New beta build 70313 is up!

[NoRailgunner 0]

Here you go - http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php

Quick-tested it with Mission : _TEST_FPS6-Chernogorsk.Chernarus dl:http://dev-heaven.net/issues/1745#note-30

same sys + ingame settings like yesterday

Duo Core @3Ghz Vista 32bit - ingame settings:

viewdistance 2500m, all others on "Normal", except shadows="High" and postprocess effects="off". No addons and mods used!

pure beta build

"FPS-STAT FPS: 24.6274; FPSmm 17.5439 FPSm: 3.64964 - Chernogorsk (1360 frames in 55.223 s) "

with -exThreads=1

"FPS-STAT FPS: 23.4842; FPSmm 17.8571 FPSm: 3.67647 - Chernogorsk (1296 frames in 55.186 s) "

with -exThreads=3

"FPS-STAT FPS: 24.6609; FPSmm 18.5185 FPSm: 3.80228 - Chernogorsk (1360 frames in 55.148 s) "

Default loading screen "Utes" appears with white textures - loading them fully takes 2-3 seconds.

arma2.rpt error line:

Item str_disp_server_control listed twice

[Placebo 29]

Let's try this one again shall we without any spam or unpleasantness :)

[JuggernautOfWar 1]

So what's new in this version? The new .log file for this new version is the same as version 70256.

[Beagle 684]

So what's new in this version? The new .log file for this new version is the same as version 70256.

Thats not new, its for testing. This betas are for engine enhancement and acceptance evaluation, not for new features at the moment.

[todayskiller 10]

Got a question...how do I access the command line to put in the -exThreads=3? or w/e

[Beagle 684]

Got a question...how do I access the command line to put in the -exThreads=3? or w/e

Add this command line parameter to the "target" line in "properties" of the "launch arma beta patch" shortcut you made to your desktop.

It should look like: "C:\arma2\arma2.exe" -nosplash -mod=beta -exThreads=3

Edited May 13, 2010 by Beagle

[todayskiller 10]

"C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\beta\arma2.exe" -mod=beta -nosplash -mod=beta -exThreads=3

Is that how it is suppose to be? and how many threads are there? up to 3?...none, 1, 2, 3?

[INVICTUS 10]

I receive error 101 I can't download the patch Grrrrr! Damn FTP and new browsers please make a http mirror!

Edited May 13, 2010 by INVICTUS

[Dwarden 1125]

update your Chrome

[Vipera 10]

New beta is awesome! I've tested 70313 with -exThreads=3 and i can say 'Waw'! I've lost fps a bit but overall performance is incredible! I took helicopter and flew over the Chernarus in editor. Gameplay is very smooth and constant. I can't see fps drop when I use zoom even if I zoom to big city! And I was not able to crash ARMA2 in my test mission where I was able before. But I still use RAM disk for some files. I'm HAPPY today and I will test MP tomorrow. Thanks a lot dev team and keep moving forward!

PS. When I started game with new beta first time i saw video artefacts as a green dots "snow" all over the screen. When I changed resolution back and forth they disappeared and I can't see them again even after game restart.

[turin turambar 0]

Beta 313, in Core 2 Duo E6850 3.0ghz @ 3.6ghz, 4GB Ram, Ati 4890, Windows 7 64 bits.

Benchmark 1 (with AI)

ExThreads=0 31fps, =1 33 fps, =3 33 fps.

Benchmark 2 (with AI)

ExThreads=0 11fps, =1 11 fps, =3 12 fps.

Benchmark Test6-FPS (without AI)

ExThreads=0

Avg 25, Avg min 19, Max 33, Min 2

Ext=1

Avg 26, Avg min 19, Max 37, Min 11

Ext =3

Avg 28, Avg min 20, Max 41, Min 12

ExThreads=3 still wins.

(repeated post, i didn't know what thread to use)

[Vipera 10]

Unfortunately game still crashes in MP (CTI).

[Alex72 1]

Unfortunately game still crashes in MP (CTI).

Reason for crash can be too high in game settings, but we cant tell without proper information. RPT and dumps might help BIS next time you crash.

