GUys, gals, i had exactly the same problem for days.. tried everything.
Then read my arma2.mdmp file and noticed that there was a problem with sound frequency. 44100,
I had my speakers set to 16 bit 32000 Hz, i changed the frequency to 16bit 44100Hz and the game loaded first time!! Its the sound file of the naval ship flyby that crashes because it cant play the sound.. but now it can ;)
it works and now i have patch 1.5
whoop whoop!
Hope someone elses gets resolved from this because i know how blimming frustrating it has been!
Stuart
I too found that sound was causing my crashes. I have a wireless Plantronics headset that runs at a frequency that causes the game to crash. I have to disable the device to start arma properly. I also found that I had many in game glitches prior to updating my sound drivers for my sound card. Once those where up to date the sound and visual issues I was having have gone away.
I did also run the directX install that comes on the CD as it is not the default one that comes with Windows 7. If I'm not mistaken Arma uses 9 and not 10. Installing the older directx might help some of you guys with random game crashes.
1.4 to 1.5 = Desktop crash?
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I too found that sound was causing my crashes. I have a wireless Plantronics headset that runs at a frequency that causes the game to crash. I have to disable the device to start arma properly. I also found that I had many in game glitches prior to updating my sound drivers for my sound card. Once those where up to date the sound and visual issues I was having have gone away.
I did also run the directX install that comes on the CD as it is not the default one that comes with Windows 7. If I'm not mistaken Arma uses 9 and not 10. Installing the older directx might help some of you guys with random game crashes.
Running
Windows 7 64-bit
Intel I7
6gm ram
Nvidia gtx 285