Patch 1.02 Stability Survey

[Guest Ti0n3r]

No crashes or lockups so far, and I don't even have dual core Oo

[PRiME 1]

I get allot of crashes to desktop in large multiplayer games now, sometimes I can play for ages without issues. Other times I just crash non stop. Tried a few things but perhaps driver related? using 186.06 drivers atm on W7 32bit.

[subwulf 10]

So far, there are almost no crashes. To program runs fast and smooth. The multiplayer runs good. But there is a major bug in the manhatten mission. After a special situation I get always a crash to desktop.

Looking forward to patch 1.03 with the hope to get this problem fixed. Else I can't play the campaign further.

There is also a problem with the sound noise of the A 10 with full throttle. Its a very rude noise. I don't have this problem with other planes under full throttle.

Best

subwulf

www.subwolves.com

[EricM 0]

@subwulf : I had the same/similar problem after patching and using a previous saved game. Restarting the mission got rid of it for me... But you need the patience to do it all over...

[galzohar 31]

Still gives an error when I quit the game with alt+F4 (send/don't send error from Arma 2), even after reformatting and reinstalling winXP Pro 32 (fully updated) and Steam. Also happens sometimes when disconnecting from a server.

Edited July 9, 2009 by galzohar

[Tiger.BiH 10]

geting a bug where my weapons get stuck when i try to change from primary to secondary weapon etc, the switch up gets messed up. Also the sometimes i get stuck to gear box, and unless i switch my weapon i cant move anywhere.

[spamurai 3]

I run the Steam version of ArmA 2. As such it came already at 1.02.

The game suffers from a serious system crash that several people (acquaintances) , as well as myself, experience in detail. These crashes appear in the form of a Driver Crashes forcing system reboots to all out BSoD's.

Other then that, the actual performance is playable (in between random crashes). Could be better, such as one report of smoke efffects chewing up FPS and general improvements to the visible "popping" of differing levels of detail on models which appear in constant flux.

[the_shadow 0]

i solved all my crashing problems by using -maxmem=1000 at the end of my shortcut..

using -maxmem=1250 the game still crashes at somme occasions.

-maxmem=1500 and the game crashes a little less then normal.

but -maxmem=1000 works for me, played 6 consecutive hours yesterday without much more then some server lag.

[tophe 69]

i solved all my crashing problems by using -maxmem=1000 at the end of my shortcut..

using -maxmem=1250 the game still crashes at somme occasions.

-maxmem=1500 and the game crashes a little less then normal.

but -maxmem=1000 works for me, played 6 consecutive hours yesterday without much more then some server lag.

Thanks for the info!

I've got to try that... My game crashed 4 times last night.

[the_shadow 0]

my game crashed 2 times WITH maxmem=1000 yesterday...

first times though..

guess 2gb RAM isnt enough on a XP system...

[doc_no1 0]

I also have 2gb ram on xp,i stopped using paramaters for memory,only use this on my arma 2 desktop exe and it works perfect,

-nosplash -world=empty

[EVIL-SCOTSMAN 0]

Patch has made things better for me slightly, but stuttering whilst flying makes flying near impossible to do and also slight stuttering in built up areas.#

vista 64

4 gig ram

fx60 cpu

8800gtx

[volkov956 0]

Here is my RPT Snippets

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male01\ru\core\generic\empty.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error in expression <_si) set [_gi, ((scoreMoney select _si) select _gi) + _score]>

Error position: <select _gi) + _score]>

Error Zero divisor

Error in expression <_si) set [_gi, ((scoreMoney select _si) select _gi) + _score]>

Error position: <select _gi) + _score]>

Error Zero divisor

Array index out of range

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Error in expression <_si) set [_gi, ((scoreMoney select _si) select _gi) + _score]>

Error position: <select _gi) + _score]>

Error Zero divisor

Array index out of range

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Client: Object 2:2334 (type Type_67) not found. (repeated over and over)

Protocol bin\config.bin/RadioProtocolCZ/: Missing word Disengage

Client: Object 2:2511 (type Type_67) not found. (repeated over and over)

