Ah I see. So if I go on Ultra will I get better FPS? xD
#arma3_troubleshooting
gentle gust
inland holly
Likely not, once an operation has been offloaded to the GPU performance isn't going to rise.
gentle gust
Hm I see. Well the thing is I really need the second screen.. Isn't there any to get Arma 3 to alwayas select the GPU instead of the iGPU
inland holly
Honestly, I wouldn't know.
boreal loom
Thanks Wizard
round mantle
has anyone any idea why players are being randomly disconnecte with "Session Lost?" There are absolutely ZERO logs as to any reason why they got session lost.
patent prism
Hrm. I tried on Firefox, Chrome and IE, and I can't see the Login box for the Forums. Can anyone help?
sage basalt
cobalt ginkgo
It's a VGA and a 1060 doesn"t have VGA's..
buy DVI to VGA adapter
gentle gust
Already have it on my main screen.
Not going to waste 40 euros to get a HDMI to VGA.
Not my fault that Arma 3 cannot detected the gpu ..
cobalt ginkgo
its not Arma3, its you Nvidia Control Panel
under profile for Arma3 set it to your preffered gpu
gentle gust
I don't have that option
cobalt ginkgo
well I dont have Nvidia graphics so cant check that, but there used to be the option to choose on which gpu you want to run
gentle gust
Eh. Nothing works..
charred meadow
can i save map edits in the eden editor as a .sqf?
stuck canopy
xcam has a nifty feature for importing editor content, which you can then export to SQF
charred meadow
oh hey @stuck canopy fancy seeing you here
stuck canopy
👋
sand scarab
Hey guys, we're having an issue right now where a couple of people consistantly crash the server when they exit a vehicle, anyone encounter this before or know a fix?
wise barn
what mods..........?
shut dew
any one had issue where ai would switch to "hold fire mode" for not f reason ?
severe hedge
guys i hope someone can help. I have a friend with an AMD a10 CPU and offline his FPS is 70 but the moment he plays exile online it drops to 12 FPS. Any ideas on what we can try to fix it?
desert isle
So I take it he doesn't have a dedicated video card then?
gentle gust
I had that same thing happen to me . I have a 1060 so it was weird. Arma 3 was selecting my iGPU has the default GPU . No idea why it did it that.
desert isle
Did you sort it out?
frigid lance
Hi guys, my Arma wont load when i launch it from the launcher, it just gets to initialising addons and then crashes. Does anyone know what is causing this?
dm, i had to unistall processhacker if anyone else is having same problem
wise barn
out of a sudden arma crashes when i try to start a local server.
error msg:
Include file a3\functions_f\Params\paramDaytimeHour.hpp not found
i deleted functions_f.pbo and verified installation via steam to force a redownload. but this still happens, no matter if i try to start a local server via launcher or ingame.
version: stable
OS: win8.1
mods: none
rich yoke
I'm fairly certain that's caused by a mission in the mpmissions directory of your server having an error. Just to confirm that it's one of the missions at fault, try moving everything out of the servers mpmission directory
@wise barn I believe when arma3server starts it looks at the description.ext of all the mission in mpmissions directory, and for some reason it can't find that file so your game crashes. Anytime you try and include a file that it "can't see" it crashes your game/server
wise barn
i guess you are right. i deleted all traces to missions and it seems to work again. thx for the tip
fringe salmon
Is there any reason why my steam overlay would stop working in Arma 3?
Also, how can I get Arma 3 to play nicely with two monitors?
rich yoke
charred meadow
yea thanks i was doing RconPort: shouldnt have been adding the ":"
anyone know what could be causing this issue. Its happening to a coupple people trying to join my server. When you click the server to join you get taken to the loading screen. You just get stuck there nothing shows up in RTP on client or server
charred meadow
abstract hare
Hi guys, game not responding when try attach object with rope. It is normal?
restive light
Xcam can be used as client side only?
abstract hare
Sharon Hazan, yes, xcam have import to sqf file
fallen viper
any ideas what causes a rpt spam like this: http://pastebin.com/3cWwR4Ax
cobalt ginkgo
config errors in a mod of some sort that screwed up everything
fallen viper
any idea what kind of error that could be?
if I try disabling all mods one by one and each time look at the rpt...as soon as the errors are gone the mod that causes this is found, right?
cobalt ginkgo
yes that would be right to do
which mods do you use?
have anything self made?
mods that havent been updated for a long time would cause issues most of the time
cobalt ginkgo
something that should of been done long time ago
fallen viper
yeah I just found the mod...it are our custom mods
cobalt ginkgo
but this what I see in your rpt indicates an possible error in the config ... typo
if you need help with that post in #arma3_config
fallen viper
thanks
loud compass
i have an issue trying to get a certain mod (USS Nimitz, updated to apex compatibility) runnin on a dedi MP mission. If someone could direct me on where to go exactly so im not a nussiance, let me know
it seems its refrencing a pbo in the nimitz /addons folder, but thats all there
undone zodiac
HI all, antone here using TADST. Im really struggling maintaining my difficulty setting when switching missions . (#missions, TASDT 3.0)
any help would be greatly apriciated
ashen mirage
@loud compass t
Oops
Dropped my phone
In any case, it looks like the mod is not on your server and you need to run the addon to the server aswell
frail willow
Does anyone know what the "Dimensions in class <classname> should be an array of size 2." error is caused by?
faint dawn
Arma
tranquil escarp
@frail willow gonna need some more info, when does it come up?
if anything sounds like a syntax error by someone who made a mission
silver stream
I have been having constant crashes in Arma 3 lately -- could someone tell me the proper way to make crash log files and other info that might be useful for diagnosing? Perhaps there is a web page?
silver stream
(The question I just asked was answered, carry on)
remote sable
Hello guys I've been trying to join a server recently and it just keeps giving be an error message saying "You were kicked from the game." Any help?
wise barn
a modded server?
go to
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Local\Arma 3
and open the latest RPT file after you got kicked from the server with notepad. scroll through and you'll find the answer
i'm guessing something like warning: missing addon or similar
hollow nimbus
how does one disable vsync in A3 these days?
tried vsync=0; in arma3.cfg but doesnt work
note: i am running in window mdoe
tiny imp
windowed mode is automatically disabled vsync, if you in aero then must disable aero
also why would anyone need to disable vsync, you do like tearing @hollow nimbus ?
probably better to just enable tripleBuffering=1; in the arma3.cfg
hollow nimbus
its for fps test
getting max 60 limit
plus some weird 30 limit at times and at times not
spark atlas
Anyone here right now?
I've got an issue with persistence on a Linux dedicated server, Arma3, everything runs relatively smooth, but when the last player leaves the map resets, persistent is set to 1 in the config, help please?
rich yoke
Is this on 1.62? I ask because the linux and mac ports were updated today so I'm just curious if it could be a new bug with the ports
faint dawn
15:01:02 FileServerActObj::MaintainMainThread() - Called from non main thread! <- the hell is that? (Client .rpt)
Happens, when i connect on my Dedi
faint dawn
game crashes after i try to join... soooo :/ Can't ignore it
Wow...
