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DayZ - zombie apocalypse online FFA permadeath survival Arma II mod
- Thread starter Spat_triate
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Yup. You are correct. But remember, this is alpha released to test servers and it got too popular too fast. He'll add goals
I can't wait until I'm desperately searching for medical supplies or food and all I keep coming upon are piles of clothes and steel bolts.
EDIT: Super helpful post mik83kuu. Awesome work.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Yeah, that's why I told myself that it would be better for my level of enjoyment to wait for a month or so until this mod has some legs to it.
I mean, my MO was getting loot, stumbling aimless through the forest for a bit 'cause it's kinda fun, then getting to the coast to help survivors, then getting shot in some overcrowded city.
The MOST fun I've had was helping some decked-out guy who's been shot to shit to find animals so that he could get up to speed again.
Not good enough, sorry. Stranded 2 looks like shit, there's no multiplayer on this level, and it STILL manages to be the better survival game. This is not really a survival game, it's more of a survival preparation game.
And you can't properly prepare anyway because the best the game has to offer is stocking up on food in some tent. But food respawns, so in reality, you just have to chill near a town and go through houses from time to time.
Survival is about how you manage to get by when there's nothing, and that for months. I feel like the mod doesn't even have a shot at getting there.
It's really awesome for 6 hours on a character, that's how I feel like. And that's already a great accomplishment. The social interaction thing IS new, and it IS exciting, but after a couple of weeks, you know what to expect, so the dynamics have played themselves out, which in effect makes it pretty deterministic. Just look at mik83kuu's post.
Edit: Lol, reading. You're mik83kuu.
Pfffft, as if you'd voluntarily drink sea water either!
Great list of tips for newcomers though, takes ages to learn that stuff on your own.
gutterboy44
Member
You can definitely swap primary weapons between your bag and your person. I did it with a crossbow and a Winchester for a while but stopped doing it because it is a huge waste of space.
I also think opening your bag when in a loot pile is great because it give you the icon break down view of your bag and you can quickly drop loot directly from your bag into the loot pile. This also makes it way easier for someone else to grab because it avoids the clipping issues that often occur with dropping gear.
Also, if you are playing in a group epi pens are just as important to have on your person as the meds and bandages. Not much time to revive your buddies.
I also think opening your bag when in a loot pile is great because it give you the icon break down view of your bag and you can quickly drop loot directly from your bag into the loot pile. This also makes it way easier for someone else to grab because it avoids the clipping issues that often occur with dropping gear.
Also, if you are playing in a group epi pens are just as important to have on your person as the meds and bandages. Not much time to revive your buddies.
| Praxis |
Banned
I'm going to miss my bandit skin 
12 hours a day. I realize we're on a gaming forum, but wow.
Had another awesome session. Made my way up from the coast to the big airfield, all by myself. Got myself some supplies on the way. It was getting dark, man that's creepy in those forest. Got attacked to multiple times.
Still, I rather easily found my there, got lost in the end because of the total darkness but didn't take long. So I asked around if more people were there, no responses... I fight my way up in the control tower, mowing down horde upon horde. Because of the darkness I lit up a flare, which immediately made 2-3 people ask who the fuck that was. It was me, bitches. I went down again and fought my way into a hangar. There they were, but luckily they were friendlies. One of them even added me on Steam. After getting some supplies I decided that was enough for today.
Love this mod.
Still, I rather easily found my there, got lost in the end because of the total darkness but didn't take long. So I asked around if more people were there, no responses... I fight my way up in the control tower, mowing down horde upon horde. Because of the darkness I lit up a flare, which immediately made 2-3 people ask who the fuck that was. It was me, bitches. I went down again and fought my way into a hangar. There they were, but luckily they were friendlies. One of them even added me on Steam. After getting some supplies I decided that was enough for today.
Love this mod.
If the humanity rating stays around and the skin system gets implemented it would be cool to have a feature where there are skins that you can find that have a humanity requirement for wearing them, be it negative or positive. If you wanted to you could show off just how many players you've killed or vice versa.
See the post above yours, hunt survivors and go on killing sprees.
It's a human hunting simulator, kinda.Darth Kupi
Banned
So I was reading this thread a few days ago, and I saw people mentioning a upcoming game(or was it multiple games) similar to DayZ, but I can't find it now.
