dedoolb

Haha. Define immersion, ya know. No matter how many respawns I go through, I play as if my new map-less character has at least seen a torn map, giving s/he an idea of where to go. Kinda reconciling my knowledge of Chernarus with my character's immediate run inland, if that makes sense.

Haha, always left. :) "Go west young man, and grow up with the country." Also, a good resource - in case you didn't already know of it - is a map with spawn points for supplies, weapons, clothes... http://dayzdb.com/map

The instant you spawn: 1. Pick up a shovel/hoe/axe for self-defense if possible. 2. Like Kirby12352 said, do a quick sweep for food and water. 3. Run away from the ocean. Put the water to your back and head inland. Don't haul ass running unless you have food and water to replace rapidly lost energy; pace yourself until you find a small town. As things stand now, you have a better chance of finding what you need away from the coast.

I think it's safe to assume similar testing for most of the game. Base level tests, observation, analysis, tweak and repeat.

Oops, this post should've been made elsewhere; corrected. My apologies.

This is now my favorite thread in the whole forum. Beav the Bandit-Turned-Bandit-Slayer hammy55-The-FNG Many feels, much amaze, such agree, opulent emote: Bookmarked http://dayzretrospective.blogspot.com/ Thanks! \m/

1PP experimental 3PP exp, minimalist Hunter/Fisherman character -- 22 for hunting, hoe for digging worms, no axe, no pistol

Gameplay statistics Does that mean something similar to the Bandit / Hero system of the mod? Zeds killed / Bandits killed / Murders?

Exactly! I'd love to chat on a walkie-talkie and have someone answer back. I play a hero, so it doesn't matter to me if they're a bandit or not. If you see WhiskeyTango (on Experimental) say hi on the default channel. Side chat text for at least 1km radius, no voice. God, that would be great.

What an engaging account, hammy55! Had me smiling and nodding all the way through, and you summed it up nicely: "I want to reach out, but I can't." Like you said, the volatile human element lends to the atmosphere of danger-around-every-corner. I think, because of this, DayZ could develop into one of the most copycatted games ever. I've played this game since day zed of the mod in A2OA, and nowadays I still run around with the same level of intense distrust while gearing up. The difference is, after you're fully geared there's nothing to do solo except help or kill others. That will change once more gameplay elements are added. You joined the Alpha at an exciting time in its development. Time for me to log back into experimental and catch some fish with a water bottle trap. You better write more accounts of your DayZ adventure in the future! :thumbsup:

I uploaded a 2-minute 720p video of the glitch to YT. Setup a tent, cook food, etc., underwater without getting wet. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5wYQg-xyNg&list=UUKbPeF9vJRW5v45wdvGt7kA

I KoS anyone wearing a clown mask. No exceptions. EDIT: Reminds me of Pennywise, which scared the hell outta me as a kid.

Yep. Tiny apartment, PC in the bedroom cause it's in the way everywhere else, wife trying to sleep during my gaming time. I'm not very social so playing DayZ solo doesn't bother me. I've been fortunate in that ~50% of my encounters are with friendlies just roaming the map. The good encounters are brief but full of trade and end with best wishes. The other half are also brief but filled with me cursing audibly, and end with the wife waking up: "Now you're dead, come to bed." My favorite time to play is when she's up late so I can use the mic.

If I read that part, I forgot it. Thank you.

Speaking of food... Anyone else have bad luck cooking in a pot over a portable gas stove? Happened to me 3 times in a row with 2 different pots - 1 damaged (1st time) and 1 worn (twice more), but with the same canister (worn) all 3 times. I can hear the bubbling while watching the meat cook, but it turns from raw to burnt, with no pause where the meat should be cooked. This doesn't happen with a regular fire. Any ideas? Thanks. :) EDIT: *worn* canister

MY QUESTION TO YOU SIR IS: Can I play Dayz stand alone? I have big copmuter box wiht parts it in: 1. Microphone is Legotech so idk if that work but i hope so becuase it only cost my mother $1.99! 2. My hard bay drive give 1 kilovolt so thats enough to PLAY teh game, but is 16gB of SSD enuf m3m0ry? 3. CAN I PLAYS TEH STAND ALOEN? ANSWRE ME PLEZZZZZZZZZZZ Tanhk yuo, n0sC0p3s0FucK1nG4W3s0m3 (cynical angry virgin)

Rocket, you know what you ought to do when you push out that new update? I don't care if you have to reset our characters, just...please...make every American DayZ player wear a cowboy hat. Thanks. ;)

Same here - substantial fps drop (~50 down to ~20) after patch. 6-core i7 3930k OC'd to 4.4GHz GTX660 16GB RAM EDIT: No flickering textures on inventory items AFAIK.

Haha, exactly the same here. As an aside, your sig made a White Zombie tune run through my head. \m/

I'm enjoying the community so far, the server's stability, and Redblaster made the server 1st person only! :D Good times ahead.

...removed drunk post...

I posted in your new thread that I'm happy to provide any information about my setup that may help get to the bottom of this. As of 1:40pm today (a couple minutes ago), I still get the message "You are banned." Just a matter of time before a resolution reveals itself. Thanks for the help. :)

I'm the player who was most recently banned. See here: http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/146466-banned-from-us47/?p=1512603 I have a valid copy of Arma (every title from OFP Dragon Rising up to A3), and - afaik - all my files are clean. I'm happy to provide any information that can shed light on what's going on.

Skydive, Same here, got the message about 12:15am EST. Two other players were logged on (kylea_000 and Russe_000) before I got the message. I logged off for ~1hr after finding an ATV, tried to log back in but got "You were banned" before seeing the lobby. Logged onto other servers fine, but still can't log into 47 (lightning fast for me in Duluth! :). Since PCJake's issue was resolved in less than 24hrs, I'll try to login a few more times over the next day or so. Edit 1: Just tried to login after those players left (12:47am EST), but the ban message remains.

Can't find DE 287 either. Is there a fix for this issue? Thanks.