Cap'n (DayZ)

Ah- I see. I'll make some really graphic DayZ porn tomorrow. I'm certain it'll be popular.

Explain.

Yeah, I doubt the main character would've made it out hadn't the zombies made a meal out of poor Eugene.

Great. Gun control in video games. I need a break from the internet.

Chernarus is located in the Green sea, which is what I can only assume to be in Central Russia. Karzegistan borders Kazakhstan, Takistan borders Karzegistan, and such. The OFP islands are in the Baltic sea, from what I remember. Chernarus is actually much bigger than what we get to play on, as shown in the map above (about 10,000 sqkm, roughly the size of Kuwait or Belgium). Fun fact: There is a road sign in Kamenka, showing that Miroslavl is 5km down the road off the map.

It's 2012-2013, an it is directly connected through to ArmA 2 (CDF zeds, CDF & CHDKZ berets, flags, etc). So we know it takes place after Operation Arrowhead. Also, for the record; Chernarus is not a 3rd world country. It's 2nd world. There is too much infrastructure for it to be 3rd world.

AK-74. Why? Because lore demands it. The Chernarussian military used it, so it makes so much more sense to have it first.

What about military vehicles? Not anything armed, but what about a Humvee or a UAZ?

In a way, I think it's a very appreciative way to recognize that if there was no ArmA, there would be no DayZ. In addition to looking cool and making it feel like an apocalypse (y'know, soldiers that tried and failed to contain the infection), they are a pain in the ass to kill. Cannot headshot the fuckers with my axe for the life of me- actually had to use my handgun. Hell, they even have the Chernarussian Military Ensign (it's a very nerdy thing to know that, but I do-) Anyways, loving the new military/CDF zombies. Keep up the good work, dev team!

Yeah, I finally noticed. But I found a Chernarussian Movement of The Red Star beret. FAN SERVICE!

Well, I was rumbling about the dark corners of youtube because my usual server has gone offline. While waiting to get whitelisted, I looked at some benchmarks of A2 on older GPU's(GTX 280, 285, 295, 4870x2, 5870). I came across two videos. The first one was of someone playing ArmA 2 on Ubuntu, and I was mystified. I then came across another video of someone giving a tutorial on how to run Windows games in Linux, using this program called "Wine"(haven't finished video yet, not 100% shure how it works). I have a friend who has a desktop running Linux and he's pretty limited to what he can play. Now, he can play the mod once I send him the link to the video via email. And another thing, this might address the problem with Valves "steambox". Since the Steam OS would be based off of Linux, why not embed the Wine program into the OS to make it compatible with Windows games or some other kind of programming magic because I'm clueless about this. And, this could mean that DayZ Standalone would come to the Steam Box and Dean/Bohemia and their somewhat kind of maybe I'm not really sure friends at Valve could both make a ginormous profit because they could pump out an entire market campaign dedicated to the fact that you could have a console that runs DayZ. Thoughts please.

Cap'n approved ;)

If they distance the game from ArmA 2, I'll be severely disappointed. It's like a child pretending his mother doesn't exist.

I think it would be nice if Bohemia decided to create a map editor for the DayZ standalone. It could just be a copy of the Arma 3 map editor but it'd have some special textures and buidlings(ie; the revamped buildings for standalone). We could create our own custom map based off of satellite data and use some of the nice new textures that Rocket and company has made for us, and could put them to use outside of the game. What do you think?

North is where the cool kids hang...

SO PURDY

Yeah, you keep falling off ladders and you'll never make it that far.

Ever since Standalone dropped, performance has been very...lackluster. No matter what settings I play at, it stays around 25-30 FPS. And that is without desync, mind you. So, I've been contemplating an upgrade from my measly 8320. But I have very limited options. I could get an FX 8350, a FX 9370, or a FX 9590 (it'd take a while for the latter). For the latter two, I'd HAVE to get a water cooler (or else it'd melt). But I've heard that 9370 trumps the i5 in some aspects. So naturally I'm most interested in the 9370. And while some will tell me just to strip out everything and get AMD (which would also kill my budget...), that is not an option really. So, what are your thoughts?

I have a 7870. I guess I'll just get a water cooler and clock the 8320 up until I see a noticeable difference.

Keep em both, and LET IT DIE. I play most first and I don't see myself at any sort of disadvantage.

Epoch? Oh god no!

Meh... I prefer my own.

They've got the model, would it kill em' just to use the animations from ArmA 3? You don't have to rework every damn thing...jeesh.

Thanks man, bummer though. Should've never gone with AMD...

Hello ladies- I thought I'd share you the story of my first and so far most intense firefight. I was headed to Zelenogorsk, to meet up with two of my friends. It was a bright morning day, and from what I gathered the loot was quite fruitful in the town. As soon as I arrive, skat3 screams out over Skype- "I see someone!". The two of them retreat to the supermarket, and I make my way through the urban hellhole. I dispatch a few unfriendly zeds, and switch to my trusty Mosin. I spot someone on the sidewalk, and dive prone. I look over, and he's heavily geared. I quickly spring up, shoot- miss, then dive back down. He's spotted me, and dives prone. His mistake. I quickly peek up and nail him in the head. I loot him- quite a chunk of goodies indeed. As I make my way towards the supermarket, I step outside a garage and I am immediately showered by a hail of M4 fire. Luckily, not a single shot hits me. I shoot off on pure reflex (and stain my pants), and run screaming to my friends. We sit in the grocer, each of us holding defensive positions. We spot my pursuer attempting to sneak in, and we fire. He runs away, and we chase after. Unfortunately, he's holed up in a house block. We take shelter below in the concession stands, but as soon as I peak out- BAM! Dead. We wait, and skat3 is killed in a incident of friendly fire. Our last man manages to kill him, but encounters several more people in Zelenogorsk. So, share some of YOUR intense firefight stories.