applejaxc

1: Don't cry 2: You joined at a bad time; lots of players complain the current update (1.7.7.1 or ...2 or whatever) is absolutely devoid of loot because Rocket wanted to make things more rare, and lots of players are throwing a hissy fit. I don't get it, as I find guns like normal...but whatever. 3: That's the thrill of the game. You live, you die, you restart. It's exciting! Ulcer inducing! Causes psychosomatic injuries with long term, late-life threatening impacts! :) 4: If you want to be like the "Cool kids" (streamers, most players) play on cheats private hive servers with extra spawns on vehicles/gear to get the hang of the game. If you notice, most of your popular players (Frankie, etc) use Skype, Team Speak, Mumble, Steam Chat, or something else to stay in touch. They let their "Friends" do the looting, meet up with them, and get assault rifles and ghillie suits with zero effort. 5: If you can't be convinced to play, can I have your CD keys? I'd love to have a backup copy of the game. Too many CD stealers on the internet to have just one. Plus I've got a friend with more patience than you. :) ---PS, I'm a DayZ vet, and I almost quit as well... back when loot spawns were twice as good and there were 15 AKs and M16s in every town (exaggerating, of course). The game only gets harder as time goes on, but you get better at it. I'm only going to say this once (and please don't ban me :) ) but Rocket was an idiot when he coded/approved the disease system in the mod. The Stand Alone, however, is going to be incredible (I hope) at dealing with infections. If you start coughing, take 2-3 antibiotics from your local hospital/player (your shooting skills sound pretty good if you're new and killed 3 players cheating through TS or whatever)

Not to be a smart ass, but bullets get used, guns don't. Bullets are a once only consumable in the apocalypse; they're fired, and forgotten about. You find them, you use them, that's it. You don't just drop them when you're done. You do drop your gun when there's no ammo left, if you're foolish. It doesn't make sense to make guns/cars rare in place of bullets and fuel. They don't just stop existing. I'd say 67% weapon spawn rates and 33.34% current ammo/jerry can spawn rates would be good.

That's weird. I've always been able to fill a boat up... are you in the water or on top of the boat?

Or wait and see if he actually finds something, and then tell him "Oh yeah that gun sucks because XXX reason. If you give it to me I will provide XXX favor." And secretly he found the only TWS AS50 machine gun in the game.

Not entirely sure if you're threatening me or asking me if I'm going to kill fresh spawns... or... what? And I'd never kill a fresh spawn. Unless he had sunglasses. Or boots. Or a jacket. Or flares and a spraypaint can. Or food.

If you don't want to remove items, that's your business, sir. But if you're going to add items, taking away 110% of what you add will keep things interesting. Cops with M1911s on them would be cool... but remember that the M1911 is a powerful zombie weapon, and the cops are all from Chernarus. They're going to have shitty 5.45 Makarovs on them. Soldiers with M1911s would be cool. I would suggest M9s (as M1911 isn't standard issue anymore) but a lot of players like the M9 more than the M1911. Point being, the best loot should always come from hard work and killing players.

Die. 1st thing after I get a weapon is kill someone.

I feel like an ass finding a perfect server and demanding more. I'm always up for reduce vehicle parts/jerry can/helicopter spawns, increase CZ spawns in exchange for reducing US military rifle spawns (but don't change CZ ammo spawns). Crowbar spawns should be more common (people that haven't read the zombie survival guide aren't going to grab the crowbars; they're going to grab the axes and machetes they think will keep them safe)

OH... OH MY GOD. It's Applejaxc's dream come true. This is... this is amazing. Give me 1-2 weeks and I'm in! Danica I would do anything for you if you keep the server up. Now if you can add "All TS users will be kicked" somewhere this would be everything I've asked for. Although a 3% AK47 likelihood and no M16s sounds more reasonable to residential than 1% for both. And reduce high level backpack spawns in the markets, and reduce the food spawns (the apocalypse has been going on for a long time after all).

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Agreeing for the message to OP

I play with ArmA configs all the time. I changed the falling distance-to-damage to about 4 meters (so you can safely fall 1 story without dying/breaking your leg). The problem is, the ArmA engine is not designed for falling, or houses. There's no good way to balance fall distance and visual fidelity; no matter what falling is going to look stupid if you don't get hurt falling 5-6 fet. My suggestion is to ragdoll if you fall more than 20 feet (and take damage), and have a fall animation for 5-19 feet.

