ArmA: Armed Assault: Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting FAQ

If you're experiencing difficulties with Armed Assault, there are few general things you should do first.

System Drivers

Make sure you have your drivers up to date. Old drivers often contain bugs and can cause various performance issues and bugs while playing the game.

• Install OpenAL updates
• Update ATI drivers
• Update nVidia drivers
• Update Creative Audigy drivers
• Update Creative XFi drivers
• Update Direct X

ArmA Patches

Patches contain various bug fixes and other improvements.

Patches and updates for Armed Assault can be obtained on the ArmA website.

Patch Issues

When you apply an official BI patch, make sure you have all the original game files intact, if you've altered any of the official game files the patch is prone to failure. (Such as the language patch by SickBoy).

Patch Issue 64bit systems and v1.02

Upon patching users would get the message ...\sara.pbo not found. Here are to fixes that have proven to allow installation for most users.

• Temp fix 1:

Right click the file (patch), then Run as... select the administrator account in the bottom and type in the correct password. Then hit Enter. Patch should apply.

• Temp fix 2:

If you have a software life Virtual PC or VM Ware or a second PC with a 32 bit OS installed...Install ArmA on it, patch it, put the whole ArmA folder on an external storage device or a DVD or whatever an copy it over the original Arma folder on your 64-bit OS PC. --SniperAndy (requested by hoz)

A fixed patch v1.02 that addresses this issue will be released by BIS in the near future. Until this patch is ready please try using one of the above workarounds.

ArmA won't install from DVD

I put the ArmA DVD into the drive and nothing happens. Opening explorer and clicking onto DVD drive returns nothing.

Solutions

• If the game won't install try setting the DVD's region code to 2. Checking the instruction manual or manufacturers website for your DVD should tell you how to make such a change.

• Update DVD drive firmware.

OPENAL32.DLL Error

When trying to start ArmA you receive an error Unable to open dynamic link OPENAL32.DLL

Solution Download latest OpenAL installer from the OpenAL Website, install it and reboot the computer. This should fix the issue.

D3DX9_30 Not Found Error

ArmA fails to start with D3DX9_30 not found

Solution Download the latest version of DirectX 9.0c from Microsoft[1]. As of writing (Dec 2006), the December 2006 version includes D3DX9_30.DLL.

This solution also applies to Windows Vista - the installation of DirectX 9.0c (Dec 2006) corrects this problem.

ATI Issues

When running the game at 1920x1200 (maybe other 16:10 resolutions as well) the map screen will not fill the screen. The effect seem to be random: sometimes it is placed low/center or low/right with black edges. [v1.02]

This can be fixed with updated ATI Catalyst drivers. -Xpz

See Also

• ArmA: Bug List
• ArmA: System Requirements