FrostyKush

This is from the -skipintro parameter. Did you just switch over to dayz launcher recently? Also this is not a problem, its actually recommended to help in loading times slightly.

Hmm, that's an interesting one. How many files does it say are being redownloaded when you validate?

Anybody that has issues after following the guide here post them in this thread and I will update the original post with special instructions.

Arma 2 has been moved to steam as of version 125548, this requires you to have a legitimate copy of the game and steam to be running anytime you are playing.

Excellent man, thank you. Glad to see you back on the grid, my server really needed the boost. Is there any chance of getting overpoch support in the future? It's simple enough for experienced players to join overpoch but I see a lot of people struggle with it. If not no big deal, just my curiosity getting the best of me.

Yea the changes you guys are seeing is the switch from playerIDs to SteamIDs.

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/205145-tutorial-how-to-play-dayz-mod-with-163-of-steam-dayz-commander-and-dayz-launcher/ follow my instructions here, also looks like you will need the first step in my tutorial to add your game to steam.

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/205145-tutorial-how-to-play-dayz-mod-with-163-of-steam-dayz-commander-and-dayz-launcher/ follow the instructions here, also many many servers have shutdown due to the chaos of the last month for server admins. This is the biggest update that has happened in dayz mod history and is not a particularly easy one for a noob admin/owner. P.S. Rocket has nothing to do with this at all.

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/205145-tutorial-how-to-play-dayz-mod-with-163-of-steam-dayz-commander-and-dayz-launcher/ follow my instructions there and then follow the dayz laucher instructions should solve your problem as dayz launcher has overpoch support

Yea it's up to your server hosts to take care of the database changes.

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/205145-tutorial-how-to-play-dayz-mod-with-163-of-steam-dayz-commander-and-dayz-launcher/ follow the tutorial there it should take care of all of the mentioned problems. If you still have trouble comment in that thread and I will try and help you out.

Also wrote up a tutorial for anyone struggling to join games still here, http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/205145-tutorial-how-to-play-dayz-mod-with-163-of-steam-dayz-commander-and-dayz-launcher/#entry2059216

Yes you can, you can either search the IP in the server browser or you can go to launch and then advanced. Once in there you will need to add the mods in the proper order (Epoch last if you are playing any form of Epoch).

Unfortunately there is nothing you can do for that, its the switch from playerids to steamids. Your server admin may be able to update you to your old character in the database but that depends heavily on his knowledge of the server, sorry. Glad you were able to get in though, I see tons of people struggling on here to get into games since the update and figured instead of answering them one by one I would just write something up for everyone.

A lot of servers shutdown (around 3,000) due to the chaos of the last month for server owners, if you are still trying to use dayz commander though you will need to verify the integrity of your game cache through steam for arma 2 OA and arma 2. Let it download the necessary files then run each once so they can install properly. Restart dayz commander after this and it should detect you as having 125548 for arma and you should be good to join servers again. I would recommend switching to dayz launcher though as it's easier to use and updated more quicker than dayz commander. If you are interested in using dayz launcher I have a tutorial here that also explains more in detail if you don't know how to verify through steam, just ignore the steps about joining my server. http://gunsablazin.enjin.com/forum/m/22457958/viewthread/13050664-instructions-to-join-dayz-overpochupdate-arma

Also it looks like a lot of servers are calling it quits due to all the nonsense over the last month, total server count is down about 2,500 this month.

A lot of this is most likely due to the 1,000s of server owners out there that didn't know an update was coming because they do not keep up on the BE support for non steam versions being pulled. Give it a few days for those late to the party to get their servers together. In the meantime play a server that has updated.

I'm in EST I won't be around until late tonight, but tomorrow I can try and help you out. Sucks with this whole update/gamespy shutdown how hard its making it for some people.

"IMPORTANT: BattlEye will stop providing protection for servers using outdated non-Steam versions of the game soon. This will happen regardless of GameSpy's status, so server admins are urged to upgrade their servers to the latest 1.63 Steam patch ASAP." This is what he was talking about. BE is pulling support for non-steam versions soon. Dayzlauncher.com will be the new way to join once that happens. It's already working with the new steam versions and works quite well.

Is this the website for the server you are trying to join?

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?179732-Arma-2-Operation-Arrowhead-Update-1-63 the 4th section down in that gives the instructions. Once you do that and update and verify your files through steam, run the game once to make sure it installs for each Arma 2 and OA. After that grab DayZ Launcher from dayzlauncher.com and download the mods you wanna play then join a server or to make it simpler just choose a server from the browser in DayZ Launcher and click join and it will prompt you to download the mods the server is running, allow them to download, then join the server you downloaded the mods for.

Well Arma 2 has been moved to steam with the impending gamespy shutdown. You can register your copy bought directly from BI to steam though as long as you actually own a copy... And to be clear you will need to have the steam version in the near future to join ANY dayz mod server once the BE shutdown for the old versions happens.

Cool, let me know how you make out. This whole update has been a fiasco so far.

If you are running the current version of Arma 2 OA just download and install http://dayzlauncher.com/. Go to the server browser and join the server you would like to play. It will prompt you to download the missing mods, depending on what you are trying to join. Select ok and allow them to download (may take quite a while depending on you internet connection). When they are finished downloading go to the same server and click join. It should load you up and put you into the lobby. Select ok at this point to load into the game. If you have any trouble with this message me on here and I will walk you through it on ours servers Teamspeak.

If you run into any troubles after following this let me know and I will hop in TS3 with you to help you figure it out.