arma3_troubleshooting

[copper depot]

I did my wifi 2 days ago to a different one so that could be part of the reason

since I've changed to a whole different wifi but it's still under the same router

[pine kite]

Well, it could be that you are now connected to a sort of guest-wifi. For which your normal port forwarding/UPnP settings for regular LAN do not apply.

[copper depot]

No way it could be the guest wifi since everyone in the house used the same wifi I use

With the only difference is that mine is connected to the extended version (which is the router extender since my room is far from the router)

[pine kite]

Ok, just throwing up possiblities.

Wifi is unreliable for gaming anyway, especially if you have to rely on extenders. More ping/latency. Consider running an ethernet cable. That is garuanteed (unless someone pinches the cable) good connnection.

[copper depot]

Will it also guarantee that I could host with upnp?

Because I have no other way to host for my friends besides port forwarding

But idk how to do that

[pine kite]

Yes, technically wifi and ethernet cable is independant from UPnP. As long as you have a IPv4 address in the same subnet range. Wifi is just more unreliable because other devices can jam the signal, or the distance makes it too weak for receiver and transmitter.

[pine kite]

It is probably in a section of the router configuration close to wherever that UPnP switch was. Because it is the manual verus automatic kind.

I can only tell you that you need UDP protocol portrange 2302-2036 to your hosting pc IPv4 address in your LAN/wifi connection.

Internal and external starting port can be the same.

[umbral narwhal]

Windows might have decided that you're on a different wifi network and switched the network type to public (rather than private) which disables UPNP.

[copper depot]

I gotta check my router physically instead of going on it's website to turn on upnp

[copper depot]

so I have to go on a private network?

[umbral narwhal]

private just means it's not airport wifi or something.

Windows just guesses though.

[copper depot]

currently I have my network on public

[umbral narwhal]

Change it then.

Public is locked down because it means it's not your network.

[copper depot]

alr let me try that

[pine kite]

That is indeed another posibility

[copper depot]

I tried both public and private network

it still gives me the same result

[delicate panther]

Any fixes to the black sky/tree error?

@lilac canyon @uncut trellis

[uncut trellis]

[delicate panther]

10/10

[umbral narwhal]

Probably waiting for someone semi-competent to run into the issue themselves and figure it out.

[wise jewel]

Revert to NVidias last gpu driver. Most recent driver has the issues

[molten mason]

issues with lightning, flickering like this, a few black boxes on 3D's, Nvidia gpu, not my computer, but just to confirm, this will probably be a dying gpu issue
Updated GPU drives
Verified files
tried changing settings

according to them it's just arma 3

the only thing is DDU, which idk if they will be able to do

yeah...

[steady hawk]

Recently (a few days) we got a several reports regards to this. Cause is unknown yet, it must be some drivers, though

[umbral narwhal]

You wanna revert the drivers, not update them, in case that wasn't obvious.

[lilac canyon]

Same as the tree's?

[versed zenith]

Texture Issues

If you're having texture issues like the below image and you are running a NVIDIA card I would advise following these instructions.

1. Open "Device Manager" from the Windows Start Menu.
2. Click the "Display adapters" drop down to get your driver name.
3. Go to https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/.
4. Find your driver by putting in the necessary information.
5. Click "View More Versions".
6. It should be the second most newest "Game Ready" driver like this:
   • Should look like this: https://i.gyazo.com/f99e4cf0560abe74f7225e4fc567f51f.png.
7. Install the driver (when prompted you only need the driver not the app).
8. Use express installation.
9. When done you must restart your PC otherwise changes will not take affect.
   -# Deleted my post in #arma3_feedback_tracker so I am not double posting, just realized this was probably the more appropriate / better area for this information to be posted.

^ @molten mason @lilac canyon

[lilac canyon]

No I have a literally black texture on trees and bushes

Sky is okay

[versed zenith]

Should be the same issue. Did you try it and restart?

[lilac canyon]

I already had the latest drivers

[versed zenith]

Bro.

That's the problem lol

[lilac canyon]

Do I roll back

[lilac canyon]

I mean

I install a latest driver

Yesterday

[wise jewel]

Latest driver has issues. Downgrade your video driver.

[molten mason]

I got him to do a DDU, it worked

got him to use 576.88 NVIDIA driver

[molten mason]

he didn't have ever updated since he got that pc, but it's all good now after a DDU to 576.88

[lilac canyon]

whats ddu

[wise jewel]

Display Driver Uninstaller - Essentially a way to completely remove everything related to the display drivers, so you get a clean install of a new drvier

[molten mason]

program to uninstall graphics driver, CHECK A VIDEO BEFORE TRYING

[lilac canyon]

if you didnt know what my problem is

[molten mason]

essentially
Install DDU
Download old version of your graphics driver
Go into your BIOS, start you pc on safe mode
Run DDU to uninstall drivers
Install the driver you downloaded
Restart

I might have forgotten something so check a video before doing it

[lilac canyon]

is rolling back not work?

[molten mason]

this is rolling back the version by cleaning the whole thing

[versed zenith]

I didn't have the option to rollback. I would just try #arma3_troubleshooting message first

If you're able to rollback and you're able to verify the version you rollback to is not the most recent driver then that works too, but the above instructions should fix it without issue

[molten mason]

for devs: this friend did mention he tried increasing the settings before it started happening, and he played a newly released map drakovac

[umbral narwhal]

Doesn't seem to be related. Nvidia just released a broken driver.

[lilac canyon]

downloading game ready driver

idk

nvm cancelling cuz

[molten mason]

but the other dude's GPU is amd no?

[lilac canyon]

its probably not the GPU problem

[umbral narwhal]

Maybe he's confused :P

[molten mason]

could be yeah

[lilac canyon]

the only thing that fix me is using C driver which is risky

cause GB is less than the D one

[versed zenith]

The solution is #arma3_troubleshooting message just follow it and trust haha

[lilac canyon]

ama redownload arma on the D driver tat is causing the issue

we'il see

[lilac canyon]

@versed zenith it still downloading bra

[lilac canyon]

@versed zenith OH YOU BRAVE WARRIOR THANK YOU SO MUCH

HoLY SHITTT

THANK YOU BRO

[fringe salmon]

holy fuck dude you have saved me. This works for amd just finally managed to get my game fixed after several days of trying thank you

[molten mason]

amd huh, somethings clearly wrong here, and all within this small span of time

[river compass]

Worked for me

[umbral narwhal]

Yeah that's not good.

Wondering what they'd both change in the same update. High level shader compiler that they both use, maybe.

[steady hawk]

Gotta pin this for now

[subtle orchid]

bump

[trail niche]

#linux_mac_branch

[full whale]

For some reason all tree's and bushes look like this out of nowhere. This screenshot was taken with no mods and no DLC's active, anyone know a fix?

[pine kite]

See recently pinged message. Fall back to older GPU driver. The latest one is likely buggy.

[full whale]

Gotcha, cheers

[trail niche]

check pinned for tutorial

[full whale]

Worked like a charm, thank you

That makes me wonder if a lot of my gradual graphical issues I've been seeing across games is because of these updates

[tough basalt]

Me and 3 of my guys are having the same problem.

[full whale]

Pinned message fixed it for me

[tough basalt]

Good copy, gonna give it a shot

[eternal estuary]

I’m running into an issue where if I try to launch my server with FASTER I get the “Circular addon dependency detected” error message but if I host a local server through the game I am able to play just fine. I’m lost as to what my steps should be to get faster working

[uncut trellis]

remove mods that have broken dependency cycle

[eternal estuary]

Oddly it’s two mods that I’ve been using together on a previous server

[uncut trellis]

might have been lucky

brokenmods should not really be used

[eternal estuary]

I wouldn’t expect ace or jsrs to be broken

[uncut trellis]

you sure its those or something build on top of them?

[eternal estuary]

That’s the only 2 mods that the rpt says anything about

[waxen sail]

What does it say?

[worn jungle]

JSRS has been updated lately, and ace too.
So try if you repair those.

[eternal estuary]

I did some more digging and discovered that it was actually the server.exe that was corrupted and nothing to actually do with the mods

[tidal ember]

THANK YOU!

[molten mason]

Could this be a windows 11 update issue? maybe 10 idk, because from what i've seen we had both AMD and Nvidia out of nowhere, happens on vanilla.

Would have to confirm with more people, but the guy i helped didn't even knew how to update graphics driver nor knew that was a thing, so they didn't update their drives for 3 years (since they got the pc).

If someone doesn't manually install their graphics driver does Windows auto-updates it for people? i have mine manually set for Nvidia's 576.88 for my own reasons, but if people never did this would windows keep it up to date?

Otherwise the only way i can see this appearing in mass like this out of nowhere is a Windows 10/11 update crapping on graphics drivers if they play arma 3 or something like that.

[golden nova]

25h2 has been out for a long time so doubtful

[molten mason]

the first mention of the problem i assume was on the 26th, assuming 24/25 (Christmas) people didn't play, we did have a CBA ACE update on the 23rd, which i assume is a thing most players use, they do have .dll extentions, maybe something there borked the new drivers? is this even possible?

[golden nova]

i don't think you can make new gpu drivers install automatically, but you can download them in advance and then click the install button. I used to download them as soon as they show up, at least for nvidia, as i have not experienced any bugs until April this year

[umbral narwhal]

The drivers are huge so they probably drip-feed or stagger the automatic downloads.

[tough basalt]

Anyone seen this with AMD?

[full whale]

AMD?

[tough basalt]

Radeon

Not NVIDIA

One of my guys has the same issue

[pine kite]

There have been reports with both GPU brands strangely enough.

