Players FAQ (Arma 2 Epoch)

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Just some play mechanics to remember while playing

1. Backpacks with stuff in put into vehicles - backpack will empty on server restart and this is a game side thing not a bug as it is supposed to happen.
2. After towing or lifting a vehicle you must get in it to sell to trader, also if you are keeping it then you must get into any towed vehicle or it could move back to where you started to tow it. This is a kind of bug with the towing script but we cannot do anything about it.

Will add to list as i remember stuff

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Black screen or Logon screen jams and you can hear noise but it doesnt join - this worked for me:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\ArmA 2 OA\MPMissionsCache and delete both files (if there is two) then retry


You can also try - go into steam library, right click properties of AOA, go on local files tab and hit verify integrity of games cache

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Battleye fails to update. Common issue and there are 2 ways to fix.
1. close steam down and run it in administrator mode, rejoin a server and wait on the player list screen for it to update.
2. Download and install battleye from fresh - following stolen from http://steamcommunity.com/app/221100/di ... 116589967/

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Here is a link to the website : http://battleye.com/download.html 

1-Manual server update: 

ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead


•BE Service for Windows (64-bit)
- MD5: 6F7BE38191EFA0D29870156E99ADD71F

(Put these files into a folder called "BattlEye" in the "Expansion" folder of your game install directory)

D:\Dayz Server\BEsetup/Setup_BattlEyeARMA2OA.exe and / setup_BattlEyeARMA2.exe?

or

path...: ......\Dayz Server\Expansion\BattlEye\BEservice_64.exe

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2-Manual client update: 
DayZ

•BE Client for Windows (32-bit) - v1.223
- MD5: 7F0638254F88FE0E78548E8F2FF33FB7

(Put this file into a folder called "BattlEye" in your game install directory)

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Arma 2\BEsetup/setup_BattlEyeARMA2.exe

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Cant see direct chat?
possible fix:

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go to Options > Controls and scroll down until you see the options for voice channels and Push-To-Talk. Normally, you can rotate your chat channel back and forth by pressing the , and . keys. But since the only channel you need in DayZ is Direct, I don’t bother with the rest – it’s too clumsy. What you’ll probably want to do is remove the keybind for “Push-To-Talk” (which will talk over your currently-selected chat channel) and instead bind that key to “Talk on Direct Communications”

also if its voice - sett up ports 2302-2306 in port forwarding on your router/firewall

sources:
http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/t ... hat/page-3
http://www.dayzrp.com/t-if-you-can-t-he ... local-chat

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BTR repair - you need to repair ALL the wheels to make it fully repair the body, it will explode if it is too damaged.
The LAV25 also works like this

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For some reason sometimes you cant get in..
There is a suggestion that when you get to players screen that you actually select an empty player slot from the left side before joining as sometimes it cannot allocate a space, especially just after a restart when lots of people are attempting to connect.
Also waiting a minute in the player screen can help with Battleye errors.

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building
1. you cant build on some roads
2. plot-poles have a limit - currently 1000 items per pole

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Waiting for host when launching? try this fix



1.Go to your "Steam\Steamapps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\Expansion\Battleye" Folder
2.Run "UnInstallBe.exe" and follow the steps to uninstall
3.Go to Steam, right click on "Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead - Properties - go to "LOCAL FILES" tab - "VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME CACHE"
4.Delete the Battleye folder here at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\BattlEye" (or if you are running 32bit windows "C:\Program Files\Common Files\BattlEye")
5.locate the following folder "%localappdata%\ArmA 2 OA" and delete everything inside it
6.Run Arma2 OA (to the main menu then quit)