Offline Singleplayer Option?

[Elphame_Gold]

Just curious if this game has a single player offline mode or is it strictly pvp online?

[ŔคยĽ]

You can download some stuff and play offline. You can also host a private server.

[Sim]

Here's a you tube on how to set up your own private server on the same pc you play on - https://youtu.be/facj4MYAjpg?si=W1BHj3XSlirF0O5_

[Elphame_Gold]

I live in a dead zone, so even posting this comment takes a while to process.... no phone service, very little internet. Typically, I cant even load my emails up so... yea has to be 100% offline play option for me to play stuff lol.

[Sim]

Originally posted by Elphame_Gold:

I live in a dead zone, so even posting this comment takes a while to process.... no phone service, very little internet. Typically, I cant even load my emails up so... yea has to be 100% offline play option for me to play stuff lol.

Actually I'm not sure about setting up a local server like I had suggested then.
I've a feeling that still needs an internet connection.
There is an offline mode, but I don't think that saves your progress/game like a local server will, so it would be a fresh start every time you play I guess...

[Elphame_Gold]

I understand that there will always be people eager to tell people what their opinion is, thats great and all. But in regards to getting a true direct answer to the original question, is there a single player offline option? Thank you.

[PorkChop]

Originally posted by Elphame_Gold:

I understand that there will always be people eager to tell people what their opinion is, thats great and all. But in regards to getting a true direct answer to the original question, is there a single player offline option? Thank you.

You cannot play Dayz without an internet connection unfortunately. Wish it had a offline mode.

[O Lord]

No, you can play offline, but to play offline you need to create a server for yourself, but if you're a noob, add me and we have an ideal server for you

[Amogus]

Originally posted by PorkChop:

Originally posted by Elphame_Gold:

I understand that there will always be people eager to tell people what their opinion is, thats great and all. But in regards to getting a true direct answer to the original question, is there a single player offline option? Thank you.

You cannot play Dayz without an internet connection unfortunately. Wish it had a offline mode.

He can download/set up a server to play locally with no internet required (apart from downloading the server files)

[_KC76_]

Originally posted by SUBNORMAL:

Originally posted by PorkChop:

You cannot play Dayz without an internet connection unfortunately. Wish it had a offline mode.

He can download/set up a server to play locally with no internet required (apart from downloading the server files)

And once again, you are INCORRECT.

As PorkChop said, You need to have an internet connection, to PLAY DayZ ... The KEY WORD is "PLAY" ... The DayZ Client (the Game) needs to be connected to the Internet to communicate with the Battleye Anti-Cheat servers, AND to communicate with Steam Authentication servers.

^^ That is a totally separate issue from being able to run a Local DayZ Server .. the DayZ Server does NOT have to be connected to the internet to run, it does NOT need to be authenticated by Steam.

For the OP, if you have a half-decent internet connection, you should be able to set up a Local DayZ server on your own PC, for you to play alone on, but there is no "offline mode" for the DayZ Game itself, like some other games have. You will need to be signed in to, and have a half decent connection with, Steam to be able to run the game client.

[baddoggs]

Originally posted by Elphame_Gold:

I understand that there will always be people eager to tell people what their opinion is, thats great and all. But in regards to getting a true direct answer to the original question, is there a single player offline option? Thank you.

To actually answer the question, NO there is no dedicated single
player mode built into the game.

[Amogus]

Originally posted by _KC76_:

And once again, you are INCORRECT.

As PorkChop said, You need to have an internet connection, to PLAY DayZ ... The KEY WORD is "PLAY" ... The DayZ Client (the Game) needs to be connected to the Internet to communicate with the Battleye Anti-Cheat servers, AND to communicate with Steam Authentication servers.

^^ That is a totally separate issue from being able to run a Local DayZ Server .. the DayZ Server does NOT have to be connected to the internet to run, it does NOT need to be authenticated by Steam.