BE Filter were the problem
I enabled to log everything for testing purpose... i think... arma doesn't like that.
modern moth
Sup, short n bitter cant use mikeros tools :(
http://i.imgur.com/xKCelda.png
All of them give similar results.. how fix?
fringe salmon
say @wet coyote three times in front of a mirror
and don't forget to sacrifice a goat
rich yoke
@modern moth make sure your tools are up to date, he updated the free version recently
rich yoke
To be safe just grab all of the exes
strange drift
@modern moth mismatch of dll version vs exe
either you still have some old dll or exe laying around, or mikero has release non working sets (which is rather unlikely as no one else complained so far)
modern moth
@strange drift was either you still have some old dll it 😉 thanks
silver stream
Vicious_Lee: General question -- Is there any obvious consensus on which OS works with fewest crashes for Arma3? Out of: Windows 10/32, 10/64, 7/32, 7/64
broken sail
Hi,
Today I launched A3 tools as usual, then I tried to install bull dozer and I get an error code
Here is what it says:
Error received from: "DoTask"
(0x50003003) The parameters source are destination are invalid.
undefined
c:\users\Robs\Documents\Arma 3 Projects
Not sure what is going on, but it it halting me from working on my projects. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I did not change anything before this error occurred and I tried a reinstall but no luck.
desert isle
Just had a look at the convo in #arma3_scripting As a throwback old habit, I perform a complete fresh install of my OS every 18 months. I have not experienced any of the issues you describe. It may or may not have any bearing on how tidy I keep my machine, but maybe it does.
.
As for OS's , for the last few iterations, I have used the 64bit version of Windows.
digital steppe
I'm not sure if this is the right place but I can't get the Barret m82 mod to work for the life of me, at least I can't get it to spawn in the virtual armory
wise barn
then you should ask the mod creator
digital steppe
The more I look into it the more I start to think it's just not meant to be
pallid comet
does anyone here know a "fix" for the sun? it's just way too blinding on altis, especially when u want to take a sunrise screenshot. thx m8s ❤
pallid comet
Wow thx for the quick Response! Will try it out later.
fringe salmon
When i start Arma 3 in full screen mode it uses my desktop resolution and not the resolution set in the game configuration., and mouse show wrong position. I need to Alt + TAB to go to desktop and then back to the game to make the screen change to the correct resolution.
echo pecan
lads
anyone know what's up with the anti-aliasing in my arma3? (everything ultra, aa is 8x)
look around the barrel/optics for what i'm talking about
broken sail
hi, I have a new issue, it says "External Viewer: Unable to create viewer" when I launch buldozer. I checked my P drive and I have
“p:\Bin\” “p:\Core\” “p:\Buldozer.exe” “p:\ PhysX3*.dll” (4 files) “p:\steam_api.dll” “p:\steam_appid.txt” "p:\Tobii.EyeX.Client.dll" I have no idea why its not working. I have followed every single step on here https://community.bi...r_configuration
rich yoke
Your link doesn't work. So you are trying to setup your P drive exclusively with Arma 3 Tools?
broken sail
rich yoke
Try running buldozer configurator again, apply the configuration, and then go to project drive management and run install buldozer again
broken sail
still no luck
rich yoke
Are you using OB or TB?
broken sail
Object Builder
And when I check use buldozer from install directory of game, go into o2, launch buldozer, O2 crashes
rich yoke
What do your settings look like in OB?
I would leave that setting off, I never got it working correctly
broken sail
ok, and which settings?
rich yoke
And what setting did you have selected in Buldozer Configurator?
broken sail
ultra for graphics, and I have this in the box : P:\buldozer.exe -buldozer -name=Buldozer -window -noLand -exThreads=0 -noLogs -noAsserts
rich yoke
In OB go to file > options and a window should pop up, mine looks like this https://gyazo.com/42f566b9dcfa4bbe06667017e650dbb6
Try changing that to Default (Ultra)
And then apply the settings again and run install buldozer. Changing it to Default (Ultra) fixed buldozer for someone else
broken sail
My settings are exactly the same, and ill try that
Still no luck
It worked the other day fine, I have no idea why its doing this
tried a fresh install too
broken sail
Yes, 107410
rich yoke
k so that's not the issue
broken sail
yes, i am lost
rich yoke
What directory are you using for your P drive?
broken sail
default
I had it on my C drive but it failed to install buldozer at all there
it crashed the installer
rich yoke
Is that C:\Users\User\Documents\Arma Projects?
As long as it isn't the same as your tools you should be fine
broken sail
C:\Users\Robs\Documents\Arma 3 Projects
In C:\Users\Robs\Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles I have a profile for buldzoer
not sure if that matters
rich yoke
Identical to the contents of your P drive?
broken sail
yes
rich yoke
I'm pretty much out of ideas 😛 here were Tom's suggestions a few months ago https://forums.bistudio.com/topic/149088-arma-3-bulldozer-o2/?p=3024020
rich yoke
I have no idea, I doubt that's the issue
My tools are installed on my C drive, my main A3 installation is on my E drive, and my Work Drive folder is on my E drive
broken sail
I just tried to run it from the buldozer.exe, and it launches, but it wont work in o2
blissful bramble
how are you launching O2? Works best if you open steam, run the tools to mount the P:\ drive then open Object Builder by clicking a .p3d or a direct shortcut to the .exe. Rather than launching Object Builder through steam
Steam has to be running though in order for Buldozer to start
broken sail
I reset my texture path to the P drive and not my A3 work file, and it works now
But my buldozer controls are different now
blissful dove
I have a problem, guys. I am kicked from the servers in game sometimes, i suppose that this problem with ping or anybody have the same? Can u help me>
What i should do?
desert isle
Are you being kicked for high ping or for other reasons?
sharp tinsel
@broken sail : u trolling? Connect to servers with low ping. If your ping goes up, check your settings on your computer. Use TCPOptimizer if you don't know how to set your gaming settings yourself. Don't share network with other people downloading pr0n or torrents. Last restort is to call your bandwidth provider and ask them to sort things out.
Last tip: don't use too much software to control your computers behaviours. Uninstall all HP software 😉
broken sail
@sharp tinsel what are you talking about
sharp tinsel
@broken sail kicked issue, just basics. If you know this, then ignore what I said.
broken sail
oh lol, wasnt looking at that
sharp tinsel
np, mate
blissful dove
@sharp tinsel thank you, thas is high ping, ill try to solve this...
bronze helm
is there anyway to read a dump file from arma 3 servers?
weak bramble
You can open it with Visual Studio
cosmic bough
I can't join friend server and friend can't join my server 😦 always says server not responding
Anyone can help me with that?
versed quail
if you are running a local server, you may need to forward the game servers port
fluid bison
Any reason in-game, even editor. If I click shit and try to run, or drive faster, etc etc.. Steam overlay pops up? Not all the time, but some times. Have tried re-installing arma and re-installing windows
cedar abyss
That usually happens after you've tabbed your game. The tab key gets sticky for some reason, and when running/driving with shift, Steam recognizes it as shift+tab.
Happens to me as well, in more games than Arma.
If that's not the cause, you might have some keyboard malfunction. Try changing the keybind for Steam overlay to something else.
cosmic bough
Anyone can help me with port forwarding?
rich yoke
For a dedicated server or your own computer? If it's the latter then it can vary depending on your router, so it's best to google something like "your router model port forwarding"
cosmic bough
Kk thx dude i'll try it out
hollow wind
Hey I have a mod question (not sure if this is the right place). My friend has downloaded mods from the Workshop, but everytime he tries to launch the game with them, it is stuck on "Waiting for Steam to update mods". Anyone had this problem before?
desert isle
The universal answer is to verify game cache, then work from there
rich yoke
^ that and try restarting steam.
desert isle
So, for the first time really, I've had a crash. Not a CTD kind of crash, but more of a "everything goes slow motion and the screen goes black" kind of crash. The first hint that something was amiss was when I exited a vehicle and it froze for a bit. This was followed by LEGO lod on the nearby vehicle, then slow motion then unrecoverable black screen.
Vanilla A3 (no mods)
No memory allocators
No perf binaries
Happened after 4 hours of gameplay.
CPU /GPU temps all within normal limits.
TS and A3/Steam were the only programs running. (No background processes like Google/Spotify running either).
I got no crash report because the program was still running, just unresponsive.
Think it may be time to try one of Dwardens Perf Binaries...
