thirdnameivepicked2day

I can find servers now but cant get past waiting for host. this sucks. ive done more work trying to get the game to work than ive done in the game. why is there a lan tab if you cant use it? id like to play solo or just me and a friend.bare minimum id just like to play the game i paid for. im glad i didnt buy any other steam games.

I have no servers showing up in my dayz standalone( and yes i clicked the internet tab im not retarded). I found an ip for a server off gametracker or somethin or other. It took like 15 minutes to connect. it just said wait for host. then it loaded the names of the other players along the side in green text. it said some something then it said ready! 10 minutes later, im actually in the game. I go from building to building not finding anything. No items, no zombies, no other players. About an hour later i find a rotten orange. I leave it cuz its rotten and worthless. a few seconds later everyone on the server gets kicked. havent found another server I can connect to yet. Its 12:30am now and ive been trying since 5pm. I can get as far as the wait for host with the green names but it never goes further. It does however say im thirsty and hungry even though im not in the damn game. Im afraid I spent 30 bucks so I could almost get a rotten virtual orange and starve to death in limbo. This is the dumbest thing Ive ever invested my time or money into. The more I try to get a good server, the more retarded I feel. Im afraid that ill soon go full retard if something doesn't give. Is there someway I can host my own server and play solo?