya I had it loaded and I removed it and it worked.

[steady hawk]

You... what

[quaint jewel]

Yeah thats one way to solve it, but I would've assumed you loaded it because you wanted it.
There is still some mod breaking the turret config

[tranquil sonnet]

hey! im trying to run an arma 3 server on my computer, the server starts and the config works correctly, but when i try and join the server, its just stuck in a perpetual loading screen that i cant escape. any thoughts on how to fix this?

[umbral narwhal]

What does the "loading screen" look like?

[tranquil sonnet]

lemme grab a picture real quick

[umbral narwhal]

That's the expected behaviour if you define an empty class Missions in server.cfg

If you want the mission selector then the easiest way is to just delete the class Missions section.

[tranquil sonnet]

well i preferably wanted a specific mission, lemme post the missions class in a second

[umbral narwhal]

The server should respond to commands though. Like you can use #login serverpass and #missions to get there.

It's also the expected behaviour if you list a mission that isn't found.

[tranquil sonnet]

class Missions {
    class MissionRotation1 {
        template = kp_liberation.Altis;
        difficulty = "Custom";
        class Params{};
    };
};

This is what i have for class Missions

where should kp_liberation.Altis be located? in MPMissions in the games base directory? or in the specific profiles directory?

[umbral narwhal]

kp_liberation.Altis.pbo should be in the MPMissions folder in the server base directory.

[tranquil sonnet]

.pbo? i just have kp_liberation.Altis as a folder

lemme have a quick look around for a liberation pbo

[umbral narwhal]

I never had folders working with a DS. Some people say they do.

[tranquil sonnet]

well, thats what i have now and it doesnt seem to work, so ill try a .pbo instead. Is there a way to pack the folder into a pbo? or do i just have to go find one for liberation altis?

[umbral narwhal]

Is that actually the server base folder?

Not many people re-use the client install for a DS.

[tranquil sonnet]

Yes, im running the server just using the launcher "server" parameter, i just personally find it easier to deal with

when i want to start the server, i just set the profile to the server profile, then tick server and config. to load the client i just select the profile i want to use and untick server and config

[umbral narwhal]

I just went to the KP Liberation github and the release zips all have PBOs in them...

I guess those do date back to 2020 :P

Can test those though.

[tranquil sonnet]

I might have done an oopsie and extracted the zip file into the MPMissions folder without checking the contents 😭

im so dumb sometimes im sorry

[burnt star]

Yeah we hit that roadblock right after I responded. Probably just ACE .dll failing to run

[stone verge]

lol I unloaded it lol

[stone verge]

I do agree with this though.

[gusty swift]

quick question

did anyone else had issues with the 40mm UAVs since the last update?

i can no longer control them,
I got the Nato UAV terminal, but i dont get anything

[quartz berry]

Are you in the virtual arsenal?

[steady hawk]

What 40mm UAV? RC40 from Reaction Forces?

[jolly elbow]

i was trying to add AFAR to my mission, but for some reason mission.sqm became mission.sqm.bak
arma 3 wasn't opened while i was adding it

[main forum]

Greetings, does anyone know why does my game keep launching windowed instead of fullscreen windowed (my preferred choice for gaming), and so at any resolution but the one of my monitor? It can vary from 2k to 1024x768 (4:3)... Here are my launcher settings as well as what my game looks like on startup

I have created another profile but in vain, same issue

[pine kite]

Ok, that does mean it looks for your profile in that Z-drive.

Did you also move your Documents\Arma 3 folder there?

Can you show a screenshot of the files in 'Z:\Jeux\Arma 3 Profiles'

[main forum]

moving it to another drive was an attempt to fix the issue, i was thinking that maybe arma didn't have the permission to write to documents or smth, but it appears that's not it

worth mentioning that Arma autogenerates a profile named after my windows username, and I don't want to use that one cause I don't want to bill my real name on public arma servers

[pine kite]

Yes, the primary profile is named after your (Windows) username. The only way to change that is making a new profile in game (puppet icon in top right). I do not know where that new profile would show up in the Z-drive. But probably also in the Users folder.

Can you upload "Wojtek.arma3profile"? Or whatever profile you have those screen resolution issues with.

Consider stopping the game, making a backup of the file, deleting the original and start the game new. Do the screen resolution issues keep happening?

[main forum]

Deleting said files didn't solve the problem, but atleast now it boots with the correct resolution I guess...

[pine kite]

You can delete this message now. It wasn't what I was looking for anyway. Video settings are in Arma3.cfg, which should be near that primary profile file. My bad.

