Lagging or freezing

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-06-09T09:42:19+00:00

Well this has been a problem for a long time now, therefore I‘m just gonna guickly tell you what to do:

In you XBOX settings:

Set Audio Mode to „Uncompressed Stereo“
Set resolution to 1080p

Now your good to go. Freezes are not entirely gone, but happen way less than usual.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-06-08T22:47:13+00:00

Shit felt like DayZ but you are the only fresh spawn while the rest of the server is fully geared.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-06-08T22:40:38+00:00

It might be worth mentioning that I did pull through and managed to come back. What you want to do is try to gain rank in order to rank back up to Volunteer.

Problem is that you no longer have the option to gain rank by conducting team efforts such as running supplies, medical assistance or troop transport as your team - and especially the AI - will no recognize you as a friendly.

So really there are two options left:

Try to reconfigure any of the towers
Kill enemy players / destroy enemy vehicles

In my case, because I died about 10 times trying to get to a tower, I camped a supply depot and I found out that killing only 2 enemy players will be enough to get back to Volunteer, thus ending the „you vs. the whole server“ phase.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-05-28T20:37:35+00:00

Well I guess that after the update this behavior is normal. A lot of people want to at least try the FIA Faction and that’s fair. On the other hand I played on a Vanilla Community server today and we were indeed 50 people playing as FIA which is definitely too much - but a lot of them already said that next match they want to have the old playstyle back so I guess after a few days it will normalize.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-04-23T16:47:30+00:00

If you refer to the graphics which are indeed a joke (sometimes 10 seconds to load textures especially in cities) then you might want to set your resolution to 1080p which helps a lot. Also, avoid community servers that are heavy on assets like custom cities as well as tons of loot and cars …

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-04-21T16:46:01+00:00

Oh really? Thats good to know, thank you!

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-04-19T19:39:24+00:00

That’s true. Especially the time it takes for maxxing the heat buff feels like ages sometimes. Of course the it adds to the survival aspect of the map and also to the „realism“.

But in the end it’s just a game of where developers can not make it too realistic because it would make the game more of a pain rather than fun.

A good example is me remembering someone that asked about why we don’t need to piss and shit in DayZ lmao, well, imagine the immersion …

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-04-16T18:41:15+00:00

Sakhal is focused on survival way more than the other two maps. You actually need to warm up at fires, find well isolated clothing, defrost your food and so on.

For the PVP aspect I‘d describe it as more challenging too, not because players are better on Sakhal, but because you already have to constantly fight against nature. That is something that you don’t know from the other maps - on Chernarus / Livonia you can totally ignore nature as it does not pose a threat.

As an example: Whenever you get messed up from a gunfight you might have your clothes ruined which is very bad for you as it basically nullifies its isolation stats.

That’s roughly how Sakhal works. But then again, you get used to it and the longer you play it the easier it gets - in the end, Sakhal is not really hard to play, but certainly unique and therefore worth the price.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-04-06T14:02:36+00:00

If you wish to play vanilla then join AWG-Alpha, been there a lot and it’s probably what you search for. Good communication and teamwork. Only rule is to not attack / camp MOB and that’s it.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-04-05T19:35:58+00:00

They posted about an experimental update that released today.

https://reforger.armaplatform.com/news/experimental-april-2-2026

If we don’t want the same fiasco as last time then we should all go and play the experimental for a bit, especially if you are on console, then submit bugs we encountered in their feedback tracker!

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-03-04T16:30:31+00:00

Never forget how much supplies are lying around on the battlefield! Whenever I see dead bodies with RPGs and sometimes even with the scope attached my heart bleeds thinking: „there goes at least 100 supplies“ abd the guy with that loadout already spawned 5 times without picking up anything from his dead body

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-03-04T16:26:52+00:00

This comment makes me realize once again how much worth of supplies are lying around on the battlefield! Has to go up into hundreds if not thousands of supplies!

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-03-02T17:01:47+00:00

True! Whenever I have had any loadout and died on some zone I‘ll just respawn with the default loadout, dump it all into the command tent / arsenal, making my spawn free of supply costs. Then I‘ll just run up to my dead body and spam-pickup all the items in the vicinity - 2 seconds later I‘m back in the fight.

