Arma Reforger 1.8.0.13 Fixes RCON Crashes and Greatly Reduces Helicopter Rotor Damage

The update also adds server logging and analytics settings while correcting radio, vehicle, group, and modding issues across all platforms.

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Arma Reforger 1.8.0.13 is now live across all platforms, with Bohemia Interactive greatly reducing helicopter rotor damage and fixing a crash that could occur when vanilla scripted commands were used on a modded server through RCON. The studio confirmed the update in its Steam announcement on September 3, 2026.

Server administration receives a useful set of changes. Successful join requests now record the server ID and name in client logs, while server logging has been improved for players becoming commanders. Ping calculation has also been adjusted, and a new analytics setting is available in the Gameplay settings menu.

Several player-facing problems are addressed as well. Radio functionality should no longer fail intermittently, loiter animations have been corrected, and vehicles can roll downhill again when the parking brake is released while physics are paused. The update also removes an option to save loadouts from deployable FIA tents, since FIA cannot save loadouts.

Group creation rules have been tightened in the modding systems. Players can now be placed into an existing group when it matches the requested attributes, while duplicate solo groups and invalid private-group requests are blocked. Privacy settings are also checked against the group’s rules before they are changed or replicated.

The patch follows the broader Arma Reforger 1.8 update, which introduced Far Hide and expanded specialist and fortification systems. Version 1.8.0.13 focuses more narrowly on stability, logging, gameplay cleanup, and mod support.

Bohemia Interactive directs players to the known issues page for ongoing problems and the Feedback Tracker for reports and suggestions. The complete 1.8.0.13 changelog is reproduced below.

Arma Reforger 1.8.0.13 Patch Notes

The update’s largest gameplay adjustment affects helicopter rotors, while the stability work covers RCON servers, equipment models, task systems, map scaling, and building tools. The remaining fixes reach into radio behavior, vehicle physics, group management, analytics, and persistence scripts.

Assets

Changed: Damage to helicopter rotors greatly reduced
Fixed: Far hide outline artifacts when using MSAA
Fixed: Possible character ragdoll deformation
Fixed: “Toggle spawning with saved loadout” option was available on deployable FIA tent (FIA can’t save loadouts)
Fixed: Triggered weapon equip followed by Emote command would levitate equipped weapon above emoting character

Stability and Performance

Fixed: Crash when using vanilla scripted commands on modded server via RCON
Added: Client logs server ID and name on successful join request
Added: Better server logging for when players become commander
Fixed: IOP.Reset was not covered by the lock and could cause MT issues
Fixed: Crash when an equipment item used an empty model
Fixed: Potential VME from server in SCR_CampaignBuildingTransformingEditorComponent
Fixed: Rare VMEs from division by zero due to errors with map scale
Fixed: Rare null pointer exception with the building editor
Fixed: Using HitZone::SetHealthScaled during damage handling can cause wrong damage state
Fixed: Minor VME when checking amount of tasks
Fixed: VMEs in task system related to tasks spawned by the game.

General

Added: Analytics settings in the Gameplay settings menu
Changed: Improved ping calculation
Fixed: Radio would not work sometimes
Fixed: HQC – Saving loadout Supply Cost is not limited by non-MSAR items
Fixed: Using loiter animations would sometimes break
Fixed: Vehicle wouldn’t roll down the hill when parking brake was released while vehicle physics were paused

Modding

Fixed: thermalProfileDefault.conf log spam
Changed: Enabled SCR_AnalyticsApplication world system and enabled related scripts
Changed: Player requesting creation of a new group will be joined to already existing group if it matches the attributes of the requested one, or can be reconfigured to be like that (name, description, privacy)
Changed: Player won’t be able to create a new group if his existing group matches the requested one, while only having him in it
Changed: Players can no longer request creation of a private group if the request is not set to automatically join the created group
Changed: Players can no longer request creation of groups which would not be deleted when the last player leaves them
Changed: Privacy state will be only possible to set if the group allows for its privacy state to be changed
Changed: Privacy state will be only replicated if the current state on the server differs from the requested one
Fixed: Persistence script rules were not invoked
Fixed: Prevention of TDR crashes when generating Shore map

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Powered by the new Enfusion engine, Arma Reforger lets you fight for supremacy over 51 km2 of incredible island terrain in an authentic Cold War setting, or create unique scenarios in real-time with the Game Master curation mode. Return to Everon, the war-driven microstate from the hit game that started it all, Arma: Cold War Assault.