[jolly elbow]

Does anyone know how to fix it?🙏

[waxen sail]

What happens if you name it back

[jolly elbow]

i think it will break

[jolly elbow]

it did worked, thanks

[astral tapir]

yeah the RC40. i am also having the same problems with them. im on dev though. i can right click and hit control on them in the editor like their normal units instead of drones as well

there were RC40 changes on the main branch as well so i wouldnt be surprised if that was what caused it

[steady hawk]

Branch doesn't matter. The update is distributed on every branch

[steady hawk]

Though actually I don't think we've done something critical change to RC40. Write step by step reproduce way

[vale jay]

Hey guys, I'm using a dedicated machine and using a Pelican panel. We play with Mods in our server. When I want to check how big the mod is in the server, the server has twice the size and looks like there are twice as many mods. for example, the mods in the Home folder (like: @843632231 for RHSSAF) and the mod has another folder in the /Steam/steamapps/workshop/content/107410/ with folder name 843632231. Is the mod has double folder making it double the size and if this is normal thing or it from my side that the mod has a double folder?

[astral tapir]

i cleaned up my modlist and the bug went away. must be a conflict with something. i'll figure it out and defer to the mod author instead

[quartz berry]

Do you have Arma 3/Orange/missions_f_orange.pbo.a3.bisign and Arma 3/Orange/missions_f_orange.pbo?

[gritty remnant]

neither

[quartz berry]

And you verified?

[gritty remnant]

yea

[quartz berry]

Try reinstalling. Did you mess with any files?

[gritty remnant]

No, I have no reason to. I also installed twice today.

[steady hawk]

Having no such files are not alright at all. Did you verified the game through Steam, and it finds all files?

[gritty remnant]

yep

[steady hawk]

Try removing entite Orange folder and verify again

[gritty remnant]

it's not installed

[steady hawk]

What is?

[gritty remnant]

the file that's missing

[steady hawk]

No, I did not asked to re-answer it
I'm suggesting to do what I say

[gritty remnant]

It's not there man

[steady hawk]

And? I say remove the folder and verify again

[uncut trellis]

what does your DLC list from Arma3 library panel look like?

[steady hawk]

He's no longer here

[uncut trellis]

[high salmon]

Which mods did you remove to fix the RC40?

[astral tapir]

wasnt able to find the culprit. i checked all of the drone related mods i had and nothing fixed it. probably something that seems more unrelated but i dont use the RC40 that much so i gave up my search

[high salmon]

Hmm
Binary search time then
I'll try to find a reproduction for the issue better than giant list of mods

[woeful ibex]

Does anyone know how i can fix error 0xc000007b? im trying to use Object Builder from arma 3 tools but every time i try to launch it i get this error. other tools work fine but i have this problem with OB

[umbral narwhal]

Maybe object builder is still using vc2013 runtimes.

[steady beacon]

I would like to speak with the person responsible for the Steam Workshop content in Arma 3 (regarding bans, etc.).

Due to misinformation and false claims, content is now being removed from the ArmA 3 Zeus community, simply by someone arbitrarily tapping and then banning. This is happening indiscriminately and has NOTHING to do with any guidelines or "game security," as it is purely a crusade driven by anti-game sentiment and is completely subjective in this context. Legally speaking, the suspension of a Steam account is subject to US and EU law.

And I'm talking about this exact user who's trying everything to remove anything related to the Public Zeus topic. Who is responsible on this server for offering someone like that "such a platform"?! That's absolutely negligent.

This will remove the last remaining players from ArmA 3 Zeus.

[pseudo island]

The offending script/mod happens to be licensed under MIT so anyone is free to remove the offending/malicious part of the script and use it as they want (following the MIT license terms ofcourse)
nothing is stopping the Zeus community from doing that

[steady beacon]

But that's precisely not the case. Even if you point out that you've removed the part, you'll still be blocked.

[pseudo island]

Says who?

[steady beacon]

It happens to me

Did you impose the restrictions? If so, then direct communication would probably be better than a public one, simply to avoid cluttering this channel with so many messages.

[steady beacon]

I said I would remove that part and set it to private. My script was still blocked.

[pseudo island]

you re-uploaded malicious script/code to the workshop

I said I would remove that part and set it to private
a message in a discord server while the uploaded mod still has malicious code isn't good enough

don't upload malicious scripts in the first place, if you don't know why something gets removed you probably shouldn't re-upload it while stating specifically "⚠️ 4. No malicious functions"

[steady beacon]

It was only for me and Admins Visible. And get Blocked.

[steady beacon]

I uploaded it because neither the creators nor I see any malware in it. The user wrote, "It supposedly has malware and a backdoor." Yes, it has a backdoor, but this function has been known for YEARS. And there's nothing "illegal or harmful" about it, since, as far as I could see, it only involves executing scripts, a function that's enabled by default on the server (ScriptCompositionLevel = 2;). That's how it was communicated. I don't know how the user came to that conclusion when, in principle, it doesn't matter which script can be executed in the same way. ScriptCompositionLevel 2 is active, so it doesn't matter whether it's activated directly via a provided console, via composition, a chat command, or some other method. Even removing the code still results in a ban. Since only a certain part was mentioned, and the user referred to that, where is the rest of the alleged malware? There are active users who script malicious things, but the ZAM/EZM team is not one of them. This script has been running on your servers for years, and now it's supposed to be a problem, even though the relevant code snippets have been removed? I set it to private as soon as I heard about it, and if I'm not at home, I can't work on it for the time being. I understand your concern, but (as far as I know) it wasn't malware.

