Skydive (DayZ)

I only ran Server 2008 R2 with my DayZ servers in the past because it used to run better on it. Server 2012 R2 is far more responsive. Boots faster and performs far better if you are running up-to-date hardware. The new server I just built is running an i7 990X overclocked to 4.5GHz, is water cooled and is running 2133MHz DDR3 with a Samsung 256GB 840 Pro SSD. It moves along quite nicely.

Not sure what the problem may have been. Could have just been a corrupted install. Server 2012 R2 performs a hell of a lot better than 2008 R2, so it's win-win. Server is getting populated and I haven't run into any real problems so far.

Okay, so here is the update: I got fed up with trying to get the steam install to work on the new server I set up for it, so I wiped the whole server and installed Windows Server 2012 R2 on it. It was previously running Windows Server 2008 R2. Did all of the ArmA 2, ArmA 2 OA, and DayZ installs with steam as I had before, (using the Steam GUI) added the @hive and database files to the A2 OA directory, and modified my -mod string so that it only has @DayZ and @Hive. This time everything worked as it should. Dunno if the steam install just didn't like Server 2008 R2 or what. On a side note, for gametracker to show your server correctly with the steam install, you will need to set the scan port to your steamqueryport in your server confilg file. I am using the default 22816.

Still having issues trying to get a server up using Steam to install ArmA 2 & OA and also getting server working. I have used SteamCMD to download the files as per the post R4Z0R made, but whenever I launch my script that I have always used, I get an error about missing files. (Yes, I have modified my paths in my scripts to reflect the new directories used) Do I still need to copy the ArmA 2 Addons directory into the server directory SteamCMD downloaded all the files to? Or, should I simply have OA install into the ArmA 2 directory to avoid these headaches? I'm wondering if I need to change something with my startup string or -mod string to have my DayZ server launch correctly with the Steam install. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Can someone that has successfully done this updating using Steam please post some detailed instructions? I am having no luck getting my server to work with a Steam install. I have previously installed Combined Operations with DVD images to my server. This is the first time I have done it using steam to install ArmA 2 and ArmA 2 OA. I already had to copy the Addons folder from ArmA 2 to ArmA 2 OA to get it to have less errors. I don't know if my scripts I use for launching and restarting my server are not compatible with the steam install. I did change the paths to reflect the different paths with steam in my scripts. Also, do you have to change the -mod string for the server to work correctly with Steam? Even though my server is set for port 2303, when I launch it, it is using 2314 for some reason. So if anyone has some ideas or good instructions on how to set a server up correctly with steam, I would love to know!

I have another server all set up with the steam beta 125402. Not sure if I want to cut over to it or not.

I have not had time yet to do the steam update on my server and seeing all the problems with the latest beta patch makes me glad I have not updated yet. I think I will stay on the 112555 beta patch. If players want to continue using my server, they can direct connect to it until the steam patch issues are sorted out.

This will certainly damage adoption of the new patch. Most DayZ players forget rule #1: Don't get attached to your gear.

Thank you for all the info, Kichilron! I'll have to look into importing my ArmA 2 DVD keys into Steam and see if I can get this all set up. My dedicated game servers are servers I hand built that are overclock and water cooled and have good NVIDIA gpus in them. They can handle anything GUI based.

Why can't I use Steam on dedicated servers? They are my servers and I use steam to install ArmA 3 already on my server. Can the DayZ server(s) still be launched the same way I always have with my scripts?

What would you like in terms of servers? Two servers clustered for redundancy and HA or just a single box? Most any scenario is easily achieved if we choose to run this in my VMware cloud or it could be run on bare metal as well. Really just depends on the IOPS we need for the DB.

I was thinking the same thing as Jimmy. I am in the process of moving, so it will be a little hard for me to provide infrastructure or servers right now, but maybe once I get settled in my new place I can help make this happen.

Confirmed!

I hope for Bohemia's sake, they are hosting the SA db server in-house.

Has there been any word that someone at Bohemia is trying to deal with recovering / moving the Official Hive db server?

That would explain it's demise. Recovering the data will probably be deemed too much of a headache at this point and not worth the effort. This happened before when the server provider for the official hive folded up.

I have everything in place already. I just have to add another instance and run the sql script to set up the database for 1.8.1. It will probably have to wait till later this week though. I'm upgrading my box I run ArmA 2 & ArmA 3 servers on this week. Please tell me the official hive is not being hosted though HFB.

Does anyone have the MySQL script out for initializing a database for 1.8.1? If so, I already have a MySQL server running for the other flavors of DayZ I run. EDIT: Nevermind. I see Pwnoz0r has it out.

Thank you, Kichilron! I'll leave my server down until I see a status update or I'll just try later to see if it connects to the database.

Are any other Official Hive server operators having problems connecting to the Hive Database?? I'm getting this error on mine when I try to start it up. 15:27:47 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:28:09 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:28:31 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:28:53 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:29:15 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:29:37 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:29:59 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:30:21 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:30:43 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:31:05 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:31:27 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds15:31:49 Database(0): [Warning] Could not connect to MySQL database at 173.208.122.66: Can't connect to MySQL server on '173.208.122.66' (10060), retrying in 1 seconds

I extracted my dayz_equip.pbo and did not find any of those in the dayz_equip\configs directory either. Some of the food_* files are in the \models and \textures directories, but none in the \equip directory.

The way I use CPBO is to have it in a directory in C:\cpbo and when you are using it, execute it from a command prompt window in the cpbo directory and then give the path to where your .pbo files are. Example: 1) >cd\cpbo 2) >cpbo.exe -e C:\DayZ\181\dayz_server.pbo This will extract the dayz_server.pbo into a directory called dayz_server in the C:\DayZ\181 directory. Use the same syntax when packing the file back as well. 1) >cd\cpbo 2) >cpbo.exe -p C:\DayZ\181\dayz_server This will recreate/overwrite the dayz_server.pbo in the C:\DayZ\181 directory.

Love the new changes and additions to 1.8.1. I finally have my server running it and 1.63 seems to perform well. I did find one small bug in my explorations and that is at the new tents / med camp between Lopatino and NW Airfield, one of the tree stands at the entrance (on the right) is facing towards the wall. You can walk around the side of it and climb up the ladder, but when you come down, you will be stuck against the wall and ladder and unable to get free. Tree stand orientation just needs to be rotated to allow correct access to it.

I had planned on keeping my public hive server up until the hive was shut down, but I am in the process of moving so I pulled the plug. If I am able to get a new IP whitelisted once I'm moved, I'll bring it back online.

If you check his profile here, you will find he has not been on since March 12th.