[tough basalt]

Yeah, seems to be the same fix, downgrade drivers

[umbral narwhal]

Yeah this was the initial point of confusion. Symptoms looked like a GPU driver bug but it's very weird for Nvidia and AMD to break their drivers in the same way at the same time.

[bronze river]

the owner of nvidia and amd are related so perhaps...

[versed zenith]

My initial post I approached it as a NVIDIA specific issue as installing a previous version fixed for me. Very bizarre to see reports with AMD as well. I do wonder if it's as you say- some sort of shared something they both use.

[azure ibex]

7900xtx 25.12.1 drivers don't have these issues

[trail niche]

I don't think everyone has this issue
even small, so far nobody in my team reported such problem, and at least one of them updates his drivers regularly
also, the "small" number of people complaining about it here seems to indicate the presence of the issue varies between users

[umbral narwhal]

Well, drivers are bundled under the same version number. A 7900 with 25.12.1 isn't running the same code as a 9070 with 25.12.1.

Although the known AMD case was a 7600xt and you'd think that was pretty close.

[azure ibex]

yes, correct

[velvet thunder]

Is there a way to stop Arma 3 from adding the commandline to the Title of the Game? e.g The full filepath of all the mods being loaded, I'm having some weird stuff happen on Linux which I think might be due to the sheer length of the title because of my current Modlist

[umbral narwhal]

I would be extremely surprised if Linux had issues with that.

[steady hawk]

What is "some weird stuff"

[velvet thunder]

My wayland compositor has some sort of buffer being overflowed

[umbral narwhal]

You could use a parameters file to shorten the command line though.

[velvet thunder]

Does that stop it from appearing in the title of the Application?

[umbral narwhal]

I imagine the title is just the command line. The parameters file isn't in the command line.

[velvet thunder]

Figured, I'll give it a crack, cheers

[umbral narwhal]

I doubt it's even Arma setting the title. That's probably just the default.

[velvet thunder]

Yup, that got around the weird problem, took me linking the workshop folder elsewhere to reduce the path length further for the mods but It's no longer causing issues

[viscid moss]

Hey guys does anybody know why i get this problem, and how can i fix this 😄 "model.cfg "cannot have externs , rapify failed"

[mental narwhal]

model.cfg has externs

so it can't rapify

remove the externs

[ocean idol]

ACE doesn’t show ammo data for Global Mobilization ammo in the Arsenal or Range Card.
Is this normal, or is there a fix ?

[umbral narwhal]

Probably means that the GM ACE compat didn't add the required config data.

[ocean idol]

Is there a way to install it if it’s integrated with ACE?

[umbral narwhal]

Not unless someone wrote it.

[ocean idol]

So, it’s not compatible with ACE at the moment?

[umbral narwhal]

There's a compat but it doesn't have all the extra weapon detail.

It doesn't much matter unless you're doing 1km sniping.

[ocean idol]

Yeah, that’s what I was trying to do 😅, but it’s not a big deal. Thanks for explaining it.

[odd vortex]

class default;
class rotation;
class translation;

Those are all externs

[fringe salmon]

I don't think removing externs is a good idea, he should create a master model.cfh that actually defines those externs

.cfg*

[winter jewel]

anybody know?

[trail niche]

it says you have extra mods requiring compats loaded

[winter jewel]

i know but i dont

im running the exact same mods as the server

the rpt file is no help either

ive tried repairing the mods, removing mods that might be calling for an ace compat, resaving mission file as different name, no joy, tried loading a vanilla mission with these mods loaded, same error

its got to be the mods on the server are out of date right?

[trail niche]

yeah, could be

last update for CUP terrains Core was december 31st 2025

so 3 days ago

[winter jewel]

ya i noticed, ill try back door uploading them with file zilla and see if that works

[trail niche]

but it's strange, RHSAFRF is listed but last update was 5 years ago

those mods, and the SOG dlc, might be missing files

[umbral narwhal]

The RPT file is useful because it tells you what mods are successfully loaded on the server, not just what you told it to load.

[odd vortex]

Yes^

I meant to continue my post sorry

There should be a master config that define them all

[winter jewel]

@trail niche and @umbral narwhal it was cup vehicles. For some reason either they broke the mode with the Dec 31st update, or the server is failing to get the update. Not sure which. But I’ve removed the mod from the mod list for now so temporary fix.

[golden nova]

So i have a problem where my unit has a waypoint assigned and the rest of the squad won't follow me because of that. waypoints player is empty, currentWaypoint shows 0, adding or deleting any waypoints does not do anything. Any solution how to fix this?

also when I choose the Regroup command, my unit says "join group" rather than fall back or whatever should be said.

[raw sparrow]

Hello, has anyone else experienced problems with diag_log not showing up in the .rpt file when starting a sp mission from 3den, it also at some point stopped writing the .rpt log

[mental river]

not without mods or scripting.
if you have a debug console type [player] joinSilent group player and it will be fixed.
my AIO Menu's unstick feature does this automatically

I think I can fix it for good in the game code. I'll give it a shot

[versed zenith]

I haven't- I'd make sure that whatever script you're running isn't coming across something nil and ending without an error prior to the diag_log. Could verify this by even setting a variable around the same area- if it doesn't set then you know that's the issue

[umbral narwhal]

Yeah it's a current bug in perf branch. If you load a mission in 3DEN the logs stop working.

https://feedback.bistudio.com/T196576

[raw sparrow]

I have checked that the value i pass around is not null, using the watch window in the mission i can check the variable and its there.
Ahh ok, forgot to mention im on the perf branch, thank you i'll keep this in mind 👍

[mental river]

I found a workaround and sent it to Dedmen. we'll see

[umbral narwhal]

What's the idea, wipe current orders when a unit becomes leader?

[mental river]

no. the "return to formation" command is just a join command. all I did is that when the player has a command while issuing a join command, I add the player to the list of units to join

unfortunately it's issued silently but the command still has the same effect

it's not a huge issue imo. (it's only silent the first time)

[quartz rivet]

why do i get this error when changing scenario? (like campaign, virtual arsenal, etc) it happens without mods and i already verified my files on steam

[steady hawk]

Very likely because a broken Mod, PDD is the clue you have

[golden nova]

Project Dynamic Dirt or whatever it's name is now

Mod bug but not game breaking from my experience

[woven night]

hi

i have problem with launching arma launcher arma 3 this is the problem

i verified the files

through steam

i unsubscribe from mods

nothing is changed

but my game is luanching without launcher

when im type -nosplash -skipIntro -noLauncher -mod=workshop
like this in option launch on steam

[pine kite]

Could be a bad installation of "Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable (x86) " according to Reddit. But afaik, Arma 3 launcher uses a more modern version thesedays.

Which Windows version do you run?

[woven night]

11

the thing is something in launcher is 32 bit

my sysytem is 64

i have this as log

[pine kite]

Install this one instead of 2013: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/windows/latest-supported-vc-redist?view=msvc-170#latest-supported-redistributable-version

The x64 one should do. But can't hurt to get the x86 too.

[pine kite]

Since when is that a Windows 11 user interface? Looks like old control panel Add/Remove software.

[woven night]

😄

its not fist time to launch arma on this machine

i bought this lap top like 9 months

[pine kite]

Well, uninstall those 2013 redistributables and perhaps also that 2015-2022 and reinstall at least the one I mentioned.

I don't think you need 2013 thesedays, although it is installed on my system. And my Arma 3 works. But there is a download link on the same microsoft page.

[pine kite]

When you bought it doesn't matter. Doesn't seem like it is up to date.

[woven night]

on that link those are no longer supported

[pine kite]

Install the first one and see if the Launcher starts working. If not, also install the unsupported 2013.

I remember someone here (unofficial) said it might still contain some things the launcher is dependant on.

[woven night]

but its imposible to download those

[pine kite]

Ok, Microsoft being an ass.

They are notorious for letting their links die.

[woven night]

i installed the last one and error is still here

[pine kite]

This page still works to download 2013: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784

[pine kite]

Bottom 2 ones. Top one is not for you as you likely don't have a ARM based CPU.

[woven night]

i hope this gonna work

no its still here

[pine kite]

Reboot PC?

Always works

[woven night]

no

okay wait

i restarted and error is still here

[pine kite]

Sorry, then I am out of solutions. Lets hope the green devs show up here with alternate solutions.

[woven night]

green devs ?

[golden nova]

the adults

[pine kite]

People with green names are Bohemia Interactive employees.

devs=developers

[thorny otter]

The devs would tell you the same thing

[woven night]

do i need to format pc

[thorny otter]

You did something incorrectly

[woven night]

i just download from steam

[thorny otter]

uninstall the Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable package (x86 version), restart your computer (!) and install the package again https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=40784 (do not use the Repair function).

[woven night]

its still same

[jade tide]

#arma3_launcher message

is anyone available to help?

I cannot launch the launcher and im goin crazy

[woven night]

does your game work without launcher

[jade tide]

yes

[woven night]

same

[jade tide]

AD 🤝 Pain 🤝 pain

[woven night]

😄

but no mods

[jade tide]

no mods

im on a fresh ssd and a fresh install

[woven night]

same

[jade tide]

i did all the C++ and .net installs

still nothin

[woven night]

yes

🙁

[jade tide]

we have different errors tho

[woven night]

yes but its same problem i installed 2013 as helper told me and nothing work

its work only through main directory

[jade tide]

like what is even this tho? lmao

chat gpt says its a keyboard issue lol

[woven night]

😄

for me that we have different system i have 64 laungher is 32

[jade tide]

yeah im on windows 11 which is 86 iirc?

