musicrab

I hope I'm not infringing any forum rules, but Combined Ops can be boiught from Gamefly for a tenner. www.gamefly.co.uk/Download-ArmA-II-Combined-Operations/5004521

I've always thought that Dayz could be a game that bridges the gap between SP and pvp. Dayz will never have a traditional SP architecture (nor should it) but that doesn't prevent lone players from getting something out of this game. The objective of the game - to stay alive - is met more easily in a group. For lone players it's much harder. The dog-with-radar, due in next patch, may offer some help (or hindrance!). After that the main avenue of interest for lone players is in the game stats and the leader boards that come with them (kills, places visited, object found, etc etc.) all of which will come in time.

Says Rocket @ http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/08/17/day-z-standalone/ Like the sound of this ALOT.

Re. engine... just dipped in here after a few days and saw this "DayZ Standalone will be running a heavily modified version of the Real Virtuality 4 engine" Posted by Inu Dayz Forum Team member. Guess he knows what he's talking about. Means somebody's been busy, or will be very busy in the next few months. If you don't know what "Real Virtuality 4 engine" is read here. http://en.wikipedia....al_Virtuality_4

RPS first chat with Rocket (chernarus+, underground bases, release this year...) http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/08/15/day-z-standalone-instanced-building-more-chernarus/

The map(s) will be Limnos and/or Stratis.

we all get artifacts - just toggle vsync to remove them, albeit temporarily. I know the plan is still to "support" the mod but I don't really see the point in spending much more, if any, effort on it.

Minecraft Alpha was €9.95 (about $13). Sound good?

Interesting - must read more about this. What was Minecraft's initial price (guess that's what we'll pay?)

Standalone thread announcement is http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/64335-dayz-standalone-confirmed/

crapola

The mod "support" will continue. Doubt we'll see any development.

From the current survey, 25% of respondents are lone players. One of the factors I'd consider to be crucial in the experiment's success is to see how many of those players Rocket can get to team-up.

Things get bad when people start to think.

Are you a lone player or do you play in a group? This game is really a multiplayer game. Team up, build a camp (over multiple servers), find a bus, fly a chooper etc etc. PS. perhaps for lone players rampant and senseless PK'ing/Not enough incentive to team up with strangers is a problem.