djporternz

Simple really. Your character didn't load. Therefore there was no character to load. Your character is already hosed, your progress is already gone, so where is the benefit from having any sort of yes/no prompt. It's just telling you the facts. There is no way back from here, you will respawn on the coast, and you will not have your gear with you. One caveat, though, and it might only be applicable during the current Alpha. Sometimes after getting this message on a non-official server and going IMMEDIATELY back to an official server, I have managed to retrieve a 'lost' character. Seems to be a few people with paid servers (I'm loathe to miss-call them private servers ATM) are fiddling about in configs they shouldn't be or have severly misconfigured their servers.

Same here. Not by choice, but RL and work commitments mean that grouping up with friends or PUGs are hard to schedule. The advantage is that the servers are pretty under populated at the times I play, as well, so lots of loot for me!

You need persistence of character within the game. Persistence of inventory and status. This is a given. Without it there is no reason to do anything in game. But, IMHO it has more to do with control. We have to connect to their Hive/DB, so we have to follow their rules. Now, when they roll out Private Hive/DB it may be the case that we will have to host that ourselves as well, and I hope we do, but if we still have to rely on them to host the Hive/DB then they still have control. Don't take that to mean that that control is inherently bad, but it is there. Chances are, though, they won't be addressed. The major problems with the hive system are those features that you mention. As long as you are able to spawn at the identical location on whichever server you join and are able to transfer items across servers there will always be an exploit inherently built-in to the system. Private Hives/Private DB and the feature/problem goes away.

Exactly. Have some beans. This is what I've been saying from the first, at least since there has been an option to lock a server to 1PP. And only very rarely are there more than a dozen people actually playing on them (I don't count people who jump in and out in less than a few minutes, they're usually only inst-magi-server jumpers or people who don't know what 3PP:OFF means). And don't give me any blubbering BS about the need to be on servers where the people are. That is half the problem right there. There aren't people on the 1PP servers because you yourself are over on a 3PP server. And then you come on over here and start whinging that some 3PP arseholes are ruining your game because he isn't forced to play 1PP on their turf. So just stop with the bitching and get back on the 1PP servers. There is sure enough people whining in this thread to full multiple 1PP servers. But if you are CHOOSING to go onto a 3PP server for whatever reason, then sorry, you need a hot cup of STFU. In conclusion:

Actually respawning loot will make the problem worse. Then there'd be an even less chance of inst-magi-jumping into a server that had no loot. Anyway, the fix is already on the roadmap. We just can't use it until it's fully ready, i.e. full release. HINT: Private Server/Private DB As long as Rocket is enarmoured with the Public Hive idea, this is what we are going to have to put up with. This, and ghosting.

For me, it's not about the gear, it's about the journey I've taken to get the gear. Yeah, it can be frustrating to spend lots of hours in-game and suddenly find yourself back at the coast with nothing but jeans and a tee. But TBH, even when you've got all the gear you think you need, there isn't ATM anything that really satisfies as much as finding that elusive can opener and a can of beans that has somehow remained overlooked, or finding that first gun with a few rounds nearby on a freshie and thinking that you might just be able to survive on this one. So when I die, I get up and go grab a drink, take a leak, and come back with a few fresh possibilities. Everything is possible again.

No. Longer answer, using PB instead of BE would just be swapping one set of problems for another. And TBH, BE has the advantage that a Global Ban carries over into other current games and FUTURE games that also use BE. Just think about that if you're ever tempted to use that cheat or hack that one time just to do that one thing. That's deterance right there.

You need to get out more, and get a girlfriend.

Use TeamSpeak Wait! I think someone already said that. Hmm... Try this: Don't use Skype.

WHAT! You waste bullets on Zombies? Someone hit this guy with an axe.

If I'm re-reading the OP correctly, then there is a big red flag popping up there. The friend downloaded a specific tool that was expressly targeted at a specific game. TBH, if your friend was looking for a ligitimate tool for FPS enhancement, all well and good. But if you see a tool advertised for a v. new game you've got to be suspicious. Doing a quick google search throws up two threads, one here on DayZgame and one on DayZTV forums that give manual instructions for adjusting various video configs. These are where your friend should have gone. It also throws up two YouTube links to videos with links to a .dll FPS increase tool for DayZ. If your friend went to either of these, then all I can say is 'WTF'! How many times do people have to be told, you don't download anything via a Youtube link. Period! These are the first four links. I doubt your friend is the only one caught up like this, and he definately won't be the last.

BE have a notice on their landing page the explicitly states that Fraps, Bandicam et. al. will not get you banned.

You must really like Tetris! While it looks good, all your idea really does is take away inventory space by ramping up the complexity within the inventory. Easy for people to do, but you've got to remember that the server will be doing this for every player when you pick up items as well and the computational complexity is going to ramp up very quickly. Neutral on the idea, doubt it is parctical to code for.

Yep. Once you get 60~80+ people on a single server, and they can't insta-magi-jump spawns like they can now, you'll see a lot more whiney posts here about the food situation. Foodwise we're playing on easy mode ATM. (But I'll take all the help I can get!) Unlimited water at the pumps should stay, IMHO. It is 100% safe to drink, and is the only thing in game that forces you to come out of the woods. Water purification tablets are still pretty rare.

No. EXPLOIT!!! Worst Idea Ever!

That would indicate that you're no longer unconcious, just too f'd up to actually do anything. It give you a chance to shout to you buddy to get off his arse and see to your injuries. Also, I've noticed that if you're bleeding at this point, you can bandage yourself instantly, i.e. no animation delays. I'd guess that's probably a bug, though. Actually it works with any self-administered meds, but not blood or saline.

Yep, you're dead right. It does indicate something not quite right.I'm getting perfect circles here. You need to learn how to set up your mouse properly.

I like the idea, but the first seems a little too good. Clothes are plentiful in the game ATM, and having it that you only need to find an item once and a sewing kit is a little too powerful. Unless Sewing Kits/ Needle & Thread had a limited number of uses or maybe a chance to damage the clothes further or outright ruin them. Love the second idea. The PvP hardmen will hate it, so +100 just for that!

What have you been smokin'. Gatorade for blood loss! Where the hell did you do your medical training, kid, 'cause someones been blowing smoke up your ar....!

You played I Ran by A Flock of Seagulls. Of course you're not going to see anyone.

Let's get through the Alpha first, please, before we start worrying about these things. After that we can start worrying about window dressing Chernarus.

That functionality is already available in the feedback tracker. If an issue is as severe as you say it is, people over there will already be voting up the issue. And critical issues, newly reported or not, are not likely to be overlooked.

Yay, Lada for the win. Buy one and get a free AK variant for the back window. I like it! Sign me up for two.

I don't have this issue in DayZ, but had it in another game. I fixed it there by doing a manual update of the BE client. Try here for download (from official BE support site): http://www.battleye.com/download.html. Top item is DayZ. Dump the download into your DayZ BattlEye folder. Should be somewhere like: ~Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ\Battleye PS: Report back if it helps and I'll do a proper write up.

Known issue (just had it now, infact). Just exit server and relog. Respawn on coast. Job done.