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Game crashes constantly. Sometimes in the menu, sometimes in the server list, sometimes while trying to connect
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Description

At the beginning I had no problems at all. I think looking back it all started with playing on an altislife server calle grandtheftaltis. There i bought some clothes of the Kart DLC which at this point i did not own. The game told me then on the bottom right corner i should buy the DLC which i Later did. But the moment i put on the gear without having the DLC my game started dropping massively on fps, almost like freezes. So i dropped the gear the sign on the bottom right disappeared and at some point i restarted the game.
The problem then those freezes started to happen every time about 20-30 min playtime on this server.
With those freezes the game was not playable anymore. A game restart resolved this problem and everything worked fine for another 20-30 mins.
My thought was that it might be an overheating problem of the cpu or gpu. I ran some diagnostics while those freezes occured but there were no abnormal temperatures.
I tried different performance tweaks to counter the freezing problems but none of them helped in any way.
After 2 to 3 days the game started crashing while i was on the server list searching for servers.
After several tries to connect to a server i could connect without a crash and the freezes occured again after around 20 mins.
Then today the game started crashing in the menu before even pressing on play.
I tried several setting and start parameters, but i can't connect to a server. It crushes every time either on:
-the menu
-Server list
-retrieving mission files
-a few steps on a server {F25709}

Details

Legacy ID
302617303
Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Game Crash
Steps To Reproduce

Start the game try to connect to a server

Additional Information

-reinstalled my graphic card driver
-deleted dll files and verify with steam
-deleted local files and verified with steam
-tried this http://steamcommunity.com/app/107410/discussions/1/616187839408578502/
-tried to improve performance through this guide http://sealteamsloth.com/topic/13771-arma-3-optimization-tips/

Ive attached a crash report. I can collect more reports if needed

Event Timeline

nekomove edited Steps To Reproduce. (Show Details)Mar 6 2015, 2:15 PM
nekomove edited Additional Information. (Show Details)
nekomove set Category to Game Crash.
nekomove set Reproducibility to Always.
nekomove set Severity to None.
nekomove set Resolution to Open.
nekomove set Legacy ID to 302617303.May 8 2016, 11:36 AM
Iceman added a comment.Mar 6 2015, 3:34 PM

Could you please try to disconnect all unnecessary USB devices (printers, Joysticks, etc.)?

Further adjustments shown that it the crashes seemed to be linked with the ping/min.
These changes were done by:
-changing the In-Game server browser: Max pings / minute to 1000.
-creating the CafeRate string via regedit.

Further i started the Arma3.exe file via winxp servicepack 3 compatibility mode which also improved stability.
The Problem now is that the server list is refreshing really slowly but the crashes are gone.

The freezes are still a problem though. The freezes occur after a certain amount of time and lead to heavy performance drops. And makes the game impossible to play. A game restart resolves this issue, but I would prefer when it does not occur in the first place. This issue did not happen before so maybe due to the recent patch there was something that caused those freezes. I've made a video capture to show those freezes
https://vid.me/PFNN
Around Second 15-20 is a heavy one.

And I don't have any printer, joysticks, etc. connected to my pc. the only usb devices connected are my keyboard and my mouse.

dedmen closed this task as Resolved.May 20 2020, 3:47 PM