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The problem seems to be fixed for me. I didnt actually do much tho. Here's how things went.. I took my pc to a friends house with my wireless modem i use. Arma worked no bother. When i tried arma when i was back at mine it was the same shit all over. So what i was figureing was that maybe it was the mast that i connect to!! So a few days ago i went and tried the game again at my friends house (my pc). it worked again no bother, but this time when i tried to play online (CTI) at my house it worked and has been working for nearly a week now!!! Before i went to my friends house the second time with my pc i had a chance to speak with someone who works in a fone shop, told him the problem and i suggested that the settings on the mast that id connect to has been changed (when arma went haywire, my connection got far better!) He said 'thats imposible!', but he claimed to believe me. So, it was either a case of trying it on a different connection to fix it! (dunno) or he contacted the company he works for, which is the same company my isp is. I couldnt change DMZ or any kind of advanced settings as i use a modem not a router. If i had to guess id say the problem lays with the isp's

How many people have this problem now i wonder... Sent you a reply decap, hope it helps

LOL, yea put the whole royal family in the game.. imagine the satisfaction of nailing em eh!!! Inbred infidels :D

LOL, ok the problem has re-appered! the only change i had made was to use yoma to dl landtex and matchfix. When i tried the @CBA in the commandline(or activated thru game in expansions) nearly all servers were unjoinable. stating @cba was not found download file or key bla bla.. So the way i got it to work yesterday was just to have the @cba folder in my arma main folder and it worked!! i then used yoma to re-download warfx,glt flir and elias sound all of which worked on a public server which i usally play on. But today after i dl'd and loaded the landtex it was back to the same problem. I replaced the @cba folder with a new copie; tried enabling then disableing it. even without any mods running the problem is still there. going to clear mpmission cache etc to see what happens. So thats twice now it happend literally a boot from working the previous night. any ideas?

PROBLEM SOLVED WITH CBA DOWNLOAD. Ya your missing CBA, thats required for most addons and mods, get it here: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=6231 Cti works Thank you Günter Severloh for all the help, appreciated. Still wondering WTF had happened and how the hell it persisted thru formats and reinstalls! could it be a slightly scratced arma2 dvd? wasnt the weather, its consistantly shitty lol.

PROBLEM SOLVED WITH CBA DOWNLOAD. Ya your missing CBA, thats required for most addons and mods, get it here: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=6231 Cti works :bounce3: Thank you Günter Severloh for all the help, appreciated. Still wondering WTF had happened and how the hell it persisted thru formats and reinstalls! could it be a slightly scratced arma2 dvd? wasnt the weather, its consistantly shitty lol.

Just noticed this. i joined an insurgency server thati dont normally join. once the game loaded and started. (im the only one on the server) It brought up this error msg in the text area: YOU ARE MISSING THE FOLLOWING MOD CBA_MAIN. That is the first time ive seen that error. I can play the mission no bother tho, has map loaded i can entre/exit vechs everything is 'normal'. CBA_MAIN, thats very important to the operation of most missions isnt it? is it? I for one think that may be the problem all along. Opinions please! PS. i tried getting an admin to drag me to a slot within hours of the problem initialy appearing. Dosent work tho. just for clarifacatioN, I AM RUNING NO MODS, I run the game via the OA CO shortcut as admin. Oh, i was getting very bad fps yesterday. It turns out it was from lowering my shadow detail and turning post proccess off. So, 10k view distance v.high AA/AF OBJECT DETAIL etc at 1920x1200 res runs at 50/60fps easily compared to all normal settings with same res but lower view distance running at around 14/20ish fps. What gives?

I also run the game as admin. the version of arma that i posses is 505. Non steam. I could take screens of the problems that i encounter, might help? I have baf dlc installed. but when i try to join some servers it'l say im missing the pbo's for baf. BAF and OA are both bought and dl'd from sprocket idea. It really is an odd problem, if i install arma 2 and patch it fully to 1.07 then procede to try to play it online. i get the exact same problem im getting with OA and Baf. thats arma 2 installed after a format of my HDD btw, without OA or baf installed. i also usualy have a low ping to servers 69ms-ish. it was normally 109ms-130?ms before this problem started. although i think my connection got better a day before arma became a rebel :rolleyes:

I still have not found a fix for the problem. Although one good thing has come from it all... ive discovered 'Insurgency'. What a great mission type. I can play on alot of servers that run that mission. Still no cti tho :eek:

When i joined a server earlier that was running gossamers wafare 2.07? the lobby loaded as it should and the mission/description/map part at the top of the lobby was normal too.. as in it had text in it. But when i went to continue to play on the server it brought up an error CAWheeled_D_BAF was deleted. iv checked my baf addon folder and it is there. could it be the new multiplayer lobby? i cant remember if it actually stoped working before the new GUI for the lobby or afterward! But the simple fact that more than 1 person has experienced these problems may mean its non user related. Ive reinstalled my os several times 2 different versions too. edit.. when i try arma 2 1.07 even with the old lobby the problem remains. (forgot bout that )

Im checkin out my connection settings now. i use a HUAWEI 3G modem. settings are: authentication pap spap chap ms chap pdp type: IP or ppp all the authentication types are enabled. i wonder if one of those are the cause. arma isnt loading the islands either in multiplayer, sometimes i can join a server after the sqf error msg but im not on an island as such. im falling thru the air with mhq etc beside me. then i only have the option to restart or quit when i die. restarting dosent work, i reamain dead on the sand, somewhere unkown to me. Deathmatch does work, whats the big difference in them sqf wise? i also scanned whats left!! of my files on my HDD for virus's, none detected tho. i played DM on a server that i couldnt join since this problem developed, so its not the servers.

