Infamous Arma issues

dreamers75

Has to be sorted

I would get a pain in my hole if that kept happening.

So Specs? Driver versions and game settings


I had serious stutter (still do unless i put video memory on low)

I play 1600*1200 everything on high with PP on medium and that shader mod. View distance at 3500 can put view distance up to 10000 but it runs at 20fps, 7500 is 40fps, i like 60 so leave it at 3500

Do you get an error when it CTDs? Does event log say anything?

cashville

dreamers75 wrote: »

Has to be sorted

I would get a pain in my hole if that kept happening.

So Specs? Driver versions and game settings


I had serious stutter (still do unless i put video memory on low)

I play 1600*1200 everything on high with PP on medium and that shader mod. View distance at 3500 can put view distance up to 10000 but it runs at 20fps, 7500 is 40fps, i like 60 so leave it at 3500

Do you get an error when it CTDs? Does event log say anything?

Jaysus,cheers for offering to help.

Windows 7 64-bit
Intel® Core™ i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 1gb (195.62 driver,have tried rolling back,no joy)
Arma 2 - latest beta version

Have tried Video memory to default and high, disabled post processing,disabled v-sync for Arma 2 in nvidia settings,disabled hyper-threading in my bios settings. Fiddled with loads of stuff as suggested on BI forums (have posted there and on nvidia forums asking for help).Run it @ 1920x1080 which is my monitor default, view distance up to 3500. Runs likes a dream, 50-60 FPS.

Problem is it doesn't CTD, the system locks up completely and the monitor goes into power save mode so I have to power it off and off every time, cringe every time I do it as I'm waiting for the day I turn it on and it doesn't work.

Event log - don't have a clue how to even check it.

dreamers75

Vaguely remember painKiller doing something similiar, i had to set my monitor to never turn off ever in CONTROL PANEL/ POWER


In Control Panel there is a shortcut to ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS, in that is EVENT VIEWER. Its slightly changed in Win 7

Next time is crashes go into that and match the time it crashed with whatever you see around then. Should be loads or warnings or errors.

Hopefully you have a big red X at the exact time it crashes. Then you have the DLL and EXE and problem they having.

You can also before starting a game go into CTRL ALT DEL and go into Task manager (win 7 has some excellent logging options) and turn on the advanced logging. That can help see if something is spiking GPU/CPU RAM etc:

PogMoThoin

dreamers75 wrote: »

In Control Panel there is a shortcut to ADMINISTRATIVE TOOLS, in that is EVENT VIEWER. Its slightly changed in Win 7

:rolleyes: Just start typing "event viewer" in the search box

cashville

Yeah one of the very first things I did was set it to 'never turn off'. I'll have a look for the event logs.

Someone mentioned the evga GTX 275 285 295 cards go into a low power mode which they can't come back out of for some reason hence the power save thing.

Dunno why the whole system locks up though, the same problem does happen with the Witcher as well if I remember correctly, but that was on my old build. It's quite annoying as I built it for Arma, yet it's probably the only game I have a problem with. And I know when the ACE mod comes out I'll end up setting fire to myself out of frustration (maybe).

dreamers75

PogMoThoin wrote: »

:rolleyes: Just start typing "event viewer" in the search box

pfft none of that new fangled ****


Can you disable lower moe with rivatuner?

PogMoThoin

dreamers75 wrote: »

pfft none of that new fangled ****


Can you disable lower moe with rivatuner?

Presume You mean lower mode, I'd say You prob can but Unwinder (maker of Rivatuner) seems to be concentrating on Msi Afterburner lately, not Rivatuner as Msi are paying him for his time.

xtreme couture

well cashville, remember i was tellin u about the blackscreens well u might find a solution on evga forums , i cant find my thread but a few guys tried to help me there, have a look there was a fix with riva tuner to keep the card running in 3d mode constant, didnt work for me but it might work for u, i ll keep lookin for ir and send it on, have a red of this u might get some solutions,

http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=56332

xtreme couture

here s another one man i feel ur pain with this issue.......

http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=101723&mode=threaded

http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=308688

xtreme couture

as i told u i had murder with evga and i stirred alot of **** on there forums, all my posts are deleted but i remember a guy who had some solutions and his name is "MIKOTAN" maybe if u send him a message he might help u

http://www.evga.com/forumsarchive/tm.asp?m=100961981

cashville

thanks,will have a root through the threads now.

cashville

Event log for each time I crash. Complete jibber jabber to me.

Faulting application name: nvSCPAPISvr.exe, version: 7.17.11.9555, time stamp: 0x4afe4879
Faulting module name: unknown, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x00000000
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x3e77e57d
Faulting process id: 0x53c
Faulting application start time: 0x01ca73791870d10d
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\3D Vision\nvSCPAPISvr.exe
Faulting module path: unknown
Report Id: 0f45f638-df6f-11de-b320-002618a8f7eb

No results when I click on the online help thing. I have the MSI program thing but can't figure out how to enable the 'run 3d mode all permanently' option.

kenon

"nvscpapisvr.exe is part of an executable from NVIDIA Stereoscopic 3D Driver Service".

I think you are dependent on a new driver to fix it. You could also try setting up a special Arma ii partition running XP to see if it is a conflict between the nvidia driver and 7.

