Tatanko

Where's the "It's irrelevant because they will get here when they get here." option?

Ideally, yes. The reality of the situation is that instead they have people screaming in their face about not releasing updates fast enough :p Agreed on all fronts. There are few games in the beta stage I could see myself investing this amount of time into, let alone games in the alpha stage. DayZ is an exception to many rules. I remember hearing something similar, but can't for the life of me remember where. Same as above, where is this info coming from? I hadn't heard anything about a 3-year timeline. Speaking of weather: I could have sworn that I had heard a while back that seasons would be in effect in Chernarus at some point later in development as well. I wonder if that's still a thing. I would love to see the seasons change in-game. I'm glad they're taking the time to really think through this before they implement it. It HAS to be done right or it won't be half as useful (and it'll be a big headache).

"It Twas" is redundant, by the way :p It's really 'twas (with an apostrophe) which is a contraction of "it was". You're saying "It it was". English lesson of the day :)

It sounds like the military tents will be larger than the blue civilian ones we currently have. I don't remember them ever saying anything about replacing the civilian tents either... seems an awful waste to develop them, then just scrap them.

Exactly! If I get to the point later in a character's life where I have the option of adding flashlights to weapons, I'll just pick up a battery at some point in my looting. It isn't a priority. The most effective way to light up the darkness has and probably always will be the Portable Gas Lamp (bonus points for Large Gas Canister). You can play at night if you want to. Either deliberately join a server set to nighttime hours or get lucky and find one of the few that has a time period that overlaps day and night (I haven't played in one in quite a while).

I checked out both cars (Severograd and the Central Railway Station) and can confirm their existence. I swapped servers a few times at each of them to see what they would have, and in 3 or 4 tries at each I never found anything better than ammo.

That's what is being referred to in the OP, I believe (look at Odin Lowe's post above). I didn't realize there were still static police car spawns. Hmm. I never bothered with them previously, but if they are spawning loot like what Parazight is describing I may just have to check them out. I'll confirm whether or not there's one at Severograd as well. I have a feeling these two are just an oversight, or were left temporarily for another reason. This has a similar feel/purpose as the helicopter crash sites, and they did away with those static ones so I don't see why they wouldn't do the same for these remaining police cars.

They definitely still drop at crash sites; at least the BlackHawk (smoking) crash sites do. I found a pristine one on Wednesday when the patch came out.

Yeah, oddly, random zombie noises do nothing to scare me anymore. My brain is immediately like, "Nope, middle of the forest, not a zombie." But other noises... For example, there's what sounds like creepy wind noises followed by the rattling of a chain link fence. That STILL creeps me out EVERY time :| It's probably going to be quite a while before I get used to the bell in Chernogorsk, too.

In my opinion, there are far creepier ambient noises than this one :|

There is one location in the far north I think I'll start using. I explored it quite a bit today and found it satisfactorily "wild" (as in wilderness).

Well said. I have a feeling that Balota isn't done yet. I think in this case, they were just in a hurry to get a lot done in a short amount of time. It's, we'll say, 3/4 nerfed. I bet that the next round of map updates includes more changes to Balota. I'd say once the civilian buildings are ready we'll see Balota and Krasnostav get updated at the same time.

Thought I would share some screenshots of the map changes occurring to 0.49 stable as I make my way around the map. To start, the recently changed Balota Airstrip: As you can see, the military camp (with the tents) is gone. There are still two prison buildings and an ATC tower... for now.

This was "hinted" at a few weeks ago on the map that went with the dev blog. Check it out. It's near Svetlojarsk/Turovo/Chernaya Polana :) (big blue spot).

Excellent as always. It's fun to be way ahead of the curve, isn't it? ;)

That and it's HILARIOUS. Great job, Barnabus! I don't know about you, but I don't exactly see this meme posted anywhere with frequency anymore. I haven't in a long time, actually. It was a mood-lightener and you, sir, need to lighten up and have a good laugh.

Oh well, this is a fun thread that may as well keep going. For me, it's a little camp on Kustryk that overlooks Kozlovka and Windy Mountain.

The overall feel of the game has changed massively for the better with the wipe and deployment of 0.49 to Stable. At least, in my opinion it has. The game is beginning to acquire more and more of a purpose for extended gameplay. Given how differently people can treat you based on clothing, there are advantages to not being fully military in appearance as well. It's certainly not necessary to be in full military gear in order to carry everything you need or to effectively defend yourself, and you can choose clothing in colors that still "hide" you in the wilderness if need be. I wish I could quote this a million times. Good stuff.

In 0.49.124972, the Balota camp has seen some additional changes. Notably, the three barracks buildings and the other unlootable buildings that were around them are now gone. In their place are a group of burned-out buildings similar to what you see in Kumyrna. The hangars, ATC tower, and prison buildings still remain for now. The current state of the Balota Airstrip:

Thanks Odin! I'm in the 6000's somewhere but I seem to be taking them more and more often, not less often :P Of course, I sometimes take like 6 shots of the same thing before I get if just right (just like real photography I suppose).

I can't say that I've ever done this for an extended period of time like some of you have, but it is fun to do once in a while just to prove it can be done and enjoy the solitude.

Is this the Industrial Zone in Novodmitrovsk? I've never seen that lettering on the side of the machine before. I should check that out myself and get a good clear shot so I can translate it. As for specific-purpose industrial areas, I can tell you this: Chernogorsk is a cement factory, Vybor is a vodka distillery, Berezino is a lumber mill, and Elektrozavodsk is a power plant. I'm not sure the specifics of Novodmitrovsk have been detailed.

Deleted the disclaimer entirely. Mods, please clean up the thread. Thank you for the kind words!

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Thanks! I think I may have mentioned this idea to you, but I finally went ahead and wrote it last night. Hopefully it will be useful to other people.