FAQ: Troubleshooting – Operation Flashpoint

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Something's wrong! Where should I look for help?

Danger! OFP can delete your entire disk partition.

Faulty US editions of the OFP Gold CD

A very important DirectX 8 tweak.

I have an AMD processor. Any problems with that?

I have a computer based on the VIA chipset. Any problems with that?

When I run OFP, I get a message window saying "Cannot create 3D device".

When I run OFP, I get thrown back to the desktop just after the OFP logo is displayed.

When I run OFP, the OFP logo displays, my hard disk's access light stays on but OFP does not start.

All the shadows are flashing or everything's blacker than black at night or there are black boxes everywhere!

I have a legitimate OFP CD in my CD drive, yet I get the message "Insert correct CD".

The game freezes up my PC and I can only reboot.

I'm getting a message "Original games do not fade". What's going on here?

When installing or upgrading OFP, I get CRC/ checksum errors on PBO or other OFP files!

Whenever I try running OFP I get an error message that says "no entry config.bin.CfgWorlds" or something similar.

Why is there a delay between my mouse and keyboard input and OFP's reacting to them?

Why is OFP crashing every time I save a mission or when OFP auto-saves a mission or when a mission is completed?

I just installed OFP on my Windows 2000 PC. When I start OFP, I get bounced back to the desktop right away.

Why is my Logitech mouse not functioning properly in OFP?

Why is the sky green?

Why is everything green?

Sometimes I hear footsteps of soldiers far away but they sound like they're very nearby.

I'm getting a message "Data File Read error (obloha.p3d)" after applying an upgrade patch.

I'm getting a file error message when installing an upgrade patch.

Why is all the island terrain white? Nothing is green!

Why do both the Windows mouse cursor and OFP's graphic one appear together when I play?

Help! The longer I play, the more performance degrades and the game becomes sluggish.

The pitfalls of upgrading to OFP V1.30. Learn from my suffering!

Some people have colored night scenes while others see only black and white.

I upgraded to Windows XP and now OFP doesn't run anymore!

When OFP starts up, I get error messages about file ~DF394B.TMP or EF7194.TMP. What's going on?!

Why does my video monitor shut off and go into standby mode when I play OFP?

Hey! My soldier's legs appear halfway under the ground terrain! Quicksand?

Are you happy with your ATI Radeon 8500, 9500, 9700 or 9800?

The crackling or static sound bug.

Upgrade patches fail with message ""ERROR: patch cannot continue. The disk 1.30 is almost full".

Why are Russian BMPs flying like helicopters?

OFP preferences program not finding entry point DdEntry18 in DDRAW.dll.

I'm getting an error message box that says "Out of reserved memory" and "Code change required".

Campaign missions crash to desktop upon completion!

OFP's main menu is all olive green, with black bars on the top and bottom of the screen!

After installing OFP Gold I cannot host multiplayer games!

I've upgraded OK but I'm missing official addons!

Are you overclocking your processor or memory speed?

Dedicated standalone server terminates with message "No entry resource.bin::RscInGameUI::RscHint::Background.size".

Installing Red Hammer from the OFP Gold CD downgraded me from version 1.40/1.42 back to 1.30!

Where are the explosions? Nothing's exploding!

I'm hearing the messages "OH NO, 2 IS DOWN! DAMN, 2 IS DOWN!" or similar repeated over and over again when playing OFP!

In Windows XP, OFP fails to start or crashes to desktop right away!

Why am I getting a Windows ACCESS VIOLATION ERROR in DirectX file D3D8.DLL?

Why is there no dust rising at bullet impact points?

I'm getting message "CAN'T MEMORY FILE" or "CAN'T MEMORY MAP" or similar.

Why do OFP's text, crosshairs or other objects look blurry?

I cannot completely land a helicopter. It hovers a meter or two off the ground!

OFP crashes to desktop with message "config.cpp/CfgVehicles/Fountain.animPeriod"!

Why isn't OFP detecting my mouse wheel?

I start OFP and I hear the music but the screen is just black!

I start OFP and get message "A debugger has been detected. Please unload the debugger and try again."

I can see desktop icons and images flickering through my OFP in-game display!

What can I do about blurred crosshairs, ironsites and other objects when playing OFP with 3D glasses?

Terrain textures are sometimes transparent and I can see through hills.

Why am I seeing floating glasses in front of me while in a vehicle?

I can't see more than 50 meters ahead of mission! Why is everything foggy?

OFP displays very dark on my monitor.

All the voices in OFP sound the same! How come?

Error message: "Picture equip\m\m_9k32launcher.paa not found".

Why am I getting an error message that says "Error d3derr_out of video memory"?

Why can't I accurately aim my cursor with my Logitech MX700 mouse?

There are some bad GOTY CD keys out there!

Getting message "Setup encountered an error. Application may not work properly".

I'm getting a "D3DERR_OUTOFVIDEOMEMORY" error message!

Why can't I ALT+TAB in and out of OFP?

Ever since I restored backed up campaign save files, I cannot progress in campaigns!

== OFP's main menu has a green sky and no text.

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