mjp808

I havent played DayZ in a while, but I used to be able to start Arma without Steam pretty easily (DayZ Commmander, Pw6, or just starting .exe directly). Now Steam hops in everytime and its annoying...what has changed in the last few months and how do I fix this?

Oh well... http://i.imgur.com/0S5spVm.jpg I admit somehow my key got banned, but I honestly didnt do anything nefarious to deserve it. Steam will let you add a non-Steam Arma2OA, and add a new key--my problem is the auto-launch. So all multiplayer WAN Arma2 and DayZ needed GameSpy to find servers? Now Steam does it? I wonder why GameSpy didn't need a local program running to work? Anyways, last post...much ado (-doo) about squat. 1st world problems, ay gents? I wanna play me some Overpoch!!! Hugs

Well then, be it known far and wide to the entire internet, all who Google these key words and end up on this thread that Steam has hijacked Arma2 and your computer(and all the other games you got through them too, probably) and gives you no choice or control and will launch itself, like all the worst spyware and adware does, when you try to launch a single independant game .exe, pulling valuable computing resources from your gaming experience, killing FPS, etc.

Thats the problem--everytime Steam starts up, it changes my CD key back to a stolen non-working one. I have no problem changing the key to my new working one, but if Steam keeps stepping in and changing it back when I launch Arma, I will never get in--Ideally I want to use Overpoch's CCG Launcher or DayzCommander.

There's got to be a way around this. Steam keeps sticking my old stolen banned CD Key in and I can't get past BE. Plus I dont want Steam taking up any memory or resources while I game. Does this help?: http://epochmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/13442-how-to-new-steam-only-arma-update/

I thought it would be pretty cool to have all the original DayZ mod new spawn clothing (ya know, the white shirt, the vest, blue pants, baseball cap) just for fun around the map to collect and wear. I'm a sentimental dude.

I can tell by your avatar! :)

Why are there so few working servers with other maps, like Taviana or Takistan? For me, Chernarus is just so played out and boring. I get connection errors with the few that do exist. thx

I figured out part of the problem was that installing Epoch by hand or through DC doesnt include the other maps. PwSix will alert you and install the extra map files you need for a given server. I should have figured that out earlier.

Now thats a thoughtful response--thank you, McCullins. F-off was a bit harsh--I have a foul mouth--but it wasn't an insult. It just seems like there would be a few Tavianas up by now, I would guess being the next most popular map. Yeah, I guess I'm complaining at this point.

Im sorry, I assumed your question/response was rhetorical and condescending from the sound of it. I didn't think you were seriously asking that question or trying to meaningfully contribute to the discussion. The answer to it is "no". Do you feel better? I'm not sure if you understood my original question or not, in that case. I'm not rejecting anything either--epoch was made for chenarus, like he said, as a new mod, but as time goes on, further releases will work with the other maps better. Do you understand what I meant? Anyhow, I'd appreciate if you didnt flame this thread anymore--thanks

If you dont know or dont have a guess, why not just f-off to another post next time. :) :thumbsup: Im sure everyone would appreciate it.

So its just too new, basically, and has issues? The wiki has had all the major maps listed as working for a long time, not true? I had fun for weeks on a Takistan Epoch server, but they took it down. If anyone has a good non-Chenarus Epoch server,US west coast-ish, please let me know here. Much thanks!

So at first I thought it was night coming on quickly, but it only darkens when I run and I eventually stumble to prone(with NVs on). If I sit still everything brightens up to daytime again. I thought it had to do with hunger/thirst/infection but everything is in the green. What is this? Encumberance/weight? I have no idea what this indicates. Thx

Turns out 2 10oz gold bricks are hard to carry. thx

Im positive this is not the first time this has come up, but along with tents, etc. for stashing and storing gear, what about bury-able containers, requiring an e-tool, just purely for realism? Im sure a model for disturbed/dug earth that was somewhat hard to spot on the ground would be easy to implement? There must be some obvious reason this does not exist already. Thanks

Couldnt find that addition in the changelog, but ill take your guys word for it--thx bros

Plus, anyone with half a brain can get Taviana up and running without DC. It's fairly simple, esp. with that member-made how-to video (sorry, don't have the name or link, but kudos--or beans in this case) Then find servers and launch it with DC like normal. The only reason I'd like DC to add it is to spread popularity, so that more servers become available. The only reason anyone has heard of it is because of Frankie's video, IMO. As long as they are thought through and complete, I welcome any new maps, esp. if they introduce new vehicles or weapons or gear.--it was only Chernarus for so long, all the sniper spots, and even trees, have names.

I had a semester of German in High School, but like a lot of Americans this one threw me. After throwing out about a half dozen different pronunciations of this over Skype with my buddy, I looked it up--so for those who are as ignorant yet curious as I am: http://www.forvo.com/word/celle/ <<click the little audio arrow on this page to hear it pronounced ˈʦɛlə or (t)SEL-eh

And why isnt Taviana in DayZCom yet? How did Celle get there so fast? I agree that Celle is not the greatest overall, but I like parts of it. The woods. The hesher zombies--it looks like the virus spread during a Scorpions concert at Celle Arena circa 1983. While they were all passing infected joints around.

I've always assumed from the beginning, I think correctly, that that was a programming oversight by the DayZ DB Map folks(?), it's funny how that has become the name for those two areas, same as Norinsk or Cherno or any other city or map point. I'll forgive you this time Sula, but try not to be so willy-nillily(Pilkingtonism) generous with your beans :P

I would say a little more like SELL-"eh". Now that that's settled, what about Object All? :P

I kept saying Calle at first, a French city, I know that was confusing me. I always thank the language gods that I was born in an English speaking country, and that English emerged as the default global language. Otherwise I'd be screwed. Although I live in California and Spanish is a close second.

No, thats why I started the thread Fraggle--I posted above how to pronounce it. The link is to a little audio file of a bonafide German pronouncing it. "tSEL-eh", basically. Hint of a "t" or "ch" sound at the beginning. Sorry about that, it was a little unclear, I edited the original post above.

So I just watched a new Rhino Crunch video, where he has his own server where he spawns everyone with a custom loadout, because hes so bored with DayZ as is. I guess I'm confused about what server admins can and cant do. What is he doing, turning off battleye then scripting? Seems like you can do whatever the fuck you want when you run a server, which is kinda upsetting and contrary to what I thought. Can an admin just globally ban you arbitrarily also? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EglgR6nHo2Y