Sascha Henken
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There are a lot of these kind of threads on here but none of the discussions helped me at all. There is no solution yet to get the game running using Multiplayer which is sad. I´m really peeved about it. And please don´t get started again with did you forward Ports or do you have the latest GFX drivers installed and such stuff. I´ve gone through all these things and i´m not a newbie to the PC world.
I´ll stick with ARMA1. At least that game is running smooth, stable and of course MP is working flawless.
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right click on your Arma2OA shortcut or .exe and select 'Run as administrator'Already done that as well.
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It´s not an addon or any other problem. At least not on my side. I have this problem since i´ve bought ArmA2 and OA via Steam. I`ve reinstalled my PC often enough, i´ve changed Routers, I was connected directly with the DSL-Line using a Modem only without any Router or Firewall Policies. Also i´ve deactivated my Windows Firewall as well.
I´ve run Steam as Admin, i´ve reinstalled Battleeye whatsever but nothing helps. It downloads the particular map. After that "Receiving Data" is displayed and that´s all about it. After 2 minutes i´m getting "Sync lost" from the server.
I´ve tried to join servers with and without Battleeye Support. Either way I cannot join. However if I open up a session, everyone can connect without any problem at all.
2nd thing i´ve tried:
A friend has started to play around with the ArmA2 Editor and did a small simple mission. The map file is only 20 KB in size so nothing special at all. I´ve tried to connect to him without success. Same problem as above mentioned. Now what i´ve done is, i´ve copied the PBO file from the MPMissionsCache directory directly into the MPMissions Folder of ArmA2OA. Then i´ve tried to connect again and viola it worked. Strange behaviour isn´t it?
3rd thing:
I´ve tried to join a public server called "anrop LINKOPING" or something. It´s running the Domination Map which is approx. 2.6MB in size. I`ve connected and it downloaded the Map but then same problem "Receiving Data" and after 2 minutes I got a timeout from the server. Meanwhile my friend was on that server as well and connected without a problem. After that we compared the filesize of both maps and they are identical. Now with this being said i´ve tried the same strategy as described above: Copied the PBO file from the MPMissionsCache Folder into the MPMissions Directory of the game directly.
Strange thing is now that it starts to redownload the map again even if I have the map installed? Why is that? It did not download the 20KB map from my friend when i´ve copied it into the MPMissions Folder. So regardless what i´m trying it seems to me that it might be problably an IP-Packet problem, maybe MTU or something else and might not be solved either by myself, the community nor Bohemia.
I don´t know if I have any other chance to verify or to strace down the problem I have but i´ve done all human possible steps to verify that it is not my PC nor my Router or DSL connection or even Firewall Policies. I´ve used DMZ settings and tried explicit Port Forwardings as well. Nothing helped!
Is there any other way to dump such problems by the game itself? I would like to trace down the problem that happens to me everytime after the "Receiving Data" problem. Something must be the reason for this strange problem.
I also have Arma1 installed and i´m able to connect to every single public server that is available. Everything is running smooth as expected and it´s hell of fun to play Arma1 without any connection issues.
ArmA2 is dead for me as of this moment..... Not usable but only offline play which is boring.
just my 2 cents.....
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I have the same problem. Steam User of Combined Operations. Right now i´ve only OA installed but i´ve continuesly have this problem with only OA or Combined Operations as well. I am making sure that I try to connect to servers that only run OA with no expansions. I can connect to any server online but as soon as i´ve selected a slot and once the map is downloaded it stays at "Receiving data" and nothing happens. After 2-3 minutes i´m getting the "User <name> was kicked from the session" or "User <name> was banned" and i keep getting this message all over and over.
Another guy also reported that i´m getting the message "Signature check timed out". Strange.
I´ve checked my modem my router my PC. I´ve disabled the firewall either software or hardware side. But I have no luck however hosting myself is not an issue.
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Sascha HenkenWhich router and model do you have?
Also try:
- Enable/disable UPnP in your router.
- Enable/disable ICMP
ICMP is enabled
UPNP is enabled
I have the AVM Fritz!Box 7270 with its newest firmware dated from December 2009. I´ve tried DMZ which is a disabled Firewall and forwards all ports to the designated IP-Address of the internal network which is my PC. My Windows 7 Firewall is disabled. However i´ve tried it this way:
DMZ on Router (which disables the hardware firewall) and enabled the Windows 7 Firewall as it normally prompts you if a software wants to communicate with the internet but nothing happens. In the exclusion list of firewall rules is Steam as well as ARMA2 already listed to let the software communicate externally and internally. Even though i´ve tried to connect to a multiplayer server, there was nothing recorded in logfiles etc.
