Re: RELEASE: DayZ X [1.8.0.3] [Update: 0.1] |17/02-2014|

Posted by longjohnt on Sep 01, 2014; 9:58pm
URL: http://kodabar-dayz-daizy-single-player-forum.163.s1.nabble.com/RELEASE-DayZ-X-1-8-0-3-Update-0-1-17-02-2014-tp3034p17331.html

It will work with the latest Arma2AO patch, but you will need the version of Dayz that the mod is based on.  Create a folder called "@DayzX" in your Arma2AO folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead.  Then create a folder inside that called "Addons".  

Take all the files from your @dayz/Addons folder and copy/paste them into your new Addons folder.  You need these files too.  They should be Dayz version 1.8.0.3 (update with Dayz Commander to get the right version) when you do this.  Then paste the files from the Addons folder you downloaded.  You will replace some of the original Dayz files with the modified ones you downloaded and add some new ones.

Also, copy the Addons folder from your regular Arma2 directory: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 2, and put it in your base Arma2AO folder.  It is big so it will take a while.  This will clear up a lot of errors when trying to run Daizy SP mods.  If you want to play normal Dayz online later on, you will have to change the name of this folder (I usually put an X on the end of the name).  The server will think you are running hack scripts if it detects it.

Now take the mission files you downloaded and put them in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\Missions.

Create a shortcut to the Arma2OA.exe on your desktop.  You will use this to run the game.  Go into Properties on the shortcut and at the end of the Target line after the file location put: "-mod=@DayzX" and any other modifiers.  Mine looks like this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps\common\Arma 2 Operation Arrowhead\ArmA2OA.exe" -mod=@DayzX -cpucount=4 -exThreads=3 -nosplash -winxp

I would recommend adding the other stuff to help improve your framerates in the game.  Your CPU has to work harder to do the stuff that a server would normally do like spawn loot and zombies.  "-cpucount=4 -exThreads=3" tells it to use your extra CPU cores, "-nosplash" removes the Arma2 splash screen, and  "-winxp" runs it in Windows XP compatible mode.

I discovered a lot of this stuff by combing this forum and trial and error.  This is what I had to do to get DayzX to work.