Setup guide

Everything you need to get A-6 running on your DayZ server: buying, downloading, installing, and registering your server for the licence. It takes about 10 minutes.

How licensing works

Your licence belongs to your Community (your server group). It is linked to your Discord account.
A6 Weapons, Gunplay and Optics are licensed: they only unlock on the servers you have registered.
Each server is identified by its own server ID, created automatically at its first start (profiles/A6_Mods/ServerId.json). Servers still on an older A6_Server are identified by their IP address + game port. There is no licence file to edit on your server.
The server checks its licence when it starts and every 24 hours. If our site is briefly unreachable, your server keeps working on its saved licence (up to 3 days).
Without a valid licence, the server still starts normally: only the A-6 mods are locked, and players get a message before being disconnected.

Base Storage, DoorLock and Secure Containers don't need a licence: download, install, play.

1Buy & download

Open the Store and click Login with Discord. Use the Discord account you want the licence on.
Add your mods to the cart and pay with PayPal.
Right after the payment:
- your buyer roles are given on our Discord (you're added to the server if needed),
- your licence is created,
- your files appear in My downloads.
In My downloads, take the PBOs of each mod and A-6 Core (required with any licensed mod). The source is there too if you want it.

Big files can be resumed if the download stops. Weapons is the largest one: use a stable connection.

2Install the mods

⚠ Updating from an older A-6 version? Read this first. File names changed: copying the new files over the old ones and clicking "replace" leaves the old files in place, and the server won't start (Multiple declaration of class…).
Delete your old A-6 folders and files first (in particular Optics.pbo and OpticScripts.pbo), then install the new ones. Keep the @A6_… folders as delivered: don't merge them into your own server pack. A6_Server only goes in -serverMod.

On the server

Folder	Where
`@A6_Core` (A6_Client + Systems)	`-mod`
`@A6_Core_Server` (A6_Server)	`-serverMod` only
A-6 Weapons / Gunplay / Optics	`-mod`

Upload the folders next to your other mods.
Copy the .bikey file from each mod's keys folder into your server's keys folder.
Add them to your launch parameters, for example:
```
-mod=@CF;@A6_Core;@A6_Gunplay;@A6_Weapons;@A6_Optics
-serverMod=@A6_Core_Server
```
On a hosting panel (GTX, Nitrado, CFTools…), add them in the mods / server mods fields instead.

Never put A6_Server in -mod or give it to your players: it's server-side only.

For your players

Players need the same client mods as the server (everything in -mod), as usual.

3Register your server

Register your server before starting it with A-6 for the first time. An unregistered server is refused at every check and keeps retrying: the first start can then take a very long time. If you use the claim code (option B), add the server right after the first start, then restart.

Open the Licences page and log in with Discord.

Set your Community name (first time only). It can't be changed afterwards without contacting us.
Add your server, with one of these two ways:

Option A: IP + port

Server name: any name to recognize it.
IP: your server's public IP.
Game port: the -port of your server (default 2302).
Query port: steamQueryPort in serverDZ.cfg (default 27016).

Option B: claim code (recommended)

Start your server once with the mods installed.

Open profiles/A6_Mods/Logs/A6_License.log. You'll see:

Claim code for this server: ABCD-EF23 (paste it in your customer area, then restart)

Paste the code in the portal (Add with the claim code), give the server a name.

The claim code registers your server by its server ID: it works even if your host uses another outgoing IP, or if several servers at your host share the same IP and port. If option A doesn't work, use option B.

Then restart the server: A-6 unlocks at startup.

Your server's public name must contain your Community name (it's checked automatically). Test servers: put test in the name (and in the public name too), with 10 players max.

4Check it works

After the restart, open profiles/A6_Mods/Logs/A6_License.log:

Licence: checking (game port 2302)...
Licence valid. Unlocked: a6_gunplay,a6_weapons,a6_optics (License valid (YourCommunity))

That's it, you're done. 🎉 The same lines are in your script_*.log, starting with [A-6 LICENCE].

