BrunoDerRabe

Hi Zipper5, may I ask you a question please. As I usualy also use two Steam accounts, I had to realize that I have to be logged into that account wich contains ARMA2 etc. ( that blocks for me the usage of my other steamgames on that acount - ARMA2 etc. included) on some other gaming PCs in the house, as soon as I just want to use the dedicated ARMA2 OA Steam server ... there is a trick wich I don´t like ( and the game tends to crash / wich it usualy does not ) ... logging into 2nd acount and starting the server.exe manualy - is there no way for steam to UNLOCK the server ( just the dedicated server not the game for another acccount?/ the files are there in the Steamfolder anyway) ...there is some 5MBit upload to be used at my end, hosting is my pleasure. Allso copy and paste of the whole gamefolder (from DVD instalation) to a second PC to run as a server is no good anymore. If on the other machine ArmA2 etc. has been used via a steam account you receive an error messeage -ArmA 2 OA error window: Failed to load file "baf\addons\air_d_baf.pbo" -decryption of headers failed It would be perfect if these 2 installations would cope with each other, instead of damaging each other ( read my post above please)

there are a few choices you have: https://support.securom.com/removaltool.html Thats what I did after getting this securom error ( guess it happened at my end because of a broken Installation/ checking out at the moment how a Steam Installation of ARMA2&ARMA2 OA&BAF corrupts a preinstalled disc installation of ARMA2&ARMA2 OA&BAF) have two bunches of them/ 3 PCs so it makes sense: DEVELOPERS please test this !!!! I did read something here about better autodetection, but there is another Problem, DISC and STEAM instalation harm each other .... me spending already 3 days and nights on this issue ( including uninstall of both , reinstalling in different orders etc things getting worse if you try to configure a dedicated server there the incompability/inaccessibility starts best you use a systemrestorepoint and delete all profiles under your useraccount:application data or my documents [differs between Vista (for example C:\Users\Admin\Documents C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local ) and W7 delete everything you find about ARMA2 I did use system restorepoint and the rest in this order 1. ARMA2 2. ARMA2 Patch 1.08 in one piece 3. ARMA2 OA from Disc [ Version: 1.51.71083 ] 4. ARMA2 OA Patch 1.55 5. BAF DLC from Sprocket btw BAF needs a higher patchlevel of OA than the one from the disc ARMA2 OA comes with Patch 1.06 onboard on the disc.... but the above order worked for me best

Is there a chance to rename a Steam dedicated server with some right click and entering the SET LAUNCH OPTIONS ?

developers please read: by the way I would love to play the game with the profi settings but with a peace of mind saving option as in regular mode ( saving anytime ) anyway great stuff

I own the following Operation Flashpoint Cold War Crisis=1 Copies Operation Flashpoint Red Hammer=1 Copy Operation Flashpoint Resistance=1 Copies Armed Asault =2 Copies Armed Assault Queen's Gambit=1 Copy ARMA II=2 Copies ARMA II Operation Arrowhead=2 Copies ARMA II British Forces=1 Copy

At my end it was a driverproblem and also different RAM did help. I did use the Windows built in Memory Diagnostics to narrow down the source. Before this I wasn´t aware that the PC had a problem at all. Reducing RAM speed from 800MHZ to 667MHz helped too. At the end of the day I did swap RAM with other PC´s RAM. By the way the RAM wasn´t faulty. It was just a mismatch RAM/motherboard.

On one PC with an Asus P5Q Deluxe motherboard and Vista Ultimate SP2 x64 on a SATA HDD I had to install the latest Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Driver V8.9.0.1023 for Windows XP_Vista_7 3264bit (Asus Support) to solve the intallation problems for ArmA2 and OA. Other 2 PC`s were easy. Without these update also the patches didn´t work, and installation of ArmA2 and/or OA was a more a lottery than anything else. Also an 6 years old MSI EIDE DVD RW did´t do any good, so I did add and use a more uptodate SATA DVD RW from LG. Just in case I also reduced the RAM from 4 to 2 GB just for the installation. I got quite desperate, lol. But now it is fixed here. Hope that helps a wee bit.

