KingM535i

Has anyone else traced performance problems with Arma 2 (Combined Ops in my case) to Google Chrome? I have and I can't find anything about it, in this forum or the web. Here's the story; I went into Chrome's settings to tick the "Send a 'Do Not Track' request" box under "Privacy" and decided to have a look around as I hadn't for a while. Right down the bottom of the "advanced settings" I found a box marked "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed", which seemed to be ticked by default. "I don't know what Google apps are, I clearly don't need them." thought I and un-ticked the box. The next time I played Arma 2 I noticed a marked improvement with the program. The only change I had made to my system was those two boxes in Chrome's settings. I ran some system tests and quickly discovered that with "background apps" allowed there was a low level but variable demand on my systems resources, including "spikes" of demand on the CPU's, even though I have never used a "Google app" (as far as I know). With this box un-ticked I ran the benchmark scenarios in A2:CO and found a 3-4 fps improvement across the board, as well as noticeably more stable frame rate and, after playing the "Razor Two" mission for a while, less glitches. The biggest glitch I had with the Harvest Red campaign was vehicles being fired hundreds of feet into the air in front of me as I was being transported around by helicopter. They would fall back to the ground, explode and then I couldn't talk to any AI in the area as they were all in "danger" mode. One Ural nearly took out my helicopter. I'm glad to say I haven't had a single flying Ural since I un-ticked that box! Google Chrome Version 23.0.1271.95 m Open a tab in Google Chrome. Click the little box with 3 lines on it at the top right (it used to be a spanner). Select "Settings" from the drop down menu (used to be called "Under the hood"). Scroll down and click "+ Show advanced settings" at the bottom. Scroll down and under "Background apps" un-tick "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed". (Erm, unless you need them to run in the background. Whatever they are)

I have a problem with mission Razor Two. I know this mission has caused a lot of grief in the past, I have read a lot of posts and guides on the issues with it and how to complete it, but I seem to have a unique problem. I'm not going to risk the wrath of the moderators on my first post, so I'll put all of the description in a spoiler box. I have Arma 2, OA, PMC + BAF amalgamated into Combined Operations. This was updated to the latest version (V.1.6295248) after first install before I started the Harvest Red campaign and I currently have no mods or add-ons. I have a good system and know how to set up the graphics to get a decently pretty but stable game (I fondly remember running (sort of) OFP on a middle of the road Pentium 2, where mistakes in the graphics menu caused a crash to desktop and had to be corrected in the .config file). I have been trying this mission on and off for nearly two weeks now, I have tried it every way recommended and more. It's starting to feel like I'm banging my head against a brick wall. Any help with this will be greatly appreciated.

Sound advice. I've completed Harvest Red now and I have no intention of doing it again! I've moved onto Operation Arrowhead which seems to work much better. I hope the rest of the add-ons are as good. I'll move onto MP once I've got my moneys worth out of SP.

I have finally completed Dogs of War, however, having got to the end I could not complete this mission either... Again, not having much luck finding any info on this one. Given the lack of response to my posts I'm guessing it must just be my game or computer. I'm trying to figure out if a duff patch could cause this or if a full re-install will fix it. Any input welcome.

Hello. I've been having some problems with these missions which seem to be a little unusual. I started a thread in the Official Missions section of the Arma 2:OA sub forum, but maybe I should have put it in this one. Would you mind having a look at the thread or would you like me to re-post it here? http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?142059-Arma-2-Harvest-Red-Razor-Two-Mission-won-t-end&p=2246909#post2246909

I found a way to end this mission with a successful outcome, but it's not ideal. Includes use of cheat code. While this got me past the mission with a successful end, it's not an ideal way to do it. Given how consistent the problem is, there must be a fairly logical cause, but I have no idea what that is. I also ran into a problem on the next mission... I find it very hard to believe that these could be problems with the scripted mission, particularly with the quality of the Arma series, how long the game has been out, how many patches there have been and that I can't find any other accounts of these specific problems. I'm wondering if I might have incorrectly patched the game or something along those lines.