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Found my first one last night just NE of Polana. 2 ghillie suits and an M240. It was a good find I think.

Ah thank you sir! I was thinking blood and hunger were on their own levels, but this change makes perfect sense. I'll just have to get blood back more gradually, which I kinda like better for immersion anyways. Thanks

Sweet, all good news. Can't believe I waited so long to buy Arma2 in the first place, such a great game...Steam sales FTW!!! Does anyone know if there's a length of time I need to wait in between eating Meats of any kind? Or is our blood supposed to increase with each cooked meat eaten, even if they are eaten consecutively? Also, how do I get back in sidechat chat channel? Lastly for now, is there a recommended spot to hack down some wild animals for meat? Or are they just random spawns throughout the map?

Ahhhh, so by me chowing down the 4 cooked meats in a row without waiting, I ended up wasting the last 3??? Do you know how long you have to wait until the next thing you eat raises blood? Thanks for the replies Guess I'll have to go find an unsuspecting goat ;)

Been playing for a week now and I still have a couple of questions that I hopefully won't get flamed for. I've cooked 4 goat meats and have consumed them all. However, my blood meter did not increase after eating the first one. Is this normal? Do I have to wait a period of time before the next takes affect? I've re-logged into a different server to see if it was just a server issue but still was the same level. Does the Sleep option for a camping tent serve any purpose? I have read in some posts that it's just cosmetic and in other posts it's a way to recover blood? My guess would be it's just cosmetic, sleeping to recover blood seems like a pretty lame nerf to me. What do all the different DayZ mod names that I see in DayZ commander signify? Are these different maps? Or different/custom mods spun off the original? Is anything with "regular" in the server name just a plain jane DayZ hive server? If I start a survivor on a custom mod server, will I still be able to keep my progress that I've got on my regular server now (4463)? Such an amazing game, can't wait until standalone. Think I'll go play some Arma2 just to polish my gameplay a little more. Every hour I play on my survivor increases the fear of death, LOL Any chance of a DayZ mod for Arma3? I'm guessing all the DayZ resources are being dumped into the standalone right now though, and perhaps it's using the Arma3 engine already.

With 16 slots, yeah, I'd say that I could probably fit in there ;)

I've got a few that I've tried out, but haven't really found a "home" server. I'd like to find a more permanent residence though. Mainly so I can get acquainted with a clan or whatever so I don't have to fear for my life as much ;) My current survivor is finally able to survive in the wild with hunting animals/gutting them/cooking meat on a fire, so I'm a little paranoid about coming in contact with any humies and losing all that progress via an AK47 bullet to the face. Also got an ALICE pack which is noice! Ah, I see you're from Iowa as well!

To pick stuff up, just walk up to it and watch for the icon to change. Then use your mouse wheel to select what you want to do. Sometimes, your mouse wheel will only show something like "Gear". Make sure Gear is highlighted, then press mouse wheel button and your gear will come up. The items with quantities on the left-hand side are things in the "pile" that you can pick up, assuming you have the inventory space. Other stuff can be picked up right off the ground without opening Gear. For instance, if you mouse wheel on a soda can, you may get an option like "Pick up Soda Can (Coke)" or something like that. If I'm not fearing for my life, I usually just open up gear before picking anything up, so I can make sure I have enough space and nothing gets dropped. A tip that I wish I would have done sooner, go find a supermarket (I picked the one in Elektro) and upgrade your backpack to an Assault or Alice to get more backpack space. You can store stuff like firewood and camping tent in pack so it doesn't hog up inventory space. Not to mention, lots of other necessities can spawn in supermarket. Yesterday I got lucky and found compass and matches. Now I just need a dang map, but dayzwiki has one you can use from another machine (unless you are feeling ballsy and alt-tab out to a browser map) :) I don't think you can melee attack. First item of business should be going to a nearby barn and picking up a Hatchet. To me, so far, the hatchet is my best friend. You can one-shot most zombies, and it's quiet so it won't alert other zombies that you are killing them (unlike firing a gun in town...made that mistake once...). Also hatchets allow you to collect firewood which you'll need to make a fire and cook raw meat to recover blood.

A couple things that took me a while to get the hang of, is learning how to use your backpack. There are some good youtube videos on explaining how it works. Also, when I started, I didn't really like the mouse-wheel contextual menu, but the more I play the more I love it. Based on what your crosshairs are pointed at, your mouse wheel will have different options. This helps speed up your play and open/close doors quickly, for instance.