LOD bug

[King Haggis 0]

Hi folks! Now this may be entirely related to my current hardware setup but I'm experiencing a weird bug with ArmA 2 and especially with Arrowhead. I purchased Arrowhead this week because we sometimes have a hard time finding good warfare servers and decided to take the battle to Takistan this Autumn season.

The bug:

I'm running the game with every setting maxed out except fillrate (@100%) and AA and Post Processing disabled. There are certain objects that just won't switch to high detail textures. They just remain very low detail. In ArmA 2 I sometimes had that problem but it would be random. Sometimes it would be a jeep that was low detail, sometimes it would be a different vehicle or soldier that would be low detail. But with Arrowhead there are a few models that just won't load into high detail. I haven't checked them all yet but the Merlin, the Wildcat, the KA-137 and the KA-60 all appear in very low detail and I've tried everything but can't get them to show properly. There is also a certain type of tree that won't switch to high detail.

The rest of the game looks good, as sharp as ever and the game runs 100% smoothly. It's just a shame I can't enjoy the helicopter models the way they should be.

I'm running a fresh, virusfree Windows 7 64-bit installation. I have the latest Nvidia drivers. This bug has been with me since ArmA 2 and I've updated my drivers and reinstalled Windows at least 10x since. In ArmA 2 it was random, with Arrowhead it's a constant bug with certain models so it should be easier to test/fix. I'm experiencing no graphics artifacts in this game and none in other games, just the LOD bug.

I've tried adding this to the shortcut: -world=empty -cpucount=4 -winxp -nosplash. I've tried disabling hyperthreading. I've tried running the game from a different HDD (not tried with Arrowhead but last year with ArmA 2). I've tried renaming to crysis.exe. Unless there is a fix for this in some config file, I'm really out of options here. :(

I have a 1366 i7 mainboard, 6GB triple channel Kingston memory, run ArmA 2 and Arrowhead off a Kingston SSD, GeForce GTX480 and a 120Hz monitor with 120Hz set to the config file (only change I ever made). I have my CPU overclocked @4GHz. but the bug has always been there with ArmA 2 even when I ran the game with stock CPU settings. With ArmA 2 the bug didn't really bother me because it wasn't always there but now it gets annoying. Any suggestions? :bounce3:

[EOOQE 10]

Try Videocard Memory on pre settings instead of high ...

[metalcraze 290]

Use Default video memory first

If that doesn't help use Very High.

It's an "issue" with videocards that do not have the standard memory sizes (like 512, 1024, 2048 etc)

[DiscountAnubis 10]

I know you've got Arrowhead, but do you have the PMC or BAF DLC? It sounds to me like you don't, which would explain the low-detail models. It's only with the full versions of each that you get the high-quality, high-poly stuff. Otherwise, you're stuck with PMC and BAF "Light", which also lack a campaign or high-quality sounds.

[King Haggis 0]

I know you've got Arrowhead, but do you have the PMC or BAF DLC? It sounds to me like you don't, which would explain the low-detail models. It's only with the full versions of each that you get the high-quality, high-poly stuff. Otherwise, you're stuck with PMC and BAF "Light", which also lack a campaign or high-quality sounds.

I just have Arrowhead. So that may be the issue here? I haven't really checked the new content of Arrowhead, I just bought it, dropped a Merlin chopper in the editor and noticed the extremely low level of detail. Should that be the issue then?? If so, thanks for solving that "problem", it was really giving me headaches :D.

All "old" ArmA 2 models look fine and most new models too. So it's normal the models look like crap if you don't own PMC and BAF DLC? Then it's a problem solved.

Here is an example of low LOD choppers in Arrowhead without PMC and BAF DLC, is this normal?

Apache and most other choppers and tanks look good:

THANKS!

[Baraka 10]

Without BAF and PMC the textures have this very low level.

So you can play online with all the stuff, no matter what you (and others) bought.

Those low level textures are for the units, vehicles, weapons and the new islands for BAF and PMC.

It´s the same like the "ArmA2 free" version.

[purepassion 22]

ahhh thats it ^^ yes it is normal. :D If you want to have the high detailed textures and campaigns, you have to buy PMC and BAF ( for not more than 17 bucks all together).

BIS gave the users the models and units for free, but if you want to fully enjoy these units, support the team and buy them :)

[King Haggis 0]

I see! Thanks for all the help.

Oooowwww I feel so embarrassed now. Please remove this thread before the whole ArmA community comes and laugh. The next time I show up in a warfare match the enemy will shout: look it's the LOD bug guy, now we'll surely win! And my teammates won't sit next to me in a jeep or helicopter. :p

[[frl]myke 14]

I see! Thanks for all the help.

Oooowwww I feel so embarrassed now. Please remove this thread before the whole ArmA community comes and laugh. The next time I show up in a warfare match the enemy will shout: look it's the LOD bug guy, now we'll surely win! And my teammates won't sit next to me in a jeep or helicopter. :p

Luckily the ArmA community is a bit more mature than other communities so i hardly think someone would laugh at you. I do even think that everyone in here already asked a "dumb" question at least once during his stay here.

If you ask, you get a answer, with this answer you learn something. So, ask and get wiser or don't ask and stay dumb. You have made the right choice.