Log messages

Message	What to do
`Licence valid`	All good.
`server_not_registered`	Register the server (step 3) with the claim code shown in the log, then restart.
`valid_partial`	Some installed mods aren't in your licence. Buy them or remove them.
`valid_name_warning` / `name_mismatch`	Your server's public name doesn't contain your Community name. Rename it before the deadline shown, then restart.
`valid_shared`	Your server shares its outgoing IP + port with another server at your host. It keeps working for now: paste the claim code shown in the log in the portal so it's registered on your own licence.
`check impossible (bad_signature)`	The answer didn't come from our licence site (a proxy, firewall or DNS redirects a-6archives.com). A-6 stays locked: make sure your server reaches a-6archives.com directly.
`suspended` / `expired`	Contact us on Discord.
`server unreachable … cache kept`	Our site couldn't be reached. Nothing to do: your server keeps working and checks again later.

FAQ & problems

The server won't start after updating: "Multiple declaration of class…"

Old and new A-6 files are loaded at the same time (usually in a server pack where the new files were added next to the old ones). Old files to delete, with their .bisign:

Optics.pbo → replaced by A6_Optics.pbo (@A6_Optics)
OpticScripts.pbo → replaced by A6_OpticScriptSystems.pbo (@A6_Core)
any other script PBO in @A6_Gunplay, @A6_Optics or @A6_Weapons: the script systems are now only in @A6_Core

Each folder must contain only these PBOs: @A6_Core: A6_Client, A6_GunplaySystems, A6_OpticScriptSystems, A6_WeaponScriptSystems · @A6_Core_Server: A6_Server · @A6_Gunplay: A6_Gunplay · @A6_Optics: A6_Optics · @A6_Weapons: Ammo, Attachments, LMGs, Pistols, Rifles, SMGs, Shotguns, Snipers, WeaponScripts

Simplest: delete all A-6 folders and files (including those you put in your own pack) and install the new folders as delivered. Then restart.

My server takes a very long time to start

It was started before being added on the Licences page: every check is refused and the server keeps retrying. Add the server (step 3), then restart. Once the licence is accepted, licensecache.json is created and the next starts are normal.

"Not registered" but I added my server

The IP or the game port doesn't match what the server really uses (common with hosts that use another outgoing IP). Remove it and add it again with the claim code from the log.

My server has the right name, but the site reads another name (GTX, Vykix…)

On some hosts several servers share an IP: your server reaches our site from one IP, but players connect to it on another one. The site then reads the name of another server. Fix it in 1 minute:

Open the Licences page and log in with Discord.
Under the IP of your server, click Name check.
Public IP: the IP your players use to connect (shown in your host panel, e.g. "Server info", or in the DayZ server browser).
Query port: steamQueryPort of this server. Then click Save.

Your real name is read right away and the warning disappears. Your licence is not affected: it keeps the IP your server uses to reach us.

Shared hosting (Vykix…): "This IP and port are already registered by another licence"

Some hosts send the licence check of several servers from one outgoing IP, often with the same default port 2302. Older A6_Server versions couldn't be told apart in that case. Since A6_Server 1.1, each server has its own ID:

Download A-6 Core again from My downloads and replace your @A6_Core_Server folder.
Restart the server.
Open profiles/A6_Mods/Logs/A6_License.log and copy the claim code.
Paste it on the Licences page (Add with the claim code), then restart.

Entering your players' IP + port doesn't help: the licence check reaches us from your host's outgoing IP, not from that address.

Can I copy ServerId.json?

Keep profiles/A6_Mods/ServerId.json when you move or reinstall your server: it stays registered. Never copy it to another server: each server needs its own ID. If you did, delete the copy on the second server, restart it (a new ID is created) and register it with its claim code.

I changed host / IP / port

With A6_Server 1.1 or newer: nothing to do, keep ServerId.json and your registration follows the server. With an older A6_Server: remove the old server in the portal and add the new one (claim code is easiest). Restart.

Several servers on the same machine

No problem: each one is a different game port. Register each one.

Players get "is not licensed on this server" and are disconnected

The server isn't registered, or a mod isn't in your licence. Check A6_License.log and the table above.

I run several Communities

Each Community needs its own licence. Contact our staff on Discord for an extra one.

Still stuck?

Open a ticket on our Discord with your A6_License.log and your Community name.