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Repair vehicles, try out different weapons, build a larger group (now got around 10 friends playing), make a camp, explore the entire map, try out new patches, some alpha bug finding/confirmation and some occasional pvp and looting the hot spots. Never been to central Cherno though.

None.

He might just have had a l85 AWS, those thermal sights are god mode :)

Yep, all of a sudden I emptied a M1911 into a single zombie and he didn't go down. Me and my mate both joked that it might be headshots only from now on, some secret server side patch perhaps, and then we ran into 10 more of the near invincible zombies. Now we don't know what to think, I went through all my ammo for my m1911 and some of my stanag just to get out of a tiny village like Kamenka.

Not hacked, I've got two. They spawn at military helis. The game takes on a different style when you have the Thermal sights. It becomes a slightly different beast, because if you are careful enough, you can always avoid other players. How careful can you be though?

Every time I have to read a comment like the OP, I kill ten noobs and imagine it's him. Tears of arrogance and retard, mmmmm.

HELL YES! Immersion all the way. Remove the respawn button. Anything that makes people value their lives more is worth it. I only see benefits from this!

I didn't use to think this community was rotten, but when I read all the retarded hate towards the OP for him admitting that A: He was immature B: He was wrong C: He is sorry D: He hopes every other hacker will understand what he has learnt, I'm thinking all the haters are causing ten times more harm to Day Z than this kid. Instead, you bunch of ignorant trolls just say "well fuck you for cheating bash bash, I can't have a civilized conversation"(not necessarily in those exact words). The guy is a kid and he's trying to reply to every single post. I'd say hackers coming to the forum and admitting things like this is a GOOD thing if we want to get rid of hackers, but yeah, let's just have another thread where everyone bashes everyone. That'll do lots of good.

Everyone and their aunts are whining about hackers on these forums. Then the OP confess to some hacking, owns up, tries to explain why hacking is bad, and almost everyone bashes the OP. Those of you who whine and complain about hackers - be happy some hackers are actually agreeing with you now, instead of scaring away the few good threads this forum has.

Losing stuff while swimming is not a glitch, its a feature, to keep you from swimming loaded with stuff you could NEVER swim with in real life. Wanna swim? Drop everything except your underwear, just like in real life.

ACR=Army of the Czech Republic DLC, the coming mod will have low-res models in multiplayer for those that don't buy it, but those models accidentally overwrote some high-definition models already in Arma2, so you have to reinstall the high-definifition ones with afresh install if you used 1.61. That is why they should be removed if you installed 1.61, I believe.

From the official BI forums (link at bottom of post): WARNING: this build is not MP compatible with 1.60 and 1.61 version of OA! WARNING: ACR Lite maps are removed from this RC and upcoming patch and will be provided as separate download! The time has come for brave community to get hands on RC of upcoming patch, this time 1.62 RC1 Changelog: (all from betas between 1.60 and now), minor UI stuff mirror : http://www.gamefront....h_1_62-RC1.zip CRC32: A150428D MD5: 4C95289C2E2EDF5FB216EA9C03261B9D SHA-1: 8869F8F35E5CCBF13D98273BECFC02194E1A3EDE WARNING : This update will modify your existing game installation. Rollback to previous version is not possible. Upgrading to the final 1.62 patch also may not be possible. It is recommended to back up your full installation folder and profile folder first (you can restore those before applying the final patch). As always, use at your own risk. Thanks a lot for your support! please be aware that no easy rollback to 1.60 is possible unless You have full backup fyi changes since last beta * fixed some crashes and MP issues (it means to stabilize MP we need change major version to 1.62) * fixed bad playername issue * removed ACR lite models for OA's ACR [94918] New: command unit addMagazine[name, ammoCount] [94912] Fixed: Video memory detection on W7/x64 sometimes wrong because of bug in IDirect3DDevice9::GetAvailableTextureMem. [94886] Fixed: Possible gear item duplication (private https://dev-heaven.net/issues/36648 ) beta in Sync with 1.62 RC1 candidate for these who don't want install 1.62 RC1 http://forums.bistud....(1-62-MP-build) BattlEye Support: ... SUPPORTED ... Note: If you installed 1.61 RC1/RC2/RC3 before this RC you need to use backup to restore game state to 1.60 remember to clean old ACR stuff too Link to thread: http://forums.bistud...ase-Candidate-1)-build-95168

The loot system don't work like that, it's not WOW. As has been stated a million times: Don't nerf banditry. Just make it easier to work as a group. Give incentives to teamwork, not penalties to bandits.

Yeah, LU82 has been doing that for weeks, we posted about it some time ago too.

Reaching for binoculars with my 15-day survivor at the top of Devils castle. Presses "B"...or so I think, but I accidentally press the button next to it. Yeah, that would be "V". So I merrily step over the tower wall and fall to my death, 20 meters below. Cue rage-induced rant.

