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steven (DayZ)

Where in the hell is the host and what is he doing?

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Just bought another copy of ArmAII CO so that I can play Dayz without having to wait on my brother to get off work, using a seperate character. Installed both on my second Steam account and now when I try to join servers I get stuck at the "Wait for host" screen.

Also upon starting OA I get an error message that says "failed to load file c:\program files...\arma2 operation arrowhead\BAF\addons\air_d_baf.pbo"- decryption of headers failed." There's also an error mesage on the title screen saying something about missing a .pbo for PMC scope or something. I installed the OA beta as well, but don't have the DLC on this steam account.

Anyone have any idea to fix it?

Also, when I try to launch it through OA, it just says "connecting failed" instead of taking me to the wait for host screen.

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Well is sure looks like one of your .pbos might be missing. Might want to check your files.

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Thing is, I don't have the PMC or BAF DLC on this Steam account, but they are on the computer because I have them on the other Steam account. Dayz doesn't require them, does it?

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Turn your computer off.

Go away troll.

Have you verify intergrity of game cache? if you don't know how right click on the game (Arma 2 :operation arrow head) Then go to properties then to local files, Then click on verify this will scan and might download the mission files.

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Also, OA itself ran fine. It was just when I was trying to join a Dayz server that issues came up. And I haven't had any issues at all on my other account.

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Reinstall, and then try joining again.

If that fails, you either suck at installing or you're trying to join a bad server.

Try different servers.

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Tried reinstalling and no solution as of yet. Just to clarify, I've now got two copies of CO on two Steam accounts on the same computer. On either account (including the one that worked fine before 1.7.2), when I attempt to join a server I get stuck at the "Wait for host" screen. When I attempt to join from within ArmA, I get a message that says "Connecting Failed". I really hope there's a way to fix this.

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Also, once I reinstalled the DLC on the 1st Steam account, it seemed to work again. I suppose the issue is that when I try to join on my 2nd account (the one I'm trying to use for a new character) it is looking for the PMC and BAF DLC that is on the first account?

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