OneHitKO76 10 Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) i just installed arma 2 through steam and cannot start it i have tryed everything in the book, restart, reinstall, update drivers, update directx, update framework, change refresh, run in compatibility mode, run in windowed mode, run as admin.please help i cant find anything els or think of anything els to do. everytime i start the game my comp freezes and i have to manualy restart, my friends are out of ideas and so am i. i have windows 7 64-bit, a quad core processor, 4g of ram, nvidia gtx/gtx+ 9800. Edited May 1, 2011 by Dwarden Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Magnum0311 10 Posted April 30, 2011 In the past I have had no problems playing Arma 2 and Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead on my PC. I haven't played it in a while but recently decided to start playing it again, I have it through Steam. There was a Steam update for Arma 2: OA when I decided to play it about 4 days ago. But suddenly and mysteriously, when I launch the game now, it freezes my PC. Not a CTD or BSOD or anything of that nature.. it simply will Freeze my PC to where I can't do anything except hold down the power button and force a reboot. I have not ever seen this behavior on either this PC or my last, the only time I have seen this behavior is on a Mac, they are known to Freeze when something goes wrong. So there is probably something to the OP's post. I have updated Drivers, disabled Firewalls etc etc, done my own troubleshooting, and like the OP says, nothing seems to be resolving the problem. Here are my specs: Windows 7x 64 Home Premium I7 930 3.2ghz 6 GB DDR3 Nvidia GTS 250 1gb 1 TB WD 7500 rpm HD EDIT: I thought I would mention that the game doesn't freeze on launch, it will let me select a server and join a game, and then within 5-30 seconds it will freeze. Sometimes I get a lot of audio feedback through my speakers before it happens and then bam, suddenly I cant do anything, with the game picture stuck on my monitor screen. If anyone has a solution it would be highly appreciated! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwarden 1126 Posted May 1, 2011 if you have something overclocked try set it back to default try start the game w/o via STEAM (just directly the arma2.exe / arma2oa.exe depends which one You want) also please try the public OA beta build from http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=116927 please note it has new binary located in \Expansion\beta\ folder (creates new launch shortcut) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