[jw custom 56]

Reason for crash can be too high in game settings, but we cant tell without proper information. RPT and dumps might help BIS next time you crash.

Or too low, lol yes thats right :p

I had been playing around with the settings and usually i have everything on high but i lowered some of them and forgot about it, then i went playing Domination and i kept crashing after about 5min of play. I tried 3 servers all running Domi 2.06 and i crashed on them all, first i thought it was the new Domination version that screwed something up but then i looked at my settings and saw i had them lowered and set them back on high and i played for 3 hours+ without a problem :bounce3:

[MavericK96 0]

Playing in 70313 with exThreads=0, doing lone flybys over Chernagorsk, I will sometimes get a black screen coming up and then "Receiving..." for 5-10 seconds, and then the game will resume. In the RPT these incidences show up like this:

Error during v-buffer creation: error 8876017c
Virtual memory total 2047 MB (2147352576 B)
Virtual memory free 135 MB (142221312 B)
Physical memory free 2822 MB (2959839232 B)
Page file free 7518 MB (7884079104 B)
Process working set 1419 MB (1488642048 B)
Process page file used 1584 MB (1661440000 B)
Runtime reserved 458 MB (480247808 B)
Runtime committed 430 MB (451518464 B)
Longest free VM region: 6291456 B, busy 2022240256 B, free 125177856 B
Small mapped regions: 12, size 57344 B
VID: alloc 985210316, limit 1237799808, free: local 1045323776, nonlocal 2147483647, DX9 4002414592, virt. 142221312

Looks like our old friend "v-buffer creation error" rearing its ugly head to some extent. However, the game did not crash, even after two of these occurances. Needless to say, if it were an MP game and you were in an aircraft, the amount of time that the screen blacks out would invariably cause you to crash into the ground. In SP, where I was testing, the game paused itself.

EDIT: Just got this three times in MP while flying an A-10 over a relatively small town. The third time caused me to crash into the ground. Extremely frustrating and game-breaking issue. :mad:

I've created a CIT issue ticket here: http://dev-heaven.net/issues/10716

Edited May 18, 2010 by MavericK96

[katipo66 94]

Ok correct thread this time.

Ive been playing warfare as single player a lot with the latest beta 70313, ive been playing with virtually no mods except custom islands.

Parameters: "C:\Program Files\Bohemia Interactive\ArmA 2\beta\arma2.exe" maxmem=2047 -nosplash -world=empty -showScriptErrors -mod=beta;@CBA;x\caa1;x\oac\oac_core;@Misc_islands

I do not control any AI.

I dont know if AI are any wiser, but they sure dont seem any dumber, they engage at good distances and their over all behavior seems to be, clever!!? (except at bridges) i can still pick them off easily at times but maybe they feel more responsive and evasive.

Performance wise has always been the same, no real great feeling of improvement but i have to say there definitely is an improvement in smoothness, i usually just open a mission in chernarus too gage any change, but my system still struggles a bit with all settings max and view distance 2329 on that map, but runs warfare ok on other islands, theres a bit of stutter etc, but bearable. I have to disable PP as it gives a wavy effect on my screen? memory set to default.

Is there any new advice for which memory setting is better? is maxmem=2047 with memory set at default still relevant? i ask cos i guess i see no real difference between the 2, actually i change setting every 3 or so nights and each one feels like an improvement

in my opinion Arma 2 runs sweet for me with no mods, for the non hardcore hardnuts (counts bullets in firefights) realism player but still likes the realism aspect i think BIS are getting it right.

Sys specs as given by ATT

ATT Version 1.6.9.1391

Display adapter ATI display adapter (0x9460)

Core Name RV790

SubVendor Sapphire (P.C. Partner) (174B)

SubDevice E115

BUS 1

Device 0

Function 0

Base Address 0 D000000C

Base Address 1 00000000

Base Address 2 E5000004

Base Address 3 00000000

Bus Type Supported PCI Express 2.x

PCI-E Link Width 16

Max PCI-E Link Width 16

SMARTGART Installed No

Driver Version 10.4

Release Version 8.723-100406a-098771E-ATI

QuadBuffer Stereo Support No

Catalyst Registry Path

System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video\{F3E3FEB1-855A-49C3-BE56-B3F4E32E0934}\0000

