DayZ Standalone! :)

[Cappuccino]

Anyone want to play with me? My steam ID 'SlushyCoffee' I'm really bored, I need a good fun group to play with
Please leave your ID below if you want to play!~

 

[PingSpike]

I'm probably going to pick this up. Although I think $30 is a little steep for the early alpha adopter thing. I've read a bit about it. It sounds like there's plenty of bugs to start with and the UI (while perhaps better than the mod) still is kind of wonky. I haven't heard anyone say much about the zombies except there didn't seem to be that many of them. I was hoping they would be more of a threat. Once you figured out the run into building trick in the mod they seemed easy to get away from.

Even though its sort of a mess still and I don't have much time to devote to it I like the concept a lot. Are there any similar clones to this? I know project zomboid is similar but I'd honestly prefer something 3D even if the graphics aren't great.

 

[Ackmed]

Does anyone want to play with me? My steam ID 'SlushyCoffee' I'm really bored, I need a good fun group to play with
Please leave your ID below if you want to play!~

If you help me get an unlock... !

edit, sorry thought this was the BF4 thread, nm

 

[BrightCandle]

The ui isn't really better actually, its just a reskinned. Instead of mouse wheel we use middle mouse button for action and have split some functions on a toolbar. The ui isn't really any different to the mod in any practical way really.

So far ITE pretty incomplete, everyone is starving to death as you can't find food and loot doesn't respawn so it's kind of a mess.

 

[slightlyhuman]

really sucks they can't polish a great concept. i don't understand. you have a game that people FOAM from the mouth over but the execution is a gd joke.

i loved arma 2 dayz. best concept in a game ever but horrible optimization. looks like a repeat with this but HOPEFULLY i'm proven wrong.


guess we'll see.

 

[Super56K]

I guess I don't get the whole alpha/beta early adopter hype for this and some other titles out there right now. This game has always looked like a janky mess, and after all this time waiting it still is, and I have a feeling 6-12 months from now it'll still be a mess. Despite that, this is selling like it's a polished release.

It's almost like a loophole for devs. Complain about the game? You'll get responses like dude, it's an alpha/beta what did you expect? Say you wait patiently until it goes out of beta and releases? Prepare to be going up against people who might have been playing it for over a year already. Or say the game isn't half as good as everybody hoped and by the time it's 'finished' nobody cares anymore.

I don't mean to sound bitter, but I guess I'm trying to remind anyone thinking of buying this that, despite the hype, it's a long way from being a finished product. And the dev doesn't exactly have a track record of delivering on the concept either...

 

[PingSpike]

There's also rumblings that the client is still heavily trusted by the server allowing all the hacks from the mod to work still. I'll be honest, I was at least hoping the base was repaired so those issues were resolved. I'm not really sure if I want to grab this or not now, $30 is a lot for the state it is in. It also sounds like "combat logging" is still possible? I love the concept but if those fundamental issues weren't corrected isn't it just going to devolve into a cheese hackfest?

Some people say that your character spawns heavily dehydrated and starved. I don't think that was a good move even if it kind of makes sense from a game story standpoint.

 

[lilrayray69]

Yeah it doesn't seem like they made a lot of progress in the 1+ year they've been working on it...Seems like they focused on non-essential things rather than actually polishing what was already there.

I don't really see a reason to get it, can still play DayZ on ARMA 2 or even ARMA 3 now, I heard someone ported it over and it works decent on 3 too.

 

[BrightCandle]

The hydration and food system is just broken. The more you eat the hungrier you get. Water seems to work but I am seeing reports that you get thirsty faster as time goes on. That combined with no loot respawn means most people die from lack of water and food because there is none near the start at all.

 

[WiseUp216]

I've put around 4 hours into it so far. I like it but it does have a long way to go.

Anyone who is sensitive to alpha bugs should stay far, far away for the foreseeable future.

 

[futurefields]

Hopefully this concept gets picked up by a solid games company who can give it the budget it needs.

 

[Remobz]

Hopefully this concept gets picked up by a solid games company who can give it the budget it needs.

True. Game needs a lot more work and its toooo buggy still. Better not buy this one.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

disappointing they're still using the real virtuality/arma 2 engine. what's the point of standalone then?

 

[WiseUp216]

For a much more polished experience, check out the Arma 3 Breaking Point mod. Active and involved devs who push out 7-8 updates a week.

 

[Cappuccino]

Guys I'm having some issue atm. When I load DayZ I get a blackscreen and I can only see my mouse and sound. Does anyone know how to fix this? I've been trying to fix this since I posted this thread. Waaaaaaaw Help!

 

[The Boston Dangler]

Guys I'm having some issue atm. When I load DayZ I get a blackscreen and I can see my mouse and sound. Does anyone know how to fix this? I've been trying to fix this since I posted this thread. Waaaaaaaw Help!

 

[Danimal1209]

There are a few issues, but all in all it is a big step forward.

The problems:

1. You spawn with like 30% satisfied for hunger/thirst, so you need to eat and drink a lot all the time. Once you get satisfied you dont need to eat/drink for a couple hours of gameplay.

2. Most servers are 100% night time. This sucks because I just got a radeon 270x and the game looks pretty.

3. The zombie population is extremely low for the time being. This is by design as they work on server stability with zombies.

4. Guns are hard to come by atm. I've played for 7-8 hours and found 1 gun, but not any ammo for it.

5. Stuff only respawns every 4 hours or on server reset. Youll walk through a whole town or city that is completely empty from previous pilfers.


Good stuff:

1. Melee battles are super cool, you don't need the xhair right on the zombie. When the melee weapon would make contact with the zombie, it hits them. Like real life.

2. Nearly all buildings are accesible.

3. When the town hasn't been raped, there is quite a bit of loot.

4. UI and inventory screens take getting used to but, IMO, they are much improved.

 

[BrightCandle]

Bare in mind you can't turn mouse acceleration off in the options for some reason. The acceleration is really horrible, its really aggressive. I can't believe they shipped with that rather than just raw input. I hate mouse acceleration and that is the worst I have seen in a long time.

 

[imaheadcase]

Why would you choose this over Rust? Rust is not strictly zombies, but more features and most importantly, more players per server.

 

[WiseUp216]

So I was strolling around a military base wearing nothing but underwear and a fire extinguisher. Some little kid, all decked out in military gear and an M4, starts yelling at me to put my hands up.

I use the 'wave' stance while he runs up on me. He continues screaming. I turn and start walking away, not interested in getting yelled at by some prepubescent punk. He whacks me with a crowbar from behind.

An epic struggle ensues and I beat him to death with a fire extinguisher. He never gets a chance to swap back to his M4.

I bet he feels stupid. Don't mess with the guy in his underwear in DayZ. We have nothing to lose.

 

[The Boston Dangler]

how the hell do you wear a fire extinguisher?

 

[WiseUp216]

how the hell do you wear a fire extinguisher?

Strapped to my back!

 

[Nintendesert]

I watched Robbaz do some playing, man, the game looks horrible.

 

[pong lenis]

This game is a scam.
All this time they were only doing PR and hyping it up while not doing any actual game development aside from changing the UI. And they've made millions.

/my opinion.

 

[billbobaggins87]

my IGN is _billbobaggins_ friend me on steam been playing this and its fun. Its easy once you figure things out. just sad when you somehow glitch through a wall and fall to your death lol..