John Savant

Hello everyone. I have serious problem all of a sudden. 2 weeks ago I installed this game (EURO version 1.04) and successfully patched it to 1.05 version. Today I tried to patch it to 1.08 but during the verification procedure it reported an error concerning one of the .pbo files. It said it's corrupted and that the game needs to be reinstalled. Okay, so I have reinstalled the game and now I can't even patch it to 1.05 because of the same problem! One of the .pbo somehow gets corrupted during installation. But the strange thing is - I can run the game without any problems whatsover, I just can't patch it. I've thoroughly checked my computed for any viruses, trojans, adwares, and such (because certain malicious software tends to corrupt game files), but the problem still remains. I have even tried different antivirus programmes, but still, no virus has been reported. Can someone please help?

Will this be resolved in the near future by the devs? Do they even realize the Vista compatibility issues?

I just typed -maxmem=512 and it seems to be working just fine. The framerates are appaling, though. I have a 8800gts640mb and athlon x2 64 6000+, so the game should be working smoothly in open fields and large battlegrounds. Damn Vista, I guess.

I have the same code 80070000e problem. This is what is says after crashing to desktop: "cannot creatse system memory surface dxt5, 2048x2048 (size 5592416b) error code 8007000e" Someone please help. Where do insert this line -maxmem=512?

I have an integrated soundmax integrated digital HD Audio soundcard and there are lots of audio distortions when playing ArmedAssault, not to mention that just recently I cannot seem to run ArmA. There seems to be some sort of conflict. My OS is Vista x64 and I have proper soundcard drivers but this openAL is a big troublemaker for me. I think that's the source of my problem but if I uninstall it ArmA won't even run and my soundcard drivers get screwed up!

Strange, the problem with me was that my RAMs are screwed up. I changed them, and it works now.

It's really peculiar, not to mention frustrating. I though the problem was with the NVIDIA firewall, but apparently it isn't. I can reinstall the game without any problems, but it just won't patch! It reports that either the installation files are corrupted (.pbo files) or that the patch itself is broken. And it's the SAME problem with Neverwinter Nights 2! I guess I'll just have to reformat and reinstall the whole damn Windows XP, this time using another version. But strangely enough, I have the same Windows on my other computer, and there I can patch any game without any of the above-mention problems. I am really at a loss here. And what is even stranger - I was able to patch to 1.05 just a few weeks ago.

It won't work. Any other suggestions? Somebody told me sth about an NVIDIA firewall. Does that ring a bell to anyone?

Nope, the problem still remains, even though I have burned the patch onto a dvd+rw and then patched it from a dvd drive. I have the same patching problem with Neverwinter Nights 2, it won't patch due to the modified installation files. This is what it says when it verifies ArmA 1.04 version: Verifying ArmA: Armed Assault, version 1.04... Error found in file AddOns\Anims.pbo (5b5fdf06!=5fce5b67) One or more files in game instalation are modified or dammaged. Reinstall game from original CD disc and try again. Can someone please help?! I have reinstalled the game for the Nth time, and the problem is still present. Could it be something with my disk drive that's scrambling files?

I believe the problem stems from router-based problem, because most of the complicated files get somehow scrambled during download. It has happened before. I've just patched the game (1.08) successfully on my second computer which is directly connected to the modem and has no problems whatosoever concerning scrambled downloads. So I guess that's the root of my problem.

Somehow it started patching, it verified the game, but now another problem is here. The patching process reaches 100% (right to the file wheeled.pbo) and it cannot go on, it reports the following - Update 1.04-1.05\ADDONS\WHEELED.PBO.UPD cannot be applied, error xdelta3 returned error code: 1. Goddamn it, this is really getting annoying. Can someone tell me what could sort of background programmes or viruses could be interfering with the patching files?

I hope that's THE solution. It's strange that a patch reports an error on the installed game rather than on itself. Well, let's give it a try. Well, this certainly doesn't work, unless all of the servers have corrupted patches, which is impossible. So, any more suggestions?