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  1. Posted

    Do me a favour and try just this one again. Pretty please. :)

    There are many issues that could be explained by this I am filling in a issue ticket with BIS and need more examples.

    Wish I could bud, but I am locked out as I have "activated" my key too many times. But I have tried mem at normal -> very high. Last setting was very high. When I get in again I will try for you :)

  2. Posted

    Nah its not textures, just trying to work out why SLi on my machine breaks.. I have had it going on a clean install (Win7 and Vista) but only until I jumped in MP and then it turns to shit (my hypothesis)

    Now I think it may be the server screwing some cfg file etc., and pehaps its some servers not all (hence I am having the problems)..

    @ Nemesis - its in your documents.

    Arma.cfg, if you get a chance can you cut & past your cfg (dont worry nothing like a key etc there).

    Just curious to see if mine differs from someone elses who has it working, and the LocalVRAM made me stop and think as it should not be addressing my cards entire RAM as one entity since its really 2x cards in "one package"

    Try avoiding the in game "Default" setting for video memory. Try it on Very High instead. I think that references about 640MB of video memory.

    There have been quite a few people, with ATI cards, getting issues when using "Default".

    Not sure how it applies to NVidia, but its easy to test.

    Heh, I have tried every permutation of settings and documented their results, nothing in the vid options menu helped me "re-enable" sli.

  3. Posted

    Hiyas, looking at the CFG files too see if there is anything there that could explain the sudden loss of SLi after going MP.

    One thing i notice is that my adapter being a GTX295 comes up with 1722146817 as the total ram figure. Now thats ~1792 Mb RAM.. and that is wrong card has 2x896Mb, in no way does a GTX295 used shared memory so this should be 896Mb (in bits). Could this be causing the card to break SLi? Ie game is trying to access too much memory on the GPU?

    Any ideas, I can;t try anything at the moment as my game is locked out of activation by securerom so can't test anything just yet.

    Hrmm makes me wonder. .. Can anyone who has SLi going post up their CFG's so I can compare please? :)

    Thanks!

  4. Posted

    I dont think they will have to worry about 5/10's.. The command interface does have a learning curve but players of Op Flash, Arma can navigate it quickly. The sheer amount of options, commands etc make it hard to simplfy... It would be nice tho to have hotkeys, or "hotmouse" type commands but that I am sure they could implement easier.. Even the simple changes in ACE made it much better.

    As for BioShock, that was a great SP game.. Perhaps not 10/10 but it was a great arcade game... suitable to a different audience which usually does not cross over into Military sims.

    The only thing that reviewers may be harsh on are the bugs, and perhaps performance as its hit and miss for some people (NOT ALL! :))

  5. Posted · Edited by FraG_AU

    I'll find out what the german etailer says.

    As for deactivating manually you have to use the securerom site. They have FAQs there which address this. Well I will know in the future, hopefully this will be solved or its adios to $80 AUD for a week and a bit of trying to make the game work with SLi!

    I hope they understand, and if they dont well it will be the last time I buy a game that securerom which is just pain in the arse.

    @ Maddog - CHeers but I just used google to translate email, and also left english version.. Hopefully they will understand on both fronts. If not I'll PM ya! (Thanks for the offer)

    LOL now I'll be missing the 1.02 patch which will prob fix all the issues i have been having.. man I'm like Homer Simpson, my last 3 hairs have fallen out.

    EDIT: DarkByte - securerom said the publisher said they are not allowed to reset the activations, others allow it. Its not like I bought the game and gave it to X friends to play, but obviously thats what they are trying to stop.. ARMA/OPflash were fine they got rid of silly requirements for CDROM/DVD with patches, but securerom is just shit.. One big reason I like steam games, sure you have to use steam but I have 3 partitions and steam installed on all of them and all my games there and ready, obviously only usable once at a time as you need to be logged into steam.. MUCH better then this virusware that is securerom.

    Also Darkbyte, if you reinstall on the same Windows install it does not count, it just takes different versions of windows as different installs.. Not like say MS where they map your hardware against that copy if you know what I mean.

    Anyway I am sure it will get sorted otherwise I will cry, and thats not a pretty sight either..

  6. Posted · Edited by FraG_AU

    I feel your pain man, i think i must be on my last install now :(

    I notice with windows 7 the game does not uninstall and i get a an error message that a string is missing.

    I have had the error on all my uninstall and didnt even consider securerom until this happened.

    SO MAKE SURE YOU USE MANUAL revoke each time you play silly buggers like me!

