#arma3_troubleshooting

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uncut trellis
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google probably knows

crimson basin
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ok thank you

gritty crypt
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@crimson basin when it loads up and blackscreens or gets to BI logo, after a couple minutes, just hit the "Escape" key, and you should be fine. It will escape to the main menu.

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When I launch with RHS it does the same thing to me.

uncut trellis
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also checking out what it says in the RPT log could get some insight into it

crimson basin
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what's the rpt?

uncut trellis
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armas log file

crimson basin
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thank you

wise barn
crimson basin
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can someone review the nest log? just for a sec

uncut trellis
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if you drop it to pastebin

crimson basin
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won't work

wise barn
uncut trellis
wise barn
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NINJAED!!! 😄

crimson basin
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thank you for whoever looks through it

wise barn
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nothing out of the ordinary inside the RPT

crimson basin
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ok thank you

wise barn
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what OS are you using?

crimson basin
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just for he record the games freezes after it tries to load the addons

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the newest?

wise barn
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win7/8/8.1/10?

crimson basin
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10

uncut trellis
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addons?`

crimson basin
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windows 10

wise barn
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usb headset?

crimson basin
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no aux headset

wise barn
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ok, one common error ruled out

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what addons loading do you mean?

crimson basin
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when the game loads in the start before it enters full window it freezes when it says ut is trying to load the addons for the game

uncut trellis
crimson basin
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yes that thing

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it freezes there and stays freezed

uncut trellis
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feels like some sort of file corruption

crimson basin
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but i have reinstalled arma two times

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could it still be a corrupt file?

wise barn
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could be anything tbh

crimson basin
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i'll try to find a corrupt file for now

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is it possible to play without that addons file?

uncut trellis
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addons in this case should be just the Armas own files I think

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since you dont run any mods

crimson basin
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Yeah

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I have no idea of what is going on so I will be calling steam techsupport or something like that tomorrow

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Thanks for the help tho

uncut trellis
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unfortunate that there seems to be no indication what it is

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you could try changing to dev branch

fringe salmon
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@crimson basin try delete cache file

crimson basin
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Ok I'll try

wise haven
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Anyone able to shed some light on this error?

22:19:27 Unexpected message data from 28936579: message struct NetworkMessageMsgVSimpleCommand, item fakeCmd
22:19:27 Before (0x00000000): 0d e5 50 00 4f 02 f8 18 02 92 1c 0a
22:19:27 Current (0x0000000c): fa```
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From a x64 server running 1.88 stable and quite a few mods

quaint jewel
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🤔 Arma shouldn't tell you the name of the network packets... Something with AI commands.
You need a BI dev for that. Open a bug report on the #arma3_feedback_tracker
But if you can't reliably reproduce that you don't really have to bother.

fallow hollow
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hi there! ive been playing this game for a couple days now and i really love it! but...i logged on yesterday and i play king of hill most of the time and my account was reset from like 30 something to lv1...all my guns i bought...my money just gone...is there a way for admins to give me back my account to where it was? id hate to start from scratch.

placid token
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@fallow hollow No cross-posting. #rules.

fallow hollow
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sorry!, just trying to see why my account is rest to zero ;/

tropic yarrow
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Are you using the offical launcher?

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Did you install it via steam and launched it through steam?

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Is windows blocking write access from apps to documents?

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Right, launch the game

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The profiles will then be generated

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Go to parameters, then advanced. See your the profiles launch option? Is that ticked?

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hmm.

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Tick it then set the path to your docs

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Three dots will open file browser

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There are no wrong places

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if no profiles exist in that path, then it will generate them

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there should be a button to open the file browser next to the text field next to the profiles parameters.

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What exactly are you trying to do in the profiles folder?

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Yes, there are. You just don't know wherr.

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Arma 3 is the folder name for default profiles

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user created profiles are "Arma 3 - Other Profiles"

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That shouldn't need checking at all

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there is an underlying issue

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Ok

empty lava
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Hey guys, I am currently using filebank to pack pbo's automatically on my server, ever since I used filebank or makepbo to pack my server side addons the rpt logs that the post and pre init scripts for the addons cannot be found, is this a known issue with filebank/makepbo and how can I get around it?

quaint jewel
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sounds like you are missing the pboprefix

empty lava
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@quaint jewel Thanks a bunch! I switched back to makepbo and added the pboprefix.txt to all of my addons with the respective filename and boom, it worked!

kind gorge
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Hey anyone know y arma 3 crashes on startup when joining servers

fringe salmon
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On startup or when joining servers?

kind gorge
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@fringe salmon As soon as join server thru launcher it crash

fringe salmon
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Are you using mods?
Have you tried connecting through the game browser instead of launcher?

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Creating new profile and try with that

kind gorge
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Yes tried both

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It is happening with every server

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Using mods, for invade + annex etc

fringe salmon
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Does it crash without mods?

kind gorge
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No

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Just tested prologue

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No crashing

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@fringe salmon Ok nevermind it crashed

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Reinstalled, moved it to my SSD, verified game files, changed graphic drivers, what else do I try?

fringe salmon
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new profile?

kind gorge
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What does that do

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@fringe salmon

quaint jewel
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reset all settings, in case any of them cause issues

fringe salmon
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this ^^^

kind gorge
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I reinstalled the entire game tho

fringe salmon
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means nothing

kind gorge
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What settings should I reset

fringe salmon
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profile stays when you reinstall

kind gorge
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Does new profile mean new settings then?

fringe salmon
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default settings

kind gorge
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Ok

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I'm creating a new guy

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Is that right?

fringe salmon
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thats it

kind gorge
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ok

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@fringe salmon I tried it aagain in prologue and it crashed

fringe salmon
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what does .rpt say

narrow nimbus
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I had the same issue a while back. Hold one

kind gorge
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I really hope this can be fixed I've been trying to play with my friend for hours and hours

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Ok thanks I'll try

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There is no files with PhysX3 in Arma 3 folder

narrow nimbus
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Help might be too old

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let me check my files again

kind gorge
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Ok ;/

fringe salmon
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they are all in dll folder

kind gorge
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Which?

narrow nimbus
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Program Files \ Steam \ steamapps \ common \ Arma 3 \ Dll \ 64

kind gorge
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oh Ok found it thanks

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@narrow nimbus Didn't work 😢

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Got into the helicopter and it started to fly away then the game froze and crashed

wise barn
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Win10 and USB headset?

void grove
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2019/02/01, 20:42:13 Ref to nonnetwork object 12009685600# 1075409: steel_plate_s_f.p3d

does this mean anything or is it useless spam

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its getting spammed 3x per second

narrow nimbus
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@kind gorge Did you find a resolve?

otherwise will you mind sharing your PC specs and A3 report?

fringe salmon
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Hello

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i get at most 15 fps on servers regardless of settings

placid token
wise barn
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@fringe salmon
This is as helpful as going to the doc and telling “it hurts............“
More info please

brave hawk
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@fringe salmon you most likely do not have ports opened, check the wiki for ports. 2302, 2303, 2304 iirc, and Steam port too

mighty pier
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and rcon....

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and be

fringe salmon
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I use UPNP

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the server itself launches fine

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just doesn’t get past the mission selection screen

wise barn
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Have you checked your server rpt file?

fringe salmon
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I’ll double check everything again

light haven
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ok longest ten minute wait of my life up, so: I'm trying to edit the full map version of Warlords on Altis so that logged in admins can use the debug console so my friends and I can screw around with artillery and what have you

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I've enabled the console by editing the mission in the eden editor and uploaded it to the mpmission folder on armahosts, but it's not actually showing up in the selection menu

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it shows up when i try to host locally though

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i'm guessing because it needs some required files other than the .sqm?

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ah hang on, looks like i forgot to define the map in the mission folder's name...

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just now it doesnt let me change mission parameters in the lobby

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and it's ending the mission if i die...

fringe salmon
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Hello...I have a weird issue

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I have no idea what is causing it. I've disabled RHS because the RHS Mi-28 has it on the hud but the error still occurs

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(please @ any replies please)

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Also, in multiplayer, the issue only occurs when 2 or more players join my server

kind gorge
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@narrow nimbus I fixed it by just reinstalling steam onto my SSD

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It was a problem with steam

cinder igloo
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had an odd problem in the last 24 hours loading any eden editor mission with the “play in multiplayer” button drops my FPS to around 2

uncut trellis
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got mods?

quaint jewel
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Sounds like 3fps bug ^^
Got a -maxMem or any other special start parameters?

cinder igloo
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Yeah the weird part is it only started happening in the last 24 hours and I checked to see if any of the mods updated but it looks like no. I ran steams verify files. And ran a repair on all major mods I was using.

