Thread: A neat game - but total crap out for me

ARMA realistic combat simulator , ok sounded good , installed it. updated to newest version . CTD - ARMA has experienced an unknown difficulty and needs to close -please inform MICROSOFT of the problem by completing an error report. This message pops in whenever Im remotely close to ending certain training missions.
The sound is set to no hardware accelleration , I've downloaded drivers , uninstalled 3 x s , defragged , and im out of ideas to keep this bitch running without restarting . In my entire gamer PC experience I have never seen a more bug filled game , even some of the betas ive tested were more stable than this game. :2

Talk to Bigdog, he's had a copius amount of problems with it too. I think his was derived from his soundcard.

Are you running Vista?

Originally Posted by Mcstrange

Hey now, dont be too harsh, plenty of folks are not having any problems at all.

10/10 on the dripping sarcasm scale.

VISTA , not yet, SP1 doesn't arrive until q1 2008 , so i will keep waiting , but i have the upgrade ready once it does. I ttried another misison today , the game began looking like a abstract art painting , then i reset my refresh rate to lowest - 60 , and that cleared it to normal. The game eventually crashed anyways. So thats not the problem ....

Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2 (2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: NVIDIA
System Model: AWRDACPI
BIOS: Award Modular BIOS v6.00PG
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 3800+, MMX, 3DNow (2 CPUs), ~2.0GHz
Memory: 2048MB RAM

Card name: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS
Manufacturer: NVIDIA
Chip type: GeForce 7600 GS
DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_02E1&SUBSYS_222B1682&REV_A2
Display Memory: 256.0 MB

On CPU and RAM you're good, on vid card Arma is going to be less than happy. Arma is also famous for overheating systems. If your vid card is overclocked, or has a HSF (heatsink fan) that can't keep up, it may be overheating, and that would drop you to desktop (but first you would usually see some weird graphic glitches from the overheating).

To test, you could drop all your video settings to bare minimum in game (draw distance, no shadows, etc.) and see if things play a bit longer. The main killer for video settings is shadows (and on your card you probably should have them totally turned off).

Originally Posted by woof

On CPU and RAM you're good, on vid card Arma is going to be less than happy. Arma is also famous for overheating systems. If your vid card is overclocked, or has a HSF (heatsink fan) that can't keep up, it may be overheating, and that would drop you to desktop (but first you would usually see some weird graphic glitches from the overheating).

To test, you could drop all your video settings to bare minimum in game (draw distance, no shadows, etc.) and see if things play a bit longer. The main killer for video settings is shadows (and on your card you probably should have them totally turned off).

thanks to this post , i finally finished my chopper training , and completed 2 of the missions that daunted me for a week.

ARMA is a system hog , turning off shadows , and reducing settings to normal has helped alot ,game crashes less frequently now. I might even get in a decent multiplayer server , and try my luck with the organic AIs :2

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