SlickShoes

I was dying and I had the most stuff I had ever collected, so I put it all in my giant backpack and stashed it where hopefully no one will find it. How long will this backpack full of loot persist in the world? Can I retrieve it or is it gone for good?

I made it north last night for the first time in the SA and was happy with the gear and food I had horded. Logged in this morning at the beach and just sighed!

The servers that I played on that were always nighttime were daytime all last night and through to this morning so I have no idea what has changed or if the clocks have been reversed or something.

Night is fun, I agree, but when all you see is night it get's tired real quick. I mean I want to be able to see the sun, the colour in the landscape and the countryside. The blood smeared in the empty house etc etc. At night your options are gamma boost grayscale or total darkness with the beam of a torch for friendship(also alerts bandits exactly where you are for an easy murder).

The amount of food/drink you have to consume is ridiculous anyway, I ran a marathon(while gaming) back in October and I didn't need to consume as much food as this to stay alive. There is realism and then there is being completely ridiculous.

How can I survive beyond a couple of hours? I have food/drink, bandages, blood, morphine, weapons. I even tried sitting down for half an hour, but I still pass out after a few more minutes of walking/jogging. Why can I hear really loud people chatting? Myself and 3 friends are at way different areas of the map and we can all hear this super loud guy talking all the time. Whats up with eating and drinking? Every time it happens like this: You are THIRSTY You take a drink from Water Bottle Your thirst is quenched Your throat is dry You are thirsty

Played an hour in it this morning before work, world looks nice, hunting for loot is much less tedious.

I am about a 15 minute run from my stashed items but I am working all day so won't find out until tonight if they are still where I left them. They didn't die with my body and I didn't hit respawn. I hid them then ran off and died elsewhere, so somewhere near cherno is that large backpack crammed with items.

Yeah, that's great but as others have said already we don't hate night time gameplay, we just work during the day so the only time we can play DayZ is when it is Dark. To have the game constantly be night time is as bad as it constantly being day time. The day/night cycle should not just mirror real life, I want to experience the changing environment not log in to total darkness every night. If they are going to have the day/night cycle follow real life then eating/drinking should too, in 1 hour I don't have to eat 3 or 4 times to stay concious.

I enjoy the night time gameplay but after a few hours I had to log off and do something else, if this is going to be constantly like this where the only servers with decent ping are dark by the time I get in from work I won't be seeing very much daylight in this game. I don't really understand why the day/night cycle is so realistic yet the food/drink system would require you to eat about 80 times a day to stay alive.

Considering you have to eat about 60 or 70 times in 24 hours to stay alive, having the day/night cycle follow real life seems daft to me if the requirement to eat and drink doesn't.

I have seen 3 people so far, I have been unarmed and with only a torch, I have been axed to death each time.

I enjoyed the feel of the game in the dark but as someone with a full time job, all my low ping servers are dark when I'm not at work, after 3 or 4 hours it got a bit tiresome.

http://www.twitch.tv/agamerlikeyou - Guy claims he is playing Stand Alone pre Alpha offline is he for real? I haven't followed the game as I once did so have no idea if he is trolling or not?

It is a mod for an existing game, the mod has been developed by someone in their spare time, there is no money involved at all. Now that the people that made the mod are working on an actual DayZ game, the mod continues to be updated by members of the community, these people are not paid by any company, they are not game developers, they are people like you and me who choose to WORK on this mod for free in their spare time, they are human, they get things wrong. This will never go to BETA or RELEASE because it isn't a game, it's just a hobby.

These are awesome, I have no idea why anyone is upset at the names, you can't use the real items due to copyright infringement. Are people just upset that their own name didn't get used?

People need to realise the only reason folk are annoyed is because rocket said "if everything is going fine you will hear nothing, if there is going to be a delay we will communicate it to the community". Thus far the game has not been released and we haven't been told about any delay. We are all aware that the December release was very ambitious but why not just say "sorry guys we couldn't make December, it will be available some time in 2013."

Why can't we just get a nice straight to the point statement saying "this game was scheduled for December, but has now been delayed until some time in 2013." Can't be that hard can it?

It's a shame that the guy seems to hate the games industry so much, it really seems to get him down. Still, is this confirmation of a delay or what? We have been waiting on an actual update for ages now and all we get is info that he's feeling depressed by his job. I don't want to sound overly harsh but if the job is having such a negative effect on his life in general, maybe it's time to step back? At the very least hire someone else to deal with the media/fans/customers and just concentrate on making the game you want to make. Don't give us ridiculous release date estimates and then when that release date is going to slip claim we will be kept in the loop and then say nothing for over a month other than personal posts on reddit.

We were supposed to have an update at the end of last week, we were supposed to have one ASAP after wednesday. It seems like its still in the balance whether it will be here before or after christmas, if it was clearly going to be delayed it would have been communicated to us already. They said previously should there be any problems the community will be informed, so far we haven't been informed anything so just hope for the best. If it's not out before santa day then you have more money to spend in the steam sale.

There is going to be some sort of announcement this week so in the next 2 days, wait and see what that says, if it's delayed until next year pick up ARMA2 and play some of the mod, but if we get a pre christmas release date then there is no point playing the mod any more in my opinion.

If he's gone home he will need to let the Fitzpatricks know before everyone else too. (flight of the conchords joke)

What this guy says is true, if hes going to make an anouncement it's probably going to come Friday (which will be Saturday in NZ) since it takes so long for him to travel back there. I don't think he's going to stick a post up right before boarding his plane and then just leave it like that for 30 hours. I wouldn't hold your breath for ASAP meaning today.

I doubt you will get one, its after 11pm in the EU, so with the end of week update going missing, I think it's safe to assume this will be pushed to next year, more money for steams xmas sale then!

Are we expecting some sort of update on the progress today? The latest dev blog said they would have something by the end of this week and it's now Friday. Even news of a delay would be fine so I know I can spend this months money on something else!