Anyone experienced anything similar?
inland holly
It sounds like the game may have dumped everything from VRAM. By slow motion, what you do mean? Did game time slow down or did your framerate drop?
desert isle
The game slowed (as if in slow motion)
jade stump
@desert isle have you increased view distance from your regular?
desert isle
No, I use default
I'll try the latest perf and see if that resolves anything. Though I can't test it for awhile (too much stuff going on atm for games)
Tbh, it could always be the new Windows 10 Anniversary update causing the issues as well.
errant arch
i got a serious issue. my game is rendering anything in. all it does is load the map in. without any of the assets like the buildings. not even my player model loads .
isnt*
errant arch
closed game verified and restarted
GPU drivers havent been updated for a while tho
everything was working yesterday but i'll update now
inland holly
Make a backup of your Arma 3 folder in Documents and then delete the original. IIRC it is something in the game config that messes it up.
severe hedge
hi please help. i keep getting kicked of exile servers. it just says you ere kicked
on the server side it gives an file error but its a different file every time
inland holly
If it gives an error where you're missing a file, you're probably missing a mod/part of a mod that is loaded on the server. Check what mods the server has loaded then download and install them.
severe hedge
it only uses two mods and I have re installed both of them 3 times and redownloaded it as well
foggy brook
anyone know why i keep on getting kicked from servers that i try to join?
im on a laptop, that might be it
latent obsidian
Can we troubleshoot a way to fix https://www.reddit.com/r/arma/comments/4yi39e/arma_3_bug_that_everyone_needs_to_know_about/?st=1Z141Z3&sh=4b0d5292?
Or better yet
Trouble shoot how to get Bohemia to fix it?
Before Arma 1.64?
versed kelp
We can't fix it lol.
desert isle
going back to my crash the other day. Seems it is related to the out of memory issue
ErrorMessage: DX11 error : CreateTexture failed : E_OUTOFMEMORY```@foggy brook check your RPT files, the answer is there
foggy brook
@wise barn what are my RPT files?
wise barn
go to
C:\Users\YOUR_USERNAME\AppData\Local\Arma 3
and open them with notepad or similar.
it is a log file of arma instances and shows you errors or warnings.
check for something like missing addon
should looke like this:
arma3_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.rpt
foggy brook
k thanks, is it a shading issue or something?
wise barn
copy / paste the latest rpt when the server didn't allow you to join on this site and post the link here
wise barn
i was refering to you getting kicked problem
foggy brook
owww
ok
yup
i seem to have fixed it, i turned my sampling down to 50% and i no longer get it
autumn canyon
so im getting this error 0xC0000005 - ACCESS_VIOLATION and so far nothing on there website has help to me. and i also got this https://imgur.com/gallery/m4vqP
system specs
8Gb ram
nvidia geforce gtx 840m```
**note**
this is a laptop and it has reached end of life and there is no more gfx card drivers updates and there was only one gfx card driver releasedAre you running vanilla Arma or are you running mods? Also, does this happen when running official Missions or usermade? The first word that pops into mind when I hear Access Violation is Exile...
autumn canyon
Vanilla just got the game no mods and im just running the campaign
desert isle
Gtx840m EOL? That card was only released 2 years ago...
I have a 740(ish)m in my laptop, 4 yrs old, and I had an update last week or so.
inland holly
Am I wrong in thinking that Nvidia has the blanket design approach to drivers? @autumn canyon Go get Geforce Experience, that should update your drivers if you don't want to go searching.
autumn canyon
Last time i did install GeForce exp it introduced system insatiably and that was on 8.1 but im not going to try it out on 10 now because i only got the restore disc from lenovo and thats on 8.1 and i wont be able to get windows 10 again
inland holly
I'm not sure that is how it works, but ok. You can restore Windows (8, 8.1 and 10) from the operating system itself btw. Download this: http://www.geforce.com/drivers/results/105853
autumn canyon
All right ill try that out tomorrow when i get the time
Thanks for all the help btw I really appreciate this
cobalt ginkgo
i only got the restore disc from lenovo and thats on 8.1 and i wont be able to get windows 10 again
how so? If you upgraded while it was offered free, you just reinstall windows 10 and it will activate autmatically no need for any keys or anything
I did that like a month ago, can confirm, upgraded from Win7
there is a driver for your GPU its not in legacy not even close
note that newer drivers arent always better, with laptops its generaly recomended to stick to OEM drivers if you dont have issues
possible solutions for your problem
http://helpdeskgeek.com/help-desk/instruction-at-referenced-memory-could-not-be-read/
but note that it just might be Arma
if you dont get this error while playing other games I would not do anything of it
first thing to check is memory, be it RAM, page file whatever
autumn canyon
ok so updated the driver and i still get that dam error
i get about a 3-4 minute play time before access violation
and i dont get this on other games
autumn canyon
when is that going to be out?
cobalt ginkgo
RC is out you can download the 1.64 RC branch off of steam and test it.
Also its not your driver, it can be number of things as I said previously. Most cases its small or even 0 page file. It happens a lot because of SSDs and some programs that come with it turn off you page file completely to extend SSDs life span. That might work for daily office needs but for gaming you would still need that page file in at least 1.5x size of you installed RAM.
Arma3Update164RC is the code to acess RC
raven badger
Anyone know what causes a circular dependancy in an addon?
uncut junco
class cfgPatches {
class A {
requiredAddons[] = {"B"};
};
class B {
requiredAddons[] = {"A"};
};
};
That's waht I would've assumed but...
{
class wc_anims
{
units[]={};
weapons[]={};
requiredVersion=0.1;
requiredAddons[]={"wc_main"};
};
};
and what does the cfgpatches of wc_main look like?
raven badger
{
class wc_main
{
units[]={};
weapons[]={};
requiredVersion=0.1;
requiredAddons[]={"A3_Weapons_F","cba_main"};
};
};
So I fixed my problem with the memory and no one can guess my fix for the game
What i did was in the game files run the arma 3 launcher and the game as a administrator
lunar halo
I'm having a player having trouble joining our server and getting a "Signature Check Timed Out" error
anyone have any experience resolving that one? I haven't been able to figure out any problems with his mod setup and he believes it's not a firewall issue
devout shore
Hey guys, I wonder if you guys can help me? I'm trying to make a pbo of the jackson county map and I keep getting this error http://puu.sh/qQQUS/fbf5cb6093.png , my output log http://pastebin.com/1nbS1SEv
upbeat kettle
Hey I'm having a " Signature Check Timed Out " error . i'm being kicked after 20 seconds of joining every server . I have no mods installed and I've reinstalled arma
upbeat kettle
Does anyone know how to fix 11:56:00 (6753 [update._fromSupply]): Network sync error - NMTReplaceContainer
cobalt ginkgo
hm by fixing your network, run some test see where the choke is
youre dropping packets, I assume wifi might be the reason or just poor upload
btw that error is generic for us mortals
toxic horizon
I have this problem on my server whn i join: kicked off by battleye public variable restriction #0 Can anyone help?
weak bramble
it means you haven't whitelisted something and the thing you're kicked for is triggered from the 1st line of publicvariable.txt
faint dawn
so many answers, when it type that line in google. =}
toxic horizon
@faint dawn Yo man i tryed so much but cant find anything
faint dawn
"kicked off by battleye public variable restriction #0" <- ? I see so many answers to that. You might need to take a look at the .log files & inform yourself about BE and its Filters, if you run your own server. Might be strange in the beginning, but later one pretty helpful. +also helps in the future, when it comes to a more secure server.
blissful dove
Guys, can u help me? I was kicked from arma 3 cause of this http://i.imgur.com/53F9iJA.png. Should i reinstall battleroyale mode?
desert isle
As I don't play BR, I can't comment on whether or not CUP_Weapons are included with it, but if it does not, I'd suggest updating it.
rich yoke
Some CUP weapons are included into BR. You could try reinstalling the mod, or verifying the integrity of Arma 3 on steam, which also checks the integrity of workshop mods after it checks Arma 3.