[woven night]

mine win 11 64

[jade tide]

maybe its 64 idk

derp

[woven night]

same

[jade tide]

before i swapped hard drives i had issues with the launcher too but if i spammed it enough it worked. now it just cant even start. crashes before it even runs

makes no sense

are we able to ping people? lol

https://tenor.com/view/with-this-treasure-i-summon-mahoraga-megumi-doku-gif-7351933685370797157

DEV

[woven night]

they are offline

[thorny otter]

What?

[woven night]

its work through main directory only

i cant launch through steam or icon

its says error 103 launcher error

if i launch without launcher its ok

[thorny otter]

You need Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 x86

[woven night]

i installed

both

[thorny otter]

do you have these files in steamapps/common/arma 3/Launcher

[pine kite]

Not green dude(tes). Part of #rules. Be patient until tomorrow.

[golden nova]

You can also make a ticket on the feedback tracker, provide as much detail as possible and upload any files that were generated.

[thorny otter]

The error is identical to an already existing issue

Same exception error code

And it wa sclosed because the solution was installing Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable x86

[jade tide]

i was jus memein i figured it was a bad idea

I just need it to launch in 64-bit bc it keeps trying to start in 32

[pine kite]

The 64 bit is a different executable. It's a parameter in the launcher. But until that works again you can choose to start the 64bit executable with a shortcut.

[fresh egret]

Hey earlier you replied to me about my issues with upnp was wondering if yavwanns continue to indulge

[pine kite]

I have no other things to add. If I had I would have written it already.

Make sure Arma 3 is not blocked by your firewall. That is the only thing you did not mention yet.

[pine kite]

You have to explain with more details how and what you set. I can't begin to guess where you might went wrong with things.

[hushed trench]

Hello administrator, my account has been hacked, and my ARMA3 account (KOTH) has been banned. How can I resolve this issue?

[umbral narwhal]

Steam account?

[uncut trellis]

What account?

[hushed trench]

steam

be admin ban ws88555

76561198111049063

koht

[uncut trellis]

youll have to find a way to contact that servers admin, its a community server so they handle their bans themselves

[hushed trench]

ok 3q

[jade tide]

any luck on getting a fix

[versed viper]

Can't figure out what is going on. Disk is just fine (checked), files can't be validated... browsing local files shows all files in correct folder. Any ideas, trying to figure this out...

All workshop files are updated.

[uncut trellis]

try move the files to different folder and then validate?

maybe something got stuck in windows file system

or just simply rename arma3 folder so steam has to make new one

just to try to reset it

[versed viper]

yeah dont have extra 400gb right now, will try later.

[bronze river]

400GB?? Damn, try winter cleaning once in a while

[pine kite]

Windows disk surface or corruption check doesn't complain if the drive is nearly full.

And subscribing mods or scenarios means you temporarily need twice as much. First to download and save it to a staging place. Then to finally store it as a working mod. So, definitely consider pruning your mods or other large space consuming files/folders. File/folder tree scanning programmes really help to see where your space goes down a drain.

[uncut trellis]

try the rename and see if it starts to verify

you can then stop the verify and rename the arma3 folder back and test verify again

but yeah Valen does have a point, maybe there isnt enough space?

[versed viper]

280gb free

[carmine abyss]

broo, i literally change the game from F: to C:, i deleted the arma 3 folder on documents, and unninstaled and installed the game again and it keeps happens

and no mods installed

[uncut trellis]

well you have mods since those files it reports are from mods

[carmine abyss]

what

[uncut trellis]

these are mod files something in you game is looking for

[carmine abyss]

i installed this mod, im gonna remove this files now

[carmine abyss]

done

starting the game now

it worked! tysm @uncut trellis ❤️

[uncut trellis]

cant say I dont have mods if you have mods man

[carmine abyss]

i forgot that i installed a mod directly in the folder

sorry for thiss

have a great day :)

[jade tide]

day 3 of waiting for help with my issue.

fresh install fresh hd fresh windows. reinstalled .net 4 and C++ packages. I have deleted caches and reinstalled.

[waxen sail]

what's in the text file

[waxen sail]

What's in your arma3launcher.exe.config?

should be in the game directory

[thorny otter]

What's your system language, locale, and do you have any other types of controllers plugged in. And have you tried deleting the keybind configuration files?

And do you have any software involving input running

[jade tide]

english US no controllers. no software involving input

idk where the keybind configs are but i can try that too

i deleted all the caches when i reinstalled it so i doubt it will help

[leaden fog]

game crashes on Linux mint 22.1, unmodded or modded the game will randomly drop fps (from 165 to single digit fps and then either the game will memory access violation or I have to restart my computer.

[umbral narwhal]

Proton?

[leaden fog]

yes

ive tried with and without proton

ive also used a lot of launch options from protondb, nothing seems to stop the crashing

I'm guessing it's some sort of memory leak

ive also tried using the arms 3 unix launcher

[pine kite]

Proton version probably matters.

[umbral narwhal]

I think there was a reported issue where VRAM doesn't get freed on Proton.

[thorny otter]

I think you have a corrupt config file or .net

i would try changing the language on windows back and forth as well from another language to English

[jade tide]

its all fresh and i uninstalled and reinstalled it just to be sure

[thorny otter]

Config files are sometimes ignored in uninstallations of programs

so if it's corrupt it'll stay corrupt

[jade tide]

config for arma or dot net?

[thorny otter]

Do you use any special keyboard layouts

[jade tide]

nope

[thorny otter]

arma config

[jade tide]

yeah i deleted all the configs caches etc and then reinstalled

[jade tide]

do you think uk english back to english us would work?

[thorny otter]

What is inside your C:\Users\AD\Documents\Arma 3

[jade tide]

the usual stuff afaik

[thorny otter]

try deleting those

and launch

Do you have any launch options in ARMA 3 steam btw?

[jade tide]

same issue. the files dont repopulate either

[jade tide]

i do not

i tried the one to run without hw accel but that didnt do anything either

[thorny otter]

Do you get the error before the launcher opens or when you open the game from the launcher

[jade tide]

The launcher never launches

and i can open the game from the directory no problem

[thorny otter]

Are you using 64 bit or 32 bit launcher

[waxen sail]

crash log says 32 but I don't think there is a 64 launcher

[thorny otter]

ah yeah ur right

nothing works wcyd

[umbral narwhal]

You deleted the whole AppData\Local\Arma 3 Launcher folder?

[leaden fog]

if anyone can help that would be great. thanks.

[trail niche]

#linux_mac_branch

[jade tide]

yeah once to reinstall another time to reverify

[viscid moss]

Thanks guys made the master cfg works fine now 😄

[high salmon]

Have you tried deleting the contents of %localappdata%\Bohemia_Interactive ?
There's an xml config for the launcher settings
If it got corrupted, it could account for the XamlParseException you posted in #arma3_launcher message

[thorn swift]

Making a mission with some Nyxs included; no other real modded content though there are mods loaded. Tagged the mission with the Tanks DLC, and started getting this error every screen change:

I untagged the mission as Tanks DLC, but it still shows up, have restarted and rebooted.

It is related to that scenario files in particular as removing the scenario's folder from my missions folder stops the popup.

[steady hawk]

!steamverify

[rustic eagle]

Steam file verification process:
Right Click on game -> Properties -> Installed Files -> Verify Integrity of game files

Steam Workshop Mod repair process:
Open Launcher -> Right Click on mod -> Repair
The first process will automatically verify Steam Workshop items as well.

[steady hawk]

Verify your game. If no avail, remove data_f_tank.pbo and try again

[jade tide]

yup ive done that

[thorny otter]

%localappdata%\Arma 3 Launcher too?

[jade tide]

yup

i uninstalled and deleted all caches and reinstalled

i also tried deleting all caches and reverifying

it may be a BE issue? the reason i bring that cursed anticheat into it is because if i use -nolauncher it boots right into the game. but if i use -nolauncher -useBE it does nothing

ive tried uninstalling delteing cache installing etc and it does weird stuff

[trail niche]

in the launcher you can enable and disable BE, if you want to test

[jade tide]

im well aware....if only i could get my launcher to launch......

#arma3_launcher message

[trail niche]

you might have more details in the text file it created

[thorny otter]

do you have a color profile .icc used?

try turning off windows defender and maybe add an exclusion to your steam directory as well

try disabling hardware acceleration in the launch parameters

[jade tide]

tried that

[jade tide]

i dont think so how do i check?

[jade tide]

no luck

[jade tide]

#arma3_launcher message

#arma3_troubleshooting message

[thorny otter]

Nothing makes sense any more

at this point we must ask if you found the Windows installation in a ditch on the side of a road or is it bootleg

[jade tide]

https://tenor.com/view/thegoon-bigoldgoon-ted-lasso-yes-yes-yes-yes-gif-701975896996955852

its literally the only thing that doesnt work

and if i didnt need it for mods id be fine

[thorny otter]

I think there is an encoding or localization problem or your .NET installation is still not correctly installed

[jade tide]

thats what i thought too but ive uninstalled and reinstalled several times

[thorny otter]

Do you use any weird peripheral devices, like what type of keyboard do you have

[jade tide]

corsair k95

legit same setup as before i swapped ssd

[thorny otter]

Show me all the .NET installations you have

[thorny otter]

Color Management in Windows but I doubt you have an .ICC

[jade tide]

i have 4, 4.8, 6 and 8

[jade tide]

i used powershell to check

[thorny otter]

This is all set?

[jade tide]

i think thats the same setting

[thorny otter]

Turn Steam Cloud off delete %localappdata%\Arma 3 Launcher and try launching the launcher

You can try deleting all the font cache in
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache
and restart your PC

[thorny otter]

do you have a corsair keyboard software running?

Even if you don't it's got a virtual driver that might be running, but you might have corsair ICUE too?

