Have you noticed if maybe the freezes happen when you get to high ground and look far away at distance? For me its been the case, as long as the game doesnt have to struggle with draw distance i was fine but as soon as the game had to draw stuff far away the game would freeze (but in my case it would crash after the freeze) and when i would rejoin that same server with that same character it would instantly freeze again as soon as the world loads because it has to load stuff far away, which creates a kind of trap for the character. As long as i joined a different server and my character would spawn in a place where game doesnt have to draw far objects i would be fine.

I have reduced my video settings to the lowest possible and have been playing Livonia - had no crashes. I actually planned to play Chernarus and planned to test if i can find the settings level where it goes from not having crashes to having crashes but i was too lazy to do that and got invested in a character on Livonia. Experimental branch, ofcourse.

I had the same problem filling the watersack, if you try to do it without getting your feet wet it will work intermittently, i guess you need to go into the water for it to work solidly, but i didnt try it. In that case i dont think that its a bug but rather a game mechanic.

Mind be some kind of lag issue

I have a similar issue, i guess, but i figured out a bit more of the specifics. So, i would launch experimental, spawn as freshspawn and as long as i run around in low ground looting the starter towns etc. its fine, but as soon as i am able to see far out, like as soon as i climb a hill or anything elevated and look into the distance the game freezes and crashes to desktop and there is no crash report or error message. And then when i try to go back into the game its a trap - since i'm already looking out into the distance when the game loads it instantly freezes and then crashes to desktop. But when i log into another one of my steam accounts with DayZ and spawn somewhere low i can run around and loot for hours, indefinitely. But as soon as i climb a hill the game freezes and crashes and now i am trapped, at least for this server, as when i join back the game instantly freezes and crashes as i'm looking at a distance. If i join a different server where my character isnt looking at a distance then i can play, but only until i climb a hill or something like that. My system is Windows 10, i7 6700k, gtx980ti, 32gb of ddr4 ram and a ssd. I have not yet tried everything you listed that helped you, but i will try it next time i have the time. EDIT: I also have the 0.01 0.00 version mismatch bug

It would also be great if the lights wouldnt turn off by themselves when you exit the vehicle. Sometimes it would be convenient to use the car lights to give you lighting to do stuff outside of the car but it is impossible since the lights automatically turn off when you exit the vehicle.

I have the same issue, i guess, but i figured out a bit more of the specifics. So, i would launch experimental, spawn as freshspawn and as long as i run around in low ground looting the starter towns etc. its fine, but as soon as i am able to see far out, like as soon as i climb a hill or anything elevated the game freezes and crashes to desktop and there is no crash report or error message. And then when i try to go back into the game its a trap - since i'm already looking out into the distance when the game loads it instantly freezes and then crashes to desktop. But when i log into another one of my steam accounts with DayZ and spawn somewhere low i can run around and loot for hours, indefinitely. But as soon as i climb a hill the game freezes and crashes and now i am trapped, at least for this server, as when i join back the game instantly freezes and crashes as i'm looking at a distance. If i join a different server where my character isnt looking at a distance then i can play, but only until i climb a hill or something like that. My system is Windows 10, i7 6700k, gtx980ti, 32gb of ddr4 ram and a ssd. I have not yet tried everything you listed that helped you, but i will try it next time i have the time. EDIT: I also have the 0.01 0.00 version mismatch bug

I had the same problem appear sporadically, but i was able to fish and catch two fishes despite this appearing from time to time. I think that it has to do with distance from water, i think you need to be closer to deep water for it to not happen, although i havent tested it. Basically i think is what happens is when the wave rolls very far back the distance to deep water becomes too little to allow fishing, so fishing cancels.