Happened after 0.53 update. I attempted to play DayZ and got the pop-up "Preparing to Launch DayZ" like normal then... nothing. I reapeat the process, same result. I've re-installed, verified intergrity of game files, switch back and forth from exp. and stable. but nothing. I also installed vcredist x64 bit and nothing works still. This has been happening for almost a month now.
Description
Details
- Legacy ID
- 3260374719
- Severity
- None
- Resolution
- Fixed
- Reproducibility
- Always
- Category
- Game Crash
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Try this:
I HAVE FIXED IT!
I went into C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\ and deleted the BattlEye folder.
Next I disabled my Anti Virus and Firewall.
I couldn't turn off windows firewall so I added a rule for DayZ_BE.exe and allowed all connections.
Now I can start DayZ and BattlEye installs and the game works!
Hello PrinceOfArendelle,
Sorry to hear about your trouble.
I can see that you already tried some of the steps below, but please try out the following steps:
- Start Steam and right click on DayZ in your game library (make sure that the game is not running).
- Select the tab labeled "Local Files".
- Click on the button labeled "Verify integrity of game cache...".
- Restart your pc once the process is complete.
After this, if the problem is not solved, do the following.
- Download and install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/result.aspx?q=vcredist%202010&form=DLC
- Restart your pc.
- Download and install Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/result.aspx?q=vcredist%202013&form=DLC
- Restart your pc.
- Launch DayZ (run both Steam and DayZ as administrator if needed).
If this does not solve the problem, here's a suggestion that is a bit more drastic. Please be aware though; you might have to reinstall your other Steam games afterwards:
- Move the entire "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps" folder to your desktop. Your "SteamApps" folder should now be at the following location: "C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\SteamApps".
- Move the "DayZ" folder out of the "C:\Users\<username>\Desktop\SteamApps\common" folder and subsequently delete the "DayZ" folder.
- Uninstall Steam while making sure the "SteamApps" folder is still on your desktop.
- Restart your pc.
- Install a new version of Steam.
- Go to the new "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps" folder.
- Move everything inside the old "SteamApps" folder on your desktop to the new "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\SteamApps" folder.
- Install DayZ again.
Regards,
JStewart
I installed the Visual C++ 2013. Do I also need to install Visual C++ 2010?
Can you also explain what these Visual C++'s do?
Sorry, I'm just a bit cautious when downloading stuff I'm not familiar with.
Yes, both Visual C++ 2010 and Visual C++ 2013 are required for the game. For a more in depth explanation of Visual C++, there's some good information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_C%2B%2B
It is already part of the game files that are downloaded from Steam (available here: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ\_CommonRedist\vcredist), but in some cases it seems like some players have to download and install the packages manually.
The person fixed it http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/221450-dayz-wont-launch-out-of-steam-libary/
issue was lack of admin privileges for steam.