Guide & How To Install DayZ PC Expansion AI Mod On Local & Community Server & Basic Settings

[@OZTutoh]

9:02 I've been playing on a server where AI and zombies spawn together at heli crashes. It's fantastic! As soon as the heli-crash spawns in, the AI gunshots alert you, the player, to the location when you are 2 kilometers away in dense forest. The zombies are usually dead by the time to get there.

[@MysterJ91]

What server? Is there a decent pop and admin?

[@OZTutoh]

It wiped and closed months ago

[@OZTutoh]

I recommend Merkzone AU 1 for the AI missions

[@MysterJ91]

@OZTutoh do you know where I can learn to make mods like that? I'm debating starting a server but scared I won't be able to pull it off.

[@OZTutoh]

​ @MysterJ91 It's tricky to refer you to other servers, because I'm probably not allowed to advertise other servers on this channel. edit: I'm definitely blocked from mentioning other servers on this channel.

[@KingAlobar]

This AI mod is really good for pvp practice, and soooo much faster to copy paste onto a local server than waiting for it to upload to my Nitrado Servers. Great Video Rob!

[@ScalespeederGaming]

Thanks!

[@KoolBreeze420]

So I'm having an uissue a small one but maybe are you still using this mod? All my AI have my username everyone of them are Koolbreeze.

[@astranova3841]

Thanks... this has been really helpful!

[@ScalespeederGaming]

Thankyou very very much!

[@gamesmaster919]

This is amazing, my only gripe is.....why didn't the developers just add this from the start???? I am getting really tired of games of this nature not having AI options as standard. This is why I loved subsistence

[@ihavenomindandimustthink]

the reason why some of the spawn points are in the sea is for debut reasons and spawning reasons. basically its telling the ingame server which factions to spawn.

[@randallcromer66]

Darn I never thought you could do something like this. Hopefully I can get it working on my computer. Thank you for letting me know about this MOD A.I.

[@ventus80smusic]

Thank you so much man , you really helped me a lot with your videos . Sorry i just subscribed today , i started to watch your vids 2 weeks ago since im modding my server . Keep up the good work !

[@slumlxrdgt6402]

I thought you were my console only tuber 😢 😆 I got happy for a second when I saw this video

[@sillykanji]

You need more likes on your videos man. Like the DayZ Mod gospel

[@generalkayoss7347]

I wish there was a place or forum where server owners could discuss this stuff among themselves.... :/ Like right now, I have AI up and working. Waypoint patrols working fine, the preset object patrols are working fine (heli's, police cars, contaminated areas) I tried to take things a step further as you implied and assign object patrols to a few things, like repeater rifles, colt1911, green wellies and a couple other random objects so there would be random groups posted up throughout the map...... Problem is, I'm teleporting around with ESP and I'm not seeing any of these AI actually spawning in? I have min distance radius set low so thats not an issue. Any ideas?

[@ScalespeederGaming]

Try spawning in a working car, drive away from the spawn point for about a mile, then drive back to the spawn to see. Also check the mods discord.

[@generalkayoss7347]

@@ScalespeederGaming What I ended up doing was creating like 150 waypoints all around the map using the editor and assigned a patrol to each of them (in addition to the 20+ multi waypoint patrols I already had set up) I set the min/max spread to 150/250 so they spawn some distance away and walk to the waypoint instead of just spawning in on it and remaining static. I've used your videos and information to create this server, so many thanks to you!

[@kitas7]

Two keys have the same file name 'Expansion.bikey", so cannot be pasted without overwriting

[@dylanjeffery5118]

Following

[@TheDabKing710]

What do you do?

[@jordanegan433]

Overwrite it

[@kitas7]

@jordanegan433 thanks, I'll give it a go

[@chrisb-rx9wk]

This mod is pretty sweet. Those bots are stunlock masters lol

[@hectorreyesLIVE]

You don’t mention it, but several mods have the same key naming… you have to overwrite to add other. I assume one key works for all, but might be a nice add in note to video of how to deal with it

[@TheDabKing710]

What do you do?

[@TacticalApu]

Hes mentioned it in several videos, probably tired of repeating himself for a simple step

[@phillipjohnson609]

Quick question, if I install this mod on a fresh Livonia server. Are there all ready pre-scripted roaming ai? Like around towns and military areas?

