Flashlight doesn't work

[fireatwillsmith 0]

Hi, I apologize in advance if this is the wrong place for this.

I have a military flashlight works fine for me, I've notice i can only turn it on if i'm looking down. not really the point here. my friend has a standard issue flashlight, no matter what he does it doesn't turn on what so ever. I've had him change the key binding for it still nothing, we've even switched flashlights and the one he gives me works fine but he can't use mine. Anyone else run into this problem?

[tnoy23 4]

you can only use it at night

[copper2010 6]

flashlights are one of the most annoying things that ever hit daz, useful, but annoying. Make sure you are pressing L, for that turns the light on. I am pretty sure flashlights only turn on if it is very dark, so make sure you are in a very dark area, point down, spam the L button (or whatever button you binded it to).

[ActionManZlt 160]

The reason why they L key only works "when looking down" is actually because it only works "when running at a good framerate".

Looking down generally improves your framerate, hence the correlation there.

Not sure why this is (another Arma2 engine flaw...), but if your friend takes measures to improve their framerate, then their L key will start working again...

[fireatwillsmith 0]

Thanks for the reply. I'll have him check it out