BattlEye refuses to work, I've tried everything!

[TreeMeister 0]

I've fixed this, check post my last post for how I did it! ♥

Hi,

I've been having problems with Arma 2/DayZ ever since I downgraded from Windows 8 to 7. Every time I connect to a server, it says "BattlEye Initialization failed"!

I've tried nearly everything:

-Replacing the BattlEye Client/server files in Steam\Steamapps\Common\Arma 2\BattlEye and Common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\Expansion\BattlEye

-Replacing the BattlEye files in my Appdata folder

-Running the installer again for BattlEye

-Verifying the integrity of the game cache through Steam (for both games, multiple times)

-100% reinstalling both games, as well as any debris left behind in Appdata

I cannot think of anything else that would work. This is extremely frustrating, I am at my wit's end.

Any help would be appreciated! ♥

Edited May 6, 2013 by TreeMeister

[-Se7eN- 874]

Are you running any anti virus? if so that could very well be blocking the BE update.

[TreeMeister 0]

No sir, this is a fresh install of Win7 aside from Firefox, Steam, Skype and DayZ. Is Windows Firewall causing problems, perhaps? I'll try disabling it really quick, one moment...

EDIT - No dice, disabled Windows Firewall and it still gives me the same error.

Edited May 6, 2013 by TreeMeister

[-Se7eN- 874]

when your trying to let it update, you are just sitting in the lobby right?

[TreeMeister 0]

I don't even get into the lobby, I click a server in Commander and it shows the DayZ loading screen for ~10 seconds. A box comes up saying BattlEye Initialization Failed", I click okay and it takes me to the main menu again.

I have no idea why this is happening, it worked just fine in Windows 8...

[-Se7eN- 874]

how very odd, id try launching the game through the settings in commander, and searching using the ingame function, sit in the lobby and see what happens.

[TreeMeister 0]

Sure thing, I'll give it a shot really quick. Will report back with results ♥

EDIT - Uh, I can't even get into the lobby through the game either it seems... I tried a vanilla server, DayZ and Wasteland, it boots me to the main menu before I even see the lobby with the same error!

Any ideas? This is driving me nuts ;-;

Edited May 6, 2013 by TreeMeister

[OrLoK 16185]

Hello there

have you run the games individually first before attempting to run the mod?

rgds

LoK

[TreeMeister 0]

Sure have, I've started each game and played about 5ish minutes each. I have no idea what the problem is at this point, 100% out of ideas...

[TreeMeister 0]

All I can think of now is that it isn't a problem with BattlEye's files or Arma 2, after reinstalling both numerous times... Is it a CD-key issue? Is there a way to see if it's in use by someone else or banned? That's all I can think of, the last time I played was all of 12 hours ago...

EDIT - AHA! It seems that I currently have 1.62 installed, but nearly all of the servers are requesting 1.62.10029. Does anyone know where I can download this version? Thanks so much in advance ♥

EDIT^2 - And now it says 1.62.95248 on the main menu? That isn't the problem then, this is getting really frustrating...

Edited May 6, 2013 by TreeMeister

[TreeMeister 0]

SOLVED!

For anyone else having this problem: if you have any special characters in your username, you have to change it in order for the game to work properly. For example, my username was "Connor ♥", the problem fixed itself by renaming my profile in Windows to "Connor". To do this:

1. Go into your User Account settings and create an administrator account

2. Change the name of your account to something else, with NO special/foreign characters

3. Log off from your account and log into the administrator account

4. Navigate to C:\Users and rename the folder to whatever you renamed your account to

5. Open the registry editor (Start>"regedit")

6. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

7. Right-click that value and select Find

8. Enter your old username in the search box and press Enter, then double-click the ProfileImagePath value

9. Enter the new username, press Okay, close the editor, log out, log into your new* account and presto!

Hope that helps someone else, I was pulling my hair out over this one.