Will not launch.

[Thingamajig 0]

Hi all.

got a problem. regardless of what version i have on ArmA, the game WILL NOT launch.

when i hit the exe to play the game, i just get a big black screen, nothing at all.

Ive tried re-installing, no luck. ive got everything on this rig up to date....

The game did work for me at one point, till a few months ago when i started getting this crap. I've been patiently waiting for a new patch to solve it, which obviously didn't (1.8).

Here is my DxDiag, what good it'll do, i think this rig is MORE than capable of running this game:

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System Information

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Time of this report: 6/20/2007, 17:50:51

      Machine name: NOVA

  Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_rtm.061101-2205)

          Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: System manufacturer

      System Model: System Product Name

              BIOS: BIOS Date: 03/12/07 14:12:32 Ver: 08.00.12

         Processor: Intel® Core2 Quad CPU           @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz

            Memory: 4094MB RAM

         Page File: 2496MB used, 5846MB available

       Windows Dir: C:\Windows

   DirectX Version: DirectX 10

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

    DxDiag Version: 6.00.6000.16386 32bit Unicode

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DxDiag Notes

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     Display Tab 1: No problems found.

       Sound Tab 1: No problems found.

       Sound Tab 2: No problems found.

         Input Tab: No problems found.

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DirectX Debug Levels

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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)

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Display Devices

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       Card name: Radeon X1600 Series

    Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.

       Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x71C2)

        DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)

      Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71C2&SUBSYS_0840174B&REV_00

  Display Memory: 2301 MB

Dedicated Memory: 510 MB

   Shared Memory: 1791 MB

    Current Mode: 1024 x 768 (32 bit) (75Hz)

         Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor

     Driver Name: atiumdag,atiumdva,atiumd64.dll,atiumd6a.dat,atitmm64.dll

  Driver Version: 7.14.0010.0503 (English)

     DDI Version: 9Ex

Driver Attributes: Final Retail

Driver Date/Size: 5/18/2007 02:40:49, 2860544 bytes

     WHQL Logo'd: Yes

 WHQL Date Stamp:

Device Identifier: {D7B71EE2-3282-11CF-0C75-4A28A1C2CA35}

       Vendor ID: 0x1002

       Device ID: 0x71C2

       SubSys ID: 0x0840174B

     Revision ID: 0x0000

     Revision ID: 0x0000

     Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C

Deinterlace Caps: {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive

                  {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch

                  {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(YUY2,YUY2) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY

                  {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive

                  {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch

                  {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(UYVY,UYVY) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY

                  {3C5323C1-6FB7-44F5-9081-056BF2EE449D}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive

                  {552C0DAD-CCBC-420B-83C8-74943CF9F1A6}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,2) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive

                  {6E8329FF-B642-418B-BCF0-BCB6591E255F}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,1) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_PixelAdaptive

                  {335AA36E-7884-43A4-9C91-7F87FAF3E37E}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY DeinterlaceTech_BOBVerticalStretch

                  {5A54A0C9-C7EC-4BD9-8EDE-F3C75DC4393B}: Format(In/Out)=(NV12,0x3231564e) Frames(Prev/Fwd/Back)=(0,0,0) Caps=VideoProcess_YUV2RGB VideoProcess_StretchX VideoProcess_StretchY

    DDraw Status: Enabled

      D3D Status: Enabled

      AGP Status: Enabled

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Sound Devices

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           Description: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device)

Default Sound Playback: Yes

Default Voice Playback: Yes

           Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_198B&SUBSYS_104381F2&REV_1002

       Manufacturer ID: 1

            Product ID: 100

                  Type: WDM

           Driver Name: HdAudio.sys

        Driver Version: 6.00.5840.16387 (English)

     Driver Attributes: Final Retail

           WHQL Logo'd: Yes

         Date and Size: 11/2/2006 06:28:10, 273920 bytes

           Other Files:

       Driver Provider: Microsoft

        HW Accel Level: Basic

             Cap Flags: 0xF1F

   Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0

Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0

             HW Memory: 0

      Voice Management: No

EAX 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No

  I3DL2 Listen/Src: No, No

Sensaura ZoomFX: No

           Description: Digital Output Device (SPDIF) (High Definition Audio Device)

Default Sound Playback: No

Default Voice Playback: No

           Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_11D4&DEV_198B&SUBSYS_104381F2&REV_1002