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Also no

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and it seems like it’s not happening to anyone else in my group I play with

uncut trellis
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did you try without mods?

cinder igloo
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Yeah same result

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I tried deleting my profile and making a new one as well

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I have 8gb of ram but I have a amd cpu and I’ve read bad things about that

uncut trellis
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silly question maybe but have you restarted in the past 24hours?

quaint jewel
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3fps bug happens when Arma is out of memory. Either memory limiting startparameter or just not enough memory free, or Some mod is allocating WAY too much memory

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64bit Arma?

cinder igloo
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Yeah

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It may be a ram issue on my end I had a gameplay session interrupted by a huge memory leak that led to a blue screen

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But I haven’t had any problems since it started in the last 24 hours

dire phoenix
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Hi, I'm having an issue with joining a dedicated server. When I search for the dedicated server in direct connect, it doesn't seem to appear. Also, other people are able to join bar me.

chrome current
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Are you searching by IP or domain name?

dire phoenix
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IP

chrome current
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If you have steam friends already connected, try joining off them

bright kraken
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Hi, Need help figuring out a problem. All roles on our server disappear when we host a local MPmission. I can host the same .pbo locally when I have added the zeus module, but when hosting it on a dedicated server, all roles disappear. Any suggestions?

cinder igloo
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Definitely sounds like content mismatch

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make sure you are only running mods the server has on it

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or make sure the units are “playable” in editor

bright kraken
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Ok, we have tried that a couple different ways. We are trying to run TRGM2 with a modded zeus (we want the logged in admin to have the possibility to become zeus). After trying this for a couple days, we have run out of options.

I cannot see anything out of the ordinary on the latest .rpt (after trying to join the server, or on the actual server). What is it I'm looking for?

cinder igloo
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So you know the name of the mission on the server?

bright kraken
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Ok, so I found this

String STR_FFAA_CASA_BASE not found
Warning Message: You cannot play/edit this mission; it is dependent on downloadable content that has been 
cinder igloo
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yes

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That’s what you either need to add to the server or remove from the mission

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Looks like the ffaa mod

bright kraken
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Found something else aswell:

21:54:56 Missing addons detected:
21:54:56   jsrs_soundmod_weapons
21:54:56 Warning Message: You cannot play/edit this mission; it is dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted.jsrs_soundmod_weapons
21:54:56 Mission TRGM2_0_31_LythRepo.lythium: Missing 'description.ext::Header'

What we believe now is that since we have edited the pack with the jsrs_soundmod_weapons loaded, the server thinks it is a requirement aswell. We are trying without said mod as we speak.

cinder igloo
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Yeah generally if a mod was used in a mission that isn’t on the server even if it’s client side only sometimes it breaks a mission

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When I’m going in to make a mission I usually only turn on mods that absolutely have to be on otherwise it tends to break

bright kraken
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Fair. Thanks!

narrow nimbus
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@cinder igloo never use -parameters in steam launch commands. Many forums will tell you to do so but it WILL break arma. If you have to run parameters do so in the launcher itself but careful what you select.

frank apex
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Has the method of signing mods changed since the 1.88 hotfix? No matter how I sign a mod the server never recognizes it and just kicks me out with a session lost message.

quaint jewel
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since 1.88 no. But in 1.86 yes

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But old and new signatures should both work

frank apex
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I've tried signing my mod multiple times and each time always ends up with a session lost screen when joining my server. Not even a "Files are not signed by a key accepted by this server" message.

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The server console states the correct message but the player never gets it.

quaint jewel
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"the correct message" is ?

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not signed? Did you check with the dssigntools whether the signatures are correct? it has a check tool

frank apex
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Signtools returns "no error"

frank apex
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It would appear that simply asking for help has somehow solved the issue.

cinder igloo
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@narrow nimbus I dont use any launch commands

tropic granite
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hello my friend starts arma 3 launcher from steam, but when he presses play the game opens as a background process hidden away and doesnt actually start the game

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help asap would be appreciated

quaint jewel
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tried restarting steam?

tropic granite
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yes

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any more help? weve tried lots of stuff but not starting

quaint jewel
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check RPT maybe. But dunno if it already creates one at that stage

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verify files in steam

cinder igloo
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I’m throwing out ideas here but what if you throw on some launch options that force it into a lower resolution windowed mode

tropic granite
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we tried almost everything

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verified game files, tried starting in windowed etc

cinder igloo
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With mods or without?

tropic granite
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without

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brand new install of the game

cinder igloo
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checked drivers?

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If it’s a brand new install of the game with no mods probably check to make sure graphical drivers are updated

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or did you try launching it in 32bit mode?

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Could always try that

quaint jewel
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try deleting cache.ch in Arma directory. Make sure game process is not running when you do that

tropic granite
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ok ill see

uncut trellis
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What happens if you run the Arma 3. Exe or arma3_64bit.exe straight from the installation folder?

tropic granite
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same thing

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launches in background

tropic granite
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thanks updating drivers did it

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this fuckin sosig didnt bother updating them in months

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no wonder it didnt work

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ran into another problem

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hes got that black loading screen on startup

fringe salmon
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would someone have a solution?

void grove
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@fringe salmon one of the missions you downloaded from steam has in include ithe Description.exe look in your arma 3 profile or other profiles for the mission that has it and delete it .

fringe salmon
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Create new soldier, this should make new clean missions storage directory

thick oak
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Hello, I just encountered 2 problems that are driving me crazy... my scroll wheel options looks like if its not towards the far upper left corner like it should be. Its a little left of the middle of the screen...the rest of the game looks fine...but the scroll wheel action is off... Im a pilot in Arma, so when I get inside helicopters, I open my navigations GPS on the right side of my screen which is also off towards the middle right almost in the middle of the screen... i've already tried going through different resolutions and screen sizes on the menu and got nothing. I also tried going to layouts and moving them, unfortunately the mini map and sling load sensors cannot be moved or sized.

quaint jewel
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huh? The scroll wheel menu is on the left and vertically centered by default.

thick oak
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Yes

quaint jewel
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Or do you literally mean in the middle of the screen?

thick oak
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I will show screenshot

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Basically just a bit to the left of middle

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That navigation mini map should be on the bottom right and my scroll wheel is off lol i got on today and i was like wtf

quaint jewel
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uhhh...... Interesting...
But afaik the minimap should definitely be moveable in the layout editor. Same for the scroll menu

thick oak
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I tried everything...have no clue why its like that

quaint jewel
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Is there a reset button in the layout editor? Maybe try that if it exists

thick oak
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Well its weird....cuz i tried that but apparently that mini map is not accesible thru the layout editor

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Tried that also...resetting and auto detecting...nothing

quaint jewel
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Next idea would be creating a new profile ingame. The layout settings are stored in your profile variables

thick oak
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Now that u say that... I had deleted my old profile that was "Normal" to update the name and it resulted in making a new profile....lost my milsim unit loadouts and everything. And thats when I noticed this issue today. I tried messing with different screen options and sizes in the game settings to see if I could at least "stretch it" back to where its supposed to be and had no luck

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So you suggest to make a new profile to see if settings to back to default n go from there?

quaint jewel
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Yeah I guess. Don't know what caused that weirdness though

thick oak
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Well I do appreciate any feedback I'll advise if I fix the issue.

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Thank u

fringe salmon
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I deleted all my missions in my profile/game folder and it worked
Thank you very much @void grove @fringe salmon

surreal wind
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I'm looking for someone who can help me with a custom warlords file that dose not want to work. I've got help from someone who is familiar with custom warlords to create these files but there is something likely small that refuses to work

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PM if you can help, it would be much appreciated

light haven
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what kind of issues are you getting?

surreal wind
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Something about the cost of units,

dense rampart
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Hey, new to arma config and this is probably a really newbie question but I couldn't find anything on google that was useful. I'm trying to host my first Altis Life server and get this error. I've removed -autoInit from my batch and it worked, but I do kinda need it so if anyone knows the fix I'd love a hand.

dense rampart
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All good, nevermind 😄

feral totem
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tfar suddenly turned Russian a few days ago and I don't know why. Does anyone how I can change that again or what causes this?
https://imgur.com/a/1qDQOAg

quaint jewel
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🤔

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everything else is still english?

feral totem
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yup

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only that mod

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since its in Russian the f3 framework also doesn't recognize it anymore

fringe salmon
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you downloaded some dodgy mod that modified it?

feral totem
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Nope running it form my our repo. Hasn't changed for over a year

surreal kernel
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Try ACRE2 mod for radio

feral totem
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I don't want to change my mod i just wanna know why it is the way it is

stoic bay
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Alrighty mod problem/arma problem here

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So whenever I (only me no one else in server has been affected) get in a air vehicle

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It will instantly begin self damaging through ground clipping

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I have tried soft logging

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and even restarting my pc

uncut trellis
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what mods you use? does it happen without mods?

stoic bay
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Haven't tried offline

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It's probably a one time thing

keen sable
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hey

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the "import" option for importing a mod list is greyed out for me

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unloading all the mods doesn't do anything, importing a mod list from the "More" tab only subscribes to mods in an html mod list file, instead of importing them

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any solutions? restarting the launcher doesn't do anything

placid token
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@keen sable Context beyond an Import button would be nice, considering I'm looking at an entirely different import button.

keen sable
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there's two import buttons, one under "More" where you can export mod lists and import them, then the second import button is under "presets" at the top right

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in that screenshot, it's the second import button within the preset menu

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the difference is, the "More" import button just seems to subscribe to mods in an html file, not load them

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whereas the second import button under "Presets" loads mods directly from an HTML file, as if it were just a normal preset

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which I can't do, since it's greyed out, so I can only subscribe to mods from an exported HTML file and not create that file as a preset

placid token
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Well, I can confirm it's also greyed out for me. It may be worth checking if a ticket has been made in the #arma3_feedback_tracker website.

keen sable
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hmm

placid token
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Yes. You'll want to take this to one of the #server channels.

frosty crypt
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ty

strange drift
minor rose
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Hello It's gonna be an all day project trying to get Arma 3 up and running but I'm up for the challenge and gonna document the steps I took to help other soldiers

feral totem
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What errors did you encounter that led to you needing to get ARMA3 back up and running?

minor rose
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Ok it's fully installed and I see a screen that says Arma 3 apex

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@feral totem so it just hangs

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What I mentioned above

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Could it be Win 10,?

