Window Licker

Yes it would be a world without video games if the creator took all the money and the publishing house/studio BIS in this example made no money at all. All BIS employee's like Dean, Bill, Chris and the rest of the team are paid for the work they do, much like I get paid for doing my job, my boss, the company owner charges the site I work at, more then what I'm paid cos he need's to make money too.

To think of all of those lonely dayz spent on the hillside looking over bolota, they where there all along... :(

I read too much irl to be reading in a game. Robinson Crusoe, I haven't read that book in years...

Best way to solve an unreported bug, report it. However the forums are not the place to report it, discuss it all you wish but understand that posting here isn't going to bring it to the dev's attention. http://feedback.dayzgame.com posting your bug here, or searching for it and up voting will bring it to the dev's attention.

DayzDB should only be used for navigation purposes, the loot spawns (experimental) are getting fairly random to the point I've found 2 M4's on the coast, as far as knowing which building's spawn treasure, when they release a update, I just start checking every single building. The log cabins, for example even though I know no-one would go in them because they haven't spawned anything ever in the time I've played I'll still check 2-3 of them just to be sure. Once you have the idea about what spawns where you can be a bit more selective.

If your looking for info about certain items/topics searching the DevTracker or the Announcements & Information is generally a good place to start. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/180068-twitter-ctorchia-hadonohoe-yep-were-planning-out-a-roadmap-for-new-weapons-at-the-moment-and-well-be-skewing-civilian/?hl=roadmap http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/179807-reddit-rocket2guns-on-no-patch-today/?hl=roadmap They are nearly done with it so expect a roadmap soon.

Ironically I just recently posted from the DevTracker in a similar thread. http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/179807-reddit-rocket2guns-on-no-patch-today/?hl=roadmap "This is occurring at the same time as us finishing our planning/roadmap process and starting up our new feature scrums." If you are unsure about something the Devtracker is a really good place to check/search to find the latest information from the Dev's http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/forum/131-devtracker/

You could post the server IP and maybe some kind soul will come and finish you off? otherwise try logging on and off servers as fast as you can I think that can cause character wipes, also choose the server with the dodgiest name you can find.

forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/154395-can-i-run-dayz-retail-post-here/ this is the place to ask this question, just saying real quick. I run DayZ on a lesser rig with several modifications the the cfg files, it scrapes by although recent patches on experimental have helped a lot. my compy http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883227510

Hey found out why they didn't patch the game turn's out they have decided that deploying unstable patches containing game breaking bug's is not good, so they do their best to protect you from bad thing's happening and you cry about it saying "they have your money and don't care" or "Deans made is money and that's why he's leaving". Some of you folk really need to pull your head in and and stop jumping the gun with incomplete "facts" and/or passing off a poorly thought out, unsupported ideas as "facts" The very fact that the patches have been delayed because of issues that would RUIN YOUR GAMING EXPERIENCE would suggest that the team is still very much devoted to this project. Finally before one of you starts screaming that they don't use reddit, I found this post because it is xposted into the devtracker. Sauce's: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/forum/131-devtracker/ http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/207ueh/no_patch_today/cg0okeo

Some very insightful post's here, to the point I feel I can't add too much without pulling from my 3 episodes of Dr Phil Psych degree. I feel that the disconnect is more on the players side, "it's not me so why should I care?" in the event of a full blown zombie apocalypse there I feel that this attitude would change slightly but not do a complete 180. As this game develops and things become harder (I hope they do) the play styles will begin to change I feel a portion of the players will be in the guns are too hard to find category and pretty much stop playing, where those who enjoy the survival aspects will thrive in those times. KoS and Banditry will always be an aspect of the game and tbh I think any bandit who is dedicated to finding the weapons needed and possessing the skill and stones to face to face rob another player is doing pretty well. The KoS crowd will become deadly as dying for them takes a much higher toll, finding a LRS right now is hard and with the mosin nerf in experimental it's more of a can you hit consistently then "one shot lol I got him". Between now and release I can see several of the design decision's sparking outrage in the forums as several already have and I hope they stick to their gun's and let those players who don't want this experience to leave. In saying that I'm sure a good portion of them will return when they open things up to modders. I can see vanilla DayZ drop to rather low levels, limited to players who enjoy the survival zombie apocalypse at which point griefers will be fairly much gone as the mod's will let them spawn with guns and they don't have to spend 3-4 hours running all over the place to find their weapon of choice. The DayZ dev team should absolutely stick to their guns and bring to life Dean's vision, while painful for those of us who regularly visit the forums it will ultimately be worth it. The mod's will enable a different crowd of players to enjoy DayZ thus at the end of it all, everyone get's cake, just some of us shed a few more tears along the way.