       Manufacturer ID: 1

            Product ID: 100

                  Type: WDM

           Driver Name: HdAudio.sys

        Driver Version: 6.00.5840.16387 (English)

     Driver Attributes: Final Retail

           WHQL Logo'd: Yes

         Date and Size: 11/2/2006 06:28:10, 273920 bytes

           Other Files:

       Driver Provider: Microsoft

        HW Accel Level: Basic

             Cap Flags: 0xF1F

   Min/Max Sample Rate: 100, 200000

Static/Strm HW Mix Bufs: 1, 0

Static/Strm HW 3D Bufs: 0, 0

             HW Memory: 0

      Voice Management: No

EAX 2.0 Listen/Src: No, No

  I3DL2 Listen/Src: No, No

Sensaura ZoomFX: No

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Sound Capture Devices

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           Description: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)

 Default Sound Capture: Yes

 Default Voice Capture: Yes

           Driver Name: HdAudio.sys

        Driver Version: 6.00.5840.16387 (English)

     Driver Attributes: Final Retail

         Date and Size: 11/2/2006 06:28:10, 273920 bytes

             Cap Flags: 0x1

          Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

           Description: Line In (High Definition Audio Device)

 Default Sound Capture: No

 Default Voice Capture: No

           Driver Name: HdAudio.sys

        Driver Version: 6.00.5840.16387 (English)

     Driver Attributes: Final Retail

         Date and Size: 11/2/2006 06:28:10, 273920 bytes

             Cap Flags: 0x1

          Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

           Description: Line In (High Definition Audio Device)

 Default Sound Capture: No

 Default Voice Capture: No

           Driver Name: HdAudio.sys

        Driver Version: 6.00.5840.16387 (English)

     Driver Attributes: Final Retail

         Date and Size: 11/2/2006 06:28:10, 273920 bytes

             Cap Flags: 0x1

          Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

           Description: Microphone (High Definition Audio Device)

 Default Sound Capture: No

 Default Voice Capture: No

           Driver Name: HdAudio.sys

        Driver Version: 6.00.5840.16387 (English)

     Driver Attributes: Final Retail

         Date and Size: 11/2/2006 06:28:10, 273920 bytes

             Cap Flags: 0x1

          Format Flags: 0xFFFFF

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DirectInput Devices

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     Device Name: Mouse

        Attached: 1

   Controller ID: n/a

Vendor/Product ID: n/a

       FF Driver: n/a

     Device Name: Keyboard

        Attached: 1

   Controller ID: n/a

Vendor/Product ID: n/a

       FF Driver: n/a

     Device Name: Saitek Eclipse Keyboard

        Attached: 1

   Controller ID: 0x0

Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x8020

       FF Driver: n/a

     Device Name: Saitek Eclipse Keyboard

        Attached: 1

   Controller ID: 0x0

Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x8020

       FF Driver: n/a

     Device Name: Saitek Eclipse Keyboard

        Attached: 1

   Controller ID: 0x0

Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x8020

       FF Driver: n/a

Poll w/ Interrupt: No

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USB Devices

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+ USB Root Hub

| Vendor/Product ID: 0x8086, 0x2830

| Matching Device ID: usb\root_hub

| Service: usbhub

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Gameport Devices

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PS/2 Devices

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+ HID Keyboard Device

| Vendor/Product ID: 0x06A3, 0x8020

| Matching Device ID: hid_device_system_keyboard

| Service: kbdhid

|

+ Terminal Server Keyboard Driver

| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_kbd

| Upper Filters: kbdclass

| Service: TermDD

|

+ Microsoft PS/2 Mouse

| Matching Device ID: *pnp0f03

| Service: i8042prt

|

+ Terminal Server Mouse Driver

| Matching Device ID: root\rdp_mou

| Upper Filters: mouclass

| Service: TermDD

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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives

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     Drive: C:

Free Space: 177.6 GB

Total Space: 381.6 GB

File System: NTFS

     Model: ST3400633AS ATA Device

     Drive: D:

     Model: HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GSA-H10N ATA Device

    Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6000.16386 (English), , 0 bytes

     Drive: E:

     Model: LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW-832S ATA Device

    Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6000.16386 (English), , 0 bytes

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System Devices

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    Name: Intel® P965/G965 PCI Express Root Port - 29A1

