multiplayer crashes

**Fiasco** · Jul 10 2008, 06:51

I recently built a new PC (HD4850 video, core 2 3.0 Gigabyte p35 mobo, 4 gig ram).

I can play single player all day long without a problem. I played online for about 4 hours also without a problem until a hacker (I use that term loosely since 99.9% of arma hackers are no talent dweebs who googled their hacks) caused all kinds of mayhem on the server I was on (battle eye completely ignored him btw).

Since then If I try to play online I will quickly get a windows error program needs to close prompt. Arma remains open and I can maniuplate the menus ect but my connection to whatever server I was on is severed and ArmA no longer has network connectivity.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling both ArmA and Battleeye but the problem remains.

I can still play single player for hours without a hitch.

**Praelium** · Jul 10 2008, 15:24

Uh, wrong forum?

This should go in Arma>Multiplayer.

**raedor** · Jul 10 2008, 15:33

Moving.

**Rocco** · Jul 16 2008, 15:26

yup, player named Fiund is one of those lowlifes, crashed the server, when we caught him invulnerable...

**Fiasco** · Jul 22 2008, 00:38

Unfortunately I'm still having this problem. I've tried all available driver revisions for my card.

The crash is only triggered when ArmA is playing and utilizing a network connection.

**radical.ghost** · Jul 22 2008, 22:32

Hi, I have had a similar problem quite a year ago.

The symptom was that I could not join any server, as soon as I clicked the 'Join' button, ArmA crashed to desktop.
I could play singleplayer but I could not join or even host a multiplayer game.

This started very suddenly while I was playing a multiplayer game and before that, everything went fine.

So it could be that you are having the same problem that I had before.

The cause and solution
The cause for the problem was a corrupt 'custom soundfile' (*.ogg - format) that was located in:
C:\Dokuments and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Application Data\ArmA\tmp\
(path translated from german, so it might be incorrect)

Even after a new installation of ArmA the file still was sitting there (took me quite a couple of hours to figure that out).

This soundfile could not be deleted the normal way, instead I had to use a little helper program called "unlocker".

After I deleted this file (and the 'tmp' - directory), ArmA worked fine again.

Here the unlocker - link (unlocker is freeware by the way):
Unlocker Developer

I hope this will be useful to you.

**Fiasco** · Jul 24 2008, 02:39

thanks for the suggestion. I did not find a soundfile but my ArmA folder in that location was locked.

I uninstalled ArmA and removed all traces of it from other directories.

I'm updating my 4850 drivers to 8.7 and will reinstall.

fingers crossed

**Fiasco** · Jul 24 2008, 04:30

No joy

still does it

**walker** · Jul 24 2008, 11:15

Hi Fiasco

Your Description of the error in your first post seems to indicate an error outside ArmA. Check your other crash files particularly DirectX
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files#DirectX

I think it may be a dodgy driver.

other than that:

I am assuming you have installed BattlEye.

Check your arma.RPT file Windows XP default location:
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">C:\Documents and Settings\Your Windows User Name\Local Settings\Application Data\ArmA\arma.RPT[/QUOTE]

If this does not tell you anything.

Try running a server on your own machine then logging on as client see if your own server kicks you.
http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/A...dicated_Server
Again check the error logs

Contact a friendly ArmA Server owner and ask them to check the server error logs

Kind regards walker

**Fiasco** · Jul 24 2008, 16:37

the info in the RPT file

================================================== ===================
== C:\games\arma\arma.exe
================================================== ===================
Exe version: Wed Jul 23 23:07:27 2008

graphics: D3D9, Device: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series , Driver:ati2dvag.dll 6.14.10.6833
resolution: 800x600x32
Addons:
Desert in Ca\Desert\, CAIntroAnims in ca\introanims\, CASounds in ca\sounds\
CAweapons3_m107 in ca\weapons3\m107\
CAweapons3_m16a4_acg in ca\weapons3\m16a4_acg\, CAWheeled in CA\wheeled\
CARoads in CA\roads\, CAWheeled3_TT650 in ca\wheeled3\tt650\, CAAir in ca\air\
CA_Anims in ca\anims\, CAAnimals in CA\animals\, CAUI in ca\ui\
CAWeapons in ca\weapons\, CAweapons3_m16a4 in ca\weapons3\m16a4\
CAWeapons3_ammocrates in ca\weapons3\ammocrates\, CAAir3_Su34 in ca\air3\su34\
CACharacters in ca\characters\, CASigns in CA\signs\, CAFonts in ca\uifonts\
CAweapons3_m16a4_gl in ca\weapons3\m16a4_gl\, CAWeapons3 in ca\weapons3\
CAWheeled3_M1030 in ca\wheeled3\m1030\, CAAir3 in ca\air3\, CAMisc in ca\misc\
CAPlants in ca\plants\, CAVoice in ca\voice\, CAData in ca\
CALanguage in ca\language\, CAWater in ca\water\
CAweapons3_aks74pso in ca\weapons3\aks74pso\
CA_Anims_Char in ca\anims\characters\, CATracked in ca\tracked\
CAweapons3_ksvk in ca\weapons3\ksvk\, Sara in ca\sara\, CAWheeled3 in ca\wheeled3\
CABuildings in CA\buildings\, CARocks in Ca\Rocks\
CAweapons3_m16a4_acg_gl in ca\weapons3\m16a4_acg_gl\
Mods: CA
Distribution: 1294
Error: Bone slot_backpack doesn't exist in some skeleton
Error: Bone slot_backwpnl doesn't exist in some skeleton
Error: Bone slot_backwpnr doesn't exist in some skeleton
Error: Bone slot_buttpack doesn't exist in some skeleton
Error: Bone slot_patrolwpn doesn't exist in some skeleton