[pseudo island]

it only involves executing scripts, a function that's enabled by default on the server (ScriptCompositionLevel = 2;)
wrong, that config only allows the Zeus to run scripts, and ONLY the zeus. (first player in the slot on public servers, or voted admin taking over, or usually whitelisted players on other community zeus servers)
the backdoor allows the authors to bypass this and run whatever script they want while not being the zeus (the only person allowed to execute scripts) on ANY servers that ran the EZM script including servers where server owners have no idea they just granted the script authors the ability to run whatever script they want

I understand your concern, but (as far as I know) it wasn't malware
malware: "specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access"
hiding code to give yourself script execution on peoples server without them being aware or approving of it is "gaining unauthorized access"

Yes, it has a backdoor, but this function has been known for YEARS

I uploaded it because neither the creators nor I see any malware in it
Which one is it, both can't be true at the same time

[steady beacon]

I understand. Now, it's not entirely EZM's fault if their concern is that "only Zeus" can execute scripts. But if that's their point, I completely understand. Unfortunately, there are so many private users and the like who can execute exactly that without ever having a Zeus script. More needs to be done than just blaming EZM. And as far as I know, other scripts that "weren't malware in this regard" were also removed. A user was banned, a unit was deleted. All things unrelated. It was about [EZM] Enhance Zeus Modules, if I'm correct? And about the aforementioned code snippet. It's quite different to be told by a "no-name" that something is "allegedly" problematic than to receive information from someone who is actually to be taken seriously, like you. People can say a lot of things, but I'm sure that if one of you had provided information via a Discord ping or something similar, the matter would have been resolved more quickly than through this channel. I'm always willing to follow instructions, but I don't see the point of blocks that are unrelated or that have already removed the code. They don't look at every code before simply deleting and removing it. That wouldn't have been possible in my case anyway, since only two people had it before I took it offline. The way you explained it is very clear, and I thank you for the conversation. It's much easier to understand things in a conversation than through a block where you're not given any information. Communication is key.

[steady beacon]

In my opinion, a backdoor isn't always synonymous with malware. Sometimes it's simply used for support or error analysis. For example, if I need to fix something quickly. Since the script was also used for private Zeus servers, etc., which were also "public" in that sense, this is naturally a controversial point.

[pseudo island]

it's not entirely EZM's fault if their concern is that "only Zeus" can execute scripts. But if that's their point, I completely understand. Unfortunately, there are so many private users and the like who can execute exactly that without ever having a Zeus script
It is entirely their fault, they added/hid a non-documented backdoor to run scripts for only themselves that bypasses all normal security measures and didn't feel the need to mention it anywhere.

that have already removed the code
neither the original script nor yours had "removed" the code at the time of the removal

adding malicious code to your mod is not something we kindly ask you to remove first. this wasn't added by accident and was blatant and intentional.

[pseudo island]

If it was a feature it would be clearly labeled as such, not stuffed away in a "server protection" function and using a obfuscated variable name
If such a "feature" exists it should also clearly be stated

If such a "feature" exists it should also clearly be stated
this is also not me or BI condoning a reupload that simply has "has a debugging/support feature for the devs" in the description or anything similar

[uncut trellis]

Mayhaps this has been hashed out enough.

@steady beacon reuploading banned material is never good idea. You have put yourself into a bad situation by getting involved in a wrong way.

The original authors are the ones who need to contact us through the official channels (email) if they want to appeal/try to explain themselves.

Your method was not correct.

[steady beacon]

This isn't/wasn't quite how it's being communicated. Whether something is intentional or not can't be judged by anyone else. From our conversation, I naturally assume that this backdoor was intentionally built in, but as I said, my initial intention was to verify the information, and that's why I rightly removed it/set the content to private. And private content is essentially the same as deleted. If the content had remained public, they would have had the right to remove it, since (as they also say) they don't politely request it when something like this is discovered. But banning an entire Steam account, including units and scripts that had nothing to do with it, and permanently excluding me from the Steam Workshop, is, in my opinion, far too excessive. They didn't provide the essential information for the ban, but instead "referenced" something. They could have removed the content with a clear explanation, as they would have given me here, and the content would have been removed.

-> In response to your reply regarding the lack of approval: Understandable, but what should it say then, in your opinion? (Obviously, the removal of the code, but I think you know what I mean.) Furthermore, the complete code is available everywhere, outside of Steam. What happens to users who still use it as before? If you go ahead with this, you need to be transparent; otherwise, in my opinion, it's an unfair settlement.

