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Tried a bit of testing. Default settings [1500m view distance ] same effect crash while flying. AA up to high , black vehicles and bots [they look like covert ops guys from movies] Also flashing purple chequer pattern on heli's. Flush tweak resets this back to normal textures. AA back to normal and flying = crash. I wont be typing flush every 5 mins before anyone suggests it! Is the video buffer overflowing trying to draw to much world detail? [can/does it even do that?] Pre 1.04 using last beta I was rock steady. I've changed nothing apart from patching up. Now i'm back to messing with settings instead of enjoying arma2.

Mines fairly random but the clincher is flying with a view distance of 3k [set via status in mousewheel menu ingame] ,all settings on high, PP off AA normal AF normal 1920*1200. Guaranteed crash if I fly anywhere near a town or city but not limited to that criteria. It just takes a little longer otherwise. vista 64 utimate 295gtx i7

Great video OP, shows exactly the problem. This happening to me also since 1.04. no issues previously when using latest beta patch. I crashed to desktop very shortly after seeing these artifacts. I was flying an a10 over chernogorsk at the time. The lag and texture loading was horrendous.

Same as above. Whats changed BIS?

I too am struggling to complete the bank mission. I placed 6+ satchels on it and all it does is cause debris, no completion though. Ive even flattened every building in the immediate vicinity and blown up the debris and still no luck edit- Oh I see we now have ranks based on post count. How very novel. I feel Like a real grown up soldier.

Use the AI version of domination

George Best, nuff said!

Possible fix to my post in the nvidia card owners thread. Running the latest beta's I was crashing to desktop frequently. I noticed a slight sound distortion just before I crashed. Most noticeable when changing vehicle views from external to internal or vice versa. I went into my vista sound control panel and lowered sound settings from 24 bit to 16 bit. Crashing seems to have stopped. Will post back after further testing.

Recent CTD'S Nvidia 190.62 whql Taken from the event viewer log Faulting application arma2.exe, version 1.3.0.58627, time stamp 0x4a783683, faulting module d3d9.dll, version 6.0.6002.18005, time stamp 0x49e03705, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0004dde0, process id 0xf88, application start time 0x01ca30bb6b4d6f57. I'm going to reinstall drivers and directx. However, can anyone shed any light on this fault other than it does mention d3d9?

Browse this forum for all your answers. Pay particular attention to the troubleshooting section. Things are improving though.

Bullet drop. Watch the tracer fire, as an ex soldier you would know this.

AI gunner response in vehicles appears to be sluggish at best now. Maybe its just me. Enemy vehicle AI however is spot on, t-72 tanks and such just dont miss from 1000m and my lazy gunner hasnt even traversed the gun. Also to those noticing the AT AI soldiers being ineffective. Simple solution is to use AA soldiers as they engage aircraft and armour immediately. They are however not so hot at engaging infantry 50m infront of them

Glad I checked the forum. I Thought my system was borked. Reinstalled and the problem was still there. Gamespy issue maybe?

Add me

Nvida 190.56 [ nothing changed in the settings ] All latest system patches [intel inf , Realtek audio, Realtek LAN on a Gigabyte UD5] registry cleaned latest BIS beta patch defragged Hdd GTX295, I7 920 @3.8, VISTA 64 No switches or tweaks in the command line or shortcut properties Games running silky smooth with everything on highest except PP [off] AF [Normal] AA [High] Res 1900*1200 x2 view distance 5km I was capped 33fps like loads of others no matter what I tried until I updated all the above. I still get textures loading in large citys but overall performance is much improved.

A great forwards step towards the users. Well done BIS dev team.

Update your INF drivers, sound drivers and LAN drivers. I had a day of crashes to desktop [arma2.exe has stopped working, the only game I own that crashes regularly BTW ] so I sat down and double checked my driver updates. The giveaway was the slight sound distortion before the last crash and having found updated sound drivers on the gigabyte website [ UD5 MOBO ] I decided to do the other 2 aswell. Not crashed in the last 6 hrs so its looking good. BTW I'm I7 920, VISTA64 and XFX 295 too. Only one side effect is my TS is not working correctly since updating sound drivers but thats wandering off topic. Since 1.03 my settings are all on highest possible except pp disabled af normal aa high view distance 10000 res 1900*1200 [both settings] Goodluck.

To be fair to the BIS dev team I'm sure they were opposed to such an early release but we're oveRridden by the men in suits in the offices above them that funded the project. They needed to see a return for their investment before the rival game [ DR ] came out.

43yrs

Well done BIS for responding in this way. A little communication goes a long way.

Information on the internet about problems in games is like wildfire hence the failure of Arma2 to reach BF2 type sales. On paper the game is far superior graphically and gameplay wise with a multitude of vehicles, gamemodes and addons constantly being released. What's the difference between the two games, well one works out of the box and you can play it for hours on end without a crash [ of course there have been patches but the released game worked ] where as the other appears to need numerous tweaks and system settings adjustments just to get it is started and running badly for what seems the majority of users. Bad word of mouth travels faster than good.... The internet is full of instant gratification seekers . We want to game for pleasure. Spending your valuable leisure time watching your chosen medium fail is a real let down. I'll be buying OPFDR and I wont be buying Arma3.

This thread rates as LOL of the week :) Keep the veggie quips comming guys.

There's a score bug Xeno. I was 18000+ points for 80 deaths when I left a server 2 mins ago. Everytime I reconnect my score doubles.

Try a registry cleaner [important], then a driver cleaner , reinstall gpu drivers [190.38 whql] then defrag the hdd. Dont run with any switches except -nosplash. Goodluck.

You have given your position away! You lay down in the tall grass and close your eyes really tight and hope no one see's you ;-) Or you could: Give your position away. Lay down a cover of smoke and run like hell crouched and zig- zagging to avoid enemy fire.