______________________________

Clock Information

BIOS VPU 870.00

Current VPU 240.00

BIOS MEM 1050.00

Current MEM 1050.00

______________________________

Overdrive

Adapter 0

Supported Yes

Type PowerPlay

Level 0 : GPU/MEM/VDDC 240.00/1050.00/1.053

Level 1 : GPU/MEM/VDDC 500.00/1050.00/1.183

Level 2 : GPU/MEM/VDDC 870.00/1050.00/1.313

______________________________

Radeon PCI configuration space

00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0A 0B 0C 0D 0E 0F

00 02 10 60 94 07 04 10 00 00 00 00 03 08 00 80 00

10 0C 00 00 D0 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 E5 00 00 00 00

20 01 B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4B 17 15 E1

30 00 00 00 00 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00

40 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 4B 17 15 E1

50 01 58 03 06 00 00 00 00 10 A0 12 00 A0 8F 2C 01

60 10 09 00 00 02 0D 00 00 40 00 01 11 00 00 00 00

70 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

80 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 01 00 00 00 00 00

90 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

A0 05 00 81 00 0C 30 E0 FE 00 00 00 00 B0 49 00 00

B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

C0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

E0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

F0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Hardware Information ASIC (Software) Method

Family 81

Emulated Revision 10

Gfx Engine ID 6

VRam Bit Width 256

Installed memory 1024

OverDrive 5 Limits Adapter 0

Core clocks Min 120.00 - Max 1000.00

Memory clocks Min 525.00 - Max 1200.00

VDDC Min 0.923v - Max 1.313v

______________________________

FAN

1 121A0087

2 50CB1419

3 5A50463C

4 64615F5D

5 51433628

6 87796C5E

Video BIOS Information Adapter0

Version 011.022.002.001

Part Number 113-BA9202-X04

Date 2009/05/07 22:14

Vram Type GDDR5

______________________________

Multi VPU Caps

______________________________

No additional information

______________________________

Multi VPU State

ulActiveAdapters 1

ulAvailableAdapters 0

ulCurrentAdapter 0

ulDongleCapabilities 0

ulDongleConnection 0

ulDongleDisplayIndex 0

ulPrimaryIndex 0

ulMVPUMaxFBSize 0

ulMVPUMaxPipes 0

ulMVPUMaxVisFBSize 0

ulMVPUState 0

State Bits

[SaOk 112]

70313 (with exThreads=3 and no mods) crashed first time today when I had played few seconds a custom mission that have worked great before and work great again after the crash. This was the first crash in almost year. Here is the message from RPT:

Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 11B8C1C1

graphics: D3D9, Device: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series , Driver:atiu9pag.dll 8.14.1.6105

resolution: 1920x1200x32

Addons:

CAAir2_C130J in ca\air2\c130j\, CAAir2_UH1Y in ca\air2\uh1y\

CA_Animals2_Cow in ca\animals2\cow\, CABuildings2 in ca\buildings2\

CAStructures_IndPipe1_todo_delete in ca\buildings2\ind_pipeline\indpipe1\

Ind_SiloVelke in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_silovelke\

Chernarus in ca\chernarus\, CA_Dubbing in ca\dubbing\

CA_Modules_DynO in ca\modules\dyno\, CASounds_Missions in ca\soundmissions\

CAStructuresHouse_A_Office02 in ca\structures\house\a_office02\

CAStructures_Proxy_BuildingParts in ca\structures\proxy_buildingparts\

CAStructuresHouse_Church_02 in ca\structures\house\church_02\

CAWeapons_2b14_82mm_Mortar in ca\weapons\podnos_2b14_82mm\

CAWheeled2_HMMWV_BASE in ca\wheeled2\hmmwv\, CA_AIR2_Su25 in ca\air2\su25\

CABuildingParts in ca\buildings2\buildingparts\

CA_Missions_SecOps in ca\missions\som\

CA_Missions_FirstAidSystem in ca\modules\fa\, CA_Modules_ZoRA in ca\modules\zora\

