Black Shard

Same here, got letters in my playerID, too (didn't came unexpected, though as I read the BI Forums often). Will wait paitently then.

Nah they say "The solution is implemented in build 94002..." - the current Beta Patch Build is 93965 :) - so it is not in the current beta build. Once you install the new beta (once they release it, that is) this will be fixed for you, because you will get a new playerId (Arma X users get a new playerId, Operation Arrowhead users won't).

Hi there, it's an Arma 2 Bug which Bohemia will address in a future Beta Patch, see here: http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?136223-PlayerId-change-for-Reinforcements-ArmA-X-users You are basically sharing your PlayerID (not your GUID, this is an unique value based on the CD Key) with another user out there. Which results in both of you playing the same DayZ char (since DayZ uses the playerId as a distinguishing factor). Edit: Well it is one of the possibilities, I bought a retail Arma X Copy and got the same problem, just as a sidenote

I'm having the weird bug of spawning with the Chars of other people (or that's how it seems, to be precise)- meaning I get different Items at random. I did have this problem for the last few days (if I recall correctly it started with 1.5.8) now and actually created a Bug Report for this (which was said to undergo moderation). I noted afterwards that some people had similar Problems (till I think one of the 1.5.8.x patches where released) I told a Mod he didn't need to "publish" the topic (seeing as it would be reporting the same error twice). Three hours ago I had a char with had a Czech Backpack and a Winchester, Grenade and some other stuff. But that char wasn't mine, I only had a Makarov that time and some more "food" as well as a Czech Backpack. Now (more like 21:20) I spawned with an AKS (Kobra), an Alice Backpack, Sandbags, a lot of ammunition and other stuff - high end gear pretty much. Spawning Positions as well as Stats (Blood, Kills, etc) where wildly variating, aswell. What Servers I joined didn't make any difference. So far I haven't seen much posts regarding such weird happenings, so I'm rather inclined to believe that my Profile is corrupted. Though of course there's still the chance that it is some rare bug. Is there any "official" way to reach rocked/ some other staff member, or should I simply send a PM to several Mods/ Devs? I can also provide the .rpt file or how it was called. Just drop me a note if more information is needed. Footnote: Yes, my ArmA 2 Version is legit. I bought it one week ago - ArmA X to be precise (so pretty much the all in one version) from a store. Edit: So I've taken a look at the rpt file, while my Player ID seems to be correct each login, but there's a chance that I get another Character ID as response. Weird...

Thanks for the heads up, that may explain why the my char is dead sometimes and I'm starting from the shore again. Hope everything goes well with the ARMA 2 Beta Patches regarding fixing this Bug - doesn't really matter to me if I loose progress as they mentioned as long as my copy (and everyone elses) copy still works. Looking forward to actually play without sharing characters in this case.

n4ndoz pretty much build upon a good idea. However I would only count the counter up if the player joins another server. That way, even after a DC due to whatever, you could immediately rejoin the server you where last in. Now the Problem with that is, you would have to track a server history for each player in this case. Also, simply tracking the last few servers is not enough, as someone might end up just switching to 5 different servers (if, say, we only track 4) to get into the desired server again. Now you might want to impose a total limit of "hops" before some other action is taken. Whatever that is, would have to be up to discussion. "Easiest" way would be a DayZ "Global" Ban for 15 Minutes due to Server hopping. Problem with that is, people who need to switch servers for whatever reason (performance problems like we had in the past, etc. pp). So there is a lot more to take into account than it meets the eye at first So granted rocket does state this is truly an exploit he wants to fix, there is quite a lot of thoughts to be made on this. However that's why we're here pretty much.

+support I also agree. While Jorden does have a point with the description problem. If I would be rocket (lucky for everybody I am not) I would deny access to every server running an outdated version, unless this is specifically whitelisted (e.g. for testing purposes if really necessary). However the problem is also the explosion of players the game had. He might very well have done that beforehand (I don't know as I was swept in with "everybody" else pretty much) and it poses more of a problem now than it did before (Forum getting hammered due to people thinking they found a bug, general whine and cries why it doesn't work, you know what I mean).

Yeah I know, but the chars had wildly different equipment, that's why it seems somewhat unlikely to me. Then again if it is like this I don't know what I'm supposed to do - cause I won't buy the game a second time to give the "Stealer" a Free CD key.

@Limeni2x For me or for him? For me that would make no sense, unless the one having my CD key is a cheater or a very skilled player (seeing as most of the time I get characters with vastly different stuff, ranging from "normal" to "high end" gear). It also logs which gear you got in the RPT file.

I don't know either, I updated my topic with some more information. Hopefully someone of the DEVs can chime in and take a look.

More Info (Player ID 24386): Note there are some bugged starts (not from joining MP), I kept them in the RPT because I didn't feel like removing all invalid lines. All Numbers below bold lines are line numbers in the RPT file (as shown by Notepad++) FOR all other characters, my actual player ID never changed, i just seemed to get other character IDs at random times. See following lines for my original character (ID 607715): 582 5192 11534 13572 14800 16364 20262 21344 22398 27589 First other character ( character ID 998299 ): 28584 29376 1 Million Bug (ID is sent as 1.0047e+006): 29909 At that point I think I killed my char I (thought I was bugged) My new char Id 1062734 (after installing hotfix): 30735 31096 Second other Character (ID 1072806): 40432 41015 If I remember right I killed that char by respawn (sorry to whomever char I probably killed) My New char ID 1281939: 41990 Third other char in (id 1285922, Server hopping to see if it is server related): 47121 47995 49255 Fourth other char (ID 1375769): 50401 That's when I stopped trying.

