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I know you're concerned with game architecture at this point, but I've been curious; will Standalone feature the new lighting and movement animations from ArmA 3. I'm really hoping for that new "combat pace" and better animations.

I was just looking for info on whether or not Standalone will feature ArmA 3's new combat animations as well. There's like half crouches and leans and a combat pace for running with your gun aimed.. I really hope they steal those from the new game. I'm sure with all the new environments and open buildings in ArmA 3 they put in work on clipping.

STREAMING DAYZ/ARMA2 FROM RAMDISK INSTEAD OF HDD This is for people that might encounter stuttering in their game. Stuttering is different from frame rate slows. Stuttering happens when your harddisk goes to retrieve data and everything else is waiting on it. If this happens often it can be misinterpreted as FPS problems For example, ARMA 2 (Not just DayZ) on my friends bangin' Alienware laptop looks like it's running like crap. It's because laptops usually use smaller, slower HDDs that run at 5200rpm (I think?) where as normal desktop HDDs run at 7200rpm. ARMA 2 is notorious for this problem because the entire game streams from your HDD. Example of stuttering from ARMA People with Solid State Drives already probably [hopefully] know about this as SSDs stream data at a MUCH faster rate than laserdisks. What is even faster than SSD, though, is the sticks of RAM in your computer. What I have chosen to do is stream my entire DayZ mod folder from my excess RAM. With DayZ performance being up and down with each patch (I am unsure if this is a processing issue or a streaming issue, my processor sucks anyways) I wanted to eliminate streaming if that was the problem. If you have enough RAM (12-16GB) you can be like this guy and drop the whole ARMA 2 folder onto your RAM and run it from there. HERE'S WHAT I DID 1. Grab Dataram's RAMDisk software. The personal one gives you up to 4GB of RAMdisk for free. (If you're just doing this with DayZ you only need +200mb) 2. Set up the config so you have space for DayZ. I set 400mb. I don't really know the differences between the FAT16 or FAT32 partitions. Just select FAT16. Mine is selected on Unformatted because I have the disk image to load on start up which is in the next step. 3. Start your RAMdisk and go to it from MyComputer. Should be called Local Disk (L:\). Drop your DayZ folder right in there. 4. Then go to the Load and Save tab of RAMDisk config and check Load disk on start, and Save disk image on shutdown (optional). The disk image is the info that you want on the drive. You don't have to always have this running, only when you play DayZ. So with this selected, you start the app, then it loads the drive's previously saved image (your DayZ folder). 5. Now you have to tell ARMA 2 where to load your mod from on launch. Either set this in the launch options on the shortcut, or put it in whatever launcher you use. I just use Spirited Machines ARMA II and have it look for mods in "L:\DayZ" (Additional Addon Search Directories Tab). "-mod=L:\DayZ" That's IT. Be sure to start your RAMdisk before ARMA, and if you have issues with ARMA II launcher refresh the addons list, sometimes it forgets. Don't forget to drop all your new updates into the new RAMdisk folder and save the new disk image. Sorry if I made something simple seem complicated, I just wanted to make sure everything is written out for poor dayz noobs.

sounds great

This is my opinion on the direction of the DayZ development and plea to return it to that of a Sandbox experience and not a *game*. See, a game is something you can win. A sandbox is something you can come to and *play* in. You take from it what you want. Its an experience that is visceral, memorable. That's why this game (we use game as a convenient term to call it) offers something nothing else can. To rocket: You already know this, and I'm not saying you've lost touch. I just want to remind you where we are. I enjoy testing, and fully understand alpha and implementing new features changes everything on a weekly basis now almost. However, when the game had fewer features and was more stable, I had some of the most moving experiences from any game I've ever played. The immersion and intesity takes you away from the fact that you're behind a mouse and keyboard. It's addicting. Keep in mind, I'm not a roleplayer, or a hardcore addict, or a casual. I'm an enthusiest. Recently, I've felt that everything has become a bit gamey. Everything is starting to seem convenient. I have even see certain posts where you used the words balancing or rebalancing in regards to loot or spawns, which are words I didn't think you'd use. Tweak the numbers to how you want, don't balance. One of my biggest issues is the awareness of death and respawns. It was only a matter of time, sure, but the acceptance and abuse of 'oh I'll just spawn somewhere else' is lame. In my opinion, features are good, structure is bad. Some people just like structure. They like being told where to go or how to play. Not you and i, though. I'm not saying make it harder, just make it inconvenient. That's how I feel. If anyone else feels the same, show your support by posting here. Thanks.

Damn. Some big ass posts in here. Wish I wasn't on my phone at work x.x What I mean is I feel like there's some sort of pressure to make sure everyone gets food, and everyone gets a weapon and supplies within their first 30 minutes of walking through 3 buildings. I'll look at some of the bigger posts later Edit: I tried my best to express my thoughts delicately, but it seems that people that agree, fully listen, and those against nitpick certain fragments of what I said, not really understanding what I tried to say.

So what do you do? Store the img files on a HDD? Just run HDD and 32GB RAM?

It's better than that; this is Trauma Mama

Its called suspension of disbelief. We put aside what is real to accept what this universe is telling us is real. Things dont have to be hyperrealistic, just realistic to this universe to keep us immersed. If it doesnt fit, it breaks our immersion/experience

ARMA 2 is pretty taxing on PCs. You need good hardware to run it. Search for other threads, there's plenty of info on getting better performance. As for third person, you can change which key that is bound to in the controls. For game smoothness, you're probably getting stuttering from HDD streaming. Read some of the info in my thread HOW TO STREAM DAYZ OFF RAMDISK

Get attached to equipment when the game is more stable. For now, test it, report bugs. Hopefully that expedites the process.

With the last patch that still had the Humanity Face Indicator, I respawned with an angry face, even though I had no murders on the new character. Me thinks humanity sticks with your player ID now.

I don't know' date=' but when I first did it I saw a noticeable performance increase. Unsure of if it was just the patch, though. It does, however, completely rule out streaming as an issue for the game from now on. Definitely something people with slow HDDs should look at. You should be running the beta patch anyways, which is in the install directory of OA

Just finished a quick test session. Performance is down this patch. My performance is always really low in major cities (any patch) is that my game processing everything in cherno? Performance drops when zombies are looking for me (I think) Found a crowbar with no ammo when trying to switch from hatchet to check it out. I like the melee on the hatchet, and having it takes a primary slot could be interesting. You don't just lug a hatchet in your back pocket, y'know? Interesting trade off having to decide if you want wood that badly. for the space or not. Maybe have to store it in your tent.. could create interesting scenarios ie: someone getting caught with their pants getting wood without their reg primary. However, some sort of fatigue should be implemented on swinging, otherwise I can just sit in a doorway and farm zeds all day, unless that's the kind of benefit you want to give melee weaps. Found a lot of wire spools and hedgehogs in elektro. Not sure if that's just left over from whatever people take, or if the spawn rate is high. I'd say one in every building is what I found. ALSO: Swinging a hatchet does seem to pull zombies. Might be from the smoke it produces lol. I keep seeing players run into buildings and disconnect, and the zombies that chased them (assuming they also spawned them too) disappear with them.

Bump At least make it so you can have gunners in a pickup truck. Or off the back of an ATV or motorcycle :)

Is it bad to post a picture of the erection I just got? because it's pretty massive

Uh so did the 1.7.1 patch come out? or what update are you talking about?

Same thing here. Saved a tent then later couldn't give my friend blood