How to Set Up DayZ for 'Single Player' on PC

What this video is: A description of how I set up a local DayZ server on my PC so I could play as a 'Single Player'. It would perhaps be more accurate to call it 'playing alone'.
This guide is for PC players who have purchased and installed DayZ via Steam who would prefer to practice before joining multiplayer servers or who want both options.

What this video is not: It's not a suggestion that DayZ - a multiplayer game - is best played in this way. DayZ is a fantastic game, but many players, particularly beginners, are put-off by the steep learning curve involved - made worse by having to compete with other far more experienced players.

I am not the 'inventor' or 'creator' of this method. I do not guarantee it will work on every system. I am simply sharing a method that works for me.

Copy and paste this code if preferred -config=serverDZ.cfg

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[BFNowhere]

*TROUBLESHOOTING*
This will work for almost everybody assuming you have a PC capable of running the game AND the server at the same time. If you have any issues, please try the following *BEFORE* asking for help.
Go to your Steam Library, right-click on DayZ (the game), select 'properties', select 'installed files' (on the left) and then click on 'verify integrity of game files'. When that's done, do exactly the same thing with your DayZ Server.

[Coralita]

Outstanding work that takes all the sweat and tears away.

[eols]

Thank you sir! I was at the point of abandoning game play altogether, due to the constant harassment from cheater and hacker bullies, but now I have a way to avoid having to deal with those assholes any more. Well done. Thank you for sharing.

[nitroboltz]

mate you are a bloody life saver for making so easy, can't thank you enough.

[Dalilano]

i love u dude! kept it simple, ez to understand, short and not complicated to understand! Thx man!

[Mikey]

Straightforward, quick, easy vid. Cheers man!🎉

[lorrimac]

Thank you so much! I tried to do this twice before and gave up. You made my day :)

[lukehodgkinson]

Thanks very much I had tried it before but missed the dash so it didnt work. Fixed now and looking forward to having my own sandbox to build in without getting killed and robbed by people yelling "friendly" at me!

[BonnieVR]

This is the best video I could find for Single player dayZ. Thank you

[chuckweb]

Wish I had this video earlier when I set up my server. I had to watch a lot of videos but got mine set up.

[npcplaysgames]

This is the most helpful, straight forward, quick and easy tut video ever. Bless you 😭😭

[JumpOnDayZ]

Looked at a few different videos to do this and I have to say this was the best one for me.

[thesocialtrends]

How to do when i play single player in livonia or namalsk?

[txjtqxr]

Thank you a lot, after looking to create my own server for more than 3 years. Finally found you

[strikebt]

Is there a way to have admin tools or something similar to spawn items, cars or teleport in my private server?

[ryokale]

i have already made a private server and added few mods in but i was wondering if i could play it with my friend

[ianstrickland]

thank you tons for quick updated version.

[MSportTech]

hello I went exactly according to the procedure as you show but I can't open it why? it stopped on the Steam policy response line, where could the error be? Thank you
🤔😉

[Animus_Official]

When i open the DayzServer then load the game and go to the LAN tab it keeps saying Cannot retrieve lan server list. Check your internet connection i have no idea how to make it work

[cidramiterre]

Thank you so much.!
You sir.. Are heaven sent..

Keeping things brief and on point.. 🙏🙏🙏