Extreme lag

[warjunk 10]

ever sense the new patch came out my games frame rate just dropped even at the main menu it lags up, it makes the game unplayable, is there anything i might do to fix this or is this just a result of the new patch

[Alex72 1]

Try delete the ARMA2OA.CFG located in your documents and settings. Then restart the game and go into the video options and set everything back as you had it.

Try that and see.

[drummr2112 10]

Same here. Tried deleting the config file but did not solve it.

[Pummel 10]

*solved see post below this*

Hello, I have this same problem, but deleting the .cfg file did not help.

Does anyone know a solution to this? The game used to work great for me, but I haven't played it since Christmas so I had to reinstall it with the latest patches. My OS is up to date with new drivers. The game should be fast, but the main menu keeps freezing every couple of seconds.

In case you need more information, here goes:

C2D @ 3.5ghz

AMD HD 5870

SSD with plenty of free space

Windows 7, 64bit, service pack one

All drivers up to date

All background stuff disabled (firewall, virus shield, etc)

And all other games work perfectly

Game has the latest patches, first I installed them for Arma 2, and then I installed OA and the latest patch for that.

When I look at task manager, it shows that the CPU usage goes to 100% while in the main menu, and the game starts to freeze.

It happens in Combined Operations, but the same thing happens even if I just run the original Arma2.

Please help if you can, I am dying to play..

---------- Post added at 10:40 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:23 PM ----------

Ahh it's solved now. I just rebooted and now it works. I'm thinking there must be something in the install process or the patch process that tampers with the game or something, so a reboot fixes it.

Edited March 15, 2011 by Pummel