Installed OA now neither ARMA 2 nor OA works

[steelblood 10]

Hi basically i have installed OA today and now that i have installed this neither ARMA 2 nor OA work . They load and you can hear the music in the background but it will simply not work the screen just goes black and you are un-able to do anything ?

Any help will be much appreciated

Thanks

Dan

---------- Post added at 11:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 PM ----------

Ok gonna slighly bump this really need some help guys !

I can get it to run in windowed mode which hints at some setting not being supported but the settings aren't any different from when i was running ARMA 2 it only stop working after installation ?

Thank's alot

Dan

[xmongx 0]

Did you set youtr monitor to shut down after a period of inactivity?

Try pressing space.

[steelblood 10]

No i didn't i'm not that stupid honestly :)

problem solved btw anybody experiencing this problem do the following steps :

Right click on your "Combined operations" / "Arma2"/ "Operation Arrowhead" icon and look for the target part of the menu on the shortcut tab.

After you have found this go to the end of your .exe target so after the "" finish, Then type this -window There must be a space in between the " and the -. If you don't understand this step let me know i know i'm not to good at explaining things.

After you have done this the game should run in windowed mode. If it is still not displaying at this stage i'm sorry i can't help although you can change the resolution of the shortcut also. When in your game go to your graphics settings and look for the interface resolution. Change it to the resolution of your screen (Or desired resolution) And then also change the 3d resolution to the resolution you want. VOILA complete and done, however before you do quit the game press "Alt+Tab" and go to the properties of the shortcut again. Now remove the -window and apply the changes.

Now your game should be playable

:)

Thank's everyone hope this helped

Dan

[Psycho78 10]

Thanks much steelblood, I had a black screen problem too. Windows XP and nVidia GTX 250, for some reason it won't run at 1680x1050 without my monitor going into out of sync mode.

Edit again: Well that's weird, after selecting 1280x960 or whatever, then 1650x1080 again, then it works. Off to play (hopefully!)

Edited August 10, 2010 by Psycho78

[steelblood 10]

I thought i had this sorted this problem but apparently not i've just reinstalled arma 2 (As i removed it in the problems with arrowhead as that was the only difference between me and my friend and his was working.) And i can't get it into the correct resolution just black screens.

Please help :)

Thank's Dan