Podagorsk crashes game ... sometimes. [Resolved]

[SPC (Ret) Harrison]

AiA updated recently, and I know for a fact it caused problems with Thirsk, making it unplayable for many people. We may very well be experiencing the same thing with Podagorsk.

Figured I'd bring this over. I think, based on SGT Richardson's situation, that I may have accidentally updated my AiA without noticing, which would explain me having no crashes. I would certainly suggest that all who are crashing redownload the hotfix as SGT Richardson has.

[Wischuf]

I wish we had all-in-one "506th" mod packs with fire-and-forget installation instructions. In other words, an all-encompassing 7z file with all the mods that are required and unzip instructions to unpack in a vanilla installation and be done with it.

The problem with this suggestion is that such a zip/rar file would be 10GB+ if you include AllInArma and RHS in it. Besides the issues we are seeing with Podagorsk right now, our current mod pack should be reasonably straight-forward and easy to install and set up - especially with the Arma3Sync repository system, which basically already does what you are suggesting. Additionally, our current modpack allows you to download most of the required mods individually, should one of them be corrupted or not work correctly.

I completely reinstalled All In Arma. Five hours later I am able to connect fine with no issues.

My suggestion, re-download the hotfix. If that does not work, re-download AIA.

I recently had to re-install ArmA 3 and re-download all of my mods, including the AllInArmA Terrain Pack, which might explain why Podagorsk is not crashing on my end either.

Could someone else who is still experiencing crashes try this out and report back?

[MAJ (Ret) Hayes]

Okay, so last night CPT Drumheller, 1LT Clark, SGT Ferreiro and Myself all loaded to the official Podagorsk template produced by S-4 and ran it on the official operations server.

1. We were able to use Zues
2. We stayed connected
3. We spawned many friendly and enemy adds
4. We killed them, they killed each other
5. We flew around in Helicopters, A10's and drove Bradleys

I am now going to give you my Mod Set:
CBA, 506th, TFAR, AIATP, RHS (Russian and US), @FDF_Podagorsk_v11, STHUD

I recommend you ensure you are running the same as above and that everyone of those Mods are updated according to the mod list. The issue may in fact be that AIATP hotfixed it's hotfix. If you are running other Mods than what I list above you are running them at your own risk.

If it can be proven that the map is the problem then we will immediately scrap it, alter the story-line and change the deployment. But I am as yet not convinced the map is the problem, as most of us who have assured our Mods are updated and don't run a bunch of other crap seem to be having no problem.

Your Podagorsk map procedure should be as follows. You download the Zip. You unzip it into a folder named "@FDF_Podagorsk_v11" you will need to create a folder inside the @FDF_Podagorsk_v11 folder named "Addons", you will need to put all the PBO's in the "Addons" folder. You will need to ensure that the @FDF_Podagorsk_v11 folder is in your ARMA 3 Folder and set on your mod line or listed in your launcher.

[SFC (Ret) Otto]

All In Arma Terrain Pack

Bear with me,


AiA TP was updated 2015-01-01
Download full pack (Gigabytes)
-or- Download patch (135 MB)

AiA TP was then hotfixed 2015-01-05
Download hotfix (99 MB)

I had to read the bohemia forum topic about this.

@kju
Its a bit complicated to an old men.
At first post I find this:

AiA TP (6.4 GB)
no date here, is it the new version including patch and hotfix?

AiA TP 2015 01 01 Patch (135 MB) and AiA TP 2015 01 01 Patch (99 MB)
Which one is the new one ? Do I need both ? Where is the hotfix ?
:confused:

If you want to download latest version then:
AiA TP (6.4 GB) and then AiA TP 2015 01 01 Patch (99 MB) (Hotfix 1)

If you have version 2014-10-18 and want to update then:
AiA TP 2015 01 01 Patch (135 MB) and then AiA TP 2015 01 01 Patch (99 MB) (Hotfix 1)

Can confirm that Isla Duala and Panthera works now without any problems with latest hotfix
There was one corrupted texture in version 2015-01-01, that was causing all the freezing / crashes.

I downloaded the full AiA TP on 06 Jan, but I still had to hotfix (not patch) it to fix the crash issue.

I think there is some confusion about what's the patch and what's the hotfix.

I downloaded the hotfix from here
Search "AiA TP 2015-01-01 Hotfix 1 (99 MB)"


THANK YOU CPL OTTO - CPT P. HAYES

[SPC (Ret) Harrison]

At the request of CPT Hayes:

I realize it is untested as of yet, but I do know for a fact that the hotfix that some of the members are using (the older one) did most certainly break some maps that are not included by default with AiA, but are meant to work if ran separately. I also know for a fact that the more recent hotfix was put out specifically to address this bug.

Here are three links (all the same) to the patch:
1) http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=27829
2) https://mega.co.nz/#!1tQz1aCR!T13b_6W1OdsZOAo7H9vnklJgP6QMRQGg0rBgkYCXGPM
3) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B78l1r8Ot0x9QXVCVGx3S19leEU/view?pli=1

Next, here are two links (both the same) to the necessary hotfix that is to be added on to the patch above:

1) https://mega.co.nz/#!EoQSnbaA!F32Lggg-V0bDfSeQQ-dMSIiZYiHx0l9uFsY1ThtTtSM
2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B78l1r8Ot0x9VEYybTNTUFlyOEU/view?pli=1

Installing both of these over the AiA version from October should fix this crashing error.

[Heikinheimo]

At the request of CPT Hayes:

I realize it is untested as of yet, but I do know for a fact that the hotfix that some of the members are using (the older one) did most certainly break some maps that are not included by default with AiA, but are meant to work if ran separately. I also know for a fact that the more recent hotfix was put out specifically to address this bug.

Here are three links (all the same) to the patch:
1) http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=27829
2) https://mega.co.nz/#!1tQz1aCR!T13b_6W1OdsZOAo7H9vnklJgP6QMRQGg0rBgkYCXGPM
3) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B78l1r8Ot0x9QXVCVGx3S19leEU/view?pli=1

Next, here are two links (both the same) to the necessary hotfix that is to be added on to the patch above:

1) https://mega.co.nz/#!EoQSnbaA!F32Lggg-V0bDfSeQQ-dMSIiZYiHx0l9uFsY1ThtTtSM
2) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B78l1r8Ot0x9VEYybTNTUFlyOEU/view?pli=1

Installing both of these over the AiA version from October should fix this crashing error.

The FIXED hotfix that is available from the bottom two links fixed the problem for me. Thank you to all that went the extra mile to seek for the solution, i would have been lost without the help.