aLmAnZo (DayZ)

Really, are there servers where you spawn with a DMR? Why the fuck don't people play ARMA II instead then?

I've used TrackIR with ARMA II, and it's allmost impossible to live without now. I highly recommend this, as it helps alot with situational awareness. I also turn my head around in other games now, and especially when seeing ARMA II videos on youtube :P It takes a little while, but it becomes second nature very fast. If you don't know if it will be worth your money, try free track first, or facetracknoir or what it's called (I haven't tried facetrack). Free Track requires that you have a webcam you don't use anymore and know alittle about solidering, but it's not hard to do. It's not equally good as TrackIR, but it works. Just alittle more sensitive to lighting conditions. http://www.free-track.net/english/

I get your point. I have little experience with private hives though, but if a server admin allowed for spawning in vehicles for this purpose, I can't see the harm in it as long as the vehicles are deleted or blown up afterwards. But I think the replies I've got in this thread makes one very important point... It shows how far it is between idea and realization of that idea. That being said, I still hope to achieve this. Furthermore, one commented that this might not suit DayZ. I do get his point, but I still think it adds something absurd, and that's why its fun. Just look at how popular the party bus became! I think it might add an element of stress relief. And I don't think it's totally unrealistic either... No matter the circumstances, people do have a need for fun, and to escape reality. Just think about how dark humor is used for people who have been through tough and hard experiences. From an outside perspective, things like that might sound absurd, or even uncalled for, but we still do it. Heck, why do we even play games, if not to have a way of escaping reality, just for a few hours? Anyways, it seems like people are interested in doing something like this. I'll work some more on the concept during the weekend. If you are interested in helping out, feel free to send me a pm. And remember, I will not be angry if someone tries to do this on their own, with their own rules and regulations. I think it would be rather cool actually. I am all for sharing ideas.

Thanks for sharing... Alot of great ideas there, and I've been having a few of them myself. I think the main thing is to get it out there, and for me, the helicopter filming it all is crucial. The thing is, making it over complicated my make it impossible. A few small adjustments and a few rules is better than many as I see it. I would like to have it "secret" though, with only the drivers and the organizers knowing about it, so that other players on the server would react authenticly towards any vehicles. And I agree, the teams is not allowed to attack eachother directly.

I donno if it helped him, but I've never heard of that mod. Checking it now. Awsome, thanks!

ARMA is a good game in it self, and if you have time and energy to try out what ARMA has to offer except DayZ, I'd say go for it. If you have limited time or interest in the military simulator aspect of ARMA, then don't bother buying it. If it's only DayZ your interested in, wait for the stand alone. Be aware though, that you'd miss out on one of the most unique game experiences available. I would recommend you go on youtube and look at different game footage videos from ARMA II to get an idea what ARMA is about. It is, even though I love the game more than any other title, not for everyone. Search for things like "Shacktactical", ACE, ACRE, Domination, Project Reality and so on, and check out sidestrafe and his videos from the game. Good luck to you mate. let us know what you deside! :D And welcome to the community.

First of all, thank you for replying. Hm, it depends. The idea is to get from point a to point b as fast as possible. I've done races in ARMA before, and usually people tend to screw up on route since it's rather difficult to drive fast in ARMA, especially in a competitive environment. Remember that cities like Cherno and electro is filled with road blocks and obstacles, with loads of alternative routes. I am almost positive that at least 2/3s of the people who starts off at the starting line, won't make it the whole race. We could have them take a different route as well, maybe from electro to stary sabor via cherno, or even have the finish line at the air port.

Hi! I had an idea yesterday, that I thought might be kind of cool. However, it requires some effort from the community and might be a bit difficult to organize. In addition, I won't be able to participate in any non-european servers. However, I don't mind if people wan't to copy this event anywhere, it would only make it even cooler. So, my idea was this! Let's have a race! Let's find a server, let people sign up as participants and race from the south west corner of the map, to the north east corner, following the coast line the whole way. At the end, we will have a prize ceremony, and the price can be for instance a ALICE pack full of goodies, depending on what I am able to collect, or people could even race for pink slips. So, what do we need? We need at least two or three vehicles, if not more. No restrictions on what vehicles are allowed, it can be everything from a bus to a bike and everything in between. The only restriction will be that it must be a legit road vehicle, acquired by legit means. There will be no restrictions on spare parts or extra gasoline brought on board the vehicles. We also hopefully would need a Huey with people both as pilot and as gunners, who will record the event and hopefully comment while recording. A Live stream would be kick ass! And I would also suggest that we have no restrictions on other activities on the server, so the teams who participate face the real threat of other players and all the zombies around. However, the teams themselves (the ones who are driving) are not allowed to be hostile towards each other. It would also be kind of cool if participants could disclose the time of the actual event, so that the only ones who knew about it would be the ones who participate in the event. The reason for this is to create authentic situations, where other players on the server react as they normally would when they heard or saw a vehicle. If people are interested, I will start collecting prices and accepting donations sometime after this weekend, or find someone who can help me do so. Just as a reminder: To be able to pull this off, a huge deal of social trust is required. Don't be the asshole who ruins the experience for everybody else... let me know what you think! - aLmAnZo

The point was that people find it ok to treat this person as he was the worst kind around. My point was exactly that, there is no comparison, yet people feel justified in treating him like he was the scum of the earth. And I honestly do think that the world would be a much better place if we could just learn to let things go, accept people who say they are sorry and get over it. Why fight an enemy who isn't there. Why not embrace it. And then there is the psychological point. When someone admits their flaws in front of everybody, especially when they had more than enough chances of no one noticing it, and people react by making judgement and rage, the chances are way higher that they would think "screw this shit, I'm going to keep on doing whatever wrong I did". If more people instead forgave and moved on, the message was that coming clean actually benefits you, and that might even reach others who are guilty of the same thing.

