Troubleshooting

• Something's wrong! Where should I look for help?
• Danger! OFP can delete your entire disk partition. (added June 12, 2003)
• Faulty US editions of the OFP Gold CD (updated July 23, 2003)
• A very important DirectX 8 tweak. (updated May 20, 2002)
• I have an AMD processor. Any problems with that?
• I have a computer based on the VIA chipset. Any problems with that? (updated June 11, 2003)
• When I run OFP, I get a message window saying "Cannot create 3D device". (updated May 14, 2002)
• When I run OFP, I get thrown back to the desktop just after the OFP logo is displayed. (updated December 26, 2001)
• When I run OFP, the OFP logo displays, my hard disk's access light stays on but OFP does not start. (updated March 21, 2002)
• All the shadows are flashing or everything's blacker than black at night or there are black boxes everywhere! (updated October 30, 2001)
• I have a legitimate OFP CD in my CD drive, yet I get the  message "Insert correct CD". (updated April 9, 2003)
• The game freezes up my PC and I can only reboot. (updated July 12, 2002)
• I'm getting a message "Original games do not fade". What's going on here? (updated November 5, 2002)
• When installing or upgrading OFP, I get CRC/ checksum errors on PBO or other OFP files! (updated May 20, 2002)
• Whenever I try running OFP I get an error message that says "no entry config.bin.CfgWorlds" or something similar. (updated November 5, 2002)
• Why is there a delay between my mouse and keyboard input and OFP's reacting to them? (updated January 25, 2005)
• Why is OFP crashing every time I save a mission or when OFP auto-saves a mission or when a mission is completed? (updated November 5, 2002)
• I just installed OFP on my Windows 2000 PC. When I start OFP, I get bounced back to the desktop right away. (updated November 12, 2001)
• Why is my Logitech mouse not functioning properly in OFP? (updated July 22, 2003)
• Why is the sky green? (updated March 3, 2002)
• Why is everything green? (updated December 8, 2003)
• Sometimes I hear footsteps of soldiers far away but they sound like they're very nearby. (updated November 5, 2002)
• 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. (updated December 9, 2001)
• Why is all the island terrain white? Nothing is green! (updated December 3, 2001)
• Why do both the Windows mouse cursor and OFP's graphic one appear together when I play? (updated August 28, 2003)
• Help! The longer I play, the more performance degrades and the game becomes sluggish. (updated February 19, 2003)
• The pitfalls of upgrading to OFP V1.30. Learn from my suffering! (updated December 21, 2001)
• Some people have colored night scenes while others see only black and white. (updated November 5, 2002)
• I upgraded to Windows XP and now OFP doesn't run anymore! (updated January 31, 2002)
• When OFP starts up, I get error messages about file ~DF394B.TMP or EF7194.TMP. What's going on?! (updated March 7, 2002)
• Why does my video monitor shut off and go into standby mode when I play OFP? (updated December 2, 2001)
• Hey! My soldier's legs appear halfway under the ground terrain! Quicksand? (added November 29, 2001)
• Are you happy with your ATI Radeon 8500, 9500,  9700 or 9800? (updated October 26, 2003)
• The crackling or static sound bug. (updated February 19, 2003)
• Upgrade patches fail with message ""ERROR: patch cannot continue. The disk 1.30 is almost full". (added November 29, 2001)
• Why are Russian BMPs flying like helicopters? (updated December 27, 2001)
• OFP preferences program not finding entry point DdEntry18 in DDRAW.dll. (added December 2, 2001)
• I'm getting an error message box that says "Out of reserved memory" and "Code change required". (updated July 22, 2003)
• Campaign missions crash to desktop upon completion! (added December 4, 2001)
• OFP's main menu is all olive green, with black bars on the top and bottom of the screen! (updated December 8, 2003)
• After installing OFP Gold I cannot host multiplayer games! (updated December 20, 2001)
• I've upgraded OK but I'm missing official addons! (added December 6, 2001)
• Are you overclocking your processor or memory speed? (added December 19, 2001)
• Dedicated standalone server terminates with message "No entry resource.bin::RscInGameUI::RscHint::Background.size". (added December 21, 2001)
• Installing Red Hammer from the OFP Gold CD downgraded me from version 1.40/1.42 back to 1.30! (updated January 22, 2002)
• Where are the explosions? Nothing's exploding! (added December 23, 2001)
• I'm hearing the messages "OH NO, 2 IS DOWN! DAMN, 2 IS DOWN!" or similar repeated over and over again when playing OFP! (updated February 12, 2002)
• In Windows XP, OFP fails to start or crashes to desktop right away! (added January 31, 2002)
• Why am I getting a Windows ACCESS VIOLATION ERROR in DirectX file D3D8.DLL? (added February 1, 2002)
• Why is there no dust rising at bullet impact points? (added February 25, 2002)
• I'm getting message "CAN'T MEMORY FILE" or "CAN'T MEMORY MAP" or similar. (updated December 8, 2003)
• Why do OFP's text, crosshairs or other objects look blurry? (updated May 18, 2002)
• I cannot completely land a helicopter. It hovers a meter or two off the ground! (added March 4, 2002)
• OFP crashes to desktop with message "config.cpp/CfgVehicles/Fountain.animPeriod"! (added March 10, 2002)
• Why isn't OFP detecting my mouse wheel? (added March 10, 2002)
• I start OFP and I hear the music but the screen is just black! (added March 10, 2002)
• I start OFP and get message "A debugger has been detected. Please unload the debugger and try again." (updated December 26, 2002)
• I can see desktop icons and images flickering through my OFP in-game display! (added May 23, 2002)
• What can I do about blurred crosshairs, ironsites and other objects when playing OFP with 3D glasses? (updated January 15, 2003)
• Terrain textures are sometimes transparent and I can see through hills. (added June 24, 2002)
• Why am I seeing floating glasses in front of me while in a vehicle? (added August 21, 2002)
• I can't see more than 50 meters ahead of mission! Why is everything foggy? (added September 29, 2002)
• OFP displays very dark on my monitor. (added November 6, 2002)
• All the voices in OFP sound the same! How come? (added December 8, 2002)
• Error message: "Picture equip\m\m_9k32launcher.paa not found". (added January 8, 2003)
• Why am I getting an error message that says "Error d3derr_out of video memory"? (updated April 18, 2004)
• Why can't I accurately aim my cursor with my Logitech MX700 mouse? (added March 30, 2003)
• There are some bad GOTY CD keys out there! (added June 11, 2003)
• Getting message "Setup encountered an error. Application may not work properly". (added June 19, 2003)
• I'm getting a "D3DERR_OUTOFVIDEOMEMORY" error message! (added July 22, 2003)
• Why can't I ALT+TAB in and out of OFP? (added December 8, 2003)
• Ever since I restored backed up campaign save files, I cannot progress in campaigns! (added December 8, 2003)
• OFP's main menu has a green sky and no text. (added January 13, 2004)

• I've tried everything except reinstalling OFP! (updated June 19, 2002)