tiny imp
updated https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/server.cfg#Server_Security , to make it more clear what's not safe
toxic horizon
Yo this ius my problem https://gyazo.com/9083d30d92ba59fd8149251158de3152 Do anyone know how to fix it?
autumn canyon
welp im still getiing acesss violation even atfer updating to the 1.64 rc
weak bramble
I get it on my 1070, but I didn't get it on my r290x. To clear it, I tab out, tab back in and do a flush cmd
small fox
Getting weird error with Eliteness. Any help is appreciated. http://i.imgur.com/S3wNtdc.png
tulip willow
hey i just got a new mouse and now i cant seem to use mouse control in helicopters and aircraft
anyone dealt with this before?
its a corsair m65 pro btw
small fox
I fixed my Elitness error by updating from the latest installer found here: https://dev.withsix.com/projects/mikero-pbodll/files
latent obsidian
@fringe salmon "2 FPS" bug?
latent obsidian
Not on Tanoa
I've played a couple times on tanoa
Too over hyped imo
I'm using the blackfish and Xi'ans in Altis... And the apex guns
That's about it
Oh my
Sounds fun
Hmm
Any running the new pascal cards (1060/1070/1080)?
cinder pewter
i'm running a 970 card and i get the problem too
the thing is, i believe, that the game doesn't free up resources
it allocates, but it doesn't deallocate
because i've never seen the memory decrease in usage
but then again, i haven't done in depth memory analysis either
only through external things, like vm analyzers
silver stream
"tab out, tab back in and do a flush cmd" -- what is a flush command?
and if I understand this "2 fps bug" correctly, I think I had it too; framerate would drop drastically until total lock-up. I fixed mine by increasing size of swap file PLUS adding an additional swap file on 2nd hard drive
weak bramble
hold left shift and hit minus on numpad then type flush
silver stream
...or at least, after I did that, the problem stopped happening
do you mean, while in game?
weak bramble
yes
silver stream
flushes ram except for game essentials? is that what it's doing?
silver stream
excellent
do you have another link that describes this '2 FPS' bug?
oh n/m I found it in your quote at 12:33 am above
heh that 'FREEZE' cheat totally locked up my system, had to reboot
cinder pewter
i don't think you had the 2 fps bug if you could tab out and in again
often when i do that, the game crashes
silver stream
it's been a while.. i recall i could tab in and out SOMEtimes, but shortly after, the game would crash
it would often lock up my whole system as well and I'd have to force restart
it certainly fit the description of 'radical performance degradation'
cinder pewter
doubt the swapfile is going to do anything though. i have 24gb of ram and 4gb swap. in virtual memory that makes 28gb. still, arma can only adress like 3,5gb of that
because it's 32-bit
silver stream
frame rate would indeed drop to under 10 per second
cinder pewter
yes, and the models looks like lego or nintendo. and you can see the belt/vest in relatively high detail on a t-shaped figure
silver stream
as I say, I'm not sure what eventually fixed the problem, but adjusting swap file was the last thing I tried before the problem went away. Before that I had tried reinstalling, changing OS from Win 10 64 to win 10 32, Win 7 32, win 7 64, nothing worked -- then i went back to win 10 and adjusted the swap file and the problem stopped
win 10 64 that is
cinder pewter
it shouldn't be that. the game should be killed by windows if it's trying to get wonky and adress space outside it's bit limitation
obviously the game has some memory full mitigation stuff otherwise it wouldn't do the graphics degrade. but i think there is a problem with returning free memory to the stack
silver stream
I suppose I could try to reproduce bug by going back to my original swap file configuration... i'm afraid to somehow re-introduce the bug into my system though!
silver stream
btw Discord question -- on the right is a list of Owners, Veterans, etc. if there is a green button does that mean that user is online? How do I find what chan they are in?
fading sequoia
green button means they're online. most of the people are likely in all channels except the ones they've muted
silver stream
right
is there a way to find the channel in which a user most recently typed something?
fading sequoia
I don't think so
silver stream
it would be nice... like if you wanted to 'find' someone without bothering them with a msg or whatever
quiet viper
I'm trying to setup a dev branch version with the Game Updater tool but I got following error:
[08.09.2016 04:35:14] Waiting for license info...FAILED. Timed out.
[08.09.2016 04:35:14] OK
[08.09.2016 04:35:14] 0
[08.09.2016 04:35:14] End of task
is that a steam issue?
fading sequoia
have you tried to launch it directly from GameUpdater.exe ?
oh hmmm it already fails in the license info
fading sequoia
it's working for me at least
also got finally enough motivation to set-up the tools again. it was somehow very fucked up, I needed to delete the whole tools folder manually and naturally backup stuff from there
rich yoke
@quiet viper have you run Arma 3 Tools directly from steam and accepted the tools license?
quiet viper
yup
rich yoke
Is that error happening when you try and open GameUpdater, or when you try and update the game?
fading sequoia
does it say that you get logged in at least?
because that's like the last line before the game updater starts to update/download
quiet viper
Now its working
I've changed nothing just retried it..
@fading sequoia Login was fine last time... anyway now is it working 🙃
fading sequoia
I was actually reading that some people have had that same kind of a problem and just retrying enough helps
so it's likely just a steam problem. at least it happens on other apps also
quiet viper
is it possible to copy the existing data into the folder so it doesn't need to redownload everything?
fading sequoia
not really sure
you likely still need to download a lot
if you're copying stuff from main branch
quiet viper
[08.09.2016 08:04:37] Waiting for license info...OK
[08.09.2016 08:04:39] Update state (0x11) preallocating, progress: 0.00 (0 / 25506789597)
[08.09.2016 08:04:41] Update state (0x11) preallocating, progress: 87.95 (22433651673 / 25506789597)
[08.09.2016 08:04:43] Update state (0x61) downloading, progress: 0.00 (919 / 25506789597)
oookay it deleted everything that I've copied 😛
fading sequoia
well at least now it's tested 😄
fringe salmon
MY arma 3 maks my 2 screens all black i cna still here just my screens turn black toget not black gotta rest pc know how to fix ?
https://mega.nz/#!dsgXzCRa
my logs
fringe salmon
theres a key my bad
let me get it
im really mad i cant play aram cuz this hoit
!6zITY2Y6zDvxHUH37D8a41qAdJ2aWHAUM0KvUirCWLY
cobalt ginkgo
it wont start in safe mode either?
cobalt ginkgo
tried to verify integrity of the game in steam?
fringe salmon
yes i tried
cobalt ginkgo
allright try to start the Lancher with this parameter -nohwa
cobalt ginkgo
does your screen turn black when you start the launcher or the game
fringe salmon
no
im playing game in game
for a bit
having fun
adn then windwos sound
and my screens go black and i have to reset my pc for my screens to get not black
cobalt ginkgo
Im not sure I follow you there
game in game?
your screen turns black when you do what
fringe salmon
yea in game like palying blowing up shit
im just running doing whatever and then windwos wound black screens
and then i have to rest pc for my display tog et back
cobalt ginkgo
that happens when you play the game, well I dont need launcher log then but your RPT
fringe salmon
...my bad
cobalt ginkgo
fringe salmon
yea when i play the game
cobalt ginkgo
Hold Win + R > type %localappdata%\Arma3\
find the latest RPT when game crashed and upload that
its got timestamps in file names
fringe salmon
went to system 32
cobalt ginkgo
find the latest RPT when game crashed and upload that
its got timestamps in file names
after that run DXdiag and upload as txt file too
same drill Win+R and type > Dxdiag hit enter
when its done save all information button and save as text file on desktop and upload it
any problems with other games?
cobalt ginkgo
going to ask you to play without mods and see if the same happens again
try to play on official servers
you play with lots of mods some of them have serious errors
aswell as the mission you tried to play
the game crashed with exception code
fringe salmon
SO mod ?
