blfonsworth

I ran from Kamishovo to Elektro 3 times yesterday. Each time, as soon as I got into Elektro, my screen would suddenly cut back to kamishovo, my guy would be frozen and I couldnt not do anything, no ESC or anything. Have to CNTRL+ALT+DLT to get out. After I ran back for the THIRD time, it did it again and I said "f*ck this" and logged out.. it was late and I was running back to elektro to try and get my stuff back after being ambushed. My friend had killed the attackers and was guarding my body.

You don't know he was server hopping. Good chance he was, but unless you know he just logged off another server and hopped to that one, you are going on an assumption. What if he logged off right there 2 days ago and was coming back? I have had to log off inside of a base before. Sometimes something happens IRL and you need to log off quickly and don;t have time to run outside to the trees. That said, Unless every piece of gear you have came from the same server without you logging off even 1 time, technically you are a server hopper yourself. With the way loot spawns right now, it is nearly impossible to gear up to the point of you or that guy you killed, without checking more than 1 server. I have 4 servers I frequent. I have no problem checking the same spot on all 4 servers to find what I need since I also normally spend time on all of those servers and contribute to the community and content by doing so. When loot mechanics are fixed and you can store loot and loot respawns without the server restarting, then you can get upset at hoppers, since there wont be a real need for it then.

The main question you should be asking yourself is if you understand that you're not buying a game. You're buying a very early ALPHA. This seems to be the biggest issue with people, they get upset over the things that come along with being an ALPHA.. like having to run everywhere b/c there are no vehicles.. Or glitching through walls.. or getting totally geared up only to glitch off a ladder and die, or to log off for a while and come back only to find your character has been reset somehow. If you understand that and you are cool with it, then the other stuff will seem very miniscule in comparison..

I've followed dayz for a long time. I picked up the SA when it came out and have since put over 100 hours into it. So, I decided to go backwards and try the mod finally. ArmaII and OA were on sale on steam for the holidays so I got it. Being used to the SA, trying to navigate the mod using knowledge of the SA will literally get you no where really fast. First, I wasn't sure which version to play. I saw several thousand Epoch servers, so after finding this program called DayZ Commander, I installed the Epoch mod. I tried my hardest to find rmod and make it work but idk if I was successful. Upon my initial spawn near cherno, I was immediately killed by a horde of zombies. I think I made it 5 steps and had like 10 zombies on me. They were everywhere.. I think I could probably count 50 just within my immediate area when I spawned. I made the mistake of thinking they would die in 1 shot like the SA too and tried to stand and fight them. I left and went to another server. I spawned in a similar location. This time there were just as many zombies, but they were all walking/hopping around like gorillas on all 4's. I also died to the horde as soon as I started to move towards town. I left the server and went to another one. This one (i think) was a vanilla server. It claimed to be. I spawned and again, was immediately surrounded by a horde and died. I don;t get it? I know there has to be a way to get away from your spawn point. I tried sneaking and going prone. Both of which got me killed. If I move, I'm immediately attacked by every zombie I can see and I have pretty much no way of fighting back since I can only kill with head shots (if I spawn with a gun) and they run so fast and jerky/glitchy I can;t shoot them until they are right in front of me attacking me. Am I missing something? Should I just uninstall and go back to the SA? I would like to have fun with both the mod and the SA. Also, the controls and navigating the inventory system tripped me out. I watched a video about it and figured it out. But while I was watching the videos on the Mod, most of the people doing tutorials for new people were spawning in nice, quiet areas with no zombies around. Did I just have bad luck? Are all the mod servers so full of zombies you can't walk around? How do you get started as a new person who is only experienced in the SA?

Congrats to the devs, rocket and BI! How many of those 1 million people are active? How many of those 1 million people actually understand it's an ALPHA under development and submit tickets for bugs, and didn't just run out and buy it due to the hype only to be let down? The latter is my big concern.. that people rushed out to buy it from the hype, probably read all the warnings, and still complain about it. If there were 1 million genuine testers playing and submitting tickets, I would be much more excited!

