DayZ rapidly consumes system RAM during startup and never reaches the main menu. Total RAM usage rises towards 98%, making Windows unresponsive. This also happens without mods or launch parameters.
System: Windows 11 Pro, Ryzen 7 5700X3D, Radeon RX 9070 XT, 32 GB RAM.
Troubleshooting completed:
Steam file verification recovered one file, but the problem persisted.
Reset the Documents\DayZ folder.
Tested Bulldozer mode.
Disabled overlays.
Tested without mods.
I manually terminate DayZ to prevent the PC freezing. The launcher then reports UNABLE_TO_INIT_DXGI; this is not a spontaneous crash.
A Task Manager dump attempt produced an empty DayZ_x64.DMP. I had to terminate the process when system memory reached 98%.
Attached are the troubleshooting ZIP and logs from the unmodded launch at 18:03 on 3 November 2026. Please advise on a diagnostic capture that can finish before memory exhaustion.