Joining a server

Getting into the game

1. Using Steam, you should run Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead.

2. When a window with options appears, select Arma 2: Combined Operations. This should be the last option.

3. When the game loads, feel free to fiddle with settings. You may consider creating a new player profile with your desired handle.

4. When you're ready to play, press Multiplayer on the main menu to bring up the server browser. You can filter the names of the servers by "DayZ". We also recommend filtering out full and passworded servers and servers with a ping over 150.

5. <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK">Select a server out of the results. Lower-population servers are easier for beginners because they tend to have fewer griefers.

<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0level1lfo1; tab-stops:list36.0pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Verdana;mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">6. <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">Once you connect to the server, you should see a screen that looks something <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK">like this <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">. <span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "TimesNewRoman";mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK">Press "OK". You don't need to select anything else.

<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0level1lfo1; tab-stops:list36.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family:Verdana;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:NO-BOK">7. <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"TimesNewRoman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"TimesNewRoman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: NO-BOK">Be patient, but if you're stuck at any step for more than a few minutes, try another server. It's annoying, but remember that this is an alpha-phase mod!