BadassPreacher

Free rags for everyone! Some people just can't handle the apocalypse...

I found my first M4 today, so now I have the whole set. So yeah, it can be done, I got the Mosin on my back and carry the M4 in my hands. It's a bit annoying though, and I do get nervous every time I need to drop it in order to eat, drink, bandage, etc. You never know when it's going to glitch out and disappear :)

Yes, please. Silent and deadly :)

Good to know, but I don't need that much detail, just a general a view of the land area is enough for me. Besides, when I discover new stuff, I add them to my map.

This is what I've been using on alt tab, helpful if you are a new player like me (I marked water sources and the military bases on the map): http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/5769/p3gs.jpg

Not sure if this has been asked already, but what is the nutritional value of a fire axe? In any case, well done on the videos. They are really helpful.

This is really good advice, my character has been healthy for days by doing this. Just eat everything you find and always spam water pumps until you're full. Currently I only carry one food item and one extra drink with me, just in case I run into someone who's starving or thirsty (plus a canteen for myself, just to be sure).

I've gotten pretty used to the random eating and drinking sounds, although I haven't noticed it being tied to rabbits. There will probably be a time when there actually is someone there, and I won't notice them because I think it's just random sounds. One thing that still scares the shit out of me every time, is when the game plays my footsteps twice over for a second... They sound like someone is right behind me :D

I lagged out/got desynced earlier today at NW airfield. It took a good 30-40 seconds of wondering why nothing was working (doors not opening etc.), then it caught up again and I found myself being pummeled to death by 3 zombies :D That was the first time I've had this kind of thing happen in DayZ. I chalked it up to be a lag spike, but seems that other people have been experiencing similar things. Mine was a single occurrence though, played about an hour after that with no major issues. Also watched SergeantMerrell have some serious desync/rubber banding problems earlier when he was streaming (he had to end the stream because of it).

So I still need to find an M4, then I'll have a full set... Btw, anyone know if you lose the item you're carrying in your hands when the server resets, or does it count as being in the inventory?

I've been surviving on your server for a couple dayz now. So far so good :)

I still haven't found a saline bag, so I don't know about those. But I do feel that ammo is much too common at the moment. I can see it being good in the future with zombies possibly posing a bigger threat, but right now it's just piling up in the inventory... and idle bullets are the devil's playthings.

I just started playing, so I use the map quite often to get around. Mind you, not the in-game map pieces, I have my custom one on alt tab. Every time I find a compass I'm really happy, since it allows me to keep off roads and move through the wilderness. Not sure if a damaged compass can mislead you? I found one today, headed north and ended up closer to the east coast... Could be just me though :D

I have it running on a i5-480m, GT 540m, 8g RAM laptop (worse than yours), so I think you'll be able to do it. With some minor tweaking I got it working surprisingly well (on my standards), been running around for a couple dayz now and so far I'm enjoying it. But do remember that the definition of "playable/enjoyable" is different from person to person, personally I'll take frames over graphics every time.

Punctuation is your friend...

Watched the last 20 minutes or so, the stream was actually quite entertaining.