So this has no doubt been posted before, but I've searched and can't find a solution. Having problems with ARMA freezing completely when loading missions - the problem is consistent and always occurs at the same point/s - it occurs when attempting to load "Prologue Altis Rising Tensions", and "The East Wind Stratis Maxwell", and I can't progress any further.
The symptoms are exactly the same in both cases - the background island "map" appears, the progress bar across the top gradually fills, the pop-up misson window appears, and the progress bar fills, then the whole thing just stops, requiring me to cancel ARMA via the Task Manager.
The problem occurs regardless of whether I run this as a normal user, or as administrator, or whether it's 32-bit or 64-bit. I'm only running the game as a single player. I have a "vanilla" version of ARMA 3, bought via Steam, with no mods or customisations. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game; I have verified the game components via steam. As far as I can tell I have the latest drivers for all my hardware components.
Whilst my PC may not be ideal for ARMA (specs below), and maybe the overall performance could be tweaked or improved, playing the missions prior to these points has been fine. Replaying the previous missions does not make the problem go away, the game still stops at exactly the same points each time.
Looking at the rpt files, after I cancel the game, there appear to be some consistent issues - this may not be the case, but...
During the initialisation, there are a number of updating base class messages, then:
Cannot delete class B_KickOff, it is referenced somewhere (used as a base class probably)
Cannot update non class from class a3\ui_f\config.bin/RscCallSupport/Items/
Cannot update non class from class a3\ui_f\config.bin/RscRadio/Items/
Then after the addons are loaded there are a number of what appear to be "errors", I've only shown a few samples below:
No more slot to add connection at 033057 (3386.8,5735.4) - Stratis Maxwell only - message only appears once
SimulWeather - Cloud Renderer - noise texture file is not specified! - message only appears once
Strange convex component65 in a3\rocks_f\sharp\sharprock_wallh.p3d:geometryFire
Attempt to override final function - bis_fnc_camp_onmissioninit_meta
Error compiling '' in 'HitPelvis'
soldier[I_Soldier_AR_F]:Some of magazines weren't stored in soldier Vest or Uniform?
PC spec
Processor AMD a6-6400K 64-bit 16Gb RAM
MSI Nvidia Geforce GT 730 4Gb 128-bit
Windows 10
Norton 360 Premier (either fully enabled or running in "silent" mode)
Any help you can give would be much appreciated, because as far as I can see this game is no longer playable.