odin_lowe

I always jump and start to nervously look around when I hear the cracking branch noises in forests. It's not related to anything physically present, but it always gets me! :o

No. That I paid to have access to. And I have access to it. The fact that I enjoy it and that I'm able to play relies on myself. I don't feel sorry for people who have regrets, it's their right, and their choice. I paid. I play. I'm happy. B) My healthy character says hi! Can't really give you beans, I fish for my food.

They are building the game. Thus the early access/alpha status. Complaining about an unfinished/broken feature is irrelevant. Search the bug reports if you think you found a bug, and if it's already been reported, just up-vote it. Simply whining about your difficulty to play a unfinished, currently being developed software just make you look like a spoil brat. I don't have any problem to play the early access alpha stage DayZ stand alone game. Sadly this doesn't apply to the rest of the community right now. Take a break man, and come back when it feels "easier" for you.

I've done this for a while for fun because I like sitting around the fire. (even if it doesn't make any sound effects... :( ) But now it does have a purpose. Let's hope we can have other means of sharpening our axes and bladed weapons to a status higher than damaged. That would greatly help.

I've been hit by zombies, but not killed by any. 75% of the time they don't even make me bleed, but most of the time they damage whatever vest I have on. I don't PVP. I've stalked a lot of players without them ever knowing I was there. I don't shoot unless I really have to. Even with the broken 0.48 melee system. I hunt, fish, stalk ( :lol: ) and run around the entire map from the NW corner to the SE, looking for specific items, giving myself some goals to accomplish. Was very lucky with all the ladders I climb. And, I take thousands of screenshots... ( 536 hrs, 8200 screenshots) Might not be the play style of most players, but it suits me fine. B) :beans: to you Grimey Rick.

I like my healthy status. It never left me since it was implemented, months ago. I can't wait for bears and wolves, and more zombies, and more threats ("real" ones, not hackers...) because right now I can avoid being killed, by bugs with workaround for ladders and such, I can avoid being killed by players with moving with caution and ninja skills ( :rolleyes: ) , and never , ever, was I killed unintentionally by a zombie. The weather system affecting players is getting better, and with normal polishing it'll get as the game progress, it's gonna make the whole experience a lot more immersive for me. I like it. Food and starvation. I don't know how to starve, as "I feel completely full." most of the time. Good luck on your quest for :beans: ! (Although rice might help you more in your situation. When freshly spawned, if I find a bag of race and eat it all, I get pale energized, and a bit thirsty...)

Ouch! Worst timing ever to be alpher... :P I wish you all the luck finding another one. (and not dying due to ladder...) Things were much simpler and less dangerous when they were spawning in the misc_feedshacks!!

They are rare since now they share (the UH-60 heli crash site that spawns the M4) the same possible spawn locations with the new Mi-8 crash sites. There used to be 3 different static Mi-8 crash sites, but now they share the same spawn locations as the smoking UH-60 crash sites. Only 3 per server restart, meaning you can have 2 x Mi-8 and 1 x UH-60, making it all a matter of luck finding the lonely UH-60 crash site in the 50+ possible location. You can use DerDuderich's link for the possible spawn locations, or use this map. Only found 1 UH-60 crash for 5 Mi-8 crashes, no M4. The search is on! I love treasure hunting! ;) Good luck!! :thumbsup: B)

Placeholder/unfinished feature. It'll get better and more balanced eventually. I hope we see the introduction of other means to sharpen and maintain bladed weapons. (And get them to a status higher than damaged.)

Kichi posted this. It's one of the only way to report them really. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/211777-if-you-believe-you-have-found-evidence-of-an-unknown-hack/#entry2121715 In hoping that BE will eventually do something more too.

When you log into a server as a fresh spawn, log out and go to another server. There's a known bug where the server can't retrieve data from the master hive. It happened to me countless times (more than a hundred...) but each time, I log out of the server, and log to either another server with a different service provider. (Vilayer, Fragnet, Gameservers,...) Never lost any gear do to this, because there are known workarounds. This is an early access work in progress game. You are bound to encounter such bugs and unpolished features such as this.