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I'm looking to go back to Win 8.1....u can't rule out Win 10

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(Oxc000099a) app was unable to start correctly is error ....now I'm bounced back to Dashboard

uncut trellis
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what are your computer specs?

minor rose
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Exit code: 0xC000009A - status_insufficient _Resources

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I7 3770, ssd, gtx 1070, 12 gb ram

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My Mobo is 2015

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Memory allocators short amount?

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Earth calling HorribleGoat...do you copy over

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?

uncut trellis
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should be able to run it

minor rose
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Error reads," insufficient resources"

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I will go into task manager and turn off resource hogs

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Do you copy....over

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It's safe to assume that Win 10 is the problem since that OS is resource hungry

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My Arms 3 dashboard is frozen... can't minimize

uncut trellis
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win 10 should run it fine

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perhaps your drivers are not up to date

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is it internal SSD or external SSD

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maybe it does not like the installation location

tropic yarrow
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Could be a bad memory stick

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run a memtest

uncut trellis
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true whats the ram configuration since you got 12gb

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3x4gb?

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all same kind of sticks?

minor rose
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Not the same kinds

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I'm gonna uninstall Chrome and a lot of other crap

uncut trellis
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if you dont have them running they dont take recourses

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except space

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if you have disk space that should not be an issue either

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it could be something in your hardware is messed up or incompatible with win10

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like the ram sticks

minor rose
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My hard drive where I installed Arma 3 if you see the properties was colored red ...I had 95 % filled space so I did some house cleaning

minor rose
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It's a damn shame cause I freed up space and still

quaint jewel
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are you launching with battleye? try without

minor rose
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Yes I will try....I was thinking about if I was missing certain Win 10 files

light haven
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so i have a unit connected to a GM module to act as zeus in a warlords map, but after leaving the server due to a game crash, it no longer acts as zeus

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do i need to set up some persistent thing, or?

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hang on think i found a fix

solar kite
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so we've got a guy on the ARMAnet Discord, whenever he tries to join servers gets no error message but the Red Chain, he's tried with the firewall on and off. Buckfast and myself thought that it sounded like a BattleEye ban but he's extremely vague on if or what BattleEye problems he's had before.

uncut trellis
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if he does not give the info you need to debug you cant do anything about it

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if hes dodgy, maybe there is a reason

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like cracked game or something

solar kite
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Yeah, I think we will just leave him If he's just being a dick and wasting time.

uncut trellis
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helping people is a very good thing but people also have to make effort to take that help and help themselves

desert isle
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Exactly. Its a two way street.

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( I probably wouldn't call them a D*ck though (even if I really wanted to))

solar kite
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I mean I don't have a problem helping him, he's just using so much attitude when we are going out of our way to lend him a hand

desert isle
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As my Mrs says, "manners cost nothing". If they are unwilling, then don't help them.

fringe salmon
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server issue has fixed itself

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most likely my ISP

ionic flame
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Hi guys, having an issue with battleeye not starting, meaning I can't get on my server. Windows pops up with a permissions message but all files have the required permissions. Have unsintalled and reinstalled battle eye to no avail, and the obligatory steam validation. Any fixes?

quaint jewel
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what permission message

ionic flame
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"windows cannot access the specified device path or file" then points to am arma x64 file. Everything I seem to read online points to permissions and/or battleeye

quaint jewel
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antivirus maybe?

ionic flame
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Already have

strong steeple
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For ~5 minutes disable AV, reinstall BE and start the game

proper talon
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I was on arma 3 and i joined a game of zeus and i got on an AI and then i come up with a white screen

strong steeple
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can you make it a bit more vague?

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or do you want a list of the million-and-one reason that happened?

fringe salmon
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Hello new to Arma 3 here, I am experiencing an odd audio bug when driving vehicles across roads even with no mods.

I get a popping sound in the left channel of my headphones when driving every few seconds. Doesn't seem to happen with tanks, or any other kinds of vehicles. Very jarring and annoying over prolonged periods. Any thoughts?

Testing I have found it doesn't seem to occur on all kinds of roads or off-road. Haven't tested enough to 100% confirm just yet.

uncut trellis
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USB headset and Windows 10?

fringe salmon
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No.

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DAC/Amp through USB

uncut trellis
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No idea what that is but if it uses USB, is audio related and runs on win 10 it can have problems with Arma3

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Usually it has been USB headsets though

glass nebula
quaint jewel
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@glass nebula #rules no crossposting

glass nebula
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Sorry!

vapid flume
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Hi, not sure if right channel but I have problem with lovely seagulls. From few months when someone lost connection/arma crash and he is trying to join back he always spawn as seagull even if slot is alive, when he choose slot with Ai switched off(some additional slots) he spawns without problem. We are playing on dedicated server, mods: ace, CBA, RHS, cup, niarms. Anyone encounter this past few months?

sly estuary
quaint jewel
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@sly estuary asus sonic radar

fickle dome
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Well, hello there everyone.
Recently i decided to get into Map making, and i thought id try to make a map for Arma, ive set up the p drive, bulldozer, terrain files , all the fancy stuff, everything works except for a single important thing.
Once im in Terrain editor and i want to import some dePBO'd objects in, they either A) appear textureless B) dont appear at all C) only the little arrow appears.
ive been looking for someone with the same issue yet i didnt find anyone except my friend who wanted to help me out with making the map (although for him, it suddenly started to work out of the bloom one day)
any ideas of what could be the issue?

uncut trellis
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@fickle dome did you setup tools and P drive according to PMC wiki guides?

fickle dome
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yes indeed, i did it before following a 7part guide yet that turned bad too

uncut trellis
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And did you unpack the data with arma3p

fickle dome
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yep

uncut trellis
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Youtube tutorials are all quite bad

fickle dome
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yeah i realised that later on, yet even the PMC wiki didnt help me out much

uncut trellis
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Are you talking about Arma objects from the p:\a3

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Or from some mod?

fickle dome
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both, tried A3 files first, just some basic houses, Terrain builder wont show em, object builder says theyre binarized, Mod files crash object builder, once shown up textureless in terrain editor

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never since

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heck, ive gotten so desperate that ive managed to watch 4 series of Futurama when i was out of ideas

uncut trellis
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Just to make sure

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You have a lot of folders in the p:\A3

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And not another A3

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A3\A3\stuff

fickle dome
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i do

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theres bin, core, dta, languagecore and scripts

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and A3

uncut trellis
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Yes that's as it should be

fickle dome
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then inside the A3 theres all the PBO stuff in folders, as it should

uncut trellis
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Where do you have saved your terrain project?

fickle dome
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on the P drive

uncut trellis
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As it should be.

fickle dome
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followed the PMC tutorial

uncut trellis
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The terrain loads to buldozer without any other hiccups?

fickle dome
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flawlessly

uncut trellis
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It should be running from A3 exe if you check the settings

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In TB

fickle dome
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G:\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\buldozer_x64.exe - like that or from the A3 exe itself?

uncut trellis
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From the A3 64bit exe

fickle dome
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oof, aight il try that

uncut trellis
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Arma3p should set that up for you but perhaps it did not

fickle dome
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id guess

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il see what happens once my map loads up

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umm, still nothing, still no texture/object, just an arrow above :/

uncut trellis
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It's possible it's underground

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Check it's height on the properties panel in TB

fickle dome
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all zero, il try moving it up

uncut trellis
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Absolute or relative is 0?