[steady beacon]

-> In response to Horrible Goad: That's true, but many things weren't clear. It's true that I was put in an unfavorable position, but bans and deletions still occurred that had nothing to do with it, and that's why I definitely wanted to speak up and say that such things should be thoroughly investigated and not just based on "hearsay" from a user or similar. I've already tried deleting it several times, but the content doesn't seem to be deleted (I don't know if that's due to the ban). In principle, excluding ArmA 3 Workshop is not the right approach. To be honest, I don't consider it particularly appropriate, as I'm open to discussion and have many future projects, such as a completely new media system for Public Zeus based on ACE and Arma Reforger. With this ban, I would no longer be able to upload such projects. Therefore, I would definitely prefer to reach an agreement, whether directly or here.

[uncut trellis]

you can send email to [e-mail] But I would guess replies may come after the holidays at this time of the year

[spark carbon]

...

[steady beacon]

?

[upbeat spire]

Quick question. So I have Show script errors and Debug mode enabled on Launcher and i see script error box in game but when i go check my RTP i dont see what error is is there a setting i am missing to enable the errors in RTP.
Also i dont have No Logs on launcher enabled if you were wondering.

[umbral narwhal]

Nah, if you get script errors then it should write them to the RPT as well.

Hell, it'll do that even if you don't have show script errors or debug mode enabled.

[quaint jewel]

ArmA has no Zeus Community. Zeus is a feature that was only added with Arma 3.
I'm afraid we cannot help you here.

[quaint jewel]

RPT*

Check the Launch Parameter list on top of RPT, maybe -noLogs is there anyway

[umbral narwhal]

Could be under "command line" or "parameter file" I guess.

-noLogs is pretty distinctive anyway. It stops after the DLC table.

[upbeat spire]

=====================================================================
== C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\Arma3_x64.exe
== "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\Arma3_x64.exe" -skipIntro -noSplash -cpuCount=16 -exThreads=7 -enableHT -malloc=mimalloc_v224_20250703 -world=VR -showScriptErrors -debug "-mod=C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@CBA_A3;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@Virtual Arsenal Shop System - 3den Editor;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@Advanced Developer Tools;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@3den Enhanced;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@ace;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@Zeus Enhanced;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@HR Garage;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@Gruppe Adler Admin Messages;C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\!Workshop\@Crows Zeus Additions" -beservice

Nope even when i try to do diag_log "test" it dosent show.

[umbral narwhal]

What's the last line in the RPT?

[upbeat spire]

19:08:26 [CBA] (settings) INFO: Reading settings from settings file. 19:08:26 [CBA] (settings) INFO: Finished reading settings from settings file. 19:08:26 [ACE] (common) INFO: Parsed Settings Configs [1.0 ms] 19:08:26 [CBA] (xeh) INFO: [1409,25.249,0] PreInit finished.

that is the last line

[umbral narwhal]

curious. Pretty sure those are diag_logs.

Remove mods until it works, maybe.

[upbeat spire]

oh i see the mission it self is somehow disableing the rpt logs. Its a old mission from 2022
its this mission:
https://github.com/7erra/VASS-Virtual-Arsenal-Shop-System/tree/master/Mission.VR

but i dont see why or how is that possible.

and if you try to load another scenario it disables logs for that as well i am so lost.

[umbral narwhal]

I don't know any way for a script to disable the logging intentionally.

Might be a bug, like it's doing a diag_log that breaks Arma.

[quaint jewel]

CBA devs reported the same happening.
Must be some bug but.. reproducible? I have no idea.. I didn't really touch RPT logging.

[umbral narwhal]

hmm, I can reproduce it by running that mission from the editor as SP. Mods are just Zen/CBA/ADT

I can't see what it actually does in preInit though. It looks like the mode defaults to "Open" which doesn't exist.

diag_log already stopped working by then apparently.

Uh, I can replicate by loading any SP mission. Creating a new one is fine.

[lean verge]

Hey, idk if anyone would be able to help, but I've been having an issue with arma lately for a halosim unit I'm in for the past 3 weeks. I join the server through the launcher, all the mods are up to date and I've got the recent modpack enabled and when I try to connect to the server I'm just stuck on a loading screen and it says I'm connecting to X-Cam Taunus for the map, which is not the map loaded. I've tried a lot of things so far like swapping versions and even uninstalling and reinstalling Arma 3 and the mods. I have not tried a full wipe at this moment as I'd like to see if there is any other way beforehand. Any and all help will be greatly appreciated

[uncut trellis]

can you join other servers?

[lean verge]

I have not tried that yet, but I can run scenarios and missions files

[quaint jewel]

Can you post repro guide in #arma3_feedback_tracker or make a ticket?