[@Designs033]

Yes, just found out

[@AbenteuerHinterland]

No Expansion folder in the Config Folder 😞

[@liq__7420]

i have a problem where i "Cant compile "World" script module!" is it because i use all of the expansion mods or what

[@Procedurallydegeneratedjohn]

no

[@tomplays9867]

Does this mod works on 1.20 update ?? I have read that it's bugged and gets crashed on 1.20

[@skepticalobserver2135]

Can you put in the objects actual stuff that is already on the map? For example one of the classnames of tower antenna? I tried it but for the moment the AI are invisible for some reason.

[@SallyWalllyy]

No folders appearing in the subfolder of “ExpansionMod”

[@SeuPai85]

another detail that is happening is that the BOTs/AI are not attacking each other even with different faction and different groups, something was changed or put in the mod that I am not able to solve, I have a server and the people are complaining a lot about the bots being like shit standing still without any reaction.

[@useddentalfloss2484]

You failed to either notice or mention that both the Expansion-AI key and the Expansion key are both "Expansion.bikey", making it impossible to copy both over to the server folder without not including one of them. This detail, as trivial as the answer may be or seem, one could consider to be "key".

[@finnz7786]

So wat do u do

[@Mizora_enjoyer]

Just add one

[@letrface_8596]

Okay yeah I just had this issue 5 min ago

[@bthib43092]

Just change the file name to expansion**whatever you want** Almost all keys are expansion.bikey so change that to expansionAI.bikey and copy into key folder. As long as it looks back on the proper key would be fine. I’ve tested this thoroughly.

[@callee85]

0:33 floating gun on its head :D

[@madeinzeta4370]

Tus videos siempre son muy útiles, gracias

[@ScalespeederGaming]

Thankyou.

[@ChaoticDressler]

Installed with Expansion bundle 2024, but i can't access the AI menu with T. any new installation video updates to this? i can't get AI menu up.

[@petrovichkowsky5488]

Same problem here!

[@julesp9090]

For whatever reason, whenever I start up the server, it starts using an insane amount of memory. I have 16 GB of ram, but as I watch the server in task manager it just increases until the memory use reaches 99% and then crashes. Don't know why this is happening.

[@Eindreginn]

AI literally counts as a player, and each player who would join your server, would also take a chunck of memory. Also they eat a bit of server fps also. As usual it is a balancing act, like everything with DayZ

[@bthib43092]

I had the same issue at first. I believe I deleted the storage file and wiped the server after I stopped the server. It’s a memory leak iirc. Now I use 50% even while running server and playing together. I have 32gb though

[@aaronisdank]

I've got this mod to work, all except for the debug menu. I checked and it is bound to T, and I have my id put in AISettings.json Is there something else that I should be doing as well?

[@luciddose]

Don't forget to put quotation marks around your steam ID number

[@sir_real_and_true]

for some reason my pc as my laptop gets this error where when the server starts it gives me this error saying out of memory and than some sort of requested amount in KB and than something about footprint KB

[@ihavenomindandimustthink]

I'm having the same issue please let me know if and how you fixed it

[@statozzzblue5670]

Hey man, so "Expansion" folder isn't being created in my config folder. Keys are in place, .bat is correct (with the same order as yours) and required addons are installed. Idk what's happening. Game/server starts/runs smoothly, so I assume that Expansion addons are not being installed. Got any ideas?

[@matjohnson8224]

Did you figure this out? I have the same problem.

[@ryanmarsden6504]

I’m also having this issue did you guys fix it?

[@KannieGamen]

I can now spawn them in but the patrol file looks different than yours. Is there an updated version of the install? I havent seen any ai ram arround yet

[@jerrydeanswanson79]

Hey...thanks for the videos. So helpful. I was wondering how to configure "Groups" in the Expansion mod. I wanted to be able to see my brother on our Nitrado server and stuff. Please...thanks.

[@gyodwin]

thx dude im installing ai an my local server :D

[@michaelshefter7360]

I have my server AI's set up with specific names but they are not changing in game/world. They are stuck as " Survivor" Please help

[@ryanbird5142]

Not sure why, as i have the mod loaded properly and in the correct order - but my debug console doesn't show up. Server runs, and sees the mod though.

[@timbur2614]

Anyone know how to fix “world script” cant generate problem?

[@ScarnonCunce]

Thanks for all the info mate. Just one question - I can make myself admin just fine, but how about adding another Stream ID so a mate and I can both be admins? I want him to be able to spawn AI too if he wants too. I haven't been able to figure it out yet..

[@ScarnonCunce]

Never mind, I just got it to work. For anyone else who wants to know, here's what ya do; "Admins": ["STEAMID","STEAMID"],

[@troythetechnician702]

I am having an issue where the Expansion folder is not showing up in my config folder in order to put my steam ID. I have not found a solution to this, how do I fix this?

