No doubt it will.
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DayZ - zombie apocalypse online FFA permadeath survival Arma II mod
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No doubt it will.
TheLegendOfMart
Banned
It's only £15 for Combined Ops, don't be cheap.
Anton668
Member
hell, in the current state you dont need a weapon.
spawn, loot food and drink from everybody playing spawn roulette, head into hills, repeat.
boring, yeah prolly....
granted, depending on what they come up with to combat ppl disconnecting to avoid dyeing, that may not work so well.
spawn, loot food and drink from everybody playing spawn roulette, head into hills, repeat.
boring, yeah prolly....
granted, depending on what they come up with to combat ppl disconnecting to avoid dyeing, that may not work so well.
Anton668
Member
well, we'll see about that after the update...
eta: sry bout X2 post. stupid PS3 browser...
that's after disconnect, not after death, right?
As good as it has sold over the last weeks, why would they?
Yeah, just for DCs. No more escapes during the middle of a firefight. Of course, I would probably make it longer myself.
5 seconds can be a pretty long time.
perhaps they might lower the price to gain more traction with the people that didn't want to shell out for the full price. More people with the game, means more friends they get interested in the game.
Also being prone doesn't work all the time when you are next to a zombie, ive had them go aggro randomly.
Xdrive05
Member
Questions about this mod:
1) How nomad friendly is it? (ie, if you don't already have a lot of PC gaming friends with arma ii, can you still easily jump in and group up with strangers?
2) is there a proximity/team voice chat, or do you have to use a 3rd party thing like steam/team speak/vent? (In which case not having friends with arma ii is a deal breaker)
3) is it too late to get started at this point? (ie, will newbs get griefed and killed by the myriad of experienced players out there)
Thanks in advance.
1) How nomad friendly is it? (ie, if you don't already have a lot of PC gaming friends with arma ii, can you still easily jump in and group up with strangers?
2) is there a proximity/team voice chat, or do you have to use a 3rd party thing like steam/team speak/vent? (In which case not having friends with arma ii is a deal breaker)
3) is it too late to get started at this point? (ie, will newbs get griefed and killed by the myriad of experienced players out there)
Thanks in advance.
He says that 5 seconds is the maximum there could be before it starts causing doppelganger problems.
HotHamWater
Member
Questions about this mod:
1) How nomad friendly is it? (ie, if you don't already have a lot of PC gaming friends with arma ii, can you still easily jump in and group up with strangers?
2) is there a proximity/team voice chat, or do you have to use a 3rd party thing like steam/team speak/vent? (In which case not having friends with arma ii is a deal breaker)
3) is it too late to get started at this point? (ie, will newbs get griefed and killed by the myriad of experienced players out there)
Thanks in advance.
1. Everyone spawns at a random point on the coast. The only time the game lets you know where you are is when you spawn (shows up bottom left). Then everyone in your group would have to physically make their way to where ever you'd want to meet up. You'd likely want to use an external map (for example open it in the Steam overlay and co-ordinate that way).
2. Yes there is direct chat in game up to a certain distance, but it doesn't work on certain patch combinations etc. It's something that needs fixing/is fixed. I don't really know because I haven't used it recently. You'd probably want a third party voice service anyway, or you'll have to co-ordinate using in-game chat which would be rather easy for some random guy to tag along and waste everyone.
3. I wouldn't say so. To some extent a guy with a Makarov can be just as deadly as a fully kitted out survivor. You'll easily survive for a while if you head in-land. Everyone spawns on the coast and that's where the two major cities are.
Edit: Here's the big ol' helpful map I use.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
I'm thinking this is going to change with the next patch. It's ridiculous how you can practically touch a Zombie while prone.
To this day I still freak the fuck out and become a cowering piece of shit the moment I see a player, even with starting gear. That gun can fuck you up. It blows out its entire clip in a second, and reloads just as fast.
I spent 20 minutes in Cherno looting the firestation and supermarket, got myself an assault rifle and enough shit to last me for days. I decide to exit to the west, because I'd get to a treeline sooner. Bad idea. Guy spawns on coast, I hear a slew of quick shots, I'm dead on my ass. And some guy fresh off the beach has all my hard work.
Can't wait for this patch. Can't wait.
Xdrive05
Member
Thanks much for the great reply. My main concern is getting in with a new group and voice chatting easily. If I don't already have some dudes to play with, then team speak, etc., doesn't really help. I just don't want it to be a defacto death match because random dudes think I'm just gonna shoot them so they always shoot me first, you know.
If direct chat works, then it should be okay I guess.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
For anyone interested, here's a picture of the map BIS sells covering one of my computer chairs:
Excuse the shitty iPhone image. It's much nicer than the on line maps are and I think you can make out stuff on the map better than if you were to zoom all the way in on the in-game map.
It is.
Excuse the shitty iPhone image. It's much nicer than the on line maps are and I think you can make out stuff on the map better than if you were to zoom all the way in on the in-game map.
It is.
Who has a handgun at home Rocket?
The current map from dayz is supposed to be a former region of the USSR right. No idea what ownership rates are in that part of the world.
But here in the good ole USofA, there is at least 1 gun per adult in the US. 38% of households hold a gun, and there are 57 million adult gun owners. (The numbers work because gun owners typically own more than one gun.)
