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Oct 12 2023

cryptearth added a comment to T172502: Request for comment on the Java implementation embebbed in Arma 3.

Wow - never knew it was planed to include actual Java into A3 - it could had offered so much more than what SQF was ever able to accomplish.
Unfortunately we ended up with the very limited extension stuff (although string-only exchange got us quite some cool game modes nonetheless).
As for Reforger/A4 and it's C# inspired scripting: at least for now it still lacks the ability to either connect to a database directly or at least for the server to have something similar to the extension stuff to write an external connector.

Oct 12 2023, 6:22 AM · Arma 3

May 20 2022

cryptearth added a comment to T164945: Potential security flaw in Reforger.

This should be closed as invalid.

while running Reforger in admin mode

WHY would anyone ever do such thing? A simple game server should never require to run with elevated privileges. All "run as admin" does is to solve some permission issues - so the actual root cause surely is not Reforger or the workshop but obviously some bad permissions somewhere else.
Also:

a server box

A regular Windows 10 CLIENT should not be run as "server" - not even if you host something on a local system at home over your private internet access. It's fair to assume quite a lot of mis-config along with improper permissions are the real cause to whatever happened.

May 20 2022, 1:33 AM · Arma Reforger

May 28 2021

cryptearth added a comment to T158812: v2.04 "receiving data" progress bar gets stuck early.

Well, I had to cut it down to stay in the "not polite - but not yet aggressive enough to reason for a ban"-realm:

May 28 2021, 8:25 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T157106: ALTAS MAP ISSUE.
May 28 2021, 1:45 AM · Arma 3
cryptearth created T158812: v2.04 "receiving data" progress bar gets stuck early.
May 28 2021, 12:00 AM · Arma 3

Feb 28 2021

cryptearth added a comment to T157046: [Arma 3 Launcher]: Option to select .exe.
Feb 28 2021, 9:43 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T157046: [Arma 3 Launcher]: Option to select .exe.
Feb 28 2021, 6:07 PM · Arma 3

Feb 27 2021

cryptearth added a comment to T157046: [Arma 3 Launcher]: Option to select .exe.
Feb 27 2021, 7:23 PM · Arma 3

Feb 23 2021

cryptearth added a comment to T156895: 0x0000dead errorMessage: File Mission\ШШХЪЪД\ЖЖС\ , line 7: /MAV_guiNavigation/Controls.Background: Undefined base class 'MAV_ctrlStaticBackground'.
Feb 23 2021, 12:38 AM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156913: Server Crash - 2-20.
Feb 23 2021, 12:35 AM · Arma 3

Feb 21 2021

cryptearth added a comment to T156913: Server Crash - 2-20.
Feb 21 2021, 10:43 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156895: 0x0000dead errorMessage: File Mission\ШШХЪЪД\ЖЖС\ , line 7: /MAV_guiNavigation/Controls.Background: Undefined base class 'MAV_ctrlStaticBackground'.

Well, as pointed out: This is only a feedback tracker meant for reporting serious bugs, logic errors, and put feature requests. What you encounter is for support - so it would fit way better on the community forums, the steam forums, or maybe even reddit. Posting your issue here is just the wrong spot for it.
This tracker is for some like "I found an issue in campaign east wind, mission 3 on altis, where this and that should happen - but instead X happens" - but not what you reported. You encounter some launch issue caused by some weird setting or launch option - maybe caused by some file loaded along with normal game launch. So you need support - that's nothin for this tracker, hence many post such issues here don'T get any reply at all.
So, what could cause such? I don'T know - as Arma3 still quire LOTs of work although it's released back in 2013.
As for your "fix the game" - well, that'S what steam tries to implement with its "verify game files" feature - but this only works as long as the root cause can be fixed by such action as restoring the default data. But as arma3 was developed with custom content in mind it does search for quite a lot of additional files in lots of locations that are not covered by steams feature to check the integrity. Maybe it'S some weird registry entry somehow checked and executed by the startup code - but as only very few is documented public without knowing the exact stack that lead to this point it's extremely hard to nearly impossible to figure it out - let alone only communicating through this site - and quite bad english from both of us.

