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[KKRT00]

Well, I just hope the Arma 3 engine is better optimized. Doubt it though...

It is. Several pages back [E3 time] there is quite nice article about it, with tests of article writer, like for example zooming dont decrease fps anymore and game runs 50+fps on 570gtx.


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And again my questions
Has anyone ever looted GPS from a player? I'm pretty sure that when You die it disappears, because of some kind of bug.
For 3 times i should get my gps back from a body [my or my killer] it wasnt there.


Anyone knows exact mechanics for land vehicles respawns? Are there limited to server creation, or have small chance to spawn everytime You approach spawn point? Cause we just cant find anything, probably all vehicles are already taken by admins&friends and hid somewhere outside of the map ;\
I've already encountered multiple kicks on fresh servers, probably because they were searching for vehicles - what a crap ;\

 

[goonergaz]

apparently the GPS is not held in your backpack - maybe that's the problem?

 

[KKRT00]

apparently the GPS is not held in your backpack - maybe that's the problem?

Its in toolbelt like other items like Hatchet, compass or map, but they were dropping normally, but GPS wasnt.

 

[Mulligan]

mh I can't install it, when it says "choose install location" the install button is off.

I had the same problem. Fixed it by saving it to the arrowhead expansion folder in steamapps common.

 

[Finalow]

I had the same problem. Fixed it by saving it to the arrowhead expansion folder in steamapps common.

I fixed it by installing the game with Six Updater.
problem now is that after I launch it gives me an error like "bad serial number given in setup". meh. :|

 

[Desaan]

Master Server still getting DDoSed, can't play, I am the sad.

 

[Sikamikanico]

Argh - I cleared my evening for some DayZ and the servers are all borked. Frustrating as hell.

 

[TCKaos]

The Hive is apparently back up. I'll check in a minute.

EDIT: Massive server issues still. It's sad how some Russian kids get banned for hacking and now they need to keep ruining it for everyone. If they have enough money to rent a botnet to DDoS a server why don't they just buy the game again and keep playing? OA is like $15 or $20, isn't it?

 

[Erdem]

So I was cruising around and trying to find a crashed helicopter site. Finally, I found one north of Gorka. As I approach the heli carelessly(music blasting in background), I throw a smoke grenade to send the zeds away.

As soon as I throw it, I notice a survivor to the left of the helicopter. He notices my smoke grenade and disappears immediately, an Alt-F4 hero. I notice there are still untaken loot near the heli, so I know he's changing servers to relocate to the forest behind me. No way he's going to leave this stuff behind. So I decide to do the same. I go back to the forest, pick a spot that can see both sides of the helicopter and start waiting.

After 5 minutes, he spawns under the tree immediately to my left. I smoked him immediately, took his DMR and food and run away. Helicopter stuff was no good, and was looted already. Then I log off, and come back to see my character wasn't saved because of the whole DDoS attack on Hive shenanigans . . . feels bad.

 

[Cardigan]

This morning I quickly hopped in at the GAFCave to check and see how it survived overnight. Some guy was looting the tents and wouldn't respond to my enquiries so I blasted him. I dunno how feasible it will be to hold down the cave in the long run.

 

[BeekleMatter]

The arma 2 version might never leave alpha as Rocket has said it's the test bed version for the arma 3 version of the mod.

In this interview, Rocket says that he doesn't want to continue DayZ as a mod, but a game of it's own with a low price point such as Minecraft.

http://youtu.be/PvF_9beJcNA

Go to 1:35.

 

[The M.O.B]

Did you guys end up finding the helicopter that we searched drozhino for?

Nope

 

[notsol337]

Ugh. Whenever i join a server i get stuck at the 'waiting for character to create screen', this happens on every server. Can anyone help?

I really like the game when i can actually play.. i know it's an alpha, but i spend 95% of my time trying to get into a game and it's starting to get annoying.

Someone is DDoS'ing the central server so no one can play.

 

[ACE 1991]

This morning I quickly hopped in at the GAFCave to check and see how it survived overnight. Some guy was looting the tents and wouldn't respond to my enquiries so I blasted him. I dunno how feasible it will be to hold down the cave in the long run.

I agree. I'm down to relocate it to somewhere else tonight if you and others want.

 

[Izayoi]

In this interview, Rocket says that he doesn't want to continue DayZ as a mod, but a game of it's own with a low price point such as Minecraft.

http://youtu.be/PvF_9beJcNA

Go to 1:35.

I doubt that it will happen now that he's a part of Bohemia. DayZ will likely ship with Arma III and require the main game to play it.

 

[BeekleMatter]

I doubt that it will happen now that he's a part of Bohemia. DayZ will likely ship with Arma III and require the main game to play it.

