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call your local gamestop. mine's getting combined operations in on the 29th.

does the sprocket version have securom? is the online activation softwrap? brendon: i'm sorry you had such a bad experience with them. i got arma1 from them in december of 2006 and have had very good service.

sprocket will have it for sale/download no idea what copy protection they'll use (i got arma1 from then and it used softwrap)

i'm all for an automatic http redirect for the user. Â whatever makes it easier to get on and improves the play experience is a good thing for everybody. Â i emphasize AUTO http redirect. keep up the good work!

arma works fine for me using vista 64

or not try and patch it as the download is already at 1.08.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d199/n00bile/armaglitch.jpg 2900xt 1gb cat 7.9 vista64 ultimate 4 gb ram (only 2.6 gb recognized to run arma) e6600 gigabyte n650-ds4 mobo "i3 in subsquares IE-IF 30"

have you tried uninstalling/reinstalling?

you could try adjusting the amount of ram that vista recognizes. start -run - msconfig - boot - advanced options - maximium memory. this way you wouldn't have to physically remove the ram and could readjust the ram by changing the amount and restarting vista. i prefer it to yanking ram or dual-booting into a legacy os. <g> it works for my ati card. i can't say if it'd address any game stability issues that forceware users have from the 4gb.

i believe the cz box version uses starforce. so you might have a starforce problem. google your exact dvd reader model and starforce and see if something comes up.

vista64 here. i did have the ati 4 gb problem. but ever since i stumbled onto how to limit the amount of ram vista will recognize, arma starts up great. i set it to 2572 in msconfig - boot - advanced and arma plays just fine.

howdy chappy, what leads you to believe your problems are caused by the sprocket version? did you get any corrupt file messages or errors when installing? did you use ArmA_InternationalUpdate105_108 to patch? have you tried the traditional trouble-shooting chores? anit-virus check, spyware check, applied latest motherboard drivers, applied latest dx9 build from MS, applied latest audio drivers, applied openal, monkeyed with video drivers, turned off EAX in options, memtest your ram, check your ribbons, wires, and card connections in your comp in case something has come loose... good luck!

update for those with 4gb ram, vista64 and a radeon card who get the black screen. in vista you can limit the amount of ram the OS recognizes at boot up. using msconfig you limit it under advanced boot options. i have to set mine to 2048, more and arma won't load with textures. it's not as good as not limiting ram, but at least one doesn't have to physically pull the ram out. if anyone finds a way to change the amount of ram vista recognizes "on the fly" please speak up. :-) it'd be nice to just have an "arma" profile and not have to reboot to use all one's ram.

i had to pull out 2 1gb sticks to get mine to work. but it does work under vista64 now! i didn't have to use any special switches like maxmem. it's been months - thank you whoever thought of the ram thing for radeon cards! vista64 ultimate 2900xt 1gb diamond catalyst 8.40rc3 2 gb ram e6600 cpu it ran fine for 20 minutes on mp.

i've got vista ultimate 64 and 4 gbs ram. matra, why the question about ram?

i've tried the 8.40rc3 cats and no difference. i've submitted a ticket with ati, maybe if others do it will help them think it's important enough to do something about it. you'll need the P/N (or maybe the s/n - i forget which, you'll find them on a little piece of paper glued to the back of your card) of your card to register and submit a ticket. http://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894

june 26, 2007 date version 8.391.0.0

alas and alack. i upgraded to a 2900xt and installed the 7.7 cats and still have the same problem in vista64. no surface textures created. a menu page with blank black icons and a slightly whitish half page background is all that comes up for Arma. dual boot is still the only option.

i use a x1900xt (at least till my 2900xt gets delivered tomorrow <g>). shading and aa give the biggest hit to me - set to low. also, try post process and terrain detail on low as well. the x1900xt (512mb) does better with shadow set to high than low. keep the distance to 1200 unless you like to fly, then crank it up. the only place i have a MAJOR problem with is north sahrani forest, that convoy mission is a killer for me. i have a crt and run at 1280x1024 res. which might be somewhat equivalent to your 1440 x 900 widescreen res (??). 1600x1200 is too much.... good luck and keep tweaking

arma on steam would be great, imo. more people playing, more sales for bis, some type of anti-cheat for those concerned about that. steam is stable and has been so for years, regardless of whining from players who had a problem with it in the past. i mean who hasn't had a problem with a piece of well-used software? i was there for the steam beta and have used it ever since. it is amazing what valve has done with it over the years. perhaps the bis business manager could cut a deal with the current publishers for a piece of the steam pie ?? contracts are made to be rewritten if not broken. :-)

i use vista with it turned off and no joy. i just pulled the trigger on a diamond 2900xt 1gb. maybe that will run arma in vista64.

no change with 7.6. still a rpt full of "Failed to create surface texture" and a blackish menu screen in vista64/x1900xt. :-(

http://drivers.softpedia.com/get....1.shtml that's the latest i could find with a short search. your laptop maker might have a driver for it as well. (?)

how about posting your system specs? and make sure you have the latest audio drivers and the graphic drivers that work best for your video card. i would say the latest video drivers, but if you've got an ati card the latest might not be the best. also, update your dx9 if you haven't done so in a while.

australia got the 505 "european" release. so you'd need the euro patches. 1.05 is the latest official patch release. (1.04 - 1.05)