[jade tide]

nope

no icue installed

[thorny otter]

Check for a Corsair Virtual HID driver in Device Manager > Human Interface Devices
maybe listed as "Corsair Composite Virtual Device"

disable it.

Do that and/or try another keyboard (unplug other k95 and plug it another keyboard and clear all the ARMA 3 caches again and restart your computer)

[fathom bone]

Anyone know what this ?
Am getting spam in server log by this and taking sometime for player to loading after selecting slot [stuck in map loading]

19:14:03 Ref to nonnetwork object Agent 0x000001AF88CB6180
19:14:03 Ref to nonnetwork object Agent 0x000001AF88CB6180
19:14:40 Ref to nonnetwork object Agent 0x000001AF88CB6440
19:14:40 Ref to nonnetwork object Agent 0x000001AF88CB6440
19:14:40 Ref to nonnetwork object Agent 0x000001AF88CB6440
19:14:40 Ref to nonnetwork object Agent 0x000001AF88CB6440
19:14:41 A null object passed as a target to RemoteExec(Call) 'recoil150randoms_new'
19:14:41 A null object passed as a target to RemoteExec(Call) 'recoilrandomais'

[fair kestrel]

https://epochmod.com/forum/topic/44224-ref-to-nonnetwork-object-3c14f900-984738-wf_barracks_eastp3d/

[quaint jewel]

Temporarily disabling logging might work. But not when its a global variable and multithreading
One down, hundreds more to go

[fickle coral]

Can anyone help me with setting up port forward since my ISP are idiots. I have access to my router config online but honestly can’t remember how to do it. My router doesn’t have upnp settings. That’s a modem setting apparently but my box is a single unit for modem and router.
Thanks.
Arris TG3452

[pine kite]

I don't know how the config menus of that Arris router looks. (every router looks different, and sometimes uses different wording for the important values) But does this guide help?
https://www.purevpn.com/blog/arris-port-forwarding/

The relevant things for Arma 3 are UDP protocol, port range 2302-2306, to your LAN IPv4 address of your hosting computer.

(ignore the PureVPN part. That is likely just a way to lure into a paid service.)

[versed zenith]

ISPs actually make things so miserable now. I had to download a smart phone app to interface with my default gateway

[trail niche]

a friend of mine couldn't configure his ports on his router
ISP tend to hide/block this feature, for "safety reasons"

[pine kite]

Well, if people with no IT-knowledge tend to host mail servers that end up becomming spam-generators, or webservers that become DDOS-drones then I can they discourage that. But outright deny/block it is bad.

[unkempt orbit]

Anyone know why my audio settings look like this? Along with why no sound in arma is working at all?

[quartz berry]

Try clicking the default and refresh buttons.

[unkempt orbit]

No joy

I've tried that, going through my volume mixer, disabling and enabling other output devices, not too sure what the issue is

Its only Arma, and well helldivers

[pine kite]

The way it looks is likely due to interface size set too high. Causing the sliders to overlap. Maybe that is why clicking the refresh button failed too. Otherwise set your desired speakers or headphone as the default Windows output device in Windows settings/system/audio.

[unkempt orbit]

Can I change the interface size? Also my output is set as well

[pine kite]

The size of the menu boxes and font, yes.

[unkempt orbit]

Would you know where I can find out how?

[pine kite]

Graphics settings, one of the tabs.

[unkempt orbit]

Heard, thank you!

[umbral narwhal]

If it looks like that in any interface size it's a screwup. I think someone added a couple of microphone options recently.

[unkempt orbit]

Nope, just have the one

[inland kayak]

got this on the latest 1.56rc when joining my dedicated server ```
10:43:48 GetOutAny soldier B Alpha 4-1:1 already in landscape
10:43:48 Entity listed twice.
10:43:48 GetOutAny soldier B Alpha 4-1:2 already in landscape
10:43:48 Entity listed twice.
10:43:48 GetOutAny soldier B Alpha 4-2:1 already in landscape
10:43:48 Entity listed twice.
10:43:48 GetOutAny soldier B Alpha 4-2:2 already in landscape
10:43:48 Entity listed twice.
10:43:48 GetOutAny soldier B Bravo 2-2:1 already in landscape
10:43:48 Entity listed twice.
10:43:48 GetOutAny soldier B Bravo 2-2:2 already in landscape
10:43:48 Entity listed twice.
10:43:48 EPE manager release (0|59|0)
10:47:35 Starting mission:
10:47:35 Mission file: Co-ops (__CUR_MP)
10:47:35 Mission world: Altis
10:47:35 Mission directory: mpmissions__CUR_MP.Altis
10:47:37 Attempt to override final function - bis_functions_list
10:47:37 Attempt to override final function - bis_functions_listpreinit
10:47:37 Attempt to override final function - bis_functions_listpostinit
10:47:37 Attempt to override final function - bis_functions_listrecompile
10:47:37 Attempt to override final function - bis_fnc_missiontaskslocal
10:47:37 Attempt to override final function - bis_fnc_missionconversationslocal
10:47:37 Attempt to override final function - bis_fnc_missionflow
10:47:38 Setting invalid pitch 0.0000 for curatorEditable
10:47:38 Setting invalid pitch 0.0000 for adminLoggedZeus
10:47:38 Setting invalid pitch 0.0000 for HCAOs
10:47:38 Setting invalid pitch 0.0000 for git_rekt_m8
10:47:38 Setting invalid pitch 0.0000 for HCAmbiantAI
10:47:38 Setting invalid pitch 0.0000 for L Bravo 1-2:6 REMOTE

anyone getting those pitch / GetOutAny warnings ?

[unkempt orbit]

XBOX Game Bar had my arma muted 😭

[ebon stone]

Hello, does anyone know how to resolve white equipment in Virtual Arsenal/Ace Arsenal bug?

[keen verge]

Hey, I tried to post my server in the communities_arma3 bot and it said "try again later"

My mates running into the same problem he's tried multiple times

[golden nova]

#discord_server

This is a channel for Arma 3 issues.

[undone stump]

hey so is anyone having issues when trying to download the jsrs sound mod 2025 edition. noticed it got a recent update and everytime i try to download it i keep getting a corrupt disc error. this mod has worked in the past for me and ive never had this issue before.

[main star]

Heya, is there anyone who would be kind enough to take a quick nosey at a minidump from an Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0B422C30 error I had on my server last night? I don't know how to view minidump files and I host for a handful of units through dedicated hardware, so I'd like to try and get to the bottom of it

The community who were running it last night have an extensive modpack made of quite a few OPTRE mods, I'm pretty sure it's one of those

[pine kite]

Only devs can analyse the .mdmp files. They want you to upload it to the Bohemia feedback tracker. Or they may ask you to direct message it. But they won't do anything about it until monday or later.

But they will also ask first to narrow it down to as few mods as possible.

[main star]

Turns out CoPilot can do it too, I found the issue was their Zeus placed down a few objects that managed to accidentally intersect with each other and completely freak out the physics engine. The crash was in PhysX.dll

Thanks for your reply though, appreciate the help!

[pine kite]

Trust the devs, don't trust AI.

[main star]

All it said was "The faulting error here was in the PhysX.dll which is usually something to do with the physics engine - Status Access Violation suggests an object or unit placed had an invalid collition with another object or unit." and it just so happens they said it happened while theyre were populating an objective in zeus so, it adds up

[pine kite]

Not Now that you mention that error code, it is a generic error most often cause outside of Arma 3.

[main star]

The RPT has this as the fault address: Fault address: 0B422C30 01:00171C30ll E:\Arma\Dll\x64\PhysX_64.dll

So, yeah, looks like a Zeus placed something that went wackey and freaked out the physX engine

[pine kite]

I guess one can avoid that by replacing the whatever object placed. But to fully solve it it requires developer eyes on the details. But maybe they didn't make that file.

[main star]

It was something mod related on a map thats nutorious for having bad AI Pathing and collisions

Its one of those massive 64x64 maps on the workshop

I didn't directly ask the AI to "tell me what went wrong", I just asked it to give me a rough understanding of what the dump file said

[quartz berry]

AI won't know any better than you would looking at it (and will make up stuff a lot of the time). AI knows almost nothing about Arma.

[pine kite]

How can co-pilot interpret that if only the devs can do such until now? There are no community made tools for that even. AI is good at pleasing you and hallucinating.

[main star]

Yes but comparing what it said and the information already available to me in the RPT file, we both came to a similar conclusion

Thats something I have that AI will never have, the ability to think on my feet and use critical thinking

[umbral narwhal]

First part is true, second part is a blind guess and not very plausible.

More likely to be a multithreaded accounting issue, like some memory being deallocated while physX was working on it.

[quaint jewel]

Looks like a mod overwrites the whole config. They probably copy-pasted it because they didn't know how inheritance works.
undoing all the position changes we did, and leaving our new elements in place, causing all that overlap

Its not interface size no

[unkempt orbit]

Like a specific mod?

[quaint jewel]

yes one of the mods you have I don't know which

[umbral narwhal]

Can probably tell with a config viewer that shows configSourceAddonList, like the one in ADT.

But then it'd probably take longer to find the right config class than to bisect your mod list.

[unkempt orbit]

I’ll have to figure that out, it must be a newer mod I added because that wasn’t always a thing

[tame widget]

Hi All 🙂 I have problem, don't know where to ask so I will write here, sorry if wrong section

One day I was playing ArmA 3 and on next day I couldn't play because steam didn't want to download update for it. When I uninstall game and tried donwload it I have a problem with Steam now. Can't download ArmA 3 because its stuck on 0% and it says Corrupt Download. Also download don't work for SteamWorks for this game because can't download. Other games are working fine. Tried deleting steam download cache, installing steam, changing country donwload, cleaning register and none of this steps helped me. Maybe someone know answer to this problem.

