The DayZ community server ecosystem is currently collapsing due to the overwhelming presence of fake servers flooding the community server browser.
This issue is fundamentally caused by the outdated and unauthenticated use of the Steam A2S protocol for server registration.
Meanwhile, DayZ official servers are protected by internal authentication mechanisms that prevent fake server registration.

We respectfully urge Bohemia Interactive to implement similar authentication measures for community servers, such as adding lightweight token-based validation or encrypted server responses.
This change would immediately eliminate the vast majority of fake servers, restore trust in the server browser, and protect the long-term health of the DayZ multiplayer community.

Without such measures, the DayZ community server environment will continue to deteriorate rapidly, driving players and server operators away from the game.

Registering a DayZ server currently relies on integration with steam_api64.dll through the Steam API.
However, the situation has significantly deteriorated — all DayZ community servers are now subject to continuous automated scanning and coordinated attacks, occurring in cycles every few minutes.
It appears there is a deliberate effort to destabilize and ultimately destroy the DayZ multiplayer ecosystem.
Given the severity of the ongoing attacks, it is worth considering whether DayZ should transition away from reliance on steam_api64 to protect its community infrastructur
@Geez

@Geez Is there any official word from the developers as if to whether or not they'll be able to fix this issue?

Client update will follow soon.

so sad

Hello,
We have tested this on our end and we are unable to reproduce the issue.
Regards,
Geez

Hello.
This is currently working as designed.

Resolved for 1.28 stable.

good talk

and rvmats

@Geez Can we ask someone, how we can add cars lifetimes on community server without adding custom mode. Is is feasible to achive it only changing server config files?

I think it's not a bug but a feature.

Hello Dannydoomno1.
Dig worms with screwdriver is not possible on official servers.
Was this possibly on a modded server?

Thank you !

Hello Kyle_C.
The crashes occur due to the modded content you are running. In such case there is nothing we can do on our end.
Regards,
Geez

Resolved for 1.28 stable

Hello everyone.
We have tested this extensively but we are unable to reproduce the issue on our end.
Regards,
Geez

Thank you for the report.
This is a known issue that has been reported previously and it is scheduled for a fix.
Regards,
Geez

Hello Dhonjoe.
We have tested this on our end but we were unable to reproduce the issue.
Regards,
Geez

Hello Diddi.
Since the experimnental version works.
Can you try to disable Steam cloud sync, then go into your documents, delete the contents of your DAYZ folder in Documents and then copy contents of DAYZ EXP folder in documents into the DAYZ folder in documents and try to launch the game?
Regards,
Geez

Thank you for the report.
All hacking incidents are being investigated by BattlEye.
Regards,
Geez

@niloypal you forgot the spam link buddy

It's a very casual experience. The amount of cars really negates a lot of survival aspects and what makes DayZ, Dayz. It also makes the map feel a lot smaller. I've been testing the server a lot and it's a more of a PvP spam fest than a survival experience. I'm sure there'll be many community servers like this one. I don't think it should be an official dayz experience. I doubt devs want it either.

In T191695#2806253, @etwas wrote:

Of course "it's only my opinion". It's as much worth as yours, sorry.

If people are tired of long progression, they play the wrong game or miss out on community servers. The game should't suddenly change in a drastic way, even if it's just one official server with whatever special setup. What's next? Traders and no stamina on official, because.... it's so popular?

In T191820#2806350, @801vax wrote:

It was like that for ages. So if you found bandana, strilize it and use silent bandaging.

It was like that for ages. So if you found bandana, strilize it and use silent bandaging.

In T189923#2806118, @nachoooo wrote:

In T189923#2806100, @ad.HD wrote:

DFW-4-2C-18, 09.05 2025 19:27:23
Unhandled exception

Program: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\OmegaManager\servers\Beg4MercyCherna\DayZServer_x64.exe
Reason: Access violation. Illegal read by 0x7ff7694fbfb0 at 0x8

Class: 'A6_MK12'
Entity id:3055486

Function: 'SaveCurrentFSMState'
Stack trace:
WeaponFSMmodfix/Scripts/4_world/entities\firearms\weapon_base.c:7

In T189923#2804591, @nachoooo wrote:

Is it only the A6_AK104 that you're seeing this issue with? Do you see any other guns listed? Its possible the A6_AK104 could be missing an FSM transition or memory point in the model

I uploaded a new version yesterday, try that one. It has more error checks in it. I had a look at the A6 weapon mod, its very complex and it changes a lot of hard coded values on the fly via config. I personally wouldn't use A6_Gunplay mod, the other A6 weapon mods should work fine without it, if you're using it only to disable weapon damage, theres other more stable mods for that.

Of course "it's only my opinion". It's as much worth as yours, sorry.

In T189923#2806100, @ad.HD wrote:

DFW-4-2C-18, 09.05 2025 19:27:23
Unhandled exception

Program: C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\OmegaManager\servers\Beg4MercyCherna\DayZServer_x64.exe
Reason: Access violation. Illegal read by 0x7ff7694fbfb0 at 0x8

Class: 'A6_MK12'
Entity id:3055486

Function: 'SaveCurrentFSMState'
Stack trace:
WeaponFSMmodfix/Scripts/4_world/entities\firearms\weapon_base.c:7

In T189923#2804591, @nachoooo wrote:

Is it only the A6_AK104 that you're seeing this issue with? Do you see any other guns listed? Its possible the A6_AK104 could be missing an FSM transition or memory point in the model

DFW-4-2C-18, 09.05 2025 19:27:23
Unhandled exception

It is only your personal opinion. Most of players would love to play such servers. High pop - high demand. I also think that it might bring oldd players back because they tired of long progression.

Had a crash when trying to log back in and was instructed by prompts to report this. thank you.

Well, there are community servers for a reason. No need to manipulate the original experience on the few official servers.

Just bad luck I guess, as the protective cases don't count in hoarders or players inventory.

Thank you for the report!

Thank you for the report.
All hacking incidents are being investigated by BattlEye.
Regards,
Geez

Thank you for the report.
All hacking incidents are being investigated by BattlEye.
Regards,
Geez

It would not.
A lot of players in this game are not only for hardcore gameplay (running to tisy for 2 hours), especially for those who have a lot of hours in the game already. And high demand on these servers on exp showing that. People like this format, and it doesn't mean that we have to change all servers. Just to make a few extra with this feature.

Uninstall the internet.

Fix!