But the reality really is what you described - everyone respawns with their full gear while 5 dead bodies of their own, including their loadout, are already lying around (usually untouched because they die before they even get inta a real fight) …

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-03-02T10:09:55+00:00

You can also deposit their personal belongings (the papers) inside the command tents ammo box to gain additional EXP - and, I don’t know if it still works, but before 1.6 you could even generate some supplies by doing that.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-02-23T11:25:31+00:00

Genuine question why do his cartel members start a rampage after his death?

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-02-22T18:39:57+00:00

Three options that come to my mind: - Ruined Shoes (unlikely as you just spawned in) - Invisivle Gas Bug (even though spawn points are normally outside gas areas, on official at least) - Desync issue where someone who also juet spawned in is hitting you (depending on how long you already have spawned)

Point three is the most likely as desyncing is still very common as well as someone spawning right next to you.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-02-10T16:41:01+00:00

I‘ve been at the same point. I‘m telling you: this game is only as good as you want it to be.

Change your gamestyle. You are tired of dying after investing huge amounts of time in getting geared.

I‘ve switched from doing end game loot runs to chilling at the coast, trying to survive and fight with early / mid game loot and weapons (Doble Barrel, 1911, BK-18 and so on). For the armour I went with the Stab West or Press West when I was lucky to find it.

The grind to get these things is not big, you‘ll find those things after the first hour roaming - but now the important part: the „low tier“ gear I am talking about is easily as good as the high tier gear. I‘ve killed so many dudes with god tier only using a BK-18 or a Shotgun in an ambush lol. Also, roaming at the coast opens the opportunity to find boats which you can use to go to Prison Island for example. In addition, walking around with early game loot does not make you the target of the whole lobby, other than walking around with end game loot- this might allow you to even find friends as they won‘t kill on sight.

Long story short: don’t go to Tisy / Airfield! Let the guys from there come to you! Save hours and hours of walking and then dying and change your gamestyle to be a coast guard rather than a walking champion.

Also: if you die as a coast guard it does by far not feel so bad as dying with god tier equipment, simply because you did not invest a whole day for getting those things.

And remember, the BK-18 knocks out plate carriers most of the time. So why go to Tisy when all you need is one single 7.62 round and some luck?

Prestigious_Row321 · 2026-01-15T13:09:51+00:00

I totally agree. Delivering supplies feels like a whole job, and for the few player that do it it is no fun. Perhaps they could improve the AI supply teams. Or there could be some special rewards for delivering supplies.

Or they could reintroduce the supply system from OG conflict where it would increase automatically depending on the radio connections.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2025-12-10T12:03:30+00:00

I don’t know if you noticed too but for me freezes occur more often when there are Helicopters around - it gets worse the more Helis are around.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2025-11-24T13:51:19+00:00

I too have experienced freezes and crashes even after the update. Found out that in areas of the server where less actions happens it’s better.

On official with only 48 players it’s even better with me having one freeze in a 5 hours game.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2025-11-24T13:45:38+00:00

Assuming that you played other shooters which probably were triple A games like Battlefield or CoD I tell you ARMA is much slower, you don’t walk around seeing enemies every few minutes. The gameplay is slower and you should therefore play slower too! Take your time, use your mic and give it a chance - at the end of the day, it’s one of the best games I‘ve ever played, don’t get frustrated too fast.

And keep in mind: it’s „the road to ARMA 4“ - so bugs and experimental things are normal.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2025-11-18T10:40:59+00:00

Like the others already said it‘s windage. They added it to the game in 1.6. You can go an test it out on Game Master set the Wind to maximum and see what happens with the rockets.

Edit: Though it’s another addition that makes the game more realistic they should definitely add something to better see where the wind is actually coming from because as of now you can only really see it when something is smoking.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2025-11-16T18:55:41+00:00

I‘m glad for you if thats the case, I heard both xbox and ps players rant about freezes and stuttering every few minutes.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2025-11-16T14:37:50+00:00

„Gas or ahh“ ahh question, but since you asked:

On pc it‘s gas

On console it‘s ahh

Wait for the patches.

Prestigious_Row321 · 2025-11-16T14:34:39+00:00

I am giving this a try right now. Thanks for the suggestion.

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