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_29A1&SUBSYS_00008086&REV_02\3&11583659&0&08

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Intel® P965/G965 Processor to I/O Controller - 29A0

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_29A0&SUBSYS_81EA1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&00

  Driver: n/a

    Name: High Definition Audio Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_284B&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&D8

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Intel® ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 6 - 2849

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2849&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&E5

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Intel® ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 5 - 2847

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2847&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&E4

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Intel® ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 283F

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283F&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&E0

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Intel® ICH8 Family SMBus Controller - 283E

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283E&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&FB

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_283A&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&D7

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2836&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&EF

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2835&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&D1

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2834&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&D0

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2832&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&EA

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2831&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&E9

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2830&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&E8

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Intel® ICH8 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2825

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2825&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&FD

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Intel® ICH8 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller - 2820

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2820&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&FA

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Intel® ICH8/ICH8R Family LPC Interface Controller - 2810

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2810&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_02\3&11583659&0&F8

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Intel® 82801 PCI Bridge - 244E

Device ID: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_244E&SUBSYS_81EC1043&REV_F2\3&11583659&0&F0

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_197B&DEV_2363&SUBSYS_81E41043&REV_02\4&78B5AEF&0&00E4

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Network Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_1260&DEV_3890&SUBSYS_42031113&REV_01\4&E6D76C4&0&28F0

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Agere Systems PCI Soft Modem #2

Device ID: PCI\VEN_11C1&DEV_048C&SUBSYS_044C11C1&REV_03\4&E6D76C4&0&10F0

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_4364&SUBSYS_81F81043&REV_12\4&360CE69C&0&00E5

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Marvell Yukon 88E8001/8003/8010 PCI Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_11AB&DEV_4320&SUBSYS_811A1043&REV_13\4&E6D76C4&0&20F0

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller

Device ID: PCI\VEN_104C&DEV_8023&SUBSYS_808B1043&REV_00\4&E6D76C4&0&18F0

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Radeon X1600 Series Secondary

Device ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71E2&SUBSYS_0841174B&REV_00\4&1591CBDA&0&0108

  Driver: n/a

    Name: Radeon X1600 Series

Device ID: PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_71C2&SUBSYS_0840174B&REV_00\4&1591CBDA&0&0008

  Driver: n/a

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DirectShow Filters

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DirectShow Filters:

WMAudio Decoder DMO,0x00800800,1,1,,

WMAPro over S/PDIF DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,

WMSpeech Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,

MP3 Decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,

Mpeg4s Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,

WMV Screen decoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,

WMVideo Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,

Mpeg43 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,

Mpeg4 Decoder DMO,0x00800001,1,1,,

LEAD DVD Playlist Parser,0x00600000,1,2,ltmm15.dll,15.01.0000.0002

Nero Audible Decoder,0x00200000,1,1,NeAudible.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Subpicture Decoder,0x00400000,1,1,NeSubpicture.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Full Screen Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Scene Detector 2,0x00200000,2,0,NeSceneDetector.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Stream Buffer Sink,0x00200000,0,0,NeSBE.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Subtitle,0x00200000,1,1,NeSubtitle.ax,4.06.0015.0000

ATI Ticker,0x00200000,0,1,Ticker.ax,

DV Muxer,0x00400000,0,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Smart3D Video Effect Filter,0x00200000,1,1,NSG_dxFilter.dll,1.07.0005.0000

DV Scenes,0x00200000,1,1,NVDV.dll,3.00.0004.0000

Color Space Converter,0x00400001,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

WM ASF Reader,0x00400000,0,0,,11.00.6000.6324

Screen Capture filter,0x00200000,0,1,wmpsrcwp.dll,11.00.6000.6324

AVI Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

VGA 16 Color Ditherer,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Indeo® video 5.10 Compression Filter,0x00200000,1,1,Ir50_32.dll,5.2562.0015.0055

Nero FTC,0x00200000,1,1,NeFTC.ax,1.00.0000.0000

Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder,0x005fffff,2,4,msmpeg2vdec.dll,11.00.5840.6324

AC3 Parser Filter,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.6000.16386

StreamBufferSink,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Resize,0x00400000,1,1,NeResize.ax,4.06.0015.0000

MJPEG Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Indeo® video 5.10 Decompression Filter,0x00640000,1,1,Ir50_32.dll,5.2562.0015.0055

