stevenxowens792

Has anyone created a SP or MP mission that plays a lot like a RPG where you get credit for kills or mission completions, level ups, etc... Something with dynamic missions that are never the same twice. Thanks for your time! StevenX

Bohemia, I have the following sytem. Alienware m15x, I7-720qm, HD 5850 (800/100), 60gb Corsair SSD, 4gb ram, 900p screen. My OA mission 8 bench on normal settings, shadows high, no AA/AF is 48-49fps. OA Retail plus add ons Ver 1.59 During actual gameplay in SP campaign I have seen it drop to 24-26fps. I did some logging and I notice that my gpu run 70-100 percent max but my CPU only churns to about 40-50 percent of 8 threads. Is this correct? What can I do to get more out of my cpu? What switch can I add? All threads are being utilized for the most part. So it's not an issue of a thread NOT being engaged. I am fairly good at system optimization. All un-needed processes or services are disabled. Core parking is disabled. Can you suggest anything else? Thanks, StevenX

Ok... I did the whole Dual Boot configuration last night to to Vista / XP. About 3 hours of work looking for all the correct Dell drivers and mess. I then installed ARMA and gave it a try. XP seems to have the same MAX frames as vista. The one thing it does that Vista doesn't is hold the frames higher during combat. The frames never dip below 18 or maybe 20. Vista they dip to 11 or 13. Makes me wonder if one of the Vista drivers or something is causing a problem. The max frames are about the same, the average is ok for both. But so far XP seems to be smoother. Just enough to make it the clear winner in this competition. Ok, I am going to work with drivers cause XP has some strange lockups in ARMA where the screen looks funny. Not heat related cause I have an under laptop cooler and I am not overclocking. So... off to the drivers we go... I am currently using a 162 driver. May try to upgrade a bit. Thanks for all the help! SXO792

The video card has everything turned off or set to maximum performance. Nothing including vsync is left to app control. I have tried different display settings (800, 1024, 1280, etc) It just seems that no matter what I try it really dips down when I am in heavy battles. I dont really want to dual boot if I can help it. I have turned off everything in startup for Vista using MSCONFIG and my bootup is really quick. I have also disabled un needed services. I think there should be something BI can do to help. Maybe something to better utilize the duo cores or something. I love the game but again getting frustrated. I am sure others would like some extra performance as well. Thanks for all your advice. SXO792 or sowens

The hotfixes for vista are supposed to negate the difference in performance between xp and vista. I have already updated all of that. Thanks for your reply, SXO792

Forgot to add I am running the game at 800x600. Thanks, SXO792

I have a dell 1520 with t7300 2.0ghz duo core 2, Nvidia 8600gt, 2g ram, vista 32bit. I have all the new patches. When playing in battle, my machines goes down to like 10-13 fps. I have tried all the different tweaks. Maxmem, run as a dedicated app on high priority. What else can I do to help this out. I have most everything on low or very low. This is very frustrating that I have a decent laptop, and it should run this game on at least normal settings. I have also defrag each drive, had ARMA installed on a dedicated drive. Vista only has a 1gig pagefile. (to not utilize all my ram). What else can I do? I get good FPS on the clearings. Up to 53, but it bogs very low in battle. Especially if Helo's are flying above. Nvidia driver is 158.xx overclocked just a tad. Thanks for your time, SXO792

thanks so much. Really appreciate it. Makes sense now. SXO792 or sowens

If you have a medic on your squad, you do you assign he or she to heal someone? Thanks, SXO792

sorry, waiting more than 5 minutes is tooo long to revive. I am one who disconnects and reconnects. I have to get in and play quickly... I have a new son and don't have time to wait. I gotta get my fix. Later, SXO792

Why isn't anyone running Blacksword on the servers? I checked last night and everyone was jamming on Evolution 3.0? Thanks, Steven

Makes Sense... Thanks so much for the help. SXO792 or sowens

Ok... First I am new.. yes I know, ugh... I have tried several MP missions on the server. I downloaded Dynamic War to try out. It works fine and I am in however... What do you do? I see the mission objectives, but I have driven around the island and have NEVER ran into an enemy. Am I doing something wrong? What needs to be done to initiate a mission or the mission. I really love the game so far. I just need someone to nudge me in the correct direction and I should be ok. Thanks for your time and for such a great game! SXO792 or sowens

I am new to the whole ARMA world. But I tried this last night in MP and I LOVED IT!!!! It was awesome. My only beef is that nobody on our server would revive me or anyone for that matter. We always had to HALO back in. This mission is recommended to everyone who loves that stealthy mission feel. Thanks so much for making such a great mission that really pulls you in... Best Wishes, SXO792 or SOWENS

Ok, I was doing some research on technet and msdeveloper website and I noticed a swiltch for VISTA. Instead of /MAXMEM =, We are supposed to use /BURNMEMORY =. Now, here is my question... Does ARMA run 'INTRA' Vista or does it require its own address of memory outside of Vista to Run. What is the point of Designating a MAXMEM or BURNMEMORY switch? I am still trying to understand ... Is it better for Vista to have more memory or less memory, in reference to our Favorite Game running more quickly? Thanks, SXO792