DviousRogue

As the title suggest sometimes I'll be able to play online for an hr or two, and sometimes only 10-15 mins. It seems there are 3 types of crashes that I get, all at different times. Sent Arma 3 Alpha dump files to the Dev's. But this is the other info I get from Windows. 1.) Faulting application name: arma3.exe, version: 0.5.102.571, time stamp: 0x512deb6a Faulting module name: arma3.exe, version: 0.5.102.571, time stamp: 0x512deb6a Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00821fc2 Faulting process id: 0x2794 Faulting application start time: 0x01ce1abc95515d8b Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\arma3.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\arma3.exe 2.) Faulting application name: arma3.exe, version: 0.5.102.571, time stamp: 0x512deb6a Faulting module name: ntdll.dll, version: 6.2.9200.16420, time stamp: 0x505aaa82 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x00061af2 Faulting process id: 0x1ca4 Faulting application start time: 0x01ce1abc8fbd9287 Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\arma3.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll Report Id: cecbc46f-86af-11e2-be8b-1c6f654caf66 3.) This one I think I took care of since it hasn't happened again since I changed some in-game settings. Faulting application name: arma3.exe, version: 0.5.102.571, time stamp: 0x512deb6a Faulting module name: PhysX3_x86.dll, version: 3.2.3.1, time stamp: 0x50f68ef3 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x000d6dd7 Faulting process id: 0x1234 Faulting application start time: 0x01ce1a76b9c8523d Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\arma3.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\PhysX3_x86.dll I don't know if anyone has any insight on these. And again yes I know there's multiple posts. But the more the Dev's know the better right?

Ahh gotcha. Yea I don't really know why mine fixed itself... I've got no clue as to why it wont run on a dedicated server though. Idk if this will help at all http://www.404games.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/1670-how-to-run-an-arma3-alpha-dedicated-server/ Only thing I changed was running the default profile with out changing anything, and setting my graphics card to control some stuff instead of application controlled. So I assumed mine was client side. ---------- Post added at 12:14 ---------- Previous post was at 12:06 ---------- Sorry Chasoff. I still haven't had any issues on my end since I did all of that. Have u tried a fresh install without modifying anything? The only other thing I did (but this didn't seem related to the crashing) was to change some settings on my graphics card so they were no longer application controlled. There are also some readme's in the Arma 3 Alpha folder under SteamApps that may help. They go into a little about FXAA and SMAA and how to properly turn them on in the Arma3Alpha.cfg file. But again this may be total useless info. These are just the things I have done / tried and haven't had any crashing since.

Hmm I think I may be onto something here. How many of you having the crashing problems have created a new profile and changed the look of your characters head? After being frustrated I just went a head and reinstalled Arma 3 Alpha. Upon doing so I had 0 issues getting into Multiplayer servers and staying in them with out crashes. So I think great problem solved. So I go to create a new profile since the default always seems to use my first name and doesn't allow you to change the name. I create my new profile and change how my characters head looks and bam as soon as I do this I start getting the crashes again. Things are all fine in S.P. just crashes in M.P. So I change the head back to default and the crashing stops. There may be a potential issue with the client side and appearance on the servers. Idk but I then tested this on my default profile and it was the same way. Change the head or other aspects and it crashes in M.P. So I will just stick with the default profile created by the game for now since I am no longer crashing in M.P. Idk how much this will help anyone else but it seemed to work for me.

Sgt.Hammer, Well I have a 64bit O.S. as well. Win 8 pro 64bit. As far as I know Steam is 32bit not 64bit right? alroar, I read up on that once before. I have an HD6870 tho.

So I have a Radeon HD 6870 and I was getting game crashes every time I was joining multiplayer maps. Check and see if you have this error log in Event Viewer. Faulting application name: arma3.exe, version: 0.5.102.571, time stamp: 0x512deb6a Faulting module name: PhysX3_x86.dll, version: 3.2.3.1, time stamp: 0x50f68ef3 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Fault offset: 0x000d6dd7 Faulting process id: 0x1234 Faulting application start time: 0x01ce1a76b9c8523d Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\arma3.exe Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 3\PhysX3_x86.dll Report Id: be5fd70c-866a-11e2-be8b-1c6f654caf66 Faulting package full name: Faulting package-relative application ID: It seems there is something turned on by default for Nvidia cards perhaps that is messing with Radeon cards. I turned off FXAA and SMAA after reading the readme's in the Arma3 folder in steamapps. In there it says by default they are turned off but in game they are marked as on. As soon as I disabled both of those and set my graphics card to control them instead of application control I have been able to play with out any issues or crashing since. Idk how much this is an actual fix or just random luck. I maybe so totally wrong its not even funny. Feedback is appreciated cause if there is a definite fix I think we would all like it to be found.