cobalt ginkgo
so try without mods
fringe salmon
but will a mod make all screens go black
cobalt ginkgo
on official server cause those are 100% clean and setup right
black screen is due to crash
cobalt ginkgo
cobalt ginkgo
I dont think I can help any furhter if you still hve crashes after following this then file a ticket on http://feedback.bistudio.com
fringe salmon
Ok
cobalt ginkgo
if you recently updated any drivers try to rollback it may be faulty but in general follow what it says there
also delete all missions you have in Documents\Arma 3\ some might be causing issues
these are loaded every time you start the game - read by the game not run
fringe salmon
Ok
arctic dove
earlier today my friends and i were playing one of the arma 3 dynamic recon missions (front page of workshop, i was hosting), everything normal, then i restarted my game and now we can't see ourselves on the map, can't see shift-markers, can't go third person. i've changed scenarios a few times and even the ones that let us before aren't letting us do those things now
anyone know what i did to screw things up or how to fix it?
fading sequoia
umm have you checked what difficulty you guys are running?
arctic dove
changing difficulty seems to have fixed it. i haven't even gone into my settings menu in weeks...
what option under difficulty toggles the orb/circle/indicators that highlights every vehicle?
nevermind, seems to be "Visual Aid"
light lava
Hey guys I'm curious do arma 2 terrains work in arma 3?
sacred thorn
Use CUP
safe osprey
Anyone know what needs to be in the p3d to get smokelaunchers to work?
blissful bramble
nothing AFAIK
it's done via config with smokeLauncherGrenadeCount = 8; smokeLauncherVelocity = 14; smokeLauncherOnTurret = 1; smokeLauncherAngle = 120;
safe osprey
Hmm, so the thing appears in the vehicle but it doesn't actually fire them outwards?
No smoke pops up either.
blissful bramble
from what I understand they're spawned from the centre of the vehicle and either fire in the direction of the turret or the hull (depending in the 3rd parameter I quoted above) and spread out through the arc defined by the 4th parameter
might be that they have no velocity on the vehicle you're firing them from
safe osprey
Aha, do those parameters have to be on the vehicle class or the turret class?
blissful bramble
vehicle class
safe osprey
Ah. Well, I've got those parameters the same way you put them in chat, they're on the vehicle class. I don't know what I'm doing wrong :/
blissful bramble
Is the centre of mass of the vehicle above the ground in the Geometry LOD?
also maybe make sure you don't have autocenter=1 set in the named propeties
since that can create some funny behaviour on vehicles, even though the opposite happens when you don't include it on weapons
safe osprey
CoM is above the ground and there's not autocenter=1.
I must be making a really stupid mistake somewhere.
blissful bramble
unsure of what else it might be. AFAIK the above is how the smoke countermeasures work once the vehicle has the smoke weapon and magazine and it's only the flare/chaff effects for aircraft that require mem points
distant bane
can you check in ingame config browser what eventhandlers your vehicles has?
- is it tank, boat or car?
countermeasures are broken for cars & boats on 1.62
fringe salmon
yo bro u know how to fix when all scresn go black in game and u gotta rest pc
strange drift
fix pc
fringe salmon
thats not helping
thats a ass move come on i have a 970 and i74790k and 16gb ram im fine
desert isle
How long are you playing the game before this happens? Hours?
fading sequoia
any overclocking? heat issues? driver issue? what windows? so many questions to ask first
desert isle
I wonder if it's not the memory leak issue.
fringe salmon
no over clooking anything everything up to date and im playinng i load up to misson getting ready then windwos noice screens go black
play for like 5 mins
fading sequoia
I don't believe it's the memory leak issue
fringe salmon
what can it be
gpu ?
just black screens outta no where not in laucher
just in aram game
fading sequoia
do you loose your sound?
fading sequoia
so it's likly something in GPU
fading sequoia
maybe there could be some other program causing the conflict or it's just a driver issue
desert isle
Yeah, not memory leak after 5 min
fading sequoia
usually if the problem is in CPU the whole system freezes and you can't hear or do anything
fading sequoia
I'd first try to uninstall you GPU drivers with this http://www.guru3d.com/files-get/display-driver-uninstaller-download,20.html
and then test with these drivers http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/98558/en-us
oh wait what is your operatiing system?
fading sequoia
no it won't die
fringe salmon
K so ima do that thing
fading sequoia
ok then the links are good
fading sequoia
yes just run it
fading sequoia
ah run the Display Driver Uninstaller.exe if you've already extracted
fading sequoia
ah sorry yeah just put the path you like. forget that the program needs to be installed first
fringe salmon
run display unisnntal right
fading sequoia
yep
fading sequoia
safe mode is recommended if I remember right. at least I do it
fading sequoia
it will guide you
fringe salmon
fading sequoia
that's normal just in case something goes wrong
fading sequoia
after you've uninstalled the drivers, install the 361.91 drivers I linked
fringe salmon
k
downlaodinggggggg
pc loosk liek aids
just 1 screen my other 2 are not there
lol
fading sequoia
yeah the resolution is something like 480p
fading sequoia
old
fading sequoia
ok
fading sequoia
because there might be some problem with the new ones
if the problem is still there with the old drivers then the issue is somewhere else
and you can go to newer drivers
fringe salmon
ok
its installing
ok
now do i play aram
and see of crash
or do i install soemthing else
fading sequoia
nah just try to play again
fading sequoia
keep those
fringe salmon
k
fading sequoia
at least for now
if they work, you can try to get back in the newer drivers and if the new drivers don't work, at least you know what drivers to use
fading sequoia
you might have to set up resoltuion again
fringe salmon
IT WORKS
i played like 15 mins
no crash
man tahnk u alot if i do get proble again ill hit u up man tahx alot
fading sequoia
hopefully it works
fringe salmon
^^ yea
fading sequoia
back when I bought my GTX 970, the next drivers after I had installed caused horrible fps, BSOD and overall instability. after that I never trust to download new drivers until I'm very sure they actually work
fringe salmon
@fading sequoia Well it looks like it didnt fix same problem
fading sequoia
@fringe salmon
Btw have you tried to run the game in windowed mode?
That could be a workaround for a while
You should list all programs and overlays you've running if there's some program causing conflict.
You should also try underclock the 970. It likely has some factor overclocking and the hardware doesn't work right.
That would mean the 970 itself has some issues then if underclocking works. You can try to RMA it then.
fringe salmon
@fading sequoia never overclocked it
@fading sequoia and window moded still crashes
quiet viper
@fringe salmon What monitor resolution do you have? 1080p or 1440p?
fringe salmon
1080P
fading sequoia
so it doesn't happen in any other game or you just don't play them as much?
fading sequoia
what GTX 970 you've? even if you haven't overclocked it, it likely has some factory overclock
have you tried something like heaven benchmark?
also give good read of the two topics I linked. there has been multiple people with the same problem you've in some other games/benchmarks
there are just so many reasons that you need to try things one by one
fringe salmon
Ok
i have a windforce 970
yep i think it is factorty oc
idk if is that one or not over clocker one
fringe salmon
rip
stable thunder
your gpu still crashing?
stable thunder
did you play any other games than arma for a long time?
stable thunder
well then i would doubt it is a hardware issue, it must be a driver problem or something arma specific. did you try using a different driver version (slightly newer/older) and verifying your arma 3 game files in steam?
fringe salmon
yes i did
did all those
fiorst time i play
after i reinstall driver
i play for 4 hours arma
then i play again next day
tblack scren
stable thunder
did someone take a look at your logfiles?
fringe salmon
no
stable thunder
you know where to find them ?
fringe salmon
yea
stable thunder
so i found this in his RPT:
Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 1000100D
graphics: D3D11, Device: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
resolution: 1920x1080x32
Mods: A3;curator;kart;heli;mark;expansion;dlcbundle
Extensions:
Distribution: 0
Version 1.62.137494
Fault time: 2016/09/12 20:42:58
Fault address: 1000100D 01:0000000D C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\dll\tbb4malloc_bi.dll
guess there might be an issue with the malloc rather than his GPU
told him to try some of the alternative mallocs since luckily thats something a user can actually swap. no idea if it will help
fading sequoia
I haven't got any memory related crash in this build. I wonder if it's because I'm using tbbmalloc (fred's malloc)
Or is it just certain gamemodes doing it
stable thunder
no issues here ... AMD R9 390 :3
fringe salmon
@fading sequoia can i have freds maaloc ?
cobalt ginkgo
You keep getting generic error which is tied to memory in a way. I told you before to try to play without mods on official server and see what happens.
