Stuck on Tank Loading Screen - DayZ Mod

[Gumwars 0]

Greetings,

 

I'm new to both the standalone and the mod version of this game.  I bought the standalone a few weeks ago and have enjoyed it even with it's rough edges.  I decided to give the mod version a shot because it seemed to be in a much better state of completeness and looked like fun.  Another $30 bucks later through Steam and I have Arma II and OA but can't for the life of me get this thing to run.  My specs are as follows:

 

Hardware

i7 3630QM

16 GB RAM

GTX 670MX GPU

 

Software

Win8.1

ArmA II

ArmA II OA

Beta 1.62

BattleSpy 1.219

Steam

PlayWithSix 1.51

 

A few more details.  I'm using PlayWithSix to select my server.  The game launches and I get the DayZ splash page.  It briefly says "Waiting for Host" and then takes me to the server screen where I pick my role.  I click OK and it blacks out for a second and then a progress bar appears at the bottom of the screen.  It fills and then it goes to another loading screen with a bunch of tanks and hangers on it.  It stalls at around 25% and stays there until I kill the application.

 

It looks like fun, and I want to have fun, so if anyone could help me that would be great.  Thanks in advance.

Edited July 31, 2014 by Gumwars

[TheBeholder 0]

Hello my friend, i think you have a version issue.

 

Try to download and use the Dayz Commander Launch, that will work for you.

[Gumwars 0]

Hello my friend, i think you have a version issue.

 

Try to download and use the Dayz Commander Launch, that will work for you.

Thanks for the advice.  I did and now it loads up but ends with "Connection Failed" once the application is running.

[TheBeholder 0]

Go to settings and make sure you have the currect version on.

[Gumwars 0]

Go to settings and make sure you have the currect version on.

What version I'm I looking for?  And which settings menu?  the DayZ Commander main menu settings has check boxes for forcing D3D 9 and running in windowed mode. 

[FrostyKush 44]

Try following my update tutorial here http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/205145-tutorial-how-to-play-dayz-mod-with-163-of-steam-dayz-commander-and-dayz-launcher/. If you still have trouble reply on that thread and I will do my best to help you figure it out.

[Gumwars 0]

Try following my update tutorial here http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/205145-tutorial-how-to-play-dayz-mod-with-163-of-steam-dayz-commander-and-dayz-launcher/. If you still have trouble reply on that thread and I will do my best to help you figure it out.

Thanks for the advice.  I switched to DayZ Launcher and everything works fine.  Got killed just a few minutes ago by a pack of zombies.  Awesome!

[FrostyKush 44]

Excellent, glad I could help!