[@twdfans10]

Hey Can u help me how can i set up like they can spawn everywhere i dont have a server but i play on missions offline

[@ajmontgomery4564]

I cant access the in game menu, i hit the "T" and nothing happens, ive added my steamID to config file..im stumped

[@dedstring]

So what does this mod do exactly? I want to get dayz but my internet has always been really slow, and Id just like to play on a local server with zombies and ai bots, is this possible?

[@GoodMan77999]

i have all time script errors, can you share new video or share server files wich needs for server that it works? Thx

[@josha.4718]

So when i did all the things in the video and i loaded into my dayz launcher it said that the mods are corrupted,is there a way to avoid this?

[@LordBionik]

Thank you bro welldone :D

[@ScalespeederGaming]

No problem

[@Joaofigas1]

How i enable the debug mode? and what key does that menu shows? Ty

[@FlareGard]

Batch files aren't showing up for me. Anyone else?

[@LAFFRS]

Can anybody help my steamuid is in my aisettings JSON but I can't access patrol admin menu in expansion settings (controls) something has to be up cus my ai is abit buggy too

[@ВладимирТохташ-ч6с]

When I copied the mod keys, did I not ask for file replacements?strange)))

[@geraldbroflovski3216]

i don't have any windows batch files. what have i done wrong?

[@RickSlimes]

do you have any solution to my ai some of them just die when they span in idk what its cause is while some spawn without damage and some do have damage and some die do u have a solution?

[@norton1094]

Well, I also have a Nitrado server, but no matter how much I set the order, the server stops after half a minute and it doesn't work like that!

[@KhaNyBaLZerKer]

hi thank you for you video i have a problem i follow all the step but the ai wont spawn any tips? thanks

[@KoolBreeze420]

All my AI have my username everyone of them are Koolbreeze how do I change them? These mods are weird cause they have no files to add to the types.xml, the vehicles mod there copters all despawn and they are not in the types.xml and I don't really understand how these mods do things in comparison to other molds where you add stuff to types.xml like the trade mod you add rubles.

[@pesoen]

might be the wrong place to ask, but none of the documentation for expansion mentions it, and comments are disabled, and i refuse to join a discord to ask one question, that should be clearly stated somewhere. is there a way to do this on experimental? i know most of the dayz expansion works, but the ai part hard crashes the server on boot as the only one. there is an "experimental" version uploaded, but nothing mentions if this is just the dev branch, where they add features, and polish it before it gets added to the main one, or if it's to get it working on the experimental servers that some of us are forced to use, due to no linux support from the regular server(even though it has worked fine in experimental for years at this point)

[@ScalespeederGaming]

Unfortunately you'd have to ask the devs in their Discord.

[@JamesHonest-vh1bp]

do you need zomberry or can i use community online tools.

[@ScalespeederGaming]

I haven't tested that, only Zomberry and V++ Admin.

[@MrEiwa123]

Its crashes when i open the bat file cause it runs out of memory

[@gisellegrey5343]

Same problem

[@Naamah-Az]

I've got an issue on this mod, until there everything goes well, but I can't find any of the subfolders in the 'ExpansionMod' folder. I'd like to get help on it please.

[@SallyWalllyy]

Same

[@RicanPradaG]

For some reason I can't get the debug to work? What am I missing?

[@VanJ900]

Any idea how long this will be before it comes to console??? Love the videos bro 😇

[@ghomerhust]

never. in order to do console, you have to be able to mod the console files themselves. no mods can run on consoles.

[@J14Irish]

Not sure what im missing, followed all the steps but still nothing shows up on the map

[@dekipower]

i dont have that main config folder inside the main dayz server folder..., but also without them the server work fine

[@JDsTheName]

I got the same issue, hoping someone else knows about it. If you find a fix please let me know. ive already played in the server everything works but i cant get the config or settings folder to appear. Edit: Got the folder to appear but still nothing other than config.vdf is in it. It appeared after loading into the world and logging off turning off server and me coming back the very next day.

[@dekipower]

gotcha!

[@dekipower]

we got both the same issue and Mister channel owner until today don’t care about tell us what to do or less zip and offer us his “config” folder to download… and he deserve any subscriber this way ? i don’t think so…

[@JDsTheName]

@@dekipower I uninstalled the game and I'm refunding it. It's not my kind of game and community clearly

[@MarvinHD2106]

How can i disable roaming ai so i can only spawn them in by admin?

