Capt (Ret) Z. P. Wilson

Update: The issue has been solved again, hopefully permanently. This was the "tbd" fix for my issue, in case someone else comes across it: Note: If the client seems to freeze after it is about to finish loading, it may be because of acre2 (if this has never been an issue before). Under the ACRE2 mod folder in the arma3 directory "steamapps/common/arma3/@acre2/" you will see a series of .dll files, all of which start with "acre" or "ACRE2Arma". Deleted everything from this folder, and left them in the recycling bin for the time being. Simply moving them to a folder on the desktop would do as well. Ensure the clients I am running are either BOTH ran as administrator, or not ran as administrator. Do NOT run teamspeak just yet. Run Arma3, get into a server, let the game load. Make sure all mods including acre2 are included. Once in the game, run teamspeak, get into a channel you want, etc. Restore the files back into the place they belonged. Go into teamspeak addons. Disable, refresh, and re-enable the mod. If you go back into the game, it should say something similar to "ACRE2 has initialized through a lost portal" or something. You'll know when you see it. That's pretty much it. I have yet to have any more issues regarding this, hopefully it stays that way. I've tested running the game with teamspeak off, then starting it after the game has loaded. I have tried loading the game with both teamspeak and arma3 loaded. I pretty much stressed the test and have had 0 issues so far. Again: Hopefully, it stays this way. On a side note: This issue could have something to do with my tobii eye tracker, or any other software that I have on the side. If the issue continues, that will be my next test.

Update: The issue persists upon trying to load the game the 2nd time after the installation of the mod. I'm not quite sure what could be causing this. It seems a full deletion of the entire mod from the pc will allow the game to work. Running the game for the first time with the mod implemented after installation causes no issues, but anything beyond the first time the game continues to crash in the same spot. I'm assuming this has something to do with the placement of the files that get created upon running acre2 the first time. Any suggestions would be helpful.

Update: After many days of troubleshooting, it was the new acre2 mod causing issues. I finally discovered, with the help of Flavin, that ACRE2 related stuff was the last thing being initialized every time the game was being launched. So, with that said, we (for the second time) deleted acre2 stuff from my pc, but i ensured there was absolutely no residual files left behind upon deletion (ie appdata folder files, etc). We reinstalled the file, and launched the game. It successfully loaded. Thanks to everyone who put up with my bullshit trying to help!

One problem solved: I had previously deleted TFAR since we have updated to ACRE. I attempted to re-install TFAR and leave it unloaded, as well as insured the two files that were deleted (in relation to tfar) last patch are have been deleted. Once this was complete, i was able to load into the flight op server just fine. However, i still have a persisting issue where i cant load into the public server. Now, i cant get past a black screen where the arma3 logo usually pops up. It's supposed to pop up, show on the bottom left that you are connecting and connected, and should then take you to the slot selection screen. Now i can't even get to that. Any suggestions would be helpful.

When I get to the point of loading after you select your slot, and hit ready/launch, the game goes to the screen where it displays the map and the loading bar up top. It slowly goes across and freezes at some point. It's at the point where i cannot use my mouse despite alt tabbing and whatnot. I would have to sign out or restart my pc in order to do anything. In addition, occasionally, it will freeze upon an error message popping up which you're supposed to close. This isn't uncommon, and normally never causes any issue. Regardless as to the message that it displays, i cannot close it at all. The client freezes instead. However, i also notice that in the task manager it still shows 0.1% usage or something. Very confusing as to what is going on, it was working just fine yesterday. I tried verifying game cache, making sure mods were correct, the typical stuff. Anyone have any suggestions?