pond_test in ca\structures\pond\

CAStructuresLand_Nav_Boathouse in ca\structures\nav_boathouse\

CAStructuresHouse_Church_03 in ca\structures\house\church_03\

CAStructuresHouse_Church_05R in ca\structures\house\church_05r\

CAWater2_LHD in ca\water2\lhd\, CAWheeled2_GAZ39371 in ca\wheeled2\gaz39371\

CAWheeled2_Ikarus in ca\wheeled2\ikarus\

CAHouseBlock_A in ca\buildings2\houseblocks\houseblock_a\

Ind_Pec in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_pec\

CA_Missions_BattlefieldClearance in ca\modules\bc\

CA_Missions_GarbageCollector in ca\modules\garbage_collector\

CA_Modules_Marta in ca\modules\marta\

CAStructuresHouse_A_FuelStation in ca\structures\house\a_fuelstation\

CAStructures_Rail in ca\structures\rail\

CAStructuresHouse_A_Hospital in ca\structures\house\a_hospital\

CAWeapons_AmmoBoxes in ca\weapons\ammoboxes\

CAWeapons2_HuntingRifle in ca\weapons2\huntingrifle\

CAWheeled_Pickup in ca\wheeled\datsun_armed\

CAWheeled2_M998A2_Avenger in ca\wheeled2\hmmwv\m998a2_avenger\

CAWheeled2_MTVR in ca\wheeled2\mtvr\

CA_Animals2_Dogs_Pastor in ca\animals2\dogs\pastor\

CAHouseBlock_B in ca\buildings2\houseblocks\houseblock_b\

Farm_WTower in ca\buildings2\farm_wtower\, CARoads2Dam in ca\roads2\dam\

CASounds in ca\sounds\, CAStructures_Proxy_Ruins in ca\structures\proxy_ruins\

CAStructures_Mil in ca\structures\mil\

CAStructuresHouse_HouseV2 in ca\structures\house\housev2\

CAStructuresHouse_Shed_Ind in ca\structures\shed_ind\

Ind_SawMill in ca\structures\ind_sawmill\

CAStructuresLand_Ind_Stack_Big in ca\structures\ind\

CATracked2_T90 in ca\tracked2\t90\, CAWeapons_SPG9 in ca\weapons\spg9\

CAWeapons_VSS_vintorez in ca\weapons\vss_vintorez\

CAWeapons_ZU23 in ca\weapons\zu23\

CAWeapons_Metis_AT_13 in ca\weapons\metis_at_13\

CAWeapons_bizon in ca\weapons\bizon\

CAWeapons_Warfare_weapons in ca\weapons\static\

CAWheeled2_LADA in ca\wheeled2\lada\, CAWheeled2_BTR90 in ca\wheeled2\btr90\

CA_Animals2_Rabbit in ca\animals2\rabbit\

CA_Animals2_Anim_Config in ca\animals2\animconfig\

Rail_House_01 in ca\buildings2\rail_house_01\

CAHouseBlock_C in ca\buildings2\houseblocks\houseblock_c\

Ind_Workshop01 in ca\buildings2\ind_workshop01\, CACharacters2 in ca\characters2\

CA_Modules_Coin in ca\modules\coin\, CARoads2Bridge in ca\roads2\bridge\

CASigns2 in ca\signs2\, CAStructures_A_BuildingWIP in ca\structures\a_buildingwip\

CAStructuresLand_A_MunicipalOffice in ca\structures\a_municipaloffice\

CAStructures_Castle in ca\structures\castle\

CATracked2_2S6M_Tunguska in ca\tracked2\2s6m_tunguska\

CATracked2_T34 in ca\tracked2\t34\, CAWater2_Fregata in ca\water2\fregata\

CAWheeled in ca\wheeled\, Arma2_Ka52 in ca\air2\ka52\

CAAir2_ChukarTarget in ca\air2\chukar\

CAHouseBlock_D in ca\buildings2\houseblocks\houseblock_d\

Barn_Metal in ca\buildings2\barn_metal\

CA_Missions_Armory2 in ca\missions\armory\, CA_Missions in ca\missions\

missions_ew in ca\missions_ew\

CAStructures_IndPipe1 in ca\structures\ind_pipeline\indpipe1\

CAStructuresHouse_a_stationhouse in ca\structures\house\a_stationhouse\

CAStructuresInd_Quarry in ca\structures\ind_quarry\

CAweapons_m107 in ca\weapons\m107\, CAWeapons_M1014 in ca\weapons\m1014\

CAWheeled2_LAV25 in ca\wheeled2\lav25\, CAWheeled2_Kamaz in ca\wheeled2\kamaz\

CAWheeled3_TT650 in ca\wheeled3\tt650\, CAAir in ca\air\, HALO_Test in ca\air2\halo\