Can anyone fill me in?
Can anyone fill me in?
| Praxis |
Banned
See the post above yours, hunt survivors and go on killing sprees.
Life as a bandit is like a tramp sim.
MGHA
Member
Someone is making one with the cryengine 3 software. Called Sector 23.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
I will be on about 10est US.
No issues here.
PjotrStroganov
Member
Longest route I've ever walked. Most of it is with others. Most of it is during shitty nights with rain pooring. But that was the only way we thought to be save at the airfield.
One of my buddies got shot by a bandit. I quickly too revenge. AFter my other buddy found an M60 (or equivalent) and I found NVG's on my victim's body, I got shot by a sniper. Probably also with an NVG. Probably the all the way we were there. My buddy with the machinegun disconnected so he's the only one still left. We started off with 6.
They are. But I haven't had any problems with logging in. It was quick and easy on all servers.
One of my buddies got shot by a bandit. I quickly too revenge. AFter my other buddy found an M60 (or equivalent) and I found NVG's on my victim's body, I got shot by a sniper. Probably also with an NVG. Probably the all the way we were there. My buddy with the machinegun disconnected so he's the only one still left. We started off with 6.
They are. But I haven't had any problems with logging in. It was quick and easy on all servers.
Found a youtube vid after the name was mentioned above. Nothing really much to see though, certainly no action although the site I read it on reckons a Beta has been around for awhile.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rU5GvjxX5rw
From here...
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/117310-CryZone-Sector-23-Takes-Crysis-to-Chernobyl
My life is now complete since I finally got to meet up with some of you guys. Of course our looting ended up failing as I left with less stuff but that's the awesome nature of this game. I still have my guy sitting in the car part building at that airfield with a low blood count and a shaking screen with one magazine for my Makarov...lol
IMACOMPUTA
Member
This isn't true. You can put primarys in your bag. To retrieve it, you have to drop your equipped primary on the ground. (since the way inventory works is if there isn't space, things get deleted.. and since you can only hold one primary... it gets deleted)
Hang on, you walked out and he threw a grenade or you threw a grenade and walked out casually with said explosion behind you?
*Cue Michael Bay direction, slow motion staunch walk towards the viewer with big fuck off fireballs behind you*
Not always true, I can switch just fine between my semi auto shotgun and M16 using the ALICE pack, no ammo disappearing either.
BUT there is one significant bug where if you pick up a primary weapon off the ground that uses the same ammo as your current primary you will lose all the ammo you had, happened to me when I switched to a different M16.
The Janitor
Member
So how do you fix vehicles, and where do you find maps?
gutterboy44
Member
Yeah, if you want to switch primaries, open your bag then hit arrow to send primary from bag to person. It will automatically switch the weapons and ammo. Never put items from person to bag with a full bag. That is when they go to the big loot pile in the sky. Didn't know about that same weapon glitch. Good to know.
Man.... I am so glad we finally met up with you. For a while there, I thought you were actually a ghost that we would never be able to see who was just haunting us from the grave.
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I also think I've finally discovered my role within the group- the equipment manager. My bag is always filled with useful goodies for those members of the group who have made their way up to the main group from the coast. Blood bags, knives, compasses, watches, binoculars, matches, maps, and, most important of all, full canteens. You all mocked me when I said I was carrying about 6 canteens, but who all did you come to when you were dying of thirst? That's right, your grubby little hands were in the bearded merchant's pack.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Now, now, no need to gloat about it you fairy!
Man.... I am so glad we finally met up with you. For a while there, I thought you were actually a ghost that we would never be able to see who was just haunting us from the grave.
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I also think I've finally discovered my role within the group- the equipment manager. My bag is always filled with useful goodies for those members of the group who have made their way up to the main group from the coast. Blood bags, knives, compasses, watches, binoculars, matches, maps, and, most important of all, full canteens. You all mocked me when I said I was carrying about 6 canteens, but who all did you come to when you were dying of thirst? That's right, your grubby little hands were in the bearded merchant's pack.
Nah, I'm like you and stock up on a ton of water and food in my pack if it's big enough so I don't have to worry about running out if I get caught up in something else. Last night, I was simply trying to meet up right after I spawned so I didn't have any goodies so I was looking for handouts in the food department once we got to the airfield, lol.