[sharp frigate]

have been getting this issue for like an hour now, I have no idea what it means and all my research on it led to nowhere

Its 100% an battleye issue

If i run it without battleye on it, it runs fine

nvm, Ill just reinstall the game

[sharp frigate]

This hasnt fixed the issue

[sharp frigate]

Im genuinely clueless, Ive tried everything on youtube and nothing is able to fix it

''15:51:23: Starting BattlEye Service...
15:51:28: Updating...
15:51:29: Update failed (1, 35). Please check your internet connection and/or firewall.
15:51:33: Launching game...
15:51:42: Failed to launch game.''

Firewall isnt the issue, cause its all been turned off

I wil lcompletely reset my laptop to see if this fixes the issues

Same issue with reforger

So it's 100% battleye

[uncut trellis]

Battleye homepage might have a separate installer for it, you could give that a go.

[umbral narwhal]

Working on it (half an hour of restarting Arma), but currently I don't trust that it's replicable because it's too easy to replicate :P

Oh, it's fine on stable. Fair enough.

[sharp frigate]

its not the installer i think

[modern echo]

any idea about the game failing to load with this on windows 7 with battleye enabled?

[high salmon]

Did some testing with it
Seemed to be ACE, someone else already reported it to them, and it's been fixed
https://github.com/acemod/ACE3/issues/11166
Was a base class change from Helicopter_Base_F to UAV_01_base_F

[uncut trellis]

the first link there takes you to the wiki which has some commone resolutions for the 135

try those

[modern echo]

oh hm

not a battleye issue

im on profiling

[uncut trellis]

could be profiling issue

try stable

[modern echo]

im sure stable works fine, no need to try

something in perfprof that broke win7 :harold:

[pine kite]

Win 7 broke Win 7

[tepid talon]

Hi all, having error in .RPT about a lot of uniforms and wests. Ex.: "CUP_V_RUS_6B45_3_BeigeDigital" is not a valid backpack name. can somebody advise what can it be? main problem is that part of equipment disappears when trying to put off uniform, vest or backpack

[umbral narwhal]

6B45 is a vest, isn't it? So it's definitely not a valid backpack name

I don't know what "put off" is supposed to mean.

[tepid talon]

take off

[umbral narwhal]

As a player?

Give an example of exactly what you do and exactly what happens.

[tepid talon]

taking off uniform vest or backpack to the ground, crate or vehicle inventory results disapearing of the part of equipment like radios maps gps etc

[umbral narwhal]

My guess is that you have a broken mod that's doing additional inventory changes when you drop stuff.

[bronze river]

seems like you are missing mods

can you post the error message?

[tepid talon]

at mission init it throws this to .rpt
Warning: "CUP_U_O_RUS_BeigeDigital_VDV_gloves_pads" is not a valid backpack name
8:45:23 Error in expression <everyContainer _object;
[(_newContainer select (count _newContainer -1)) select >
8:45:23 Error position: <select (count _newContainer -1)) select >
8:45:23 Error Zero divisor
8:45:23 File mpmissions__cur_mp.tem_kujari\core\fnc\log\inventorySet.sqf..., line 62

[bronze river]

how about the error message when you enter a server?

[tepid talon]

nothing unusual. default arma skeletons errors + Error compiling '' in 'ace_hdbracket' that is not critical

[flat totem]

We found a fix. Seems to be a profile issue. Creating a new one did it.

[valid bobcat]

Variable zoom scopes and changing zoom within weapons in vehicles doesn’t work for me; in Controls, there is not even a control listed for it. I can ADS and everything looks normal, just can’t change the zoom of the scope. any suggestions?

I’ve tried “+/-“ and that doesn’t work, either

[carmine star]

hey guys, I can't join any multiplayer server on the browser because of this error message, and it seems like this file it's mentioning doesn't even exist anywhere in my computer. Although somehow I can still join my milsim unit's server. Is this caused by a mod?

[steady hawk]

So that was literal transcript

[waxen sail]

Erm, it kind of looks like one of your PBOs is open for editing by another program

The only thing I've seen do that is word and associated products though

[carmine star]

I dont get it

[waxen sail]

Probably need to look through your Arma 3/Addons/ folder for that odd file, it may also be hidden so you might need to enable viewing hidden files

[steady hawk]

No, that's not how that error message is shown. Read-only or such is not even related with that error

[waxen sail]

No but those programs open a shadow copy with a similar name

It generally looks like that

[steady hawk]

Well if that's what you mean

@carmine star Do you have that file in Arma 3\addons folder

[carmine star]

nope, its all like this

not a single file that just says "f_data.pbo"

[steady hawk]

No, searching with that name doesn't tell anything valuable

~$_f_data.pbo, does this file exists

[waxen sail]

Do you have hidden files enabled?

[carmine star]

absolutely nothing

[waxen sail]

Have you looked in the folder without search?

[carmine star]

its not a hidden file, but its also a pbo file

[carmine star]

yup

[steady hawk]

What is the second pic

Do you mean you have that file or not

[carmine star]

I was showing that show hidden files is enabled

yeah I just realized both screenshots were confusing as hell sorry

anwyay it seems like this thing probably only exists when the game is running so I might just try that

[steady hawk]

Try what?