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Height that is

fickle dome
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gotta launch bulldozer again, gimme 2 min

uncut trellis
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Did you place them in TB?

fickle dome
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in bulldozer

uncut trellis
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Is your p: drive on a external drive?

fickle dome
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nope, hard drive, 500gig one aswell to fit everything

uncut trellis
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And could you check one of the objects in OB by placing it as proxy

fickle dome
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btw rising it didnt work

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placing it as proxy? how do i do that

uncut trellis
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Let's see if I remember which menu it was

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I'm on mobile so don't have access to it right now

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Iiits maybe the third top menu from left

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Just open OB so it starts empty

fickle dome
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OB says its binarized and it cant open it

uncut trellis
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No just open OB

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Not any p3d

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So it's empty

fickle dome
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oh got it

uncut trellis
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Binarized p3ds can't be opened but they can be viewed and used as proxies

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Then run buldozer in OB

fickle dome
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ah! OB cant open bulldozer for some reason

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oh got it, lets see what it'l show

uncut trellis
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You may need to move back in it

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Also I got to head out. So let's call in reinforcements. @frigid gorge could you escort the fellow terrainer to #arma3_terrain and see if you can help him out

fickle dome
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well, buldozer wont seem to launch from OB, it loads actual arma and gets stuck in an infinite loading loop

uncut trellis
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Humm something in your setup is not. Right.

fickle dome
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figures, yet what is... i guess il redo the whole process again... for the 3rd time this year lol

frigid gorge
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Maybe missing P:\ in the options or whatever it is, so doesn't know where to look for data 😕

uncut trellis
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Could be

frigid gorge
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@fickle dome In TB go to tools > preferences, do you have anything for data directory or is it blank?

fickle dome
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nope, in 2 directories ive got P:\ , but thats it

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everything is full

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both data directories are set to P:\

frigid gorge
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thats ok

fickle dome
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well, few months ago i tried this method, now ive tried the a3p one

frigid gorge
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ok, just checking.
Me and HG once helped someone then about 6 hours later they said they used arma tools and got mixed up 😄

fickle dome
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this thing is quite complex, for absolutely no reason, heck who thought its a good idea to leave the tools like that ? 😄 how do the devs even work with this...

frigid gorge
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lol

fickle dome
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i was legit hoping they would fix the tools with the DayZ release (as they promised)
yet nothing changed... maybe the tools are a bit more stable but thats it

frigid gorge
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pretty sure dayz map making is in a worse condition then arma

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TB is the same, but roads you have to do like arma 2 way

desert isle
frigid gorge
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👋

vapid flume
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Posting again
Hi, not sure if right channel but I have problem with lovely seagulls. From few months when someone lost connection/arma crash and he is trying to join back he always spawn as seagull even if slot is alive, when he choose slot with Ai switched off(some additional slots) he spawns without problem. We are playing on dedicated server, mods: ace, CBA, RHS, cup, niarms(image below). Anyone encounter this problem past few months?
in server logs i found this (time of reconnecting)
21:30:49 Loading movesType CfgMovesBird
21:30:49 Creating action map cache
21:30:49 MovesType CfgMovesBird load time 23 ms
21:31:20 Client: Remote object 19:0 not found
21:31:22 No speaker given for 'Kyle Thomson'

when other player tried to rejoin
21:32:28 Client: Remote object 20:0 not found
21:32:32 No speaker given for 'Ethan Hill'

Any idea what mod can cause this or how to fix it?
mods: https://i.imgur.com/LAz9HQc.jpg

fringe salmon
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@vapid flume maybe the server has run out of groups, you could only have 288 per side at the same time

quaint jewel
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@fringe salmon try recording the same with my profiler with instruction and engine profiling enabled.

vapid flume
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@fringe salmon i just count groups. 75 with stuff i spawned as zeus ~80 (all sides, if i understand correctly) with players side as blufor which had only 1 group

minor rose
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Getting Arma3 to run on Win 10 is a nightmare and I wonder if a lot of members here deciding to install it on a Win 8.1 rig

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Does Steam automatically install those Win 10 files?

desert isle
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Explain nightmare. I've never had an issue installing it on W10.

wise barn
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@minor rose
I decided to stick with 8.1 for arma, and i got a lot of other gear that doesn't play well with 10

quaint jewel
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same

minor rose
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If I have Win 7 should I go out and buy Win 8.1?

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As for my nightmare it hangs and I see the brown screen then it bounces back to launcher

fringe salmon
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I have Win 7 and never had problems, why do you not like Win 7?

blissful bramble
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I had no problems with A3 on Win10 until the October update. But had all kinds of memory-related freezes, lower frame rates and more aggressive mip-mapping since then

desert isle
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I do a fresh install every 6-12 months

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

silent sluice
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Hello, is this the right place to ask about mods? just a slight problem with the TFAR mod.

desert isle
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@quaint jewel

blissful bramble
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fresh install of windows or Arma?

quaint jewel
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If you no tell what problem is then me no help you

fringe salmon
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I use the same windows install for years and years.

desert isle
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That's not exactly a smart idea.

fringe salmon
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@fringe salmon you should update to 2019 dog

wise barn
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i still got a 3.11 copy around. you just need a floppy drive, that's all

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sorry... worthless without DOS. i'll hand you a disk as well

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kids: what is he talking about...???

desert isle
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Ski Free

minor rose
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@fringe salmon I love Win 7....was just unsure about Win 8.1 being bettee

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Wait, Win 10 update....I have a feeling this is the culprit cause the error message mentioned low resource

fringe salmon
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@fringe salmon 2019 dog? What is that?

minor rose
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Finally, problem was an old nvidia gtx 1070 driver. Up and Running

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weapons are awesome and not slow like CSGO

fringe salmon
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the current year

silent sluice
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TFAR problem is the stereo settings. SW only works in left speaker regardless of what is done with the settings.

quaint jewel
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which version of TFAR @silent sluice

silent sluice
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i'll find out

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version 1.0.304

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oh also, right speaker doesnt work when its set to just right ear...or sometimes comes through both ears.

quaint jewel
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TFAR changelog from 306:
Fixed radio stereo setting not working

silent sluice
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so i need to update?

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just that simple?

quaint jewel
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yeah

silent sluice
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christ alive......blame my unit commander.
thanks anyway.

bright apex
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Dont know if theres a fix to it but in sniper scopes trees only render on the lower bit of the scopes and the upper half uses lowpoly texture. Is there a way to have every texture being rendered in the scope?

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same tree just aiming lsightly higher / lower

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super annyoning and immersion killing

pastel sleet
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i have this on a server ( with our map running) and its twisting my nerves and canceling my rpt files diet. 16:50:53 Duplicate magazine SmokeShellBlue detected (id 2:10000102) in slots SmokeShellBlueMuzzle and SmokeShellBlueMuzzle 16:50:53 Duplicate magazine SmokeShell detected (id 2:10000101) in slots SmokeShellMuzzle and SmokeShellMuzzle 16:50:53 Duplicate magazine SmokeShellBlue detected (id 2:10000102) in slots SmokeShellBlueMuzzle and SmokeShellBlueMuzzle 16:50:53 Duplicate magazine SmokeShell detected (id 2:10000101) in slots SmokeShellMuzzle and SmokeShellMuzzle 16:50:53 Duplicate magazine SmokeShellBlue detected (id 2:10000102) in slots SmokeShellBlueMuzzle and SmokeShellBlueMuzzle 16:50:53 Duplicate magazine SmokeShell detected (id 2:10000101) in slots SmokeShellMuzzle and SmokeShellMuzzle 16:50:53 Duplicate magazine SmokeShellBlue detected (id 2:10000102) in slots SmokeShellBlueMuzzle and SmokeShellBlueMuzzle 16:50:53 Duplicate magazine SmokeShell detected (id 2:10000101) in slots SmokeShellMuzzle and SmokeShellMuzzle 16:50:53 Duplicate magazine SmokeShellBlue detected (id 2:10000102) in slots SmokeShellBlueMuzzle and SmokeShellBlueMuzzlewhere do i search for this?i believe its a config thing,no?

blissful bramble
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yes, in the magazines[] array of those weapons

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someone's probably made an addon that += appends them to the smokeshell muzzles, even though they are already in the original array

pastel sleet
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thanks so far,will continue my search with that info included^^

glass nebula
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We have dedicated server, and problem with 1 mission - it wont start. Where we can find some kind server logs to find what cause troubles with mission?

quaint jewel
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depends on linux or windows

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you wanna check out the RPT

glass nebula
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it is linux

quaint jewel
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RPT is written to console output

glass nebula
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I never deal with linux before. trying to google where is console and rpt)

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If the mission on server wont start - players will have error logs on RPT on their PC to, or logs will be only on server rpt?

quaint jewel
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only server usually

glass nebula
quaint jewel
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What version of Arma are you using?

glass nebula
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last

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windows

quaint jewel
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the server is missing Arma pbo's

glass nebula
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which one

quaint jewel
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tanks dlc

glass nebula
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Em

quaint jewel
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I have seen same error before. Back then that guy was running a old cracked version of the game from before the DLC came out

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Try verifying/redownloading the server files

glass nebula
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😃 ok thx.

brave sage
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anyone ever have a issue with game crashes when entering vehicles?

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got a friend with the issue and its something i have never seen

fringe salmon
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Ran into a recent bug where I am unable to see myseld, allies or enemies on the map when opening it. The issue started occuring when I downloaded the CSA mod and ran the Marenice terrain.