Greetings guys 🙂

[pine kite]

The only thing I can imagine is erradicating the Steam install folder, the Arma3 folders hidden in your profile Appdata folder (for Arma 3 game and Launcher), and perhaps you Documents/Arma 3 folders too (or rename them temporarily).

Otherwise this seems to be a case of Steam/Valve Tech support.

[upper briar]

Arma 3 audio problem

I’ve noticed that since playing Arma 3 and being in first person my gunshot sounds are quiet, and when people are around me and shooting their weapons sound louder than mine. Then I go switch to 3rd person and my gunshot sounds are way louder. I’ve deleted mods and I’ve uninstalled the game but it’s still happening? Anyone able to help or had the same issue. i use an astro a30 headset

[uncut trellis]

could help if you also list what kind of headset you use. That could help others come up with ideas

[upper briar]

done thank you

[umbral narwhal]

@upper briar Are other sounds from particular directions quiet? Or just your own gunshots?

[wise jewel]

This sounds like an issue with the surround sound that some software utilizes. I would suggest trying to turn off the Dolby Atmos or DTS:X that most people use for this headset (iirc, Logitech GHub). I've found through windows, the only one that works properly for most people that run into the issue is Windows Sonic through Windows itself.

[upper briar]

they all sound normal just my guy when in first person its quiet

this use to never happen i was able to sort it out in armas own audio settings by switching headset to the right one, but now that doesnt fix it anymore

[upper briar]

would logitic be compatible with astro a 30 ? ive looked at window settings and all spatial stuff is disabled

[upper briar]

I fixed it by putting my wired connection/ charging cable on my A30s this isnt to say that it wasnt already working without that but it seems to have fixed my issue!!

[pine kite]

Well, charging batteries might help.

[visual swift]

i mark red how to get edit create for pc

[pine kite]

That looks like Zeus mode. Which is real time intervention of an ongoing scenario by 1 player. No save capability.

The Eden Editor is offline editor to create new scenarios or edit them. It can be started from the main menu.

[visual swift]

my Y button not work...

how to fix?

[pine kite]

The scenario must be prepared to allow a player to become Zeus. Not all scenarios will react to using the Zeus key.

There exist many videos (on youtube) explaining how to setup a Zeus scenario. Maybe even in the Eden editor tutorials. Not sure.

There should be a built-in Zeus scenario in the Multiplayer host a server section. which you can try.

[frail needle]

why is arma not showing up my server im running on local network anymore, i can join using local ip but it doesnt show up in server browser in lan section and also i have had "connection failed" on local server, it wasnt used to be like that

[trail niche]

just to be clear, you are hosting a server on LAN and no-one sees it ? Even people that are local to you (on your network) ?

[frail needle]

yes, and it isnt like i cant connect, it just doesnt automaticaly populate server in lan section,i have to direct connect it to see it

[trail niche]

when you host a server, local or internet, you are directly in it, you do not have to connect to it, I don't understand the issue
other people have issues finding it on their lan section ?

[frail needle]

im hosting a dedicated server on my laptop, it is on the same network as my Desktop (literally same router), the server doesnt populate the server browser's lan section, i can join the server if i try to Direct Connect , other cant see it too unless they use Direct connect , is this clear enough?

[pine kite]

The computer hosting the server might have its network connection in public firewall mode. Then it does not respond to incoming ping requests. I also got it working by enabling file and printersharing which allows ping returns to be sent.

[frail needle]

let me check i think it should be on cause i share files between laptop and desktop on LAN

[frail needle]

yep its on

[pine kite]

See in advanced firewall if there is a rule blocking icmp ping requests.

[frail needle]

i just turned firewall off on both PC's nothing changed

[pine kite]

Turning off the firewall might actuallyblock everything.

[umbral narwhal]

Same router doesn't automatically mean same network these days. Some have partitioning, normally used for guest wifi at least.

But if direct connect to LAN IP works then that's not the issue. I'm not sure how the server discovery works on LAN but it usually does.

[upper briar]

Are you okay ?

[upper briar]

Was already fully charged you halfwit

[bright brook]

So why does this pop up

[humble wagon]

Try verify steam files

[bright brook]

Did it and same but idk how it worked now and i instaled it weird

[humble wagon]

Maybe a broken file from a saved mod somewhere, delete the game and delete your profile, clear out all Arma 3 files and reinstall seems like the only option.

[bright brook]

Well it was deleted but it works rn idk how

But thanks anyway

[humble wagon]

👍

[pine kite]

Yes, maybe you have a bad battery in it. With no capacity. Dead when any current load is applied to it. If sticking a charging cable in makes it work my guess it is happy to receive extra current.

[bronze river]

are you sure you're not using german keyboard that has the button for Z and Y switched?

[olive depot]

anyone else had issues with ReShade as of recent? gives me a 0xC000009A code due to 'insufficient resources'??

[uncut trellis]

It's external program so best to ask it's maker.

[quaint jewel]

That could also be BattlEye block

[fallen viper]

hey can someone help me? I can't seem to get ObjectBuilder started....it says starter.exe stopped working when starting it

I'm starting it through steam or by opening a .p3d

both ways don't work

[chrome token]

Do you run Arma 3 Tools on DevBranch ?

[fallen viper]

nope not that I know of

no checked it and I do not

[olive depot]

yeah, that was all it was

[odd vortex]

Try uninstalling and reinstalled. And where are you installing them to?

[fallen viper]

i already did reinstall and I'm installing it on my main drive

[inland kayak]

try ton run the P drive setup first

[fallen viper]

already did

i got the problem on dev and stable build

[odd vortex]

It happens when you launch ob or buldozer

[fallen viper]

did not try buldozer so far

[odd vortex]

Hmmm. Well you def shouldn't start it through steam however you can even get it started at all

[fallen viper]

when starting through the .exe i get a windows error message

but it is in german

something about side-by-side-configuration

that is based on translation

[odd vortex]

Hmm. It should always be ran through a shortcut not launched by steam. Not sure about that error tho...can you post the German

[fallen viper]

http://www.fotos-hochladen.net/uploads/unbenanntde2mca76h9.png

[odd vortex]

What's sxstrace.exe?

[patent slate]

Yo my game wont launch on linux

[trail niche]

#linux_mac_branch

better to get specialized help than here
also, try to add details, because there are dozens, maybe hundreds, of reasons a game wouldn't start

[fringe salmon]

I says: "Further details can be view with the sxstrace.exe"

I think you need t start addon builder at least once because of some registry stuff that needs to be done

[odd vortex]

Yea did you try that yet^

[crimson peak]

guys i need help about arma 3 start

https://notepad.cc/zbeekuje29

here it is my log file

when i try to open arma its not open

[copper bridge]

God, I just finished reading all that.
Holy drama batman.

[crimson peak]

i fix this, d3dgear cause this error

do not install d3dgear

[molten mason]

what's the best way of troubleshooting these Server rpt messages, i did see Dedmen talking about the flood ones, to use -networkDiagInterval to

see what the flood is. Might be some bad script.
but from what i've seen on the wiki doesn't seem to display anything interesting for us, only for the devs, no?

we're trying to figure out the desync issues that arised in our big operations, apparently the server shit itself yesterday with... something

the is pending i assume is just the desync setting-in

and we do have a couple of these:
17:43:39 Server can't keep up, too many incoming network messages. Remaining in queue: 11750
around the code, but this was the biggest queue

[umbral narwhal]

Well, it's player clients spamming excessive data.

If you can replicate with your own client then that one's probably the best bet. See if you get anything in "vars total" for a start.

[lost zinc]

why does this happend

i cant enter a server because of it

[umbral narwhal]

It's normal. Shouldn't affect joining a server but it might slow it down.

A3 units server runs on a 15-year-old box under someone's desk. Sometimes it gets kicked.

[lost zinc]

what about this

[umbral narwhal]

Doesn't matter.

[lost zinc]

that doesnt let me join an server

i got stuck in units screen

[umbral narwhal]

What units screen?

[lost zinc]

the one where u choose units when u join a server

this

[umbral narwhal]

I don't know what blocks that. Looks like battleye is working.

Did you manage to connect to that server previously?

[lost zinc]

yes

then i crashed mid game and this happend

[umbral narwhal]

Well, I can confirm that the units server is currently down.

That's probably unrelated and the problem is the crash rather than the units server.

[lost zinc]

yea i have been tried to load units website but didnt worked

[umbral narwhal]

Might be that the server hasn't cleaned up your info properly when you disconnected.

[lost zinc]

probably

maybe the server restart will fix it

[umbral narwhal]

should do.

[light glade]

units seem to be down

[quaint jewel]

You cannot continue while you didn't select a slot.
On that screenshot, you did not select a slot to play in

[lost zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/riddler-paul-dano-new-rockstars-thumbnail-does-he-know-he-doesnt-know-gif-27552850

[pine kite]

Pretty sure the developer of Arma 3 knows his things.

[waxen sail]

This is the battleye thing, it will not let you pick a slot or click OK

[quaint jewel]

But that should go by after a few seconds

[waxen sail]

What should?

[quaint jewel]

The not being able to slot

unless BattlEye is totally broken

[waxen sail]

Yeah it seems to stay until they get kicked for Query Timeout, but in experience most players just quit before they see that message (it takes a few minutes)

There's some mystical solutions some of our players have which involves changing battleye port and then reinstalling battleye but it seems to be hit or miss

[umbral narwhal]

Best workaround is to wait two minutes before reconnecting, right?

But once you jumped too early then you're screwed until the server restarts.

[waxen sail]

Allegedly, haven't confirmed it yet

[lost zinc]

I can confirm

[bronze river]

or create a new profile in main menu

[visual swift]

what its called name have workshop steam?

