Azrail (DayZ)

here's my suggestions for the current state of the mod. 1) combat mode to be extended to zombie aggro. when you have aggro from one or more zombies, combat mode is activated, and like already added to the changelog of 1.7.5 on pvp combat log, character will be replaced with a bot that can be killed by zombies, unless saved by another player. 2) human body's save position and loot so they will reappear after server restart. no longer random despawn of human bodies and zombies. unless hidden by another player, player bodies disappear after 1 week. 3) zombies devour dead players. when zombies killed a player or stumble upon a dead player, they will devour the corpse, taking like 15 minutes, more or less depending how many zombies involved. these zombies will then drop random smaller items from the loot, a fully devoured body will leave behind some blood (maybe bones?) and the remaining loot cluttering in the vicinity. hopefully that can be saved over restart for one week as well, but i fear it's gonna eat alot of ressources... 4) flies a hidden human body will no longer attract flies. a devoured human body will attract less flies. the remains of a devoured body can be hidden. 5) Zombie spawn On top of zombies spawning in towns, they will also spawn randomly in the woods. they tend to crowd up and wander accross the map. Maybe the number of zombies spawning in towns can be lowered to compensate ressources.

hell yea i disagree. it's a suggestion towards the topic, so if YOU disagree with said discussion, why even take part in it? but the discussion is already no longer one, just the same moot point being repeated again and again campers complaining they can't camp in peace with their ghillie+as50 and kill everything in sight within 1km out.

part of the discussion taking place, more then less going on behind the scenes of the official l85 removal celebration party. i guess you're just busy enjoying yourself there. Just as this thread cought enough of the right attention and the thermal got removed. Poll's on the forums about controversal features are useless and will end onesided, like to be seen here. The members on these forums are not representative for all dayz gamers.

and how does a thermal scope without the weapon fare against the revolver?

its all depending on how much ressources do i need, and how much can i spare. if the feature is to expensive in ressources i need to decide whether or not it's worth it to cut on something else. i'm just the guy with the idea. the decission if and how it's feasible is up to rocket and the community dev's. the week just first came to mind, loosely based on that it takes longer then just a few hours for a human body to decay. but i'm happy with a day, or 2 hours, just a reasonable set amount of time, so i have a chance to get back to my body and get my stuff back in case of death, and not struggle my way back there, just to find out it just randomly disappeared. and thanks for the feedback @ all :)

hiding player corpses is always a good advice, last but not least to prevent infections spreading, but also to leave no clues about your presence.

maybe the game might get altered, so it can become an option in certain situations? to save your life in case of emergency, when you are really starving and close to death, and only have this dead fellow next to you. i like options, especially if they can save my life. and if you don't like one option, there is always another, like starving to death.

You be da awesum!

and a ghillie with an SVD camo prone under a bush is not? how am i supposed to find him, if not using a thermal scope of some sort?

its a nice map with german setting, a bit boring because noone else was playing it (was a few days back when there were only a few servers up) we had no trouble finding loot however. it's not the exactly the biggest map out there.

Or this. Actually quite like this one alot. In addition to my thermal clothing suggestion!

its a game aiming for realism, and these things will add to realism. while i agree that they won't add much to the game itself (probably the reason why it won't make it into the game after all), i think its still a valid request to be considered. perhaps rocket can offer multiple instances, with different stages of realism. so if eating human flesh gives you the shivers, you can go play on the fluffy brony hill instead D: on a sidenote: i'd much rather have pervert's do their dirty business in games then in reallife. that way i could actually save the money for the firearm and spend it on games i'd like to play.

sounds like exactly what i need. no idea why i missed out on that.

you'd go mental and pull your hair out over teaching me stuff in person ;) i learn much better when i see people doing things on a video, where i can pause/replay. thanks though.

this, it's impossible for me to see whether there are tree's or stuff below me, and i'd hate if i had to use 3rd person. also, the helicopter randomly starts turning, spinning and drifting in random directions once i reduce speed and height, landing in a specific spot is a nightmare for me -.- any chance you could do a basic chopper crash course some time? @R3con thanks for that one too, i always fail at the burning speed part though :(

i have this problem: i use 3 different cd keys to switch characters. i used 3 steam accounts to buy Arma 2, one to buy one copy of ArmA 2 CO + BAF + PMC two to buy two additional copies of ArmA 2 OA. now, when i switch between keys, i get this error if i now delete the folders BAF + PMC and run DLCSetup\BAF\datacachepreprocessor.exe, it installs both DLC's and then loads the game. i can load the game fine from that point on, until i switch to another cd key. is there any way to simplify this?

this worked. thanks for the head's up gouki, have beans.

in soviet russia, zed's log out on you! oh wait... (sorry couldn't help myself xD)

can we have the map edited so it shows actually Object A2 instead of object AII everyone is calling it object ALL because thats how everyone read's it without knowing the background and that it's actually supposed to be a roman numeral. and on voicechat you won't even know which one is meant, making me go mental <_<

good to know, and thanks for reporting back!

i am actually looking for root server providers, specifically for running a arma2/dayz server. there was a nice comparison, can't find it anywhere... :(

you labeling something as not funny doens't make it not funny.

a nice idea, but why limit your gameplay on a few qkm, when you get 225? this sounds boring as hell. bandits camping a town on the coast, at the very best fighting people with basic gear. you could try stary sobor or nwaf if you want an actual challenge. well at least that one is easy to answer for dayz, you can't xD

Realism yes, but this game is still in alpha. And also keep in mind that it is a game. Realism has its limits. I am all for this game being as realistic as possible, but it still needs to fit with the rest of the game. They first have to find a way to implement realistic game elements, and currently there are more important things to consider. FInding food in dayz vanillia for example, is actually piss easy once you know the map. I think i only ever died once of starving, and that was intended because i needed a respawn. I admit it was fairly close more then once, but so is dayz. Keep on trying, you will get the hang of it and learn where to find food. And play with friends, everything in dayz will become so much easier with teamwork. There's always one mate whom got some in his pack or the tools to hunt and cook something. Oh and, if you still think starving in dayz vanillia is harsh - don't even bother playing on Namalsk xD And even there it's still to easymode for my liking.

i approve. these, along with waypoints & all the other obvious easymode crap need to gooo! in standalone we trust, i guess :S