Unable to delete local Dayz server from my PC!

[SRoller22]

I managed to create my own local Dayz server on my PC, and it actually showed up the the game's server list, but I'm unable to join it because "wrong password given."

So I decided to start over...

I deleted the server files and folder entirely and then created a new server with a new name but without a password, but no matter what i do, the original server still shows up on the game's server list- but not the new one.

My IP address must be somehow permanently associated with my original server creation, (which brings to mind Frankenstein's monster, which once created lived forever!?)

Help!

Thanks

[SRoller22]

Well gang, enough is enough.

I uninstalled the DayZServer from Steam, then installed it in my C: drive, for a change, verified the contents of the install (all files verified), changed my would-be server name to Killroy, then put in the batch file (got rid of the space and basically copied the above example), changed the server name in start.bat and serverDZ.cfg to "Killroy" and you'll never guess what happened...

(drum-roll, please...)

The same darn thing...

When i click on the start.bat file, a black box immediately pops up with the heading/tab "Killroy batch"

and under it, white letters on black background, it says:

"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."
(12:37:00.47) "Killroy started"

And over and to the right of this is a smaller white popup box with an X in a red background followed by the message:

"Windows cannot find ΓÇ£DayZ Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."

The only response option is to click "OK", which accomplishes nothing, just another go around.

(insert evil-looking Skull and Cross-bone symbol here, writ large!)

[_KC76_]

Początkowo opublikowane przez SRoller22:

Well gang, enough is enough.

I uninstalled the DayZServer from Steam, then installed it in my C: drive, for a change, verified the contents of the install (all files verified), changed my would-be server name to Killroy, then put in the batch file (basically copied the above example), changed the server name in start.bat and serverDZ.cfg to "Killroy" and you'll never guess what happened...

(drum-roll, please...)

The same darn thing...

When i click on the start.bat file, a black box immediately pops up with the heading/tab "Killroy batch"

and under it, white letters on black background, it says:

"The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."
(12:37:00.47) "Killroy started"

And over and to the right of this is a smaller white popup box with an X in a red background followed by the message:

"Windows cannot find ΓÇ£DayZ Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again."

The only response option is to click "OK", which accomplishes nothing, just another go around.

(insert evil-looking Skull and Cross-bone symbol here, writ large!)

I'm sorry I could not have been more help. It is a really odd situation, for sure. The only other thing I can think to suggest is to use Windows tools to make sure you don't have some error or corruption of files in your Windows installation, similar to another user who had a slightly different problem, but also a very stubborn error message.

[SRoller22]

KC76.
You were a great help, and you put in a lot of time and effort on this, and for that I thank and commend you!

"An error or corruption of files in Windows installation..." Hmm...

It just might be something like that.

Given that I'm (presumably) doing this the same way others are, with success, and given that the error message is one of those nasty Windows things... the problem must be there.

Thing is, I built this PC a year ago, it's running Windows 11, and it's been running great.
I haven't had a lick of trouble with it, including running a ton of time-wasting Steam games, perusing the internet, and occasionally writing a letter or document.

I suspect that somewhere out there, there's a Windows 11 nut who would know right off what "ΓÇ£DayZ" probably indicates.

Thanks again, all...

*poof*

[StpVapor]

hate that i'm late to the party. what app are you using to edit the files, and what region? sounds like an encoding error, spitting back special chars like that.

[SRoller22]

Notepad++

Region? USA

[Not Known]

hostname = "####"; // Server name
password = "####"; // Password to connect to the server
passwordAdmin = ""; // Password to become a server admin

enableWhitelist = 0; // Enable/disable whitelist (value 0-1)

maxPlayers = 60; // Maximum amount of players

verifySignatures = 2; // Verifies .pbos against .bisign files. (only 2 is supported)
forceSameBuild = 1; // When enabled, the server will allow the connection only to clients with same the .exe revision as the server (value 0-1)

disableVoN = 0; // Enable/disable voice over network (value 0-1)
vonCodecQuality = 20; // Voice over network codec quality, the higher the better (values 0-30)

disable3rdPerson=0; // Toggles the 3rd person view for players (value 0-1)
disableCrosshair=0; // Toggles the cross-hair (value 0-1)

disablePersonalLight = 1; // Disables personal light for all clients connected to server
lightingConfig = 0; // 0 for brighter night setup, 1 for darker night setup

serverTime="SystemTime"; // Initial in-game time of the server. "SystemTime" means the local time of the machine. Another possibility is to set the time to some value in "YYYY/MM/DD/HH/MM" format, f.e. "2015/4/8/17/23" .
serverTimeAcceleration=12; // Accelerated Time (value 0-24)// This is a time multiplier for in-game time. In this case, the time would move 24 times faster than normal, so an entire day would pass in one hour.
serverNightTimeAcceleration=1; // Accelerated Nigh Time - The numerical value being a multiplier (0.1-64) and also multiplied by serverTimeAcceleration value. Thus, in case it is set to 4 and serverTimeAcceleration is set to 2, night time would move 8 times faster than normal. An entire night would pass in 3 hours.
serverTimePersistent=0; // Persistent Time (value 0-1)// The actual server time is saved to storage, so when active, the next server start will use the saved time value.