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male03\ru\core\generic\goodmornin.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error in expression <ctrlSetText [iDC_TEXT_MENU_NAME, _nameFactory]>

Error position: <_nameFactory]>

Error Undefined variable in expression: _namefactory

Protocol bin\config.bin/RadioProtocolRU/: Missing word AtOur

Protocol bin\config.bin/RadioProtocolRU/: Missing word AtOur

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male02\ru\core\generic\empty.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male01\ru\sendsitrep.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error in expression <ctrlSetText [iDC_TEXT_MENU_NAME, _nameFactory]>

Error position: <_nameFactory]>

Error Undefined variable in expression: _namefactory

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male03\ru\ceasefiree.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error in expression <ctrlSetText [iDC_TEXT_MENU_NAME, _nameFactory]>

Error position: <_nameFactory]>

Error Undefined variable in expression: _namefactory

Client: Object 2:2568 (type Type_96) not found.

Array index out of range

Protocol bin\config.bin/RadioProtocolRU/: Missing word AwayGrid

Array index out of range

Array index out of range

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male01\ru\getin.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male02\ru\healat.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\ru\core\generic\empty.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Remote entity want to supply: O Kilo:9 REMOTE

Remote entity want to supply: O Kilo:9 REMOTE

Remote entity want to supply: O Kilo:9 REMOTE

Array index out of range

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\ru\healat.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Protocol bin\config.bin/RadioProtocolRU/: Missing word AwayGrid

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male02\ru\healat.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error in expression <ctrlSetText [iDC_TEXT_MENU_NAME, _nameFactory]>

Error position: <_nameFactory]>

Error Undefined variable in expression: _namefactory

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male02\ru\healat.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\ru\healat.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\ru\core\generic\goodmornin.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Array index out of range

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male03\ru\core\generic\goodmornin.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Protocol bin\config.bin/RadioProtocolRU/: Missing word AwayGrid

Array index out of range

Error in expression <ctrlSetText [iDC_TEXT_MENU_NAME, _nameFactory]>

Error position: <_nameFactory]>

Error Undefined variable in expression: _namefactory

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male02\ru\healat.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Error: cannot load sound 'ca\dubbing\global\radio\male04\ru\healat.wss', header cannot be loaded.

Client: Object 2:5011 (type Type_96) not found.

Client: Object 2:5011 (type Type_96) not found.

Client: Object 2:5011 (type Type_96) not found.

Ref to nonnetwork object Agent 0x17a30800

Ref to nonnetwork object Agent 0x17a30800

Client: Nonnetwork object 1b9df400.

Client: Nonnetwork object 17a30800.

Error in expression <ctrlSetText [iDC_TEXT_MENU_NAME, _nameFactory]>

Error position: <_nameFactory]>

Error Undefined variable in expression: _namefactory

Array index out of range

Client: Object 2:6404 (type Type_82) not found.

Error in expression < (unitDefs select (_x select 1)) select udImage] } foreach _vehicles>

Error position: <udImage] } foreach _vehicles>

Error Undefined variable in expression: udimage

Client: Object 2:5011 (type Type_96) not found.

Client: Object 2:5011 (type Type_121) not found.

Client: Object 2:5011 (type Type_95) not found.

Array index out of range

ErrorMessage: Out of memory (requested 3312 KB).

Reserved 294912 KB.

Total free 15567 KB

Free blocks 751, Max free size 3088 KB

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[goose4291 11]

I experienced a smoother graphical experience, however AI remains shocking at times, noticably whilst in vehicles.

[y2khippy 10]

OK Back the question about does this patch help or not. And how did it work for you.

With the stand alone DVD install.. I could not get into game unless i did alot of working around. And now with the patch, no matter what i do i cannot get the game to work.

The error i get is still

DirectX 9 engine error...

The work around i was doing before was the following

Reboot - Into Safe Mode - Ininstall Nvidia drivers

Reboot - Into Safe Mode - Clean up any left over drivers with Driver Sweeper

Reboot - Install either 186.18 or the new 190 beta drivers.

