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    Why do zombies spawn out of thin air (experimental)

    Im happy to see respawning zombies at last. Maybe they need a full server of players spawning them to test the coding/scripts under load, then assess performance. Maybe this is the first of a complex script set that will ultimately handle zombie spawns, but needs some crucial testing. Anyone whos played the mod knows you don't fire loud guns in towns if you can avoid it, and has probably been waiting for this....I know I have. This is dayz....its finally arriving....time to man up you KOS camper junkies :P
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    The biggest issues with the Alpha currently.

    Spawn positions don't affect gameplay? Most of these have been mentioned before but they do need sorting out. Loot respawning is planned, and the houses not spawning I think has to do with the global item cap. Or maybe they configuring spawn locations....who knows lol. Personally I think the cases should still hold the same amount, but offer less protection to the stuff inside when ruined. Backpacks should also hold the same, but "leak" small items like cans. Honestly...I think desync will be a problem a lot in alpha. Towards the end when finalising performance would be my guess to see it really reigned in :)
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    Good Ol' Kill-Ban

    Ok....you don't rent a tennis court to play squash...that's what people are trying to do enforcing PvE only :P
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    If you combat log don't play, quit.

    I for one feel robbed of interaction. Im never out to kill players....except hoppers, but that's a sport in Dayz lol. Its when iv played for a couple of hours, then the one person iv actually seen decides to log....just after iv spent the past 30mins stalking and sneaking up behind the fucker. Handcuffs ready on hotkeys (probably tazer in hands instead of mosin hen they come). And when does he log...the second I speak....what was the point. All that work and effort for what? gear I don't need, takes the piss. Sorry im not trying to have a go at you personally, I just cant see how so many people are happy with this :)
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    Thoughts on contextual actions (mainly hand to hand)

    I like it, really like using the butt of the gun to do a less lethal. For the one hit kill from behind, ok let it work on zombies most of the time, with a small chance to fail. But for players an animation could be played for each move or something. Then based on reaction time, maybe % chance aswell, they could break or even counter the attempt :) Hotkeying it could be good aswell. Maybe have books that teach how to do it with diff melee weapons. Then have some inventory icons to show what your proficient in :)
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    If you combat log don't play, quit.

    Let us break the damn log attempts devs......!!!!!!! All hate me as much as you want for it....but this system is absolute lazy crap IMHO :P
  7. 15,000 USD??....is that a typo because I just spat my drink out when I read it lol. I think the core team of dayz it 30...going up to 60. But that's deicated Dayz staff, bohimia would also have a complete staff working on A3. When they finally wrap that up and slap a finished sticker on it, I think quite a few of that team will be shunted to or borrowed by Dayz to speed things up. Essentially they have 2 sets of staff working there, and they make other games aswell. PS that is speculation, feel free to correct any miss information guys, id like to know aswell :)
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    global chat

    Im so gonna sit by a big city cycling frequencies hoping to pick up some chatter. Might even become a SOP to scan frequencies before hitting a high traffic area :) Been back on the mod a lot recently, and I gotta say in a way I miss global chat. I hear OP about spam idiots though. We could always mute mic spammers but would be nice with a global chat that we can either use, disable completely, or when we mute one individual it stops the txt aswell.....Maybe make global chat a server setting like in the mod :)
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    Aspects that accumulatively wear on your patience in dayz

    Can it be from the mod?? If so mine would be visiting 10 high value industrial spawns (same two looped) and still not finding that windscreen glass :P For SA... Its gotta be that running up slight inclines BS....was in the mod, but no where near what it is in the SA, it felt quite realistic in the mod. Maybe its defining new terrain sections, or angle of accent values....needs fixing either way :) EDIT - Id also go for being able to force a sprint up pretty much any incline, but with a massive hit on hydration and energy values ;)
  10. Arent these desync issues (or ping)?? I don't remember it happening much in the mod, maybe a split second delay in my bullet hitting and the guy dropping but not much :)
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    I've heard troubling rumours...(no helis)

    If they get rid of military helis, then all the airfields should be re-done as civilian ones. Its gonna look so strange finding civ gear at such an obviously military base lol. I honestly don't mind if we don't have armed ones (but I would prefer if there was at least 1). Then make Balota and NEA civ, with these type or fixed wing. Then have NWA as only mill airfield on map, and where the huey spawns. Might even make it a PvP hotspot again :) I mean cmon...."The Walking Dead" even ripped the huey idea from Dayz at the beginning of season 3. Its like the second most iconic Dayz symbol, after ofc Dayz propelled the humble tin of heinz beans to iconic status :)
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    I've heard troubling rumours...(no helis)

