insertcoins Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 I've heard good stuff about Vert. Did they give you the option to update your server to the Steam Beta? Yeah, haven't done it myself though. Time and money dolla dolla bill. You know how it is MatthewK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewK Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Now I'm confused again, I ran that patch they told me to. Then just as I was logging into my server THEY turned it off and I got this email: It'll be whatever beta is latest in Steam, doesn't look like it follows the same structure though. Its now the main exe.I'm doing some manual stuff to it, so you need to be very careful, until we can get something more permanent sorted, you'll need our help if you reinstall or change maps.Your query port will be 4340 once I'm finished Am I the only one who thinks they don't know what they are doing? I'm going to jump to Vert when this months contract is up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReDBaroN Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 I've heard good stuff about Vert. Did they give you the option to update your server to the Steam Beta? Vert all the way. They have the patches ready to install, literally at the click of a button within about 36 hours, normally less... Then, for arma, all you do is change your required build, add steam ports, change version number all in config.cfg and off you go! Little bit trickier for 105/1051 depending on the mods you're running but, for a vanilla install, same as above. Don't quit chap. Hang in there. Just change host to someone who's actually going to listen and be proactive at sorting your problems out. I had a terrible experience with my previous host, who Ill only mention in PM and I really feel your pain. take it easy on your admins too dude, it's not their fault, they're probably mostly youngsters like mine and I'm sure that they're very helpful in other ways in game. MatthewK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewK Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 They finally fixed it. Dont know what they did, but it's working now as it should. All this time blaming Steam when it was my bloody provider. Sorry Steam! Thanks everyone. time for a beer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TayTayTheKiller Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 "authentication timeout" = clent server mismatch (steam beta server/old beta client or the other way) Verify your files in steam and to make sure before you do delete arma2oa.exe from Steam\SteamApps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead And also delete the beta folder at Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\Expansion\ Then verify files in steam and you should be good to go. Edit >>>> I see you fixed it lol But this fixed it for me as steam wasn't replacing my arma2oa.exe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewK Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Yeah, that's pretty much what they figured out i think. Thanks all the same, glad others are figuring it out too. At least players can now find me through the new Steam server list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambeast Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Well, 112555 is not the Steam version. It will not be protected by BattlEye and will not show up on any server list. You can't join it from the in-game browser either. Players will have to join it directly. It's really very simple. All clients must update to Arma 2 OA beta. It's not complicated. Steam will update that as needed. Your server needs to be updated to 1.63 as well. If you don't, you won't have any players. Here's the issue, you are making a HUGE mistake. The first rule of Programming / IT / Computer Service is NEVER EVER trust the user. Ever. If you think "oh anyone should be able to figure this out" you are doing yourself a huge disservice. The main problem is the difficulty in launching arma2 with parameters. I am a computer professional, I know how to make a shortcut with launch params, 99% of people don't or just can't be bothered. Until commander is updated, which is the easiest method at the moment, the community will suffer. Servers will shut down, mark my words. All the fly by night hosts are going to disappear and only the most dedicated will remain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cen Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Make bat files for your users to join. That way you can ensure they are using the right launch parameters (in order)! hambeast 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambeast Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Make bat files for your users to join. That way you can ensure they are using the right launch parameters (in order)! have you updated to the latest steam patch yet? curious as to how many have done so so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHound Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Yes I created a .bat for joining for my current regulars, but like hambeast said people just in general can't be bothered with selecting a few expansions on the expansion page or creating a shortcut with the correct parameters. It's quite sad really but its still a fact, I like the sound of an epoch launcher as someone mentioned above but without a simple solution for browsing servers like dayz commander (or an epoch launcher) was I just don't see how servers will survive other then the ones that are already extremely popular. (TLS) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcloud78 Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Could someone post a screen of what verts updated contol panel looks like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbawol Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Just talked to DotJosh today and he asked if we were good to use the latest arma oa patch with epoch. I gave him the go ahead so we should see DZC updated soon. ReDBaroN, PryMary, xBowBii and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHound Posted July 1, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Amazing news awol, thank you so much for the response man. I'm sure this will put a lot of people at ease, I know I'm a lot less stressed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReDBaroN Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Just talked to DotJosh today and he asked if we were good to use the latest arma oa patch with epoch. I gave him the go ahead so we should see DZC updated soon. Hurrah for vbawol and DotJosh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(TLS) Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 No ifs or buts about it really, if they want their player base to remain, they will "NEED" commander, thats basically it in one sentence , sort out commander or loose 3 quarters of the current servers and playerbase. :( NVM - Did not read vbawols post. good stuff :D will make alot of people happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReDBaroN Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 Could someone post a screen of what verts updated contol panel looks like? Hi redcloud, I'm not comfortable doing this. Why don't you drop an email to James or Blake at Vert and ask them. Email contact details in the support page on their web https://verthosting.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcloud78 Posted July 1, 2014 Report Share Posted July 1, 2014 ok I understand was just wondering if it would be feasible to change hosts because the other so far don't have a one click update server to steam yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insertcoins Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 So basically you'd have to update arma via dayzcommander. But what other steps do players have to take? Do they have to tick the launch using steam option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGT Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Just talked to DotJosh today and he asked if we were good to use the latest arma oa patch with epoch. I gave him the go ahead so we should see DZC updated soon. https://github.com/dotjosh/Steam.Query J3T 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterDeadThanZed Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 So basically you'd have to update arma via dayzcommander. But what other steps do players have to take? Do they have to tick the launch using steam option? To ensure players have the latest version of Arma 2, they really should allow Steam to update their game. I don't think that should even be an option in Dayz Commander anymore. MatthewK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterDeadThanZed Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 Just talked to DotJosh today and he asked if we were good to use the latest arma oa patch with epoch. I gave him the go ahead so we should see DZC updated soon. Maybe you could recommend to DotJosh that he update everyone via Twitter? It doesn't take long to type 140 characters or less. MatthewK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewK Posted July 2, 2014 Report Share Posted July 2, 2014 I second everything BetterDeadThanZed said in the last two posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgalla5400 Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Any news on this update ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHound Posted July 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Not sure, https://github.com/dotjosh?tab=activity this shows he was working on it a couple days ago but my assumption is the holiday weekend slowed up progress for now. Hope it hits soon though, servers are strugglin right now without the update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatthewK Posted July 5, 2014 Report Share Posted July 5, 2014 Not wanting to sound like a dick or anything, but Dotjosh needs to get a bloody move on. He's known about this Steam update just as long as we've known about it, and if playsix can get their act together, so can he! it's bad enough that my crappy provider are acting like there's no need to rush the update, without the one tool that ALL my users use being out of date (playsix might be the alternative, but everyones used to dzc now, an you know how lazy people are to change over to something new)! Sort it out already! VentZer0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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