At first I thought it was just the mod, or maybe IFA3 but disabling both of those and running the game vanilla didn't solve the issue. Completely reinstalling the game doesn't seem to fix this either. Any thoughts or help?

wise barn
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@brave sage
Win10 and USB Headset?

brave sage
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@wise barn i believe hes using both yes

wise barn
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either use analogue headset / audio source, or revert to win8.1

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win10 is f**king hard with their BS updates

tropic yarrow
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Why is it that your friend is asking? He may be able to give more info if anything

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Win 10 before Creators Update was the most stable in my opinion

wise barn
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some have no problems, but almost 100% of error reports in relation to sound issues are from win10 users

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Win 10 before Creators Update was the most stable in my opinion

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so true man

tropic yarrow
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True, but things like drivers could also be at fault.

wise barn
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the funny thing is, it's ONLY win 10 users...
i can't remember a case where updating drivers (GPU, audio, chipsets, whatever) fixed the audio output / CTD issues

fringe salmon
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After looking further would it be possible to edit or delete map files in the Arma directory and reinstall/verify cache to fix this?

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If after uninstalling and reinstalling I still have the same issue of not being able to see my position I can only assume there is either something wrong with my game files or I unknowingly changed a setting that makes me my allies, and enemies invisible on the map.

wise barn
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did you change the difficulty settings? put them back to low(er)

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double check that

fringe salmon
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No before and after installing CSA I did not, I already scrolled through the gameplay difficulty settings but I will fiddle around with that some more to see if anything happens.

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I never touched any of my difficulty settings but perhaps something weird happened with them and my solution is that simple.

wise barn
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sometimes the solution is exactly what you thought it is not because it would be too easy 😄

civic coral
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Hey guys I need some help with my command line for dedicated server

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my new commandline with mods is not working

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could anybody take a look?

quaint jewel
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noone can look if you don't show anyone anything ^^
Should have just posted the command line directly

civic coral
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All of my mods in the server line are appearing as false

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apart from DLC mods

uncut trellis
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does it work without mods?

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also you have not yet posted your command line

quaint jewel
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"appearing as false" what?

civic coral
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i cant post images

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but thats the stuff im getting

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it works with the vanilla command line

uncut trellis
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you still have not pasted what are you trying to use

civic coral
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-client -connect=-ip=151.80.99.167 -port=2332 -noPause -noSound -exThreads=7 "-cfg=A3DS\basic.cfg" -ranking="" -par="" "-config=A3DS\server.cfg" "-profiles=A3DS" "-servermod=" "-mod=@3CB BAF Equipment;@3CB BAF Equipment (ACRE compatibility);@3CB BAF Units;@3CB BAF Vehicles;@3CB BAF Vehicles (RHS reskins);@3CB BAF Vehicles (Servicing extension);@3CB BAF Weapons;@5 RIFLES Unoffical Additional Modpack;@5RIFLES Custom Chinook;@ace;@ACE 3 Extension (Animations and Actions);@ACE Compat - RHS United States Armed Forces;@ACEX;@Achilles;@ACRE2;@ADV - ACE CPR;@ALiVE;@Armed Forces-UK VIRTUS BODY ARMOUR V1.61;@CBA_A3;@CLA CLAFGHAN;@Community Factions Project (CFP);@CUP Terrains - Maps;@CUP Units;@CUP Vehicles;@CUP Weapons;@CUP_Terrains_Core;@Explosive_ordnance_disposal_suite _burnes15th_edit;@JSRS SOUNDMOD;@JSRS SOUNDMOD - CUP VEHICLES MOD SOUND SUPPORT;@JSRS SOUNDMOD - CUP WEAPONS MOD SOUND SUPPORT;@JSRS SOUNDMOD - RHS USAF Mod Pack Sound Support;@KAT - Advanced Medical;@Kunduz Afghanistan - Fixed Doors;@Lifter Mod;@PR F.A.T.A - A2;@RHSUSAF;@ShackTac User Interface Lite;@Suppress;@Walkers A2 Vehicles" -malloc=system -enableHT -world=empty -disableServerThread -autoinit -maxMem=6144

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sorry

latent falcon
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My game says the public servers dont allow filepatching how do i disable this i dont remember how and why i turned it on

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can some one help

fringe salmon
strong steeple
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ArmA 3 Launcher -> Parameters -> Enable Filepatching. Make sure it's unticked.

inland horizon
#

hello i'm having problem joining a specific server but someone else is able to join can you help me please?

quaint jewel
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@civic coral them saying "false" is correct. Looks like all mods are loading properly. What is your problem again?
Also you are not starting a dedicated server. You are starting a client.
your -connect option is invalid.
-noPause doesn't make sense
-noSound doesn't make sense
-exThreads don't use that, the engine knows better than you do
-ranking that parameter is nonsense if you set it to empty
-par that parameter is nonsense if you set it to empty
-servermod that parameter is nonsense if you set it to empty
-enableHT don't use that, the engine knows better than you do
-disableServerThread wtf? You are intentionally decreasing your servers performance? why?

civic coral
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ok its automatic basically when i load it with mods it gets stuck at steam api

quaint jewel
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Yep. You are starting a client with invalid -connect parameter

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that's what happens

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Go over all your start parameters again and remove all the nonsense

civic coral
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I cant change it because it's default via hosthavoc

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can i show u the options i have

quaint jewel
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contact your hoster then

civic coral
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dedmen my problem is that the server doesnt appear in the arma launcher

latent falcon
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Thank you guys

inland horizon
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@quaint jewel i can join other servers

quaint jewel
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Okey. Cool

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@civic coral As I already told you. You are not launching a server. You are launching a client

civic coral
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but how do i fixi t?

quaint jewel
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Which you can see on the -client option

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I don't know. Disable that in your webinterface thingy

civic coral
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i dont see -client in the command line

wise barn
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you literally posted it as first param here

uncut trellis
wise barn
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👆

civic coral
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oh lmao

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i removed it but still same issues

wise barn
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remove the ones dedmen told you also

civic coral
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I cant apart from a couple

wise barn
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-noSound doesn't make sense
-exThreads don't use that, the engine knows better than you do
-ranking that parameter is nonsense if you set it to empty
-par that parameter is nonsense if you set it to empty
-servermod that parameter is nonsense if you set it to empty
-enableHT don't use that, the engine knows better than you do
-disableServerThread wtf? You are intentionally decreasing your servers performance? why?```
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then contact your serverhost

civic coral
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not trying to be difficult but my other server has the same command line and works

wise barn
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then contact your serverhost

fringe salmon
#

Getting odd warning when starting game, it's preventing me from loading mission saves.

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"addon A3_DATA_F_LoadOrder requires addon 'A3_Map_Stratis_Data_Layers"

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Already verified integrity of cache in Steam, any ideas?

uncut trellis
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got mods?

fringe salmon
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105GBs of them.

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So yes.

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Is it possible one may be corrupting the actual game data?

wise barn
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@fringe salmon
start one mod at a time to find the smelly fish

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start with a vanilla launch ofc

fringe salmon
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Will be trying that over again. I have 73 mods loaded in right now at the moment so that may take some time.

uncut trellis
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it shoudl be quite simple to launch the game without mods from the launcher

fringe salmon
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Finding the one culprit will take some time not loading without mods.

uncut trellis
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you first try without any mods

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so you know if its the base game installation or mod issue

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then you start with half your mods

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and then if the problem does not occur try with the other half

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and keep eliminating the launched mod set until you find what the issue is

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and debugging mods always takes time

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no other way around it

fringe salmon
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@uncut trellis Thanks for the recommendation, I just scrolled through the list and eyed it.

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Got lucky removing a handful off my list whatever it is I will end up deleting once I catch it.

fringe salmon
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Got an error 0xC0000005 Status Access Violation

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Any idea on what this means exactly?

quaint jewel
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It means "Access violation occurred while accessing a piece of memory"

fringe salmon
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Hm...

glossy nexus
#

does anyone know how to fix eden editor bugs?

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i cant move things the way I want to

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i pressed a button and I dont know what it was

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nvm

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just fixed it

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thanks anyways

hidden swallow
#

Can someone help me troubleshoot?

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I am trying to make a non dedicated server for me and my friends

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and I have port forwarded and I have enabled unpn

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yet i still get “server not responding”

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any help?

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I am not trying to make it a dedicated server either just a server for me and a couple of my buddies

strong steeple
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disable UPNP

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if you've done your port forwarding correctly you won't need UPNP

proper talon
#

There is a hacker

frank storm
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?

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@hidden swallow did you find a solution cause I recently had the same problem

normal dome
#

I can't get in game volume to work can anyone help?

tropic yarrow
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@normal dome usb headset?

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win10?

normal dome
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I fixed it

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I turned it to dvd qaulity

fringe salmon
#

Has anyone @here noticed an issue where the FPS in ARMA 3 drops dramatically when the map is opened?

