JohnDMarshall

Just so you know the server list is managed by Steam using an overlay. Time to look at Steam and 32bit overlays may help.

https://twitter.com/dayzdevteam >>>>> 13hrs ago ---- Looks like we're all go for a rollout of 0.44 to stable tomorrow! Brian tell's me it's ready, changelog being written now. Check your steam for DayZ update -

I played for 8 hours on experimental and got KOS every time i met someone - meeting friendly players is rare for me - shot in back 3 times - mowed down by M4 about 5 times - hacked to death with axe twice - each and everyone of these people were geared up and I was not. The best gear I had was a 22 sporter rifle and no ammo. Why do people KOS 99.9% of the time and wont give undergeared players a chance ?

Toast123 - please tell us what Video Card you have ? I have had this same problem but I have an Nvidia Graphics card. My fix was to remove all video drivers from my PC and install drivers that are over 10 months old. If the old drivers work then you may have figured out that new drivers are not always the best to use. Everyone's PC is different and new drivers may not be good for some whereas a new driver may fix an issue for others. Please do try backdating your drivers and see if it solves the problem. EDIT: I forgot to mention my wife also had the same issue with new drivers while playing a different game entirely and rolling back to older drivers from the archives on the Nvidia website fixed her problem too.

To save computer load some graphics have 2 levels - 1st level is very low quality and just gives you what you are seeing now for long distances - 2nd level is good quality and is what you see if you were standing next to the building. If you really have to see everything at good quality then you need to change some settings in your files. C:\Users\<yourcomputername>\Documents\DayZ\ is where to look. In there find the file called <yourcomputername>.DayZProfile ( please copy this and paste the copy into another folder for backup purposes - if all goes wrong you can copy it back and replace the file you edited ) Try changing the lines to these settings. sceneComplexity=150000; shadowZDistance=70; viewDistance=2500; preferredObjectViewDistance=2500; These are only suggestions and may not work for everyone. You may notice a loss of FPS.

A few things noted about DayZ I found awkward: Teamspeak overlay caused my DayZ to crash DayZ is DX9 32bit - no idea if thats a problem lol but worth a mention Nvidia video drivers have been noted to cause DayZ to crash. ( 314.22 is the only Nvidia driver that works for my situation )

You say it is not related to Drivers and in my experience and others you may find that it is. I ran into a similar situation where my computer would freeze up or black screen or just randomly shut down and it was all because of the video drivers.

Would you kindly explain where Rify is as it would help us to understand where the statue is in Rify, which town was where you stopped for water and which Airfield you mean. Thank you.

Problem with your post = you did not tell us if it was no sound ingame (which is what it seemed you meant) or no sound from your PC (which usually means broken speakers/headset or bad driver/failed hardware etc. You need to check to see what you installed ( software update ) because it may happen again - good luck :D

There have been some issues with the Nvidia 335.23 - i would recommend rolling back or completly removing your current drivers and using drivers from last year - i use 314.22 as these work for me without problems. I have experienced black screens and times when the game looses video completly and i end up with sound and able to move but cannot see anything but my desktop - the game is still running but the drivers drop the video completly with 335.23.... My video card is a GTX 560

Open the Change Server list button Choose server by clicking on it once ( 1 click ) At the bottom right of the screen you have the button saying CONNECT Click on that If you click PLAY at the start of your gaming it will always connect you to the last server you were on.

The easiest way is to either delete or move your config files. You dont mention what Operationg System you are using so I will use Windows 7 as the basis for my response. Shut down DayZ and Steam completely. Open the Documents folder and find the DayZ folder within - inside you should find 3 files DayZ.cfg <yourname>.DayZProfile <yourname>.vars.DayZProfile Create a new folder inside the DayZ folder and call it Temp - now move the 3 files you see above into this new Temp folder. Doing this instead of deleting them will allow you more control if you want to reverse this action. Restart Steam and Play the game and you should be able to fix your configuration again. If you want to undo these changes - delete the new files created and drag your original files back out of the Temp folder. If you are happy with the new files you can instead delete the Temp folder and continue with the new files. I hope this is clear enough to follow. Of course editing the files to improve your game play is nice but not everyone is confident of doing this - remember always make copies of the original files and place them in a new folder so if mistakes are made you can copy the originals back and overwrite the faulty files. You may wish to obtain Notepad++ from http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ and use this for editing the dayz config files - this is a nice editor and generally does not cause issues when saving config files ( it does not change the format / syntax of the file structure except what you change yourself ).

