Troubles with logging into servers

[Kelvin Mead 1]

Ever since 1.26 i have to jump through hoops to play the game. I was using DZSA, but have now uninstalled. Ive unsubscribed from all the mods, and i've uninstalled and reinstalled dayz.

I start from a fresh boot, steam loads up in the background and i double click the dayz icon and im greeted with the news page and click servers. i see my favourites. click the server, click load all mods and the game loads.

Just at the point of joining, i get Server is Unreachable,

I go back to the server list and hit refresh, and ALL my favs are greyed out. I click official, nothing, i click community nothing.

ok, past solution was to quit dayz, quit steam, load steam, right click dayz, installed files and integrity check. 742 files checked, servers are clickable again, join and play

but now this solution (as tedious as it was) no longer "ungreys" the servers.

purely waiting 20-30 mins and then i refresh on the servers and they're all back to normal and playable again.

so what's my next solution?

[Kelvin Mead 1]

24 hours later and what?

no response, no comment... no support system, no set up a ticket... no-ones looking into it... 

it's hard to like the game when it takes the best part of 40 mins to start playing.

[Kelvin Mead 1]

yep, another day 

server list is greyed out, community shows 0 servers. youtube works fine so i have data moving.

i guess in 30 mins ill be able to play

[Bangerious 0]

Haaaalllooooo devs,

same here

 

[Bangerious 0]

seems like game locked me to NA and Asia region

[Kelvin Mead 1]

loaded up, bottom left says "mods are all up to date, steam online"

load the server and a mod needs updating. quit, reload, go mods, find the mod, repair... it updates.

now all the servers are greyed out.

so i guess it's half an hour wait and then i can play again?

[Sid Debian 132]

Man you know that issue can he hidden everywhere?

Do you know that Windows caches DNS roadways for stabilizing data traffic through the internet?

Idk try from simple stuff then head up to upper levels. For example yesterday I was not able to connect to my server because of old data in windows DNS cache 2 times tryed to connect to the server and no luck, wiped it out DNS - connected without an issues.

 

Also if you think that's current forum is for contacting with devs - I've got some bad news, it's not.

There's a Bug Tracker of BI - there you have an awesome chance for resolving your issues same as bug reporting.

[Kelvin Mead 1]

12 hours ago, Sid Debian said:

Man you know that issue can he hidden everywhere?

nope

Do you know that Windows caches DNS roadways for stabilizing data traffic through the internet?

im not sure youre even speaking english, but you seem to know what your on about!

Idk try from simple stuff then head up to upper levels. For example yesterday I was not able to connect to my server because of old data in windows DNS cache 2 times tryed to connect to the server and no luck, wiped it out DNS - connected without an issues

i dunno what this means, so luckily AI has me covered

To clear the DNS cache on a Windows computer, you can use the Command Prompt to perform the following steps:

Open the Start menu and type cmd in the search bar

Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator

Type ipconfig /flushdns in the Command Prompt window and press Enter

A message will confirm that the DNS cache has been flushed

To exit, type exit and press Enter, or close the Command Prompt window  

Flushing the DNS cache removes all information stored in the cache, which can be useful for removing bad caches. This process is different from clearing your browser's cache or changing your DNS server.  

 

12 hours ago, Sid Debian said:

 

Also if you think that's current forum is for contacting with devs - I've got some bad news, it's not.

again, i dunno. i had a problem with dayz, so i clicked the support tab, that took me to a page with 5 faqs on it, and a forum. so i tried here. 

then i tried everyday until someone helped me.

There's a Bug Tracker of BI - there you have an awesome chance for resolving your issues same as bug reporting.

no idea where this is

 

[Sid Debian 132]

15 hours ago, Kelvin Mead said:

To clear the DNS cache on a Windows computer, you can use the Command Prompt to perform the following steps:

Open the Start menu and type cmd in the search bar

Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator

Type ipconfig /flushdns in the Command Prompt window and press Enter

A message will confirm that the DNS cache has been flushed

To exit, type exit and press Enter, or close the Command Prompt window  

Flushing the DNS cache removes all information stored in the cache, which can be useful for removing bad caches. This process is different from clearing your browser's cache or changing your DNS server.  

 

 

ipconfig /release 

ipconfig /flushdns

ipconfig /renew

1st step releases and stops all network connections on your PC and releasing IPv4/6 address.

2nd after releasing of all connections you free for wipe off all your DNS cache (because if you didn't done 1st step data will be saved)

3rd required windows to update information about connected networking and request new IPs (same as publishing information that your device is connected to the network).

Execute each command one-by-one it's not required to execute as admin.

Also you can create and Batch/CMD file and place it to the autostart (through win registry or startup folder).

I made it on my PC and it's working for me.

