Gking19

What DayZ Commander is basically a really easy to use server browser. You can filter for specific servers, add favorites, etc. It's also a way to download any DayZ mod that is largely available.(from my understanding, there's about 20-30 mods downloadable from DayZ Commander.) When you download DayZ from Steam, all you get are the mod files and not a easy way to join a server. DayZ Commander is that easy way.

I beg to differ. The Lee Enfield will bring more zombies than you can kill. I shot my AKM once while I was in the 2 story hotel in Elektro, and about 15 mins, and maybe 50-60 zombies later, I finally got out of that building. I doubt you'll have enough enfield ammo to kill every zombie, and eventually you'll run out and die. Luckily, I had plenty of 30 round AKM mags. Use a hatchet, it's one hit kill, and it's silent. c:

I accidentally shot my friend in the face with my AKM when I was trying to kill a horde of zombies. :c

Wow, really, server hopping? At least accept death if it's going to happen.

Srs bsns

Well I was coming in to Cherno from the north side, and I decided to look around with some binoculars to see if zombies had spawned due to other people (I was a good 400 M away). So I look at the really tall factory, and I see two people jump off and commit suicide. Definitely one of my weirder experiences.

My laptop can run most games on normal or slightly higher graphics, depends on the game. My specs are a 2.7 AMD Radeon HD 7520G 6 GBs of RAM A 500 GB HDD. My specs are enough to run ARMA on normal graphics, but the better your hardware is, the better your games will look and how smooth they'll be. Something to keep in mind is don't try and get those extra .1 or .2 GHz for the processor. That much of an increase for another $20 or whatever isn't worth the price. If it was a whole 1 GHz increase, then it'd be worth it.

Well that was a waste of money. All you need is ARMA 2 Combined Operations for $25 on steam. As for the servers, on public, it will sync your inventory/position on the map across every public server. On private servers, your position/inventory are bound to that server only.

That is the creepiest shit I've ever heard. I'd jump if I heard that in DayZ while walking around the city.

I'd say just go in, get out as quick as possible, and then once you have the means for survival, go north. The constant deaths are just another part of DayZ, hopefully SA will fix it. As for how you play DayZ, it's entirely up to you. I mainly use it to just waste time since it's summer vacation right now. Also, the thrill of gun fights, not just shot from 600 M away, is a fun part. I remember one time, I was at the NW airfield, and there were these two guys trying to snipe me with a revolver. (I was a good 200 M away.) I moved in closer with my assault rifle, to try and get them, but the revolver won out in the end when they broke my legs and killed me. But hey, it was fun. c:

I haven't checked out Berezino since the 1.7.7 patch. I'll have to go over there and check it out. I know that at Cherno and Elektro, there's always barely any loot. Maybe I'll have better luck in Berezino. c: Even in 1.7.6 though, I always liked Berezino for just the large amount of areas that give a lot of loot.

Part of the problem is that they use the same pathing as civilian AI, and even that AI wasn't too good.

Do the training missions in ARMA 2. Those will help you learn all the controls.

Basically what a restart does is cleans up the server of dead bodies and stuff to improve performance. It also puts down new items at loot spawns to replace the ones that were already looted. A server restart does not restart your character, so after the the restart, all your items in your inventory and your position in the map is saved, so after the restart, you can rejoin and resume from where you left off. If you use DayZ Commander, it has a tab full of servers recently joined, if that's the program you use. I don't know about Playwithsix, and God have mercy on your soul if you use the ARMA 2 built in server browser.

So I connect to my usual server, then what do I see? An AFK bandit. I think to myself "Free loot" and murder him. I find an AKM, Makarov SD, and a bunch of really good loot that in this new patch, is quite rare. He was clearly angry because he got off the server and I didn't see him rejoin for a while. (This was patch 1.7.6) Another story. I'm heading north from Cherno, and I stop by Zub. I go up the main castle tower, see another AFK bandit. Shoot him, get a nice sniper and another good loot that is expected of a bandit. The moral of the story? Never go AFK kiddies, you're never safe, however much isolated you think you are.

I meant it as in "I've had plenty of gun battles with people who were at the computer and not doing something else 'alt-tab, mom called your name, etc. ' ".

There is no twisted ideology, and I never said there was a challenge. I just said this is why you don't go AFK. Please don't put words in my mouth. I've had my fair share of encounters with people that weren't pooping on the toilet. I'm just relaying two experiences to make a point.

I like the way you described the direction of DayZ. It makes sense. Kudos to you c:

(Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, wasn't sure where to start the thread.) I don't know if this is a bug or intentional, but it seems that every building I enter, there is only empty cans and rarely food, and I haven't found a single gun so far. I looked in the hospital, no medical boxes, just 2 epi-pens. Is this supposed to happen, because I know before 1.7.7 you could always find what you need in a city, but now I can't find anything at all, just trash.

I beg to differ, I don't see how you can play with this new loot system. I barely find any sustenance nowadays.

Oh I see. Well the zombies only listen for people actually walking/running. I don't believe jumping over something slowly with decrease the chances of being spotted for a zombie, same for looting and crouching.

I would recommend playing on a regular DayZ server, as everyone else has suggested. You learn on the go, and I think that's the best way to learn, because it stays with you in my opinion. Good luck c:

Could you please consider increasing/fixing the loot spawns? The way it was in 1.7.6 was fine, and I don't think anyone was complaining about it, saying there was too much items, but now, there's no items to complain about. All I'm finding is empty tin cans, and lots of them. For example, in the hospital of Elektrozavodsk, all I found was 2 epi-pens. Not even medical boxes, just two epi-pens. I think this really needs to be fixed, because now all the new people are just dying because they can't find a bandage or antibiotics, and the people who hoarded the stuff in tents are surviving.

Well maybe it didn't, because I played during 1.7.7 and 1.7.7.1 and I didn't see any change in the loot spawns between the two, only the decrease in loot spawns from 1.7.6 to 1.7.7 .

I've seen "tunnel entrance" on the Namalsk map, but haven't found any entrance point at either of the marked locations. Is there a way to enter the underground area, and if so, how do you do that?