MPEG-I Stream Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,,6.06.6000.16386

SAMI (CC) Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero AV Synchronizer,0x00200000,1,1,NeAVSync.ax,4.06.0015.0000

VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Audio Stream Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,NeRender.ax,4.06.0015.0000

MPEG-2 Splitter,0x005fffff,1,0,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Encoder,0x00200000,2,0,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6000.6324

Nero Digital AVC Audio Encoder,0x00200000,1,2,NeNDAud.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Digital AVC File Writer,0x00200000,1,0,NeNDMux.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Digital AVC Video Enc,0x00200000,1,2,NeNDVid.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Digital AVC Null Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,NeNDMux.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Digital AVC Muxer,0x00200000,2,1,NeNDMux.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Smart3D Transition Effect Filter,0x00200000,1,1,NSG_dxFilter.dll,1.07.0005.0000

Internal Script Command Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

MPEG Audio Decoder,0x03680001,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Digital AVC Subpicture Enc,0x00200000,1,0,NeNDMux.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Format Converter,0x00200000,1,1,NeroFormatConv.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Overlay Mixer,0x00200000,1,1,NeOverlayMixer.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero MP4 Splitter,0x00600000,1,1,NeMP4Splitter.ax,4.06.0015.0000

DV Splitter,0x00600000,1,2,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Video Decoder HD,0x00400000,1,2,nevideohd.ax,4.06.0015.0000

HighMAT and MPV Navigator Filter,0x00200000,0,3,HMNavigator.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Video Mixing Renderer 9,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Photo Source,0x00200000,0,1,NePhotoSource.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Video Analyzer,0x00200000,2,0,NeVideoAnalyzer.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Microsoft MPEG-2 Encoder,0x00200000,2,1,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6000.6324

DV Source Filter,0x00400000,0,1,NVDV.dll,3.00.0004.0000

Nero Audio CD Filter,0x00200000,0,1,NeAudCD.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Smart3D Text Effect Filter,0x00200000,1,1,NSG_dxFilter.dll,1.07.0005.0000

Nero Video Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,NeVideoRenderer.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero PresentationGraphics Decoder,0x00600000,2,1,NeBDGraphic.ax,4.06.0015.0000

ACM Wrapper,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Video Renderer,0x00800001,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero DVD Navigator,0x00600000,0,12,nedvd.ax,4.06.0015.0000

MPEG-2 Video Stream Analyzer,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.6000.16386

Line 21 Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero InteractiveGraphics Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,NeBDGraphic.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Video Port Manager,0x00600000,2,1,,6.06.6000.16386

SmartSound Soundtrack,0x00400000,0,1,DirectQX.dll,3.00.0002.0006

SmartSound SDS Reader,0x00400000,0,1,SDSReader.dll,3.00.0002.0006

Video Renderer,0x00400000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Sound Processor,0x00200000,1,1,NeSoundProc.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Audio Sample Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,NeRender.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Vcd Navigator,0x00600000,0,2,NeVCD.ax,4.06.0015.0000

WM ASF Writer,0x00400000,0,0,,11.00.6000.6324

Nero Mpeg2 Encoder,0x00200000,2,1,NeVCR.ax,4.06.0015.0000

VBI Surface Allocator,0x00600000,1,1,vbisurf.ax,6.00.6000.16386

Nero Audio Decoder 2,0x00600000,1,1,neaudio2.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Video Stream Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,NeRender.ax,4.06.0015.0000

File writer,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Stream Buffer Source,0x00200000,0,0,NeSBE.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero PS Muxer,0x00200000,1,1,NePSMuxer.ax,4.06.0015.0000

DVD Navigator,0x00200000,0,3,,6.06.6000.16386

Overlay Mixer2,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Splitter,0x00600000,1,3,NeSplitter.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Deinterlace,0x00200000,1,1,NeDeinterlace.ax,4.06.0015.0000

AVI Draw,0x00600064,9,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero File Source / Splitter,0x00600000,0,3,NeFSource.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Microsoft MPEG-2 Audio Encoder,0x00200000,2,0,msmpeg2enc.dll,11.00.6000.6324