Probably distance of view. :j:

probably you are right, only difference I do see in the benchmark with the GTX260 dedicated for physics, the action (firefights) in the OA 08 Benchmark start earlier, so you do see most of it .... and not when the camera is turning away strange, isn`t it? I did repeat this tests several times My favorite settings for Testsystem B are now: 1920x1200 Sichtweite: 3876m Qualitätspräf.: Sehr hoch Menüauflösung: 1920x1200 3D Auflösung: 150% 2880x1800 Texturendetails: Sehr hoch Grafikspeicher: Voreinstellung Anisotrop. Filter: Hoch Antialiasing: Hoch Landsch. Details: Sehr Hoch Objektdetails: Sehr hoch Schattendetails: Sehr hoch Nachbearb.-Effekt: Deaktiviert Menügröße: Sehr klein Seitenver.: Breitbild 16:10 The settings are optimized to get the very best smooth high quality images in ArmA2 1.07 while playing the game on the following configuration. 257.21 WHQL Testsystem B: CPU: AMD PhenomII 940 4x3,0GHZ @ 3,0GHZ Memory: 8GB A-DATA DDR2-1066 Motherboard: Asrock K10N780SLIX3-WiFi Graphics Cards Manufacturer: Point Of View and Gainward 2 NVIDIA GPUs: 1 x NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX plus 1 x NVIDIA GeForce 260 GTX dedicated to physics Sound: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Hard Drive(s): 2 500GB Maxtor hard drives in stripe raid Notes: Cooler Master RealPower Pro 1250W, CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12P, Chieftec Bigtower, Windows 7 Ultimate 64

found it also very interesting, but please keep in mind some very important detail: 2 NVIDIA GPUs: 1 x NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX plus 1 x NVIDIA GeForce 260 GTX dedicated to physics

ArmA2 Benchmark #1 Profi with these settings for both systems: 1920x1200 Sichtweite: 3876m Qualitätspräf.: Sehr hoch Menüauflösung: 1920x1200 3D Auflösung: 125% 2400x1500 Texturendetails: Sehr hoch Grafikspeicher: Voreinstellung Anisotrop. Filter: Hoch Antialiasing: Hoch Landsch. Details: Hoch Objektdetails: Sehr hoch Schattendetails: Sehr hoch Nachbearb.-Effekt: Deaktiviert Menügröße: Sehr klein Seitenver.: Breitbild 16:10 The settings are optimized to get the very best smooth high quality images in ArmA2 1.07 while playing the game on the following configurations. 257.21 WHQL Testsystem A: CPU: AMD PhenomII 940 4x3,0GHZ @ 3,0GHZ Memory: 8GB A-DATA DDR2-1066 Motherboard: Asrock K10N780SLIX3-WiFi Graphics Cards Manufacturer: Gainward Triple NVIDIA GPUs: 3 x NVIDIA GeForce 260 GTX Sound: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Hard Drive(s): 2 500GB Maxtor hard drives in stripe raid Notes: Cooler Master RealPower Pro 1250W, CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12P, Chieftec Bigtower, Windows 7 Ultimate 64 with patch 1.05: 20-21 FPS with patch 1.07: 26 FPS Testsystem B: CPU: AMD PhenomII 940 4x3,0GHZ @ 3,0GHZ Memory: 8GB A-DATA DDR2-1066 Motherboard: Asrock K10N780SLIX3-WiFi Graphics Cards Manufacturer: Point Of View and Gainward 2 NVIDIA GPUs: 1 x NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX plus 1 x NVIDIA GeForce 260 GTX dedicated to physics Sound: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Hard Drive(s): 2 500GB Maxtor hard drives in stripe raid Notes: Cooler Master RealPower Pro 1250W, CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12P, Chieftec Bigtower, Windows 7 Ultimate 64 with patch 1.07: 28 FPS

