DAYZ will not load - blue screen

[kane2707 1]

Hey, I bought DAYZ yesterday and tried getting it to run however when I click on DAYZ it goes to a blue screen and freezes. I have to alt + tab to get to my desktop and shut it down.

 

It's not a blue screen of death, the PC is still running ok, just locks onto it, until I alt + tab out.

 

Being an Alpha version I thought it might be development linked but looks as though everyone else can get on, I've tried a few times today and getting the same.

 

My Drivers are all up to date and have tried a fresh install.

 

I've tried a few of my other games and they work fine

 

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

Thanks :thumbsup:

Edited February 4, 2014 by KANE2707

[TedZ 424]

THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

 

Oh... wait, i don't know, never heard of this blue screen before, try running in windowed mode?

 

Right click DayZ in the Libary, click properties then Set launch options and type -window in the box then press close close and reopen DayZ

[kane2707 1]

Thanks, I'll give that a go just waiting for it to reinstall again

[byrgesen 1341]

Hmm.
Give us some details about your machine mate.

Hardware specs?
Windows version?

GPU driver version?

 

Just off the top of my head, i can think of theese three that would be nice to have answered :)

[kane2707 1]

Hi thanks for the quick responses, just waiting for it to reinstall, details are below:

 

Windows 7 SP1 64bit
Pentium Dual Core CPU E5400 2.70Ghz
3GB of RAM
Power Colour HD7750 1GB GPU driver version 13.251.0.0
X4500 intergrated intel GMA (not used)
Unsure of motherboard BIOS AMI P01-A1

[kane2707 1]

THE BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH

 

Oh... wait, i don't know, never heard of this blue screen before, try running in windowed mode?

 

Right click DayZ in the Libary, click properties then Set launch options and type -window in the box then press close close and reopen DayZ

 

The game opens up and runs in a window, just not full screen, strange.

 

Any ideas why this might be?

[byrgesen 1341]

Alright, well it does fit the minimum requerements, but only just :)

Ok, try some of theese things mate.
 

Start parameters can make a difference, theres a few we can try out:

 

-window -winxp -nosplash

 

 

If you add this line as launch options in steam, hopefully it should do something :)
Basicly it forces the game to run window mode with DirectX 9 ONLY and skip the splash screen in the game.

Have you checked if theres a new driver for your GPU btw?

Any other driver updates you might have missed?

 

Do you have the visual c++ 2010/2012 installed?

 

EDIT:
Btw mate, is there a chance of you providing a screen shot of the before mentioned "blue screen"?
It might not help us directly, but if we find a way of fixing it, it could help others in the future.

Edited February 4, 2014 by Byrgesen

[kane2707 1]

Right first off it's a photo of the monitor as it completely locks my PC until I tab & alt out of it, it is like when you have your TV on but nothing plugged in...hopefully the pic will show:

 

 

Drivers are all up too date and I have C++ 2008/2010/2012 installed, although not sure I'm supposed to have that many?

 

C++ 2008

C++2010 x64

C++2010 x86

C++2012 x64

C++2012 x86

 

I have tried those commands, -winxp & -nosplash don't make a difference, when I use -window it loads the game fine into a window. It is perfectly playable on high settings at 40+ fps but obviously on whatever resolution that window is...

Edited February 4, 2014 by KANE2707

[byrgesen 1341]

Hmm ok, that is strange mate.

Af far as C++ goes, you cant have "to many" hehe, its never ever a bad idea to have them all.

I am gonna suggest you get both the 32 and 64 bit version of the 2008 aswell, i cant remember if DayZ uses it, but it cant hurt tbh.

Now im wondering if .net frameworks is needed perhaps..

 

 

Ok, so to clarify, are you or arent you using a tv?
If so, is it VGA or HDMI you use to connect it?
Is the PC set to Duplicate, Extend or Switch Screen Mode, in the monitor settings?

[kane2707 1]

It's a TV connected via HDMI, I'll get every C++ under the sun installed haha!

 

As for the monitor settings I can't seem to find it for some reason, in all the display options it doesn't give me the option to pick, I'm guessing just whatever the default setting is?

 

What are you thinking with the .NET frameworks?

 

Just a note whether it affects anything or not, I don't have this issue with any other game so guessing it's less than likely to be my general setup unless there are specific settings for DAYZ to run properly?

 

I appreciate your help by the way :)

[kane2707 1]

Adding the C++ 2008 32bit hasn't made a difference :(

[byrgesen 1341]

Ahh yes, forgot to ask if its like this with other games :)

Ok, so its not, makes it even more wierd lol.

Ehm.... Now im thinking, if the TV screen can actually support the resolution you are trying to play DayZ in?

Say if the TV only supports specific resolutions (720p, 1080p etc.) and DayZ comes along and tryes a wierd resolution :)

Is it possible to start the game on a different screen? It might be because DayZ is trying to run the game at a resolution your TV doesnt know, and it simply makes a blue screen.

I would look for another monitor, preferably a PC monitor, and start DayZ and have a go at the resolutions, to make sure they fit the "standardized" ones, like 1920x1080 or 1280x720.

 

You could always install .NET framework, but i dont think it does anything for you atm. Dont think thats the issue tbh.

 

EDIT:
Come to think about it, the first time i started DayZ and went to do the whole graphics setup, it has a wierd resolution as standard.
It could actually be the problem here mate.

Edited February 4, 2014 by Byrgesen

[kane2707 1]

Ahh ok, I don't have a monitor, I don;t suppose you know the resolution of DAYZ? I can try changing my desktop resolution to that?

[kane2707 1]

Right problem solved, thanks for your help Byrggesen! :thumbsup:

 

It was indeed resolutions that were causing an issue. I ended up changing the Resolution & rendering values in the DAYZ.cfg file to match my current screen resolution, below is a copy of the config I had and any changes I'll add next to it in red...

 

 

 

language="English";
adapter=-1;
3D_Performance=93750;
Resolution_Bpp=32;
Windowed=0;
Resolution_W=1080; Resolution_W=1920;
Resolution_H=768; Resolution_H=1080;
winX=185;
winY=30;
winW=800;
winH=600;
winDefW=800;
winDefH=600;
refresh=75;
Render_W=1280;  Render_W=1920;
Render_H=900; Render_H=1080;
FSAA=2;
postFX=4;
GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000;
GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3;
HDRPrecision=8;
lastDeviceId="";
localVRAM=1060167680;
nonlocalVRAM=1341745152;
vsync=1;
AToC=0;
SWLayersCount=128;
PipQuality=0;
PPAA=0;

 

SAVE CHANGES

 

PLEASE NOTE:

 

1) YOU MAY HAVE SAVED YOUR FILES TO A DIFFERENT DIRECTORY, IF SO NAVIGATE THERE...

2) WHERE I HAVE CHANGED THE VALUES TO MY PERSONAL RESOLUTIONS YOURS MAY BE DIFFERENT...

3) REPLACE THE TEXT ON THE LEFT (IN BLACK) WITH THE RED TEXT...

[byrgesen 1341]

Yes ofc, i didnt think about the configs hehe.
Nice one mate, glad i could help.