[carmine star]

running the game and looking for the file

its a shot in the dark but might as well give it a shot

[steady hawk]

Ehm, you won't hit anything with that attempt

Check RPT may help

!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.

[waxen sail]

The other things I can suggest is checking resource monitor for the file handle, or just nuke the folder and verify game files

[carmine star]

I tried reinstalling and verifying, they dont work

[waxen sail]

Hm

[steady hawk]

Verify won't remove an extra PBO

[carmine star]

the RPT doesnt have the error message im having

[steady hawk]

I meant post RPT

[carmine star]

where do I find the log file

[steady hawk]

^

[carmine star]

which

[steady hawk]

The file that writes about the "kick" issue

[carmine star]

do you have to log in bohemia's website to post something in feedback tracker

[steady hawk]

No?

An RPT file is just a text file, you can read it so check which file has that kick issue log

[carmine star]

I really have no idea which part is significant here

[steady hawk]

Search by "kicked"

[carmine star]

I cant find it

Arma 3 is really confusing in terms of files

[steady hawk]

?

I wanted you to just find a log file that is produced upon the "kicked" message

If that was just happened very recently (a few hours), post the latest RPT

[carmine star]

the one I sent just now is the most recent one

okay wait I'm just so confused right now

[steady hawk]

You sent an image, not a file

[steady hawk]

You have -noLogs options that makes the log file empty

Remove that option and try to reproduce the kick issue

[carmine star]

no?

[carmine star]

absolutely did not remember enabling that and I dont know if its automatically enabled but okay

@steady hawk

[steady hawk]

21:59:46 addons\~$_f_data.pbo - unknown
Sure you have that unknown PBO

Make sure and make sure and make sure you have no that file

[carmine star]

I dont

[steady hawk]

I would suggest NOT use search function

But find one manually

[carmine star]

absolutely nothing

it also starts with ~ and I haven't found any file with that sign

[steady hawk]

You don't see it in Arma 3\addons folder?

[carmine star]

no

[steady hawk]

But it is there in that folder. I would suggest to completely remove the entire folder at this point (not just the contents within) and verify again so you will reinstall the folder and should have no suspicious PBO

[carmine star]

will do but I would absolutely go nuts if the solution was as simple as this

my eyes are so tired

[steady hawk]

But it is there. At least Arma 3 believes so

[thorn swift]

Running a dedicated server on my machine for testing purposes, but trying to figure out how to set up mods on it is proving... annoying. The mission was made with this exact same mod-load, and I've confirmed the server has the mods loaded, but no roles are available.

[carmine star]

oh my god it was as simple as that this whole time

you were right

thanks for the help

[waxen sail]

🙃

[umbral narwhal]

Paste the RPT

[thorn swift]

Actually, lemme double check, i'm switching profiles so much (and cooking for the holiday) that I'm not sure which rpt is the current one T_T

[umbral narwhal]

server RPT anyway

[thorn swift]

I can find the TADST rpt files, but they're not going to be much help since I couldn't even get it to load in fully:

Where would the server rpts be for starting from the launcher? Not alongside the client ones, as far as I can tell

[umbral narwhal]

-profiles=C:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\TADST\CAMain2

[thorn swift]

Last entries for the TADST ones tend to cut off at problems with Webknight animations, I tried adding Zombies And Demons but that didn't change anything (and isn't part of the client or mission mod load anyways)

[umbral narwhal]

You're running the 32-bit server though. Might be too many mods for that.

Also this is madness: CPUCount : 24

[thorn swift]

Good point, I didn't consider that.

[umbral narwhal]

you want the one with _x64 on the end.

[thorn swift]

Yeah, I have it, just never bothered to change over. I'll give it a try.

Blech, TADST has been doing this thing lately where it hogs the config and doesn't give it up when I close the server, so I have to make a whole new profile just to tweak one setting T_T

[thorn swift]

I am frustrated (for past me) but relieved to say that this seems to have been the issue, slots are now appearing.

Now, if I can only figure out where this errant OPFOR unit is coming from...

[pine kite]

Is that all there is to the file? Or does it go on below that? If not, you may have disabled logging in the launcher options (-nologs startup parameter)

Oops, Polpox already addressed that.

[pine kite]

You wouldn't believe how often this fixes issues.

[river compass]

anyone know why my skies are turning out like this?

so far it happens on every modded map

tried it on vanilla aswell still tweaking

[bronze river]

unload all mods and check again

[still pumice]

Hello guys, I need help.
When I play an Arma 3 single-player mission on the Weferlingen map as a tank platoon commander, after about 5 minutes the game starts over-lagging and stuttering. When I pause and then unpause, the game completely freezes. This has already happened three times.
My PC specifications are:
CPU: i5-6600K
GPU: RX 580 (8 GB VRAM)
RAM: 16 GB DDR4
Storage: Arma 3 installed on an SSD
What should I do to fix this?

