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Players that have issues connecting to Tanoa QuickSilver with the message “Initializing…” or long load times should follow the instructions below.
First, be aware it can take as much as 5 min on a slow internet connection to complete the Tanoa connection and if Arma loses focus (you ALT-Tab to another application) the transfer will stop and may cause an issue, keep Arma in focus as you load into Tanoa.
If after waiting up to 5 min you still have not connected to Tanoa,
Stop Arma 3 and the Arma 3 Launcher
Delete all files in the …\AppData\Local\Arma 3\MPMissionsCache. To located that directory:
- Press - Windows + R
- In the field on the open window type explorer.exe then press enter
- In the address bar where it says This PC> type %localappdata%/Arma 3/MPMissionsCache
- Left click any file in the …\AppData\Local\Arma 3\MPMissionsCache director then press CTRL + A to select all files
- Press the Del key to delete all files
Next, we are going to rename your existing Profile Mission Variables making a backup, when Arma is started the file will be recreated. To rename the file:
- Press - Windows + R
- In the field on the open window type explorer.exe then press enter
- In the address bar where it says This PC> type %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles- if that folder does not exist go to ALTERNATIVE FOLDER
- In the …\Arma 3 - Other Profiles folder, locate the folder with the name of your current Arma 3 Profile
- Double-click the profile folder to open it.
- Right-click the file *.vars.Arma3Profile where * is equal to your profile name (i.e. VileAce.vars.Arma3Profile)
- Select Rename
- Rename the file to *.vars.Arma3Profile.bak (i.e. VileAce.vars.Arma3Profile.bak)
ALTERNATIVE FOLDER
Skip this section if you were able to find your profile in the \Documents\Arma 3 - Other Profiles folder
- Press - Windows + R
- In the field on the open window type explorer.exe then press enter
- In the address bar where it says This PC> type %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Arma 3
- Right-click the file *.vars.Arma3Profile where * is equal to your profile name (i.e. VileAce.vars.Arma3Profile)
- Select Rename
- Rename the file to *.vars.Arma3Profile.bak (i.e. VileAce.vars.Arma3Profile.bak)
Restart Arma
EDIT:
It may also be a good idea to disable any realtime virus protection while at least downloading the mission and connecting to the server, if not the whole time playing Arma.
You should now be able to connect to the Tanoa server. The first connection will take a little longer as the 48 MB mission file will need to be downloaded, but once the mission file is downloaded, the “Initializing…” phase should not take more than 5 min. It is very important not to Alt-Tab away from the game until after you have control of your character.
So you may be asking yourself, why does it take up to 5 minutes to connect to Tanoa.
There is a lot of information that is sent from the server to the client and from the client to the server upon connection. Unlike Altis, Tanoa is not database driven so information is kept in the server mission variables and client-side variables. This information needs to be sent back and forth on the initial connection. Some of the information stored includes the leader boards, arsenal restrictions, roles, default loadouts, users’ last loadout, general permissions, current and recent mission states, FOB states and much more.