It's a know sound glitch. It's the sound of crossbow bolts or arrows hitting an area infinitely. Heard it before. Edit: Would have been more interesting if it was ghosts really... I would have liked that. Sorry to pop anyone's bubble. :(

Great news! (at least for me :lol: ) The Pobeda dam will return!! I l really liked this place in the mod! http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/211747-twitter-senchi-pobeda-dam-will-return/

You know that before the "voodoo zombies", there were other types of zombies right? The zombies created by voodoo are not to be confused with most culture call " the living dead". Voodoo zombies are just controlled people by using "magic/sorcery/black magic/witchcraft". (voodoo) The word "zombie" (derived from "nzambi" (god) and probably "zumbi" (fetish)) might come from the Haitians, and West Africa origins, but their zombies were not dead. While in almost every part of the earth, different cultures had their own walking dead. The Icelandic people (including parts of Norway, Sweden and North Germany) had the Draugr. The Chinese had their Jiangshi, which was literally a reanimated corpse. The English people, back in the end of the 16th century, had the Ghoul. There are numerous variations of the zombie creature. But from the lore of DayZ, it seems that most of them doesn't apply, and the closest we get is the infected in 28 Days/Weeks Later. Problem is, those died of starvation after a while, so the infected in DayZ should have the same fate. I sincerely hope they eventually change that, since the game is still in alpha stage, and the mod, at this point, seem to be less and less related in any way with the Stand Alone. The mod could have their infected living humans, while we could have real undead zombies. It would make more sense with the concept of "zombie survival horror game", and the general long term feel of the game. (at least for me) I've been playing the mod since it came out, and same thing for the stand alone. This is probably the thing that bothers me the most, and the thing I find most ridicule to keep coming back to the "infected living human" flawed concept with DayZ.

Was only been able to find one in firestations. It's as rare as the medic outfits, as it's pretty restricted to certain building spawns.

Initially I thought we were gonna have an "experimental update most likely on Monday", not a stable branch fix on Wednesday. I'm addicted to experimental. :lol: Gonna try those fixes now. Already some reports that the persistence fix didn't do anything at all, and there's still those servers lockdown if you turn it on. Oh well, doesn't really matter for me as I don't have a tent anyway, and I'm not gonna try persistence till we have it fixed and stable for good. Wonder if we'll see any experimental update before the end of September. Personally my stable branch experience as been great so far, without any problems at all. (except for the ones we all know and can counter or workaround...)

There's some bugs right now. When you spawn naked again, exit the server and rejoin it. It has to do with servers not being able to acquire your character's informations from the hive. Happened to me about 60 times, but I still have my geared characters, as I log out and back in till I get them back.

Great guide! :thumbsup: I'm currently at 8129 screenshots.... I love screenshots in video games! (some my think it's obsessive compulsive disorder... :lol: )

Interesting. Maybe someone left it there as it's not supposed to spawn anywhere else... (at least from what we know) Are you using it? Did you add the SMERSH backpacks to it? Care to take some screens and show it to us?

You found a SMERSH vest or a small 8 slot SMERSH backpack? Which military house? The jail houses or barracks? Very interesting if it spawns elsewhere!!

The green effect is due to a lit green chemlight. :lol: You can see it on the right side of the screen, under the chopper. I'd love for them to be lit by fire like they use to in the mod, really adds to the atmosphere. (thus the reason why I break all chemlights surrounding crashed choppers!! :P )

We should have a post where players mark on the map where they found their downed choppers, and which one was it to have an updated look at it. Since the devs said they made some changes to them, but didn't specify which ones, without tests there's no way to confirm those maps.(They are supposed to be taken from game files, but I have no idea which one.)

Here's an updated map of the possible 3 crash sites per server restart. About 20 of them have been chopped from the 74 initial. (Mostly part of the Balota nerf.) Weyland did an extensive search of the possible crashes in video. Pretty interesting, although a little dated since now the UH-60 share it's spawn locations with the Mi-8. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/211522-discovery-downed-helicopter-sites-ii-of-iii-21-locations/ And finally, yesterday I found my first UH-60 crash site since the 0.49 patch. Got some mags and attachments for the M4, but no rifle unfortunately. Had found 3 Mi-8 crashes, but no elusive SMERSH vest spawned near them. (only place to find them right now)

Nice!! Thanks for the updated map! I've been using the old 0.46 map to check if the locations had changed, but this comes in handy. Boy they really nerfed Balota! Makes sense if you want to make it a civilian airfield. I wonder if we'll eventually see crash sites near Mishkino, since the tents at Balota have been moved there. Anyway, I hope we can play again together sometime soon. I've been lonewolf since a few months back, playing on and off and testing out experimental builds. Take care man! :thumbsup: B) Edit: Screenshot of the crash I found yesterday. (1st UH-60 I found since 0.49)

Correct. The static Mi-8 are now gone, and the Mi-8 crash sites are shared with the UH-60 crash sites. Only 3 per servers per restart. Meaning you can have 1 UH-60 and 2 Mi-8. Till now I found 3 x Mi-8 crashes and 1 x UH-60. No SMERSH vest, or M4s... Yet.