[umbral narwhal]

Are you using any command line parameters for startup?

[still pumice]

no i just left it default "64 Bit"

[umbral narwhal]

Sounds like it might be running out of RAM but I'm not sure why it would.

RPT would tell.

Although if it's just that mission then it's probably just that mission...

[pine kite]

Is it a custom or workshop scenario for Weferlingen? Or actually a scenario part of the CDLC?

[still pumice]

custom scenario i make with dynamic simulation enabled

i am using only asr ai mod and lambs

[pine kite]

Never leave out mentioning that you use mods. Consider playing without those and test if the lag/stutters remain.

[still pumice]

okay

[uncut trellis]

Some mod you got breaks everything

[still pumice]

Running out of RAM ?

[umbral narwhal]

What Valen said anyway. Remove the AI mods, see if it improves. If not, paste the RPT.

[river compass]

this looks straight out of an arg lol

[river compass]

Confirmed its not a mod

Had my friend run the same modlist with no issue

I also havent changed this modlist for a while now and it was working fine up until like yesterday

[umbral narwhal]

GPU driver update maybe?

[steady hawk]

It still does mean it maybe is a Mod bug, you still need to confirm via unload all Mods

[umbral narwhal]

yeah sometimes a mod does something bad and gets lucky.

[oblique kite]

I need help the files keep validating on a loop. How do i fix this??

I have this problem past 2 days and i can't do anything help

i tried all the things

i have like 600gb of files in Arma bruh i dont want it to check my shit

[umbral narwhal]

I would guess it's never completed because there's a file locked somewhere.

Try restarting windows (not shutdown/powerup) and then immediately do the verify.

[heavy kettle]

Is there anyway to outright Disable LOD rendering, atleast to the point of rendering the graphics not too extremely

[steady hawk]

Excuse me? That's not how a graphic or the word LOD works. What do you expect/want?

[heavy kettle]

might be my bad wording but, IIRC the game will automatically scale the graphics down if you forcibly use high graphics with low VRAM, and thats my question is there a way so that the game doesn automatically scale the graphis down?

[steady hawk]

No, that's not even a feature Arma 3 has

[heavy kettle]

i figured that.. thanks for the answer anyways

[pine kite]

@novel flame is having the same issue: #arma3_questions message

[oblique kite]

i did it like a lot

its too slow takes like hours then it just starts all over again

its so annoying

[oblique kite]

steam giving me this error whenever i subscribe a mod in workshop causing validation loop.

this bug also effects other downloads too

[river compass]

I checked with development branch and it works fine now

any possible way to ticket this issue since it seems to happen only on my rig's specs?

Nvm i was mistaken it still happens

[fringe salmon]

been having this issue when trying to play sog prairie fire. disabling atoc and fsaa makes the issue a bit better but the tress still lack textures and are black for like 90 percent of them. I have no mods enabled in the launcher at the moment. Ive tried rolling back my drivers and then re doing them to get it to fix but no luck so far. Current gpu is an amd rx 7600xt. Issue only happens with sog and all other cldcs and my mod list work pefrect but the moment i enable sog the issue comes back

[barren temple]

hmm it would seem a lot of people are having similar issues

[fringe salmon]

somehow reactivating my mods makes the issue better in that i can get trees to have texture if i get close to them so im totally lost at this point

[umbral narwhal]

Huh, other guy had a 2070 though, so it's not gonna be GPU drivers.

[river compass]

nto sure when this happen but i can tell this happened after the christmas hotfix

[umbral narwhal]

Christmas hotfix of what?

[river compass]

ehhh i saw it got dropped on the 25h on my end

[umbral narwhal]

That was June

[river compass]

omg

im fuckin slow

mb g

i saw 25

[umbral narwhal]

I don't doubt something changed, but it wasn't Arma :P

[river compass]

and it happened on the 26th and im likee oooh

[river compass]

nvidia's end maybe?

[umbral narwhal]

That's what I expected but there are a couple of guys having similar-ish problems on AMD cards too.

[bronze river]

nvidia latest update was on the 18th, so probably

not sure about AMD

[umbral narwhal]

10th for the RX 7600 apparently.

[raven cipher]

Arma 3 publisher - can't update a mod.
Steam error code: 8, invalidParam

[subtle orchid]

Hi, just a question, is the -mod startup param supported in MacOs, and will the mods load if I provide one?

[subtle orchid]

I also have the same problem

[oblique kite]

help me plz

[pine kite]

Probably better something Steam Support should troubleshoot. Your screenshot doesn't even tell what it is about. Or what you tried to do there.

I have never seen such an error ever.

