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I completely agree, but I think you may misunderstand - uploads to the Steam Workshop aren't automatically updated to the game. To Bohemia, it would basically just be a catalogue of models specifically designed for DayZ that are both free for them to use (or not use) and whose authors are asking basically nothing in return for their services.

This happened just last night. I was sniping bandits with an M107 when suddenly the sky filled with about a thousand crows. After I left the rooftop that I was camping on, a UAZ appeared behind me. Its owner told me to get inside it. After I did so, he told me that he would shoot me if I ran. The kidnapping hacker drove us to Cherno, where, after we stopped, I shot him with the M107. It successfully killed him, but, unsurprisingly, he was back within about a minute. He was rather disappointed in me but he didn't try to get revenge. He then teleported us to a Hero, who he started killing. I shot him with the M107 again, and told the Hero to run away or log off. I was about to do the same when suddenly I was flung up in to the sky and subsequently fell to my death.

I was wandering around when I came across a helicopter crash site. While I was new to the game, I knew from things I had read that crash sites spawn some of the best weapons in the game. I hid in a bush and watched the site for a while, and was glad that I did when I noticed that another player was already looting it. I took aim at him with my Winchester, but he was sniped before I pulled the trigger. I continued hiding for another few minutes, when I saw the killer - a bandit wearing a Ghillie suit, carrying a CZ 550. As he loot the player's body, I shot him in the head. After all was done, I had obtained a CZ 550, a FN FAL, an ALICE Pack, and a few other odds and ends. Unfortunately, having nice gear didn't automatically make me a better player and I was killed about twenty minutes later, but it was nice while it lasted.

Basically, this is my opinion on how maps and GPSes should function in DayZ. After reading the 1.7.4.5 changelog and learning that helicopter crashes are going to marked on the map, I became rather concerned, as this upcoming feature (if I'm understanding it correctly) will be completely unrealistic. Normally I don't mind a lack of realism in games, but I like DayZ because of its firm commitment to realism. Firstly, if this suggestion were to be taken, I would want maps to become much more common and for GPSes to be added to the civilian-level loot list, albeit still fairly rare. GPSes could also be made a bit more common in military loot. I believe that maps should only include things that it is logical for maps to include. This means that it only includes static, non-moving things such as towns, military bases, natural features, and the like. It should not include players (including the owner of the map), zombies, helicopter crashes, other vehicles, or map markers made by other players. It simply is not realistic for a map, especially a map almost definitely created pre-zombie-apocalypse, to have these things not only marked, but have the markers magically move. GPSes should be changed to essentially be upgraded maps rather than a map add-on. They could have some features that would be silly to be included on a standard paper map. The GPS could include the owner of the GPS, map markers made by other people (although, perhaps the manual placement of a "GPS beacon" item or something would be required), and possibly even helicopter crash sites. Any and all feedback/constructive critizism is welcome. Sorry if I rambled a bit or was unclear, I am quite tired.

As much as I love DayZ's realism, I'm going to say no. Gameplay issues aside, I think that third person mode is actually a better representation of a real person's field of view than the current first person view is. However, I would like to see it improved upon - perhaps adding a blurring effect wherever the player character is not actually seeing while in third person. For example, if you were to look behind a wall using third person, anything behind the wall would be blurred.

Yes, I agree. While DayZ will never be a virtual reality, I really think that all unjustifiable "magical" elements should be removed. No magic maps, no magically appearing player skins, etc. If that's the case (I'm not certain it is), then hopefully they will rework these features in the standalone.

Bump. I would really like a solution to this problem, for both me and the other people that suffer from it.

Well, I always keep my beta version up-to-date, and I doubt that literally everyone else is out-of-date. Is this the only thing that could be causing the problem?

I'm not sure if this has been discussed or suggested before, but ridable horses just seems like a logical addition to me. There are already plenty of both animals and farms around, so it doesn't seem at all far-fetched for there to be some surviving horses. My thinking is that they would be relatively common and (for obvious reasons) would not need to be repaired or fueled, but with the drawbacks of them having to be fed as well as being able to be killed or hurt fairly easily. Perhaps a wounded horse would have to be bandaged/medicated in the same way that a wounded player must be? If the DayZ team wanted to go more in-depth, they could even add different saddle bags, working essentially like a backpack or a vehicle's storage. Any critisms or suggestions about my suggestion are welcome, I just wanted to see what the DayZ community would think of such a thing.

DayZ doesn't seem like a game where you can have enough of something, it seems like a game that tries to be as realistic as it can manage. And I don't mean wild horses, I mean domesticated horses whose previous owners are dead/undead. Sorry if that isn't obvious from my suggesiton. Searching "horse" only comes up with this thread.