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Nice! :thumbsup: Thanks for sharing! Great video! Teaming up with random survivors is always something I look for.

Well, you got flashlights, weapon flashlights for the M4 and the pistols, gas lamps, flares, and finally, the "low HDR, brightness and gamma cranked up" exploit to see at night. The later lets you see in black and white, but clearly. I hate that exploit, but if it suits you, then try it and see! (literally, at night that is... ;) )

I honestly love the night in DayZ. I live up north in the woods, and when there's no moon out, it's pitch black. It's the most accurate night in video games for me. You see too much in other games, like you have cat's eyes or bionic eyesight. The only thing I truly hate is the gamma and brightness exploit. Wish this was fixed. (Asking too much , I Know. It's been like that since ArmA2/DayZ mod long, long ago...) (Took this screenshot a while ago. Lovin' it.) And now with camp fires, it's awesome. B)

Sadly it'll take a while before I can fish. Had my character all readied up, in the middle of the woods, and when I joined up again yesterday, I had a guy punching me as I was logging in. I didn't have any guns, so when he figured I wasn't knocked out, he just shot me. It was the first time in my 300hrs in the SA, and 500+ hrs in the mod, that I was spawned killed... :( I just wanted to catch a fish... Mr. Pizzangro is a very bad man, killing gentlemen. This is where I was, this is how I looked. Not too hostile looking heh... :rolleyes: Anyway, like I said earlier, it's experimental madness... I decided to give it another go. Got a Khelm spawn, and made my way north. (haven't got the chance to fully explore Karmanovka and Novo) Found good gear. Was ready to defend myself this time. Found a neat little fishing hook and got hyped to try it out!! As I made my way deeper into town, I started getting shot at from very far. Not hearing where the shots were coming from, only the bullets hitting around me. Not one hit registered while I was running for some cover. Got to a thin shed and carefully hid while waiting. Of course, not too long after, I heard footsteps. I have know clue where he could have killed me from, but this is the second time something like that happened to me. It's not lag or desync, it's pure BS. (of course, on his screen maybe I was on the ground floor or something weird like that, still, silly as an Alpher...) :D This is exactly where I was. I heard him straight under me, and then magnum shots straight to the head. Got a painful video of it. Gotta love alpha and it's weird instances of firefights. Take 3. Started fresh again. Grabbed a few supplies. Got attacked by a crazy farmer wielding a hoe. Took him down with my fists. Made my way back north. Still trying to find an axe to chop some wood, a rope and hook to craft a fishing rod and a shovel to get some worms. Let's just hope I'm not gonna die again before casting my line!! :P

Nice try non-the-less! :thumbsup:

Anytime!! Even when changing from experimental, to the stable branch, you shouldn't lose any progress. On the stable build, try not to play right after a patch just to make sure. As for the experimental branch, you shouldn't lose any progress either when they patch it. They did a "global wipe" recently when they changed the exp branch hive from public to private. (It interfered with the stable branch public hive.)

If you ever spawn back as a fresh spawn, and you were geared, just log back out quickly, and log back in. You need to be sure you didn't do anything to "wipe" your character first. (logging out not in a safe spot, combat logging, etc.) After all the on and off experimental tests I've made, I still have my regular character from 2-3 months back.

Very nice!! I had everything ready was heading for a pond when a crazy pizzanegro killed me. (had no gun on me) Will have to try again later. Thanks for sharing!! Great video!

I don't seem to have any problems on UK, EU, US and DAL servers, but if the ping is over 100, buildings will start to not letting you get too far from them. Rubber-banding back in them.

Some experimental madness. Edit: Yes, I know, 3rd person exploit... I didn't kill anyone using it though. Grabbing footage while staying safe. Guilty. A dark ritual is being performed inside that cabin! Maybe I'm out-dated but this is the first time I seen this hunting cabin. Stalked those fellas (in the football field between the buildings on the top right corner) who were fooling around with flares. Getting a closer look. They started getting shot from the police station, and went haywire! Started chopping trees in front of it and throwing flares everywhere! (in the window, top left corner, they're running in the street) Same angle, now with some trees chopped in the middle of the road. Made my way outta there. At first it was only two guys, then they were 4 vs the shooter in the police station. Made my way north to the apartment buildings, just to hear 2 players emptying their SKS on other survivors. Night started settling in. Grabbed some matches, went to the woods, and built my first campfire. Got a shovel, some worms and a rope to make an improvised fishing rod. Just need to find an ashwood tree and a small pond to have some fun. Really enjoying the new features, animations, items, etc. :thumbsup:

It's a big problem that needs fixing. There's also more and more players on roofs of buildings now. :huh:

Always try to be a hero! Save those bambis. It's so worth it! (doesn't matter if you die, it's just a game! ;) ) That's my play style! Made countless friends that way, and others who just continue on their way, grateful. The gratitude I get in return is more real to me than pixels and virtual items. To each his own! Have fun! B)

There's also cows right now.

All lights in this engine travels through walls sadly.

:( Very bad luck indeed. I encountered about 10 players during my exp sessions yesterday. 2 of them tried to kill me, but I stopped them with words, they waved, and went back on their way. Weird experiences. Still, very interesting. I hope you get to test it without any internet problems, or curses... ;)

:thumbsup: B) Awesome!

(not my ss)

There's quite a few more servers than there used to be. At first there was about 3 or 4 Exp servers, but now, about 15-20. Edit: These are the ones I added to my Favs.

There's already a bunch of threads about the bow, which was implemented since 44. patch, but wasn't working because there was no arrow. Now there are some. Need to test the bow.

Honestly it varies greatly. Some experimental builds lasted 3 weeks before being released on stable, while on one occasion, it took only a few days. There's only been about 6 or 7 experimental test/builds so there's not much to make of it. And yes some features are great! I really like the new animations for running with your weapon down or the new crouch stance and movement animation. Less rubberbanding too and new sounds for footsteps depending on the surface and environment. It's getting better and better!! :thumbsup:

Irish Roy will be pleased!!!! B)

I've created one using the splitting axe. Use the axe to chop a tree, get wood, split the log to make 3 sticks and combine rags with sticks to create the basic fireplace. Still needs matches to light. Still trying to find matches to light it.

Been there for a few minutes earlier today. Lost session though. Really big city! Very nice honestly!

Thanks for sharing!! Been testing a bit too, but haven't found much yet. (picked some apples in an orchard B) )

Fishing rod!! Already?!?! B) Nice!! (saw the carp models and looks pretty good!! :thumbsup: ) Gonna check it out!