CA_Anims in ca\anims\, Ind_Tank in ca\buildings2\ind_tank\

Farm_Cowshed in ca\buildings2\farm_cowshed\

Shed_wooden in ca\buildings2\shed_wooden\

ind_silomale in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_silomale\

Ind_Dopravnik in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_dopravnik\

CA_Heads in ca\characters\heads\, CALanguage_missions in ca\languagemissions\

BI_SRRS in ca\modules\srrs\, CA_Modules_UAV in ca\modules\uav\

CA_Missions_AlternativeInjurySimulation in ca\modules\ais\

CAStructuresHouse_rail_station_big in ca\structures\rail\rail_station_big\

CAStructures in ca\structures\, CATracked2_BMP3 in ca\tracked2\bmp3\

Warfare2 in ca\warfare2\, CAWater2_seafox in ca\water2\seafox\

CAWheeled2_VWGolf in ca\wheeled2\vwgolf\, CAWheeled2_MMT in ca\wheeled2\mmt\

CAUI in ca\ui\, CAAnimals in ca\animals\

CA_Animals2_Dogs_Fin in ca\animals2\dogs\fin\

Misc_WaterStation in ca\buildings2\misc_waterstation\

CATEC in ca\buildings2\buildingparts\signs\tec\

A_GeneralStore_01 in ca\buildings2\a_generalstore_01\, CA_Editor in ca\editor\

CA_Missions_Templates_SecOps in ca\missions\templates\secops.west\

CA_Modules_Silvie in ca\modules\silvie\, CARocks2 in ca\rocks2\

CAStructuresShed_Small in ca\structures\shed\shed_small\

CAStructuresHouse_HouseBT in ca\structures\house\housebt\, Utes in ca\utes\

CAWeapons in ca\weapons\, CAWeapons2 in ca\weapons2\, CAAir2 in ca\air2\

CAAir3_Su34 in ca\air3\su34\, CA_Anims_Wmn in ca\anims\characters\config\wmn\

A_Crane_02 in ca\buildings2\a_crane_02\

CABuildings2_Misc_Cargo in ca\buildings2\misc_cargo\

CACharacters in ca\characters\

CAStructuresHouse_HouseV in ca\structures\house\housev\, CAFonts in ca\uifonts\

CAWheeled2_V3S in ca\wheeled2\v3s\, CAWheeled3_M1030 in ca\wheeled3\m1030\

CAAir2_MV22 in ca\air2\mv22\, CAAir3 in ca\air3\

CA_Animals2_Chicken in ca\animals2\birds\chicken\, CA_Animals2 in ca\animals2\

CA_Anims_Sdr in ca\anims\characters\config\sdr\

Misc_PowerStation in ca\buildings2\misc_powerstation\

CABuildingParts_Signs in ca\buildings2\buildingparts\signs\

IndPipe2 in ca\buildings2\ind_pipeline\indpipe2\

Ind_Expedice in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_expedice\

Ind_Vysypka in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_vysypka\, CAMisc in ca\misc\

CA_Modules_clouds in ca\modules\clouds\, CA_Modules_Alice in ca\modules\alice\

CA_Modules_Animals in ca\modules\animals\

CAWheeled_Offroad in ca\wheeled\hilux_armed\, CAAir2_F35B in ca\air2\f35b\

CAAir2_Pchela1T in ca\air2\pchela1t\, CA_Animals2_Sheep in ca\animals2\sheep\

CA_Animals2_Dogs in ca\animals2\dogs\, Ind_Garage01 in ca\buildings2\ind_garage01\