Feb 21 2021, 2:50 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156895: 0x0000dead errorMessage: File Mission\ШШХЪЪД\ЖЖС\ , line 7: /MAV_guiNavigation/Controls.Background: Undefined base class 'MAV_ctrlStaticBackground'.

have you subscribed to anything in the workshop?

Feb 21 2021, 2:07 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156895: 0x0000dead errorMessage: File Mission\ШШХЪЪД\ЖЖС\ , line 7: /MAV_guiNavigation/Controls.Background: Undefined base class 'MAV_ctrlStaticBackground'.

Well, you may can try this:

  • clean local appdata: c:\users\<yourusername>\appdata\local - and delete both the Arma3 and Arma3-Launcher folder
  • clean documents: c:\users\<yourusername>\documents - and delete all Arma3 folders
Feb 21 2021, 1:36 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156895: 0x0000dead errorMessage: File Mission\ШШХЪЪД\ЖЖС\ , line 7: /MAV_guiNavigation/Controls.Background: Undefined base class 'MAV_ctrlStaticBackground'.

Although this is a feedback tracker to report bugs and make requests and not a support forum (that's what the regular community forums, steam foums and maybe even reddit are for): As from another topic: What happens if you double-click the arma3(_x64).exe in the arma folder directly instead of using the launcher?

Feb 21 2021, 1:16 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156396: Land_House_2W03_F & Land_House_2W04_F.
Feb 21 2021, 12:13 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156895: 0x0000dead errorMessage: File Mission\ШШХЪЪД\ЖЖС\ , line 7: /MAV_guiNavigation/Controls.Background: Undefined base class 'MAV_ctrlStaticBackground'.

This looks more like an issue caused by the mission itself depend on some other stuff rather than some issue of arma3 itself. Try to contact the mission author or google the base class name.

Feb 21 2021, 12:10 PM · Arma 3

Feb 20 2021

cryptearth added a comment to T156396: Land_House_2W03_F & Land_House_2W04_F.
Feb 20 2021, 3:08 PM · Arma 3

Feb 17 2021

cryptearth added a comment to T156815: Arma 3 Crashes every Time with the Code 0xC0000005-STATUS-ACCESS-VIOLATION.

You quite obviously didn't got the point at all - but, where should I start?
That weird date format in the bottom right corner? A DxDiag representing its OS as english but then lists quite a lot of german? CloneDVD - something used - IDK - about a decade ago? Doesn't really look legit to me ...
This list of "potential pitfalls and causes" is quite long about "hmm - I only get this issue with arma but nothin' else". Sure, maybe true, and maybe steam thinks all the files match their checksums and hence responds with "all fine" - but just give a thought: "I have some weird issue" and "all is fine" just doesn't add up. And even with all the stuff provided to tinker around to MAYBE figure what MAY could cause your issue - most we can do is just guessing. And yes, maybe you have some neat new hardware under your desk - but that doesn't mean it can't be faulty. I myself use a bad RAM stick for couple of years now - and it sure does bite me in the ass if I access that very spot which unfortunately gets me back some faulty data - but sometimes it's just a matter of "well, that 0 should had been a 1" and "omg - my system is going haywire". So, why you start that fight? I tried to help - and all I get back is some FLAK cause I throw in a few jokes between the lines cause you're using some not so legit stuff that is known for causing exact that kind of issues you experience? WAKE UP KIDDO! If you ask for help and expose yourself to use some not-so-legit stuff - accept you get mocked for it.

Feb 17 2021, 10:51 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156815: Arma 3 Crashes every Time with the Code 0xC0000005-STATUS-ACCESS-VIOLATION.

