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  4. Posted

    Ah, try setting it to "preunites" (panties) and drive around the city for a while. Try to do a lot of zooming, scanning around etc to force it to load textures.

    OK Guys I Have a THEORY.

    Since the driver update solved some memory fragmentation problems, maybe it is conflicting with the local swap file? Assuming there is one? Maybe existing data conflicts with the new data.

    Anyone know what the swap file is called?

    Second theory. Arma just can't handle 1GB with these drivers.

    I have set my config to localVRAM=985661440;

    So far no glitches.

    Scratch that one - just got the problem. Was on very high for testing. Changing to the auto option gave me instant corruption.

    I have tried everything in the config file to reduce and increase memory, removed my pagefile from the system, changed resolutions to minimal etc. etc. and so far this is the only game that shows these problems...

    I am happy to try any other settings, I even tried to underclock my CPU to run at 2Ghz (from 3.2Ghz) which had no effect, reduced AGP to 4x, slowed memory, sped memory up, ganged and unganged it, disabled sound... anything else someone want to suggest ?

    Currently I am wearing my wifes panties to see if that also helps but so far a little chaffing but thats it. ;)

  5. Posted

    For AGP I tried to lower the AGP Aperture in the bios to 256MB instead of 512MB, this delayed the problem but it did occur later in a mission. So it appears that when the 256MB of aperture is used up it starts corrupting ? How does that work then ?

    Would be nice to know if BIS are looking at the issue, I am happy to be contacted to perform tests on my system, I can duplicate the error at any time, guaranteed. -noCB does nothing for me.

    Are there any other switches to force video memory, not sure the Arma2.cfg settings does much tbh when making changes to that.

  10. Posted

    language="German";

    adapter=-1;

    3D_Performance=-4194304;

    Resolution_Bpp=32;

    Resolution_W=1680;

    Resolution_H=1050;

    refresh=60;

    Render_W=1737;

    Render_H=1284;

    FSAA=0;

    postFX=0;

    HDRPrecision=8;

    lastDeviceId="";

    localVRAM=1867879553;

    nonlocalVRAM=2147483647;

    winX=9;

    winY=32;

    winW=932;

    winH=689;

    winDefW=1158;

    winDefH=856;

    Mine looks like this and im curious to know what the last 6 parameters are

    Playing in windowed mode ? or have dual screens ?

  11. Posted · Edited by Thr0tt

    for those with visual glitches ..did you try in target parmeter of the arma2 shortcut -noCB

    to me it fixed some glitches

    but they werent that terible tho

    was more shadow glitches

    This is a different problem. The problem I am seeing is massive screen corruption, similar to that seen when you overclock a card and artifacts start stretching over the screen.

    Minor shadow glitches, odd flickering textures here and there are nothing compared to the whole screen bursting into a textured nightmare. If it was only the usual minor glitches then I would not even be posting it here as it is part of the franchaise ;)

    page 1 of http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73235 thread and his screen shots show exactly my problem (and his ;) ). If its anything like that then same boat otherwise maybe look for the 'shadows flicker a little bit' thread. :D

  13. Posted

    Just curious if I am the only one getting massive screen corruption still ? The screen goes grey with flickering artifacts all over the screen ?

    I am sure its not only me but just testing the water, I guess it will become more of an issue if its a driver / game issue when the demo is released and the EU version hits the shelves. Nothing like reactive support.

  15. Posted

    Officially relased now:

    ;-----------------------------------------------

    ;----------0905291343-8.62-090520m1-081744C-ATI

    ;-----------------------------------------------

    ; ATI Display Information file : ATIIXPAG.INF

    ; Installation INF for the ATI display driver.

    ; Copyright© 1998-2004 ATI Technologies Inc.

    ; Windows XP

    ; Base INF Last Updated 2005/11/01

    [Version]

    Signature="$Windows NT$"

    Provider=%ATI%

    ClassGUID={4D36E968-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

    Class=Display

    DriverVer=05/15/2009, 8.620.0.0000

    CatalogFile=CX_81744.CAT

    Looks to be the same... I hope some are able to play on Friday when they get the game otherwise these forums are going to be stuffed full of folk with the artifact issue.

  17. Posted

    Just curious if you are going to lock the forums again with the release of the demo and the patch (later sometime) ?

    If so then I guess we need to get the information off we need now before you do. Where else is best to talk about the game with serious folk when / if this happens ?

  19. Posted

    avgani and many more islands work.

    here is an easy guide to make them work in arma2 :

    http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73731&page=2

    copy the listed files and do what i wrote at the end of the thread

    Do we need all those files ? I tried and yes it works cheers with a few missing / errors but got Schemlfingwhatsicalled to work so looks good.

    Looking forward to playing around with them when I get home.

  21. Posted

    @Basil Brush - I think if you set memory and texture to low it will work, not the best solution but at least you would be able to play it until....well...if it gets fixed... for AGP users just set AGP Aperture to 512MB (I have 512MB card) which enables normal mem and normal textures, not sure if there is a similar bios setting for PCI-e as stated b4.

  22. Posted

    ECH - Notepad frame rates = cheap joke, it got a laugh, do I care you didn't laugh or get it ? Nah.

    They may not be finals yes but as Dwarden says the more we pipe up about these 'leaked' drivers may help them either look into these 'officially leaked' drivers or tell us 'I told u so' when they release a completely different set, again, if you can't see that then shame but not my problem.

    New drivers out next week, great, lets see if they are the same, hold off complaining till then if you think that will help your cause.

    Just for info, I have also posted in the gaming seciton under ArmA2 thread that I don;t think AMD/ATI give a toss about the game and its sales and my next card may indeed be an NVidia offering, is that too bad of me ?

    Oh and welcome to the forums, its nice to have someone to join in the fun.

    xx

  25. Posted

    Everyone with the GFX issue please post in the Rage3d thread please, this may help get the problem more attention and maybe a hotfix for AGP and PCI-e ATI users with the issue.

    As Dwarden says, more often than not these 'leaks' are the official drivers but non WHQL'd so we will have to wait for another month before we even get a sniff of a fix if they haven't picked it up.

    @Dwarden, surely BIS have contacts in AMD/ATI and have supplied ArmA2 for testing ?

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