noob needing start up help

[porshe123455 0]

New to the mod. however i keep getting this error. 

 

How can i fix this?

 

Thanks.

[bauertschi 254]

Ok, now this may have several reasons ...

 

1. Do you have Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead installed?

2. Do you get that with every Server or only one or a few?

 

AND: Exactly what mod are you trying to run? I personally did not make the best experiences with installing the mod itself through steam.

 

To be honest, getting Arma 2 DayZ mod stuff running is not always a walk in the park. I would advise to install Arma 2 and Operation Arrowhead through steam, then install DayZ Launcher and get the mod from there. Then also install whatever mods you want to use and start the game out of the server browser in DayZ Launcher.

 

Now what annoys me about DayZ launcher is that it always uses admin rights. You can just accept that or use your own startup scripts or whatever you want, when the game works, but FIRST you have to get it running. And for most ppl I would claim using DayZ Launcher is the easiest way to get the game running.

 

VERY IMPORTANT: After installing Operation Arrowhead, you need to start the game as such. Starting Operation Arrowhead will do some registering stuff with the game, its license or something like that. Without starting Operation Arrowhead once the mod will not be able to use its files.

 

EDIT: Have not done that myself for about 5 months or so, so some information might be not up to date, but it should be close, feel free to ask more in this thread, I'll watch it for updates. Always nice to see ppl still going into DayZ mod, it's worth it!

Edited May 12, 2015 by bautschi

[porshe123455 0]

Thank you for your help.

 

I have :

Arma II

Arma II Private military company

Arma II Operation arrowhead

Arma II Dayz Mod

Arma II Dayz Origins

Arma II British armed forces.

 

All Downloaded through steam. 

 

all games have been installed and played for at least 10 mins.

 

and it happens when i try to play on any server. 

 

also tried re downloading everything.

[bauertschi 254]

Yeah, you downloaded all that, but you do not start Arma 2 with all those mods just because you downloaded that. Uninstall ALL mods but the normal DayZ, then install DayZ Launcher, install the mods from there and then start the game from DayZ Launcher and see if it works.

 

ONLY then can you start playing around with starting the Mod(s) more directly, however you want.

 

For information about starting Arma 2 with mods through startup parameters you can look at https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma2:_Startup_Parameters

 

But first try to get things running with DayZ Launcher. It is obvious that you do not start the game with the mods enabled. Having them installed is not enough.

Edited May 14, 2015 by bautschi