SWAT_BigBear

sorry to be OT, The only way an intel is faster, is if you overclock...which intel prefers you to do, so your warranty is voided.

for chits n giggles..do you mind try turning off UAC (User Account Control) in Vista?

I also will use/test guru of 3D drivers...no worries of them "causing troubles". When 1.08 came out...I did have to revert back to the WHQL 158.24... but the beta'S from guru3d always give better performance in other apps/games. I to will test/use these new ones in the next few days (can't for now due to an Evo game I've been in all this week)

They have already reported your issue...and have not found a fix...maybe you can work with them in his thread. and..no I dought it's a Vista issue, gotta be hardware/drivers. Source

I like this idea also

That depends on the pc your playing ArmA on. I like the grass now that the enemy doesn't see me thru it untill I fire a shot. So if your able to turn yours off... you would have an advantage over me.

I agree with Spectre-63. Most of my issues are 100% nVidia's fault. They have been trying since Febuary to get the proper drivers produced. Seems they can only fix 1 lil bug at a time monthly..sheesh! Oddly...OFP needs no tweaking to run on my pc. ArmA needs stuff like the -maxmem=512 added, and SLI doesn't last long with ArmA. (temp disabled sli in it's profile for now). It really is a clean, crisp running game on Vista, imho. I debated on which to install, 32 or 64bit...and went ahead w/64...and glad I did. I will point out though... older pc's will have big issues.

This may have been asked before? dunno really. Has anyone tried using their Sprocket cd key code on another hard copy of ArmA? Having multi pc's and 2 copies of most "great" games is sometimes a must for me. But I'm not wanting to lose my Sprocket version to test my question. In theory...and legally it should work ehh? Edit=..a few of my games like RavenShield this does work.

This is for Bis... ....you know you have been playing ArmA to much when: ya don't have time to reply at "ArmA is disappointing thread".

and there I was thinking that I was being properly mad - i also seem to do it when the girlfriend asks me a question over my shoulder as I'm playing lol Oh and i do that too! I ask the missis something? and the whole of ts comes back with ck! we all heard that! Â Â This is a good one brought up.. a few years back in a 5-6hr ofp game..1 member actually done this for over a hour..and some of us hearing...sometimes "automatically" answered him or at least responded to him periodically. It wasn't untill afetr he finished the convo.. that we could start busting balls Jim?

...when you land your helo on top of a near by fuel station, so you can go to work

With many players still having issues like ctd's.... JIP is a must have when playing the long scenerios. A server could start with 1 or 2...then eventually fill up instead of waiting in the lobby for more to join. I want to try the new DVD @ crcti... but it to has this problem. I thought 1.08 was going to correct the issue for makers of cti's?

They are definitely not on vacation, and even if the entire Staff would be: Who says they are not allowed to have some days off just because the game doesn't run on your shiny Vista? There are dozens of topics here covering the problems ArmA has with Vista and the GF8800 series. Just a suggestion: Try it with the OS it was developed for? Now that I've played for a few days with the 1.08 patch, I CAN say it works on my "shiny" Vista 64 Ultimate and a 8800gtx. I'm not able to use sli w/Arma yet (distorts over long missions), but it's getting better as drivers and game patches are released. I do use -maxmem=512 in the shortcut or ctd's will occur w/normal-high settings.(158.24 whql drivers are in use) I got the ArmA stopped responding, ArmA has encountered a problem, with other drivers I tested but not with 158.24whql. Even OFP plays perfectly w/Vista without having to tamper w/shortcut.

As an admin of servers that uses PunkSbusted for other games, we examine screenshots for wallhacks, retlock,,,ect ect. In the Battlefield 2 series of games, several get accused of the "no fog cheat" with similar screenshots I see posted. This does need corrected somehow, but who to ask?

I've tested the #cpu's/cores used on this 2 cpu 4 core system. The server is set to run on cpu#1-core2 which stays at 100% while playing on it. If I add cpu0 along w/cpu1..of 1 cpu (set affinity) while server is under load, all it does is switch the load to cpu0. Now the odd thing is..if I pick all 4 cores, the load spreads out to all of them...anywhere from 16%-56% each, but core #3 (cpu #2) seems to use the most. And I'm testing this while playing on the same box. Pic

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This would definitely be an XP issue since, With Vista 64 and an 8800gtx...I've crashed into a mountain due to the fog got to thick at the center area.

BigQEd, I thought you guys use FireDaemon? I've yet to put ArmA on our dedi with 1.08, but it seems to have no problems on Vista64 running as a service thru FD Trinity. I've tested a couple 24hr runs of evolution and revolution. I have not tested -netlog since I'm keeping the server locked while testing.

This is old news, and I believe it's C++ fault (it doesn't recognize *)...not ArmA nor OFP. We had/have same issue with *S.W.A.T.*, we just use S.W.A.T. for the squad info.

There are still some driver related problems with the 8800 series. Nothing special, this cards are brand new DX10 hardware. I was leary to try this patch. But, with lots of testing and several ctd's, I have it running properly w/Vista64. Seems only the nvidia 158.24 whql drivers will play it without problems(I prefer 158.45 beta ) I still have to disable sli in game video profile though. 1920X1200 seems to be the sweet spot for me now. (was 1280x768)

14 pages of everyones errors posted in 1 day with this patch? Think I'll just wait it out. Thanks for the heads up.

How long will this take you? The community will be thankful And of course we want both of them

That is wrong info to be giving out. Read my post again ...it was the ONLY exe that would let me re/activate my game. 1.01 thru 1.05 claimed invalid activation even after playing it for several months before. It's playing with beta 1.07.5157..thats all that matters at this point.

Darkyyy, What is your screen refresh rate set at for your desktop? You may want to try lowering it to 60 Hertz, and test ArmA.

On my old system, it has the same issue as the topic starter (can't notice slider changes), but going back into the game after making adjustments..they were noticeable. On this new system, onboard 8-1 sound, and Vista (even though it supposedly doesn't use EAX), if I disable it, I can hear an alien fart from Mars. I would be constantly looking towards the sky if any Helo's are flying anywhere. US hard copy, with both patches installed.