Random freezing on MP servers

[coldfragger 12]

Hi all,

 

I've been experiencing problems for a while now when playing ArmA 3 online, and was hoping someone might be able to help. Seemingly at random, and frequently, the game tends to suffer from 'micro-freezes' whereby the screen freezes with no audio. Most of this time this is short-lived, and within a few seconds resolves itself so I can continue playing, however sometimes the game freezes permanently and I'm forced to alt+tab out so I can terminate the app. I've noticed though that I can still hear others' mics while the game is frozen, so I'm unsure what that means.

 

My comp spec is as follows:

- OS: Windows 10

- Motherboard: Asus ROG Maximus VIII Hero

- CPU: Intel Core i5 6600K, Skylake (stock speed)

- RAM: 8GB Corsair DDR4 Vengeance LPX (2666MHz)

- Gfx card: MSI Nvidia GTX 970 (latest drivers)

- PSU: 650W EVGA SuperNOVA 650 P2 (platinum rated)

 

I've monitored temps and they all seem fine during play. I've tried dozens of suggestions I've found online, such as updating drivers, reinstalling ArmA 3, using Malloc: system, tweaking video settings, but nothing I've tried seems to work. I'm not sure if this is related, but I also get random (perma) freezes in a few other steam games (like CS:GO and dota 2), but Starcraft 2 and GTA V work perfectly fine, and my system is otherwise stable at desktop.

 

If anyone could offer some suggestions / relate to what I'm suffering from here, I'd be very grateful.

 

Thanks.

[coldfragger 12]

Nobody have an idea?  :(

 

Perhaps installing Windows 7 might fix this? Maybe this game isn't supported by W10.

[das attorney 857]

Hi,

 

What missions are you playing and what mods are you running?

 

It might be worth looking at your .rpt file and posting a copy or link to it up here so others can check.

 

https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files

[coldfragger 12]

Here's a link to my most recent crash dump file: http://www.mediafire.com/download/t9sa8c723wu8b69/arma3_2016-07-10_13-56-17.rpt - it was from when I was playing the MP mission Gun Game (v0.6) (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=263170409). No mods were run here - just the base ArmA 3 game.

 

I also have similar issues when playing the mod PLAYERUNKNOWN's Battle Royale (http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=421900169). Usually the game freezes several times at the start of a match, but if the game manages to recover each time then its fine afterwards.

 

I haven't had any freezes / crashes so far when playing ArmA 3 offline - so it seems to be mostly an online issue.

 

Hoping someone can make sense of this crash file.

[coldfragger 12]

I'm having a very bad time at the moment - since ArmA 3 Apex has been released, I've had a freeze within the first few minutes of playing (which I had to alt+tab out of to escape), and subsequently a CTD since trying to play the game a second time.

 

Both this freeze and crash has occurred when playing offline, which is a new (and unpleasant) experience for me.

 

The crash dump files can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/download/eecqkau6am46zia/Crash_dumps.zip. If there are any nice people out there willing to look at these crash files and help me, then I'd be grateful. At least, I hope I'm not the only poor soul suffering from these problems.

 

Thanks!