Day Z alpha: How the zombie apocalypse should be

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Whirlwind

Senior member
Nov 4, 2006
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connection problems for me...then I keep spawning in the water....whats up....this is getting worse instead of better
 

Sidekicknichola

Senior member
Feb 7, 2012
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I really don't wanna play this game solo
On more than one occasion I'll meet up with randoms and join their TS servers... play with them that way... kind of fun making that survival bond with some randoms. I do have some other guys I personally know, we'll hop on and play sometimes too.
 

imaheadcase

Diamond Member
May 9, 2005
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I only have graphic problems with this game now, i learned how to get around most the annoying things in game. About half the time i have to restart game cause graphic errors, but its just the stupid engine.

I just found out you can press G near stuff on the ground, then pick it up. I always thought you had to actually point at the stuff and press g. Long as you are near it. Saves lots of time running around. lol Also, i learned that headshots on zombies don't bring other zombies long as its a pistol and not a rifle.

Did you guys read that Rocket interview at E3? He said Dayz is already running on arma 3. Also, he has been instructed to work on it full time.
 

pontifex

Lifer
Dec 5, 2000
43,806
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I only have graphic problems with this game now, i learned how to get around most the annoying things in game. About half the time i have to restart game cause graphic errors, but its just the stupid engine.

I just found out you can press G near stuff on the ground, then pick it up. I always thought you had to actually point at the stuff and press g. Long as you are near it. Saves lots of time running around. lol Also, i learned that headshots on zombies don't bring other zombies long as its a pistol and not a rifle.

Did you guys read that Rocket interview at E3? He said Dayz is already running on arma 3. Also, he has been instructed to work on it full time.

i haven't played it in awhile, but i doubt just because you got a headshot with a pistol, it doesn't attract other zombies. you might have either just got lucky or maybe there were no other zombies close enough.
 

PrincessFrosty

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Feb 13, 2008
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FPS is pretty much entirely dependent on the server you are playing on. One server I will have 60fps pegged on my 7970, and a bad server I will have about 10fps. On the other hand a 260m probably isn't enough to handle arma 2 seeing as how the gtx260 core 216 I used to have didn't run it well at all.

Not really...

What changes greatly from server to server is the number of active players and zombies, sometimes when the server is new and starting up it can be just 100-200, large and full servers might have 1k+ zombies.

My brothers PC is CPU limited and when the zombies are down in the 100 range it runs really well, once its up in the 1k range it chugs really badly, chances are you're just CPU limited.

It always runs butter smooth on my 2600k @ 4.7Ghz even with 1k zombies.
 

Sidekicknichola

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Feb 7, 2012
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Last night was a ton of fun for me again.... hopped on with two other guys who I usually play BF3 with and we wanted to all meet up, I started in the NW corner, the others had died and were in Elektro... so I was making my way down to them... finding goodies along the way.

I was pretty set on all sorts of things, guns, ammo, food, everything.... and someone popped on the chat asking for help in Zeleno - he had blood but needed someone for a transfusion. I popped on and said I would meet him and help out (figured I would hit the grocery store there for stuff anyway).... we agree to meet near the pond just outside the city ... so I am approaching him and he is in the "salute" pose so I know it is him... I start helping and sure enough two guys come running out of the woods shooting at me (I can only assume his buddies and they tried to set me up).... I stop the transfusion and am able to shoot "the victim" right in the head and drop him with my shotgun.... the two others are still coming and shooting like crazy.... I take some cover and wait... eventually they are both creeping around and I spot one in third person, I am able to lean around the corner and hit him with two shots to the gut and he drops (not dead yet).... I throw a flare on his dying body to try and piss off the third guy a little bit. The third guy eventually says "Hey, I'll leave you alone.... just stay put", I told him there is no way we're both leaving alive.... I ended up just charging where he was hiding and was able to drop him with two shotgun shots, he hit me once with his pistol but I only ended up losing like 1500 blood (which I refilled with all there food).


Just a good ol' fashion delivery of karma to some sneaky bandits..... ended up meeting up with my friends and we have a nice little settlement setup now. So much more fun with friends.
 