It would be nice if you could post the Nvidia Driver you are currently able to use - the one you rolled back to so others can see. Otherwise thank you for posting.

I too was plagued by YOU ARE DEAD in the middle of nowhere and for no reason over a whole 2 weeks. This is my story and I did post this elsewhere but I shall repeat it here. The first 4 times this happened I was pretty frustrated but coming to terms with the inevitable loss of everything I had picked up was starting to creep in. One day while bemoaning my losses to my friends someone says that I just lost connection to Steam so I ALT+Tabbed out of the game and I find that although I was connected there was an error on my screen saying that my Gaming Mouse software had crashed. So after finding a VERY secluded spot far up North near to the edge of the playable map I logged off and prepared to go cook my evening meal. A quick look at the BBC news and suddenly my mouse stops tracking correctly, move the mouse and cursor does not move. If it did move it was only for a few inches across the screen. DEAD MOUSE approaching. Back to the store my Mad Catz RAT 7 Laser Gaming Mouse went and with a replacement in hand of a brand new Logitech G700s I went home. Un-installed the software for the Madcatz gaming mouse and launched DayZ SA. Since then I have not had one death to unknown circumstances. I can log out and log in and I dont get the message saying I am dead. I tested this for 5 days by being super ultra careful and only playing in areas where there were no players zeds or buildings. On the 6th day I am happy I have conquered the problem and so I go up to a construction yard and loot the roof it is at this point KARMA gets me and I lagged out to see myself Glitch through the wall and fall to my death below........ If you have the chance try a different mouse than the one you use but you may need to uninstall the software for it and use the default microsoft drivers. So for my problem it was a hardware+software issue. I am now at 10+ days alive. 253 hours game time - on average 8.5 hours a day running around Chernarus

For awhile I was having a problem where I would log out and when I logged back on after awhile ( didnt matter how long I was offline ) I would see the message YOU ARE DEAD on my screen. At first I thought it was a bug in the game but it was not that at all, I read the forums and the feedback, then tried all the tricks people suggested but it was not a glitch or a bug as my default file was also being reset. Now it so happens on one of my moments after death that a friend noticed in game that I had logged off from Steam, yet I was still connected. So shutting the game down I decided to check everything on my steam was active, as I browsed the forums again suddenly my mouse stopped tracking and I received a message that my software had crashed. After a few agonising moments it came to be the point that indeed my MadCatz R.A.T. 7 Laser Gaming Mouse had indeed failed and so I borrowed my wifes mouse to continue - a basic wireless mouse from HP. The wireless mouse software installed yet I was still getting problems. I then uninstalled the RAT7 software and suddenly I could play again and since then I have not died for unknown reasons. May I suggest that if you die on a regular basis at login please do consider that your hardware may be contributing to this problem. Try a different mouse as a start even if its a basic dirt cheap mouse your kid sister uses. Then check to see if turning off any back ground programs such as old mouse software helps you stay alive through the log in phase. I can only relate that by uninstalling the SMART TECHNOLOGY software and detaching the mouse from my computer I have solved my problem. I replaced the MadCatz R.A.T. 7 Laser Gaming Mouse with a Logitech G700s Laser Wireless gaming mouse and so far I have been alive for over 5 days. During this time I have not been killed by any other player or by zombies however I did glitch off the top of a construction yard and fell to my death. Good luck to other people who have the YOU ARE DEAD when you log on. Please do try a different mouse and temporarily uninstall you current mouse software. You can always re-install the drivers/software for your gaming mouse if you dont find this to cure your problem.

You see this is the thing - unless you have this issue you wont know whats causing it - for me it was my mouse and software causing the problem. If you dont have a problem like this you will not be able to find a solution. I had a car that kept breaking down - I took it to 5 garages and none of them thought to check to see if there was anything wrong with the fuel filter. They all said it was an ignition problem and all wanted to charge me lotsa money to replace the whole thing. It was only by the fact that I had an old car that I considered the fuel filter fitted inside the fuel tank. Problem solved. This was my solution to a problem - it may help others and at least its worth trying to see if it might be the cause :)