    Does no one take helis into account when building/choosing a campsite?.....plenty of secluded barns that offer great protection from heli camp hunters. Can even fit 2 or 3 cars inside the small white ones with one door. Or the long brown ones can fit loads of stuff. The lifetime of my camp is always shorter in these places because eventually someone comes to loot the place. But it stops heli guys from seeing them :) Thinking about it some "shacks" or lone barns out in the wastes around the map edge could be a much easier fix for this. As apposed to messing with graphics to get coverage from the canopy, considering performance is a bit of an issue already :)
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    I've heard troubling rumours...(no helis)

    Il give you that helis make finding camps very easy. But that heli is the only thing in game that makes it "easy". Cars are such a pain in the ass off map, even quick ones. With there constant fuel requirements, increased consumption on rough terrain and most are painfully slow offroad. If they were insanely hard to fix, id say you earned that easy mode....until a stealthy sniper tracks you to an LZ lol The technical knowledge is a good point, now theres ways around that. Finding a book that has to be studied to even be able to attatch parts. If they wanted to go really hardcore, have a book for each system. So a group could divide it, one guy trys to specialise in rotor assemblys, one electronics ect ect. But that's a bit off topic hehe. I do agree that fixed wings would be nice to have. For me I think we should still have 1....only 1... armed huey per map. Id like to see it how it was a looooong time ago in the mod, where if it was destroyed it was a few days before another would spawn to take its place. Then give us maybe 1 or 2 fixed wing, cesna style aircraft. Some mod servers give the AN-2 plane. That's cool but id like to see something not so STOL. Because you can put that thing down on the strait bit of road inbetween electro and cherno lol :)
  14. Easy fix, grab a wireless mouse and keyboard, its how I play all my games now. Just have PC hooked up to lounge TV as a complete entertainment system. Found a mini mouse mat on Amazon that fits nicely on the arm of the couch :)
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    I've heard troubling rumours...(no helis)

    YOU ALL NEED TO LOAD UP THE EDITOR AND SPEND 30 MINS LEARNING HOW TO DROP A HELI WITH SMALL ARMS FIRE LOL Me when I see a heli......"ohhhh how should I drop this one"....or "heading off map are we.....whats that bearing" Really think the only peeps saying they OP have either A. Never had one and just look to the heli gods flying round in the sky B. Are too afraid to engage....because if they did they would see just how inaccurate a moving helis gunfire is....and how exposed the gunners are. C. A mixture of both, once you've had one.....been sniped while moving quick.....then tried it yourself. You will see they aren't OP or god like. They are infact the most stupid means of transport on high pop servers, for some of the reasons iv already said. From experience, id rather have a silent easy to hide pushbike if the servers 50+ people lol :) That's a remenant from the mod. We have already heard that engines on cars could be broken down as much as having to find spark plugs. They could do the same with the heli, making it a mammoth task to get airbourne. Then they say we will have to maintain vehicles beyond just fuel. So if they make it a bitch to keep running, unless your a big group, could be more trouble than its worth ;) PS...whats the point of using the ToH engine (or parts of it) with the goal of realistic heli controls.....then not put them in :)
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    VEHICLES

    Yey.....weekly "wheres vehicles" thread :P They will come when they ready. Look at the mods health system.....now look at SA's. Now look at mods vehicles......for the same type of improvement....gonna take a while ;)
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    Why co-operate if you're gonna get shot anyways?

    So far iv cuffed 2 people....let both of them go :) We aint all mean, some of us are just being cautious. That being said if theres fully geared guys on the coast trying to handcuff you ......run lol. They have come back to the coast for one reason. Id probably let someone cuff me if they had the drop on me, as long as we were mid map somewhere. If they are trying to get away from high pop areas aswell, most likely they aren't really in it for PvP :)
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    I've heard troubling rumours...(no helis)

    So the military packed up all there helis and equipment, saying "its the apocalypse boys!....this stuff ist allowed to be found by anyone....because this is about survival"? I play arma to have mass engagements with many tanks planes and helis....even naval battles with some frigate mods. Dayz had 1 heli.....1 piece of mill gear that survived, it wasn't easy to get, and it was far from safe....it was just fast :) EDIT - no one is saying they want a huge arsenal of mill vehicles everywhere.....but whats wrong with 1 armed heli as a goal for everyone on the server? Not to mention you have to keep it stocked with Mod) mags if you actually want to shoot regularly ;)
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    Why putting heart attacks in game makes no sense

    As im sure others have said... They wont be random heart attacks....eg...what an older person may worry about... Its cardiac arythmia (spelling facepalm :) ) due to severe trauma. That's what you will use the defib for...to stabilise your patient, before administering epi then blood/saline. Alls its done is add an extra process to helping a downed survivor.....check for cardiac arythmia before giving epi... that's depth to the medical system, ist that what everyone wanted from dayz? authenticity, complicated mechanics and above all an immersive experience?
  20. No pad issues for dayz.....dayz in fact dummed out a lot of functionality out of arma2 (mainly squad based stuff, and a lot of basebuilding mechanics) Tho I am happy to see some of that coming back into the mod (like we can now move and rotate tents beore placing them). Still arma 2 still had 360 controller support, even with all the extra communication/squad orders menus. I hope it does find its way to consoles eventually, more money for BI is a good thing. Maybe even pumps the chance of a sequal. That being said I don't see it happening. Only if they finish on or ahead of schedule. Any serious delays and itl be old news by the time they get it done :)
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    I've heard troubling rumours...(no helis)