Well, just from looking at the few interesting lines I have quite a few ideas what might could be wrong not just with your game but with quite a lot of other stuff, but as I have to trust your reply that "everything is fine": to me the logs don't add up with that statement. If you experience this with arma only the one plausbile cause left is: there's something wrong with your data - either the game files itself - or the stuff you try to load into. Otherwise, if someone would rule out that cause, it's most likely some weird hardware bug, or maybe some of the junk you have on your rig (be surprised by what a simple dxdiag can reveal to someone reading it carefully).
All working perfectly fine but only one application having such weird issues? Nah - doesn't add up well ...

Feb 17 2021, 8:27 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156815: Arma 3 Crashes every Time with the Code 0xC0000005-STATUS-ACCESS-VIOLATION.

Without any look at the logs this sounds like a hardware issue to me, maybe some bad ram or anything else attached to the board. Give good old memtest a try and have it run at least once the full set of tests. If memtest doesn't show any errors even on multiple runs could be many things from dying/already broken cpu/gpu/hdd/ssd to just corrupted data fixeable by game file validation via steam.

Feb 17 2021, 6:18 PM · Arma 3

Feb 16 2021

cryptearth added a comment to T156770: Arma 3 will not launch.

can you provide logs without mods loaded?

Feb 16 2021, 6:50 AM · Arma 3

Feb 14 2021

cryptearth added a comment to T156720: linux dedicated server not unloading extensions.

Many thanks for that reply with some inside information on what actually happens when #shutdown command is called.
I really much appreciate you even take time to look into it although it doesn't seem to be something caused issues in the past. So I fully understand it to be some very low priority, and maybe it only gets fixed "along the way while fixing other issues".

Feb 14 2021, 7:10 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156720: linux dedicated server not unloading extensions.

Although I didn't repeat it for all the tested systems from a short test on my main server it seems the issue is the same for the regular x86 binary.

Feb 14 2021, 2:12 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156720: linux dedicated server not unloading extensions.

I also tested this issue on several other environments:

  • arch
  • debian
  • fedora
  • gentoo (at least I tried - but compiling the kernel from scratch just took too much effort and time)
  • slackware (from which opensuse descends)

All environments showed the very same issue. As I reported this to the ones I asked for testing my short code they agreed upon that if an issue is exactly the same on so many so different styles of linux mainline distros it's most likely the application causing the issue, although without having a look into source noone is able to confirm or deny on that.
I'm sorry I didn't tested on windows or even try some stunt with the DotNET framework - but as my extension is only meant as a small connector to a java backend using some plain sockets for brdiging the gap between SQF and my backend, and it's meant to run on a linux server, and as just setting up the required dev environment to build a small DLL - I just didn't put in the effort. Also, as you mentioned: it does work on windows.

Feb 14 2021, 1:03 PM · Arma 3

Feb 11 2021

cryptearth added a comment to T156720: linux dedicated server not unloading extensions.

Thank you once again for having at least a look at it.
As promised, I tried to use clang - but, unfortunately, result is the same.

Feb 11 2021, 5:19 PM · Arma 3
cryptearth added a comment to T156720: linux dedicated server not unloading extensions.

Thank you for your reply.
As one can see, my code does contain a destructor. I also had it tested by some C/C++ devs that it gets called correctly when dlclose() is called. So they suspect that the server shutdown just doesn't call dlclose() on loaded extensions.
I was also able to find another source which mentioned, that dlclose(), according to POSIX standards, is only required to invalidate the given handle. So it's up to runtime if a call to dlclose() actually calls an maybe existing destructor. This source also mentions some difference between using gcc vs clang - but I haven't tried using clang yet, as I just read about it after your reply.
So, the question to the devs is: Is dlclose() called on loaded extensions during shutdown and if it's maybe my way of creating my extension or even my runtime I execute it on to cause my issue, or if the shutdown just doesn't call dlclose() at all.
Anyway, I'll give it a try to use clang and see if this makes any difference. I'll report back after testing.

Feb 11 2021, 12:27 PM · Arma 3

Feb 10 2021

cryptearth created T156720: linux dedicated server not unloading extensions.
Feb 10 2021, 11:35 PM · Arma 3