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I'm noticing my FPS decreasing by about 60% when I open the map, zooming in or out causes it to steadily increase. As a result when I use the hud in a mod that uses the map, my FPS tanks... Problem is I kind of need that hud to do ops effectively

tropic yarrow
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@normal dome Changing the playback quality whilst ingame is going to cut the sound until the game is restarted

marsh owl
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Game is up to date, mods are correct for server being connected to. Reinstalled arma twice. Nothing showing on when verifying game cache. Anyone have any ideas?

tropic yarrow
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@marsh owl Your game is outdated?

marsh owl
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As mentioned. Game is up to date. Steam shows no updates and its not in a dev branch

tropic yarrow
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"Requires 1.88"
Cur version 1.88, your game isn't up to date

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Or server for whatever reason isn't updated

marsh owl
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I understand that that's what the error means but seeing as Steam isnt downloading any updates for it and even reinstalling wont fix it, idk how to fix.

tropic yarrow
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It's either the server outdate, or your client.

fringe salmon
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So no one has this problem?

tropic yarrow
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@ThreeOfOne#5966 Tiles generated upon loading. Scroll out, let load. Reopen. Done.

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This could also be due to some 2d geometry being rendered as a part of the scenario

uncut trellis
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Also it could be related to how the mods hud creates the map. Modded extra features can be made poorly or they can just be heavy processes even if made right.

wise barn
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Isn't it amazing to write detailed answers to questions from users that leave right after they posted?

uncut trellis
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Indeed.

torpid tusk
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@here Hi there, i was wondering if anyone could help me with my scenario in the editor, as all the lamps i place don't turn on in the editor is this normal? if not, how do i fix this as it is too dark to see and I don't want to use flashlights or NVGs

placid token
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No crossposting, @torpid tusk. #rules.

hardy frigate
#

any reason why when we apply physic to a model it causes massive frame drop on my server

wise barn
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What “physics“?

tropic yarrow
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I believe MrBohannon is talking about commands like setVelocity, setting an extremely high velocity in a short time span is going to eat up simulation cycles. Especially with lots of players, because that information has to be given to the clients as well.

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The clients might even simulate physics locally, like damage.

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Either way, excessive use with any command is going to drive fps down

molten sorrel
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hey i have a friend and his game crashes everytime he gets near certain vehicles and it makes it impossible for him to play with us any fix?

placid token
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Certain vehicles being?
(Validate his ArmA?)

uncut trellis
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could be sounds related

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if he has usb audio device and running win10

molten sorrel
#

like we play on a exile server and they have some custom cars in the addons, like the suv from like dayz

uncut trellis
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Maybe the server uses some broken assets or his mods are not all the same or uptodate

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If it does not happen in vanilla servers/gameplay then it's mod related

desert isle
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Or a cracked version...

molten sorrel
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hes using steam @desert isle (so how bout you hop out of here with your assumptions)

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@uncut trellis we use A3Launcher to join the server so the addons auto update

desert isle
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I’m not making any assumptions, we recently had a similar issue with a user here. And as one of the Moderators, I think I’ll stay, thanks.

molten sorrel
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lol took you long enough to type that

desert isle
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I have a broken hand

molten sorrel
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lel good

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uncut trellis
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@molten sorrel A3Launcher as in not the official Steam launcher?

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it could be broken too I guess

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basically, you have to test if it happens without mods

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and if it does not then its one/many of the mods used

molten sorrel
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nah he has the steam version but we use a3 launcher so we can download every mod for a server before joining without taking a year to find em

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but ill try to get him to test that

uncut trellis
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unless he tests withouth mods, no one can help

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because 9.5/10 cases stuff like that is about mods

molten sorrel
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because i mean we were playing the other day and he was fine around and driving the atv then as soon as the SUV got near him he crashed

uncut trellis
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then its something about that mod and you might have to ask the mod author for debug help

molten sorrel
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okay cool

uncut trellis
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also if you did not know, the Steams Arma launcher does get the mods from the workshop for you.

tiny sail
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hey,I have a problem,after downloading some new mods I could not join any server (infinite loading screen) I promptly deleted all the mods I had and laucnhed the game in vanilla and the issue persists,anyone knows how to fix this?

tropic yarrow
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don't play on bugged servers

tiny sail
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I've been playing on that server for the couple past days and no issues

tropic yarrow
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somebody bugged the scenario

desert isle
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Create a new profile and try again

wispy walrus
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I've had a small problem these last days in general, but it is magnified when Im playing long arma sessions. all out of nowhere I get freezed, black screen and then static. My PC doesnt turn off, my screen just goes to static and the PC is no longer responsive. I've tried waiting long periods during this to see if it comes back but it has never worked and I've tried waiting for as long as 30 mins. I've checked my hardware and nothing raises any red flags, and all my drivers are up to date. specs are to follow : i5-4690K, Rx480 8GB, 16GB DDR3 (1600MHz), Windows 7 Home Pro. I legit have no Idea what the problem is.

strong steeple
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specs look fine tbh

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have you got ARMA on an HDD or SSD?

hardy frigate
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@wise barn Geometry Physics since im importing a bed and it needs to have ThingX for the hotel system to work

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without ThingX my beds spawn in the air

hardy frigate
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no worries problem been fixed

tropic yarrow
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@wispy walrus Check your temps, could be overheating

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@strong steeple A non responsive pc would not be the fault of the drive Unless it completely failed

strong steeple
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Well didn't it completely fail?

wispy walrus
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@tropic yarrow I've checked my temperatures and they're all within normal ranges when the "crash" happens

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@strong steeple I have it on an HDD

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You think I should defrag my hard drive

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?

strong steeple
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Give it a try

toxic cargo
tropic yarrow
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View distance is low

toxic cargo
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I don't mean the view distance fog, I mean that rendered ring highlighted in the second picture

tropic yarrow
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Is weather being set in that scenario?

toxic cargo
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Yes

tropic yarrow
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0 setFog 0;
forceWeatherChange;

run that in debug

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if it goes away then the fog was probably set to a really high offset

toxic cargo
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Mhh, first I have to reproduce that ring somehow. I'll try that 😃

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But playing around with the fog values looks fine so far

tropic yarrow
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

strong steeple
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I think that haze is something that comes with the engine and isn't linked to the weather. Saw a mod on the steam workshop recently that removes that distance haze

fringe salmon
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Probably fog params set incorrectly

strong steeple
toxic cargo
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Well, it looks kind of that haze. But what confuses me is the fact that this cylinder is about 400m in radius around the player and you can see the top and bottom of it at about 50m above and below the player

tropic yarrow
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M242, this is exactly what I was thinking

strong steeple
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if it's just that 400m, then M242 may have the solution for you

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maybe the fog start height and end height got some really wonky parameters

fringe salmon
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@strong steeple Really? There is a mod for what you can turn off in settings?

strong steeple
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Well yes the haze, but not incorrect fog parameters 😛

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linked it a few messages up

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if you set your viewdistance to >10km you'll see this "haze" appear

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looks weird imo

fringe salmon
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Did you see what @toxic cargo highlighted? It is not haze it is the ring around player

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you can see transition border

strong steeple
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Yea I saw that after I posted it.

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Hence told him to look at what you said.

fringe salmon
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Still, can't believe someone made a mod to turn off haze

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probably never opened settings

toxic cargo
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😄

strong steeple
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Eh it happens even when you remove all fog

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fly at 8km alt and Altis looks light-blue

toxic cargo
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Or maybe ace is somehow screwing up again. Sometimes after death the medical effects stay as well until reconnect / mission restart...

desert isle
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we had a similar issue that went away when acex was unloaded. Not sure if it was an update issue or not. Either way, when an issue is discovered, the first step is either remove all mods then add them back one by one (testing in between each) OR just remove them one by one (with testing in between).

quaint jewel
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Or if you know what's happening look into the code and crosscheck if all variables are what they should be. if not then trace back through the code to find how it could've happened.
That way you might also get a bug report out of it

toxic cargo
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Thats exactly what I'm trying to do, but this happening mostly after 1-3 hours of playing doesn't help 🙄
When it happens the next time, I'll try to get as many related param values from the debug console as possible.

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Currently its hard to reproduce

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If I could reliably reproduce all bugs I encounter with ace, I would write at least 10 reports 😄

uncut trellis
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Perhaps they are user errors?

toxic cargo
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And thats exactly why I'm not reporting them (yet). Since I cannot reproduce, everything is possible.

surreal stream
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Hello what settings do you recommend for fps that never goes bellow 40-45 i have a i7 3770 8gb ram gtx 1070 ti

wise barn
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Arma auto detection

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And arma installed on an SSD

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Also, don't play badly configured servers cluttered with badly coded mission files

quaint jewel
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for fps that never goes bellow
uninstalling Arma.

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8gb ram heh.. no.

surreal stream
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Before i upgraded my graphics card i uswe to get 40 never wenr below it exept in loading screens

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Im gwtting 16gB ram soon

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Auto detection gave ~30 fps it maxed evrything for some reason

eternal pike
#

How well will an i5-9600k run Arma?

quaint jewel
green grail
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and why Cant i drag drag the flightpath-line of the UAV anymore?

