Conkermon

Mate this has been going on for months and months. It's pretty obvious that BIS don't give a damn or they'd have commented and done something. I think their policy is to ignore it and let us fix it ourselves, which sucks because this is a complicated problem and many of us don't know how to. If only there was an extremely wealthy extremely agitated ArmA II gamer as the actions (or inaction) of BIS would definitely stand up in court.

Are BIS still saying our hardware is to blame? Or have they just said nothing since they came out with that rubbish? Just downloaded the new drivers and started the Red Harvest campaign mission hopefully. Artefacts quicker than ever..

Fucks sake how much longer must I wait before I can play this fucking game.

Based on what we've seen it seems to be an overwhelmingly ATI issue. There have been 2 or 3 reports of a similar bug with NVIDIA but it seems to be far more common with ATI cards for whatever reason.

It's pretty hilarious that when you look on the troubleshooting forum it's gonna be; ATI card users with major graphical errors: look here!! NVIDIA users with major performance issues: look here!! Says it all about the software doesn't it? Unfortunately still no word on a fix.

Mate, we're not changing our systems, that's ridiculous. I'm not upgrading to windows 7, especially at EU prices, just to play ArmA II when I'm happy with XP and it should work with XP.

So can we get a sticky on this thread? With 14,000 views it seems to be of interest to the masses :)

Well said.

Ok well perhaps you can advise me where it would be best to raise the issue ATI 4800 series users are experiencing? (Seen here: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73235&page=14) It doesn't appear possible for the issue to be overcome via user suggested technical work-arounds. As such, it would seem the troubleshooting forum is the wrong place for the problem as it really needs to be resolved from above. Where would be the best place to bring it to the attention of the developers?

I'd say that this thread; http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=77270, raises an entirely valid point. Highlighting the difficulties encountered whilst attempting to resolve the bugs and suggesting a multilateral strategy of targetting video card developers and appealing to BIS so as to get the bugs fixed surely counts as troubleshooting. Troubleshooting is using whatever means possible to resolve a problem, be they purely technical fixes suggested by other users or appeals to the powers that be to resolve the matter. When the former has been exhausted as is the case with those posting within the thread, then what can one do aside from resort to the latter? I took issue with you closing the thread as it appeared to me as though you did so because you found the content unpaletable, rather than that it did not fall within the parameters of this forum. But i'll relent since I've been warned for my troubles and knowing BIS i'll no doubt need to retain my ability to post as a result of the many new bugs that I am all but certain to encounter in the future.

Hmm wonder if this thread is gonna get locked on a technicality cause Placebo the despot doesn't like it's content. Time will tell.

Ugh it's seriously irritating how some of you fanboy's or those of you with no problems assert that the bugs we are contending with are minor and insignificant or alternatively that the problems we have are our own fault (faulty configs or whatever). Although a plethora of minor bugs exist, I'm sure most people are prepared to overlook them and persevere in the knowledge that they will eventually be remedied. HOWEVER, as far as I can see the bulk of us who are angry with BIS and pressing for fixes are those of us who have problems that render the game actually unplayable. Check this 14 page thread; http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73235 and perhaps you'll be able to appreciate why many of us are angry. When that many people have a problem and have gone to great lengths to 'troubleshoot' (hahaha) you cannot dismiss or disregard the claim that the game and the developers are seriously at fault. To make matters worse they say nothing on the matter. A few half-assed suggesitons a few pages in from a dev, a vague suggestion that the user's config is at fault and then silence for however many weeks. How about BIS devs or representatives get on here and acknowledge the problems, how about they sticky the threads with the most widespread and serious problems. Doing so would surely silence those of us who are on here lobbying for recognition and the resolution of our problems. We want to hear from BIS that they are aware of the more serious problems and doing their utmost to fix them, when that happens I will shut up and wait for them to be resolved.

Agree, but I think you've overlooked the major ATI 4800 series problems, as seen here; http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?t=73235 which, as it stretches to over 14 pages and is more than a mere performance problem (low fps vs artefacts that render the game unplayablee), is surely worthy of a mention!

I'm having trouble with tanks, sspecially online.. Is it better to have AI gunner and commander or AI driver? Should I set the AI to scan horizon and engage at will or do i need to tell them who to target specifically and when to fire? If I am in a tank with 2 players as commander, can I mark targets for them? Thanks!

I did a full uninstall, installed the latest patch and put AA on low, the problem was worse than ever (as in it came very quickly). Will try again on disabled but wont get my hopes up.