Again and again crash in the MP

[silola 1087]

hi,

My problem: As soon as I play on-line, I get a black screen after approximately 5 to 10 minutes and my PC starts again.

In SP everything runs normally.

I find the following entry in the ArmA.RPT:

Quote[/b] ]=====================================================================

== E:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA\ARMA.EXE

=====================================================================

Exe version: Sat Dec 16 00:41:41 2006

graphics: D3D9, Device: Radeon X1950 Pro, Driver:ati2dvag.dll 6.14.10.6660

resolution: 1280x1024x32

Addons:

SaraLite in ArmaDemo\SaraLite\, Desert in ca\desert\, CAIntroAnims in ca\introanims\

CASounds in ca\sounds\, CAWheeled in ca\wheeled\, CARoads in CA\roads\

CAAir in ca\air\, CA_Anims in ca\anims\, CAAnimals in CA\animals\, CAUI in ca\ui\

CAWeapons in ca\weapons\, CACharacters in ca\characters\, CASigns in ca\signs\

CAFonts in ca\uifonts\, CAMisc in ca\misc\, CAPlants in CA\plants\

CAVoice in ca\voice\, CAData in ca\, CALanguage in ca\language\, CAWater in ca\water\

CA_Anims_Char in ca\anims\characters\, CATracked in ca\tracked\, Sara in ca\sara\

CABuildings in ca\buildings\, CARocks in CA\Rocks\

Mods: CA

No more slot to add connection at De61 (6952.9,8228.9)

No more slot to add connection at Fh71 (11466.8,6127.8)

No more slot to add connection at Fi71 (11613.7,6208.8)

No more slot to add connection at Gh57 (13524.3,8896.8)

No more slot to add connection at Hc39 (14473.8,12501.8)

Cannot create object 9:0

Client: Object 9:0 (type AIStatsMPRowUpdate) not found.

Client: Object 2:3860 (type UpdateAISubgroup) not found.

*** Remote: Identity Hydra transferred from 6:62 to 6:65

Client: Object 2:4134 (type UpdateAISubgroup) not found.

No alive in 10000

===FROZEN====>>>>>>BEG

Version 1.02.5103

Fault address: 7C91EB94 01:0000DB94 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll

Prev. code bytes: 49 00 90 90 90 90 90 8B D4 0F 34 90 90 90 90 90

Fault code bytes: C3 8D A4 24 00 00 00 00 8D 64 24 00 90 90 90 90

Registers:

EAX:00000001 EBX:00081E01

ECX:01AFF374 EDX:7C91EB94

ESI:01AFF3D8 EDI:00000000

CS:EIP:001B:7C91EB94

SS:ESP:0023:01AFF374 EBP:01AFF3C4

DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000

Flags:00000202

===FROZEN====>>>>>>END

My system:

Quote[/b] ]Intel Core2 Duo 6600

Sapphire ATI X1950/256MB

Soundblaster Audigy 2

1GB Ram

ArmA 1.02 German

Win XP Home Edition/SP2

DirectX 9.0c (Dec. 2006)

I tried to replace the old “ntdll.dll†by a newer version but without success: - (

Did someone have already this error?

Thanks in advance and bye

silola

[sickboy 13]

Did you try removing the SaraLite pbo? I can't really think of a reason, but that's at least different from normal setup

I could link a crash of the game to a gamebug but i'm not so sure if a full PC reset is easily caused by gamebug

Please take a look at this link

I think I read other ppl having problems with those ATI 7.1 Drivers, was the problem there even with older drivers?

Goodluck M8

[dob 0]

i had the same ctd whith sarahlight;

allways ctd in MP, when i removing that no ctd,

care ful whith addons

[silola 1087]

hi,

Thanks for the references.

@dob: only ctd or also reboot?

I bought also a new power supply, because I had assumed the problem there.

But this new power pack brought however no success.

