the file i use to start the server is a bat file @echo off :start :: start the server..set dayzpath="C:\your arma 2 oa insallation folder\"cd /d %dayzpath%start "dayz" /min "arma2oaserver.exe" -port=2302 "-config=cfgdayz\server.cfg" "-cfg=cfgdayz\basic.cfg" "-maxMem=2047" -cpuCount=2 "-profiles=cfgdayz" "-name=cfgdayz" "-mod=@dayz;@hive;" timeout 21600 taskkill /im arma2oaserver.exe /F timeout 145 goto start this batfile wil read the config files run the arma2oaserver.exe and after 6 houres it will exit waith 145 secounds then start the server again when i start the game i go to multi player and choose my server and i log into my server with mysql password and press start