CAData in ca\, CA_Dubbing_Counterattack in ca\dubbing\counterattack\

CALanguage in ca\language\, CA_Modules_ARTY in ca\modules\arty\

CARoads2 in ca\roads2\, A_TVTower in ca\structures\a_tvtower\

CAStructuresHouse in ca\structures\house\, CAWater in ca\water\

CAWater2_Destroyer in ca\water2\destroyer\, CAWater2 in ca\water2\

CAWeapons2_SMAW in ca\weapons2\smaw\

CA_Animals2_WildBoar in ca\animals2\wildboar\

CA_Anims_Char in ca\anims\characters\config\

Shed_small in ca\buildings2\shed_small\

CABuildings2_A_Pub in ca\buildings2\a_pub\, WarfareBuildings in ca\misc3\wf\

CA_Modules_Functions in ca\modules\functions\

CAStructuresBarn_W in ca\structures\barn_w\

CAStructures_Wall in ca\structures\wall\

CAStructures_Railway in ca\structures\rail\railway\, CATracked in ca\tracked\

CAWeapons_Saiga12K in ca\weapons\saiga12k\

CAWheeled2_HMMWV_Ambulance in ca\wheeled2\hmmwv\m997a2_ambulance\

CAA10 in ca\a10\, CAAir2_MQ9PredatorB in ca\air2\mq9predatorb\

A_statue in ca\buildings2\a_statue\

Ind_Mlyn in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_mlyn\

CAData_ParticleEffects in ca\data\particleeffects\, CAMisc2 in ca\misc2\

CA_HighCommand in ca\modules\hc\, CA_Modules in ca\modules\

CA_Missions_AmbientCombat in ca\modules\ambient_combat\

CAStructures_Nav_pier in ca\structures\nav_pier\

CAStructures_Ruins in ca\structures\ruins\

CATracked2_us_m270mlrs in ca\tracked2\us_m270mlrs\, CATracked2 in ca\tracked2\

CAweapons_ksvk in ca\weapons\ksvk\, CAWeapons2_RPG18 in ca\weapons2\rpg18\

CAWheeled2 in ca\wheeled2\

CAWheeled2_M1114_Armored in ca\wheeled2\hmmwv\m1114_armored\

CAWheeled2_TowingTractor in ca\wheeled2\towingtractor\, CA_AH64D in ca\ah64\

Church_01 in ca\buildings2\church_01\, HouseRuins in ca\buildings2\houseruins\

Ind_Shed_01 in ca\buildings2\ind_shed_01\

Ind_MalyKomin in ca\buildings2\ind_cementworks\ind_malykomin\

CAMisc3 in ca\misc3\, CA_HC_Sounds in ca\missions\data\sounds\, CAMusic in ca\music\

CAStructures_Misc_Powerlines in ca\structures\misc_powerlines\

CAStructures_Nav in ca\structures\nav\

CAWater2_fishing_boat in ca\water2\fishing_boat\

CAWeapons_M252_81mm_Mortar in ca\weapons\m252_81mm_mortar\

CAWeapons_Kord in ca\weapons\kord\, CAWeapons_Colt1911 in ca\weapons\colt1911\

CAWheeled3 in ca\wheeled3\, CA_CruiseMissile in ca\air2\cruisemissile\

CA_Animals2_Goat in ca\animals2\goat\, CABuildings in ca\buildings\

Ind_Shed_02 in ca\buildings2\ind_shed_02\

CA_Modules_StratLayer in ca\modules\strat_layer\

CAStructures_A_CraneCon in ca\structures\a_cranecon\

CAStructuresHouse_A_Office01 in ca\structures\house\a_office01\

CATracked2_AAV in ca\tracked2\aav\, CAWater2_smallboat_1 in ca\water2\small_boat\

CAWeapons_DMR in ca\weapons\dmr\, CAWeapons_AK in ca\weapons\ak\

Mods: CA;beta

Distribution: 1465

Version 1.05.70313

Fault address: 11B8C1C1 AB9000:0000000A Unknown module

file: BlackForest (__cur_sp)

world: chernarus

Prev. code bytes: E6 2A 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 54

Fault code bytes: 1F B6 00 28 00 00 00 00 80 FA 0F 44 E7 6E 01 74

Registers:

