ArmA2 crash to desktop

[Blechreiz]

same here. my A was an R. I entered the code 10 times before I noticed it

[Yoma]

Despite it may sound quite crazy, there is one suggestion, you should try to downgrade your nvidia drivers. I assume by latest drivers you mean

GeForce/ION Driver Release 185 WHQL Version: 185.85 Release Date: May 06, 2009
Unfortunately, we couldn't test the game on these drivers on time for the release thoroughly so it was tested on previous drivers only. We have now some reports that these drivers have created major issues under Vista and rollback to previous version 182.50 surprisingly cured it. I am yet awaiting on some intel about these latest drivers and Windows XP but it may be well worth trying.

Doesn't sound crazy at all to me: i have big problems with Arma1 and 185.85 which i don't have with 182.50

[telejunky]

Mmh played now servereal times with the editor and the tutorial... sometimes arma just crashes to desktop...with this bug long tutorials are not finishable... I will wait until Patch one before starting the campaign

[lemmy]

Same here...

Vista 32 Bit with ATI 4870 and latest drivers.

The Game starts an crashes to desktop after 5 sek playing the tutorial.
Tried different Settings... sometimes it crashes ihn the mainmenu when
i stay there long enough. It looks like a mem overrun...

I will try it on my second PC (XP / Geforce 8800 GTS).

[easty]

Does ARMA 2 use that old "invalid key/possible cracked version" make crazy things happen? was it called Fade in OFP? I'd hope it just roadblocks you at an invalid key. Instead of wondering if a problem is related to reading the code incorrectly.

Regarding the GPU drivers I'd expect NV/ATI have releases on the way.. They seem to be really on the ball recently with getting games supported. Remember were still on the first day/single country release, Although I'm sure for most avid ARMA fans it's been a long day.

[ohara]

Does ARMA 2 use that old "invalid key/possible cracked version" make crazy things happen? was it called Fade in OFP? I'd hope it just roadblocks you at an invalid key. Instead of wondering if a problem is related to reading the code incorrectly.

Regarding the GPU drivers I'd expect NV/ATI have releases on the way.. They seem to be really on the ball recently with getting games supported. Remember were still on the first day/single country release, Although I'm sure for most avid ARMA fans it's been a long day.

yes, fade is there

[lemmy]

I installed the game on my XP/Geforce PC an it runs very smooth.
So i don't know if the problem is the ATI Card or the Windws version.

Do you mean it could be a key problem?!
What will happen if i have mistyped my key on my Vista/Ati machine?
I think i have to get a error message ("inv key" or so).

[telejunky]

My crash to desktop windows got the usual "ArmA2.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close"-message
Other games run fine
4850e @2,75ghz 4gb ddr2 and hd 4850

Please god (auctally the BIS-Team) bring that patch out today

[SWAT_BigBear]

GeForce/ION Driver Release 185 WHQL Version: 185.85 Release Date: May 06, 2009
Unfortunately, we couldn't test the game on these drivers on time for the release thoroughly so it was tested on previous drivers only. We have now some reports that these drivers have created major issues under Vista and rollback to previous version 182.50 surprisingly cured it. I am yet awaiting on some intel about these latest drivers and Windows XP but it may be well worth trying.

I've read a few reports of that same problem with 185.85 + Vista SP1 (both 32 & 64), yet I've not had the problem/s w/SP2.

I now installed the SP2 for Vista64bit and tried some lower graphic settings. Now Iam able to play the campaign without any crashes (30+ minutes right now). I have no idea what may have caused the crashes as every other of my games runs fine. Maybe Im able to figure out what was the exact problem in the next days. Thanks for your help maruk and all the others! If a problem occurs again Ill report it here.

Are you able to increase your VD with 185.85 and SP2 now?
I've been using Vista SP2 RC for awhile, yet no problems on 8800gtx nor gtx260 with 185.85.
Looking forward to testing ArmA II in the near future.

[VikingR]

Hello guys!

I hooked myself up with ArmA II today and was stunned, until I noticed that the game would randomly crash back to desktop after about 5 minutes of playtime, or even turn to a BSOD.

My Specs:
Windows Vista Ultima 64-Bit
Core 2 Quad Q9550 - 2,83 GHz
4 GB DDR2-1066 Kingston HyperX
Radeon HD4870 1GB DDR5

It would be cool to know if those crashes majorly seem to appear on 64-Bit systems.

i'm gonna try to play around with the gfx settings later, and try that maxmem thingy. i'll report back then