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No, the hive stores your character, and the next server *should* drop you where you where.. it won't always work, as the updates are being pushed out faster than a pram-face looking for more child support, and if you and the server you try to connect to are running different versions (including beta versions of arma2), then strange things can happen.. this is when you go to the bug reporting section of the forum and fill in a post with the 'please read before posting' format. The point, as you would put it, is to keep testing said updates, reporting bugs and faults, of said updates, until it's stable enough to have another major update.. rinse and repeat.. you didn't buy dayz.. you bought arma2; You are helping to bug test an alpha mod for the retial product, which are not connected.

Ditch steam for running arma2.. just use a launcher, and setup a TS server for your friends.. If there is a steam issue, then you would be better contacting Valve for info..

Are you back in a ghille? In civies? It could still be a synch issue, if your client still hasn't properly synched inside 2 mins (the time taken for bodies to despawn)..

I lost my ghille suit after the last update, but I did notice today on 1723, that after I killed a rabbit, the gut animal option only appeared when i looked at a patch of ground about 5 meters away from the carcass.. After about 2 mins of wondering about this, the option vanished, and then appeared above the carcass that I could actually see.. I'm guessing that it's a synch issue, of where you see an item, may take a minute or two, to update properly from the hive/server.. You can see this happening a lot if you use a crossbow.. you can see the bolt you fired, but have to wait a minute for your client, the hive and your server to catch up, before you get the 'pick up' option.. Hang about for a min or two (two max), and see if the option appears where it should.. in the mean time, scan around the animal/bolt to see if the server thinks it's somewhere other than where your client says it is.. This is especially annoying for bolts.. but meh..

Never been in debug, but with so many updates in a short time frame, but damn, I'm glad I don't have Vipeax's job.. Last time my friend relogged in debug plains, he just started hoofing it (he did have 1 can of coke and one tin of beans on him at he time).. meanwhile, I found (stole, I mean who leaves a motorbike, on top of a hill with the lights on?) a bike, loaded up with beans and pepsi, and headed for the west side of the map.. luckily found him, dehydrated, starving, and with very little blood.. all sorted after a round of beans on coke, and blood transfusion.. If you find yourself in debug.. you'd be quicker killing yourself, and that includes getting most of your gear back. Moral of the story, keep some food and drink on you at ALL times, and you can get back to the map.

I want to lure you out behind a barn, and shoot you in the head. I really hope you are a troll, because.. just because I have to respond to this... Learn to install mods, without autoupdaters You can run multiple versions if you have a launcher. You can get the new build when you feel like it. It's still not a BETA.. it's still a fucking ALPHA.. Pings have cock-all to do with server performace. FUCK! you are making me type in uppercase.. must breathe smoothly, and not take out rage on innocents...

Did it? I wouldn't know, having not jumped on with the ArmA II series in the last few weeks. If so, then I apologise to all the ArmA X users that got screwed over, after the 171 update.

ArmA X users not being able to play, was not a problem with the mod.. it was a problem with the ArmA X release. 1.7.1.5. as a mod release was fine; It just brought to light some underlying issues with the core ArmA code, that needed a new patch to sort out the hive, to give ArmA X users a unique player ID. So, 1715 was grand. The problem wasn't mod related, but thanks to this mod, a problem was found and fixed, to allow you to play. I think you should be thanking the dev team and Rocket about now..

Six updater? Jesus H Christ... Now you can have multiple versions installed at the same time. job done.

No you don't. You should just use one if the written sentence needs a pause, as if you were speaking it aloud. /edit for more grammar /edit to point to your own sig... /and, another, edit; To suggest, that you; Sound like; William Shatner. Or Stephen Hawking, on a good day. Just sayn'

You could do a series focused on different weapons.. I could see a lot of humour in the x-bow, grenades, tin cans (did you know you can kill a zombie with three tin can hits?), etc etc.. But anyway.. LOL :)

Caveat : server admins don't always update their server description, to reflect the version / 3d / CH options.. so you may still end up trying to connect to a server that has / has not been upgraded. If you don't see a debug window on the top right, then the server, and you, are running different versions. /edit And always make sure you are running the latest beta for arma itself.. http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php /edit to add more commas, just to wind frodevil up. God forbid that he ever encounters a semicolon.

Right, you know the directory you installed dayz in? I'm just gonna assume that you do, because you are here. Name that directory as the version.. i.e. 'dayz171' 'dayz1715' 'dayz172' etc etc Installation of the files is the same, you just make a new directory for the new version. This is assuming you DL the rars, and not use the six launcher.. Go and DL 'Spirited Machine' Arma mod launcher http://www.armaholic...age.php?id=8241 Then all you need to do is create a new folder for each update, and link it into the launcher.. then when you start the launcher, you can select which version the client is launched with.. Best option is to watch this youtube video... it'll explain the install with launcher option, and then you can modify it after... /edit for quote insert

There is a story, it's called the single player Arma2 campaign... fill in the blanks after its end by your own... This is Day Z. This is your story.

