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10-29-2008, 02:16 PM #1
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ArmA Not Working.
Just done installing my new build:
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When i doubleclick on the ArmA Icon, i get all the check boxes but the 2 last one.
ArmA doesnt show up, but its still running under "processes".
I updated my ATI Drivers to 8.10 and have all Vista's updates.
I have to go to college in about 30 mins and i'll keep looking for a solution online. But if anyone has an idea of what i could do, i'd greatly appreciate it.
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10-29-2008, 02:25 PM #2
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Re: ArmA Not Working.
Is ArmA fully updated to the latest patch? It won't run with 4GB of RAM with earlier versions.
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10-29-2008, 02:32 PM #3
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1.06 -> 1.08 -> 1.14 so yes it is. Both patches installed successfully.
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10-29-2008, 03:07 PM #4
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Which sound card? fully updated drivers?
OpenAI fully updated?
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10-29-2008, 05:19 PM #5
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Integrated sound card (motherboard's) and I dont know about OpenAI. Im not home right now so I can't check. Should be back home later tonight. How can I check if its fully updated?
Originally Posted by JAMerica
Something has to be wrong, cuz my laptop has vista and 4gb of ram as well and it runs perfectly fine.
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10-29-2008, 07:22 PM #6
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Re: ArmA Not Working.
Same here. I have 64-bit Vista with 4GB and it's smooth sailing for me.
I noticed that people are having mucho problems with the newer 8.10 Radeon drivers with ArmA, so you may want to roll back to 8.8 and give that a go too.
OpenAL is here: http://connect.creativelabs.com/open.../AllItems.aspx
Other than that, I'm all out of ideas
GL,Last edited by JAMerica; 10-29-2008 at 10:46 PM.
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10-29-2008, 09:36 PM #7
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It's OpenAL and I had a similar problem until I updated it. I'm not sure if it affects non-Creative sound cards though.
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10-30-2008, 12:03 AM #8
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And what am I supposed to download on that page? Which file? Originally Posted by JAMerica
Same here. I have 64-bit Vista with 4GB and it's smooth sailing for me.
I noticed that people are having mucho problems with the newer 8.10 Radeon drivers with ArmA, so you may want to roll back to 8.8 and give that a go too.
OpenAL is here: http://connect.creativelabs.com/open.../AllItems.aspx
Other than that, I'm all out of ideas
GL,
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10-30-2008, 12:58 AM #9
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The OpenAL installer for windows
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10-30-2008, 01:21 AM #10
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...still not working. Ill try reverting back to 8.8 tomorrow morning. Im way too tired to do this right now. I tried by adding the -maxmem=512 command at the end of the target line and no change.
Its bugging me out. Never had a single problem using ArmA out of the box with my laptop...
I tried running another game and Dead Space runs top notch (awesome game BTW) on my rig.
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10-30-2008, 01:30 AM #11
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Tried running with only 3gb of RAM by disabling 1GB in the MSCONFIG and I still dont have any working ArmA. I tried with the -maxmem=512 on and off.
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10-30-2008, 01:43 AM #12
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-maxmem command is disabled in 1.14 ArmA, don't bother with it.
Sounds like a driver issue to me, be it video card or not. Usually is the video card ...
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10-30-2008, 09:18 AM #13
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Thats what im starting to think. Ill roll back from 8.10 to 8.8 tomorrow. I dont have much time this morning and tonight its my mom's bday party. Originally Posted by beita
If it still doesnt work, ill try to get my hands on a 64bits version of windows XP.
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10-30-2008, 09:57 AM #14
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Re: ArmA Not Working.
UPDATE
I read on the wiki to run the game with the -dsound command. And guess what happened? ArmA lunched all fine. but the problem is:
I do have weird sound glitch when i put my mouse cursor over the menu item. Joined the server and sounds were all right. I'll have to do more testing. But Im really sure this might be a sound driver related issue.Otherwise, You can add the startup parameter -dsound to ArmA Shortcut but other weird sound problems might arise in that case.
As I said, i dont have much time this morning and prolly wont be able to log on tonight. So ill see what i can do tomorrow.Last edited by Xmaster; 10-30-2008 at 11:05 AM.
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11-01-2008, 05:59 PM #15
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So it's a new rig? Perhaps there's a small error in the installation, also, if you have Quad Core, I hear that may not run on all 4, apparently. Try set affinity under Processes and setting it to 2 cores. Just thinking out loud.
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