Quick new player question.

[dantheman999 0]

Hi everyone.

First off, really enjoying the game but I've had a bit of a grievance and I'm not sure if it's something I'm doing wrong or if it's a bug. Been playing recently and it's my understanding that locations are supposed to persist between servers and the like. However, what I find is that when I start into a sever, I always seem to be on the coast.

The only reason I can think of as to why this is happening is because maybe the game thinks I am server hopping to avoid dying perhaps? I do find that sometimes I'll try and log into a server only to get in to it (after trying perhaps 8-10 servers and it getting stuck loading) and find it's incredibly slow and laggy despite having a low ping. When I try and find a different server I'll then be on the coast which is really frustrating as my friends I play with could be miles and miles away from me.

Is there anyway I can solve this or will I just have to wait around so it does not think I'm server hopping? Also, is there anyway of finding decent servers? I've tried using DayZcommander and setting it to hide pretty much any problem I can think of and still I'll find it just gets stuck loading or is incredibly slow. When I do find a good server, I've been stupid enough not to write down the name... something I will do in future!

Thanks for all replies!

[Druen 13]

The Dayzcommander rembers which servers you have been on, so that might help you out.

I spawn in the coast after restarts if i am in a vehicle. (With all of my items tho.)

[dantheman999 0]

The Dayzcommander rembers which servers you have been on, so that might help you out.

I spawn in the coast after restarts if i am in a vehicle. (With all of my items tho.)

Yeah, just started using it for this reason. Not got time to play tonight to test it out but I couldn't really find a good server using it anyway which was annoying.

[cindyanne1 41]

Seconding using DayZ Commander. Probably what is causing your problem is a discrepancy between your version of DayZ and the server's version. For best performance, both you and the server need to be using the same version of DayZ. DayZ Commander will enable you to update to the latest verions of DayZ (the one ending in .5) and the latest version of Arma... and you can sort the servers to only show you the ones that are running the same versions of the game you are running. You can also set it to show you only daytime servers (or nighttime,) only servers that allow third person... etc. It's great!

[SmashT 10907]

I'd double check you are up to date in Commander (via the versions button) as that is the most common reason

Edited August 28, 2012 by smasht_AU

[herrjon 478]

Well as far as spawning on the coast, if you quit out of the game while it's loading, it will spawn you on the coast with all your gear. If you do get stuck in loading, alt+tab out, connect to a new server, wait until you spawn in, THEN exit out of the old one. Only fix I know of. Just double check your versions but Commander should make that pretty easy.

Just realize loading times will be fairly long regardless due to it being alpha and things not being optimized, and if it's laggy double check your video settings before assuming it's a bad server. If you do find a server you like, just add it to your favorites.

Edited August 28, 2012 by HerrJon

[dantheman999 0]

I'd double check you are up to date in Commander (via the versions button) as that is the most common reason

Pretty sure I'm up to date. Using 96061 as far as I could see, was using SixLauncher before. Not just me having problems either, 2 of my friends having the same issues.

Anybody know about the shore spawning problem? It that a bug or just the game thinking I am server hopping?

EDIT: Thank you to HerrJon for answering spawning question, will remember that in future... Guess I'm stuck where I am again for a bit. Gonna be a long walk...

Edited August 28, 2012 by dantheman999301