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glad to hear it works! fight on! ;)

For viewing the Application Log, just use the following; Windows_key + R (for run) -> eventvwr.exe Go to Windows Logs It seems a lot of people have issues with nvwgf2um.dll and multiple games (google search) Perhaps you can try an older version of the Nvidia drivers.

Have you tried after removing your profile and gamesettings file (located in c:\Users\{userid}\Documents\Arma 3 Alpha\)?

Are you using the development build or the Stable? I presume you aren't using any mods, but if so, remove them from the startup parameters. Try using the following parameters : -nosplash -world=empty -maxMem=2047 -cpuCount=4 -MaxVRAM=1024 (if you have 1Gb) Also check your windows eventlog (application) for errors/warnings and check the arma3.rpt for more information (location -> AppData\Local\Arma 3 Alpha or AppData\Local\Arma 3 Alpha Lite)

Are you using Windows 8 or...? And does this happen when switching/alt-tabbing to another app (TS)? Just guessing here, but it could be a crashing audio driver. Does other audio playback (besides A3 and TS) work (for example mediaplayer)? Perhaps updating motherboard drivers and/or audio chipset drivers fix the problem. Also update your DX to the latest version to be sure.

Current Rig: AMD Athlon X4 640 (3.0 Ghz) 12 GB Memory XFX 4850 625M 1GB Still reviewing my options for upgrade Intel/AMD, Graphics AMD/Nvidia, Mobo, Memory etc. Running game mostly on standard (No AA, FXAA Ultra, Post Processing Off) but I have Textures, Shadows set on high. FPS around 29-30 with drops to 20-24 when allot is happening onscreen (Multiple AI, Smoke etc).

Some extra questions for you: What is your OS (version) Have you set the Audio driver to "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device"? Try and turn this off

For people with PayPal problems: try it multiple times in a row. Before you try this btw; email or phone the PayPal helpdesk in regard of your problem and ask what causes the blockade/holdup. In my case it was an automatic security rule which blocked a "suspicious" transfer. After retrying multiple times in a row it suddenly worked (4 times in a row worked for me).

Yay. That worked. Thanks Von_Emmy. :D The solution seems to be to bombard Paypal with a number of request directly one after the other. And as for bananas .. :yay::yay: love them! P.S. How do you inform BI support without creating a new ticket?

Congrats :) Unfortunatly not yet for me, but I'll keep trying. I have some hope again ;)

@ArtjomZhdanov Got a reaction from PayPal concerning my blocked payment to the Store (see reply nr 100). They can not (won't because of security :() tell me why the payment has been flagged. 'Solutions' they recommend are: Ask the Store for help ( :confused: ) ; Pay via Credit Card (don't have one); Try again at a later time (been there, done that). Now considering to forfeit my Paypal account and buy the extended edition from Steam (through Ideal; dutch standard for internet payments) :( Never had problems btw in the past but the lack of real support from PayPal and the many negative comments of other users about blocked payments really bugs me. Hope BI can help in the matter. Sorry BTW for the Angry Icon on top (not intended)

@GonzoTbita. I've got the exact same problem. I've contacted Paypal and got the response that they has marked the transfer as suspicious. More they won't give besides the advice to link my bankaccount to the Paypal account or ask the store to send a invoice directly through Paypal :( I mailed this to the support@bistudio.com address. Hope to hear from them soon (the poor basterds ;) )

Going to buy the support edition. The Arma game series is the only one I've come across with real replay value. Even got my collegues addicted ;)

I opened a paypal account just for that. :)

I was wondering how the bug reporting for the Alpha will work. Will it be just like Arma2 bug reporting (https://dev-heaven.net/projects/39/wiki/CIT) or will you be able to use steam for bug reporting?

Thanks! Missed that info probably. :)

That's what i thought as well. So really; I pre-order the 5th of march and participate in the alpha->beta and then in all the full game costs only 24,99 euro's? That really sounds to good te be true.... :eek: Still considering the supporter edition though... :D

I personally have to wait and see how this turns out. I use steam for Skyrim and have no problems updating or using mods. Mods btw for skyrim can be downloaded from the nexus and from steamworks. It's all to the users/gamers which one they prefer. The only concern i have is how the update function will be used. I have a collague who uses arma2 via steam and when there's an update he get a whole lot of data which has te be downloaded instead of the quite smaal updates you download manually (the no steam version). Will the serversoftware btw be steam free?

:confused: As far as I know, Arma2 already uses windows sound api's for surround. So you speaker configuration has to be set to surround, in the windows/soundcard config. Or do you want to change that during a session?

Engine: - Multi-monitor support (e.g. map, mpd or mfd's on secondary screen) - External output options (usb devices e.g. VRInsight hardware)

Are you connecting through the Internet or via LAN (in the connection menu)?

Just got informed that indeed the service is down. They are working on it and recommend to try again after 48 hours.

I've tried it and it looks like the service is down (so it's not just you). You can fill out a request form on the support page -> contact (I just did that too).

which one? or have you tried multiple installation packages (It could be that one of them is corrupt)? What type or activation did you use (live id/google etc)?

Where did you download the installation files from?