From bad to worse > BattlEye or Beta or everything?

[Mastiff (DayZ) 42]

Basically I haven't played for a while updated from 1.7.1.5 > 1.7.2.3 a few nights ago and spent 30 or so minutes playing then logged, went on last night after another few nights apart and I had logged close to the NWA start moving towards it and suddenly I get booted with a reason telling me BattlEye was not responding, I look and the entire server has been emptied. I go back on and carry on as normal no problem, it even says "BattlEye up to date" on the bottom left in red. I carry on start looting bang I get kicked again. I give up in frustration...

This morning I tried and I got a plethora of errors this time, servers telling me that the server is 1.7.2.3 and that I am running an out dated version (1.7.2.3) so I think... fine its only a few hundred MB I'll re install DayZ... Do that, go back and I get the same issue try a few other servers and I start getting kicked by BattlEye before I'm even in the lobby. So I look to see how I can force update BattlEye... I do that even though the last time the files were edited show that they are up to date I replace them anyway... try again... same issue. So I'm looking and someone suggests update the beta file... so after 10 or so minutes ensuring I am confident on doing it properly I do that... Now to top it off all I get is "Wait for host" but I get flooded with message of the day on the bottom left.

I know this is Alpha but I hope that if DayZ ever goes stand alone that it is not with the Arma 2 engine, games are there to be played not to have to manually faff about with anti cheat systems that punish the legitimate players and buggy in game interface (My mouse slows does to about 1dpi on the menu for some reason...).

So anyway... any suggestions? Should I just completely delete all of Arma2/OA/DayZ and start from scratch or will I end up being in the same boat. What is even more annoying is the position in which my character has been logged out, pretty much the only way I can ensure I won't get murdered is by playing on an empty server or having a friend scout before I log in...

[RTribesman 28]

I've seen similar issues alot. Ive never had such issues aside from at the beginning when i had no experience with installing the game/mod/beta.

This is a quick rundown of how i install nrew updates with 0 problems. Steam only.

-Both games fully installed and ran before any mods or betas are applied.

-Dayz Updater ran and fully updated. Sometimes this updater has issues, in which case i use the torrent file instead. This can be found on the dayz website under "download alpha". Note. The files inside the torrent get extracted into: Default: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\@DayZ\Addon or if you havent used the default folder then find your install of steam and go to \Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\@DayZ\Addon make sure you replace the existing files if necessary.

-Download latest beta patch (currently ARMA2_OA_Build_94997.zip) from http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php

-Run the .exe and install.

-Heres the important bit most people miss or do not do correctly: Go back to your steam directory, default: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common, open the folder "arma 2 operation arrowhead" then rename "arma2OA.exe" to something like "xxxarma2OA.exe"(this is to create a backup should you ever need to remove the patch). From that same directory you need to move on to a folder named \Expansion\ then \beta\. Within here you will find another file named "arma2OA.exe". You need to right-click and copy this, then paste into \steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead(make sure you overwrite the existing .exe if necessary).

-Next just paste the following into "launch options" of Arma II: Operation Arrowhead" in your steam library: -beta=Expansion\beta;ca;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@DayZ;ca

-Be sure to launch the game as "combined operations". The game should be fully working and playable,

Since you had the game running fine before im sure most or all of this you already know however hopefully you can read through and follow it, perhaps notice something you missed. Hope this helps.

Niall.

Edited July 17, 2012 by RTribesman

[Mastiff (DayZ) 42]

Thanks mate, I will run through it later tonight when I've got more time on my hands

Cheers!