Which irritates me somewhat, is the reference to “ntdll.dllâ€

This evening I make then a test without Sara Light and with older ATI drivers.

thx and bye

silola

[Dwarden 1125]

ha

NTDLL.dll related crashes and bugs ... so i'm not alone

happens for sure with 7.1 Catalyst (and if i remember right with 6.12 also) and X1950 serie cards ...

Core2Duo too, soundcard X-fi

[sickboy 13]

If I am not mistaken, most crashes are on ntdll.dll as thats the dll with the most kernel calls

So in short, I don't think you can trace it back to anything specific at this time. Kernel call problems can be anything... either faulty code, faulty hardware, faulty drivers, the whole thing

Just some random quote about ntdll.dll

Quote[/b] ]a normal Windows application can’t directly access kernel functions like “open file†or “open register keyâ€. WinNT, therefore, offers the ntdll.dll layer. Most exports in ntdll.dll are direct kernel calls. A little example: we need access to a Windows registry key. Therefore, we will use the RegOpenKey API (advapi32.dll). RegOpenKey will do the internal work and then forward the call to NtOpenKey in ntdll.dll.

[guerilla -MCY- 0]

i had/have similar problems with my Core 2 Duo 6700, i assigned only 1 core to the arma.exe via Ctrl-Alt-Delete (CPU 1) and now i'm have ctd after 1-2 hours instead of 5-10mins

[TrunkzJr 0]

Are you guys using the Sprocket version of ArmA? Cause it has the Multiplayer CTD that everyone is complaining about in the Sprocket thread above that is pinned.

[Dwarden 1125]

no i own normal 1.02 czech retail

[silola 1087]

hi,

My PC works now also in MP.

What did I undertake?

I de-install ArmA completely and I deleted all ArmA folders.

I installed the original ATI driver again, which were with my x1950 thereby.

I installed an additional standard fan, which cools my x1950 some more.

Then I installed ArmA and all Patches again.

That's all...now ArmA runs stably in MP games...so far ;-)

Thanks for all suggestions

bye

silola

[Nephris 0]

Quote[/b] ]appens for sure with 7.1 Catalyst (and if i remember right with 6.12 also) and X1950 serie cards ...

Core2Duo too, soundcard X-fi

For sure not ... my runs fine on light and normal Sara in MP.

[Dwarden 1125]

Quote[/b] ]appens for sure with 7.1 Catalyst (and if i remember right with 6.12 also) and X1950 serie cards ...

Core2Duo too, soundcard X-fi

For sure not ... my runs fine on light and normal Sara in MP.

Nephris ...

well i tested this on half dozen systems i built in past weeks ...

it sometimes works hours w/o CTD crash or FREEZE ...

all hw is fresh new and w/o bugs, pass any type of stress and stability tests ...

p.s. i'm glad he can at least play MP bugs i was encoutering happens RND or by certain events in SP/MP ...

[rekrul 7]

Me and a friend both has German 1.02 boxed set and we keep CTDing. Sometimes I get the memory surface thing, but usually not. We have different HW platforms and had a clean XP install before I installed Arma (went from w2k to xp due to Arma).

Also my friend, after crashing, cannot reconnect to the server again but I can. I know this won't add much, but it's just a teaser for the real report.

Where do I find arma.rpt? And do I get this as MP client (not server)?

[Dwarden 1125]

Me and a friend both has German 1.02 boxed set and we keep CTDing. Sometimes I get the memory surface thing, but usually not. We have different HW platforms and had a clean XP install before I installed Arma (went from w2k to xp due to Arma).

Also my friend, after crashing, cannot reconnect to the server again but I can. I know this won't add much, but it's just a teaser for the real report.

Where do I find arma.rpt? And do I get this as MP client (not server)?

arma.rpt is by default located in:

C:\Documents and Settings\<YOURUSERNAME>\Local Settings\Application Data\ArmA\

of course this differ if you manually changed Documents folder