Is there a way how I can turn on a trace log from ARMA2 directly so I can do a bit more troubleshooting? The downside of my Fritzbox is that it doesn´t have a suitable logfile ready to troubleshoot the communication.
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I do not have any software firewalls and the Windows FW is disabled entirely. My Router has its actual firmware and i´ve resetted it several times now. It does not help. Strange though I can join COOP sessions that are the original ones from the game. As soon as I try to join a particular server with a custom map it doesn´t work. I also check that the server I want to join does not use any addons to make sure i´m not running into a compatibility issue.
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Why don't you look into the matter of it being your firewalls and hardware?Because i´ve went through all this already? I tried everything with opening the required ports TCP/UDP etc. I tried DMZ too but it keeps locking me out of servers saying "Signature Check timed out". I have no addons installed and my installation is genuine in its original state!
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I did that already. No go. I thought about that my IP is probably blacklisted but i´ve checked it against hundrets of RBLs and it´s fine. Well whatever i´ve given up playing this game in multiplayer as it is a joke that I am not able to join any given server except 1 server that is Charlie Foxtrot.
Sad also there are no logfiles available to what is happening when i stumble into the Signature Timeout Problems that prevents me joining servers. However hosting from my side is no problem.
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Try ALT-Tabbing and disabling Steamingame @ OPWhat exactly do you mean with disabling?
When Arma2OW is launched I cannot shutdown Steam.
However I have to add another strange thing:
There is 1 server where I can join without any problem that is Charlie Foxtrot. It seems to have a map with 250KB in size and there is absolutely no problem to join that one. All others are a no go.
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Hi all,
i´m new to this community and ArmA2OA. I´m having the exact same problem and i´m sure it is NOT a port forwarding problem because of the following reason:
As a client you do not need to open ports in order to join a particular server. You do need to open up ports if you want to host your own session.
My problem is that I cannot join any server. If I try to join a server, I get the player list, choose a position I want to play and click OK. Then it downloads the map required to play. Once the map is downloaded the message "Receiving Data" is displayed and nothing else happens.
I´ve put my PC in the DMZ. I´ve opened up all ports but still nothing. I´m a Steam User. A friend of mine also has the Steam Version and for some reason he has absolutely no problem to join any server and he did not open up any ports.
He told me that I get permanently a Signature Check timeout. That´s curious and strange. It mostly indicates that either the Router is faulty or the DSL/Cable line might have some Packet Loss. Either way i´m not having any problems joining other sessions with other games besides of ArmA2.
I´ve talked with my ISP and he double checked my DSL Line which is just fine. I told them to turn off Fastpath so I get Packet Correction enabled. Even that doesn´t help me to join a server.
Another sighting:
Maps that only are about 500KB in size are mostly no problem for me join. But as soon as a map is greater than 1MB I seem to get this problem.
Does anybody have a hint or solution for me? I´m really frustrated as I am not able to play this game online but only offline.
Thank you!
Can't Connect to Any Server
in ARMA 2 & OA - MULTIPLAYER
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Thanks for your reply. Well to be honest i´m running Windows 7 x64 Professional German with a fully enabled Admin Account since i´ve activated that one in the Account Manager Settings of Windows. Also i´ve deactivated the UAC which is sometimes really annoying even as Admin. I know it´s good for security but it´s not helping to find a solution :rolleyes:
I would like to refer to an Issue Ticket where another guy has the exact same issues as I do. I´m already sitting here for a couple of hours doing more tests etc.
Yes I have McAfee AntiVirus Plus running but to negate the assumption that it might be the AV program I cannot confirm it since i´m getting these issues without any AV Programs or Firewalls enabled.
I´ve spent days by reinstalling Windows from scratch without any AVs installed, deactivated the internal Windows FW and put my PC into the DMZ of my Router and made sure that the correct internal IP of my PC is put into the DMZ Settings of my Router. This should make sure that my PC is exposed to the WWW without any interference.
I`m really clueless as of this point.
In my RPT file:
I have no addons installed, i´ve launched ArmA2 OA and also ArmA2 Combined Ops. Also i´ve ArmA2 installed without Addons and even in the stock ArmA2 game i´m unable to join any server whereby friends without addons installed do not have a single issue while connecting.