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In spite of being able to write fairly well, you are clearly an idiot.

I doubt it was an actual trojan (false positive), but I gotta say, since ditching Six Launcher / Updater and switching to DayZ Commander I've never been happier. Very nice program and is constantly being improved. Forget about that Six crap and give DC a look...

I gotta give props to Sidestrafe as well, clearly an intelligent guy. Was very nice to hear some insightful questions asked for a change (as opposed to that mindless woman from FPSGuru who also interviewed him recently and kept talking over all of his answers). Actually, I doubt she was even listening to him.

Have not had any problem with my usual servers, but I completely agree with you about name tags enabled. I absolutely REFUSE to play on any server with tags enabled. I can give or take all of the other settings, but that one is not negotiable.

Any chance that 1.7.2.4 could require all servers to update to latest DayZ / Beta versions? As it stands now, servers are extremely fractured what with all of the possible combinations of Dayz /Beta versions.

For some reason, the very latest patch always seems to use the notes from the patch before. Usually you can go in the BIS Beta forum and find more specific information. Here is the forum post for 95208 http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?137482-ARMA-2-OA-beta-build-95208-(1-62-MP-build)

It's a third party server browser / game launcher. Nice little program. http://www.dayzcommander.com/

http://www.demonoid....wnload/2944618/ This torrent is working fine for me....seeding it as I write this. I just got mine finished. It came out at 4 feet tall by 4 foot 8 inches wide. If printed at full resolution, the image would be something like 20' tall. The image when unpacked came in at just over 1GB. It's printed on Panaflex (billboard material) and laminated with an automotive quality clear laminate (used for car graphics printing). Wet erase markers are perfect for this as you can make all the notes you want and they easily wipe off with a few drops of water on a cloth. If you are planning on printing to a large size this is by far the best image you can get your hands on at this time...

Q: Rocket, do you ever have time to simply play the game outside of testing it? If so, what is your preferred playstyle? What is it that YOU find to be fun while playing just for the sake of enjoyment?

Actually, Rocket has stated exactly the opposite of that in several interviews. He essentially said that since AI will always be inferior to human intelligence that the real threat in DayZ would be the unpredictable ways in which we can interact with each other. This entire experiment has very little to do with zombies, and a great deal to do with the ways people will interact in a sandbox such as this.

Just took the plunge and installed 95028 (Had to say goodbye to my home server for now but whatever). Checked frame rate at my position before the update to 95208 and was running low 30's. After installing 95208 frames are at high 50's standing in the same location as before. After this comparison I bumped up shadows from medium to max, and maxxed AA AF and was back at 30's afterwards. All in all, I'd say this was a large improvement over my previous 95099 beta. EDIT: Also, according to DayZ Commander, 42% of servers are now running 95208 (up from 36% an hour ago) so it looks like a lot of admins are commiting to 1.62 if that percentage is accurate.

These designations indicate which difficulty settings are enabled / disabled. Settings such as 3rd person, crosshair, map notes, map location, nametags etc. The only confusing thing about this though is that you can currently find, say, 2 veteran servers with completely different settings enabled.

LOL, I love these posts. Keep 'em coming guys...

Hey I don't know what to tell you, maybe contact the internet police and see if this in their jurisdiction...

It's completely out of your control. Either use them or don't use them. Worrying that they exist has no chance of changing the situation in any way.

I'm more in line with teeth being a status symbol, and adding an extra layer of depth to looting other players, but when it comes to teeth as an economy item I worry that it would create a reason to farm zombies. A real risk that DayZ has not had to face yet is an invasion of (for profit) loot farmers. An economy mechanic would best serve the game if it is designed in such a way as to discourage professional loot farming for monetary gain. i.e. limit avenues for monetary gain through sales of in game items.

Also found in that forum thread: I really hope this is the final RC and we can finally bring the DayZ server community all up to the same version. It's impossibly fractured right now what with all the possible combinations of beta / DayZ versions.

Q: Do you have any plans to turn off name tags across all server difficulties? (I believe name tags / distance markers have no place in a game which is trying to be "authentic"). Q: Is it possible to force all servers to updade to the latest DayZ release within a certain amount of time or risk being blacklisted? (having such a fractured server base due to running so many different versions is not helping anything).

Admins have quite a few options as far as dificulty settings go. My understanding is that the Regular / Veteran / Expert settings are simply a preset combination of all the available difficulty options, however, an admin can choose his difficulty setting and then adjust each setting individually to suit his taste. This is why you can find veteran servers which have all the same settings as a regular server... Server difficulty settings ( on / off) which I am aware of: Crosshair 3rd Person Name Tags / Distance (of all the settings I believe this should be turned off on all servers). Map Icons GPS location shown on map Nearby life forms shown as teardrops around periphial / highlighted (not sure what this setting is called) Player made map notes Can't think of any others, there may be more.

Tents do not count slots per item, so a primary weapon that would take ten slots in a backpack will only use one slot in a tent. Same for items, like a rotor assembly for a chopper would take 6 slots in a pack but only one in a tent.

Think of this game we are now playing as a bunch of black magic, hackery, bailing wire, twine and super glue. It's a miracle we are even able to play as well as we can at this stage. Many of the mechanics have only been added in the last several weeks. Mods are often like this, with plenty of problems, compromises and concessions to be made. Bugs like the one you had will likely be ironed out over the next couple of months, but in the process of adding the rest of the game mechanics many things are going to break, and require time to fix. It's probably going to be a painful experience for everyone involved. If DayZ does not go standalone, you can count on having plenty of glitches and such. Rocket said himself that this mod is largely a bunch of hacks applied to a mod to make it work, and that things are going to get much worse before they get better. Better prepare yourself for a long and dusty ride, it wont be easy, but I have a feeling it will be worth it...

Pretty sure Rocket said we will never be playing as Zombies. Now he may change his mind if he manages to transition to standalone, but as a mod, this is extremely unlikely to ever happen.

A tent can hold up to five backpacks which do not count against any other item limits. As already stated, the pack must be empty or it will be eaten by the tent eventually. I would imagine this was how the devs meant for it to be, to keep players from adding 121 slots to a tent by placing 5 Coyote Packs inside.

If the tree model is covering up too much of a tent, you will not be able to interact with it (even though you can see parts of it sticking out). I had one tent deep in a tree that I was able to use for awhile but when I packed up camp to move further north it dropped into it's bag below the tree and I could not pick up the tent bag. Bye bye tent. It happens, it probably always will. Tents seem to be a bit of a hackery applied to the mod and while it works, it doesnt work all that well. Sooner or later they will get some of these issues ironed out but right now it's a pretty low priority in the grand scheme of things.