As I said, it's easier just to simply buy the game all over again (summer sale on steam) and just act like it never happened. The one thing that made his post valuable was the fact that he didn't once whine to get his account back, he accepted the fact that it was permanently banned. Whether or not he is planning to buy the game over and keep playing or not is simply irrelevant, because neither way did this post do anything to help him. If he hadn't posted, and bought the game over, nobody would have known that his nickname was "dirty"... Now we know. Tell me, what can he possibly gain from this post, if his intentions aren't as he is stating? What would he win for lying? Sympathy? Hell no, just look at the responses. The point isn't that people act this way against hackers, it's a very common trait among humans. If someone makes a mistake, and it becomes public, everybody can't wait to express how awful they think people are, and make it clear how much better they are than them. To fight that urge is a very unique trait, and a rare one. We all do mistakes, and have no problem admitting that we might do... however, we rarely admit them when we are talking about specifics, and we tend to forget about our own flaws when someone else shows their flaws... It doesn't matter whether it's about cheating in games or talking behind someones back, it's the courage of putting yourself in a position where you are vulnerable that is admirable here.

It's damn well not a problem getting a clean slate... he could have bought the game again, telling no-one and stopped cheating. By doing what he is doing now, he instead have the balls to actually take responsibility of what he did, and there is respect in that. Oh, and one more thing. This weekend one guy bursted into a movie theater, killing almost 20 people, injuring more, as you must have heard. One year ago, on this exact date, one of my best friends was killed in the Utøya terrorist attack among 68 other people, in addition to those who died in the Norwegian governmental office... Cut this guy a break, there are people who are much, much worse than hackers... it's just a video game after all... Try to see things in perspective.

What people need to realize is that nobody is perfect. Come on people, don't come here and act like angels who have never done anything wrong in their lives. Everybody makes mistakes and does bad things. What separates good people from the bad, is the people who have courage enough to admit their mistakes and make up for them. He came here to say he is sorry to you all, and he has come to terms with his punishment. Digital_Insanity, I have this to say to you: I have much, much more respect for you, than I have for all the assholes in this thread telling you your a bad person just to feel a bit better about them selves. The only way to lead a good life is to admit ones flaws and try to build on ones strengths. And yet again, I enjoyed reading your so-called "wall of text", it was one of the most thoughtful and well written posts I've read on the forum. I do hope you'll be back actually, if you can afford it. I trust you not to make the same mistake again, as I am sure you are not going to. A game like DayZ especially, is fun due to the fact that you are afraid of loosing the precious gear you acquire. Sometimes you do loose it anyways, either out of lack of knowledge (like in your case), or due to glitches... It is annoying, but once you cross that line, it's so easy to just do it one more time... and then the experience is ruined until you actually manage to stop cheating. In the end, the one you are cheating the most is yourself, you are in effect ruining your own experience with the game.

you need to install the beta for ARMA II. I recommend using the six updater tool from http://www.six-updater.net If you still have problems, pm me.

Run ARMA II on steam first, make it load then quit the game. Then right click operation arrowhead and choose run ARMA II combined operations. Close it, and use six updater as you have done, make sure it's Combined operations = forced If you run into any more problems, feel free to PM me and I'll help you out on skype

Hi! I just got an idea... ARMA resembles an operative system more than it resembles a computer game. It has indeed become more of a platform than it is a game, at least it has for me, who plays with different mods at different times. As such, it might not be the most user friendly thing in the world, especially not for those who are new to the scene. So, I thought, why not help out? My idea for this thread is to get all the people who are willing to help to one thread, so people who have trouble might have a place to start. It's a resource for people in need of help, but I do not intend it for people to post their questions in, rather I intend it for people who are willing to help. If you are willing to do so, simply reply to this thread so people can see your user name. The rules is simple, if you have questions or problems with installing DayZ, simply send me (or hopefully some of the other support guys who shows up) a PM, and I'll send you my skype adress and talk you through the process. If you could share your screen, that would of course make it easier, but it's not a requirement. My motivation for this is simple. I love ARMA and would like to contribute so that more people get to enjoy the game. In addition, I've encountered several threads requesting help for simple problems who are a pain to explain by typing. I've felt the urge to encourage people to contacting me directly several times, so that they can get up and running quick. Efficiency is key here, I hate it when new players have to make a thread, then several posts when new problems occur. I will not be able to help with all sorts of problems, but at least I can help you get up and running if you have trouble figuring out how to install DayZ. Disclaimber: I do not guarantee that I respond to each request, and I will not be able to handle all this by my self. This idea only works if other people contribute as well. This is a free service, done out of care for others, don't expect instant response and a guaranteed fix, I will do what I can. At the same time, I might stop helping people some time in the future as well.