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You could try adding -openal and -nosplash on the command line for the ArmA shortcut you use. This has made a big difference for me. I have then disabled both the Hardware Acceleration and EAX options once in game.

FADE was a technique that OFP used. The game would degrade to the point where it was unplayable apparently. I never saw it myself but ArmA does not use this technique as Codemasters own it, not BIS.

Very true. For some reason when people talk about downloading games I only seem to think of Steam.

Do you get an error message when you uninstall? As you say you can just delete the folder and re-install. You shouldn't need to bother about the registry though.

I get this from time to time. Have you tried putting -nosplash on the command line? I have found this has almost eliminated it but it does still happen once in a while. When it happened to me I would get a black screen and just when you think the first splash screen would appear it CTDs. EDIT: Had a quick look on BTS and there was something about OpenAL versions. Have you tried installing the latest OpenAL and possibly using the -openal command line switch?

Not here using a TrackIR Pro 4 and latest software. I have used the standard profile with a dead spot and then customised it by raising the 2nd from centre dots up a few notches. This works really well and stopping my natural head twitching (nerve gas, I'm getting better! from taking over. If you bring up the tool that lets you see the heads in the TrackIR software do you see the same behaviour there?

I thought it has already been pointed out here that ArmA does not use FADE, which is in fact owned by Codemasters. Also, what do you mean by "DL the game agen" Sixer? if you have, buy the game mate. It can be found for less than 20UKP here in the UK. If you deny the devs. that you might find your nuts roasting in hell someday! Â

Does this error appear when: 1. When you run the patch to upgrade the game? 2. When you run the game after the patch has SUCCESSFULLY installed? It sounds like the normal "something bad has happened" Windows error. I get this from time to time myself. It happens when the game starts up and instead of seeing the first splash screen it stays black, I briefly see the hourglass then it CTDs. I have almost eliminated this by having -nosplash on the command line, plus it gets me to the game faster. It seems apparent English is your 2nd language so I hope you understood most of what I wrote but if not ask away.

They haven't been taking that stuff from "Jacobs Ladder" have they?

There are existing threads on this subject. Please look here

Just managed to get it to work but it took an SF Recon with nothing but LD and three harriers. In one instance two of them dropped bombs simultaneously! Quite impressive to watch. Now the problem is how do you actually get it to work as the pilot as now I can safely assume the target is painted there doesn't appear to be any HUD cues as to the optimal point of weapon release. For me they don't appear to be very guided at all and is more luck than judgement. EDIT: Something else I noticed is that the visible part of the laser is huge and is way of centre, to the bottom right. Either the beam should be invisible or just a small dot IMHO.

I was playing about with units and what have you earlier today on the smaller island map. I had played this Officer on a small rise overlooking some other units. I rolled across the airfield towards him in a Shilka and shot him. The next thing I know his model had mutated into something out of the movie "The Thing"!! He was all bent over and stretched out. His arms must have been longer than his body and curved that he was almost unrecognisable. I could just make out his hands and even they were stretched. Anyone ever seen this. I wish I could have got a screenshot of it but I don't know if there is a way in-game and I wasn't running FRAPS at the time.

Nice! That's almost exactly what I saw and interestingly I noticed the blue cap. I too had used an independant officer. I wonder if that is where the problem is or is it just coincidence? I rather like that one. It almost looks like some Photoshoppery compared the the other picture here. EDIT: Something I forgot to mention was that when the WTF moment had worn off I ran up to the body, if you can call it that, and the normal icon to loot the corpse appeared. I did that and it instantly reverted back to the correct model. See, you can't even trust these things when they are dead!

Hi OblivionX and welcome. Your experience pretty much mirrors what I have seen including the pilot crashing! However I have never see the AI drop a bomb once, ever. I have tried different locations thinking maybe its the terrain so I used that large piece of desert with the drilling stations dotted about but nothing. There just has to be something broken here. Interesting that you said the first time it actually worked. I'm wondering about whether the weapon switching I observed may have something to do with it. I know there is a way to manually add and remove items from a units kit. I'll have to look this up as its not something I have used before. Perhaps if I spawn the SF with nothing BUT the LD he can't switch away from it?

I tried killing that same office for 20 minutes trying to get him to do it again but no dice. It has to be seen to be believed.

Not hands, entire body. If you've ever seen "The Thing" you will know what I'm on about. If not, imagine his body was made of clay or putty, heated up, and then stretched into weird shapes.

Hellfires don't need that do they? They are optically tracking as far as I know.

Just had limited success with AI SF Recon. Dropped a tank in the middle of the desert. Placed SF Recon about 200 odd metres away. I was in a Harrier GBU as his subordinate. As I was taking off he stated that he had spotted a tank. As I approached he said he had LD'ed the target. But this only happened as I was right over the target and just passing. So I swooped round and by then he was not training the LD on the target anymore. Even so the tank was still bracketed. But the bombs seem to have a mind of their own. Suspecting that he really wasn't using the LD I put myself in hover mode so I could greatly reduce speed. I approached at around 150 knots at around 300 feet. I kept the nose up and waited for the laser designator. It highlighted and I released two bombs....which completely missed the target. The only success I had was flying fairly low level and dropping 3 bombs, effectively carpet bombing the target. Another test I did was to have two SF Recons, me and an AI, and an AI Harrier pilot. As suspected the Harrier would never release bombs under any circumstances. But when I told the other SF to target the tank he would repetedly switch from the LD to his rifle and back agian. I suspect this is whats happening when I'm in the air. The range at which he LDs the target and then informs you seems to be way to small as he waits till you are practicly on top of the target. Plus I don't think he consistently does it either as a big yellow target appears on the HUD when he is using the LD but it doesn't stay on nearly long enough and at great enough range to make use of so I guess the bombs just fall unguided. Maybe this would work better with two human players but I've yet to test that. At this point I think it would be nice of the devs. to jump in and either point out where we are going wrong or whether I am wasting my time, if you get my meaning.

Perhaps there is something broken somewhere. I'll try some more this afternoon with myself as the pilot. I hope I can get a Recon guy to lase a target for me.

I hope this was written with tongue firmly in cheek.

I haven't tried the other way around, i.e. me the pilot and AI recon, but I'm not that good with the Harrier at the moment and need to practice more. Now where can I find a really busy public server to try that......

That poll I started currently is 20:2 against having a new FM. I guess those guys lose!

That's exactly what I did after some trial and error. For some reason the option to attack the laser designated target is not always there but when it does you select it, the pilot acknowledges and you will see his icon at the bottom change to Engaging.......then nothing happens. He just does endless simulated bombing runs on the targets. I have checked everything on the Harrier but all defaults are maximum armour, fuel and ammo. I have set his skill to the highest as well. Nothing seems to work. I would imagine that in MP this is really cool if you can get a good spotter/pilot team going but not with AI it seems.

All the more reason to ban them. If they are bored or frustrated with the map why don't they just leave and find somewhere else tp play? Sorry, but trying to blame the map for peoples stupid behaviour isn't an option. Maybe warn, then kick, then if they come back permanently ban them would be a good. EDIT: I just though of something. How about having a couple of spawn points for Tkers only. Not sure how you could hide them from normal positions but if you have some abusive players, have an admin move them to that role so they can't change away from it without leaving the server. Have them all spawn on some distant island on their own and force them to kill each other instead. They'll soon get bored of that.

So what do you think? Is ArmA fine as it is or does it need an additional 'relaxed' model as well. You, the public, decide!