If you are sure it's your character, it may be related to something like this (my problem is the exact opposite of yours): http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=8157 I can't play my own character but getting (seemingly) others at random...

Well I first emptied my current backpack on the floor, then I emptied the czech backpack of any loot (temporary dropped that too the floor, too) and switched backpacks by using the mouse wheel to choose the action.

Did you try emptying a backpack? Before my char current bugged out I actually emptied the czech back and could then proceed to pick it up. I remember having wondered about this several days ago. I recall reading that you have to empty the backpacks in order to pick them up.

Any Idea if the spawn bug also has other manifestations, like spawning with gear I never picked? I did start a new char today, played somewhat, found some basic stuff, logged out. Zero Kills (No Zombies, no players, I did not die) Now I logged back in and well, there I am, having an AK74, some Uzi in the Pistol Slot, an Alice Backpack, apparently I've also killed Zombies and a Bandit. (also, I had like every tool item except night vision, it almost seems like it's another players data, spawn point was also changed, but I don't know where I left off with my old char - somewhere in the woods) I had the same issue two days ago, but was waiting for the 1.5.8.4 Hotfix (hoping it would fix the issue) Should I send you the *.rpt file you mentioned in another post? Could this have been caused by some server having an old HIVE Version?

Do not die? Damn I killed myself after I spawned with some high end gear I never found myself, thinking "if its a bug, just report and start a new". Oh well, such is life and alpha-testing.

I guess the rather large "thread" I made (which is supposed to go through moderation first) is pretty much this problem. I don't know if it is really necessary to still publish it, it seems more players than me had something like that, so feel free to do as you wish regarding the new thread I wrote.

*Date/Time: (these are estimates) 21.05.2012 (last really scavening actions I did) 22.05.2012 (last known day where I had my old gear - moved further north this day) 23.05.2012 22:23 (when I joined a Server) *What happened: 22.05.2012 - everything was quite normal till I left the game on that day 23.05.2012 22:23 - I spawn with High end Gear - AKS74-U, Binocs, I guess every "tool" item, Colt 1911, Ammunition, Firewood, and a high end backpack. Where you were: That's a good question right there, it was some sort of Army "Airfield" (not the huge one in the north) near one of the bigger cities I think). Later on 22.05.2012 I moved further north (I guess) and logged off. Today I logged in at a Virgina USA Server (couldn't connect to others) and well, I spawned with high end gear (well for me it was high end) - and a complete other location - I was also at day 0 again (was two or three before) My total zombie kill count was 24 (correct) but my headshot count was lowered considerably, also I was back to full temperature and my blood was refilled from about 6000 which I had at the end of 22.05.2012 I didn't keep track of all servers I tried, though, sorry. *What you were doing: 21.05.2012 I was prone moving near this place into a small town (with a large hall) to scavenge some loot, fought of 20 Zombies (done 20 headshots), got the fuck out of there and hid in the bushes. 22.05.2012 logged in to record a video (why I avoid servers with playernames) - see Video Link further Down (look at stats and weapons I got) Later on 22.05.2012 I moved further north (I guess) and logged off. I later logged on again to be greeted by the low FPS bug. So I logged off again, trying other servers (getting a lot of 15 Minute loadtimes - actually never getting in servers). After restarting the game and picking out a random server I actually get in the game, but heavily bleeding, lost all ammunition and aswell as being positioned further away form my actual "logging" of position. I logged off instantly at that point. 23.05.2012: I logged in at a Virgina USA Server (couldn't connect to others) and well, I spawned with high end gear (well for me it was high end) - AKS74-U, Binocs, I guess every "tool" item like toolbox, map, etc.., Colt 1911, Ammunition, Firewood, and a large backpack. *Current installed version: 1.5.8.2 *Server(s) you were on: The Server in the Video was a DE Server (without the number infront of it) I think it was Sonder Kommando Sturm or something like that - the Server used to be a Veteran one, till it got rebooted. I played on this for the last days, including the 21.05.2012 and 22.05.2012 I recall loggin into another server on 22.05.2012, but I don't know which one that was (the one I use mainly was full) I, as I said, had to try different servers to actually get into the game on 23.05.2012 , I didn't keep track on these. Other than saying that when I spawned at a Virgina Based US Server today (when I noticed the bug) I kept no track of all servers I tried to connect to (I've mostly been waiting for 10-15 Minutes) *Your system specs: AMD Phenom II X965 BE 4GB RAM (DDR 2) nVidia GeForce 470 Windows x64 *Other Information I have videos of both dates (from 22.05.2012 when I had my old stuff on the Sonder Kommando Sturm Server and right after I joined the Virgina based US Server on 23.05.2012), this one was actually more or less randomly done because I wanted to show some people WHY I play on veteran servers without Crosshair and Playernames. It doesn't show the exploring part I did after that - I picked up no new stuff, though! See here: The Second one was done just now pretty much, I was quite baffled what just happend (you will pretty much notice that when you pay attention to what I wrote in the ingame chat) - please have patience while I upload this (I have a very slow connection) - I don't know if it is of any help because other than showing the gear it doesn't show much. I'll edit the post as soon as the video is up (probably over the course of tomorrow). If there's any more information needed, please tell. I hope I didn't wrote too much, though. I killed me by the way, because I didn't want to continue with bugged Items I didn't work for. Which was rather stupid because I guess it deleted the Database record now which could've been used to pinpoint a problem if it wasn't a random bug. I actually realized that when the "You are dead" screen came up. If I'd give out an uneducated guess, this either seems like these got spawned into my inventory (maybe while I was in debug forest?) or I somehow got the wrong charater loaded from the Database.