As I have seen above you have reverted the gpu driver back which is good, so now we know its not the driver causing this.
I also linked you with an article with a step by step what to do with your memory and system in general
fringe salmon
Are you using arma perf builds?
cobalt ginkgo
and told you if that DOES NOT HELP post a ticket on http://feedback.bistudio.com
including crash logs and dumps
if you did nothing of those sorry but stop wasting our time
late jungle
Hey Guys, Im new to the Disocrd and my Eglish isn't really the best. But i really need Help after trying and trying to Fix the A3 Error that my Memory could not be Read, I'm dying out of Ideas How to fix it. Hope u can help me. PN me pls.
cobalt ginkgo
http://feedback.bistudio.com/
https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files
nothing we can do the best way is to send crash files to BI so they can inspect it
crystal elm
what can be wrong, when im packing pbo its just stacked on Binarizing process. If im uncheck Binarize box, it packing ok but then game crashing when im trying to spawn object from pbo?
late jungle
Hey Guys, Im new to the Disocrd and my Eglish isn't really the best. But i really need Help after trying and trying to Fix the A3 Error that my Memory could not be Read, I'm dying out of Ideas How to fix it. Hope u can help me. PN me pls.
lyric shard
@late jungle Can you post the exact text of the error?
late jungle
sure give me a sec
I#ll start the game in 5 minutes it should be here
The stuipid thing is the text of the error is in german
but if you want to i translate it as good as i can
The Instruction in 0x00000000 refers to memory 0x00000000 the Process written could not be performed in memory. @lyric shard
fringe salmon
uh, you don't have your page file disabled on the off chance do you
late jungle
@fringe salmon how do I get a look on that ?
fringe salmon
Just look it up, it's not terribly difficult
I'm sure you could even find a guide in German, even
late jungle
well it is now disabled
late jungle
copy that
faint dawn
*quickly in german:
Sinngemäß übersetzt:
uh, you don't have your page file disabled on the off chance do you
->
Du hast nicht zufällig deine Pagefile ausgeschalten?
fringe salmon
Ah, I wish I had the time to learn a new language. German seems so neat.
faint dawn
Don't.
fringe salmon
Why not?
faint dawn
Just, don't.
fringe salmon
That's not an answer.
faint dawn
It is.
fringe salmon
It's not a valid one.
fringe salmon
Anyways, back to work~
stable thunder
@fringe salmon While in most countries people will adore you if you even make an attempt of speaking their language and feel complimented, germans hate if you speak their language inproperly. Also germans are often eager to show of their english skills. So most germans feel uncomfortable if you speak broken german to them and would rather compliment you by speaking your language or english. I feel the same way, whenever someone approaches me in bad german trying to show off i stare at the floor and i'm like "yeah uhm ok nice german mate CAN WE NOW TALK ENGLISH PLEASE".
silver stream
@Vauun remember you're learning a language (or anything else) to please YOURSELF, not the jcd's of the world -- if he doesn't like it, that's his problem, not yours. I learned French and it was a struggle of many years but the rewards have been immense, over my lifetime. A lot of pleasure and a lot of pain, but that's life
fringe salmon
Absolutely, but you should also observe and be considerate of other cultures, especially if it's a widely believed social norm. Regardless, this isn't the chat for that. 😛
stable thunder
French people are amazing about their language
You will encounter intelligent, educated french people who don't even know or care what "yes" and "no" means in english.
french people online widely ignore any english at all even if they could understand some fragments. It is amazing to observe.
If you want to do anything with french people, speaking their language for the most part is mandatory. Also french people like to chat a lot without a goal in mind, just for the sake of argument. Even if you just speak bad french they will happily converse with you for hours.
also i would argue french is an easier language to learn than german.
cobalt ginkgo
I would advise Frenchies to not try to do that in Finland 😄
faint dawn
also i would argue french is an easier language to learn than german.
agree.
stable thunder
my finnish is excellent. VITTU SAATANA PERKELE.
faint dawn
Gesundheit.
slow abyss
3 so versatile Finnish words you could have a full conversation with those alone
fringe salmon
I know 'perkele' from playing modded Men of War Assault Squad 2 😛
ripe plank
Hey guys, not sure if this is the right place, but hey. We've just put up a new map for our exile server, but for some reason every time we load a player in, theyre on debug island. We've got many experienced people in our community, we've put out several maps over several years and never had this issue, we've tried everything, disconnected the database, restructured files, everything. Any ideas? I realise I havent provided much evidence to go on, but thats because their really isnt any...
Exile Potato on united sarahni I might add
ripe plank
Also, found this just now Warning Message: Script exile_server\bootstrap\fn_preInit.sqf not found
21:26:18 Warning Message: Script exile_server\bootstrap\fn_postInit.sqf not found
stable thunder
@ripe plank get a good editor for SQFs, like POSEIDON (armaholic has it)
then select "find in files" select your whole mission folder, and search for "fn_preInit.sqf"
you will likely find a like which says "execVM" or "include" and then this script name
look if the path is correct, in case of linux server make sure upper/lower case is identical.
and of course you should actually check if these files exist in the folders your server is looking for them
do you get a lot of these not found erros?
Looks to me like you maybe didn't install the exile mod itself properly
exile needs a mission and a mod working together i think (never used it)
oh also, new map? is that just any map or something specifically advertised as an exile mission map ?
because i think the latter is a requirement.
ripe plank
Ill admit, im asking on behalf of the development team thats currently stumped, im not really that clued up. But it would appear that its an issue that the server hasnt loaded @exile, since we repo'd it ourselves, it seems to be struggling to load it
And we've ran several maps which havent been officially compatible
stable thunder
well a server RPT logfile would be most useful then to see why the server can't load exile
also get trump for your dev team.
fringe salmon
Your team messed up repacking the exile_server pbo. You are best off to ask for help on exile forums etc
ripe plank
Thank you to you both
We basically do have trump on our dev team
He says hes using a batch file for auto repacking, hes wondering if thats the issue? http://www.exilemod.com/topic/666-dedicated-server-package/ he also mentioned hes using a very slightly modified version of it, which doesnt make it much easier
stable thunder
I'm not very educated in the topic, but i unpack pbos with pbo manager, and i re-pack my missions with the export function of eden. the resulting pbos work fine and i had zero issues. this might not be the most efficient workflow .....
ripe plank
We have about 5 guys with different workflows and ideologies, ofcourse the simplest is eden, but try telling them that
stable thunder
also you should send your mr. trump here. i have a "make america great again" hat i can wear, also this is probably the best place in the world to get help with issues like this (except maybe stuff deeply related to exile internals)
molten pier
Hello
molten pier
.>
stable thunder
wears his "make america great again" hat
molten pier
Why am I trump?
molten pier
.>
stable thunder
CAN'T STUMP THE TRUMP
molten pier
to reiterate the issues we have been having
players cannot load in past the debug player spawn phase
The pbo gets compiled properly
I've checked that multiple times
stable thunder
disclaimer: i haven't ever touched exile and i'm for the most part guessing on how it works. but have you confirmed in the server rpt log that the server successfully loads the exile mod? or, maybe, did exile work properly with another mission so you're confident the exile mod isn't the issue? so then the issue is created by changing the mission pbo. narrow it down, you know.