ArmA2 Benchmark #1 Profi with these settings for both systems: 1920x1200 Sichtweite: 3876m Qualitätspräf.: Sehr hoch Menüauflösung: 1920x1200 3D Auflösung: 125% 2400x1500 Texturendetails: Sehr hoch Grafikspeicher: Voreinstellung Anisotrop. Filter: Hoch Antialiasing: Hoch Landsch. Details: Hoch Objektdetails: Sehr hoch Schattendetails: Sehr hoch Nachbearb.-Effekt: Deaktiviert Menügröße: Sehr klein Seitenver.: Breitbild 16:10 The settings are optimized to get the very best smooth high quality images in ArmA2 1.07 while playing the game on the following configurations. 257.21 WHQL Testsystem A: CPU: AMD PhenomII 940 4x3,0GHZ @ 3,0GHZ Memory: 8GB A-DATA DDR2-1066 Motherboard: Asrock K10N780SLIX3-WiFi Graphics Cards Manufacturer: Gainward Triple NVIDIA GPUs: 3 x NVIDIA GeForce 260 GTX Sound: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Hard Drive(s): 2 500GB Maxtor hard drives in stripe raid Notes: Cooler Master RealPower Pro 1250W, CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12P, Chieftec Bigtower, Windows 7 Ultimate 64 with patch 1.05: 20-21 FPS with patch 1.07: 26 FPS Testsystem B: CPU: AMD PhenomII 940 4x3,0GHZ @ 3,0GHZ Memory: 8GB A-DATA DDR2-1066 Motherboard: Asrock K10N780SLIX3-WiFi Graphics Cards Manufacturer: Point Of View and Gainward 2 NVIDIA GPUs: 1 x NVIDIA GeForce 470 GTX plus 1 x NVIDIA GeForce 260 GTX dedicated to physics Sound: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Hard Drive(s): 2 500GB Maxtor hard drives in stripe raid Notes: Cooler Master RealPower Pro 1250W, CPU Cooler Noctua NH-U12P, Chieftec Bigtower, Windows 7 Ultimate 64 with patch 1.07: 28 FPS

The memory usage (private workingset) doesn´t exceed here 1.075.372K with the settings above. With visibility 10000 memory usage rise but the game is still running rock stable. Checked out different settings of visibility / with always highest avaible details ( did run each at least for 20 minutes or longer). No issue like yours on this machine. Just once while TAB in TAB out to watch the memory usage the game wasn´t accesible anymore, memory usage was about 1.300.000k .... Tried very hard to reproduce this ``hang``, but no luck ( or better I am lucky that I couldn´t manage) - but the game never used that amount of memory later again - always stayed around 1.200.000K . I recommend you first to undo the OC. Run the CPU with standard settings @ 2833 MHz(myself very familiar with OC). All drivers up to date? http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?agr=Y&ProductID=2578&DwnldID=10884&strOSs=All&OSFullName=All%20Operating%20Systems〈=eng May be it is worth to check this out as well: http://www.duplexsecure.com [sCSI Pass Through Direct (SPTD) layer]

4GB and 8GB with NVIDIA 191.07 and 8GB with NVIDIA Beta 195.39 are having no issues with beta 6000 running on 2x260GTX in SLI mode 3829 DISTANCE OF VIEW, POST PROCESSING OFF, EVERYTHING ELSE MAXED OUT 4GB language="German"; adapter=-1; 3D_Performance=93750; Resolution_Bpp=32; Resolution_W=1920; Resolution_H=1200; refresh=60; Render_W=2400; Render_H=1500; FSAA=4; postFX=0; HDRPrecision=8; lastDeviceId=""; localVRAM=919994368; nonlocalVRAM=1878618112; GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000; GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3; 8GB language="German"; adapter=-1; 3D_Performance=93750; Resolution_Bpp=32; Resolution_W=1920; Resolution_H=1200; refresh=60; Render_W=2400; Render_H=1500; FSAA=4; postFX=0; HDRPrecision=8; lastDeviceId=""; localVRAM=919994368; nonlocalVRAM=2147483647; GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000; GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3; More good news: the new beta 6000 in combination with the new beta driver from NVIDIA BETA 195.39 and 8GB RAM make things even better as there was an issue with the postprocessing in the past 3829 DISTANCE OF VIEW, EVERYTHING MAXED OUT language="German"; adapter=-1; 3D_Performance=93750; Resolution_Bpp=32; Resolution_W=1920; Resolution_H=1200; refresh=60; Render_W=2400; Render_H=1500; FSAA=4; postFX=3; HDRPrecision=8; lastDeviceId=""; localVRAM=919994368; nonlocalVRAM=2147483647; GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000; GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3; __________________ AMD Phenom II 940 BE @ 3.00 Ghz 8MB Cache (2MB L2 und 6MB L3) A-DATA DIMM 4 GB DDR2-1066 (Vitesta Extreme Edition) 2x = 8GB Asrock K10N780SLIX3-WiFi MAXTOR STM31000340AS ATA Device 2x 260GTX or 3x 260GTX club SLI profile 6975 Cooler Master RealPower Pro 1250W (9x PCIe, black) Acer P241w 1920 x 1200 Windows 7 Ultimate X64 __________________ tested while hosting a multiplayer games with the map - Tschernarussland Mission #3 [bLUEFOR/ slot 2 - LMG-gunner (always new game) 50 playerslots/PROFI ]

http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php Will do this later tonite [ have to grab the other pair of RAM (4GB) from my second PC and add it to the SLI PC. Will post the results here.