WST Pager,0x00800000,1,1,WSTPager.ax,6.06.6000.16386

MPEG-2 Demultiplexer,0x00600000,1,1,mpg2splt.ax,6.06.6000.16386

DV Video Decoder,0x00800000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Indeo® audio software,0x00500000,1,1,Iac25_32.ax,2.00.0005.0053

Nero Video Processor,0x00200000,1,1,NeroVideoProc.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Video Decoder,0x00600000,2,1,nevideo.ax,4.06.0015.0000

SampleGrabber,0x00200000,1,1,qedit.dll,6.06.6000.16386

Null Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,qedit.dll,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Sound Switcher,0x00200000,1,1,NeSoundSwitch.ax,4.06.0015.0000

MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x005fffff,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.6000.16386

IVF source filter,0x00600000,0,1,Ivfsrc.ax,5.10.0002.0051

Microsoft AC3 Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,msac3enc.dll,11.00.6000.6324

Nero Audio CD Navigator,0x00200000,0,1,NeAudCD.ax,4.06.0015.0000

StreamBufferSource,0x00200000,0,0,sbe.dll,6.06.6000.16386

Smart Tee,0x00200000,1,2,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Thumbnail Decoder,0x00600000,1,1,NeBDThumbnail.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Overlay Mixer,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Scene Detector,0x00200000,1,0,NeSceneDetector.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Stream Control,0x00200000,1,1,NeStreamControl.ax,1.00.0000.0000

AVI Decompressor,0x00600000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero Sample Queue,0x00200000,1,1,NeSampleQueue.ax,1.00.0000.0000

AVI/WAV File Source,0x00400000,0,2,,6.06.6000.16386

Wave Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

MIDI Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Multi-file Parser,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

File stream renderer,0x00400000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero File Source,0x00200000,0,1,NeFileSrc.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero File Source (Async.),0x00400000,0,1,NeFileSourceAsync.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Ogg Splitter,0x00400000,1,1,NeOggSplitter.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero DVD Decoder,0x00600000,2,1,nevideo.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Microsoft MPEG-1/DD Audio Decoder,0x005fffff,1,1,msmpeg2adec.dll,11.00.5840.6324

AVI Mux,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Line 21 Decoder 2,0x00600002,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

File Source (Async.),0x00400000,0,1,,6.06.6000.16386

File Source (URL),0x00400000,0,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero MP3 Encoder,0x00200000,1,1,NeMp3Encoder.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Frame Capture,0x00200000,1,1,NeCapture.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Nero Video Sample Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,NeRender.ax,4.06.0015.0000

HighMAT/MPV Navigator Client Filter,0x00200000,0,0,HMNavigator.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Infinite Pin Tee Filter,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Nero DV Splitter,0x00200000,1,2,NeDVSplitter.ax,4.06.0015.0000

Enhanced Video Renderer,0x00200000,1,0,evr.dll,5.00.0001.0001

BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00200000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.6000.16386

MPEG Video Decoder,0x40000001,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Indeo® video 4.4 Decompression Filter,0x00640000,1,1,Ir41_32.ax,4.51.0016.0003

Indeo® video 4.4 Compression Filter,0x00200000,1,1,Ir41_32.ax,4.51.0016.0003

WDM Streaming Tee/Splitter Devices:

Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6000.16386

WDM Streaming Data Transforms:

Microsoft Kernel DRM Audio Descrambler,0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6000.16386

Video Compressors:

WMVideo8 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,

WMVideo9 Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,

MSScreen 9 encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,

DV Video Encoder,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Indeo® video 5.10 Compression Filter,0x00100000,1,1,Ir50_32.dll,5.2562.0015.0055

MJPEG Compressor,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Cinepak Codec by Radius,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Fraps Video Decompressor,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Intel Indeo® Video R3.2,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Indeo® video 5.10,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Intel IYUV codec,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft MPEG-4  VKI  Codec V2,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft MPEG-4  VKI  Codec V3,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft MPEG-4  VKI  Codec V1,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft RLE,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft Video 1,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

VP60® Simple Profile ,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

VP61® Advanced Profile,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Intel Indeo® Video Raw R1.2,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

ZD Soft Screen Video Decoder,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Audio Compressors:

WM Speech Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,

WMAudio Encoder DMO,0x00600800,1,1,,

IAC2,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

IMA ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

PCM,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft ADPCM,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

GSM 6.10,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Messenger Audio Codec,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

