506th IR Realism Unit

Recruiting => The Duty Desk => Topic started by: Tramble on January 11, 2015, 09:11:24 PM

Title: Need serious tech help..
Post by: Tramble on January 11, 2015, 09:11:24 PM
Today was going to be my first FTX, i cant seem to join the game at all..

Steps i took,
- Updated all mods that needed to be updated
- Im using arma 3 sync so i just launch the game
- Join the server
- Im in the lobby, joined my correct spot

Problem,
- The loading screen hits 25%  ( i waited for 5min ) then i realize that my arma 3 crash...

The fixes i try,
-Restart my steam
- Ask members if my mods is all good.
- verify cache files intergity
- put all settings to medium instead of ultra..


VIDEO : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtDS5O1rHvk&feature=youtu.be
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: D. Brown on January 11, 2015, 09:32:23 PM
I had a similar issue months ago and solved it by adding in this additional parameter.

-malloc=system

Also, you should have probably hidden the password in the video since you released it publicly.
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: Tramble on January 11, 2015, 09:46:18 PM
ill try that, and sorry forgot about that lol.. will be setting video for only us 506th can watch..
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: SSG (Ret) J. Patterson on January 11, 2015, 10:45:00 PM
Try using arma 3 launcher or a different launcher instead of arma 3 sync with only the mods necessary and in your startup parameters try: -cpucount=4 -world=empty -nosplash -malloc=system

NOTE: CPU count should only be 4 if you have a quad-core, if you don't know just delete it from the startup line
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: Tramble on January 11, 2015, 11:53:28 PM
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/YWrRwP

heres my spec, ill be sure to let you know.. ( probably this friday..) pretty busy atm

but guys keep postin other fixes :P thanks
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: Tramble on January 12, 2015, 02:53:23 AM
Try using arma 3 launcher or a different launcher instead of arma 3 sync with only the mods necessary and in your startup parameters try: -cpucount=4 -world=empty -nosplash -malloc=system

NOTE: CPU count should only be 4 if you have a quad-core, if you don't know just delete it from the startup line

what does those parameters do? also i think i have quad 4.
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: SSG (Ret) J. Patterson on January 13, 2015, 12:41:14 AM
go with cpucount=4

the rest of them should just keep system load down during startup. Empty world, no splash screen and system memory. I use a different memory allocator, which improves FPS, you can read about it here: http://www.506thir.net/forums/index.php?topic=74.0
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: R. F. Nelson on January 13, 2015, 01:08:04 AM
Try using arma 3 launcher or a different launcher instead of arma 3 sync with only the mods necessary and in your startup parameters try: -cpucount=4 -world=empty -nosplash -malloc=system

NOTE: CPU count should only be 4 if you have a quad-core, if you don't know just delete it from the startup line

what does those parameters do? also i think i have quad 4.

The parameters do more or less what they sound like, for the most part.

-cpucount=4 Is for if you have a quad-core processor. It tells the game to use all four cores when the program (Arma 3) is running. Not all programs/games are coded to actually use quad/hex/8-core processors, so the parameter tells the program that you have a quad core, and so it should use them, even if it isn't natively known.

-world=empty doesn't load up the game maps on program start. Helps with faster game load speeds, and can help make the client more stable in loading (or so it's been for me).

-nosplash loads the client without splash screens (all those advertisements for game engine, nVidia "The way it's meant to be played", etc). Makes for some faster loading, especially in games where those splash screens can't be skipped (though in some games, this can lead to instability in client).

As for -malloc, I'm not 100% sure. It's not one I've often seen. Hope that's helped answer your question.
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: Capt (Ret) Morgan on January 13, 2015, 03:59:35 AM
Malloc is in regards memory allocation of you are unaware. It's only required if you use the FPS increase guide as it simply tells the program to follow the memory allocation changes that you installed rather than the default that ArmA 3 has.
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: J. Stevenson on January 13, 2015, 05:43:45 AM
If you have problems with joining in server try to check .rpt file. File location is: C:\Users\YOUR_USER_NAME\AppData\Local\Arma 3

IMPORTANT: AppData is hidden folder, and you open .rpt file with notepad (latest one check date and time), and then you search for errors or missing addons. Also you need to connect to server first in order to create .rpt file so you can check what is wrong wit your mods.
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: Larco on January 13, 2015, 12:08:42 PM
Hi, make sure you have the full version of AiA installed.
http://www.506thir.net/forums/index.php?topic=142.0
Title: Re: Need serious tech help..
Post by: MSG (Ret) Main on January 20, 2015, 11:19:27 PM
was this every solved and if so what was the solution?