Cannont play DayZ from steam Crash on startup Help! been 2 weeks

[gia251 0]

*Which version of the game did you purchase? STEAM or RETAIL or MIXED: Mixed: Arma 2 is CD version(up to date) Operation arrowhead is STEAM

*Are you running an Arma 2 OA beta patch? If so what version?: Version 95417

*Which method are you using to launch the game? I.E Sixupdater/steam/batch file: It wont launch though steam, but it does launch though Sixlauncher and says im missing 2 files but not any more.

*What is the Error/Problem you're having? Please provide screenshots if possible: I cannot launch Arma 2 oa or Combined ops though steam, only though six launcher. And it prevents me from palying regular gsames.

*Your PC specs: Dell Optiplex 360 Intel Core2 Duo CPU E7500 2.93Gz 4 Gigabites of RAM NVIDIA GeForce GT430 with 2.7GB of memory.

*Your Operating System: Windows 7 Home premium 64-Bit

[TheWeedMan 132]

Try here:- http://kodabar.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/how-to-install-dayz-with-arma-2-free.html

I dont even use steam anymore becuase of all the dumb errors I got. I now launch my game from the Arma 2 Beta shortcut in my game folder.

[T.G. 48]

Are you running steam as admin? I was having problems about 2 weeks ago similar to what you described and I still get an error message for a bad file when launching from six launcher but the game plays at least. Hope it helps I know your frustration.

[gia251 0]

Thanks TheWeedMan I guess that Your magical post has worked. I can play it though the shortcut, It used to crash even when using the ArmaCO_Beta command prompt but it all works now! You can have me beans!

Edited August 3, 2012 by gia251

[Inista 5]

Some links and posts that can maybe help out.

http://www.dayzwiki.com/wiki/How_to_install_DayZ

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/1808-guide-installation-guide-steam-retail-mixed-beta-common-errors/page__hl__%20start%20%20parameter

and at least try to start your arma2oa.exe with some of those parameter

http://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma2:_Startup_Parameters

good luck

[TheWeedMan 132]

Ah awsome ;)

Edited August 3, 2012 by TheWeedMan

[=DiG= Zgraphz 84]

OK, If you are having trouble getting into dayz, Here is one sure fire way you can get in without any bullshit of any kind.

1st. Uninstall all of arma, arma2 OA, and all the dayz files, then restart your computer.

2nd. Open The arma2 launcher to install arma2( weather it be by steam, retail. etc) first u install arma2. once arma2 is installed open the game and run it till u get to the option menu. then log off.

3rd. Install Operation Arrowhead, once it is installed you do the same steps, Open arma2 Operation Arrowhead till you get to the option menu. then log out.

4th. Go to www.dayzmod.com. Download the Six updater with the six launcher.

5th. Once you have downloaded both Six Updater and six launcher(do not install dayz YET) you open up your Launch-to options in Operation arrowhead Combinded Assualt and you type -mod=@dayz -nosplash.

6th. After you have done all of that... then you install Dayz from six launcher. If you have windows 7 Steam does not need to be ran as Administrator, that apply to vista users,

7th. Ensure that all of your files are correct by checking in the addon folder that was made by Six Launcher and compare them to the latest beta patches from the alpha test download mirriors.

After you have finished with this you should be able to log into the game right now and there should be no problems once so ever. i use steam to install arma2 and set launch options for dayz. thats it!. i always launch from six launcher. As six Launcher ping system doesn't work so i dont select any servers and i just hit launch and use gamespys server list. If you have any questions please ask