DayZ Play with Six

[Sweet Meat 5]

I used to play DayZ on my Desktop, but for Christmas I received a Laptop, it had Windows 8 pre-installed on it, I installed Commander and found out that it was not compatible, I then installed Six and found that that it still had some similar errors but it seems to be able to run DayZ, my question is, how do I install the updates for DayZ and each map using Six, and if you aren't able to, how do I manually install each update if I were to download them each time? It seems that Commander is not able to install the updates which is the only problem with compatibility.

[Kaffarov37 125]

Your problem is this $h!t called windows 8 :/

[Sweet Meat 5]

No, my problem is that DayZ Commander and Play with Six are not compatible with Windows 8. You forget that only big reputable programs have updated to windows 8 and I will have to wait a while for other small programs to take the time to update. Just like how XP, Vista, and Windows 7 were when they were released, time makes perfect. I need to solve the problem manually rather than relying on updates. I could install Vista if there was a problem with 8 but currently it is a decent OS.

[Kaffarov37 125]

Windows 8 is still the problem. Get Windows 7. I can run booth DayZ Commander and Six Launche on Windows 7. Take note I prefet Commander over Six. :)

[OrLoK 16185]

Hello there

"just go get Win 7" is not really a helpful short term solution.

@OP unfortunatly I dont own 8 so cannot guide you directly. Have you tried looking in the Dayz commander thread? or on it's website?

Rgds

LoK

[Sweet Meat 5]

I have 7 on my Desktop which runs DayZ fine, but I need to install it on my new Laptop, i have 8 and 7 is no longer sold in stores as it is now outdated by 8. The problem is still that the programs have not updated to the current 'patch' much like the problems with some servers that do not update to current patches when you update, then you have to wait a few days for them to update and play on the new upgrade. Windows 8 came out for public use a short time ago. People complained about Vista when it came out, now its a fine operating system, Windows 7 release was just Vista with 2 SP. But this isn't a discussion about OS. This is a discussion about how I manually install patches and updates since the applications are still outdated.

[Kaffarov37 125]

Hello there

"just go get Win 7" is not really a helpful short term solution.

@OP unfortunatly I dont own 8 so cannot guide you directly. Have you tried looking in the Dayz commander thread? or on it's website?

Rgds

LoK

I myself don't have W8, but I hear that so many people are having issues with it that they just go back to W7 and everything works fine.

[Sweet Meat 5]

Thank you Orlok, I will try that if no one here can help, but I know that Commander will not be compatible with 8 for a little bit, The only error is that when you update the patches it crashes, you can join games and sort through them all, just as you try to update it gives you an error.

[colekern 1364]

Try running it in compatibility mode. Check in DayZcommanders properties.

[Sweet Meat 5]

I myself don't have W8, but I hear that so many people are having issues with it that they just go back to W7 and everything works fine.

As I will explain and have explained, Beta's have issues, DayZ is in it's alpha, WarZ is in it's Alpha, Halo 4 was in a Beta at one point, people still bitched about how it wasn't 100 percent complete. Windows 8 was a rough beta, it has updated so that it is fully functional with minor bugs here and there. I have had it for a total of 7-8 hours and the only bug I have gotten has been from DayZ commander and it warned me on the website that it was not compatible with Windows 8. I was informed. The problems people have are that the old way they used to do things has changed. There is no start menu, it is like an app menu on the xbox live screen. I click the windows button and bring up a bunch of tiles which I can scroll over to. Control panel is in My Computer now and my computer is accessed through My Documents. If people don't take the time to google their errors I could see why they didn't like it. But for someone with computer experience from 7, Vista, XP and who spends a decent amount of time on computers, they can figure it would easily.

[Kaffarov37 125]

Sorry if I wasn't very helpful :P But from my knowlage installing W7 seems like the only solution that works for a majority of people. :/

[Sweet Meat 5]

Try running it in compatibility mode. Check in DayZcommanders properties.

Thank you so much. I honestly tried that with Windows Xp but it told me that it would not work. I unfortunately did not even try with Windows 7. That worked. Thank you for that statement, I feel a bit dumb now for not double checking my first attempt at compatibility mode, thank you for saving me and friends a few hours of waiting and typing. Lol

[OrLoK 16185]

Hello there

http://forums.dayzco...roubleshooting/

try their troubleshooting area on their forum as a starting point.

As to using P.W.S I cant help you directly as I havn't touched it since it was a pure Arma app.

Hopefully someone else here can without suggesting you buy an entirely new OS.

Good luck

Rgds

LoK

EDIT:

looks like youve solved it:)

Edited December 26, 2012 by orlok

[rahb0sse@gmail.com 5]

I have aboslutely no problems with Windows 8... pebcak...

** edit, didn't read fully. glad you got it running.

Edited December 26, 2012 by rbosse

[Kaffarov37 125]

Great to hear that the problem is fixed.

[colekern 1364]

Thank you so much. I honestly tried that with Windows Xp but it told me that it would not work. I unfortunately did not even try with Windows 7. That worked. Thank you for that statement, I feel a bit dumb now for not double checking my first attempt at compatibility mode, thank you for saving me and friends a few hours of waiting and typing. Lol

No prob, man. Just happy to hear you got the whole thing working so easily and this didn't turn into another massive troubleshooting thread. Enjoy DayZ!!

[kingfury4 65]

Your problem is this $h!t called windows 8 :/

I use Windows 8 and use DayZ Commander?

[MOS182 63]

Anyway you can check which servers you have been on before? Like a history list? And a favourites list?

[daze23 549]

Anyway you can check which servers you have been on before? Like a history list? And a favourites list?

both Play With Six and DayZ Commander have 'favorites'. Commander also lists your 'recent' servers

[SkrooLoose (DayZ) 143]

Good grief. It's amazing how many people would be shit out of luck if someone hadn't come along and made a idiot launcher. Neither Commander or 6 is necessary to play DayZ.

OP,

Download the ArmA2 patches to your A2OA folder and update from there. For the maps, download them and drop the whole map folder (i.e. @DayZ_Celle, @DayZFallujah, @DayZLingor, ect.) in your A2OA folder.

Launch A2 and enable the maps in your expansion tab. Then go to multiplayer and scoll through the available servers or use the filter to narrow down the search.

then select multiplayer. Then use your filter to narrow down your search to the specifics you're looking for.

Edited December 28, 2012 by OFC_Bill