ezkaton

This happened to me this morning. I am running the latest game version and OA beta patch. I was playing on ANZ1, which is also kept up to date. Do not question me on this, I am not computer illiterate... I was crawling around the Stary Sobor military camp and found the camo clothing in one of the larger western end tents. I put it on, and noticed that my clothes didn't change... but the info box in the top right of my HUD disappeared. I checked my inventory and the camo clothing now said civilian clothing, so I assumed something had screwed up and thought, "oh well" and went to head down to the Stary supermarket. All of a sudden my entire screen turns blue, then about 2-3 seconds later I appear in the ocean. My coyote (the largest) pack disappears, my AKM and mags disappear, all my main inv disappears... I got annoyed and clicked 'respawn'. The game kills me, and instantly I am transported to a hilly, blank area with a dead female body at my feet. There's no trees, no grass, no buildings, no nothing around. Just vast hills and flat ground texture. Then another player appears next to me, and then we were both transported to inside a tent in Stary Sobor military camp. But we were both swimming under the ground with our heads and arms poking out, but now I was wearing the camo clothing, and my coyote backpack had returned. I went abort and disconnected then rejoined the game and I spawned further back toward the east inside one of the other tents. Camo clothing on, coyote backpack (now empty) on, empty inventory. Pistol ammo/bandage and toolbelt areas intact. I crawl back to the larger tent I spawned in swimming under the ground and picked up an AK-47 along the way, and there's another guy there in the tent, also in camo clothing with a coyote pack lying on the ground next to a zombie. I shoot the zombie and the guy stands up and salutes, but doesn't move anywhere. I'm not even sure if this was another player or if the game had just completely shit itself. So I left, checked out the Stary supermarket, filled up my pack with supplies and went on my way. Very strange. I'd never had this issue until today, and I've used camo clothing before, as well as ghille suits with zero issues.

I had a similar idea and posted about it (even scored a 5-star rating on the thread) before the forum shit itself and my post and account were deleted along with many others. My idea being that all players are unknown unless you 'exchange' names via the scroll menu when close enough to a player. All 'known' names are 'remembered' on your life until you die... perhaps even just 'forever', regardless of server or life... so if you see people you've worked with previously and wish to reconnect, you know who they are if you see them/they see you. It will also help players keep better track of their friends, and unknown players... rather than people being forced to play on either a regular server or a veteran server depending on their personal preference, then fighting to figure out who is who (if they are playing on a vet server)... or being annoyed that everybody can see their name (if playing on a regular server). This way players can get the best of both worlds. Merely a suggestion, but I think it seems like a good one... and people I've spoken to about it agree.

I think I'd prefer random all-over-the-map spawns, not just along the coast. If people could choose their spawn points everybody would spawn on the NW airfield, Stary Sobor, NE airfield, Berezino, etc. They'd be the new Cherno/Elektro. No thanks.

A third of a new one if you live in Australia! :p

I feel the zombies are a little too 'twitchy' now when it comes to reacting to a player's movements. I had a swarm on me all because I took *one* crouch-running step inside a building. Crouch-running used to be useful, now I feel like I have bells attached to my shoes. May as well replace our feet with Enfields and have them fire every time we take a step that's not ridiculously slow. I've also noticed the performance issues that bonesnap mentioned above. Game is fine for a while, then I got spotted and it hammers down to 10-14fps and hangs there until I quit. Potentially related to the zombie A.I.? I'm not sure. I also couldn't pick up a hatchet I found on the ground in a shed, the option didn't appear unless I was walking, and when I clicked on 'Pick up hatchet' it just ignored it. Noticed a LOT of dead bodies which were invisible/removed but the flies were still buzzing away, too. Shooting zombies to clear an area and have them respawn there about 10 seconds later. Also zombies spawning in the stairwell in apartment buildings stuck in the stairs, is that normal? :/

Interesting update, another few steps forward after the backward steps from removing the bandit system. I hope some time soon more incentive for players to work together is implemented to stop the game from being a 225sqkm TDM. I know there's vehicles already, but it's not enough.