Use the safe mode and switch to software rendering. SweetFX Shader Suite prevents Launcher from running in HW accelerated mode. If you have UAC enabled on your system, or if you are using a standard (limited) user account (not administrator account), and are running Steam as “Administrator”, you will have to start the Launcher also as “Administrator”. Please check that the Steam client on your computer is running and that it is online. Launcher status indicates that Steam is running in Offline Mode. You can start the launcher with -nohwa parameter to switch it automatically into software rendering mode. In Safe Mode, you can disable HW acceleration for the Launcher (you will be asked when entering Safe Mode - or via the checkbox on the Launcher's Options page). Safe Mode - or via the checkbox on the Launcher's Options page). In Safe Mode, you can disable HW acceleration for the Launcher (you will be asked when entering Or you can start the launcher with the -safemode parameter. You can run the Arma 3 Launcher in Safe Mode by pressing and holdingĬtrl + Shift before running the Launcher and releasing them once the Launcher starts.

If the Launcher’s window is not visible, but you see an icon of running application in the taskbar, please try running the Launcher in *Note: You have to install the x86 version of the package even when you have a 64-bit system.

Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2013 (x86 - vcredist_x86.exe)* These packages should be installed automatically by the Steam client. The Arma 3 Launcher needs the following packages installed before it can run.

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