    I will probably buy the Steam version anyway for the simple hateread of securerom. So long as I get it performing :)

    EDIT: Ok well Securerom told me to fu** myself and contact digital download provider. God i hope they help, anyone speak German? Using google to translate may be "too" much fun

  7. Posted

    I don't know why you would format so many times, the best thing to do would be to just delete the ArmA cfg's as the game will remake them

    I have tried that, tried install and uninstall the game.

    LOL I have been trying to make this perform on my system for almost a week solid, some people have been lucky others like me not so lucky!

    I went to win 7 as some people had better luck there then vista, but I had stuttering, so I went to Vista again and DID get it going perfectly however as I mentioned the above occured.

    I Uninstalled and deleted cfgs but it still had the problem (Perhaps my theory is no good then) either way I honestly forgot about securerom as I was Uninstalling..

    Also, if anyone else is crazy like me ensure you use the manual revoke on securerom.

  9. Posted

    Guys be careful with this digital download version and securom.

    As you have known I have been playing with this game trying to make it run properly on my system, which has included 4 odd reformats (Vista, Win7, Vista, Vista).

    I was trying to replicte a bug which has been killing performance, anyway to cut to the chase, my Key has been banned as i have installed too many times. Obviously securom does not "Uninstall".. Really pissed off as patch 1.02 comes out anytime!!

    As for the bug that I have found:

    On a clean install of Vista 64 Ultimate with 186.08 drivers using -winxp and crysis64.exe I had SLi working perfectly.

    Now upon playing MulitPlayer FPS went to shit, down to 30ish.. Now i thought it could be server side or similar. Anyway when I went back into the Single Player game the FPS dropped back to pre clean install.. ie 35-40 instead of 58avg i had minutes before. NOTHING else was installed or running different on this pc.

    When/IF i get this key unlocked I will try and replicate this again, I have a feeling some MP games may stuff up the .cfg files (so this time i will make them read-only). Ie evolutions seems to change your settings by default in terms of detail level and can be adjusted with the "T" option. If this is the case then it could mean why so many SLi users finding their performance so bad.

    Anyway, my ARMA2 is locked out and I am not happy, hopefully Securerom address problems (Well problem, they rest of mine need doctors or sexy women!) quickly.

    Also in other games like FC2, when you uninstall the game it "decatives" itself online as well, this does not seem to work as I have uninstalled the game a cpl times and it always had errors and obviously stuffed things up..

    ARGHHHH hehe, lucky I am patient and really just want to sink my teeth into this game in time for patch 1.02!!!

  12. Posted

    Try running the following.

    rename arma to crysis.exe or crysis64.exe (if you have 64bit os).

    use flags -winxp in the shortcut (if you run win7/vista)

    See if that helps. Also what driver are you using? Try new 186 driver or 182.5 driver. 185 drivers are rubbish for SLi.

    Hope it helps, maybe patch will fix some of these issues for us.

  13. Posted

    Anyone with nvidia cards, revert back to 182.50.

    No problems at all with those drivers.

    Great game and performs as advertised with those drivers.

    Good to hear, so what fps you getting now?

    I tired all the way back to 181 drivers and didn't solve my problems :( Anyway i'll wait a cpl days and see what happens, its only early days and if I had the fps i wanted i'd be glued to the game (well that and SP actually working!)

  14. Posted

    My specs - Core2Quad Q6600 oc'd to 3.0Ghz - 4Gb ddr2 Ram - Nvidia 295GTX oc'd - Nvidia drivers 185.85 - Windows Vista 32bit.

    Settings at resolution 1920 x 1200 - everything High except shaders Normal - and something else set to Normal, can't think what.

    In single player i'm getting between 28 - 40fps - mostly in the low 30's. In multiplayer i'm getting between 23 to 28fps. Mp is basically unplayable. I've tried changing the exe to crysis.exe and tried the -winxp in the shortcut - makes no difference.

    Come on guys this is pretty bad. I should have learned after Arma 1, but i'm a sucker for pain - so i thought i'd buy Arma 2. Looks like absolutely nothing was learned from the poorly optimized launch of Arma 1. Do we really have to wait 9 - 12 months, before we get a half playable game?

    If this isn't sorted out asap, this will definitely be the last game i purchase from these guys.

    I have same issues with my GTX295, try this tho don't use crysis.exe use crysis64.exe

    I have had game for almost 2 weeks and have done everything from trying 8 odd diff drivers to complete reinstall. (Win 7, Vista 64 Ult etc)

    Win7 seemed to deliver good fps but had a stutter (Will check newer 232 build over weekend).