@ BIS: YOU ARE THE REAL CODEMASTERS _________________________________ Using Vista or Windows 7 you might need to change the compability setting in the files properties (right click on the file opens context menue ) for the BETA ArmA2.exe (file location: *:\*\ArmA 2\beta) to run it always as administrator. If you fail to do this and you start the game via the BETA Shortcut ( you will find it in the game mainfolder ), you might still run the standard 1.04 patched version of the game. If you don´t see the version number *59928 when you start the game you are NOT running the latest Beta Patch and you can´t judge on it. Result would be wrong info for the lads working on this issue. Please doublecheck. __________________ Here my results BETAPATCH 59928: language="German"; adapter=-1; 3D_Performance=93750; Resolution_Bpp=32; Resolution_W=1920; Resolution_H=1200; refresh=60; Render_W=2400; Render_H=1500; FSAA=4; postFX=0; HDRPrecision=8; lastDeviceId=""; localVRAM=919994368; nonlocalVRAM=2147483647; GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000; GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3; __________________ AMD Phenom II 940 BE @ 3.00 Ghz 8MB Cache (2MB L2 und 6MB L3) A-DATA DIMM 4 GB DDR2-1066 (Vitesta Extreme Edition) 2x = 8GB Asrock K10N780SLIX3-WiFi MAXTOR STM31000340AS ATA Device 2x 260GTX or 3x 260GTX club SLI profile 6975 Cooler Master RealPower Pro 1250W (9x PCIe, black) Acer P241w 1920 x 1200 Windows 7 Ultimate X64 __________________ This was new after I had Windows 7 64 installed (via Upgrade) Quote my SYSTEM: Installed memory (RAM): 8GB (6,5 GB usable) fixed: Just checked the 6,5GB issue on my rig,,,, caused by an old msconfig setting I did use on Vista 64 before I removed 4 of the 8 Gb RAM lol (because of the 8GB bug in ArmAII) So the Upgrade to Windows 7 accepted this (hidden) setting and was using it, after I added the 4 GB again to do the testing last night :-) .... look at the quote. Did remove the setting via msconfig, now everything is as it should be.

Thank you Suma and all who did help to get this fixed :bounce3::bounce3::bounce3:

Good to read you Dwarden :bounce3: :bounce3: :bounce3:.

here it happened again: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?p=1415143#post1415143

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=83929 had same problem a couple days ago

Thanks for your support. I will add the -2047 to the startup, the pagefile is limited to 8GB, can change this too. The server did run a Superpowers game with the old settings for more than 22hours, no issues. But I will try your suggestions. Thank you. On the partition for the swapfile there are more than 40GB avaible.

