Died before the patch
-Reconnect to same server "You are dead."
-Change servers "You are dead."
-Change to hardcore (never played on a HC server before) "You are dead."
I've waited, changed my name, tried 20 different servers, sorted by version and restarted everything. I've spent 3 hours on this according to Steam.
In addition my character from the menu screen is missing, see attachment.
I successfully worked around this issue several times, because it happens again as soon as you die.
do that a few times, esc at different times but before "you are dead" and within 10 I usually get a game to load. Occasionally close dayZ completely during the process, not sure whether that affects it.
after that, just don't die and you'll be fine :(
Is there are hardcore character delete server?