    I did get the game running super smooth for about 2hrs. New install of Vista 64 Ultimate, 186.08 driver and ran with crysis64.exe + -winxp.

    Now ith high/very high settings at 1920x1200 i was getting 58 odd fps avg. VERY nice. However when I checked out MP the game turn to shit, MP was back to the 30 fps.. And worst of all when I went into Single Player again the fps wouldn't get over 40.. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game and same thing happened.

    I am doing a reinstall of OS and game for the 3rd time, this time I will lock all the CFG files once I have them setup, I seriously think some of the MP mods may stuff up the 3d config on my card not sure.

    Be patient, patch 1.02 is hopefully hours away. I have knocked my head against the wall as I am running a very high end system and getting the worst performance of any game I have run on this system by a long shot (i7 @ 4.2, GTX295, 6gb 1600mhz and Xfi Xgamer fatality)..

    Basically something is causing the game to stop using SLi, i'll know soon when I finish the reinstall again...

  16. Posted

    I think there are some nvidia related problems at the moment. So we need a nvidia driver and hopefully patch my address some of these. Be patient for a couple of days and see how it goes with patch..

    I would suggest however to turn down post processing (low), shadows (normal) and object detail (normal) and you may experience a few extra fps.

    Also turning off the blur/hdr by using keygets mod will give you a few fps. I have given up on single player until the next patch

  17. Posted

    72;1315726']And they are eyecandy. I prefer real data such ballistics etc over how things look. Most sims have cut down graphics for data to be valid and real and for system to be able to run it. Look at most mil sims they look like shit but they behave realistic.

    Add all that juice and cut down on the real data - or wait to we have better pc's and can support it all.

    But how do you explain the poor vehicle movement, and vehicle physics. Land vehicles are absolutely shit (Don't get me started on the sound, come on its the worst sound for vehicles i have ever heard), they add things like motorbikes, and pushbikes.. but they are so poorly implemented.. They add in more aircraft but they don't add in countermeasures.

    I know the game is not just about "vehicles', but its detracts from the immersion and really makes me laugh when i drive one.. I especially love the motorbike, you go up a hill and it breaks, it doesn't even fall over when a tank hits it :P wish I had a bike like that!

  19. Posted

    I have been looking forward to this game since ARMA1.

    Got it today and what a total disaster.

    I have re-installed twice and get so many bugs it's actually quite funny now.

    I cannot select anything highr than normal in graphic sttings texture detail,video memory and terrain detail.

    The textures do not load on objects.

    And with a core i7920 OC'd at 3.4, 12GB RAM and a GTX295 it runs awful.

    Straight to the back of the queue with this game.

    I have been experiencing probs on similar setup.

    Run the game like this.

    Rename your arma exe to crysis64.exe and in the shortcut use the folllowing flags

    -winxp -nosplash -world=empty cpucount=8 maxmem=2047

    (world=empty just makes it load quick :P)

    That may work for you or may not, I am waiting for 1.02 patch and hopefully next nvidia driver to solve my issues.

  21. Posted

    Oh, I play it daily, and if I have a gripe about AI, it's its spotting ability too high. Overwall way better experience than A1. Thing is, I don't make them fly, not at all a core point of ArmA for me

    How about driving? Is driving a core point? Like send you squad somewhere while you run another squad to that place and find that they are stuck on a indestrcutible toilet..

    @ Maddog, UAV crashes 9 times out of 10 into the mountain in Razor Two SP. As for jets, it was AI going over "hill" not shot down as I was tracking it with the jav the whole way.

    Or how about the super smart civilians? LOL Stroll through a battlefield like its church time, better yet keep running into each other on the road.

    Anyway, its things that will get fixed with patches.. DONT get me wrong, I still like the game with all faults (used to them from Arma 1), but the engine is dated and as originally stated I think needs some redevelopment. End of the day BIS is in the business of making money, and when its commercially viable for them to redvelop or enhance the engine they will. I AM GLAD for arma 2, Arma and op flash, i don't want to count the hours I habe spent between these games... But from an outsider looking in, I may not be so forgiving for some of these bugs (BUT I know BIS have excellent support so its a matter of time :))

  22. Posted

    Well, considering you trash for example the AI enhancements as being nothing, well... can't help ya there, you must be right, then... [/sarcasm]

    Have you played it yet... Try moving AI from one spot to another. Enhancments over ARMA yes, but overall? Ive seen so many UAV's / AI planes crash into trees its not funny.. come on while some aspects of AI have improved others stink.