i run win 7 x64. always worked no bother before tho. im about to install win xp x64 now. im not using any mods now, but i was using elias sound oa and glt flir ---------- Post added at 03:27 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:32 AM ---------- ok, i installed win x64 fully updated it and installed arma 2 oa as a standalone. patched it and tried a server... same problem. i called my isp again earlier and they still maintain nothing has changed with them. so 'out of the box' arma dosent work on a clean os fully updated etc so logically id say its the connection. im all outa ideas :eek:

I contacted my isp and they reckoned nothing has changed with their settings, and all ports are left open. The problem happens on all the servers that say cti or coop, it dosent matter what map/mission i try to play on. Im using no mods, and the servers i try aren't either. Arma is properly patched also. Ive got all firewalls off and the mp mission folders are clean. Im going to install win xp x64 to see if the problem rears it head there. ive got the latest drivers installed for my hardware and windows is fully patched for now. (the new nvidia patch has doubled my fps btw) Its as if Arma noticed that all i ever played was multiplayer CTI or maybe coop and decided to force me to play the campaign and DMs :butbut:

I know exactly what you mean. It isnt just the one server tho. I can only join Deathmatch missons and Team servers.. if i try to join a server that has any other type other than those two i cant join. example warfare BE 2.063/2.064 evo gts \ all types of coop etc. On the other hand, i went to dev-heaven and downloaded the Warefare BE 2.064 .pbo folder and placed the mission files in the correct place. If i go to host a session and then choose that mission it will load no problem. and i can play on the very same mission that i cant play on anyother server. So the actual mission file loads without a problem when my pc is a host but not when its a 'customer' lol As for the peskey errors, SCRIPT COMMON\COMMON_INITUNIT.SQF NOT FOUND is the error i always encounter when trying to play on a CTI server. mur_mp.takistan\blueflag.jpg not found, thats the error when i try to join a hold type mission (i think) script\client\init\init_basestructure.sqf not found, Coop type missions i think. could have em the wrong way around tho. but the first unit.sqf error is CTI for sure. The servers i connect to have no server side mods active its only client side sound mods and tex mods really allowed. But the problem started hours after playn as I normaly would with my chossen mods installed/ and continues now even with a clean install etc. I will check the RPT logs. Oh, im also going to bring my pc to a friends house to try their connection. ---------- Post added at 04:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:09 PM ---------- Here is the arma2.rpt log Please note that i do have it patched proper up to 1.07.. but when i press multiplayer it will bring up the msg stating 1.07 is available for DL. ===================================================================== == F:\Bohemia Interactive\arma2.exe == "F:\Bohemia Interactive\arma2.exe" ===================================================================== Exe timestamp: 2010/09/09 01:04:36 Current time: 2010/09/09 01:05:14 Item str_disp_server_control listed twice Exe version: 1.07.71750 Warning: looped for animation: ca\wheeled\data\anim\uaz_cargo01_v0.rtm differs (looped now 0)! MoveName: kia_uaz_cargo02 Warning: looped for animation: ca\wheeled\data\anim\uaz_cargo01_v0.rtm differs (looped now 1)! MoveName: uaz_cargo02 Warning Message: Patch 1.07 is available for download at http://www.arma2.com/ File mpmissions\__CUR_MP.Chernarus\description.ext, line 795: '/WF_Menu/controls/AwpLogo.x': Missing ';' at the end of line File mpmissions\__CUR_MP.Chernarus\description.ext, line 796: '/WF_Menu/controls/AwpLogo.y': Missing ';' at the end of line File mpmissions\__CUR_MP.Chernarus\description.ext, line 797: '/WF_Menu/controls/AwpLogo.w': Missing ';' at the end of line File mpmissions\__CUR_MP.Chernarus\description.ext, line 798: '/WF_Menu/controls/AwpLogo.h': Missing ';' at the end of line File mpmissions\__CUR_MP.Chernarus\description.ext, line 800: '/WF_Menu/controls/AwpLogo.text': Missing ';' prior '}' File mpmissions\__CUR_MP.Chernarus\description.ext, line 1790: '/RscArtilleryMenu/controls/CA_Unitcam_Button.x': Missing ';' at the end of line Cannot create object 2:5587 Cannot create object 2:5744 Client: Object 2:7866 (type Type_90) not found. NetworkClient::PrepareGame - no island Cannot create object 2:58055 Client: Object 2:55846 (type Type_90) not found. Client: Object 2:58055 (type Type_100) not found. Client: Object 2:58055 (type Type_191) not found. Client: Object 2:60023 (type Type_90) not found. Client: Object 2:60805 (type Type_90) not found. Client: Object 2:62167 (type Type_90) not found.

LOL, im no noob let me tell u :rolleyes: script\client\init\init_basestructure.sqf not found mur_mp.takistan\blueflag.jpg not found. SCRIPT COMMON\COMMON_INITUNIT.SQF NOT FOUND Those are the errors i receive. i have all firewalls off including my 3g modem firewall (i connect with a USB device) "Receiving Mission File" dialog hangs while no mission downloads When joining a multiplayer game, you can view and join servers but upon connection, the MP dialog hangs at "Receiving Mission File (0kb / 0kb)". This dialog will not move or update. ahhhh...but i do fully recieve the misson file, then it procedes to say Receiving Data... And it dosent explain why i can join Deathmatchs and Team games, whilst not being able to play on the CTI servers that for a year i have been pretty much on em without missing much days LOL....hm... perhaps i was getting too good heheh ;) Thanks for all the interest in this problem! appreciated