Hakultair

I've seen this suggestion before but this is the first one thats actually worked out a bit. I most say that I don't hate the idea, only problem I see with it is that it would make the learning curve for new players even more harsh. xP +1

Only when the HIVE was having issues is when I experienced anything like that. But not had this problem since 1.7.2 myself...

Did you try some other servers? Are you using the Sixlauncher? Is your game and DayZ up to date?

You'll likely need to move some of the data around into different folders, seems most likely given the error you're getting. I'm at work atm so I can't check what the folders are called atm, likely someone will be able to help you before I get home, but if not I'll check when I get home. Add me on skype (Hakultair) or on steam (NaturezForce) if you can't find a fix soon and I'll see what I can do to help you out,

I've actually been wondering about this myself. ^^ +1

Try travelling from one way to the other on the map a few times and you'll feel like you got plenty of reason to get yourself a vehicle. ;x

Are you running the game trough steam or do you use six launcher to launch it?

It actually would be possible play Day Z on the main Hive with only Arma 2: OA, but it's not nessecarily a "legal" way, unless you get the free version but then you got lesser graphics... Next to that the amount of time it'll take you to get it to work really isn't worth spending that $5 extra, it's on sale on steam atm, take advantage. :)

I have almost the exact same system specs as you do. I do get graphical bugs in some places but nothing like you describe. Make sure you have your graphics card drivers updated and try to fiddle around with some of the video settings ingame.

As you stated it prevents the server from being allowed to connect to the public HIVE. There are servers that run private HIVE's, I'm however not sure if that'll get you blacklisted, but it wouldn't suprise me. I also doubt they're taking appeals on blacklisted servers, they likely have more important things to waste their time on. ;P

You got the steam version, a physical copy or a pirated copy of the game? :P

- When you grab an axe it will first go to your toolbelt, if you want to use it as a weapon you have to rightclick and select "remove from toolbelt". If you have room for it it'll be equiped on your primairy weapon slot. Once you want to put it back on your toolbelt so you can only chop wood with it, simply rightclick the axe again and put it back on your toolbelt. - Secondairy weapon is 5 slots. - For info about weapons including range: http://dayzwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Weapon_Comparison_Table - Animals can be killed in any way a zombie can as far as I'm aware. Though I did notice if you aimn at the head they often don't die, just aim at the body. - ALICE backpack is found randomly in any civilian buildings, The cayote and czech backpack spawn in military buildings. - As Asasaint mentioned, you can play on them though they (for me at least) have a habbit of being a bit more laggy and having long loading times. - Version numbers are supposed to tell you what version of DayZ a server is running, though it's not always correct. You'll likely get errors joining versions different from your own though I'm not 100% on how it works. - Different diffeculty settings require certain options to be set on the server (think waypoints, nametags, etc), next to that awareness and taken damage seem to go up on higher diffeculty servers. - Esc -> Abort -> Disconnect

Pretty sure the bug is still active and not yet fixed in 1.7.2 at least.

My weirdest dead was straight after logging in. I logged in, was in the middle of the road, I hear a car while logging in, turn around, get hit by a bus and die... T_T

For me it really depends on the current gear I have and the mood I'm in. If my gear isn't top notch and I don't care as much about dieing I tend to sprint everywhere, otherwise I'm a lot more careful. As for shooting other players, if I see no gun or only a melee weapon I tend to not shoot. If they have a gun themselves it depends if they've spotted me. If a player with a gun is aiming at me I usually pull the trigger before he can. If however I approach someone from the back I try talking to them, warning them not to aim at me, if they comply they usually live, if they turn towards me they die. xP

Did you get the game trough steam? If so, run Arma II: OA trough steam once before running Day Z.

The severe punishment for dieing is what makes this game. It is the closest to realism you get. If you wanna group up with people I suggest finding a group outside of the game. Join a clan, or ask some IRL friends to play, find people you feel you can trust if you wanna group up.

These are (disallowed) servers with private HIVE's or no HIVE at all. They'll have seperate character data.

This bug won't show the shock icon on the right. It will just log you in unconcious every time you rejoin the same server.

1) Look at the new backpack on the floor, scroll and click "Open backpack". Then open your own backpack in your inventory and drop all the stuff in it into the new backpack. Close the inventory menu and aim at the new backpack again. Scroll and click "Pickup backpack" and you're done. 2) Mp5 hasn't got a huge amount of firepower. It might just not kill in 1 shot, I think the diffeculty settings also may play a part in the damage you take but I'm not 100% sure about that last part.

With the HIVE desync's that have been happening a lot lately it could also be that he alt-F4'd and got rolled back to before he died.

You have you buy the game but there are no subscription fees or anything like that. It's a one time payment for buying Arma 2 and Arma 2 OA.

There are ways for "hackers" to do that. I won't go into too much detail here but in short there are ways to make battleye kick anyone/everyone from a server if you know what you're doing... Could be what happened here possibly. EDIT: Just saw your last post, the answer to your question is yes, it's possible.

You may want to state your timezone and what times you usually play. :)

Yea that's a known bug. Wait until you regain conciousness and join a different server. It's server bound, I find it usually fixes itself on the original server after I've been on another server for a while. If not it'll be fixed with the next server reboot.