[fading pulsar]

You mean what that thing is called? Its Kornet and i think cup or rhs has it

[visual swift]

like missile

[fading pulsar]

Yes its 9m133 Kornet

[visual swift]

i cant see in workshop

[fading pulsar]

As ive said either CUP or RHS mods have it. But dont remember which one

[bronze river]

some stuff are part of bigger mods, so good luck

[lunar ice]

how do i like refresh my vram cuz i dont want it sitting around 15gb

[umbral narwhal]

Is that Proton?

[lunar ice]

wha t

[bronze river]

are you using windows or Linux?

[lunar ice]

Windows

[bronze river]

what did you do making the game using 15GB VRAM?

[lunar ice]

I don’t know play the game

It keeps going up in like 30 mb then down then up like 35

[uncut trellis]

Got mods?

[lunar ice]

Yeah

[red inlet]

Theres your likely answer - try just the vanilla game and check the usage

But really unless youre running out of vram theres no real reason to stress over it

[fading pulsar]

U can try FLUSH/SUPERFLUSH cheat codes.

But as Kharos said

[mighty hatch]

Hi
I just bought and installed DLCs but I dont seem to be able to play them?
I restarted the game and the launcher a few times

[steady hawk]

Why do you think you can't? I see no point you want to make from these two

[mighty hatch]

I click on the helicopters DLC on the bottom left corner, expecting to see some missions menus? flying tutorial? anything?
or it isnt that intuitive?

[steady hawk]

Singleplayer, Showcase, Helicopters is a mission from Helicopters DLC

That menu only introduces what are they

[mighty hatch]

Where do I find the singleplayer option? I enter the game by clicking the Play button on the launcher

every youtube tut I watch has this entry screen

mine is this one so im pretty confused

[steady hawk]

Disable Arma 3 Contact from Launcher

[mighty hatch]

uh great
not sure why theres a play contact and regular play buttons if they do the same thing lol
thanks

[steady hawk]

No? They do different

[mighty hatch]

When I click either with Contact enabled in my launcher they open the same screen

[steady hawk]

PLAY CONTACT leads to play Arma 3 Contact and only loads it. PLAY loads loaded DLCs and Mods in once

[mighty hatch]

I see

[void venture]

need some help with Arma 3 UI. I played without Creator DLCs and it kind of worked, I enabled S.O.G, global mobilization and contact, when in VR training my jounral is either showing up with no writing, or its blacked out. I am also having other UI problems like not being able to click on thing properly if im not in window borderless mode

[uncut trellis]

contact does not really work with other dlcs/mods its meant to be played standalone

[void venture]

thx

[uncut trellis]

disable that and others should work ok

[void venture]

How do i fix black box's over text, Im having it in the welcome message and in the bootcamp menu.

[steady hawk]

What is black box over text

[quartz berry]

Only use the CDLCs that you're actually going to have in your current scenario.
E.g., if you're playing the VR Training, don't load any.

[pine kite]

Yes, CreatorDLC tend to do a make-over on the Arma 3 user interface. You can revert to the original user interface in each, but if you are playing basegame scenarios then you don't need the CDLCs.

[void venture]

Found that out a while ago, very nooby of me

[jolly elbow]

For some reason attributes, animation viewer and bi arsenal load for a long time (10+ seconds) in eden editor
Ive tried without and with mods

Before it loaded instantly

And now sometimes arma even crashes

[steady hawk]

Verify the game in Steam, then

[boreal sail]

Can anyone help me? I have this issue where I play Arma 3 for like 15 mins in game, and it suddenly crashes, black screen and reboots, lmk if you have any solutions, thank you.

[bronze river]

that's quite lacking in information, try getting the .rpt files and post it here

!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 Crash Files wiki page for more information.

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.

[boreal sail]

Sorry for the lack of information!

[umbral narwhal]

If you mean it reboots the whole PC on its own, then that's not really an Arma-level problem.

[boreal sail]

Then what could it possibly be? because I do play other games, and I have no issues at all. Im just looking for help.

[umbral narwhal]

Did it work before and then stop at some point?

[boreal sail]

Yes.

[umbral narwhal]

How long ago?

[boreal sail]

4 days ago, Idk if it could be the new mods I installed.

[umbral narwhal]

You have no mods in that RPT.

Mods also can't reboot Windows, typically.

[boreal sail]

Wait, That is from 2025, I'm really sorry I did not see that at all.

[umbral narwhal]

Well, worth checking whether it's fine without mods in case you have something with a really screwy extension.

Also try disabling battleye.

[boreal sail]

Will do, thanks for the help!

[umbral narwhal]

What CPU is that btw? Apparently it has 16+ cores.

[boreal sail]

I have a i7 14700F.

[umbral narwhal]

...ah

yeah you might be in trouble there but see how it goes. Another thing to try is -cpuCount=8 in the launcher parameters.

[boreal sail]

Is it bad that I have 16+ cores?

[umbral narwhal]

It's bad that you have a 14700

They have a nasty tendency of killing themselves. 8 is the preferred value anyway and might mitigate ring bus failure issues, so it's an interesting thing to check.

[boreal sail]

I have never heard of this, I will def look into it.

[umbral narwhal]

How old is the CPU?

[boreal sail]

1 year old.

[umbral narwhal]

Ever update the motherboard BIOS?

[boreal sail]

My new USB is arriving soon to Update my BIOS.

[umbral narwhal]

If the board/BIOS is 1 year old then it should have had the microcode fixes.

[boreal sail]

The lastest version on mine is from 2024 lol.

[umbral narwhal]

Which month?

[boreal sail]

October.

[umbral narwhal]

0x129 microcode was August 2024, 0x12B was October 2024. So as long as you have that one then it shouldn't have killed itself. In theory.

[boreal sail]

Well my CPU has been great so far, it does not overheats it self at all, it goes under 60 Celsius.

[delicate cradle]

Hello, I would like to ask for advice on what to do because my arma always crashes after +-10 minutes on multiplayer server, I am attaching the rpt file here, I would really appreciate some advice, we play with a multi-mod package in our group, thanks for any advice

[cloud torrent]

Hello guys! When i go to arma launcher and press play Button, launcher Will freeze and game not starting. I have verified all game files from Steam and also reinstalled game couple times. Nvidia drivers are also on latest update. Does anyone know what i can do?

[bronze river]

do you have any mods loaded?

[cloud torrent]

No i dont

[trail niche]

when you freeze, do you quit the game manually or does it crash ?

[cloud torrent]

The launcher is just freezing when i press play. The game will not starting and i have to go to the task manager and force close the launcher. But before pressing play, i can use/scroll launcher normally

After pressing this its just freezing. I also disabled/enabled Battleye but it won't help

[umbral narwhal]

How long did you wait?

[umbral narwhal]

Is everyone else on the server fine with the same modset?

[delicate cradle]

it's only happening to me, so it won't be a modpack

[umbral narwhal]

Try removing -enableHT and add -cpuCount=8

Also do you have a second RPT example?

[trail niche]

rpt seems to point out a mission error

setFace ?

looks like you could fix it by validating files, if you didn't already

[wicked horizon]

hello please I need help

I have installed maps that have CUP core in them and i cant see the buildings, its empty. I cna only see the basic arma 3 ones
what did i do:
I deleted documents folder, deleetd all mods, reinstalled only what i need for the maps
still not working

@tiny imp can you help?

i really wanna use the map cause it looks so good

this isnt happening only to this

its also to every map with "gamerealistic mod" and such

the villages are empty

[restive sequoia]

Sounds like conflicting mods

Make a minimal setup, test, add more mods till you find the culprit

otherwise it might be a buggy/unfinished map etc

[wicked horizon]

okay..ill download bakhmut map since it has just the gamerealistic one

ill try now ill be back with update

[tiny imp]

and you have all the CUP terrains submods too ? https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=583575232 not just the core but also the maps , the maps 2.0 etc.

maybe tell us what map exactly (or better to say terrain) isn't working

is it one from the CUP packs or some 3rd party ?

[restive sequoia]

I say it's the map itself, that's the issue, as seen in multiple comments.

[wicked horizon]

it happens with alot too, they might have same problem as me

ok so

it didnt work

1. i will install all submods aswell
2. Map is from steam workshop

[tiny imp]

also this 'delete Documents' folder is terrible advice, where and who the hell suggesting such absurd approach (considering there can be other stuff than just Arma related in such folder)

[wicked horizon]

i did everything i knew

[wicked horizon]

ok so

it happens with krynky map aswell

it happens to some other saswell that i had but forgot the name

like it doesnt show any destroyed building, just the basic arma 3 ones

i will take ur advice now and download the submods

[tiny imp]

you really need post links to the STEAM workshop items, so we know what terrain you talk about, there are thousands terrains made by community

[wicked horizon]

okay

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3299197389 - kherson
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3275314407 - krynky
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3048857000 - bakhmut

[tiny imp]

in general, the best is to ask the author of the terrain or someone already using it if they have such issues, as some items released on workshop are simply unfinished or subpar quality

[wicked horizon]

i would be susposse to see this, i do not

its just empty fields with grass and basic arma 3 houses scattered over the place

[tiny imp]

it says dependency https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2982306133

do you have that too ?

[wicked horizon]

yep

the submods are downloading now

ill test and update u

i basically have downloaded all dependecies from the links i gave u @tiny imp

[tiny imp]

well all seems to be maps just released,updated once or twice and then silence

[restive sequoia]

And every single one has the same comments "map empty" "map half empty" etc

[tiny imp]

screenshot could be from the small area which was already done

[wicked horizon]

i thought that too, until i downloaded PMC terrain core and pretty much all PMC's mods

[tiny imp]

could be that most of the file is just the satmaps

[wicked horizon]

and some new buildings started to appear

[wicked horizon]

i see

[restive sequoia]

For mods it's always a good tip to look into the comments if other people also have the same issue.
Would have saved alot of time 😛

No matter which game

[wicked horizon]

dumb me i guess

btw

thanks for the help

do u guys know how to install maps manually?