Dankk

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Jul 7, 2008
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I was pretty set on all sorts of things, guns, ammo, food, everything.... and someone popped on the chat asking for help in Zeleno - he had blood but needed someone for a transfusion. I popped on and said I would meet him and help out (figured I would hit the grocery store there for stuff anyway).... we agree to meet near the pond just outside the city ... so I am approaching him and he is in the "salute" pose so I know it is him... I start helping and sure enough two guys come running out of the woods shooting at me (I can only assume his buddies and they tried to set me up).... I stop the transfusion and am able to shoot "the victim" right in the head and drop him with my shotgun.... the two others are still coming and shooting like crazy.... I take some cover and wait... eventually they are both creeping around and I spot one in third person, I am able to lean around the corner and hit him with two shots to the gut and he drops (not dead yet).... I throw a flare on his dying body to try and piss off the third guy a little bit. The third guy eventually says "Hey, I'll leave you alone.... just stay put", I told him there is no way we're both leaving alive.... I ended up just charging where he was hiding and was able to drop him with two shotgun shots, he hit me once with his pistol but I only ended up losing like 1500 blood (which I refilled with all there food).


Just a good ol' fashion delivery of karma to some sneaky bandits..... ended up meeting up with my friends and we have a nice little settlement setup now. So much more fun with friends.

That's awesome. :biggrin: Way to go man.
 

imaheadcase

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May 9, 2005
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Ugg i hate getting on servers that have zero zombies. But i play for like a hour THEN i realize "hey this is been pretty easy". lol
 

Nvidiaguy07

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Feb 22, 2008
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has arma been on sale through steam yet? I've been waiting to get this. Maybe in the summer sale...
 
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Last night was a ton of fun for me again.... hopped on with two other guys who I usually play BF3 with and we wanted to all meet up, I started in the NW corner, the others had died and were in Elektro... so I was making my way down to them... finding goodies along the way.

I was pretty set on all sorts of things, guns, ammo, food, everything.... and someone popped on the chat asking for help in Zeleno - he had blood but needed someone for a transfusion. I popped on and said I would meet him and help out (figured I would hit the grocery store there for stuff anyway).... we agree to meet near the pond just outside the city ... so I am approaching him and he is in the "salute" pose so I know it is him... I start helping and sure enough two guys come running out of the woods shooting at me (I can only assume his buddies and they tried to set me up).... I stop the transfusion and am able to shoot "the victim" right in the head and drop him with my shotgun.... the two others are still coming and shooting like crazy.... I take some cover and wait... eventually they are both creeping around and I spot one in third person, I am able to lean around the corner and hit him with two shots to the gut and he drops (not dead yet).... I throw a flare on his dying body to try and piss off the third guy a little bit. The third guy eventually says "Hey, I'll leave you alone.... just stay put", I told him there is no way we're both leaving alive.... I ended up just charging where he was hiding and was able to drop him with two shotgun shots, he hit me once with his pistol but I only ended up losing like 1500 blood (which I refilled with all there food).


Just a good ol' fashion delivery of karma to some sneaky bandits..... ended up meeting up with my friends and we have a nice little settlement setup now. So much more fun with friends.


great story.
 

Nemesis13

Golden Member
Jun 7, 2006
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Guys i would stay offline from dayz for a while, some hackers found a way to set off nukes that kill the entire server. I saw it happen i lost my character i have had for a week, last night. Also went into a new server and some guy said "Your all fags", the the screen started flashing red and spinning my character in circles while a loud siren was going off.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLHASDSYx34
 

pontifex

Lifer
Dec 5, 2000
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can i install the arma 2 beta patches without having to reinstall the entire game?

it doesn't make sense.
 

Stringjam

Golden Member
Jun 30, 2011
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Did you guys read that Rocket interview at E3? He said Dayz is already running on arma 3. Also, he has been instructed to work on it full time.


This is really great news. Their new engine appears to be light years ahead of the current one.
 

caboob

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Mar 31, 2000
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So anybody raging about the new changes with the latest update. Zs are more sensitive now and crouch running useless now. Too bad, I thought Zed behavior was perfect.
 

Doppelganger01

Junior Member
Jan 3, 2012
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I welcome more of a challenge regarding zeds. It was way too easy to crouch run through towns and not alert them. Making zeds more sensitive is a challenge in itself, but also causes you to be more of a PVP target while you're crawling on your belly.
 

Sidekicknichola

Senior member
Feb 7, 2012
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I love the new update.... makes teamwork and survival that much more important... and less wait in the woods PvP

Before it was seriously pretty easy to:
1. spawn
2. find some supplies by sneaking around town
3. run north

... now with the changes the "survival" in the game is more on par with how I feel actually surviving would be.
 

caboob

Platinum Member
Mar 31, 2000
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If it did promote more teamwork I would be OK with it but I'm still getting ganked by other players despite my best efforts to approach in a friendly manner and spending hours on my belly waiting for an opening is not much fun. I appreciate the nod towards realism but the fun factor is fading away.
 
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