DO you want to REMOVE legs breaking from the game? In a contest of the shinier of two shits, legs being breakable and painkillerable is a LOT better than not being breakable at all.

Animations are a huge HUGE huge part of the game. A3 beta got a new "Falling" animation that's god awful. You snap into and out of it because the only distance you can survive falling in arma is like 2 feet (if you're lucky), and you fall so quickly it's like you're flapping your arms up and down (to get into and out of the animation) it looks like you're trying to fly. I haven't been able to play in 3rd person since I saw that.

That would give Rocket a reason NOT to release the SA. Who doesn't want Rhino kidnapped and gone? XD Anyway: Maybe Rocket will stall long enough that this guy will come after me?

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Cigarettes NEED to be added to the damn game.

Sounds interesting.

The Lee Enfield is one of the best weapons in the game. You're an IDIOT if you put yourself in a position where you'll be cornered upon firing. I'm sorry that you used your AKM at the wrong time and wasted so much ammo but if you shoot-and-run and don't get trapped in the apartments you're fine.

No problem! :)

C'mon that's cheatin' mate. Make it interesting for the lass, let 'em figure it out on his own.

Don't go to the top (3rd) floor of fire stations; there's no loot and no cover from snipers. Be FAST when running in and out of Cherno and Elektro. Don't worry about zombies chasing you, if you dart in and out of buildings (in the front door, out the back) the zombies will slow down inside. When you get out, crouch and stop running; you'll make less noise and the zombies will lose interest (so you don't have to deal with zombies). Fire axes don't automatically equip as weapons, so don't think that because you see on the ground you can pick it up and hack everything chasing you. It's actually a giant pain in the ass to pick up and equip. Don't use ladders as a zombie escape; you move so slow on them, your legs will be broken by the zombies chasing you by the time you're out of reach. Even if you make it to the roof without dying, the zombies will NOT leave, even if other players start making noise; they will outwait you. Throw flares and smoke grenades at every building you aren't going to loot that's at least 30 feet from you. The zombies will go investigate those buildings instead of you, and bandits (the assholes with guns that kill new players) will be searching those buildings as well. Do not say "Hi" to anyone unless: It's an emergency You have a gun You're behind them Tell them to drop their gun or you'll break their freaking legs. If they aren't holding a gun, tell them to stand still while your search their backpack for one. If they don't comply, kill them and run! Zombies will chase you. Never trust your life to a pistol in DayZ. Ever. They are weak as can be vs players and zombies. ONLY use them in emergencies. If you've got at least 3 magazines for your non-sniper rifle primary weapon (AK mags, M16 mags, et cetera) don't even bother storing more than 2 pistol magazines; bandages will do more to save your life. Even if you don't have the means of making a fire (matchbox/fireaxe) shoot and gut every animal you see when out of town (requires knife). Players will trade you for raw meat, and I've known lots of players to leave burning fireplaces behind and/or make them for other players. It's quite nice of them :) (also burning fires attract zombies/players so be careful). Establish a loot route in at least 3 cities. Mine are Chernogorsk, Elektrozavodsk, and a city southwest of Stary Sobor I don't know the name of. All 3 cities have fire stations and supermarkets, where you find guns and food (respectively). They're the greatest places for supplies but NEVER go into one thinking it's safe. 90% of players will tell you the Lee Enfield is a really bad gun. It's fucking amazing. 1-hit kills vs anything.

I encode .wmv if I'm lazy and using WLMM (which isn't at all bad), or .avi if I'm using Sony Vegas Pro/Camtasia Studio.

Well, make sure you're laying just DayZ (not Origins or whatever, because the more "Content" loading means more bandwidth being used). Make sure the server you join has a green ping number (anything under 100 ping I believe). Other than that? I don't know. It sounds like your router isn't really built for... much of anything.

Verify the integrity of your cache. If that doesn't work, google ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead Beta update. The corresponding website has the latest stable download (needed for dayZ) in a green bar at the top-center. These two actions will make sure you have the files you need, and they're up to date.