Still having this problem

[willey.erd@oundleschool.org.uk 506]

Right, so basically I have been having this thing ever since I started playing DayZ where after about 2-5 minutes of joining ANY game, I get a full yellow chain, immediately followed by a full red chain, meaning I have to leave and rejoin the game. Now, this gets incredibly tiresome, and so I asked about it here on the forums. One guy suggested reinstalling Windows and Arma, which I have just completed. After setting up DayZ and actually getting it to work properly again (the most recent beta has problems with Steam for some reason), I join a game and everything looks good, until 5 mins later BAM and the yellow chain appears. I've just quit the game in frustration again, bit of a waste of time seeing as DayZ was the only reason I did it really.

But anyway, rant aside, does anyone else have this problem or have any idea how to fix it? I'm on the verge of giving up with DayZ until Standalone.

Me when Yellow Chain appears: http://nooooooooooooooo.com/

Edited August 27, 2012 by KingEdOfNoob

[bobstefanio 24]

It sounds like a connection problem I wouldn't of taught reinstalling your comp would have any effect. Firstly check that your getting the correct speeds from your Internet You could try http://www.speedtest.net secondly make sure you have relevant ports opened on the firewall a friend of mine had similar problems turns out his default windows firewall option was to block arma II. Secondly make sure your router is configured correctly maybe it is very strict and you have to open ports.

Next thing to check is have you got a downloading program open utorrent or any such torrent program. Are there other people in the house using the internet have they got any downloading programs opened/streaming netflix youtube/playing dayz.

Are you on wireless or are you using a wired connection ? Have you got any other connection problems when downloading files from the internet connecting to web pages or in any other game ?

[willey.erd@oundleschool.org.uk 506]

Hi bob, here is my speedtest on a wireless connection, I use both wireless and wired.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2144118007.png

I will check my port now.

The strange thing is is that my brother sits next to me when playing and he has none of the same problems, using exactly the same network as me. Will check my Windows Firewall ports.

Noone else is online at the moment, but as I say during the day my brother is. noone else though.

I do have a reasonably similar random-kick problem with minecraft, and Chrome downloads usually drop out and make me redownload.

[bobstefanio 24]

Sounds like a wireless issue. I would advise you to try disabling your wireless network card and using a wired connection see if that makes a difference if so then its due to the wireless taking priority and then dropping out. If the issue persists with the wired connection then it has to be a configuration error with firewall.

Your brothers connection is always fine no problems ? Has he got the same computer as you or are they different makes/models?