CCITT A-Law,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

CCITT u-Law,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

MPEG Layer-3,0x00200000,1,1,,6.06.6000.16386

Audio Capture Sources:

Microphone (High Definition Aud,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Line In (High Definition Audio ,0x00200000,0,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Midi Renderers:

Default MidiOut Device,0x00800000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft GS Wavetable Synth,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

WDM Streaming Capture Devices:

HD Audio Line in,0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6000.16386

HD Audio Muxed capture,0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6000.16386

WDM Streaming Rendering Devices:

HD Audio Speaker,0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6000.16386

HD Audio SPDIF out,0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6000.16386

BDA Network Providers:

Microsoft ATSC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft DVBC Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft DVBS Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft DVBT Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSDvbNP.ax,6.06.6000.16386

Microsoft Network Provider,0x00200000,0,1,MSNP.ax,6.06.6000.16386

Multi-Instance Capable VBI Codecs:

VBI Codec,0x00600000,1,4,VBICodec.ax,6.06.6000.16386

BDA Transport Information Renderers:

BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter,0x00600000,2,0,psisrndr.ax,6.06.6000.16386

MPEG-2 Sections and Tables,0x00600000,1,0,Mpeg2Data.ax,6.06.6000.16386

BDA CP/CA Filters:

Decrypt/Tag,0x00600000,1,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.6000.16386

Encrypt/Tag,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.6000.16386

XDS Codec,0x00200000,0,0,EncDec.dll,6.06.6000.16386

WDM Streaming Communication Transforms:

Tee/Sink-to-Sink Converter,0x00200000,1,1,,6.00.6000.16386

Audio Renderers:

Speakers (High Definition Audio,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Default DirectSound Device,0x00800000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Default WaveOut Device,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

Digital Output Device (SPDIF) (,0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

DirectSound: Digital Output Device (SPDIF) (High Definition Audio Device),0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

DirectSound: Speakers (High Definition Audio Device),0x00200000,1,0,,6.06.6000.16386

To be honest, ive not played this game in so long i really dont know why i brought it, i expected this behaviour from ArmA, i can remember similar rubbish with OperationFlashpoint.

BIS, sort it out, this game is full of holes.

[Mr_Tea 0]

What version of Arma do you have?

German DVD, English DVD, digital download version?

[Thingamajig 0]

What version of Arma do you have?

German DVD, English DVD, digital download version?

Well, i'm in, and from the UK, so english, 505 Games .

[Mr_Tea 0]

Have you patched with the correct patch, 1.08 international?

[Thingamajig 0]

Have you patched with the correct patch, 1.08 international?

yep . it doesn't matter what version i have, i still get the same problem (although it never used to be like that, vanilla ArmA used to work, but doesn't anymore)

[Mr_Tea 0]

Could be an problem with copy protection.

Do you have virtual drives in use, or installed an StarForce protected game?

[Thingamajig 0]

Could be an problem with copy protection.

Do have virtual drives in use, or installed an StarForce protected game?

I dont use virtual drives.

Where can i find a list of starforce protected games?.

Thanks.

[Mr_Tea 0]

Here for example.

The problem with starforce is, that it install own drivers for the CD/DVD drive. What could lead to problems with other games, and it is not compatible with any drive.

[Thingamajig 0]

Here for example.

Well, i did have the Colin Mcrae Rally DIRT (Demo) installed, which i downloaded, but uninstalled it the same day...

I have FlatOut 2, not a hard copy. brought and downloaded via Steam (still have that installed)

Thats the only two i have on that list you gave me.

None of these are on CD, as i said, i downloaded these programs.

[Mr_Tea 0]

Here you can find the official tool to get rid of the starforce drivers.

The starforce drivers will never be uninstalled by uninstalling the protected game, that is part of the starforce problem.

Maybe you have to re-install ArmA, so the copy protection of you`re version can work properly.

[Thingamajig 0]

Here you can find the official tool to get rid of the starforce drivers.

The starforce drivers will never be uninstalled by uninstalling the protected game, that is part of the starforce problem.

the utility tells me that there are no drivers found to remove >.<

[Mr_Tea 0]

nvm. double post

[Mr_Tea 0]

The demo of CM Dirt is starforce protected, so you have installed starforce by installing CM Dirt.

