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Arma 3 won't start (black screen and unresponsive process)
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Description

So, I'll try to launch Arma 3 through Steam or via Launcher and it never actually launches: all I get is a black screen and then nothing the process (arma3.exe) is unresponsive.

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Details

Legacy ID
3235588137
Severity
None
Resolution
No Bug
Reproducibility
Always
Category
Game Startup
Additional Information

The game was working fine before the last update.

Here is what I tried with no results:

-"Verify Integrity of Game Cache".

  • Turning-off my antivirus real-time protection
  • Reinstalling .NET
  • CorruptedUserSettingsHotfix

Event Timeline

palladium edited Additional Information. (Show Details)Jun 22 2015, 8:36 PM
palladium set Category to Game Startup.
palladium set Reproducibility to Always.
palladium set Severity to None.
palladium set Resolution to No Bug.
palladium set Legacy ID to 3235588137.May 8 2016, 12:16 PM
palladium edited a custom field.
Adam added a comment.Jun 23 2015, 7:56 AM

Hello, we are sorry you are experiencing issues with our game. Could you please check if the crash does not generate dumps? The dumps are .rpt , .bidmp, mdmp files located in the same folder as .rpt files. Thank you.

Okay there seems to be something weird with my GPU (GTX860M), I know the issue comes from it as
I'm able to launch the game if I set NVIDIA to use Integrated Graphics Processor for Arma 3.

I tried to downrade Nvidia pilot from 353.06 to 350.12 but the game still doesn't launch.

Found a fix : Go to IntelHD control panel -> 3D settings -> Reset to Defaults