Thats what I'd try anyway.

dreamers75

Try run it with extra priority in task Manager



right click on it after you ctrl alt del and give it above normal priority.

PogMoThoin

Disable Stereoscopic 3d and PhysX.

Have You tried right clicking the shortcut and running it in Xp Sp3 mode? Tried the -WinXp paramater in the shortcut?

cashville

Yeah I tried the -winxp thing before, no difference. Have PhysX disabled the last while, will try the priority thing.

Cheers for the advice kenon, wouldn't have a clue how to do what you're saying though.

*just had a look stereo3d wasn't enabled.

dreamers75

What are the default Win 7 drivers like anyone tried them?


Might be an option uninstall your card and and let windows install its own driver and try that, may not be great tho.

PogMoThoin

dreamers75 wrote: »

What are the default Win 7 drivers like anyone tried them?


Might be an option uninstall your card and and let windows install its own driver and try that, may not be great tho.

Windows update will find You the latest automatically, it actually does what it should now, You can usually trust the driver it finds as being right and the latest

Maybe also try a tweaked driver
http://www.tweakforce.com/

BattlingCheese

check your add remove programmes for an entry called NVIDIA Stereoscopic 3d Driver. Uninstall it there. Shouldn't have an effect unless you use the glasses!

xtreme couture

well man any luck with the blackscreening?

cashville

No joy,was playing the ACE mod last night on a German clan server, loads of teamwork was lovin it, then it happened again. Load of bollocks.

dreamers75

cashville wrote: »

No joy,was playing the ACE mod last night on a German clan server, loads of teamwork was lovin it, then it happened again. Load of bollocks.

in fairness posting it here you have pretty much found the problem, the nvidia ****.





nvdisp.ddl has caused a general protection fault in 2004 with Bf2 turned me off nvidia i mean 67 drivers later and it still ****ing happened. that fcuking loop error with my 6800GTXs in SLI pissed me off bigtime.


its time for the final solution www.ati.com

xtreme couture

any chance u could put up a discription on settin up the ace mod and setting up the arma launcher wouldnt mind gettin a look and listen to the new sounds and mods,:D

cashville

dreamers75 wrote: »

in fairness posting it here you have pretty much found the problem, the nvidia ****.





nvdisp.ddl has caused a general protection fault in 2004 with Bf2 turned me off nvidia i mean 67 drivers later and it still ****ing happened. that fcuking loop error with my 6800GTXs in SLI pissed me off bigtime.


its time for the final solution www.ati.com

Yeah I think I might call in a favour from Saint Nic for a shiny new ATI card. Any recommendations?

cashville

xtreme couture wrote: »

any chance u could put up a discription on settin up the ace mod and setting up the arma launcher wouldnt mind gettin a look and listen to the new sounds and mods,:D

Have a look there http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055746697

The explanation for getting ACE mod is in the ACE mod thread IIRC

xtreme couture

Sapphire HD5870 Graphics Card

direct x 11 support,happy days

350 euro from peats in newbridge cheapest price around:)

dreamers75

cashville wrote: »

Yeah I think I might call in a favour from Saint Nic for a shiny new ATI card. Any recommendations?

I have a 4870 512mb play at 60 fps 1600*1200 everything on high except video memory on low which forces texture detail to medium.

Nearly sure pog has either a 4870x2/4890x2 and plays it on 1920*1080 with everything on awesome high.

So anything better than those is a good thing, the 5870 is too much for my purse but was gonna Crossfire 2 4870s but being cheap and only really playing Arma i gonna wait it out for the 5870 to drop in price.

A 4870 with 2gb and OCed to the max would run this game very well, but it depends on your monitor and what res you play at. 4870s and 4890s are budget cards at this stage.

dreamers75

xtreme couture wrote: »

any chance u could put up a discription on settin up the ace mod and setting up the arma launcher wouldnt mind gettin a look and listen to the new sounds and mods,:D

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055746697


posted that a while ago, i would strongly encourage you to set out a decent folder system from the off set, makes **** easier in the longterm.


Mine works

make sure you use Arma launcher 1.64 the new one doesnt work with ACE.

xtreme couture

i seen the 4890 vapor edition somewhere the other day for 129euro ..... i think on pixmania great card for that money, would u not go for a EVGA card ???? like i did. lol

xtreme couture

my mistake 155 euro, there s a guy on adverts called flaccus he s on my friends list, he s always upgrading and sellin off stuff the next day, mad but true, he only buys top notch stuff if u pm him he might have something there to suit, only thing he s in limerick but he sends by delivery most times,maybe u can trade something with him he sometimes takes trades, its worth a try :rolleyes:

cashville

So I'm playing it there and it suddenly goes into windowed mode.....and I can't get it off. Any ideas? Major WTF

PogMoThoin

I had a bug in Crysis where whenever I got a msn message it went to windowed mode, could be something running in the background, the shortcut to get out of windowed mode is alt + enter

kenon

cashville wrote: »

So I'm playing it there and it suddenly goes into windowed mode.....and I can't get it off. Any ideas? Major WTF

Cheese was gettin' that yesterday.

Don't know how he fixed it.

cashville

Cheers, sorted it. Had a look, if you press ALt+ENTER it switches between modes.