To anybody that hasn't played any arma or 'take on' games, high settings render to GPU, lower force the CPU to do the work.. It's actually quite usefull, because you can balance the load across both CPU and GPU, if one is being bottlenecked, and the other spinning free.. Another tip, DON'T alter the video memory setting, unless you know what you are doing. Also, set AA to low or off, and increase the 3d res to one step higher than your screen res.. it will give you a sudo-AA, with less overhead; Caveat - all results are dependent on your hardware, and may not always be better AND, if you are using a multicore intel (I5 or I7), then disbale hyperthreading in your BIOS.. you don't need it if your not running servers, and it can cause microstuttering in games..

The arma2 engine is fairly cpu/ram (not video ram) intensive.. higher video ram will allow you to bump the visuals up a bit, but it seems to bog any machine down if you don't have enough main ram.. I5 sould be fine, 2 gig ram is too low.. 4 gig min, 6 is better.. also go and read the main arma forums (and the 'take on helicopters' forums, it uses the same engine)... DON'T tweek the setting for video ram, until you know that you can.. i.e. leave it alone unless you know what you are doing. /edit for grammar Oh and if you can, disable hypertheading from the bios.. it's not intended for games, and can cause problems in, and of itself.

Guys, you do know, that if you bother to use an arma2 launcher, like 'spirited machine', you can install all the versions, in different directories, and swap between them? And you don't need steam to launch the game? Jusy sayn'..

You don't need a blood pack to stop people bleeding, just to recharge their blood level.. If you had a bandage, scroll the mouse wheel, and it will give you the options that you have available... For example, you have a player, unconcious, bleeding infront of you, if you have a bandage in your handgun ammo inventory, you will get an option to 'bandage player'.. If you have a morphene injector in your main inventory, and you mouse scroll over someone who has a broken bone, then you will get an 'inject morphene' option.. If you have a blood bag in your main inventory, and you mouse scroll over another player, you will get the transfusion option.. It really depends on what you have in your inventory, and the target that you are mouse scrolling over.. But you really need to pay close attention to your own inventory, and the target that you are looking at. Main point of this rant is to PAY ATTENTION TO EVERYTHING.. and go play the single player campaigns

There there, it's all right.. give me a BIG hug and I promise, and I REALY mean it this time, that I wont shoot you in the face and take all your beans...

The same chance 1/2 a million people have on every other server.. Have no weapons or nothing to throw (tin cans or bottles - press F to select them)? Then DON'T FUCKING RUN IN THERE... You can get things to throw from places that don't have zombies spawning on top of them.. Try and get into a position to see if you can see what's inside the building before appraching it. DON'T go for industrial areas first..a jerry can and a wheel WILL NOT KILL ZOMBIES.. Run for the hills and find a barn..if you see one, run straight for it. You should be able to hit the barn before zombies spawn, IF you have been at full tilt to a barn that doesn't have zombies already spawned. Spawned zombies can't run inside buildings.. get in, take a quick check for a weapon, get out.. if you bother your arse to be stealthy in the first place, you can take as long as you like. If you don't need to shoot then don't.. again use empty cans and bottles to distract zombies.. The x-bow is awsome, if you practice and know how to recover the bolts. If you're being chased, and can't find a building to loose them in, run for pine trees, and slalom throught them.. it will break their line of sight. There are so many ways to get what you want in this game.. bitching that it is too hard will not make you any friends.. My 2 cents.

Disco during PvP or to avoid zombies is not hacking.. it's meta gaming the mechaincs.. and you can't fight that.. I think the OP is talking about the scriptkiddies that insta kill all players, or spawn items that should not be in the mod... Battleye usually takes care of that, but with new scripts, comes new BE updates, and it may take it some time to find and ban them.

Don't forget that empty tin cans and bottles are a godsend in the early stages to clear out buildings that have spawned zombies inside.

Vehicles don't surive more than 7 days, if they are not used.. if you've been hording a vehicle, and can't be bothered to update the client *6* times from when you last played, then you deserve to lose it.. Also.. that's a hell of a long time for someone to wander by and just drive all your stuff away, in one easily packaged container... Lesson one : pay attention to your surroundings at all times.. this includes the software and patches.

Not my find, was following links from the 4th-5th page of this thread.. but he appears to be tweeting the IP of the hive, if the hive moves IP.. So.. if I was a fed, my first port of call would be trawling 4chan (and other sites that don't give a shit, that Rocket got into arguments with) (not saying 4chan, and Reddit has anything to do with this at all)), for people posting those IP's and go from there.. just saying :)