[raven cipher]

I bypassed this, by using steamCMD
Download the tool from:
https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/SteamCMD
[NEVER CLICK A LINK ON THE DISCORD - it can be obscured and lying. Use browser to find it]

Make a folder, where it will install [place .exe file there and double click it].
Log in into your account with
login USERNAME
password

Make a file inside like 'mod_x_update.txt'

"INSERT MOD NAME"
{
  "appid"           "107410" // The Steam App ID of the game - arma 3
  "publishedfileid" "MOD STEAM ID" // Your Workshop item ID (if updating)
  "contentfolder"   "C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\MOD FILES" // Full path to your mod's content
  "changenote"      "version x.x.x - you can edit it later on steam client" // Notes for the update
}

workshop_build_item mod_x_update.txt

Mod got updated succesfully.

[subtle orchid]

I’ll try that tomorrow, thanks for sharing

[golden nova]

It's not a game issue, just Google it

[subtle orchid]

it works, thank you

[river compass]

damn so im the only dude who got this issue on nvidia?

Though i do have a 5600G as my cpu if that has something to do with it.

Not sure if I ever DDU'ed the graphics driver for that properly tho

[lilac canyon]

oh hey same issue too as i was about to report it

WITHOUT DLC BTW

[fringe salmon]

I thought my issue was jud
St a sog issue but it isnt sadly. Seems to happen no matter what so i think its just a driver issue tbh

[lilac canyon]

do i reinstall on another driver?

[fringe salmon]

Ive trued rolling my drivers back to nearly all previous versions

And gotten no luck

[lilac canyon]

whats the issue

[fringe salmon]

No clue tbh. Disbaling fsaa and atoc in settings help a bit but i think its just a driver issue or game issue as it happens with both amd and nvidia tbh

[lilac canyon]

GPU doesnt affect

must be like

drivers

[fringe salmon]

No i mean on my end disvaling fsaa and atoc helps but then tress just lack all leaves.

[lilac canyon]

and my C driver has 200+, moving with 117 GB might ruin it aswell

[lilac canyon]

probably look uglier

[fringe salmon]

I moved my game between my c and d drive twice and got no luck

[lilac canyon]

I don't know when this will be fixed

[lilac canyon]

god damn,

well.. whats the short fix?

for now i mean

verified it twice and still there aswell

[fringe salmon]

Ive deleted the game fully twice and gotten no luck doing that either

[lilac canyon]

we are fucked ig

Don't know when is the fix

@fringe salmon BRUH

nvm

it gone back to black

weird

[lilac canyon]

I mean, this is good for now considering you can find enemy easier than to look at the black cubic squares

[fringe salmon]

what did you do to get this by chance

or was it just from loading the game

[lilac canyon]

loading

[uncut trellis]

when I had this last time it was driver issue

[lilac canyon]

damn

[uncut trellis]

its been few years though

[lilac canyon]

let me try

[lilac canyon]

nope

wait

it works?

rip C storage

@uncut trellis i fixed, but i need to use the D drive

if it works on C now

does it work on D too?

[uncut trellis]

Not sure what you mean by that

what did you do with C drive?

[lilac canyon]

nothin

i just moved it to C drive

and it works

but does it be normal if i move it back to D drive

also i didnt launch with battleeye btw

[barren temple]

thats not what they meant when they were talking about driver lol

[lilac canyon]

oh

[uncut trellis]

yeah no lol

driver as in gpu driver

[lilac canyon]

so i have to be stuck in C driver

[uncut trellis]

but if moving it worked it maybe refreshd some files

so yeah try move it back

[lilac canyon]

long asf

😭

[uncut trellis]

wont hurt to try move it back

[lilac canyon]

trying now

@uncut trellis it only works on c

C drive

bro

this sucks

I dont wanna lose 100 GB on C

and more

[uncut trellis]

that is weird

[lilac canyon]

yeah

i don't rlly wanna move back again

(RIP GB storage)

so is there any way?

@uncut trellis just asking

[uncut trellis]

I dont know any more about it unfortunately.

[barren temple]

@lilac canyon are you using 2 hard drives, or 2 partitions (1 hard drive split in 2)

[lilac canyon]

2 hard drives, it's a gaming laptop

[barren temple]

what are the stats for each hard drive?

[lilac canyon]

^^^

[barren temple]

as in what type are they

[lilac canyon]

SSDs

[barren temple]

speed?

[lilac canyon]

C one I don't think I can switch

[lilac canyon]

Am not that into computers

[copper depot]

No matter what I do

nothing can get it to work

and I literally have upnp on and everything

idk wtf happened

[pine kite]

It is likely disabled in your router.

[copper depot]

I've checked my router and it's enabled

it all started when my wifi decided to shut off for a few minutes

and now it's doing this nonsense

[pine kite]

restart router perhaps

[copper depot]

Ima see if that works

[pine kite]

Well, if you tried to configure your router via wifi, and it somehow blocks you out, then your game can't configure UPnP either.

[copper depot]

Keep in mind

[pine kite]

And what does "UPnP and everything" mean?

[copper depot]

I just worded it badly but I was just saying that my router is working and I've already checked the login for the router

everything seemed fine