[@markmoss8237]

every time i put in the Admin steam ID it drops it down a line from the Admin line like so "Admins": [ 76561************ ], could anyone help me

[@letrface_8596]

Okay my server is up and running but none of my mods loaded

[@anonymousdolphin1427]

I can't seem to get the AI to spawn. I have spent weeks trying to get it to work. I am on the expansion discord and have asked for help and everything they said seems to be correct within my files but for whatever reason my custom AI on chernarus wont spawn. I set my own coordinates up, posted my AIPatrolSettings.json file which is valid into the discord and they don't know how to help further. This is a fantastic mod and I understand it's in early stages but people have working AI on chernarus. Any idea why I'm having issues?

[@ScalespeederGaming]

Can you access the Debug Menu (press T in-game)? If not, and you have followed the instructions on the Workshop Page, it could be the MOD isn't installed correctly. Also, just create a custom object spawner json that spawns in a uh1 heli crash - AI will spawn in with it.

[@anonymousdolphin1427]

@@ScalespeederGaming I uninstalled DayZ, deleted all my files and local server, reinstalled DayZ and made a new local server, new batch file, basically started from scratch and I got it to work, AI now spawn with my own coordinates. I don't know what was wrong but I got it working. Your videos are very helpful and I've used them to help setup my DayZ server and the mods. I appreciate the reply to try and help.

[@Ondro3103]

its a bit silly question , but nonetheless . i am running server on my laptop and play on it at the same time , have like 15 mods . specs are i5 9300h 2,4gh-4,1ghz 4 core 8 threads , 8gb ram (maybe that was the problem , another 8gb module is on the way!!!) rtx 2060 6gb and 512gb ssd . till i installed the expansion ai mod (only expansion core + expansion ai) everything was running fine , got around 60-80 fps depends on areas , no lag at all , could drive cars with no problem . but now as i installed the ai mod , it lags . not everytime , but often . could that 8gb ram be the problem and would it solve the another 8gb module ? or its solely cpu problem ? once i disable the expansion , everything is running as before , no lag at all (btw the fps are still the same , only difference is that lag). cause my ram usage is around 7,5 gb out of the 8gb . thanx for answer

[@ScalespeederGaming]

I'd imagine Expansion AI uses a lot of cpu power.

[@Ondro3103]

list of mods i am using : Community framework , Dabs , expansion aI , expansion core , more materials , dayz navigation , additional medic supplies , airdrop upgraded , role play mod , plus 200 recipes , mortys weapons , pvzmod the dark horde , much stuff pack ,more food , banov . most of them are tweaked for the banov map (by myself) + created "hordes" + new spawn points for zombies etc.

[@Ondro3103]

so yeah , i saw in your video that your memory usage is around 4 gb , so i assume once i got the another 8gb module its going to be good . hopefully

[@Ondro3103]

@@ScalespeederGaming well , today i recieved the additional ram , upgraded and works perfect without lag , before it was using 7,500 mb out of 8,000 (together with system , server and game) now it eats up to 12gb (together with system ,server and game) got less stutter , and lags are gone . nonetheless thanx for response and for your videos . did help me a lot ;) wish you all the best

[@camperdude5489]

Hello thank you for the great video. I've got the mod working. How do I prevent the Friendly AI from attacking another player that I'm playing with?

[@ScalespeederGaming]

Make them from the same faction.

[@presstheball1109]

thank you for this great tutorial. will this mod conflict with pvz spawn system?

[@ghomerhust]

ive been on servers that run this AI as well as the selective spawning mods, so i think if theyre done right, it should work

[@cbs7even199]

both Expansion AI and Expansion Core has the same name file for keys, should i overwrite or keep both in the keys folder for server?

[@ScalespeederGaming]

They'll overwrite each other.

[@cbs7even199]

@@ScalespeederGaming oh so that's fine, cause with other modes, something failed to load but server worked and i played, but after trying this i get pbo missing error and i thought it could be by something i was missing in that passage, thank you for the fast response!

[@patronus5855]

Could these be assigned and spawn/show up automatically for Care Package drops?

[@ScalespeederGaming]

Perhaps. You'd have to do some testing.

[@JoshMo1993]

I'm curious if the Expansion Ai mod will work on servers not running DayZ Expansion. I noticed on Steam that DayZ Expansion was not a prerequisite but can anyone confirm this?

[@Eindreginn]

It only needs Expansion core and then expansions AI, that how I run my servers.

