If fraps is running prior to starting game: Upon starting game, through steam, a black screen will appear and stay constant. Game does not load. Alt-Tab out and close game. Message will appear stating that Arma3 has stopped responding.
If I start the game, alt-tab out and start fraps, then return to game fraps frame rate will show as normal in bottom left corner. (indicating fraps is running)
I start showcase scuba session and it loads fine. I begin playing and game will either freeze or minimize to desktop anywhere from one to five minutes of playing. This has happened during recording and non recording periods. When game freezes none of the game controls work. You can hear helo buzz above (as if game is still running) but you can not move or control any aspect of the game. Alt-tab out and go back in and game is still stuck. You have to alt tab out and close the game. Again, message that game has stopped responding.
If I do not turn fraps on game loads first time every time and plays fine on both showcase missions and on multi-player. (at least for 30 minutes to an hour) {F18759}