Ah, alright. I was thinking that E3 wasn't too far off so not too much had to have changed. But with the success DayZ has brought to Arma, Bohemia would be dumb to let it go.

 

[Busta SMurk]

Is this GAF cave open for public GAF members, or is it seeeecret?

I've been on the GAF server for a while now, over a week. Wouldn't mind joining up with some dudes.

 

[mik83kuu]

Ah, alright. I was thinking that E3 wasn't too far off so not too much had to have changed. But with the success DayZ has brought to Arma, Bohemia would be dumb to let it go.

Well since they don't own it they are in a position to lose it just like that. Bohemia is such a small company and Rocket has already said he's been offered huge amounts of monies from different parties. So far he's turned them all down and hasn't made a single penny from DayZ, but it's just a matter of time when money enters the equation and I'm not sure Bohemia has much to offer in that regard and I highly doubt Rocket has enough money to pay licenses and do a game from scratch.

 

[KKRT00]

I doubt that it will happen now that he's a part of Bohemia. DayZ will likely ship with Arma III and require the main game to play it.

Why not? Thats how Take on Helicopters was published and Rocket was in Bohemia before he started working on DayZ.

 

[The M.O.B]

Day Z Development ‏@dayzdevteam

Full services now restored to DayZ -Rocket

Servers back up.

 

[Doppelganger]

EDIT:

see 2 posts above...

 

[grimshawish]

Gaf server is currently locked. Not sure if this is on purpose or not.

Lost my character earlier today Starting again haven't found much useful stuff yet, didn't notice I was bleeding though which was stupid.

 

[Irish]

GAF server momentarily locks itself periodically for flood control.

 

[childplease]

Master Server still getting DDoSed, can't play, I am the sad.

Play some ACE mod its insanely fun ask DOCbon.

 

[Busta SMurk]

Gaf server is currently locked. Not sure if this is on purpose or not.

Damn, was gunna hop on the GAF server for an hour or so before the ball game.

...Random server it is.

 

[Legato.Reborn-]

Hey Cuban Legend,

To use ramdisk -- put 4 gigs of arma .pbo's into the ramdisk virtual hdd.

Load these .pbo's like an addon (just like dayz) @dayz->(addons)->(.pbo's)

You'll want to use the most important .pbo's for ramdisk

ie; structures_e
characters_e
wheeled_e
air_e
plants_e
misc_e
roads_e
anims_e

etc

 

[RadioactiveLobster]

I finally found a map and my first Alice Pack.

Unfortunately I still only have a hatchet and Makarov for weapons.

 

[mik83kuu]

GAF server momentarily locks itself periodically for flood control.

Well it was locked for most of today at 0/50 so NiX was up to something ;-)

 

[OrangeYouGlad]

Well it was locked for most of today at 0/50 so NiX was up to something ;-)

Not me. Someone had to have done it since BEC was actually off for most of the day.Server did crash, so maybe BEC had the server locked when it went down. Admins can undo that from the RCON software... lazy bastards.

 

[ACE 1991]

HEY GUYS, HOW FUCKED UP WAS THAT? :|

 

[The M.O.B]

Not me. Someone had to have done it since BEC was actually off for most of the day.Server did crash, so maybe BEC had the server locked when it went down. Admins can undo that from the RCON software... lazy bastards.

I did

 

[WedgeX]

HEY GUYS, HOW FUCKED UP WAS THAT? :|

Its a GAF experience to get hacked together, all of us falling to our death/near-deaths......

Stupid hackers.

 

[legacyzero]

Its a GAF experience to get hacked together, all of us falling to our death/near-deaths......

Stupid hackers.

It has almost put me off the game completely for now. I love DayZ, but getting murdered by a hacker after days of travel and looting is beyond frustrating.

Sure, I can see legitimately getting killed by some random passer-by. I EARNED that death. But to get cheated out of it because of some trolling asshole who gets his kicks from griefing. That's hard to tolerate.

I just wish the admins had better tools and defenses to combat that.

 

[OrangeYouGlad]

It has almost put me off the game completely for now. I love DayZ, but getting murdered by a hacker after days of travel and looting is beyond frustrating.

Sure, I can see legitimately getting killed by some random passer-by. I EARNED that death. But to get cheated out of it because of some trolling asshole who gets his kicks from griefing. That's hard to tolerate.

I just wish the admins had better tools and defenses to combat that.

Don't hold your breath on the admin tools. Two new hacks are out and one of them prevents script entries from showing up, so we're literally blind when looking for hackers. Also, the DayZ team has abandoned the google group for admins.