Only in America? but.... isn't "L&P world famous in New Zealand since ages ago"

just a heads up about experimental this weekend, they are wiping the DB and reducing the server count to force as many people onto servers as possible while they work on some back end tweaks that should reduce lag and desync... I can think of more fun things to do over the weekend, GG Dev's.

Oh look its that guy again and he's complaining about private servers again. Opening with a troll/flame bait isn't helping your situation, although I'm glad you and your friend's are having such fun I am of the opinion that they are imaginary. I will try to make this point one more time as it appears to have gone over your head last time. We are playing an alpha with the purpose of testing in game mechanics, finding glitches, bugs and exploits. Private servers are not going to be available until probably after Beta launches at earliest guess. If they wanted private servers they would implement then now they already have the ability to do so. What exactly would you do on a private server, run about get all the guns and then what? I guess it would be screenshots of your awesome character and boasting about how long he's been alive, its fairly easy if no-one's trying to kill you. You wouldn't be able to make a youtube channel on it cos no-one wants to see a fello run about and kill zombies. You wouldn't be able to then move onto a public server cos you'd be connected to a different hive so gear wouldn't come with you so there's no point in that. What would be the point in playing?

the thing with 0% can's is they take server resources to maintain, I have also noticed I leave wet footprints on the ground if I'm wet or something I forget the exact situation. Adding things like the water pump being wet under the faucet if it's been used recently. The Campfires is a good idea too, plus the option to reignite it would be helpful if you can't find matches and a touch risky in case someone was coming back.

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/forum/131-devtracker/ thought I might add this here as well.

They where mostly shooting insults, a long list of thing's done to each others mothers and questioning their sexuality.

Shameless bump cos I wish I had this guide when I started playing DayZ

Er.... There's several topic and the like here that already cover this... one does not need to SEARCH very far to find or or look in too many places http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/forum/76-announcements-information/ does one of these pinned posts help? *Experimental Branch Testing (How To).

Fists Garden Hoe (two hit, experimental only) Wood splitter (two hit) Fire Axe I don't bother with the other weapons I'd rather take some extra time and beat on a Z with my fists and know how the fight is going to go then pick up some random weapon and flail about ineffectively.

Three players new spawn onto a "special server". Geoff: ah what is this place? Dave: it's a server for people who exploit Jenny: Really? how did I end up here? Dave: did you use an exploit? Geoff & Jenny: NO Dave: Did you kill some guy who was hunting new spawns? Geoff: Yes Jenny: No Dave Did you shoot anyone at all? Jenny: Yes but it's the airfield and they where sniping from the atc Dave: that's how you ended up here Geoff: how did you get here? Dave: Used a secret room in the prison, wanna see it jenny? Jenny: Might as well *they prance off into the distance* Geoff: First woman I see in 65 dayz and do I make a move NOOOOOO, *drinks disinfectant* Actually I thought this was a player driven "Humanity system" where players would up vote helpful people.

In which case the mods should move this to the proper forum this is the standalone forums.

What happens if you connect to server without BE? do you still connect?

My "Other" for the first section is I also like to test new thing's implemented and try to break them where I can then file a bug report or upvote a current one. Second "other" was that I play the experimental servers for the above reason Otherwise, I tend to play most when new patches are added and it drops off when I feel I've accomplished everything, lately I've been staying on the coast and have been surviving well, so that portion of the game need's a little work imo. Things like berry bushes being able to picked infinitely should be reworked, with them "dropping" 1-3 times with an increased drop rate then the player need's to move to a new bush.

Try here, the cfg files are near the bottom http://www.bonejunkie.com/dayz-standalone/how-to-increase-fps-in-dayz-standalone-alpha/