PMC terrain has really great ones

[tiny imp]

so maybe it needs https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1057228027 and all the mods listed there

but that's not in the mod description so i'm just guessing

[wicked horizon]

oh no i meant the PMC guys, u dont know them? Theyre a community which makes hyperealistic maps

ill send link

[tiny imp]

PMC tactical ...

[wicked horizon]

https://www.pmctactical.org/arma3/terrain.php

yes

i guess ill download from here then

[tiny imp]

well then you need to just test, seems like the authors had various maps loaded and just slapped objects from those into theirs terrain, creating dependency and then not adding it to description on publish https://www.pmctactical.org/arma3/downloads.php

[wicked horizon]

hope this is everything

ill update when it finishes downloading

also @tiny imp sorry for being annoying but uh how do u install the map manually? They have torrent link

[restive sequoia]

download and add in the launcher

[tiny imp]

usually they have theirs own directory, so extract that into \Arma 3\ so e.g. PMCsomething will then become added as -mod=PMCsomething; to startup commandline for Arma 3

[tiny imp]

or you can use launcher, same requisite for the data to be in \arma 3\ folder in the correct folders(directories) ofc

[wicked horizon]

okay. thank u alot. Ill update u when this finishes downloading cause its like 800 kb/s

@tiny imp again sorry to keep bothering u but...are there other places to download those PMC tactical maps from? I fear that one day , its last seeder will have stopped seeding the torrent and the site to die, similar to what happened to armaholic

and that would be a great shame bcs those maps are huge as fuck

[pine kite]

So, become the second but last seeder of the torrent.

[wicked horizon]

i guess ure right

one weekend ill dedicate all the 12h downloading them ig

[pine kite]

And you really should contact the PMC people for this. Dwarden might not be involved with them.

[wicked horizon]

alright

[wicked horizon]

for now it seems like theyre still very active and upload to multiple games not just A3, but i know very well when reforger becomes more popular it will suffer same fate as armaholic

i hope not but yeah i guess ill reserve a day to archieve them somewhere

[pine kite]

I don't see that happening until well after Arma 4 comes out and is matured.

I've learned about PMC since ages due to their Falcon 4 terrains. And that is like from the end of the previous millenium. But yes, if people dont care about the specific terrain, then people don't keep the torrent alive and you'll end up with a partial download if no one comes online.

[wicked horizon]

ok so uh

i opened it

guess what

theres absolutely no building

its a literal satmap

what the hell am i doing wrong man

ok looks like im doing nothing wrong lol

i looked at other vids of them and neither they have buildings lmao

thanks for the help guys. looks like i have no issue after all

[pine kite]

Well, maybe it isn't a good map. And only populated in certain places. Find other terrains to make your own scenarios in on the Eden editor. Or find other scenarios for which there already exist scenarios for made by others.

[bronze river]

PMC map are just that a satmap

[jolly elbow]

for some reason all the ropes on sa`hatra are floating few meters above the place where they should be

[bronze river]

is it in Editor or when scenario start

[jolly elbow]

both

[bronze river]

should report it to mod author, is there other mods loaded or just sahatra?

[jolly elbow]

without any mods thy still float

[bronze river]

yeah try post a comment in the workshop page of that mod, the mod author may notice it

[jolly elbow]

comment section is closed(

[bronze river]

sigh

and seems like no update since 2023

and no way to contact the author since they probably not in this server too

hmm i think those floating assets also happens on Farabad map

[golden nova]

You can remove them with hide terrain object modules or find their class name and get a script working to hide everything with said classname

[void venture]

im playing with mods but just in case, does anyone know a solution to the game crashing with "Status-Application-Hand" whenever i open my map? its random and has happened in two different areas/events. not sure what causes it but it goes away after a while, but opening the map after a crash will cause the same crash.

[red inlet]

well does it happen without mods? if not; a mod is the issue

[jolly elbow]

@bronze river horriblegoat said that there is no news from jujurat

do you think that i might be able to fix it with a bulldozer?

[burnt star]

Friend is having issues joining server, it's not the mod, its something with his files. As you can see its not showing the name of the mod but instead it shows its "content" folder instead

Any ideas why this is happening?

[jolly elbow]

try turning off battleye

[burnt star]

Server requires BE and it works fine for everyone else. He says he has his mods on external SSD, would that be related?

17:40:33 Warning Message: Files "F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\107410\3316635810\addons\build.pbo", "F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\107410\3316635810\addons\buildings.pbo", "F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\107410\3316635810\addons\ivanivokova.pbo", "F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\107410\3316635810\addons\namalsk.pbo", "F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\107410\3316635810\addons\ns.pbo", "F:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop\content\107410\3316635810\addons\ns2.pbo", ... are not signed by a key accepted by this server. To play on this server, remove listed files or install additional accepted keys

Really weird. He has the mod. But it says its missing

He's just going to reinstall his game

[jolly elbow]

would be better trying to reinstall mods first

[burnt star]

He did that almost a dozen times, we even manually deleted them and repaired multiple times

I think its got something to do with how its saving on his external drive

[umbral narwhal]

It's not saying that the mod is missing. It's saying that those files but don't match with the key on the server.

[burnt star]

His game was starting without the mod for some reason. Still is

Havent encountered this bug before

[umbral narwhal]

What makes you think it was starting without the mod? Because the error says that those PBOs are loaded.

[burnt star]

When he would join, and get kicked, I had him go to the editor, and the map Ivanivkova (mod in question) was not present in his list of maps

At that point we gave up

This was after full reinstall and trying many other methods like repairing mod, manual deleting, seatching for duplicated pbo files etc

Had a similar issue before when a mod is being loaded and another pbo is found in the modset with the same name or something like that

Normally it shows the mods name with words, but in his case it shows the path to ⁨steamapps > content⁩

[umbral narwhal]

I don't think the PBO name is supposed to matter unless it's missing the prefix.

[burnt star]

Its not, its my mod too which is why im very confused

[umbral narwhal]

Yeah that's the symlinked path rather than the real path.

Get his client RPT and paste it. Try to get the modlist down to a reasonable level if possible.

[burnt star]

Yeah its weird, I cant figure out why hes got this. Mind you he hadnt played in a super long time so he freshly installed everything

[burnt star]

Ill see if he can send it

Also his ⁨!workshop⁩ folder is empty.

[umbral narwhal]

Is he actually using the A3 launcher?

[burnt star]

Yeah, downloaded preset, loaded in launcher, confirmed theyre loaded and fully installed, tries to join from the server tab on launcher and then he gets that error

And this one mod keeps tripping out

[umbral narwhal]

I didn't think the launcher could even work without building its symlinks.

RPT would tell anyway.

[burnt star]

Yeah we'll try and fix it again tomorrow

Oh he;s on windows 11 now. Does that mean anything?

Shouldnt make a difference would it?

[umbral narwhal]

No.

[burnt star]

Figured so myself

And what about external drives?

[quartz berry]

<@&105621371547045888> scam

[golden nova]

i have my game and mods on an external m2 and no issues.

[pine kite]

As long as the connection is stable. Bad USB connector or weak power supply means the drive kicks the bucket every now and then. So folders on it are not accessible.

[fallen viper]

@odd vortex sorry for late answer 😄 yes I did

[burnt star]

It's fixed now. No solution, just solved itself

Not kidding when I say we tried everything at least twice

[primal compass]

Getting a few new fun errors that I don't recognize.
1 is this one that I do and has stolen months of my life but I still can find no relief.
17:25:56 Ref to nonnetwork object 18d624cf580# 114694: helipadempty_f.p3d Land_HelipadEmpty_F

2:
17:14:10 Error during evaluation of expression _source->AccessSourceType()->_moveVelocity

3:
17:31:53 Wrong geometry convex component mapping for person collision geometry found in a3_bdu\characters_f_bdu\uniforms\u_cs95_combat_f.p3d. Convex component number 3. not found

Any recommendations are appreciated.

[woven quail]

hey does anyone know how to fix this zeus glitch (top right)
It won't let me do anything in the create tab and also remote controlling ai is broken

[misty widget]

did you try Zeus with no mods and see if it still happends

im sure its mods causing it

but i don't use Zeus: so i'm just going off of experience

[woven quail]

I don't think its an issue with mods because I tried making a random opfor dude the zeus and that fixed it somehow

[golden nova]

#reforger_troubleshooting

[golden nova]

what does

the bug or not reading channel titles

[patent slate]

yo

why are my keybinds like this

[steady hawk]

Like what?

[patent slate]

no keybinds

its fixed now all i needed to do was to allow read and modify for my profiles folder in arma

[umbral narwhal]

First one is practically a "normal error" these days. For example you can generate it by deleting an object that was created with createVehicleLocal.

[primal compass]

That's what I've been finding. Its not as bad as it used to be, where any GMG would lag the server.

[burnt star]

⁨wreckManagerMode = 1; // Default: 0 for SP, 2 for MP wreckRemovalMinTime = 240; // seconds. Default: 10 wreckRemovalMaxTime = 880; // seconds. Default: 36000 (10 hours) minPlayerDistance = 200; // meters. Default: 0 corpseManagerMode = 2; // Default SP: 0; Default MP: 2 corpseLimit = 15; // Default: 10 corpseRemovalMinTime = 60; // seconds. Default: 10 corpseRemovalMaxTime = 240; // seconds. Default: 120 disposalCheckPeriod = 60; // seconds. Default: 5 weaponholderManagerMode = 1; // Default SP: 0; Default MP: 2 weaponholderLimit = 10; // Default: 50 weaponholderRemovalMinTime = 100; // seconds. Default: 3600 weaponholderRemovalMaxTime = 200; // seconds. Default: 36000⁩

@tall palm Limit is 15, would min distance prevent the max corpse limit from not triggering?