Good times ahead! Wish we could just delist the server and just play with gaffers.

 

[Ceebs]

Thanks again to whoever it was that had that pack of zombies in Cherno who tried to shoot me while my push to talk button was messed up

 

[WedgeX]

Don't hold your breath on the admin tools. Two new hacks are out and one of them prevents script entries from showing up, so we're literally blind when looking for hackers. Also, the DayZ team has abandoned the google group for admins.

Good times ahead! Wish we could just delist the server and just play with gaffers.

Brilliant. Maybe we should hire google robots to hunt them down?

Thanks again to whoever it was that had that pack of zombies in Cherno who tried to shoot me while my push to talk button was messed up

That was Wizard.


Of course, I did that to someone a few days ago. The guy that I did it to I ended up helping, and then we found boogiepop. Before I realized that boogie was a gaffer.

 

[Ceebs]

That was Wizard.


Of course, I did that to someone a few days ago. The guy that I did it to I ended up helping, and then we found boogiepop. Before I realized that boogie was a gaffer.

I did respawn into a better situation after that and have the gear to go roughing it in the woods for while now.

 

[DTKT]

Don't hold your breath on the admin tools. Two new hacks are out and one of them prevents script entries from showing up, so we're literally blind when looking for hackers. Also, the DayZ team has abandoned the google group for admins.

Good times ahead! Wish we could just delist the server and just play with gaffers.

What the hell?

Why would they do that?

 

[OrangeYouGlad]

What the hell?

Why would they do that?

There is a severe lack of communication between the team and admins. They keep saying they're working on a better solution, but it never comes.

Just looking at how the server name change went is a good indication of how well they organize and communicate with us.

 

[Branson]

What the fuck is going on? I updated to the latest version and when I try to go to a server it gets a red x on most of them. What? Also when I finally do get on a server me and my friend cant see each other.

 

[The Shift]

Good times ahead! Wish we could just delist the server and just play with gaffers.

Private servers for DayZ are possible through Tunngle, probably take you no less than 20 minutes to setup - Rocket might not like it but the project is nearing the point where an open alpha is doing more harm than good. Rocket needs to select a closed testing group and release only the most stable build to the public as this is getting to be too much of nightmare for the users and developers what with the rampant hacking and server take downs.

Actually, Bohemia need to take the bull by the horns as they are the party that stands the most to benefit from DayZ's success.

 

[Atilac]

You guys still enjoy watching CHkillroy? he streamed a bunch of footage of himself player Stalker CoP sometime ago

 

[IMACOMPUTA]

Anybody know if theres a way to have dual cd keys on one machine? I own 2 copies of the game and would like to play 2 separate accounts.. any way to do that on one pc?

 

[gutabo]

Actually, Bohemia need to take the bull by the horns as they are the party that stands the most to benefit from DayZ's success.

This. Also what you said previously, but mostly this.

EDIT: Ok, had enough of hackers. Logged off earlier today inside a barn near Cherno, logged in, it was night time already and there wasn't even a barn anymore, only rubble. Heard some shots and tried to hide, only to run into a group of 4-5 guys with NVGs that decimated me. Right now I just want to either drop the game for a while or become a hacker myself only to hunt them. I'll go with the former of course.

 

[goonergaz]

Anybody know if theres a way to have dual cd keys on one machine? I own 2 copies of the game and would like to play 2 separate accounts.. any way to do that on one pc?

you could log in with different accounts on windows? but I would have thought installing to a different folder and having 2 icons would suffice?

 

[goonergaz]

I doubt that it will happen now that he's a part of Bohemia. DayZ will likely ship with Arma III and require the main game to play it.

another expensive PC upgrade then

 

[R1CHO]

What do you guys think of (...quote...) for a safe base?

Combined with an heli for movility could be great.

And a fun looong therm Project.

Too obvious maybe?

 

[Sikamikanico]

Are the servers all okay today?

 

[S0N0S]

What the fuck is going on? I updated to the latest version and when I try to go to a server it gets a red x on most of them. What? Also when I finally do get on a server me and my friend cant see each other.

As of DayZ version 1.7.1+, the latest Arma2OA beta version is required, and it sounds like this is your issue.

• Latest Arma2: OA build
• Guide to running Arma2: OA beta with Steam
• Everything else...

Are the servers all okay today?

Most cannot join servers. It seems the DDOS attack is still ongoing.

 

[paperboywriter]

Anybody know if theres a way to have dual cd keys on one machine? I own 2 copies of the game and would like to play 2 separate accounts.. any way to do that on one pc?

Well you can't play at the same time. But you can create a second steam account, redeem the code and I think you don't even have to install the game twice.