Been playing for roughly 10 hours or so with 1.7.2.3, it is as good/stable to me as any other. Sure, the common bugs are there (never-ending ammo for m1911/revolver/DMR, sometimes glitchy item handling, some desync/rubberbanding, zombies standing frozen or not decaying after logout, having to respawn to get your pre-patch character back) , but all in all, it works well. There is nothing wrong with zombie detection. To those that think "but that zombie just aggroed 200 meters away!", well, remember that detection is now chance/risk-based. It has a small chance of detecting you, that rises when you stay in its sights or when you run. A lot of the issues stem from using the wrong beta patch, server setup, wrong HIVE-setup and combinations of these. Using 94876 on an updated HIVE-server with the right DayZ-files and the right Battleye and command-line options on a stable PC will work fine.

If you pop up and scare me, yes I'll shoot. If you sneak towards me, I'll shoot. If you talk on chat, I'll be friendly. If you are fighting zombies and looting, I'll be friendly unless we're at the NWAF. In general, I get more paranoid the further north I get.

Did you talk to them before you started firing? Becaause I guarantee you that they have ALL been in your situation before, and they have all learned to shoot first and ask questions later. Until we get more group dynamics and ways to show friendly intent and group up, it is the only safe response in these situations. Unless you can contact someone without putting yourself at risk, just avoid other players. Consider it a lesson learned.

Game purchase only. Studio developed, but with strong community ties (just like Bohemia Interactive) Kickstarter, sure why not? And if you need extra funding for running the game after release, just release DLC-packs like Bohemia does. Also, anything to run a tight ship is good. Control servers, ban cheaters, all that needs a studio.

3rd person sniping. Weaksauce. Grow a pair and stop shouting.

I want a bigger world. Let me travel to the other maps, or even include player maps. Rocket said the servers can handle more players per map. Double the map area, double the players. The bigger the world, the greater the immersion.

I'll try to answer: 1. Will my character die? What are the chances? Is there something that I could do to try and not sacrifice him to the merciliess god of upgrades? In short, I just upgraded my Steam-version from 1.7.1.5 to 1.7.2.3 without issues. Don't play on unknown, dubious servers. Make sure they have the latest HIVE. Use Beta 94876. Don't fiddle around with Battleye, it will update itself. And you might very well spawn at the beach with a new character, both me and my brother did. Just RESPAWN and you should get the old one back. Sounds weird, but it worked for both of us and Rocket suggested it on Twitter as well. Only thing I lost was the day-count, which is unfortunate for you maybe but it can't be fixed iirc. 2. Do standard weapons come across? I know the L85A2 AWS is disabled.. (good thing too), but will other rifles like my DMR come across Yes, my AS50 and all other items were fine, and I found a L85a2 AWS NV/thermal right away at a heli crash so it is NOT disabled. 3. Ghillies are fubar... Are camo skins also messed up... Yes, the skin change mechanic is buggy. Dont use them just yet. 4 Does the sun ever shine in Chernarus of 1.7.2.3? Yes. It is beautiful. Especially with thermal sights.

Don't use 94945, use 94876.

Info and status: Upgraded from 1.7.1.5 straight to 1.7.2.3 Battleye updated itself without issues. Using Beta 94876 on Steam. Played on 3 different servers tonight, no desync issues for me. (SE 8, DE 6, DE 23 I think) Only issue with DayZ was that I spawned with a new character, but 4 days playtime. My brother got around this bug by choosing respawn, so I tried respawn too, and it worked. Got my AS50 sniper right where I left him with the same inventory that I had a week ago. Only thing that was changed was that my days alive had been reset to zero. Zombies worked well, good aggro-limit, was able to shake most of them off at night in the woods. Fought roughly 50 zombies, no issues. Don't run on tarmac, hide in buildings, crawl when close. Found a helicrash, with a L85a2 Thermal/nightvision, an NV FN FAL and ammo. Good catch, works well. Relogged later and still had the same items. Quick to average load times, about 1-3 minutes to get in to the game. One issue I noticed was that when loading up DayZ with Beta 94876, I can't play standard Arma2 scenarios or use the editor at all (freezes before loading player model). Maybe we never could when DayZ is loaded? Thermal sights are a bit OP, I could easily spot rabbits a mile away in the forest :D Bugs encountered: Can still replicate and refill ammo 1911 to 45acp and back switch as mentioned above. Rubberbanding/desync happened to my mates a lot tonight. All in all, excellent job, keep up the good work Rocket, and good job Vipeax too!

The fireplace thinngs is awesome, Radio Towers a bit more so-so but worth trying. Fireplace safezone should be implemented right away.