Am i bugged?

[Izziee 128]

So I started a new game for my first time it was at night however, took m a while to figure out the flashlight, after which I got exploring.

Didn't take too long to die though, I ran out into the ocean and I think the server crashed, or I did.

Now each time I play a new game, it firstly asks me to select my gender (and clearly states how I can't ever change it again) and spawns me on the beach. I don't seem to have a map either, since when I press M it's a black screen.

I've had numerous games now, each time it asks me to select my gender when I change server, and each time it spawns me in exactly the same location.

I thought it had random spawns? How come I have to keep selecting gender (don't care but it says it's permanent?) and don't I get a map?

Thanks

[Prof. Awesome 3]

Well the map thing is okay, u dont have a map at the beginning! The rest is definitively buggy! :/

[Izziee 128]

That's strange :(

It's kinda a boring place, I have to run for ages to a little village.

I don't know what's wrong, I do have a possible idea and that's my firewall, I've noticed norton 360 is blocking a TON of registry keys from ARMA.

I usually only get a page or so a day of all activity, I had 28 pages of this one thing over an hour.

There's a problem though, it crashes every single time I go to the firewall options and I have to restart my computer, this apparently is a known bug with norton and their working on it...for a year now. So I can't manually add and block things. I could do it but I apparently entered too many entries too quickly and now it's screwed.

The entry's say something like "unauthorised access blocked (Access process data)"

The target is ccsvhost.exe which I think is norton blocking things made to the registry.

This ofc may not be what's wrong, I'm just wondering what it could be :(

So, what should happen? Should I be stuck with the same character? Should I randomly spawn in a different location?

Is there any suggestions?

[Hazzer (DayZ) 0]

In case you're not aware, every player spawns at a random location along the coast. There was an update that allows everyone to change their gender when they respawn and your map screen isn't supposed to work until you find a map.

I hope you resolve the issue and if you want, go ahead and add "Hazzer" on Steam; I'm the guy with the bald eagle as his profile picture. I'd be happy to provide further assistance and even team up with you in-game. :D