bradster15 1 Posted March 10, 2013 Hi i have recently purchased arma 3 and about 2 hours after it finished downloading i went to go and play it in windowed mode and i clicked play and i waited for 3 min's and nothing happend so i clicked on play again and same problem again it didnt launch and i was on google looking for a soulution for about 1 hour and being a recently release game not many solutions were out there so if anyone could help me fix this soulution i would be very gratefull. Thanks Brad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ophydian 1 Posted March 10, 2013 (edited) I have the same issue as the above, no ZoneAlarm, disabled firewalls, use MS security essentials as AV, added -nobenchmark to startup command, also tried -winxp. Nothing has worked. Video drivers are updated. I've tried to load it in window and regular mode with same results. Goes through loadup, addons etc then nothing. Sometimes it says sync next to the name in Steam. I;ve deleted and re-installed once. It shows up in processes then goes away. System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 3/10/2013, 17:50:03 Machine name: Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431) Language: English (Regional Setting: English) System Manufacturer: Micro-Star International System Model: GT680R/GX680R BIOS: MSI GT680/GX680 E16F2IMS Ver 1.0A MSI-Notebook Processor: Intel® Core i7-2720QM CPU @ 2.20GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.2GHz Memory: 8192MB RAM Available OS Memory: 3570MB RAM Page File: 3193MB used, 3943MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: Using System DPI System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode DxDiag Previously: Crashed in Direct3D (stage 2). Re-running DxDiag with "dontskip" command line parameter or choosing not to bypass information gathering when prompted might result in DxDiag successfully obtaining this information ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ Display Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. -------------------- DirectX Debug Levels -------------------- Direct3D: 0/4 (retail) DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail) DirectInput: 0/5 (retail) DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail) DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail) DirectSound: 0/5 (retail) DirectShow: 0/6 (retail) Edited March 10, 2013 by ophydian Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
partyskulk 1 Posted March 11, 2013 same issue as above. tried multiple solutions (reinstall - verifying game cache - manually installing dx - every single type of comp mode - running as admin - running as admin - a lot of different launch options - no programs in the background - disabling certain services - many different versions of drivers - no zone alarm) ------------------ System Information ------------------ Time of this report: 3/11/2013, 16:50:13 Machine name: Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130104-1431) Language: Swedish (Regional Setting: Swedish) System Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M. System Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M. BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/08/12 19:58:28 Ver: 04.06.05 Processor: Intel® Core i5-3570K CPU @ 3.40GHz (4 CPUs), ~3.4GHz Memory: 16384MB RAM Available OS Memory: 16278MB RAM Page File: 3482MB used, 29071MB available Windows Dir: C:\Windows DirectX Version: DirectX 11 DX Setup Parameters: Not found User DPI Setting: Using System DPI System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent) DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 64bit Unicode ------------ DxDiag Notes ------------ Display Tab 1: The file nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um is not digitally signed, which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL). You may be able to get a WHQL logo'd driver from the hardware manufacturer. (running beta drivers atm) Sound Tab 1: No problems found. Sound Tab 2: No problems found. Input Tab: No problems found. -------------------- DirectX Debug Levels -------------------- Direct3D: 0/4 (retail) DirectDraw: 0/4 (retail) DirectInput: 0/5 (retail) DirectMusic: 0/5 (retail) DirectPlay: 0/9 (retail) DirectSound: 0/5 (retail) DirectShow: 0/6 (retail) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ophydian 1 Posted March 11, 2013 Not getting any action on this issue, even created an issue with no responses. I am thinking about trying to get my money back as I paid for something that doesn't work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
k3lt 3 Posted March 11, 2013 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109 install this, see if it helped. Are you getting any error? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ophydian 1 Posted March 11, 2013 No change after installing. I am not getting any error. Game tries to load, shows syncing in steam then nothing. Almost like it auto closes. Shows it running under processes then it goes away. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Avneet 10 Posted March 11, 2013 This just started happening to me today. I was able to play fine yesterday (and everyday before that). Today it won't start up at all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daze23 1 Posted March 11, 2013 this periodically happens to me. luckily most of the time it works fine, but some times I try to boot it up, and the Arma III splash just never comes up. it is strange it doesn't work 100% of the time Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ophydian 1 Posted March 11, 2013 Roll back my NVIDIA drivers to 306.97 and the game loads. Frame rate is crap but at least it loads. Sad you have to rollback drivers when time after time they keep telling you to update them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GEMEO 10 Posted January 3, 2014 Hello i to have the same problem and i delete and installed again a it still not launch ( Purchase the game on steam yesterday) . Im using Win7 ultimate with Boobcamp 5 Macpro Core i7, 3520m 2.9hz with 8 Gb Ram and the system is in 64. Best regards. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madryan333 10 Posted January 16, 2014 Hello i to have the same problem and i delete and installed again a it still not launch ( Purchase the game on steam yesterday) . Im using Win vista ultimate with Intel i5, 3520m 2.8hz with 8 Gb Ram and the system is in 64. Best regards. i dont understand what the problem is never had a problem with games before But unfortunatly this game doesnt want to load, i tryed all the different things reccomended on google... no budge:/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratszo 17 Posted January 17, 2014 You look at this thread?: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?170690-A3-Freeze-menu-logo-Steam-Workshop-problem Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madryan333 10 Posted January 17, 2014 Yeah man i got past the instantly crashing but now i get an error message before the crash it says CreateDXGIFactory1 could not be located in the dynamic link libary dxgi.dll I googled this and have tried all the fixes i can find but nothing yet :/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ratszo 17 Posted January 17, 2014 Yeah man i got past the instantly crashing but now i get an error message before the crash it says CreateDXGIFactory1 could not be located in the dynamic link libary dxgi.dll I googled this and have tried all the fixes i can find but nothing yet :/ Re-install DX? --look for 'setup' in the a3/dx folder and run it. ---------- Post added at 02:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:26 PM ---------- Oh, and reboot the pc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madryan333 10 Posted January 17, 2014 I have tried this:/... I ahve also tried to reinstall SP1/SP2 but now i cant even install SP1 its giving me an error .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Polymath820 11 Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) First of all you have a 32bit operating system. So that 8GB of RAM you have will never get accessed or used windows uses about 2GB of RAM for The OS alone. 32bit OS you have System specs required for Windows 7 http://windows.microsoft.com/en-au/windows7/products/system-requirements Also you have 32bit windows therefore 32bit drivers and 32bit DxDiag is required windows tries to find a 64bit directX version in your nvidia folder it then switches to the 32 bit file to version directX try running just DxDiag.exe not DxDiag64.exe The most simple solution is to Verify steam cache to do this Method: 1. Goto your games library 2. Right click on "arma 3" 3. Goto "properties' 4. At the top of steam properties select "Local files" 5. In local files hit the button that says. Verify steam integrity cache. Then try the game. Next in the directX installation directory of arma 3 and select "Run as administrator by going into the directX folder and find dxsetup.exe right click "Run as administrator". Windows has issues with permissions controls. Even if you run something as administrator. Another thing you can do is look in windows for Bloatware, Adware these can be quite benign but they can also be dangerous for example a guy in the community I am in. He had his system core .dll's deleted. Now his system is faulty. To be honest to work out your problem fully we start in the OSI model as a general idea. where we look at you applications, then windows engine then drivers then low level communication then hardware. Edited January 17, 2014 by Polymath820 Additional information Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
