To all those who think they have 1.6

[Ravenspear 22]

If you downloaded the 1.7.1 patch, and installed it, then you have 1.7.1. The 1.6 that you are all seeing while browsing the server list is the version of ArmA II that you have, while 1.7.1 is the version of DayZ, which you won't see there. 1.7.1 does, however, require the latest beta patch of ArmA II, which can be found here (It should be 93825 right now) . This will change your ArmA II version to 1.6.93825, which should be what the 1.7.1 servers require.

NOTE: The ArmA II beta patch also seems to remove the issue with changing to the ghillie suit or camo suit skins, as well as fixing the direct communications. It will, however, remove your global/side chat, but as this was rocket's intention, you really should have known about this already.

[stimpen 0]

No, will they remove the global/side chat?

It always felt so nice to read some conversations and sometimes participate while playing.

And ask questions if you wonder something.

[Ravenspear 22]

I believe, if I read one of rocket's posts correctly, that the removal of the global/side chats was implemented in the DayZ Mission file server side. The only reason that most people still could use it was because they didn't have the beta version of ArmA II. Yes, the beta will remove global/side chat, but rocket has stated that he intends to place items in-game that will restore their functionality...sort of. Not in this patch, but maybe around 1.8