I just tested it myself by doing the following:

- Download DayZ server through Steam
- Port forward through router tools
- Set up DayZ server config
- Disable network adapter
- Launched server
- Launched DayZ

After all of this, I received the "waitauthplayerloginstate" time out when trying to connect to the server. After receiving this message, I re-enabled my network adapter to be online and still got the same error. After that, I went back online on Steam and it instantly worked first time

When I turned the server on with my network adapter off, I received the following from the server console:

20:52:59 BattlEye Server: Initialized (v1.219, DayZ 1.24.157828)
20:52:59 SUCCESS: SteamGameServer_Init(0,8766,2302,27016,3,1.24.157828)

The console also constantly spams the message "Failed to validate Steam..."

As you can see, it has absolutely no trouble initializing BattlEye on the server nor when launching DayZ in offline mode (you can even launch DayZ with BattlEye disabled in the launcher settings) while 100% disconnected from the internet, but it does throw a fit if you're trying to play in offline mode on Steam. I also didn't get any BattlEye errors from trying to join and I knew it was connecting because the server console began initializing my character and stopped when I got kicked for the "waitauthplayerloginstate" time out

I don't get why they still pull this crap because there's absolutely no reason why you shouldn't be allowed to host an offline LAN server without having to validate through Steam since it's not going to be disruptive to anybody online whatsoever. I understand why they removed DayZ from family sharing since it allowed one Steam account to be used on an infinite amount of alts to cheat with on online servers, but there's no logic for why you have to be connected to Steam to play an offline LAN server

[ŔคยĽ]

Originally posted by Elphame_Gold:

I live in a dead zone, so even posting this comment takes a while to process.... no phone service, very little internet. Typically, I cant even load my emails up so... yea has to be 100% offline play option for me to play stuff lol.

what about starlink?

[Kussin]

Download "Magic Launcher" and launch singleplayer.

Thats it.

[Envy The Dead]

Originally posted by Elphame_Gold:

Just curious if this game has a single player offline mode or is it strictly pvp online?

Use Single player offfline mode
You can spawn anything and ghost around the map and it works with all 30 maps

https://github.com/Arkensor/DayZCommunityOfflineMode

[Nhika]

Originally posted by SUBNORMAL:

Originally posted by _KC76_:

And once again, you are INCORRECT.

As PorkChop said, You need to have an internet connection, to PLAY DayZ ... The KEY WORD is "PLAY" ... The DayZ Client (the Game) needs to be connected to the Internet to communicate with the Battleye Anti-Cheat servers, AND to communicate with Steam Authentication servers.

^^ That is a totally separate issue from being able to run a Local DayZ Server .. the DayZ Server does NOT have to be connected to the internet to run, it does NOT need to be authenticated by Steam.

I just tested it myself by doing the following:

- Download DayZ server through Steam
- Port forward through router tools
- Set up DayZ server config
- Disable network adapter
- Launched server
- Launched DayZ

After all of this, I received the "waitauthplayerloginstate" time out when trying to connect to the server. After receiving this message, I re-enabled my network adapter to be online and still got the same error. After that, I went back online on Steam and it instantly worked first time

When I turned the server on with my network adapter off, I received the following from the server console:

20:52:59 BattlEye Server: Initialized (v1.219, DayZ 1.24.157828)
20:52:59 SUCCESS: SteamGameServer_Init(0,8766,2302,27016,3,1.24.157828)

The console also constantly spams the message "Failed to validate Steam..."

As you can see, it has absolutely no trouble initializing BattlEye on the server nor when launching DayZ in offline mode (you can even launch DayZ with BattlEye disabled in the launcher settings) while 100% disconnected from the internet, but it does throw a fit if you're trying to play in offline mode on Steam. I also didn't get any BattlEye errors from trying to join and I knew it was connecting because the server console began initializing my character and stopped when I got kicked for the "waitauthplayerloginstate" time out

I don't get why they still pull this crap because there's absolutely no reason why you shouldn't be allowed to host an offline LAN server without having to validate through Steam since it's not going to be disruptive to anybody online whatsoever. I understand why they removed DayZ from family sharing since it allowed one Steam account to be used on an infinite amount of alts to cheat with on online servers, but there's no logic for why you have to be connected to Steam to play an offline LAN server

It's because some people use Tunngle or Himachi, similar to Minecraft Lan servers as one of the common set ups + possibly to avoid people outright torrenting DayZ and playing lan