  23. Posted

    Hi S!fkaIaC

    Sit down and do the math on what each calculation you wish to add per entity is.

    Tell us how many calculations are involved in the "basic concept of the human body model" change compared to the current system in ArmA II

    Then fire up a spreadsheet put in the figures and multiply by 1000 entitities. By the way I have run ArmA I with 3000 plus entities.

    Now work out which number of calculations are required to sychronise a client in an MP game per frame.

    Then multiply that by 100 players.

    Tell me what the number is, your working out is required.

    Kind Regards walker

    Wow, obviously there is a blend realism and achieveable results. He made an example of what the engine lacks..

    I could name 1000 things I would like to see in the engine, and I agree 100% above, Arma 2 == Arma 1.5 with new textures and other crap thrown in ontop.. Cars drive the same, controls the same, sounds the same, what is different? Textures? This amazing AI which is usless can't even drive from point A to B..

    Don't get me wrong, I really liked Arma, and I really like Arma 2 (will like it more once it works on my PC) but there is a huge amount of fanboism on this site with respect to the game. Healthy constructive criticism is what makes things happen. What I liked about Arma is that you could play a game with people who were not just 10yr old kids running amuck on daddys PC, better yet the modding has been the best I have seen for any game which is the reason I bought it... I know I can come back to it in 8 months and there will be so much more.

  24. Posted

    20-30 unplayable and 30-40 poor. Jesus. I know that even some of the X360 console games are designed to run at 30 fps. Like RacePro.

    You aren't easily satisfied. I would be very happy if i would get that 20-30 stable. And one thing, i must be partly blind or something but if i see say like 50 fps game and next to it 60 fps i won't fucking recognise the difference.

    I totally understand Helmut's angry but you i don't get.

    Like I said, I do set the bar high but I have the hardware to back it up. I can easily pick the difference between 30 and 60. The biggest thing your eyes notice is the change in FPS, so a consistent 30 would be better then things that jump from 30-50. Then again some people have slightly different eye sight as well.

    http://www.daniele.ch/school/30vs60/30vs60_1.html Old but decent article, tho its been shown we can tell the diff up to 120fps or may have even been 200fps (some eyes - eg fighter pilots etc)

  25. Posted

    Helmut, hold out for the patch and new drivers, then revist it :)

    I have thrown my head against the wall in terms of performance in this game on my "state of the art" rig. I have found something odd, which I am replicating now..

    I managed to enable SLi by using a clean install, crysis64.exe and -winxp (clean install from OS up).

    Now all was fine in single player and I enjoyed 58odd fps avg at 1920x1200 with half things on high/very high. FINALLY i thought, now I went online to play some multi (only reason I wanted this game) and instantly performance went back down to 30fps.. NOw i just thought well fuck it i'll play SP at good FPS and hope the patch fixes the MP.

    BUT Guess what, after playing multi i went back into SP, and my FPS are back to where they were on my old install!! Back to 35-40...

    So now I figure something in MP is either kicking FADE in (I haven't changed any files aside form 1.01 patch and using mods in their seperate dir), OR some of these MP modes screw with the detail configs.. If you notice Evolution etc will change detail level for you not using the game engine..

    Anyway I am just about finished my reinstall from OS up (I have even ghosted a clean install just to mess with this).. If this happens again then well we know there is a big performance bug for people. I will lock my .cfg files once I set them up before going into MP.

    Actually anyone know how to check if FADE has kicked in?

    And sorry you can't defend the performance of this game, its rubbish at the moment. I get better preformance in Crysis Warhead with DX10 and full details then I do in ARMA on normal/low. And sorry, telling me that this is more CPU hungry would be rubbish as my CPU usage has not been over 35% in this game (well in the current state, i will check when i finish my reinstall)

    Either way I have been trying to get to the bottom of this, I always understood i was buying a buggy game but having time off work, i wanted something to play with.

    @ Razor - what do you classify as excellent performance? Excellent performance is subjective, and to me excellent would mean 60+ FPS smooth as butter.

    50-60 is good

    40-50 is average

    30-40 is poor

    20-30 Unplayable

    Now my subjective performance is based on the fact that I can afford the best hardware, and on top of that through overclocking I extract more performance then any off the shelf PC available on earth. If a game I like does not perform to my standard I upgrade until it does IF i see that its a justified expense.

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