EAX:11B8C1A6 EBX:00000000

ECX:11B8C190 EDX:0000C180

ESI:00C09950 EDI:00B6CEAC

CS:EIP:0023:11B8C1C1

SS:ESP:002B:0663FF00 EBP:0663FF48

DS:002B ES:002B FS:0053 GS:002B

Flags:00010296

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

note: Minidump has been generated into the file C:\Users\Santtu\AppData\Local\ArmA 2\arma2.mdmp

[MavericK96 0]

Is there any new advice for which memory setting is better? is maxmem=2047 with memory set at default still relevant? i ask cos i guess i see no real difference between the 2, actually i change setting every 3 or so nights and each one feels like an improvement

I've tried the new beta with maxmem=2047 and no maxmem parameter, and I haven't noticed a difference in either performance or stability.

[MavericK96 0]

Update on the "Receiving..." screen issue:

After playing for a very short time (~15 minutes maybe) in MP, flying an A-10 over Elektro-whatever I got the issue again, causing me to crash into the ocean. Upon opening the .RPT file, I found this:

[b]Forced memory flush (5595136 system memory surface creation failed)
Cannot create system memory surface DXT5,2048x2048 (size 5595136 B), Error 8007000e[/b]
Virtual memory total 2047 MB (2147352576 B)
Virtual memory free 89 MB (94339072 B)
Physical memory free 3047 MB (3195904000 B)
Page file free 7349 MB (7706042368 B)
Process working set 1505 MB (1578307584 B)
Process page file used 1623 MB (1702588416 B)
Runtime reserved 732 MB (767557632 B)
Runtime committed 721 MB (756424704 B)
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The first two lines (in bold) of this are new from the other instances of this issue, whereas the rest of the error seems the same.

[Alex72 1]

Im running i7, OCZ ram and Win7x64 (some similarity at least) as well and i never seen these blackouts. Tested flying a lot over all towns in Cherna and never got these issues. Your VMEM at default i think is wrong? Wasnt default for larger memory than 1GB? With 1GB (896) i leave it at HIGH and never had a black screen or crash. Running xThreads=3 since its the best in terms of performance. I tested the others as well with no blackouts.

[MavericK96 0]

Im running i7, OCZ ram and Win7x64 (some similarity at least) as well and i never seen these blackouts. Tested flying a lot over all towns in Cherna and never got these issues. Your VMEM at default i think is wrong? Wasnt default for larger memory than 1GB? With 1GB (896) i leave it at HIGH and never had a black screen or crash. Running xThreads=3 since its the best in terms of performance. I tested the others as well with no blackouts.

I've heard that V. High is 512 MB and Default is 1 GB+. But who knows, really? I use Default because with Very High I get awful stuttering and performance degrades over time. I haven't tried in the latest betas yet, but maybe I will give it a shot. In any case, the game shouldn't black out or crash or otherwise regardless of what video memory setting you choose. If anything it should just stutter/lag more from the constant memory swapping that would occur if you set it to more than you have.

[EricM 0]

I think that default tries to use as much video memory as it can detect on your card, while low/high/veryhigh use fixed values.

[jw custom 56]

I've heard that V. High is 512 MB and Default is 1 GB+. But who knows, really? I use Default because with Very High I get awful stuttering and performance degrades over time. I haven't tried in the latest betas yet, but maybe I will give it a shot. In any case, the game shouldn't black out or crash or otherwise regardless of what video memory setting you choose. If anything it should just stutter/lag more from the constant memory swapping that would occur if you set it to more than you have.

How about trying on High then?

I crash on Default and so does a lot if other people, High works perfectly for me.

In my head the settings are:

Low = 256MB

Normal = 512MB

High = 1GB

Very High = 1GB+

Default = as EricM says ArmA tries to detect the amount of memory your card have.

[Alex72 1]

^^ Yep thats the correct settings. And default has many times failed to detect available VRAM and therefor made people crash. So i would do what JW says - test HIGH.

[SnR 1]

Im a ACE player so seeing the below was a nice suprise when playing Vanilla with the Beta