[Riddick_2K 174]

On 11/10/2024 at 10:45 PM, Kelvin Mead said:

no idea where this is

https://feedback.bistudio.com/project/view/2/

[Kelvin Mead 1]

On 11/11/2024 at 1:49 PM, Sid Debian said:

ipconfig /release 

ipconfig /flushdns

ipconfig /renew

1st step releases and stops all network connections on your PC and releasing IPv4/6 address.

2nd after releasing of all connections you free for wipe off all your DNS cache (because if you didn't done 1st step data will be saved)

3rd required windows to update information about connected networking and request new IPs (same as publishing information that your device is connected to the network).

Execute each command one-by-one it's not required to execute as admin.

Also you can create and Batch/CMD file and place it to the autostart (through win registry or startup folder).

I made it on my PC and it's working for me.

i tried and my servers are still greyed. im thinking something is locking the servers from my side for some reason. thanks though

[Sid Debian 132]

8 minutes ago, Kelvin Mead said:

i tried and my servers are still greyed. im thinking something is locking the servers from my side for some reason. thanks though

But are those server's still existing?

Grayed out means not only tye network issues on your side, also switch of IP or even that server isn't existing anymore...

[Kelvin Mead 1]

On 11/13/2024 at 7:15 PM, Sid Debian said:

But are those server's still existing?

Grayed out means not only tye network issues on your side, also switch of IP or even that server isn't existing anymore...

THIS is my problem! the servers aren't greyed out! but then i connect, it loads up, my character is on the preview screen and i get server is unreachable. i go back to the server list and all servers are greyed out! its not like the servers are disappearing or being removed! my internet is working fine... i click support and i get brought to here...!

when i leave it half an hour, i can refresh then all the servers are there and i can connect!

[Sid Debian 132]

On 11/15/2024 at 1:25 AM, Kelvin Mead said:

THIS is my problem! the servers aren't greyed out! but then i connect, it loads up, my character is on the preview screen and i get server is unreachable. i go back to the server list and all servers are greyed out! its not like the servers are disappearing or being removed! my internet is working fine... i click support and i get brought to here...!

when i leave it half an hour, i can refresh then all the servers are there and i can connect!

An interesting situation, may you check please do your User has access to the %localappdata%\DayZ and Your documents\DayZ with all sub directories?

Sometimes it can be an issue, also do you have another PC for the test, to be honest but who had said that's your PC is fine?

[Kelvin Mead 1]

On 11/16/2024 at 3:03 PM, Sid Debian said:

An interesting situation, may you check please do your User has access to the %localappdata%\DayZ and Your documents\DayZ with all sub directories?

Sometimes it can be an issue, also do you have another PC for the test, to be honest but who had said that's your PC is fine?

i do have another laptop to test with but the last 2 days ive tried to log on, and its been absolutely fine!

i dunno if a minor update has happened? but it all seems to be ok now (which is weird"!!)

[Sid Debian 132]

25 minutes ago, Kelvin Mead said:

i do have another laptop to test with but the last 2 days ive tried to log on, and its been absolutely fine!

i dunno if a minor update has happened? but it all seems to be ok now (which is weird"!!)

Man I can't bet on that but it can be that your Ethernet slot of Motherboard was bamaged (some how) or it's dirty with dust, or contact oxygenation. But it's may happens because control socket on motherboard it's overheating and went down with the same reason can break connection and return error for OS.

Honestly I cannot say what's exactly creating your issue. But as the variant I can suggest you to try to play in Arma 3 (because it's required hight internet traffic and only if you own a license copy of the game) and that's can be one of the test's. If with Arma 3 everything will be fine - the something wrong with DayZ installation, if you'll get the same errors (like disconnection in mid game, network issues (red chains, timeouts while on the server, I'm not about respawn dialog 🙂 ) that means you have an issue with hardware.

[Kelvin Mead 1]

On 11/17/2024 at 8:49 PM, Sid Debian said:

Man I can't bet on that but it can be that your Ethernet slot of Motherboard was bamaged (some how) or it's dirty with dust, or contact oxygenation. But it's may happens because control socket on motherboard it's overheating and went down with the same reason can break connection and return error for OS.

Honestly I cannot say what's exactly creating your issue. But as the variant I can suggest you to try to play in Arma 3 (because it's required hight internet traffic and only if you own a license copy of the game) and that's can be one of the test's. If with Arma 3 everything will be fine - the something wrong with DayZ installation, if you'll get the same errors (like disconnection in mid game, network issues (red chains, timeouts while on the server, I'm not about respawn dialog 🙂 ) that means you have an issue with hardware.

somethings happened! for the past 4 days ive been able to log in no problem. i have 1 server greyed out, but the appears to be a server that hasnt updated since 1.26. and ive not downloaded any new mods, and weirdly everything's working as it should do. weird! thanks for your help though!