Khaos_Kiwi

For some reason both these games will constantly freeze every few seconds for at least 3 seconds or more. This happens in the menus as well as in game. I have tried many different options to get ARMA 2 and OA to work without freezing every few seconds, with no luck. So to try and fix this I: Used Steam backup to back up ARMA 2 and OA to my portable hard drive. Deleted the local content files and then reinstalled both ARMA 2 and OA. Then ran them each once, still having the same freezing problems - no matter what video option changes. I then made sure my video drivers were up to date and then verified both game caches. This still didn't change anything. I then downloaded and installed the latest ARMA 2 beta patch- and still the same freezing problems. The game runs smooth in between, but is basically unplayable when it constantly freezes. My Specs Are: AMD Athlon II X2 255 Processor (rated at 3.1ghz) ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB 4GB RAM Windows 7 32-bit It's not the most impressive but it should be able to run the game. Please, any help would be much appreciated as I desperately want to be able to play the game. Thanks.

Ok thanks a lot Gunso and SnowSky I'm gonna try both of your ideas and see if it works or not. Also yes it was freezing like this from day one. It is also a Steam game if that counts for anything as well.

Thanks for the advice but this didn't work either. Even setting 3d resolution to the lowest as well didn't even make a difference, apart from making everything look horrible.

Thanks for the help but it still didn't change a thing. I have even added arma 2 and oa to the trend micro exception list as well, just seeing if even that would make a difference.

Please can anyone offer me any advice?

Is there anything else I can try to get the game to work without freezing for a few seconds every 5 seconds or so? It does this in the menus as well as in game too.

Does anyone have any suggestions on what I should try or what I have done wrong? Please I really want to be able to play this game. Thanks.

Hi I've also been having similar problems. I tried many different options to get ARMA 2 and OA to work without freezing every few seconds with no luck. So I used Steam backup to back up ARMA 2 and OA to my portable hard drive. I deleted the local content files and then reinstalled both ARMA 2 and OA. I then ran them each once, still having the same freezing problems - no matter what video option changes. So I then made sure my video drivers were up to date and then verified both game caches. This still didn't change anything. I then downloaded and installed the latest ARMA 2 beta patch- and still the same freezing problems. The game runs smooth in between, but is basically unplayable when it constantly freezes. My Specs Are: AMD Athlon II X2 255 Processor (rated at 3.1ghz) ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB 4GB RAM Windows 7 32-bit It's not the most impressive but it should be able to run the game. Please, any help would be much appreciated as I desperately want to be able to play the game. Thanks.