Damnyourdeadman

It's good to finally see zombies ingame.But let's face it.... My guess is that the game is still unplayable in this form. I'm not telling this as a bad thing,it's an alpha.But not a lot of things are in yet. The zombies just spawn on your radius,and they "magically" agro you. When i was playing the mod,i had to use stealth for them to not see me,and get my ass away from the road because of the noise. I was very cautious not to be spoted.That's not the case here,system's still in a very primitive form.It needs a lot of tweaking. Also the massive desync,really needs to be fixed. Don't you agree?

I was in Elektro today. As i walk the street,the desync in the city made my game frames freeze, then 3 zombies spawned from nowhere and i was trying to move away with all that lag,the game was staggering and i was bleeding like hell.I tried to bandage but the lag wouldn't let me i was really pissed to top it off,when i managed to unfreeze for a second and go on offensive,then i noticed the axe bugged. It was very frustrating and nerve-breaking.

No you won't.And yes i have drank it.People,before aquaduct systems were introduced used to collect it. Also i have made the same suggestion again in the past. (exact same title too) http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/173577-rain-water-collection/ here's what scientists say: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/wea00/wea00044.htm

Hahaha booty*-trap :P

You have to wait until the rain is over,or wear a raincoat. Devs will improve each individual item's water resistance down the line. Would you run all the way for Cherno to Elektro without expecting to get wet? Trust me,when vechicles are implemented,you will be laughing about it.

I'd fall for that.... Edit:But seriously....how would it work? :lol: Edit 2:Never mind i got it...

Fixing the zombies will be an ongoing process. The respawning numbers are fair i think.Concerning the line of site distance and silouete factors,i belive in my opinion that they will fix it.Keep in mind that they still go through walls and that is kind of a big priority.This zombie respawning engine is just a placholder because we were bitching about the small threat count. Little by little i have faith that they will add more to the mechanism.

That's the problem,it's finally good to have alot of zombies....then a bug happens and you can't get a hit to register on them :P It's like waitng a century for the waiter,and when he decides to serve me the soup i order,i see him taking away my spoon. To be honest,if i didn't have a left over whole bandage,i would be really f****d right now.

I logged in as well.Finally the zombies are harder. I had to use up a whole bandage stock :D But...something was totally wrong with the fireaxe,it couldn't low-fast swing so i had to press space and raise it furter above in order to work. That cost me alot and decided to equip my handgun.

Hey,everyone. I was thinking about rock salt rounds. They are not lethal,but they hurt like hell. That's because the salt penetrates the skin layer and melts. A good shot renders the victim incapable of moving A very good addition to nonlethal weponary. Here's a video about it. and bonus one: (i just rememberd)

It's more of a matter undead or infected. If the player is immune to the diesease he can't get infected. But if we were dealing with the indead,and the player did die,then i would have no problem in reanimating the player as a walking corpse. also,if your corpse starts walking,you wouldn't be able to recover your gear and that would piss alot of people.

Lol,no dude.I apreciate you feedback more than anything. That's the point,of a discussion.I thought it would be a good alternative for the non lethal weponary. The shells are easy to craft and salt is something that is more common than black powder. The dude in the above video said at 3:15 that it could kill at point blank (if he knows what he's saying)

I have never been shot at with rock salt. But in my opinion i don't think if i did,i would have the strenght to move one inch(the salt penetrates your skin and numbs your whole body from the pain). Here in Greece many people are using it,as an alternative against possible thieves. I can vouch that this stuff is very effective.

Hello long ago I bought standalone Dayz, I tried to connect to a server but toled me I'm global baned.I do not understand I just bought it. Now it's impossible to join a server it always puts me the same message. Help me. Google translate-it's magical [Oudadans survivor]

Hello everyone. I have been in the forums for quite some time now, and i know that the zombies in DayZ are in fact infected people.Now that stands in condratiction with other things. If the zombies are infected people (alive) the enviroment must take a toll on thei overall well beign,also do they not require food or sleep? Now i know you are going to say,that "we" are their food,and i concur. But don't they get hungry or tired? Let me remind you,we are talking about "alive" but infected people.Sadly i couldn't find a source for a backstory, so i made a topic,open for discussion.What do you think?

Someone should really ask Rocket personally on this. People (myself included) need to know for sure,because it's more important than it appears and contradicts with the overall game atmosphere.

There should also be music sheets in the loot table and when you find one,your survivor learns how to play a new song.

If you fire first,you should render them unconcious IMO. That,there is no danger of him firing as well. It's good and you are right,but please hear me out on this. Peper spray ammo and rubber ammo would not be something common in the looting table of a post Apocalyptic State.But unlike salt,you can craft your own ammunition. So it's non-leathal and common ;)

1-Locked cabinets and buildings must be the places where the most valuable resources are spawing,eithee gear or firearms. I fully support this notion myself.Should there be safes when you have to use passwords or explosives to get access is a good idea as well. 2-I think the sticks should be harvested along with the logs.Now considering the rock segment,i think it would be fine if we had a command like,i press f10 and my survivor makes a "search for rocks" animation.The rock item is then automatically store in your inventory (actual rock scavaging would be stupid IMO). 3-Enjoy the ponds while you stil can,water contamination is coming in the future,it's just not implemented yet.You can have a large variety of disease along with cholera i think.It would make a fine addition in the DayZ world.

Lock it down put it in a bag and throw it in the pits to meet with all the other rant threads. Ra

Hahaha lol why are you apologizing? You didn't derail anything,this topic is derailed by default.It would be good for the players that have the "on the coast" title to be notified someway before they post,in order to check the search function. Your frustration is totally justified.

Turns out that the DayZ zombies are indeed infected alive people. Many thanks to AntonioAJC for providing me the link with the information. The source is from Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1zbsks/psa_the_zombies_arent_dead_theyre_infected_living/cfsdipd This is taken from the stringtable.xml file found in the the dayz_code folder of older versions of the mod.(got it from version 1.7.2.3) its basically just an unused intro, DEAN HALL PRESENTS A USECFORCE PRODUCTION On 12 March 2013, a prion disease and spreads among the worlds population triggering a global pandemic The disease causes proteins in the brain to be replaced with prions ceasing regular function Most people progress to dementia and then death as the brain is replaced with ineffective sludge 86% of the worlds population die Some survive with the disease in a chronic state. Lacking regular brain function, they are scarely human. They are unable to communicate, driven by insatiable desire for violence, and attracted to the scent of those uninfected Society crumbles as the pandemic spreads rapidly You are one of the 2% who are not infected yet THIS IS YOUR STORY So there you have it.Rocket's vision on the infected.

Bravo exceptional! Now i'm finally certain. A thousand thanks for the info.

You can't blame him...it's his 2nd post here.Most of us start the same way.(No new user ever used the search function on theese forums) I still have my first topic i created on the forums,i kept it as a memento,and as a reminder. Wanna see? http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/163781-animal-heardingbuildingsusesitemsfarmingtool-uses/

I thought myslef this one,but really there is no lore or anything indicating that we are dealing with infected living people. But besides,the survivors are immune to the disease (that's why they are still alive) They can't get infected and zombified.