Possible Fix - Respawning on Coast

[Frunk 29]

After spending most of my time tonight, trying to figure this issue out, I think I've narrowed it down to something wrong in the latest Arma 2 Patch (95883). More specifically, I believe the coast respawning bug was happening after the game was force closed. Either from Alt+F4'ing or getting stuck on the loading screen and having to end task on the game. My coast respawning came after getting stuck at the loading screen and having to end task on the game.

So basically, try reverting back to the prior Arma 2 Beta Patch (95819) located @ http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php/

Props to Chimaera for these instructions (Found them in a post he made back in July)

1. Download the (95819) patch from the site linked above
   
2. Now we need to Uninstall BattlEye (just in case, not sure if this step is really needed, but it's what I did)
   
3. Go to C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Expansion\BattlEye and run the uninstaller there. If no uninstaller there, you can try uninstalling it from the Control Panel Add/Remove Programs.
   
4. Delete the Beta folder located @ C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Expansion\beta
   
5. Delete the BEClient.dll in this folder @ C:\Users\Your Windows User Name\AppData\Local\ArmA 2 OA\BattlEye
   
6. Once you have done all that, extract the files from the (95819) beta patch, and run the .exe to install the patch. It will also reinstall BattlEye since we removed it in the previous steps.
   

Now after I reverted back to the (95819) patch, I fired up Dayz Commander and started joining and leaving servers. I was using the latest Dayz patch (1.7.2.5) and the previous (95819) Arma 2 patch. I joined 20 servers in a row, and not one did I get stuck on the loading screen. I had a few servers that took a little longer to get past the loading screen than others, but they all got past that part in less than 1 minute. Also to note, I joined these 20 servers in a row, as fast as I could, and not once was I teleported back to the coast, so I don't think there is some kind of server hopping fix that was implemented. The 20 servers I joined were all running the latest Dayz (1.7.2.5) and the latest Arma 2 Patch (95883).

So try this out and let me know if it helps you or not, it's not a guarenteed fix, but it's worth a shot. Also if you are using Six Launcher/Updater, I've read it will auto update you to the latest Arma 2 patch. If possible, try to turn that auto update feature off before you revert back to the (95819) patch. Or install Dayz Commander and give that a try.

EDIT: Forgot to mention in Step 5 above, the App Data folder is a hidden folder. Google it if you don't know how to show hidden folders in your Operating System.

Edited August 13, 2012 by Frunk

[danredda 10]

hmmm... this makes sense. I had to force-quit due to load screen, and i spawned half the map away and lost my coyote backpack.

[Inception. 9443]

Will reverting back to 95819 affect what servers you can and cannot join?

[jingled@hotmail.com 86]

Will reverting back to 95819 affect what servers you can and cannot join?

you cant join 95883 beta patched server anymore.

[specterm 25]

Nope.. my server and my 3 clients in it that got the message are not using the most recent beta

[Frunk 29]

Will reverting back to 95819 affect what servers you can and cannot join?

I just joined 20 servers in a row, all running the latest 95883 patch, when I had the 95819 patch on my computer. Not once did I ever receive an error message. This might be a server side variable setting to force a certain patch though, I'm not sure.

If you can't join a 95883 server after reverting back to 95819, just update it again to the latest patch.

Edited August 13, 2012 by Frunk

[danredda 10]

Maybe you did not uninstall 95883 (delete beta folder) before you reverted? in that case it would be just 95883 with maybe a little extra code (i think).

[Frunk 29]

Maybe you did not uninstall 95883 (delete beta folder) before you reverted? in that case it would be just 95883 with maybe a little extra code (i think).

I did delete the beta folder before I reverted :)

[st0nedpenguin@st0nedpenguin.org 25]

I've logged on a ton of servers while running both the most recent beta patches and 1.7.2.4/5 and haven't respawned back on the beach either since that first 24 hours. I suspect it was a back-end issue that has since been resolved.

[n'Zapador 20]

I've just experienced this issue with Arma II rev 96015.

Was travelling north of Berezino trying to get further north, decided I wanted some pizza so I logged out.

Five minutes later I come back and log back in, to another server, and it stalls at the loading screen.

So I killed the process and found another server... just to find myself spawning at the south coast...

My items and stats are untouched, but my location... buhuuuu..... :(

Added info:

A week ago or so my friend and I logged out next to each other and called it a day. When I logged back in the next day, after a completely normal exit/logout and no loading-screen probs etc., I found myself at the south coast. I didn't bother much at that point cause it was a 10 min run from where I logged out. Sadly I'm unsure about version, but I can say for sure it was before 1.7.2.5 - but no clue on the Arma rev.

Edited August 17, 2012 by Zapador