[HELP] Arma Problem

[Fields]

hello,
I will tell you my problem first.
When I ran arma on my old computer. It worked fine. And This is the first time that i seen this happen as it is very noticable. When going to run arma armed assault it dosent load anything , not the bohemia interactive logo, not the arma logo not anything. It just shows a black screen and then shows the main menu in the below format ( with music too i never heard im arma )

http://img03.imgland.net/czh6at4uHL.png 127 kb

Please help
Additional Info.
My Specs
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Processor : Intel Core i5 CPU 650 @ 3.20GHz (4CPUs), ~3.2GHz
DirectX Version : DirectX 11
Memory : 8192MB RAM

DISPLAY
Name: NVIDIA GeForce 310
Manuf: NVIDIA
Chip Type: GeForce 310
DAC Type: Integrated RAMDAC
Total Mem: 4058 MB
Current Display Mode : 1920 x 1080 (32 bit)(60Hz)

[W4lkn]

Did you install ArmA correctly ? Because on Windows 7, the installation is different from that of Vista and XP ;)

Here's what to absolutely follow so that your game works properly :

1 - Install the game with the CD, especially not start the game
2 - Make the update with the patch Arma_Euro104Update105, do not start the game
3 - Make the update with the patch ArmA_InternationalUpdate105_108, do not start the game too
4 - Make the update with the patch ARMA_Update118RC, start the game

[Mosh]

If I remember correctly, that issue has to do with having more than 4 GB RAM. I think 1.18 patch has it fixed?

I haven't installed Arma yet on a fresh reformat, I'll do it now and see how it goes...

Step 1 - US Arma DVD
Step 2 - Queen's Gambit, which patches to 1.08 (skip if you don't have)
Step 3 - patch to 1.18

Although our steps may be a little different (mine and Loïck) due to versions, you can see the general steps to take, and that patching it up should hopefully alleviate your problem.

[Fields]

Thank you guys for replying , I will try these steps and see how things go ;)

[W0lle]

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[Fields]

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okay, sorry. My first time posting here.

[iceycat]

I am having this identical issue on a brand new install, please let me know if you get a way to work this. I just bought this game and haven't been able to play it yet.

I also have windows 7 and 4gb of ram, tried patching to uopdate 1.14 and still did the same thing even after. HELP!!!

[W0lle]

The latest patch is 1.18 (http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=8715), not 1.14.