I'm afraid of what's going to happen when I log on tonight and spawn there with little ammo, no food or water, and a screen shaking so much that it's impossible to shoot anything. I'm basically just waiting for the grim reaper to come take me away.
I can tell you that I enjoyed the game 10000 times more once I finally rolled with a group because it changes the game drastically. I'm just lucky I remember what happened last night...lol
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Goddammit.. Was in Novy Sobor, game kept crapping out on me. Finally, after numerous restarts, some survivor was around my spawn location, shot me. (I'm decked out, of course. That guy has hit the jackpot. W/e)
Then, I respawn, and I'm at the fucking Cherno docks. Where every second building produces random triangles when I look at them. (No, my graphics card is fine.)
So it starts to rain walls of water and the framerate goes to shit.
Pointless to go on, really. This character is useless. Even if the game was playable, the dude would NEVER get out of Cherno alive. Why bother?
As an aside, I keep getting this new error: Sometimes, the game suddenly goes into "Receiving...", and receives in a loop that never ends. I had this while zombies attacked me, and the logic kept on working, so they reduced me to pieces while I really just could Alt-Tab out and kill the process. Has anyone of you had this one? It breaks everything!
Then, I respawn, and I'm at the fucking Cherno docks. Where every second building produces random triangles when I look at them. (No, my graphics card is fine.)
So it starts to rain walls of water and the framerate goes to shit.
Pointless to go on, really. This character is useless. Even if the game was playable, the dude would NEVER get out of Cherno alive. Why bother?
As an aside, I keep getting this new error: Sometimes, the game suddenly goes into "Receiving...", and receives in a loop that never ends. I had this while zombies attacked me, and the logic kept on working, so they reduced me to pieces while I really just could Alt-Tab out and kill the process. Has anyone of you had this one? It breaks everything!
EdibleExplosives
Member
Yep, apparently you can get it to work with Operation Arrowhead and the free version of Arma 2, but the textures are worse.
I think Direct Chat, but it's kinda broken at the moment. As far as I know, voice chat is a bit pointless right now unless you're using something like mumble.
I've noticed an odd trend in this game between Australian and American servers.
Australian servers seem to be absolutely filled with arseholes, racists, homophobic wankers. Like, I guess that's not super surprising. But it's also just really aggressive. I never feel I can trust anyone, and in nearly all of my interactions with other people, that feeling is completely justified.
American servers, on the other hand, seem super relaxed. I've teamed up with huge parties and gone bushwhacking. There are still a few jerks trying to murder everything, but at least they're civil about it.
It could just be the early morning crowds are a bit more enjoyable. As the only time I'll pop around to the American servers is around 5am (their time) because the australian ones have gone #000000 dark.
Just an observation.
Australian servers seem to be absolutely filled with arseholes, racists, homophobic wankers. Like, I guess that's not super surprising. But it's also just really aggressive. I never feel I can trust anyone, and in nearly all of my interactions with other people, that feeling is completely justified.
American servers, on the other hand, seem super relaxed. I've teamed up with huge parties and gone bushwhacking. There are still a few jerks trying to murder everything, but at least they're civil about it.
It could just be the early morning crowds are a bit more enjoyable. As the only time I'll pop around to the American servers is around 5am (their time) because the australian ones have gone #000000 dark.
Just an observation.
wolfmat
Confirmed Asshole
Open Advanced
Set AA to None
Set Postprocessing to None
Set VSync to No
Set Visibility to something like 1600 or lower
Missed the visibility option. That would do it.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
Will lowering visibility change the distance at which you can see other players?
Also -- What is your DayZ account tied to? Your CD-Key?
I just purchased a second copy of A2:CO for my laptop so i can have a friend play with me.
Do i need to uninstall the current version or could a registry CD-Key change do the trick?
Yup, it's the time thing. I work nightshift so I logon to Aussie servers around 5am your time and the people are great. Seen a few regulars since I started, everyone seems welcoming and chatty. I refuse to logon in the evenings when your schools are out over there. Doesn't matter which country, it's all the same, those bloody kids that think they're the next k/b warrior from Armageddon with a coat of invincibility.
cheststrongwell
my cake, fuck off
That's some STALKER level head bob right there. What the fuck is wrong with these eastern Europeans.