OP is upset because when you lose blood you start to lose color in your screen, stating that losing color on your screen makes your screen not display colors very well.. Am I right or am I confused?

You can take it off and use it as a can opener or if you run out of bullets, take the knife into your hands and start punching.. you'll "cut" who or whatever you are hitting. As for the vests, I have not found one to be advantageous over another. More of a cosmetic preference. I have heard people say the tactical vest will stop 1 bullet.. or is a stab vest.. but I don't know if those people are citing experience, rumor, or actual documentation from the devs

I would like to clear mine out too. I am trying to go through my history to find servers that I liked, but there are so many in my history I'm finding it hard to track down the right ones.

I deal with it by figuring out where I am and setting my new course of action. The first few times I got geared up and died, I was pretty upset. All that effort and gear gone. Now that I know the map a lot better and know the good spawn points, I can be pretty well geared up in about 2/3 hours without server hoping. I have a couple servers book marked that are generally low population. One good trip through elektro, cherno and then balota on an empty server and you're right back where you left off. Once you can build a tent and drop loot in it, dying and starting over won't be so bad.

About your map and needing to be able to read russian: dayzdb.com

Great Guide, but where are you getting the information? As much as I have searched I have not found any information published by the devs outlining how the system works. The exact numbers, figures and calculations.

I can see the organizational and logistical benefit from having a team/party system, maybe having a green dot over your friend's head or something. However, this game goes for realism and how many times have you actually seen a green dot over your friend's head? As far as the ingame friend system, steam works just fine for that. SHIFT-TAB!!

I've heard of it spawning at the big ship wreck on the NE coast just up from Berenzino. I have never found it there but my roommate did once. It's cool for the first few minutes but once you realize it makes you stick out it isn't as cool. lol

Yes, Please post server IP!

The first gun I got in this game was a .45, it was given to me by a friend but it had no magazine or ammo. My 2 friends had guns so I wasn't too worried about it. We ended up sticking up a guy in Cherno and I held him in place while they cuffed him and then searched for his friend.. the whole time I was pointing an empty 45 at his face.. he didn't know it was empty obv.. it's more fun when you don't have any ammo and they think you do! hahahaha

I think he is talking about the tactical vest that LOOKS like a ballistic vest. I prefer the assault vests, but that is solely for the look..

I've been healthy several times now. Once I got the hang of the food/water system it was easy. The hard part is getting "healthy" to appear, once you're healthy it's pretty easy to stay that way. I ran from NWAF / Vybor area, only stopping maybe 2 or 3 times, all the way to elektro and was healthy until I fell off the firehouse roof..

OP, why don't you go to the server section and read the thread about hosting a server. The server admin abilities are purposely limited during Alpha.

I am noticing a lot of topics here are either people asking about the standalone (we're in the MOD section right now) or people answering questions about the mod with info about the SA. Please guys, stop. As someone who is actually trying to find helpful info about the MOD right now, I came to the MOD section only to find info about the SA. We have 2 different sections. Please use them accordingly. Gracias Amigos. :)

You're Welcome, Glad I could help.

Is this a MOD feature or SA feature? I didn't know I could blow them up but HAD thought about it and now I want to try!!!

You gave a video and link for Standalone information in the Mod section. Why do people keep doing this?

This is in the wrong section. People keep posting Standalone stuff in the Mod section. I keep going in thread looking for help with the Mod, in the Mod section, only to find it's stuff about the SA :(

I will try dying/respawning a few times and see if I get better luck. I wasn't sure if this was normal or not, especially since it happened every time I tried.

Thanks for the quick replies! I get what ya'll are saying. I watch the sight/sound indicator pretty close. My problem was, I was spawning in spots that zombies 5 feet from my face and I was being immediately attacked. I was even going prone immediately upon spawning, without taking any steps, and still getting agro from zombies and getting killed. Should I just keep respawning until I get a better starting spot?