[@ghomerhust]

im getting an odd error when trying to launch the bat. "addon dayzexpansion_structures_walls requires addon dz_structures_walls" and i cant find anything about fixing that. it wont successfully launch the server without that. if you dont have a quick idea, can i message you on one of the discords you're on? we spoke a few months back on a big mod's discord.

[@erroneous4598]

Hope you read this. I have been trying to get the AI to work for a few hours and noticed there are no updated tutorials for the AI when downloaded as part of the bundle. There is a new line added here "Name": "", Not sure what to put there. Do you name it for yourself and then it just works? I cannot find anything else that would be keeping the AI from working except that it needs something in the name space. Thanks for the great videos.

[@Procedurallydegeneratedjohn]

doesnt need anything in the name space. thats for custom npcs you make

[@KannieGamen]

Thanks i have been struggling with understanding this too. I can spawn them with the debug menu now, but i havent seen any roaming around after hours of playing? ​@@Procedurallydegeneratedjohn

[@SeuPai85]

Good night friends... I'm facing a little problem with this mod, after some updates the BOTs/AI are not attacking anymore, before they just appear in an open view no matter the distance within a radius of 1000 meters they shoot or come up, now some only come up or shoot me before 100 meters and some only attack me if I attack them, does anyone know how to solve this?

[@DrKlud]

well my friend , seems like they screwed things up. and i think they probably wait for the new update to solve this.

[@threesec]

when i start sever i get error "Out of memory Footprint "XXXXXXXXXX" Requested "XXXXXXXX" my COMPUTER 16 GB of ram how to fix this thank you

[@ScarnonCunce]

Make sure you have all the mods you need, some require another mod to work. Zomberry requires that you run CF for example. For DayZ-Expansion-AI, you need DayZ-Expansion AND DayZ-Expansion-Core.

[@Ryba666]

Hi. I have the same problem. Has anyone solved it?

[@ihavenomindandimustthink]

​@@Ryba666please let me know if you solved it and how to fix it. I'm having the same issue

[@ihavenomindandimustthink]

Please tell me if and how you fixed it I'm having the same issue

[@threesec]

@@ihavenomindandimustthink I can't fix it 🥲

[@frsilva1547]

What bots can you recruit?

[@josedelgado3734]

Help Some AI by M B pavlovo spawn flying I check and change all coordinates but this one’s still not work the rest of AI works perfect thanks great video

[@mylifeisfunny8911]

Very nice

[@jeegtrees]

hey bro i think this method does not work anymore ive tried 3 times with complete reinstalls and its crashing my server everytime i try to join the game any pro tips for the issue?? thanks legend

[@ScalespeederGaming]

Check their discord or wiki for updated instructions.

[@1maoh]

Great job! Can you share AIPatrolSettings.json file with me?

[@generalkayoss7347]

I doubt anyone is sharing that after all the time you have to spend to get them working lol. You have to do like he says and use DayZ editor to drop survivors where you want your waypoints. Then export that to "object spawner." You then find and open that file with notepad++ and copy over the coordinates, using the same exact format. Something else he doesn't clarify is that you cant leave anything blank, faction, formation, loadout and waypoint interpolation all have to be filled in or it wont work.

[@winstonfields5342]

What button brings up the ai menu in game?

[@davidhall392]

Is this for console yet

[@Swisba]

Man this one is hard to get working not gonna lie lol

[@fenzfendi]

i dont have the bat file

[@shadowoftheraven619]

i dont have it either, did you find a solution?

[@edwald4056]

You have to create one

[@ygghlxd96]

Bruh! Thx!

[@user-ej4rz3zp3u]

좋아요 , 구독 누르고 갑니다 개인서버를 제작할때 도움이 됩니다

[@aaxel9th]

Me: *wakes up* KZbin: “Scalespeeder…” Me: *Smashes like button without even watching yet* 😂 love your videos man!

[@ScalespeederGaming]

Thanks!

[@Sarca78]

hola bro consulta podras explicarme como montar el server local para offline yo no tengo la vs original sino una pirata no me da el presupuesto para comprar se puede siendo vs pirata gracias soy de argentina saludos hello bro query can you explain me how to set up the local server for offline I don't have the original vs but a pirate doesn't give me the budget to buy it can be vs pirate thanks I'm from Argentina greetings

[@chillwood_inc]

THX BRO

[@duckmintNZ]

Followed it but couldn't get the Expansion folder to appear. 🤷‍♂️

[@lucassanchez6170]

there is a way to download the config sv?