Way to play DayZ in steam?

[RedFiction12 6]

I was just curious. Is there any way to play (Arma 2 CO) DayZ through steam? I want my hours to be counted into my Steam account.

I am currently using this Arma 2 Launcher thing, because of the beta patch. I have steam where my Arma2, OA and CO installed.

Just out of curiosity.

[[email protected] 0]

I'm curious too.

I'm a bit bothered at the fact that this newest build removed global chat and the steam overlay. Its just annoying.

[piemanpm 13]

Yes there is.

First off, you want to navigate to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead

and rename the file "Arma2OA.exe". Doesn't really matter, just make sure it's different. I called mine "Arma2OA Legit.exe".

Now, navigate to

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Expansion\beta

Copy the file "arma2oa.exe". Paste it in the main folder for ARMA 2. ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead )

The next part is done in your Steam client. Right click on ARMA2: Operation Arrowhead and click "Properties" at the bottom. Then click on "Set Launch Options"

Paste in this:

-beta=Expansion\beta;ca;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@DayZ;ca -nosplash

As for chat, it's server side enabled / disabled now IIRC. And the Steam Overlay should work if you do it by this method. The reason why it won't work otherwise is that STEAM doesn't detect BETA clients I think.

Hope this helps you guys :)

[RedFiction12 6]

Do you mean ARMA 2 by ARMA 2 Operation Arrowhead folder which you pointed out ( #quote: ( C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead ) /#quote )

[piemanpm 13]

Yea. That's why I put it in brackets after. Just incase you got mislead :)

[Creamys 0]

Wait, rename WHAT file?

[piemanpm 13]

This Post is where I got the information from. Might be a bit clearer :)