8GB on Windows7 RC1 NVIDEA 190.38 2 260GTX in SLI AMD PhenomII 940BE @ 3.0Ghz were used for the test Hi Suma, on my testsystem the 190.38 driver is not the cure for the 8GB issue. After reading your post I did upgrade the testsystem once more to 8GB RAM, with the hope I could CONFIRM that the issue seems to be gone with nVidia 190.38 drivers. But unfortunately it isn´t like that on my testsystem. At the Moment I´m setting the amount of RAM in the msconfig to 7680MB. The two last lines of the arma.cfg before changing the amount of RAM in the msconfig to 7680MB: localVRAM=4911104; nonlocalVRAM=4911104 The two last lines of the arma.cfg after changing the amount of RAM in the msconfig to 7680MB: localVRAM=2085285888; nonlocalVRAM=2085285888; Greetings, Bruno ArmA2.cfg: language="German"; adapter=-1; 3D_Performance=93750; Resolution_Bpp=32; Resolution_W=1920; Resolution_H=1200; refresh=60; Render_W=2400; Render_H=1500; FSAA=4; postFX=3; HDRPrecision=8; lastDeviceId=""; localVRAM=2085285888; nonlocalVRAM=2085285888; ---------- Post added at 09:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:20 PM ---------- Hi frag85, you are not running 8GB RAM, your post seems to be off topic for me. Nevertheless I would like to help you. Quote: i notice difference forcing local VRAM to 896 (939524096), and nonlocalvram from 0GB to 6GB Answer: The two last lines of the ArmA2.cfg are more for your information and not to force something. *If you set the CFG file to read only it doesn't overwrite.* O.K., let say it this way,,,, it will be ignored. If you change it to read only, in this case it is like an effort to ignore, that the efforts to get it right, had no success so far .... Quote: with nvidia 186 and 190 drivers localVram always detects 2x what i have Here an outtake of my previous post #67 in this thread from 06-23-2009, 03:01 AM that might help you to understand: msconfig 4096MB = shows after reboot 3071MB in the taskmanager detected localVRAM=924581888 msconfig 6144MB = shows after reboot 5119MB in the taskmanager detected localVRAM=1217781761 msconfig 7168MB = shows after reboot 6143MB in the taskmanager detected localVRAM=1754652673 msconfig 7424MB = shows after reboot 6399MB in the taskmanager detected localVRAM=1888870401 msconfig 7680MB = shows after reboot 6835MB in the taskmanager detected localVRAM=2117459969 msconfig 7804MB = shows after reboot 6779MB in the taskmanager detected localVRAM=2088099841 msconfig 7936MB = shows after reboot 6911MB in the taskmanager detected localVRAM=4911104= NOT GOOD ---------- Post added at 10:07 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:49 PM ---------- Hi mr.g-c, no offense, but why don´t you just calm down, read the solution offered here ( it is avaible since 06-23-2009, 03:01 AM #67 ) and make the 2 People who can't play it properly at all because of having a top-notch graphics card and 8GB Ram smile again. After doing so you might smile about your post and maybe about youself. Greetings, Bruno ... setting the RAM in the advanced startup settings of the msconfig to the value of 7680MB - bringing the best results, as it is confirmed by other forumusers. Why not using this workaround for now? As a reminder, if you change the value of the RAM in your msconfig to 7680MB, don´t have a look in the msconfig after the restart, use the taskmanager instead. Check the total amount of total physical memory there. It might be around 6655MB, wich is O.K. . Using the NVIDIA 186.18 or 190.38 driver with altering the amount of RAM to 7680MB in the msconfig solves the problem and will give you best results in level of details and performance using 8GB RAM. ---------- Post added at 10:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:07 PM ---------- With a 64 Bit Version of Vista it could. msconfig 4096MB = shows after reboot 3071MB in the taskmanager detected localVRAM=924581888 msconfig 7680MB = shows after reboot 6835MB in the taskmanager detected localVRAM=2117459969 The detected an USED localVRAM (local video RAM / perhaps extended with some amount of the system RAM ) will be increased. One bottleneck of the usage might be also the narrow 256 Bit memorybus of your ATI 4890. Greetings, Bruno ---------- Post added at 10:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:22 PM ---------- Hi SimonJames, you are not running 8GB RAM, your post seems for me to be off topic too. But certainly I would like to solve your problem. In your case the detected VRAM is O.K.. First I ask you to run your overclocked Core i7 920@3.5GHz at its native speed @2,666GHz. This needs to be done with your RAM or whatever is overclockeded too. Check again and if you still having issues please contact me. Greetings, Bruno ---------- Post added at 10:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:34 PM ---------- Hi Revelate, you can use the amount of 7680MB ( may be a wee bit less/7424MB for example - which is best depends on the chipset too ) stop moaning, start playing the game and you will probably be able to do your business and run your 4 or 5 Virtual Machines. Following Quote is edited by me ( driverversions ): I got feedback by some forumusers during the last weeks that for some motherboards the amount of 7424MB is the better choice (OS/chipsets/drivers). Greetings, Bruno

*If you set the CFG file to read only it doesn't overwrite.* O.K., let say it this way,,,, it will be ignored. If you change it to read only, in this case it is like an effort to ignore, that the efforts to get it right, had no success so far ;)