molten pier
yes, exile does load
Mission pbo is not the issue
its freaking weird
brb gonna check something
stable thunder
well if you put in an "original" pbo and it works, and then again your pbo and it doesn't, then yeah the issue is probably hinged on your pbo (in one way or another)
are you running a windows or a linux server
???
ripe plank
windows
stable thunder
ah, good. that saves you a lot of headaches.
ripe plank
Im far too plebian for linux
stable thunder
its just that the linux dedicated server exec doesn't seem to get a lot of love from BIS
ripe plank
I think I hate arma now
stable thunder
Welcome to the club, you'll receive your membership card withhin 3 workdays.
ripe plank
apparently theres nothing in RPT
stable thunder
well it is quite pointless to come here for help, and then do all the diagnosis yourself claiming ;^3
ripe plank
Well I dont really know whats going on, Im just going off of what jmaster was saying, everything ive googled has come up with it being the server not connecting with exile, but he swears it is
stable thunder
can't hurt to toss an RPT in here for others to look at.
stable thunder
well whats the problem? still the same?
tiny imp
old stable, i would sugget try latest #perf_prof_branch (v19)
ripe plank
Problem persists, still the same
Oh lord its dwarden himself, will pass that message on, thank you
tiny imp
depends on point of view, MAIN branch stable binary is out of date compared to 'experimental' out of bound PROFILING branch performance binaries 😃
especially considering it's been 2 months since 1.62 release and we're already on 19th release of perf which was yesterday
and because profiling branch is multiplayer compatible with main branch (usually) then you have choice 😉 wait for next stable or try , in worst case you will produce some nice crashes for us to fix 😉
stable thunder
@hard kelp i can't see anything particularly helpful in that rpt.
stable thunder
yeah, even if it doesn't fix your current issue, there is still a chance profiling will at least give you another issue to worry about! win-win situation.
molten pier
clients load in as the exileplayerslot
then have controls locked
then are kicked >.>
stable thunder
checked a client log for clues?
molten pier
....
stable thunder
goes shut up
stable thunder
tbh i'm quite sure its the mission file and thats, let me guess, the only thing you've messed with. been there, done that.
stable thunder
well yes, you have even more rpt spam than i do from mods, and we run 15.
it can be ignored for the most part.
molten pier
yep
ripe plank
Well all this crap worked for tanoa
stable thunder
so what did you do, copy it all over to another map?
molten pier
kind of
someone edited the missionfile
and changed it over
We had this problem
so I did a fresh reinstall of exile
still have the problem
one of the only things I can think of that didn't change between the reinstalls is the mission file
TBH i've been avoiding editing it because I didn't want to upset anyone
lol
welp time to gut it!
ripe plank
Upset everyone fuck it
ripe plank
(theory)
latent obsidian
Rip forums?
If i click "Log in" on the top right
it pops up with the login "frame" popup to login, but it just says
{"success":false,"code":403}
fleet canyon
Anyone else expierencing a zeus bug where a zeus slot is not working after you have to reconnect for some reason? The zeus interface does not open anymore as if you do not have access to gamemaster once you reconnect.
jade stump
Did anyone encounter markers disappearing in free camera mode when using ED spectator?
i can see them with 3rd person camera mode
but in free camera they just dissapear
EG spectator that is
fringe salmon
That's an issue with Arma 3 that nobody's been able to figure out AFAIK.
We have the same issue.
royal prawn
After the recent update which implemented Arma Apex, I am experiencing terrible framerates. I also am kicked from public servers which I join shortly after loading in. If anyone has had the same issue and knows how to resolve it, advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
plz help
fringe hamlet
@Rad Shiba#6599, have you tried "Verify Integrity of Game Cache"? - https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=2037-QEUH-3335
If Arma 3 is installed on a mechanical hard drive, have you tried defragmenting it?
@royal prawn
silver stream
@Rad Shiba also look at your windows swap file settings, let Windows manage it and even try putting an additional swap file on the drive where your Arma resides, if it isn't C:
I had the terrible frame rate problem and that's how I solved it, but I have heard of almost nobody else who used this solution
so it may not work I'm sorry to say.
cinder pewter
@tiny imp i finished a 3+ hour game of not getting the 3 fps thing now. i don't know if it was luck or my changing of a setting. i switched output and input quality in windows to 44100hz (cd quality) and then i neither got crash nor 3 fps issue
i'm running on stable channel
before i had dvd quality which i believe is 48000hz or so
albeit i did have frame degradation, but that's probably some minor memleak
rigid linden
Arma3 Terrain Builder keep crashing every 5min after start...
I check the integrity of files from Steam, and everything was correct.
rigid linden
2016-09-18 19:19:14,487 [INFO]: Unable to retrieve all process info: Referencia a objeto no establecida como instancia de un objeto.
2016-09-18 19:19:14,488 [INFO]: en System.Diagnostics.ProcessModule.ToString()
en Launcher.runInternal.StartProcess(String fileName, String workingDirectory, String arguments)
@tiny imp nevermind. got it to crash in 2,5hrs now
loud wadi
is this trouble shooting for known mods aswell?
if so, I have a problem with the new version of ACE3 and haven't found a solution yet - the Ammo Counter in my Interface is gone and the option to turn it on doesn't work and just says "Cannot modify a forced User Interface element". Anyone had that problem and got it fixed?
valid lynx
@loud wadi Don't know if this is the right place for it, or if you got it figured out, but that feature is by design. http://ace3mod.com/wiki/feature/reload.html
Also if this isn't the right place for this, would someone let me know somewhere that is? (On this discord)
cobalt ginkgo
Cannot modify a forced User Interface element
thats forced by the server if I am not mistaken
also this is not for the mod support
loud wadi
Well yes, it is a feature...but they give you the option to turn it off, and that doesn't work. Thanks though I'll try to get in touch with one of the devs
cobalt ginkgo
@loud wadi I told you that it might be forced by the server
if you played around with it locally and it was forced then it might be a bug
loud wadi
it can't be forced by the server because it happens in singleplayer
patent flint
should it be possible, that playMusic (including the Zeus Modul Play Music) not working? I was try to place it, but it plays no Sound also the Zeus Modul don't stay like the Zeus Play Sound Module.
hard remnant
Hey all, I play events with a group and today our server had hard desync after an hour of play (so much so that we all hard froze and had to do a server restart). Following the restart we managed a further 30 minutes of play to meet the same issue. This happened last tuesday aswell but we put it down to the mission/template we used (Which doesnt look to be the case). I've checked the server logs and we have network XXXX is pending being spammed. I've done some googling but many of the same issues still remain open and i'm not very good with servers and how arma works server related so thought i'd ask here and hope that someone knows of a fix or can help me with creating a set procedure to tackle this. Especially since its not something that happens if a few of us play on the server only when we have our events making it hard to replicate40 people tonight - below is a sample from the logs : Server: Network message 22e61 is pending
Server: Network message 22e98 is pending
Server: Network message 22e9c is pending
<sorry if this is posted in the wrong place>
cobalt ginkgo
optmize your server configuration
unfortunately nobody can give you exact values for your server, it depends on many factors
its achieved trough trial and error...
more help in #server_admins
hard remnant
@cobalt ginkgo Thank you
fringe hamlet
@fringe salmon, we're going to need a lot more information.
- What were you doing before and when it occurred?
- Can you reproduce the issue?
- Are any mods being run?
- Upload RPT files? https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files#Arma_3
fringe hamlet
Sounds like bringing a machete to open heart surgery.
