Black Screen on loading, this sometimes happens when playing the MOD DayZ - unfortunately there is no current fix however follow these easy steps to try and remidy your game session.
* when the black screen comes up (presumably your in game now and you can hear sounds but have no picture) press "G" for gear - if your gear appears now press "ESC" and you should now be presented with the arma 2 menu - usually at this point if you press continue your session should be working fine.
* Hold down the Shift key + the '-' key on your numberpad (Nothing will pop up) just type words 'flush' on your keyboard without the ', you screen will say "Receiving..." wait until your screen comes back and hopefully you will be in the game.
* if the above fails to work you will need to re-log and try again.
I can't log on either, I don't know how to get on, i've tried typing the IP address into the dayz mod of arma II, i've tried going in through dayz commander, is there any other way of trying to log in ?
Gutted, have'nt been able to get on for bout 2 days now, was just bout to build my first lil shack too
Since the update of Epoch to 105/1051 there have been a lot of players reporting that they get stuck at the load screen on servers that have updated which, includes my server, GoG's World.
Also, since we went back to arma2oa version 1.63.112555 (non Steam version but still on Commander), some players are having problems joining even though they have that version installed.
If you follow these simple steps, on servers with this version combination, both problems are resolved 100% to our knowledge:
Stuck at Loadscreen?
1.On your PC, go to \Users\yourname\AppData\Local\ArmA 2 OA\MPMissionsCache and delete everything. These are just cached mission files and will be downloaded each time you join a server. (Unhide this folder tree if it is not there by selecting show hidden files and folders in folder options) (If you still cannot find this try searching for the folder name)
2.Restart your PC
3.Rejoin the server through either DayZ Commander or the multiplayer lobby of arma2oa
Keep Getting Kicked Trying to Join?
1.Go to DayZ Commander settings and uncheck the 'Launch Using Steam' option in 'Steam Options'
2.Join the server again using DayZ Commander
3.If the above didn't work, reinstall your arma 2 in Commander EVEN if it says you are already on version 112555.
4.Rejoin the server using DayZ Commander
also this worked for me verifying game integrity on steam. It replaced one file which was currupted:
I've been having a lot of issues lately with it hanging during server authentication(which I believe is when the client is accessing the information from SQL for player information?) or during "creating character." When this starts happening I usually find that running a check against local game cache in Steam content seems to help.
To do this, go to your Steam library, right click Arma 2, choose Properties, choose the LOCAL FILES tab, and click the VERIFY INTEGRITY OF GAME CACHE button. If any files are corrupted(or any of the files that Steam checks that thinks they're corrupt anyways), it will then download those files and replace them. After this, run Arma 2 through Steam until you reach the menu and close it.
Repeat the same process with Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead.
Also, I had issues with my Arma 2 version updating properly and had to remove both the ArmA2OA.exe and arma2oaserver.exe and then do the same process of verifying integrity of game cache. After doing this, then I had to update to the correct Arma 2 patch
i have also read making a new character and joining to test if local cache is corrupted, then you can leave, delete the cache and go back to original character
1. Go to: C:\Users\PC-NAME\AppData\Local\
2. Delete the "ArmA 2 OA" directory
3. Launch the game and play
Ok this is driving me up the wall now, if I try and log in via DayZ commander I get the message Xindianna Jones "you cannot play/edit this mission; is is dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted.dayz_anim, fayz _code, dayz_communityassets, dayz_weapons, dayz_equip,dayz_epoch, dayz_vehicles, glt_m300t, pook_h13, csj_gyroac, map_eu, jetskiyanahuiaddon, mbg_killhouses, aif_armal1buildings, mbg_buildings_3, mbg_african_buildings.
And if I try and log in through the DayZ mod all I get is "you cannot play/edit this mission; it is dependent on downloadable content that has been deleted. asc_eu_lights", so I press continue and then eventually it comes up on the screen "you were kicked off the game. (battleEye: Publicvariable Restriction #0 "
both are that the wrong mod has launched as i have seen them before, as to why its happening
i did allow steam to verify the game integrity which helped me but what does Google say?
Make sure that In DayzCommander, under "Settings", that the "Additional Launch Parameters" line says the following : -mod=@DayZ_Epoch -nointro -nosplash
Note that the Epoch mod should be loaded last if you have more than one mod getting loaded up, possibly as you play on other servers.
If this doesn't sort it check what folders you have under Steam\SteamApps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead and adjust the above line accordingly.