guaranteedUpdates=1; // Communication protocol used with game server (use only number 1)

loginQueueConcurrentPlayers=5; // The number of players concurrently processed during the login process. Should prevent massive performance drop during connection when a lot of people are connecting at the same time.
loginQueueMaxPlayers=500; // The maximum number of players that can wait in login queue

instanceId = 1; // DayZ server instance id, to identify the number of instances per box and their storage folders with persistence files

storageAutoFix = 1; // Checks if the persistence files are corrupted and replaces corrupted ones with empty ones (value 0-1)


class Missions
{
class DayZ
{
template="dayzOffline.chernarusplus"; // Mission to load on server startup. <MissionName>.<TerrainName>
// Vanilla mission: dayzOffline.chernarusplus
// DLC mission: dayzOffline.enoch
};
};

#############

That's all I have for MY local server, and I've had no issues yet. That file is in my SteamLibrary > steamapps > common > DayZSerer directory.

[Moonlight Symphony]

Początkowo opublikowane przez _KC76_:

Początkowo opublikowane przez SRoller22:

Ah, that explains a bunch, but nothing comes up under LAN servers.
My mystery server is on my PC, the same one I play on.

Okay, so then next .. Have you created a Start.bat Batch file? the As-downloaded DayZ Server software is incomplete. You can not start the server from Steam, instead you have to write a file to tell the server to start, and what mods to load, and then how often to restart.

that is plain wrong you can start the server through steam without needing to create a batch file. you just need to enter in the DayZ Server properties in steam under Launch Option "-config=serverDZ.cfg" to tell it which config to use, afterwards just press play like with any other game.

[SRoller22]

kristypolymath,

Thanks!
And Let me guess, you don’t need a start.bat file after all…?
*dazed look*

Moonlight Symphony (very nice name, btw),

Don’t need a start.bat file? Yikes!

Where were you when I started down this road- zoned out somewhere listening to the Blue Danube waltz on auto-repeat while I was wracking my brain 🧠 rewriting batch files and etc. until I’m blue in the face?

Well, better late than never, I suppose…
Thanks!

But without a batch file, how do you indicate what mods (like reduced hunger & thirst, increased stamina, no respawning of zombies, and starting out well-equipped, with a nice assault rife, and a bunch of tasty steaks, etc) to load?

(brings back memories of the ridiculous amount of time I spent modding STALKER Clear Sky files before I finally figured out how to get issued all the best stuff before even leaving the base! Ah, those were the Dayz!)

[Moonlight Symphony]

Początkowo opublikowane przez SRoller22:

kristypolymath,

Thanks!
And Let me guess, you don’t need a start.bat file after all…?
*dazed look*

Moonlight Symphony (very nice name, btw),

Don’t need a start.bat file? Yikes!

Where were you when I started down this road- zoned out somewhere listening to the Blue Danube waltz on auto-repeat while I was wracking my brain 🧠 rewriting batch files and etc. until I’m blue in the face?

Well, better late than never, I suppose…
Thanks!

But without a batch file, how do you indicate what mods (like reduced hunger & thirst, increased stamina, no respawning of zombies, and starting out well-equipped, with a nice assault rife, and a bunch of tasty steaks, etc) to load?

(brings back memories of the ridiculous amount of time I spent modding STALKER Clear Sky files before I finally figured out how to get issued all the best stuff before even leaving the base! Ah, those were the Dayz!)

should be the same way you told it which config to use
Launch optiones: "-config=serverDZ.cfg -mod=@mod1;@mod2"

[SRoller22]

Makes sense, thanks

[SRoller22]

Surprise (to me) but it worked.

-config=serverDZ.cfg was already in server launch options, so
I renamed the start file Xstart, started the DayZserver in Steam, then the game, and there, at last, was my long-lost DayZserver!



Thanks loads!

[_KC76_]

Początkowo opublikowane przez SRoller22:

Surprise (to me) but it worked.

-config=serverDZ.cfg was already in server launch options, so
I renamed the start file Xstart, started the DayZserver in Steam, then the game, and there, at last, was my long-lost DayZserver!



Thanks loads!

And this is probably the cause of your garbled Error, after fixing the other syntax errors. .. You can't have both Launch Parameters, and then a File that sets up Launch Options; it causes Conflict.

Not sure how I missed Posts #'s 28 and 29, where someone told you to add Launch Parameters in Steam Launch Options, and you did.

I'd suspect that if you delete the Launch Parameters, that your Start.bat would work at this point also.

[SRoller22]

I'd suspect that if you delete the Launch Parameters, that your Start.bat would work at this point also. [/quote]

I just might try that one of these days- i suspect you're right.
Strange why it resulted in a Windows System error like it did, but what the h*ll...

[johnc]

Początkowo opublikowane przez SRoller22:

Surprise (to me) but it worked.

-config=serverDZ.cfg was already in server launch options, so
I renamed the start file Xstart, started the DayZserver in Steam, then the game, and there, at last, was my long-lost DayZserver!



Thanks loads!

just to confirm, your got it resolved and functions? :00

[HAOSov]

Someone bypass this error? The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect