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if you open up arma 2 via steam if you have it. THen there is a menu option for profiles. If you then select new, and give it a new name, then try joining a dayz server via six updater (if you use it), and it works fine.

hi dude, I fixed this by going into Arma2 and creating a new profile then trying to log into my server. Works first time and i have all my kit. Make sure you take a backup of your profile in Documents/Arma2 first tho

where do i get that from? As i just ran six updater and it started playing silly buggers

i stand corrected - i actually get the error "kick from server battleye:bad player name"

Hosted via vilayer. The server appears to be loading ok... however whenever i connect i get nerfed

Hi there, Has anyone got a downloadable copy of 1.7.2 at all? Appreciate that the new update has come out tonight, however no use to me as the server i run uses 1.7.2, and six updater has decided to update me to the new one making me unable to play on my server. If anyone has a link to a download site for it that would be appreciated. Cheers

Sorry for the multi threads.. Following up from my previous thread earlier about six updater borking my dayz, It appears its installed the new patch for arma 2 1.61. Is it possible for me to reinstall arma2 without losing my character in dayz? I know they all log into a hive, but will my information and character be kept going if i reinstall on my machine? Any advice would be great. Thanks

Is that including steam based clients? As mine is bought via steam. Cheers

Cheers dude, appreciate that!

Hi there, I have bought a server through vilayer, and i want to be able to lock it so that only my friends can join. Every time i start the server, and commence the mission it works fine... then the second i click 'lock' the server seems to crash and not work. Has anyone any experience that they can kindly pass onto me to help me out? Cheers Martin

Yeah but thats not really how to run a company, as we have found tonight half the useful threads arent here anymore because of the webpage changes ;).... this is whole reason i raised the topic. End of the day if im not allowed to password it i accept it. Its fair enough but i just wanted to know. INstead of being flamed by fanboys who just cant keep it shut! (not including you in this)

It was a simple question. A simple yes or no answer would suffice, instead of making a comment which makes me come to the conclusion that you are probably a total tool. Ive hosted servers in the past, and been able to lock them for clan usage. End of the day its my money... so i should be able to choose how i use my server. Im new to dayz, and all we wanted to know was could we lock it to stop total idiots coming on and camping it out and spoiling the game. Tbh all i wanted was a bit of help and support from this so called 'community'... however its comments like yours which just make me wonder why i bother.

For starters i was never even sent a set of rules by vilayer. It took me 2 days to get the server running after chasing them down to get it running.

Doesnt work mate. I have BEsetup.exe files in both folders already, and copying it across doesnt do anything im afraid

Doesnt work. I already have a besetup file in both folders. So copied the file across anyway and still not working. Im using steam

Same problem for me and my mate. Both using steam Arma II OC. Just updated via six updater to 1.7.2 and downloaded 94444 beta patch. Tried reverting back to 93965 beta patch but its still not working, just get to the loading screen and it gets stuck.

Do you have any europe based servers available at all?

Hi there, First off id like to congratulate the makers for the concept which they have created. Now im sure i will get flamed by the fan boys, but i dont care because ive been trying to play this game now for a couple of weeks, and its frustrated me to the point where i've wanted to launch my pc out of the window. I appreciate that the game is 'Alpha Test' however there are a few things that bug me immensly. First off is the 'waiting for character to create' message that sits on my screen for all eternity when i try and join a server. Im not the only one who gets it, as i was trying to join a game with 2 of my mates last night and we all had exactly the same error message. I thought it was isolated to the fact there were some DDOS issues last night reading the forum, however today im experiencing the same problem today. It makes for a very disappointing experience as you just get fed up with it! Secondly. Im sure this has been covered before, but whos bright idea was it to spawn a character with no means of defence against a zombie? Now i know that zombies are scary creatures, but id like to think that if one was to come running at me and im stuck in a corner, that i could potentially smack them in the fact to buy me enough time to run away. Instead im left with the ever so boring task of running... while they chase me for km after km... or just take it and die. Im not asking for you to garnish me with an arsenal of weapons, but just someone that i can use to say stun the zombie for long enough for me to get a bit of headway from them and perhaps lose them. Zombies seem to spawn pretty much on the spot you stand anyway, so running about with a flashlight, and a bandage is fun... but only lasts so long. It just frustrates me at the amount of time i have to spend running around. Even if i hit a town and crawl about on the floor zombies seem to just run out from nowhere and manage to find me. I want to be able to explore the towns a little, however with any means of defence it is damn near impossible to do so without having to run back out of town with half a dozen zombies chasing after me! I applaud the efforts of the game so far, but please please please do something about self defence, before i give up and go back to playing diablo!

Thats precisely what im getting at. As you say im not asking for a gun, or an arsenal of weapons... merely a way to defend. In reality if you were cornered, what would you do... thats what im trying to get at. Im not going to sit there and take it... more that id try and fight my way out of a situation. Not being able to melee punch etc is annoying. I've also tried the things that people have said, run into buildings, forrests etc... and its not true that they will always give up. Ive countless times ran into a building, only for the game to glitch and magically the zombie is back on my tail within seconds. I found the best way was to find a hill which was steep and zig zag up it... however when you're in the middle of a town its a bit hard! My main frustration is not being able to connect to the game... i thought id have a blast this afternoon but alas 2 hours gone and all i get is 'waiting for character to create' that is what really needs sorting out.