There is also this inside of warlords

[umbral narwhal]

That's what the docs says it does.

The minimum distance between remains and the nearest player before the remains are allowed to be removed by the remains collector. The remains closer than minimum distance to nearest player will not be removed until distance increases.

[tall palm]

ʼʼʼThe array supports override times now, format { corpsesMinDist, wrecksMinDist, weaponholdersMinDist, corpsesOverrideTime, wrecksOverrideTime, weaponholdersOverrideTime } Override times are "force-remove after" times. For example a corpse is scheduled for deletion but cannot be deleted because a player is nearby. If override time is set, the corpse will be deleted regardless of player proximity. So if for example removalMaxTime is 3600 and override time is 300, the remains will be definitely deleted within 3600 + 300 = 3900 seconds even if a player is close by.

minPlayerDistance[] = { // metres. Default: { 0, 0, 0, -1, -1, -1 }
50, 60, 70, // corpsesMinDist, wrecksMinDist, weaponholdersMinDist
300, 120, 60 // corpsesOverrideTime, wrecksOverrideTime, weaponholdersOverrideTime
};ʼʼʼ

this was requested by @tiny imp awhile ago for exactly this reason

[umbral narwhal]

I doubt that the Warlords code there applies to players.

[burnt star]

Ahh, alright thank you. It seems I didnt understand it fully. I will adjust it and it should definitely help prevent this. And yeah John, I think youre right too, nothing indicates anything about the player. Just seems to delete anything they own and any of their gorup members

[odd vortex]

Damn. Still a no go?

[high shell]

is anybody able to help me create games with my friend, yesterday and today we were able to hop on the first time and play a few hours no problem but then after the first time neither of us can play together again
we used upnp and I never had to set up any port forwarding
but it just stopped us from being able to play together and we even tried vlan and I couldnt figure out why we couldnt get in a game together

[icy rapids]

Hi you fine folks!
I've been playing modded multiplayer for a minute (30 people operations)

I've started getting this problem where when I run into someone I'll crash.

Some folks call it shoulder checking.

Any ideas why this may be? Anyone else experience this?

[jolly elbow]

i get ts with eden 2.0 mod

[trail niche]

use hamachi or radmin

[trail niche]

never heard of such issue, try verifying your files

[trail niche]

does the error prevent you to use the mod ?

[jolly dragon]

hey i got an error and i have no clue how to approach fixing it, i found the crash in event viewer but no idea what to do further

if anyone can hop on a vc with me id appreciate it

[steady hawk]

What do we do without any info about it? Just ask it in this channel

[jolly dragon]

im recreating it give me a sec

heres the actual error from arma

[steady hawk]

No it does not mean anything but "hey it's crashed"

[jolly dragon]

and this is from event viewer

im trying to access my options id press esc and itd freeze then crash

[steady hawk]

Then you must try it without any Mods

[jolly dragon]

im on an amd setup if it helps narrow it down

[jolly elbow]

It delets object init background, and because of missing texture it turns background white, but letters are also white so I can't see shit

But everything else works ok

[trail niche]

did you try to repair the mod ?

[jolly elbow]

Yes

[jolly dragon]

ok it works without mods

[trail niche]

ok, and does it happen without any other mod loaded ?

[steady hawk]

Then you know it is a Mod issue

[jolly elbow]

No, only ened 2.0 affects this

[jolly dragon]

is there an easy way to figure out which is broken

[trail niche]

I meant, if you only load Eden 2.0, doe it happen ?

[jolly elbow]

Yes

[steady hawk]

Check pinned

[trail niche]

then it's clearly this mod that has the issue
if you did repair this mod and there is no answer in the comments of the workshop page of this mod, there is nothing you can do
some mods are broken or badly made

[jolly dragon]

fair enough, thank you and sorry for wasting your time lol

[fading pulsar]

Helps if you read comments of the mod

[jolly elbow]

Oh

Thanks

[fading pulsar]

In short, mod is broken

[carmine lake]

need help for ts

im using a Debian GNU/Linux 12(Bookworm) x86_64

and I did the %command% -nolauncher thing

[trail niche]

#linux_mac_branch
also ts means (in my book) TeamSpeak

[carmine lake]

what does it do, basically?

[trail niche]

wdym ? what is "what" ?

[carmine lake]

what is teamspeak?

[trail niche]

teamspeak is a vocal communication software used with Task Force Radio, TFAR, ACRE2, widly used with Arma

[carmine lake]

alright, thank you

[pine kite]

Get the file from that "show details and prepare report" button. If you lure it before Dedmen's face he might be able to tell the reason. But that 0xC...0000.... 5 is usually some event about stuff going wrong outside of Arma 3 itself.

But yes, make sure it is also happening without mods.

[jolly dragon]

I already fixed it lol it was the camofaces mod

But ill keep it in mind for next time

[pine kite]

Yeah, don't put make-up on your face. It stings when you cry.

[azure ibex]

just don't cry then 😉

[burnt star]

A lot of us have had same experiences. I used to play with my friend years ago and it worked the first few times and then never again. I spent days setting my router etc. Did everything they said to online and it just never worked.

But, apparently most people now use external tools that emulate LAN connection or something like that, and it works all the time with less setup than adjusting your router and potentially messing something up if you are not familiar with netowrk settings

I think it is called "radmin" or something like that. But yeah, self hosting with arma 3 is very hit or miss in my personal experience amongst friends.

[golden nova]

i don't think emulation is a good description of radmin, it's just a virtual network with computers connected trogether

and we're talking radmin vpn specifically, radmin server/viewer are not for VLAN

[burnt star]

Gotcha thanks for clarifying that. I've only heard of them through friends never tried them myself so I thought it was radmin or something

I took the easy route and just rented a server lol

[umbral narwhal]

I dunno about clarifying. I'm completely confused by honger's statements :P

Radmin is used to make a virtual LAN. You can certainly consider this to be emulating a LAN.

Oh right, they have some other software now.

I guess I need to start saying "Radmin VPN" rather than "Radmin".

[burnt star]

Yeah didnt know there were 2 different tools

[stark lark]

anyone able to help me figure out what that is or what it means cant play arma

[umbral narwhal]

You're probably loading an old modset that no longer works with the current ACE.

Just unload all mods and you should be fine :P

[fading pulsar]

Those compatibility mods should no longer be used, they are part of ace now

[stark lark]

oh right not been on in ages

[stark lark]

do you know what compatible mods they are i dont need with ace

is all of the ace compatable mods all in ace as one now then?

[fading pulsar]

They are listed in that red error message

[stark lark]

ohh right thats what that is

been on their ages never took note

[fading pulsar]

For most well known mods eg cup/rhs/cdlcs you dont need any compats anymore

[stark lark]

oh right

how do i find the compatible ones i dont need to remove them

[umbral narwhal]

The ace_missile_vikhr one might be a second copy of a different version of ACE.

[stark lark]

oh wait

[umbral narwhal]

So compats may not be your only problem.

[stark lark]

ah right

all are from steam so should inly have one ACE

[fading pulsar]

Start by using only workshop ace, and repair it

Some ppl have reuploaded modified ace versions for their communities, make sure you arent running those

[stark lark]

so things like ace no medical and ace arsenal extended i wont need they should come off

[stark lark]

dont think i am had this ace since 2019 i think only installed this one

[fading pulsar]

Ace no medical you will need unless you wanna move files around

For a test, start by loading only ace/cba, see if it works well, then add those optionals, check.
Then start adding other stuff

[stark lark]

are the cup assets apart of ace

[pine kite]

CUP=CUP. ACE might have compatibility files for them though.

[high shell]

Me and my friend tried radmin and the other one that was super popular and couldn’t get it to work

[stark lark]

oh right

[high shell]

I followed vids step by step and it just didn’t work so idk if I did something wrong or it just straight up doesn’t work

[pine kite]

Whichever VPN-like software you use, it might still be blocked by your firewall. So check that Arma can receive from public networks/internet. (As even Radmin vpn doesn't have a dns path to microsoft and firewalls tend to go stealthy on that network.)

[fading pulsar]

Did one of you host, or did you join random server?

Since if it worked first time, i see no reason why it wouldnt work the second time. And then you need no vpn or radmin or hamachi

[pine kite]

The Radmin vpn network or whatever they call it might need to be set as a private network profile instead of public to avoid the firewall from going stealthy even if it is technically a LAN.

[burnt star]

I dont know man, we played fine for a week before summer two years ago and then it just totally stopped. That was my experience too. Then after that I changed the setting for UPNP port forwarding and all that noise and it never worked. Might just be an ISP thing

not we as in this guy above, speaking on my own experience

[pine kite]

Yes, ISP don't tell you when they change their network infrastructure to use carriergrade-NAT.

[umbral narwhal]

They don't tell you when they "upgrade" your router firmware either.

[fading pulsar]

Well either ISP forbade inbound trafficOR ISP changed to cgnat OR you did port forward correctly but your local IP changed cause you didnt set it to static, OR your global IP changed OR you changed your router OR you attached your PC to second router (ive dealt with last two alot in reforger, people honestly forget)

[burnt star]

Yeah it just seems to always work for a couple of days then it just stops completely. I bet its not too common to have that type of traffic anymore granted it must be using some old tech from 10+ years ago