Overkill. Unnecessary.
fading sequoia
Check from the Event Viewer what it says when the screen goes black. I've to say that you need to put some effort to solve the issue and make the ticket in the feedback tracker. Remember to mention everything you already have done try to fix the issue.
stable thunder
@fringe hamlet
jcd - 14.09.2016
so i found this in his RPT:
Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 1000100D
graphics: D3D11, Device: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
resolution: 1920x1080x32
Mods: A3;curator;kart;heli;mark;expansion;dlcbundle
Extensions:
Distribution: 0
Version 1.62.137494
Fault time: 2016/09/12 20:42:58
Fault address: 1000100D 01:0000000D C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\dll\tbb4malloc_bi.dll
guess there might be an issue with the malloc rather than his GPU
told him to try some of the alternative mallocs since luckily thats something a user can actually swap. no idea if it will help
stable thunder
@fringe salmon it says in the RPT you're still using the standard malloc
Allocator: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\dll\tbb4malloc_bi.dll
@fringe salmon did you check your hardware for errors?
maybe try this memtest tool to check your ram for errors.
stable thunder
well this tool is widely used by overclockers to determine if the gpu is still working properly after overclocking it
it should definately not break your gpu.
it merely utilizes all the calculation ressources your gpu has
cursive vessel
why?
@fringe salmon there was something on about using the high burn in test and not using it
cursive vessel
Furmark is more of a heat test but can be dangerous if left too long and there are no games that will stress the gpu in that way, furmark doesn't test for instability or artifacting but in a sense if it fails then that means it was unstable.
OCCT is good because you can walk away from it and it will count the artifacts for you. Valley/3dMark you have to sit there and watch it loop, after twenty minutes or so I cant tell if its lights flickering, or artifacts I am staring at.
stable thunder
both the 970 gpu and furmark are widely popular, i haven't heard of any problems so far. having something more advanced counting artifacts would be good.
but i was more looking to have furmark (or more) crash due to faulty GPU or driver maybe.
since he's coming here for over a week now with the same unsolved problem taking a look at some hardware testing might be in order.
cursive vessel
so, GPU issues?
In order, i would say:
1: clean driver install. Use any driver remover tool to strip everything regarding drivers.
2: Uninstall any overclocking software like MSI afterburner, clean it.
3: Clean install. Get the latest signed driver.
3a: if you run multi monitor, just run one for testing purposes.
4: Install a testing programme. I.e Futuremark, OCCT, etc. No furmark.
5: When in doubt, get a card to borrow to see if it's system issues (i.e PSU failures on the 12A rail).
6: If 5 works, your system/board is fine, it it isn't, check the PSU first,
6a: If your card does the same in a different setup, the card is faulty.
stable thunder
@cursive vessel so far the RPT files he posted had access code violations that i googled, and i found that in the past there has been a malloc problem with similar errors, so i told him to try a different malloc (since, simply put, one can do that)
i haven't seen anything specifically pointing to a gpu problem yet
i posted the interesting part of that RPT he once send me a bit up in this channel.
fringe salmon
so what do i do like
i gotta go to school guys
maybe ya can do more reserch when im at school
ill be back and i guees we can fix this together 👌 😀
fleet canyon
I am having a problem with Zeus:
When Zeus is a JIP player or if you crash and have to reconnect etc. sometimes (most of the time) zeus module did not work anymore and you could not access the zeus mode
This basically renders my unit unable to continue playing a zeus mission effectively. once zeus has to reconnect for some reason
I have heard that there is a fix, can someone assist?
fringe salmon
@tiny imp The 1.64 update made vehicles spawning in and store bought vehicles move very very slowly. Any Ideas? It's affecting 100's of players right now https://github.com/A3Wasteland/ArmA3_Wasteland.Altis/issues/439
latent obsidian
@fringe salmon Do you have any idea if it's affecting Altis Life?
fringe salmon
@latent obsidian No I don't. Im still trouble shooting. Its only affecting wheeled vehicles too, tanks, boats, and air is fine. Very strange
latent obsidian
Alright
desert isle
Torndeco may have some info on the issue.
lone prairie
Tornedco is sat in TS with me at the moment and we have no idea at the moment
rich yoke
So what's the issue, wheeled vehicles are going very slowly?
lone prairie
yes or they don't move at all
fringe salmon
Is it affecting exile?
lone prairie
don't know as yet awaiting the normal patch first
actually sorry, no reports of vehicle issues like this
timid seal
Hello I have downloaded the new patch/update which is 5.6gb's about 28 times and counting, via Steam. At the end of it downloading 5.6gb's it comes up with Update Cancelled however I haven't cancelled it at all. I've restarted my computer, defragged, verified files, uninstalled game, reinstalled, reverified, and several other things to no avail. Can someone please assist me. Thanks
rich yoke
Do you have plenty of disk space? Probably wouldn't hurt to try running steam as admin as well
timid seal
I've got 22gb spare on my SSD and an additional drive with 1tb of space free.
stable thunder
@fringe salmon yo
timid seal
Anyone got any ideas to help?
desert isle
What AV are you running?
MacAffee by any chance?
@timid seal
Its been known to cause an update loop
dark crater
I downloaded the new update and now whenever I launch the game the launcher doesn't open, instead it runs in the background as seen in task manager. I've restarted steam and my PC and still can't get it to run. Any help?
timid seal
@desert isle Should I uninstall my AV software?
rich yoke
@dark crater try verifying the integrity of game cache.
dark crater
@rich yoke Tried that, it didnt help
rich yoke
How are you trying to start Arma?
dark crater
Through steam, although the problem is still there if i luanch the launcher through its .exe
I can run arma by directly running Arma3.exe but anything connected to the launcher wont open
- it opens in the background
rich yoke
Wouldn't hurt to go through the list of things here https://arma3.com/launcher/troubleshooting
If none of those resolve it then hopefully @fringe salmon can point you in the right direction when he is in the office tomorrow
signal dirge
Hello,
Maybe someone can help shed some light on this issue we are experiencing. Okay, here goes: Essentially MP server "freezes" for a second whenever an AI unit is killed. It is almost like a frame stutter, but everyone in the server can "feel" whenever things are dying. Anyone have any idea on what could cause this?
rich yoke
Perhaps some intensive scripts being run from killed event handlers.
signal dirge
I ran an RPT on the server and tested with people... if that is of some help. Maybe someone else can interpret it better than I can.. outside of the usual mountain of no Entry errors, it looks pretty normal to me
Here is the log if anyone wants to give this a go!
https://mega.nz/#!Ixk3EIZB!bsAGqulU3avwQndURY1TJ8mHA1Z11xMUMEe4Kfr8dLw
@rich yoke How would we even tell what scripts could be running on killed event handlers?
rich yoke
What kind of mission do you run? Some would be easier than others to look through for what event handlers are being used
signal dirge
ACE3 & ALiVE COOP missions with main server and 5 headless clients
never had an issue before, started about a week ago
rich yoke
Could it have started after the recent ACE update?
signal dirge
It could be, although I have pretty much removed all the new stuff they added looking for an issue
rich yoke
Yeah it's tough to say, but I'm off to bed. Hopefully someone will come along with some more ideas, and it wouldn't hurt to try and strip it down pretty barebones to see if you can narrow it down to just being an issue with ACE, ALiVE, or something else. Then you could report it to them with an example scenario to make their life easier. That may be hard to do though if it only happens with a populated server.
desert isle
@timid seal maybe pause it while you download the update?
cursive vessel
@fringe salmon yeah, did you do a clean driver sweep to rule out any software issues, and then if gpu is still funky, do a swap with a spare?
ripe plank
Hey. Im having an issue with a package I put together, at current its two items, a mine and a grenade, made the grenade first, bunged it in and I found I couldnt see it in the bottom right ammo counter (the same way grenades sometimes glitch), this then ultimately fixed itself without my changing anything, but when I updated the package to add the landmine, the same problem occurs for the grenade, is there anything I can do about it? is it a known bug or what?
fringe salmon
@cursive vessel a spare ....
cursive vessel
yes, borrow one, get a cheap one, something...
fringe salmon
....im only 14