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:)

strong steeple
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drag?

green grail
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yeah i have tried that... that doesnt work... @strong steeple it only let me "place" the endpoint of the path where the UAV is currently passing over

strong steeple
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I wasn't aware it ever allowed a UAV operator to drag things

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just inserting waypoints

green grail
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Why do my Videosettings always reset when joining?`

strong steeple
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profile set to read-only?

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NVIDIA experience messing with them?

tropic yarrow
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GeforceExperience will only do that when clicking the "optimize" button

strong steeple
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he might've pressed it

green grail
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where is that Profile read button? @strong steeple

strong steeple
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windows explorer

green grail
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whereat tho?

strong steeple
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Documents/ArmA 3 - Other Profiles/YourProfileName

quaint jewel
fringe salmon
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I have a problem with buldozer on OB

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is the right section for this problem?

high pewter
quaint jewel
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reverify yourfiles via steam

high pewter
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it's still there

quaint jewel
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did you subscribe to the p90 mod on steam?

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make sure you are unsubscribed

high pewter
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you mean Adr-97 ?

quaint jewel
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yes

high pewter
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ok i'll try it again

fierce snow
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Uhm. does someone have the same problem with arma 3, when you download a workshop addon, its dropping down to 3 kb/s

tropic yarrow
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your internet, or steam download server that you are on is overloaded.

wise barn
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@fierce snow
if this persists, try using another steam location

fringe salmon
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Hey all, one of my guys is running into "Config: some input after EndoFile", he doesn't do any modding and has the same mods as us and does not do his own modding. Any suggestions? Everyone else works

fringe salmon
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Yeah, config has syntax error

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The error is usually pretty descriptive and points to the place where it fails

foggy gale
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Hey guys I cannot host my attack and defend server though my ports have been forwarded and have let my ports go trough my firewall anyone know a fix? anyone that tries to join it says server not responding

strong steeple
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Are you sure ports are open?

patent nacelle
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Does anyone know what this can trigger?

2019/03/03, 0:46:14 Server: Network message b80820 is pending

and if this happens the cpu goes down to 20% instead of 80

strong steeple
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Player heavy de sync?

split arch
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Does anyone know how to get an Logitech Extreme 3D PRO joystick to work with Arma?

patent nacelle
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not rly, but after cpu goes to 20% and the message appears nobody will move anymore @strong steeple

brisk cloud
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hello, 200GBs of mods are asking to be redownloaded again, for arma and dayz.. any help with that issue pls ?

strong steeple
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Steam being an ass @brisk cloud just let it happen I'm afraid

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Can you check the server monitor when it happens again? @patent nacelle

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Maybe the server being overloaded or its Internet dropping a brick

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@split arch arma doesn't recognise it in the controller tab?

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I'd say check if any program is available for your joystick. I have a thrustmaster that works fine overall but to work with Arma specifically I need a thrustmaster program

lean cloak
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anyone else getting a "dx11 device removed" error

strong steeple
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Yea when you alt tab and arma is loading

lean cloak
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more like after some minutes it will just randomly happen

strong steeple
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Hm that's a new one

lean cloak
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yeah its making it impossible to play

strong steeple
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What are you using for startup parameters?

lean cloak
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nothing

strong steeple
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Hm graphics card?

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Other problems with your OS?

wise barn
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Windows 10, i bet

strong steeple
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At least it's not Windows 8 eh

wise barn
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That's a micro dropout of the drivers and win10 goes bonkers. No such problems with earlier windows versions

strong steeple
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Heh didn't know that

lean cloak
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yeah windows 10

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My gpu is fine and my I

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os as well

strong steeple
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Hm have you given a réinstall of the gamr a try? Last thing you can try is reinstall graphics driver

wise barn
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you can reinstall the game and the drivers as much as you want, it won't fix your issue.
the timeout threshold for the drivers in win10 is just way to short.
the only fix i'm aware of is, reverting to an earlier windows version.
yes, i know... now comes the argument "but why is it working for others...?"
short answer: nobody knows. not BI nor microsoft (even though they are the ones who fucked that shit up).

lean cloak
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I fixed it by making some changes for the arma3.cfg

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GPU_MaxFramesAhead=0;
GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=0;

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I set both to '0'

fringe salmon
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Sometimes a gate is closed to one cliente but the real situation of the gate is it is opened. The client will not be able to open it. Can't Arma 3 deal with gate information as critical so this don't happens? The case is the client don't received the packed opening the gate when another player did that.

fringe salmon
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I cant connect to any King of the hill servers??

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It just says connecting failed

quaint jewel
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Did you update your game? Did they update their servers?

fringe salmon
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dont know

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I updated my game today

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So its they who havent updated the servers?

quaint jewel
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probably

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The update is only out for like half an hour

viral cargo
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Getting a Session lost warning (and then getting kicked back to server selection screen) when joining a vanilla 1.90 server with 1.90 vanilla game version. Server RPT doesn't give anything else than
17:11:30 BEServer::finishDestroyPlayer(1341586231): users.get failed
Edit: have to set verifySignatures to 0 to be able to join the server
What gives?

delicate elm
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And Bohemia does it again... with verifySignatures turned on you get Session Lost... Absolutely fine job there 🤦

weak bramble
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@delicate elm verifySignatures working fine for me, with modded servers and vanilla

delicate elm
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Did yours work last time the update was tried @weak bramble Others reporting the issue but if I remember some people did not have the issue last time too

weak bramble
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On 1.86 no, I had to disable sig checking

delicate elm
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Checking some stuff atm

crisp cove
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yer same issue session lost

dapper elk
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jeeesus that a joke

weak bramble
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@crisp cove If you're getting session lost, list the mods on the server, we're compiling a list of mods that require re-signing

crisp cove
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same issue as last time they attempted this update

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i resign all my own mods and we only use ours and TFAR and CBA but i resigned them all with permission

weak bramble
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I have CBA running fine with no session lost

crisp cove
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yer tall man last time bis fooked it some people had no issue but lots did

weak bramble
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Yes on 1.86, the checking was too intensive

viral cargo
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@weak bramble And what would you suggest when vanilla server (without mods) is giving Session lost with verifySignatures set to 2

weak bramble
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Redownload the update?

viral cargo
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Really, man

weak bramble
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I assume your clients are getting session lost?
Have they updated?

viral cargo
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Testing with my own server as a client without mods
Both the server and my game version are 1.90

weak bramble
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Have you updated the build number to 145381 in server cfg?
requiredBuild = 145381;

viral cargo
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Honestly to this day haven't needed such parameter in server.cfg

fringe salmon
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I can't connect to the server after updating the game server and client side so time to dig out the rollback tag. Something is really broke in the new release.

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It is weird it ends up in the off black loading/connection screen and shows me the introduction text, which it usually only does once on the slotting screen. It never gets past that point.

crisp cove
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What's more strange in my local and remote HC connects with no issue

restive sequoia
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Only problem i found so far is the server isn't locking for me

quaint jewel
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What's more strange in my local and remote HC connects with no issue not strange at all. HC's ignore signature checks

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Really guys? you had months to check that all mods work fine with RC, no one checked and now you complain that noone checked..
Yeah... well...

weak bramble
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Asmodeus joined my 1.90 vanilla KoTH server and had no issues, so it's something on his test server setup causing issues

dapper elk
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yer prob "verify signatures=2" lol

crisp cove
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@quaint jewel i tested the RC when it fooked up last time and it all worked but i have not tested it again since about 1 month

weak bramble
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There is only verify signatures 2 (well apart from 0) as 1 was deprecated and defaults to 2

crisp cove
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gonna try resigning all my stuff again as i just noticed my tools files where a little out of date so fingers crossed

viral cargo
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How @fringe salmon and @crisp cove host your servers? Dedi or GSP? What GSP if applicable?

crisp cove
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dedi

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and ovh

weak bramble
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Dedis and OVH as well here

crisp cove
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i dont think its the host as i get the same with a VM box locally

delicate elm
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Dedi and OVH too

mighty pier
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same...all ok here. multiple addon mods across multiple game mods across 3 servers

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dedi and ovh too

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sig 2

crisp cove
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any legacy key?

restive sequoia
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Arma3Legacy188

mystic karma
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Are you kidding me again BI?

