Silverspar

I have no idea WHAT sort of black magic doing a clean reinstall did, but i was able to play Day Z. Thanks to everyone that helped me, especially Macrodamus who was patient with me.

I'm having a whole different issue, but i have the same problem with six launcher too.

I just deleted everything ArmA2 related and about to install, but the path was: C:/program files/steam/steamapps/common/ Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead/@DayZ/Addons/

Okay, maybe this'll help. I tried launching Combined Ops, and it wouldn't start up at first so i launched Arma 2 and then Combined Ops afterwards. After messing with the graphical settings and playing in boot camp a bit i decided to try install DayZ manually. I downloaded the torrent of DayZ and did what a tutorial said (Which is make a @DayZ folder and put Addons in it) then i put -mod=@dayz in the command line. I thought it was going to work so i tried joining a server and got the error. I consulted a friend about the mysterious error and he told me to install Six Launcher. I updated it and tried to join a server with it but alas, no cigar. so i spend 3-4 hours doing the multiple things i've listed in this thread and still it's giving me the same error. Hopefully you can help. Thanks, Silverspar. Edit: There's one thing i havn't tried yet that might work, i'm going to delete local content and delete all of the ArmA2 related folders then reinstall it, i'll report back in a few hours.

I did it once, and deleted it after i told it causes problems. I have steam open at all times. In desperation, i also copied my DayZ files to my ArmA2 Addon folder.

I've deleted and reextracted the DayZ folder multiple times and i've done the verify the integrity option once, no change.

If you're running any OS after Windows XP, all you have to do is right click the shortcut or EXE and click "Run as Administrator."

Am i missing something?, i've followed those instructions. I've made a folder in my Operation Arrowhead base folder Called @DayZ and a folder in that called Addons, I have the lines ":run call "%_ARMA2OAPATH%\Expansion\beta\ARMA2OA.exe" "-mod=%_ARMA2PATH%;EXPANSION;ca;@dayz" "-mod=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion" -window -nosplash -cpuCount=2 -exThreads=7 %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 " in _RunA2CO_beta, i tried running with the _RunA2CO_beta CMD file, i've put all of the right things in the steam launch options (-beta=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@dayz -nosplash) and @DayZ shows up on the main menu. I'm completely stumped, is there something i've overlooked? Thank you for trying to help. Silverspar Edit: If it would help a little, in my Addons folder i have 14 files, All of them various things like dayz_code, dayz_sfx, dayz_equip, dayz_vehicles and dayz_weapons and dayz.pbo. Edit2: It seems the only files the error is telling me i'm missing that i'm not is dayz_code, dayz_equp, dayz_vehicles and dayz_weapons. Edit3: I just tried updating it and still have the same error, then i just copy-pasted the "dayz_" files into the AddOns folder in the Arma 2 folder and it still gives me the same error. Am i doing something wrong?

Sorry, i was asleep. Anyways, i tried out your method above and it still gives me the same error when i try to play. Thank you for replying and trying to help though. Silverspar.

I saw your edited post and it still doesn't work, It still gives me the same error even though i use the beta executable or Six Launcher. But i'm curious what you mean by "Shortcut", you do mean the executable in the Operation Arrowhead folder right? Thank you for trying to help though, i appreciate it.

That doesn't seem to work either weirdly, i tried starting with the Beta executable and joining a server and i still get the same error. Thank you for replying though. I also have @DayZ in the main menu if that helps any.

Thanks for the reply, but my version is 1.6.2 Again, thank you for replying.

I've been doing multiple things for the last few hours and i can still not get DayZ to work. Everytime i try joining through Six Launcher or server list, i get the error, "You cannot play/edit this mission, it is dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted.dayz_code, dayz_weapons, dayz_equip" I have tried multiple things in the past three/four hours, including adding the code, "-mod=%_ARMA2PATH%;EXPANSION;ca;@dayz" to _RunA2CO_beta.cmd, adding the code, "-beta=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@dayz -nosplash" to steam launch options, Downloading beta, reinstalling beta, reinstalling DayZ both manually and using Six Launcher, Copying the addon folder from ARMA 2 to the Operation Arrowhead folder and using the beta .exe with Operation Arrowhead. My @DayZ folder is in my Operation Arrowhead folder with addons, i have followed the guides for manual installation and i have tried multiple times to install/reinstall with Six Launcher. Please help me with this issue. Thanks, Silverspar.