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DayZ - zombie apocalypse online FFA permadeath survival Arma II mod
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blahblah...blah
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Keep getting clicked because Battleye is not responding. I have the latest .dll file, where do I put it?
EdibleExplosives
Member
I joined the Steam group yesterday, hopefully I'll be able to play with some others this weekend. I've barely had time to play this, and it's fun going solo but it looks so much better as a group.
I think this game was much easier to make using Arma 2's engine because, from what I can tell (not having played Arma, but have watched lots), it's removing more than it's actually adding. The inventory management systems look like they already exist within Arma 2, the map is the same from Arma 2, and it seems that most of the weapons are from Arma 2 or the add-ons.
This was made by one guy. He probably did whatever modelling or reskinning (zombies with blood on them) was required, recorded or sourced sound effects, set up the server-side stuff, and did a shittonne of tweaking to the code/scripting.
I don't think this would be possible with Frostbite 2.0 because there aren't really any existing games that use it in the same way that Arma 2 does with the BIS engine. He'd have to add inventory management, proximity-based voice chat, tweak stuff like draw distances, and so on with Frostbite 2.0 in order to make a comparative experience. It'd be nice to see, but I think this works as a great proof of concept, if anything.
I don't even want to think of how much it'd cost to purchase licensing required to use Frostbite 2.0...
blahblah...blah
Member
A bajillion pounds to whoever works out why EU10 isn't appearing on my server list.
strip all your filters bar mission = dayz
Cramoss
Member
I knew someone would do it.
blahblah...blah
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I've done that. Dayz RU, US, NY and UK come up. No EU
crazy there's 10 of them. Quick search on the DayZ forum?
legacyzero
Banned
Sorry, I dont get to do that often. It was my time to shine
MickeyKnox
Member
Ha, I logged off in the rafters of that warehouse earlier today, you are at Bor
blahblah...blah
Member
Guess I'll have to. Thanks for the help
MickeyKnox
Member
The game works so well because of the size and design of the map, anything smaller and it would lose that intense immersion.
hey don't blame us.
blahblah...blah
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So I have found EU10 in Six Updater. How do I join it from the Six Updater client?
Well Knives get a free pass... but you...
IMPOSSIBLE. Only 1/100 of houses are enterable and the doors are part of map logic. no can do as you are looking to make the framerate drop half it is now and most players can't afford that.
HotHamWater
Member
Just left EU5, don't think it was spawning new items.
hard to do. Very poor textures. May get errors on the road. Doable.
Trombone Zombie
Member
Wow, this thread really exploded since last Thurs/Fri when it was 5-6 pages. I was busy all weekend, but just got it all installed and ready to go last night.
I'll be joining the Steam group and will be trying it out tonight, hopefully.
I'll be joining the Steam group and will be trying it out tonight, hopefully.
blahblah...blah
Member
I get this every single time, straight after a black screen with 'loading', which in turn comes straight after everything seems to be working (although the message about waiting to create a character or something comes up as well)
Please, someone tell me what the fuck to do.
MickeyKnox
Member
The GAFbump has crippled the servers by getting it to number 8 on the steam chart.
Do you have the Battleye folder in your Arma 2 and OA directories?
If not try making one and put the DLLs linked to below in them
http://forums.bistudio.com/showthre...-Failed-quot&p=1700827&viewfull=1#post1700827
I wonder if this could be a hit if turned into a full retail product. With the popularity of stuff like The Walking Dead it seems that there could be a market for it. How many of you guys would buy a full retail version of this game? Full of polish and quality servers. I wonder how well a console version would sell too.
MickeyKnox
Member
We definitely need a GAF server.
I would for sure, I love playing Coop like this with my buddies. We're still finding stuff to do on GTA for christs sake xD
Downloading Arma now !!
blahblah...blah
Member
I did this, and it definitely seemed to make it better, but I still got to the stage where the 'receiving' bar was around 90% full, and then suddenly it says that every player was disconnected, puts me on a loading screen and then kicks me, mentioning BattlEye every time.
I ran a .exe installer from the bistudio site (I think I linked it somewhere in this thread) and had no problems without having to manually install any DLLs. I was using the Steam combined operations games.
It might be a server issue too. I saw one or two servers using a different DayZ version, for instance.
Jesus, I looked at the clock and we played 7 or 8 hours straight with Rygar 8 Bit and PrematureQuiche and those two are still going. Had to stop myself since I need to wake up in 6 hours for a 2 hour drive to school.
You can count me in too if it's not an outrageous sum.
Sorry dudes, had to take off pretty quickly. Hopefully I'll find some of you tomorrow!
Same here.
Same here.
bengraven
Member
Like I said last night: the developers really need to talk to this Rocket guy who created the mod. They kind of owe it to him to talk about the future of this mod.
OrangeYouGlad
Banned
You missed the reply to your post that let you know the guy works for the developers.
I think they already have. Rocket is BIS employee.
He should lead a small team of devs for the studio that focuses on unique things like this that will get people to buy ArmA 3. You can really get a lot of sales by adding variety that appeals to different groups just like DayZ. A lot of people don't like ArmA 2's gameplay since it's more realistic and a lot slower, but people love this zombie idea and now the game is selling well again.
I could see this as an official part of ArmA 3, DLC or not. BIS has always added some crazy shit for the sandbox mode that don't follow the realism but just focus on fun, so imagine if they expanded that idea to big concepts like this.
The Criken stream is amazing.
It really is like a movie. I haven't seen it all but from what I've seen it keeps getting better and better. The ending scene is a great finale and you'll feel constant tension. Just like a brilliant movie.
Just skip the first hour or so.
It really is like a movie. I haven't seen it all but from what I've seen it keeps getting better and better. The ending scene is a great finale and you'll feel constant tension. Just like a brilliant movie.
Just skip the first hour or so.