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Thats Q&A

fringe salmon
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I run verifySignatures=0 so unless it is ignoring that this isn't my issue

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Thanks for the beta key, saves me having to look it up

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Arma3Legacy188 - invalid

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Uhoh now a problem has turned into a bigger problem. Fix the beta branch ASAP we are going to need it!

crisp cove
#

Arma3Legacy188

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that worked

fringe salmon
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Ah Steam needed a restart then it went.

spark wasp
#

we are getting session lost too now on our 2 servers, trying verify sigs=0 now to see if that fixes it

viral cargo
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It will

spark wasp
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cheers @viral cargo

viral cargo
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But I guess one should be asking if it is reasonable to run a server with verifySignatures set to 0

delicate elm
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No. It is not for a public server...

fringe salmon
#

Indeed it is perfectly reasonable to turn it off on private servers especially when you have other mechanisms to ensure the mods are all in place and up to date. Alas this problem isn't solved by verifySignatures=0 for us

mystic karma
#

verifySignatures=0 is not a solution it is unsafe and bullshit

fringe salmon
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So it isn't just a verifySignatures issue unless =2 is being forced or something else like the new security features are getting in the way somehow.

delicate elm
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The issue is not even consistent though. One guy with an Epoch server with the Epoch, Enhanced Movement and Extended Base Building for Epoch mods only has this issue. I have a server that includes those mods and it works fine, I have another server that just has two mods that the working one does not have and it does not work... But why does the other guys server fail when my server with those mods work? Does not make much sense

mystic karma
#

@fading cloak Any info from the official side of the cake?

fringe salmon
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Something has gone badly wrong with the release. Rollback is now working so when BI chooses to look into it and release a hotfix I'll look at it again.

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I learnt long ago to check it quickly and bail as soon as the game was obviously broken as a hotfix usually follows a few days later, or an explanation of how to fix it based on what changed. Last time I think was 1.78

weak bramble
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This is why more server owners should check their specific setup works on the RC build

delicate elm
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LOL... I checked the server that works 🤦

fading cloak
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There is a reason we always release an RC-Build prior to game updates in which allow everyone to test it out. However if there are issues I will report them to Oukej and the development team 😃 If someone could DM me their concerns/main issues that would be greatly appreciated.

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Other than the ones that are noted here that is.

delicate elm
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@fading cloak Short summary: On some servers with verifySignatures = 2 users are being kicked with "Session Lost" and this in the logs. Whether this happens does not seem to be related to a particular mod since one server with certain mods does not have this problem and another with a subset of the does...

fading cloak
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The build has been RC-tested by several communities, as well as our Q&A department with no sign of any game breaking issues. However issues might have emerged on stable which we did not encounter on RC. I will forward this to Oukej asap

delicate elm
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This was the only sign of errors in the RPT: 11:31:12 BEServer::finishDestroyPlayer(696474375): users.get failed 11:33:26 BEServer::finishDestroyPlayer(830563501): users.get failed 11:33:39 BEServer::finishDestroyPlayer(738945838): users.get failed

crisp cove
#

same

fading cloak
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Thank you for the feedback, we greatly appreciate it. If you guys encounter any other issues, or so with this build please feel free to DM me directly. I will forward all of it.

hasty vine
#

One of our partners believes this sig check issue is caused by multihomed ips

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@fading cloak ^

spark wasp
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Same error for us @delicate elm sigs to 0 and we are getting in, obviously not a long term fix.

hasty vine
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Razer are you running multihomed ip addresses?

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aka "extra" ips

dapper elk
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I have the issue and are not running multihomed ip's

delicate elm
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No, just one network connection

spark wasp
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Not 100% sure what you mean about multihomed but we are using a host for both servers on separate IP's

crisp cove
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single ip for me

hasty vine
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i dont see anything output i the client rpt either

weak bramble
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A fix might be turning off home internet for 5 minutes so it breaks the connection between Battleye

hasty vine
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not true, ive just launched

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had no prior connection

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AND, ive never had issues with BE before.

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EVER.

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doesn't even seem to get to the state of a BE connection

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just rejected by server, checking logs now

full jay
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problem with error "connection lost" was solved with re-signing all addons with new keys

hasty vine
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this server has no addons enabled.

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interestingly though

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all DLC stuff are showing red

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was there a new a3.bikey issued in this patch?

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they dont show red, so i wonder if you delete the a3.bikey and verify with steam

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see what happens

delicate elm
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On my misbehaving instance I get green ... (well apart from the couple of CUP ones that are normally red without issue

hasty vine
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whereas on this server, they aren't green, they aren't coloured at all

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that server in my second screenshot works btw

lavish wren
#

Try verifying the integrity of your game files. I'm guessing it's clientside.. none of the codeforgaming servers are working for you, and I noticed they worked for me when I opened it..

hasty vine
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no the c4g server IS working for me

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ive also already verified >.>

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and verified the broken example server

lavish wren
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And it doesn't connect? Or does it?

hasty vine
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well see above

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im not going down this troubleshooting path, when it holds no relevance atm

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further troubleshooting of the "broken" server, posted within my video example shows that no client connection (to BE) was logged

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the console log is completely empty, so this whole issue is clientside it seems

fading cloak
#

@delicate elm & @hasty vine Could you guys send me the RPT logs?

hasty vine
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via PM yes

fading cloak
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Awesome, cheers

hasty vine
#

added you as a friend

fading cloak
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Perfect

delicate elm
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Just testing on thing first...

fading cloak
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👍🏼

fringe salmon
#

steamCMD is not updating the server to 1.90?

fathom ore
#

Hey a friend of mine has a problem with his server, he can't join it always says session lost. Anyone here knowing what to do ?

delicate elm
#

Maybe read back a few messages?

lavish wren
#

Anyone else getting a cache_lock error in Bohemia's netlog with the new update? Just updated to the new version. Do I need to a do a full reinstall? Any other ideas?

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Let it sit a minute. Seemed to solve itself. 👍

delicate elm
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Okay @fading cloak So one thing a lot of restarting ARMA on client and server has shown is that for my server having issues, adding the Enhanced Movement mod causes the Session Lost issue. The 🤦 moment is when you consider that the server that works fine also has the Enhanced Movement mod loaded... Will start organizing things soon and send over the RPTs (though they don't really show anything)

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And yep, been very careful to add and remove keys as required, and even copied the other ARMA server instance's key for Enhanced Movement over

quaint jewel
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You could try manually resigning enhanced movement.
I'm fairly sure that one is still on v2 signatures

delicate elm
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I will try that and report back. Good idea, thanks!

fading cloak
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So one specific mod causes the issue so to speak?

delicate elm
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But as I say, it is good on one server but bad on the other... so???

fading cloak
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Or am I reading that completely wrong

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No need to send RPT, ive got one from Inch and that should be more than enough as youre experiencing the same issue, also doubtful that there is any specific information we'd need from it

delicate elm
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Question is for @quaint jewel My server that works has the issue with too many mods - the one that makes Steam unable to work out mods properly. Could that be allowing it to work?

fading cloak
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Ive sent everything to the dev team so they'll look at it when theyre back in the office

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keep me updated though 😄

quaint jewel
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so??? beats me ¯_(ツ)_/¯

still raptor
#

Im running enhanced movement , no issues yet*

mighty pier
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enhanced movement fine here as well

quaint jewel
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Maybe something related to file count. My first idea was open-file limit, but that's really only a thing on linux (atleast I think that's not a thing on windows? I don't use windows servers)
Maybe some goof thought that int16_t is enough somewhere in the v3 signature checking code

still raptor
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I havent ran an arma server on linux since mid 2017 :*(

delicate elm
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That doesn't make sense @Dedmen... my server that works has a lot more mods (and open-files) than the one that does not work. Testing new sigs for EM now

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New keys for EM did not stop the kick... Just pretty inconsistent at this time. I know of two servers where EM was an issue and three servers including one of mine that have EM and work fine ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Anyway, guess I will turn off signature verification on the one that has the issue... oh boy. Not looking forward to that...

quaint jewel
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could try deleting the signature cache

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maybe something got miss-cached

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deleting on the server ofc

delicate elm
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Oh yeah. Will do

quaint jewel
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One of the rare moments where I'm happy that I'm not a engine programmer working at BI 😄

still raptor
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lol

delicate elm
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To be fair, the last few years' updates have been pretty painless, but this security enhancement has been a bit of a pain for them and us

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Uh @quaint jewel where would I find the signature cache...? 😉

quaint jewel
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in arma directory

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filename is something with cache

lavish wren
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^^^ That's the solution I found aswell xD

quaint jewel
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I'ma 🛏
You have fun with 🔫 3

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Btw keep a backup of the "broken" cache.ch
Maybe BI can use it to find the difference and the error

dire fog
#

Could've been a remnant cache. Even though it's versioned and incompatible ones should be deleted.

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Was amid writing few tips, had to get the kids to bed, meanwhile Dedmen ninjad it. Kudos! 🙇

Anyway ;)

  • Try deleting cache.ch file (both on client and on the server). Keep in mind that once deleted the game will be regenerating the file and depending on the mod count this can take even minutes.
  • Make sure you've got matching keys on the server and signatures on the clients for all required or allowed mods. (often these are "versioned" by modmakers, make sure it's matching on both sides)
  • Both signatures v2 and v3 are supported. Although I wouldn't be sure about mixing v2 and v3 from one key.
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For the new EM mod which I signed locally, it showed green in the mod list in the in game server browser but still got the session lost after removing cache.ch (on both the server and client). And yes, all mod keys are correct - very careful on that after some past issues