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Arma 3 Crashes after a Windows low memory(RAM) error but 4Gb are unused.
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Description

Arma 3 is Crashing when playing ~ 3 minutes.

After 3 minutes Windows throws an Error saying the Memory for Arma 3 is low , i should close it to prevent loose of data.
But my ram is only 40% loaded, more than 4GB are unused.

When i join a server , the game uses ~ 1,1Gb of ram according to the Windows Ressource Monitor.
Within minutes the used memory rises to ~1440Mb , at this point the error comes and the Game Crashes / whole system Crashes(no bluescreen just black screen).

Arma 3 is the only game/programm with this issue , eveything else runns perfectly fine.

Specs:
I7 2600k
8GB Ram
2x HD6950 in Crossfire
3 Monitors

Things i've tried to fix:

   Starting Options:
   -maxmem (1000mb to 8000mb) -> ram still fills to 1440mb -> Crash
   -maxvideomemory
   -nobenchmark
   -malloc(all variants)
   -cpucores(all possibilitys)
   -windoed mode

   Other:
   -Windows compatibility mode
   -Windows Administrative Rights
   -Removing 4 Gig Ram
   -Turning Intel Hyperthreading On and Off
   -Reinstalling
   -Steam Game Data verify
   -Higher Priority in taskmanager
   -Update of ALL Drivers
   -Unpluged 2 Monitors

Hope you can help me ,
Greetings from Germany,
Flo

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Details

Legacy ID
2008466502
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Game Crash
Steps To Reproduce

Start a Match , happens everytime.

Event Timeline

Winflo edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)May 19 2014, 6:13 PM
Winflo edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
Winflo set Category to Game Crash.
Winflo set Reproducibility to Always.
Winflo set Severity to None.
Winflo set Resolution to Open.
Winflo set Legacy ID to 2008466502.May 7 2016, 6:38 PM
Winflo edited a custom field.

Hello,
Thank you for reporting the issue.
We need crash dump files from this folder for solve your problem.
C:\Users\<Name>\AppData\Local\Arma 3\
Can you upload somewhere in winrar package please?
When package will be smaller than 5000k, you can attach it here. When package is bigger, please use some free sharing service and post link here.

How to find correct crashdump file:
Try to make the crash happen
Look into crashdump folder
Upload crashdump with latest date in name (crashdump is rpt + bidmp + mdmp file with same name)

Thank you.

http://feedback.arma3.com/how-to-user.html

Winflo added a subscriber: Winflo.May 7 2016, 6:38 PM

Crash dumps added , no mdmp found.

Hello,

the issue has been assigned to our programmers. However, we will need more crashdumps (without parameters or allocators). Would it be possible to add them here? It would help us to solve the problem much faster.

Thank you.

Added 3 More Crashdumps , Noticed that this only occurs in multiplayer , could not get the Single player to crash for now.

Crash is independent from Steam or Gamespy Servers and from Gamemode(tried TDM, RPG and Breakingpoint)

Also added Screenshot from AMD drivers , when arma Crashes the displaydriver crashes too and does not come again , a normal shutdown is impossible for some reson so i have to use the reset switch , i can not post more Crashdumps because i am scared of data loss

Thank you for your help,
Flo

Thank you for the additional crashdumps, the issue has been assigned to our program department.

Have to add that Singleplayer Crashes too , i closed it quickly after the windows error before it really crashed so I can not offer a Crashdump.

VADemon added a subscriber: VADemon.May 7 2016, 6:38 PM

Please check if you have a pagefile that is at least 8GB big.

It is dynamically allocated(3GB at this point), even when setting this manually to 8 or 16GB nothing changes.

But thanks for the reply :)

Hello,
can you please add crashdumps with memory allocated manually to 8 or 16 GB? Also, would it be possible to upload your DX Diag file?
Could you please add screenshots of your video settings ingame?

Thank you!