If he wanted to make a realistic spawn based on US rates, you would either spawn with nothing or a hunting rifle. Hand guns are less common.
That got me thinking, if your house was in dayz how much of a jackpot would it be? Mine would be a goldmine: 6 months of beans and rice, an assault rifle, a hunting rifle, a shotgun, and 2 handguns and more ammunition than you could use. Here in western Colorado that would probably be below the norm. Don't have any morphine or road flares though.
The current map from dayz is supposed to be a former region of the USSR right. No idea what ownership rates are in that part of the world.
But here in the good ole USofA, there is at least 1 gun per adult in the US. 38% of households hold a gun, and there are 57 million adult gun owners. (The numbers work because gun owners typically own more than one gun.)
If he wanted to make a realistic spawn based on US rates, you would either spawn with nothing or a hunting rifle. Hand guns are less common.
That got me thinking, if your house was in dayz how much of a jackpot would it be? Mine would be a goldmine: 6 months of beans and rice, an assault rifle, a hunting rifle, a shotgun, and 2 handguns and more ammunition than you could use. Here in western Colorado that would probably be below the norm. Don't have any morphine or road flares though.
Holy shit, are you prepping for war!?
I have some sharp kitchen knives, that's about it. Don't even have any tinned food.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Restarted.
Weird, my ingame watch was about 5 hours off when i connected earlier, but it's fine now.
Thanks!
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Known bug. Sometimes on creating a new character or reconnecting a player desyncs from the server time.
Haeleos
Member
I'm getting "You have been kicked from the game: Battleye Client not responding." error messages. I have searched all over the net for answers, but all I could see is people changing their MUP setting on a specific brand of router to fix it.
I have tried reinstalling the mod, reinstalling Battleye, verifying the integrity through steam, putting my router in DMZ, turning off windows firewall, and running the game in administrator mode. Nothing seems to work. Has anyone had this issue? I can play on any server for about 10 seconds to 15 mins before this message randomly pops up.
Does anyone know what's causing this?
I have tried reinstalling the mod, reinstalling Battleye, verifying the integrity through steam, putting my router in DMZ, turning off windows firewall, and running the game in administrator mode. Nothing seems to work. Has anyone had this issue? I can play on any server for about 10 seconds to 15 mins before this message randomly pops up.
Does anyone know what's causing this?
Krappadizzle
Gold Member
Have you been able to play at length at all? As in has this just started happening or is this your first time playing and it's doing this?
Haeleos
Member
I have played ARMA 2 multiplayer before, as well as many other mods for ARMA 2, and never got this error message. Only with DayZ.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Are you on the beta? http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php
Haeleos
Member
Yes.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
From Battleye:
Which isn't terribly helpful. I suggest contacting them directly: support[at]battleye.com.
US 38 Texas
That's...a lot of guns. My place is better prepared for the surviving, not the fighting. Canned food, water bottles, bandages, flashlights, compass, maps, matches, hunting knife, a backpack, jerrycan, and toolkit. With the added bonus of a Boy Scout handbook and the Zombie Survival Guide.
I can guess...
Getting near that place is usually certain death if you aren't in mumble. We truly appreciate it though, people don't come up there too much.
So who just shot me and thegabman at the north-east airstrip on US 38?
I lived for at least 15 hours :/
Not cool, man.
Also, i just lost all my stuff 10min before that in some reefs
feels bad
ROFL NE Airfield and not in Mumble? Oh boy :-D
Anton668
Member
A: what the others said
B: as of late, the place just aint safe anymore. I think that group that massacred us the other day keeps coming back.
I can guess...
Getting near that place is usually certain death if you aren't in mumble. We truly appreciate it though, people don't come up there too much.
Crap, and we felt so secure up there haha.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
Same. I also love that he's willing to allow it to be so passive and uncertain for people who choose to be bad.
If he manages to successfully emulate "gut feelings" in a video game... every CoD game will have it by next year.
Krappadizzle
Gold Member
Yup exactly. I hope it gets in. Though I can't see it being implanted for at least a 5 or so more patches.
I've been away so long. I miss some of my E-Buddies.
It'd also be kinda cool if you had the heartbeat go off if people LOOKED at you. Or, something to emulate the feeling of being watched. No directional or distance indications, and perhaps only if you've been away from other players for a long time. Just, an uncertain feeling. The feeling is also triggered by animals.
that's an awesome idea
You know, part of me wants Bohemia Interactive to sweep Rocket up and pull a Valve/Team Fortress 2; meaning they make an officially developed and supported version of DayZ.
But maybe save that for DayZ 2 for ArmA 3
*edit - Ha, just found this article on PC Gamer from a few days ago;
But maybe save that for DayZ 2 for ArmA 3
*edit - Ha, just found this article on PC Gamer from a few days ago;
Haven't played in a while... It's quiet a bit different now. Everyone just shoots on sight. Got into to fire fights just spawning... murdered two people already. :/
I recall someone mentioning a nvidia specific tweak to get some more performance out of this game. Tweaking the max pre-rendered frames? Anyone remember?
I recall someone mentioning a nvidia specific tweak to get some more performance out of this game. Tweaking the max pre-rendered frames? Anyone remember?
Krappadizzle
Gold Member
Just be sure to set in game memory to default regardless of how much GFX memory you have. Though don't expect miracles, I have a 680 and average around 40fps in cities, 60 in the countryside.