Try to re-install ArmA, it should work then, but i`m not sure about that.

You have to test that out, than you`ll see.

But i see you have done that allready.

Try to reinstall the original drivers for the drive, that should kick the starforce drivers out.

[Thingamajig 0]

The demo of CM Dirt is starforce protected, so you have installed starforce by installing CM Dirt.

Try to re-install ArmA, it should work then, but i`m not sure about that.

You have to test that out, than you`ll see.

But i see you have done that allready.

Try to reinstall the original drivers for the drive, that should kick the starforce drivers out.

i'm updating the firmware of one of the drives for my pc.

To be perfectly honest, i feel that this will not solve my problem, as ive got two CD drives and i still get the black screen no matter what drive the disk is in.

[Mr_Tea 0]

Not the firmware, that will not help.

The problem are the stareforce drivers, that have to be replaced with original Vista drivers.

[Thingamajig 0]

Not the firmware, that will not help.

The problem are the stareforce drivers, that have to be replaced with original Vista drivers.

how would i go about doing that?. i assume i just go to device manager and remove them?, then refresh and let the operating system do the rest?.

[Mr_Tea 0]

That should work, yes.

[Thingamajig 0]

That should work, yes.

Well ive done it. and its not changed a thing. i still get a black screen when trying to launch the game...

[Mr_Tea 0]

I`d bet it`s because of starforce.

ArmA worked before, but not after you have installed the CM Dirt demo.

That demo uses starforce, what means you have installed starforce on you`re system.

The removal tool can have problems with Vista i think. Vista is very restrictive when application trying to access that hardware-level.

[Thingamajig 0]

I`d bet it`s because of starforce.

ArmA worked before, but not after you have installed the CM Dirt demo.

That demo uses starforce, what means you have installed starforce on you`re system.

The removal tool can have problems with Vista i think. Vista is very restrictive when application trying to access that hardware-level.

I did run the application as administrator, but obviously this made no difference.

Are you sure that the Stareforce drivers would have been installed?, as i didn't install the demo from a disk. i downloaded it off the net.

I never said that Arma stopped working after the CM Dirt demo, it was actually playing up before then

[Kode 0]

I don't think it's starforce. How could that possible affect Arma when it actually launches? Starforce is bad, but not in that way.

Do you hear any sound/music when you start arma and get the black screen?

Did you change any (video/audio) settings in arma before it went black? if yes, you might perhaps check the config file of arma (ArmA.cfg) and check if everything is ok, perhaps even try to change some things as the resolution and the refreshrate to a lower value.

The weird thing is that a re-install didn't do anything, so it might be caused by something else. Perhaps you could try updating your graphic drivers.

[Thingamajig 0]

I don't think it's starforce. How could that possible affect Arma when it actually launches? Starforce is bad, but not in that way.

Do you hear any sound/music when you start arma and get the black screen?

Did you change any (video/audio) settings in arma before it went black? if yes, you might perhaps check the config file of arma (ArmA.cfg) and check if everything is ok, perhaps even try to change some things as the resolution and the refreshrate to a lower value.

The weird thing is that a re-install didn't do anything, so it might be caused by something else. Perhaps you could try updating your graphic drivers.

I think starforce could effect the game from recognizing the disk at startup, which could cause this. but i really dont think this is the problem.

Ive had this problem for so long i couldn't say when exactly it started or what i "did" to cause it...

I think the only thing that could have caused this is updating drivers, because thats pretty much the only "major" thing i do to this system.

And yes, i have the latest graphics card drivers. as i said in my orginal post.

I hear no sound when i try to launch the game, just a big black screen, and all i can see is my mouse pointer, the resolution is 800x600 i think, judging by the size of the pointer.

I DO remember a while ago trying to launch the game, i left the computer with the black screen for about 30 minutes, and i suffered some graphical corruption, very much like these people are suffering in this thread:

http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....+screen

Some game this has turned out to be.

[Kode 0]

could you also check the ArmA.cfg or even post it in here? It should be located in the ArmA folder in my documents.

[Mr_Tea 0]

I play ArmA with Win2k Prof., but from time to time i test it with Vista Home Premium, and never got those errors.

Not the black screen over a long time, or the totally strange graphics.

[Espectro (DayZ) 0]

It doesn't sound like it's a starforce problem, as it's not the copy protection that kicks in.