Reboot - Start Game of Dual Monitor settings with Tripplehead2go

Reboot - Set up full TrippleHead2Go to run at my standard 5040 by 1050 resolution

Start Game in dual 1680 by 1050, and edit video settings to utialise the theird monitor.

[Steakslim 1]

to ask the first and obvious question to get it out of the way, but do you have the most recent build of DX9 installed?

[BLSmith2112 0]

Intel i7 910 2.66 GHz

Corsair 6GB Triple Channel

eVGA GTX 285 1GB 186.18 WHQL

Gigabyte UTX58 Motherboard

Windows XP 32bit

Steam Version.

Much smoother Experience. No errors anymore. However: I crash more often when the game is on for almost exactly 20 minutes. The screen turns black and I see the crash dialog box. I can CTRL+ALT+DEL and close out of the program and restart the game without problems. No mods, addons, or custom parameters.

Also, I don't know if this is game related or PC related but when I eject from an aircraft - the instant I hit eject the PC sound loops and the computer completely locks up and I am forced to power down and restart the PC.

Computer Management Error Report:

Faulting application arma2.exe, version 1.2.0.58136, faulting module arma2.exe, version 1.2.0.58136, fault address 0x00165043.

For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

[ikkeii 10]

Also, I don't know if this is game related or PC related but when I eject from an aircraft - the instant I hit eject the PC sound loops and the computer completely locks up and I am forced to power down and restart the PC.

HAHAHA....EJECT and your PC trys to spit your harddrive out.

[y2khippy 10]

Stakeslim,

it is NOT a directX problem, i have tryed the ones off the CD, and off steam, manual updater etc etc...

The problem has been solved actually more than amonth ago yet it wasnt being updated in the Tech Support. To anyone useing Matrox Tripple Heads, you need to start the game in two monitors, copy the config, and every time you want to start the game in three monitor desktop edit the config for the same resolution and htz of the as if it was two monitors. Then in game change it back to three everytime. A much simpler work around, but still a work around.

[Snots 0]

Runs ok but i notice that if the server im playing on doesnt have kickass bandwidth and cores the game suffers. I thought it was ArmA 2 and my PC until i played on the same server with fewer players and it ran a lot smoother.

I noticed a big improvement when i OC my E6600 2.4 @ 3.0 ghz

Gigabyte GA-965 P S3

E6600 2.4 @ 3.0 ghz / Zalman cooler

2 gig DDR2 800mhz (4-4-4-12) ram

4870 x2

Vista 32 ... puke :mad:

[Defender90 10]

I've got a problem in Razor Two. The game freezes just after I pick up the map case on the bench next to the tent in the castle in Vyshnoye. To get to the castle, I'd gone through all the red x's on the map in order (Marines-Empty camp-Photo camp), then to Vishnoye to chat to the dude there, then up to the farm south of Vishnoye to chat to the bloke there, then on to the castle.

Suspecting the game, I reverted back to the start of the mission, started playing again doing the tasks in a different order. This time I went to the quarry, the Red x enemy camp with the photo's, then down into Staroye, boycotting the castle at Vyshnoye entirely. I got as far as defending the village, and it freezes again halfway through defending the barn. This makes me think it's a trigger problem.

For me at least, this is definitely NOT a hardware problem. I've monitored all the temps on my rig whilst playing and none got close to their limits. All latest drivers and updates obviously installed, including patch 1.02 (need you even ask?!). To make absolutely sure I rolled back my OC to stock speeds and tested, same problem. The game freezes. My computer does not freeze however, I can Ctrl-Alt-Del out of the game and use my system normally. No error messages, no memory dumps, no BSODs. The game just freezes.

In summary, it's a problem with the game, not my set up. I've tried to approach the mission from two different angles, every time it freezes in the same spot.

Anyone fixed this or worked it out? Cos it's P*SS*NG ME OFF!!

---------- Post added at 17:15 ---------- Previous post was at 16:42 ----------

Further: at least it's been reported as an official bug (#2840). See here: http://dev-heaven.net/issues/show/2840

[Placebo 29]

Thanks to everyone who took the time to vote/respond.

Patch 1.03 Stability Survey