Is There Any Way To Play Offline/Singleplayer?

[=[ZMP]=]

Hey everyone. I'm thinking of buying this game, and before this I've seen that there's an experimental patch where people can play offline for a while. Alright, so can I play alone?

[Col. Kernel]

Yes you can. You can download the DayZ server files through Steam and host a server on your own computer. It takes a little work, but it's really not that difficult. Then you can join the server under the LAN tab in the game.

There used to be an offline mode directly in the launch options for the game itself. Don't know if that still works. The downside with that option is that it is not "persistent" so you'll start from scratch every time you reopen the game. The server method doesn't have that problem.

[BeardedHeathen]

If you run a lan server from your computer it’s just like joining a server but without the people. It saves when you exit.

[=[ZMP]=]

Originally posted by Col. Kernel:

Yes you can. You can download the DayZ server files through Steam and host a server on your own computer. It takes a little work, but it's really not that difficult. Then you can join the server under the LAN tab in the game.....

Thanks! Might buy the game soon then!

[Levy_]

Originally posted by Col. Kernel:

Yes you can. You can download the DayZ server files through Steam and host a server on your own computer. It takes a little work, but it's really not that difficult. Then you can join the server under the LAN tab in the game.

There used to be an offline mode directly in the launch options for the game itself. Don't know if that still works. The downside with that option is that it is not "persistent" so you'll start from scratch every time you reopen the game. The server method doesn't have that problem.

Where can I exactly find the DayZ server files? Is it the DayZ experiemental?

[SasGuatch]

@Levy_
steam tools for DayZ Server

[GiSSe]

I found this video to be very helpful in setting up a local server.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=facj4MYAjpg

[=[ZMP]=]

Originally posted by GiSSe:

I found this video to be very helpful in setting up a local server.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=facj4MYAjpg

Are there any mods with bandit ai or something like that?

[Luca NK]

Originally posted by =ZMP=:

Originally posted by GiSSe:

I found this video to be very helpful in setting up a local server.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=facj4MYAjpg

Are there any mods with bandit ai or something like that?

Check the workshop for any mod you might be interested in, after that it's not complicated to install them, that same guy has vids on how to implement mods on your local server.

[Derleth]

Originally posted by =ZMP=:

Originally posted by GiSSe:

I found this video to be very helpful in setting up a local server.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=facj4MYAjpg

Are there any mods with bandit ai or something like that?

There is Enfusion AI and Expansion AI that is a continuation of the first one. Original developer stopped working on it so Expansion took it over and are polishing it. I haven't used it yet myself, they are pretty limited but getting better.

[2ugly]

Yikes... one of their promises still never achieved. They sold the game to many based on it.

[Derleth]

Originally posted by 2ugly:

Yikes... one of their promises still never achieved. They sold the game to many based on it.

They have never promised single player, DayZ has always been a multiplayer experience and marketed as such.

[Kwin222]

the question was, can you play Dayz OFFLINE single player. methods above require you to be online to launch the game.

[Morethan2Letters]

Originally posted by Kwin222:

the question was, can you play Dayz OFFLINE single player. methods above require you to be online to launch the game.

'offline/singleplayer"

Dont play semantics. We all know he means without other players, not literally with an offline PC.

[Checkmate]

There are a lot of zero population dead servers you can play on where the chances of running into someone are slim to none. But the whole point of Dayz is to feel that terror when you hear a players footsteps run into a building you are already in wondering if they know you are there or not.

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by Kwin222:

the question was, can you play Dayz OFFLINE single player. methods above require you to be online to launch the game.

"The Question" was asked FIVE years ago ... and has been answered many times more recently, with articulated answers.

Yes, you can run a private server, and play single player on your own PC or LAN server.
No, you can not play DayZ in "Steam offline mode", even though that's NOT what the OP asked. DayZ requires Internet, and a Steam connection to play.