    We use ours for medic runs ....air taxi for nabs....all kinds of stuff. Often landing in the main cities to pick people up. If you tried those sweeping runs on good players you wont have much luck, they will just put solid cover between you and them, or solid cover in front of them then spam DRM rounds through your windscreen as you sweep past. Yeah your fast....but you worked to be that fast. You had to get all the parts together....then the tedious fuelling process (iv given helis away before now because id had enough of fuelling them lol). Not to mention that speed comes with a price... Your loud....very loud. People have a good warning your coming, then ample time to set a trap. Your highly visible....The dust you kick up on landing is about a 50m radius around the heli. Easy to track.....compass bearings from flying helis have let me find camps many times. Many weapons are great vs helis.... SAW....spam round through gunner opening (much better stamina that MOD0) DMR....5 or so rounds to engine, heli goes down M24.....same as DMR FN- Fal....believe it or not this thing has great damage.....can wreck the engine with 1 mag in burst mode. CZ - 550....another 5 or so engine shot rifle But if you avoid main cities and fly high....yes your not gonna get shot down as much.....but wheres the fun in that lol
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    I've heard troubling rumours...(no helis)

    Get ur ass on a more populated server....then fly over cherno haha. Iv had my heli downed by 2 guys with enfields before now. Or 1 guy with a rifle gets a lucky tail rot shot. Theres so many ways to down a heli, iv sniped my fair share of pilots (a lot af auto hover nabs) but also a lot of lucky shots on moving choppers. If the chopper actually decides to hunt me I always smile....if they keep moving so I carnt drop gunner....they never hit because they moving (seen many fly away because the wasted all there ammo lol). If they stop or hit auto.....its game over. Couple of well placed shots for the gunner then focus on that tail rot. It wont drop the heli, but they wont be able to land due to spin. You often see a few death messages few mins after the shot, when they eventually try to put it down. Alternativly if you have a rifle with some "punch" (m24/DMR) work on the engine (just below main rot join)....that will drop it out of the sky after a few shots. PS im playing on a vanilla private hive on mod atm......1 heli uh-1y....nothing else ;)
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    I've heard troubling rumours...(no helis)

    Ahh yes I remember some private hives had extra helis (also remember a bonus ground vehicle or 2 for them, like the police car)....but still said vanilla in description. They are hard to find, but you can find true vanilla servers still that don't use the extra private hive vehicles :)
  24. I agree with OP. In an apocolypse situation people would band together as they meet. It would be us vs them(the zombies). Having that common enemy would only enforce the need to work together. Now as KoS said there are psycopaths, murderers and rapist in prisons. But lets just put that into perspective. A prison with its few hundred inmates is surrounded by thousands and thousands of people who are not any of that. They live peacefully and get on with life. Also not everyone in prison is there for violent crimes. You've been on your own for days.....your starving and close to death.....you really do believe your the only one left alive. But then you see another person, your 1st thought isn't going to be "I wonder if I can whip the cuffs on and feed him some bleach"....its going to be more along the lines of "omg another person, how did he survive, maybe he knows a safe place....maybe he has food". Iv seen people use "the Walking Dead" a lot as an example, saying look at that guy who lost his daughter. I say ok, but he was one rouge element, and caused a lot of shit. However, besides his one or two sheep that were also a lil messed up, the majority of his group were being fed lies, lies designed to push them into war with ricks group. Now when he finally gets taken out of the equation what happens? Ricks group accept the other into there prison and life goes on. A lot of good men have died over the course of history, due to one figurehead and his/her agenda. And while the apocalypse isn't immune to questionable leaders, the vigilante justice that I expect would emerge, could soon see a lot of these types weeded out. Making way for us to rebuild :)
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    I've heard troubling rumours...(no helis)

    Love these posts about UH-60....or having 4 helis. You guys know on vanilla dayz....the way its meant to be played....there is 1 heli per server....just 1! the UH-1Y Its like the holy grail of the entire map. Check the spawns....not there, ok lets start hunting clearings on the map boarders, checking all the viable landing sites. Whats that noise.....shit its airborne....hit the deck under a tree! Helis add so much to dayz....tense moments, goals for groups, challenging engagements for ground guys. And lets not forget, being a door gunner in Dayz is hell incarnate....your constantly exposed, with no cover. All ground peeps have to do is fill that door opening with rounds....youl see the body drop out after less than a clip. Basically they add so much to the game, and id rather be on the ground shooting from a stable firing position, then trying to compensate for heli drift with a door gun. People need to realise that the helis aren't OP at all. They are a disadvantage in so many ways :)
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