================================================== ===================
== C:\games\arma\arma.exe
================================================== ===================
Exe version: Wed Jul 23 23:26:37 2008
build 1.14.5256
Item STR_03s01 listed twice
Updating base class ->Default, by ca\anims\characters\config.bin/CfgMovesBasic/DefaultDie/
Updating base class ->Default, by ca\anims\characters\config.bin/CfgMovesMaleSdr/States/Crew/
================================================== =====
Date: 07/23/08 Time: 23:28:41
-------------------------------------------------------
Exception code: C0000005 ACCESS_VIOLATION at 0FB67510
graphics: D3D9, Device: ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series , Driver:ati2dvag.dll 6.14.10.6833
resolution: 1680x1050x32
Addons:
CTI_buildingsBmp2_hq in ca\cti_buildings\bmp2_hq\
CTI_buildingsM113_hq in ca\cti_buildings\m113_hq\, CA_Hotfix in ca\hotfix\
SaraLite in ca\saralite\, Desert in ca\desert\, CAIntroAnims in ca\introanims\
WarfareBuildings_TOW_Tripod in ca\cti_buildings\tow_stat\, CASounds in ca\sounds\
WarfareBuildings_T72_RACS in ca\cti_buildings\t72_racs\
CA_Missions_Armory1 in ca\missions\armory1.intro\
CAweapons3_m107 in CA\weapons3\m107\
CAweapons3_m16a4_acg in CA\weapons3\m16a4_acg\, CAWheeled in ca\wheeled\
CA_Missions in ca\missions\, CARoads in ca\roads\
CAWheeled3_TT650 in CA\wheeled3\tt650\, CAAir in ca\air\, CA_Anims in ca\anims\
MK19_Tripod in ca\cti_buildings\mk19_stat\, CAUSMCD in ca\usmcd\
CAAnimals in CA\animals\, CAUI in ca\ui\, CAWeapons in ca\weapons\
CAweapons3_m16a4 in CA\weapons3\m16a4\
CAWeapons3_ammocrates in CA\weapons3\ammocrates\, CAAir3_Su34 in CA\air3\su34\
CACharacters in ca\characters\, CASigns in CA\signs\, CAFonts in ca\UIFonts\
CAweapons3_m16a4_gl in CA\weapons3\m16a4_gl\, CAWeapons3 in CA\weapons3\
CAWheeled3_M1030 in CA\wheeled3\m1030\, CAAir3 in CA\air3\
DSHkM_Mini in ca\cti_buildings\dshkm_stat\, CAMisc in ca\misc\
CAPlants in CA\plants\, CAVoice in ca\voice\, CAData in ca\
WarfareBuildings_Stinger_Twice_static in ca\cti_buildings\stinger_stat\
CALanguage in ca\language\, CAWater in CA\water\
CAweapons3_aks74pso in CA\weapons3\aks74pso\
CA_Anims_Char in ca\anims\characters\, WarfareBuildings in ca\cti_buildings\
M2HD_Mini in ca\cti_buildings\m2_stat2\, CATracked in ca\tracked\
Warfare in warfare\, CAweapons3_ksvk in CA\weapons3\ksvk\, CAA10 in ca\a10\
Sara in ca\sara\, CAWheeled3 in CA\wheeled3\, CABuildings in ca\buildings\
CA_Hotfix_vez_ropa in ca\hotfix\vez_ropa\, CARocks in Ca\Rocks\
CAweapons3_m16a4_acg_gl in CA\weapons3\m16a4_acg_gl\
Mods: CA
Distribution: 1294
Version 1.14.5256
Fault address: 0FB67510 01:00006510 C:\WINDOWS\system32\vlsp.dll
file: intro
world: Intro
Prev. code bytes: 75 06 8B 4D 08 21 79 04 8B 4C 13 08 8B 7C 13 04
Fault code bytes: 89 79 04 8B 4C 13 04 8B 7C 13 08 03 5D F8 89 79

Registers:
EAX:0FB70C50 EBX:0000000F
ECX:0001A828 EDX:28BB054C
ESI:00000000 EDI:BB078000
CS:EIP:001B:0FB67510
SS:ESP:0023:2BCDF238 EBP:2BCDF258
DS:0023 ES:0023 FS:003B GS:0000
Flags:00010296
================================================== =====
note: Minidump has been generated into the file C:\Documents and Settings\darren\Local Settings\Application Data\ArmA\arma.mdmp

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