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Just got an 1.1GB update right now...

30 mins? That's great. I get about 1 minute. :(

New zombie animations are awesome, they just can't seem to aggro anyone :( Oh and a new resuscitate option for unconscious players?!

That's me, after looting Vybor, NEAF and the military base. When I found out that there's gonna be a wipe I thought "what the hell", I logged in, I donated all my gear to a couple of guys I found in the NEAF (they would take better care of it, I would drop dead before firing a shot, being a complete noob and all) and then started fresh :D

Nope, that's not combat logging. Next time just wait a bit. You may get up sooner than your opponent expects and, if he wasn't careful (he didn't kill you and you still have your gun in your hands or in your backpack/pants etc) you can still bring him down. Happened to me numerous times and it feels awesome :D

Really depends. We just met two guys in Berezino who, after we killed all five zombies chasing them, proceeded to shoot my buddy in the face while he was bandaging. Killed both of them, thanks for the LRS guys ;) P.S: If you really wanna play as a "bandit" (KoSer) and you decide to attack a group of two, remember three things: - always kill the armed one first, - always keep line of sight with the second player - lose the LRS, it sucks in close range combat

Same here, joined a couple of servers, on at least half of them loot was nowhere to be found, even if they had restarted a couple of minutes ago and they had 5-6 players tops.

Hmm is there any way to force the update? Latest patch I just verified cache and it started to download the update. Now nothing, not even when opting out of experimental and in again.

At the moment I'm near Dolina and I can year someone talking to me on voice chat... problem is I'm all alone and it seems whoever is talking, is somewhere else, far away from me, and is talking to a guy that's shooting him. What the hell?! Someone, somehow managed to get on side voice chat in standalone? lol Now he's cursing him rofl.

Same here, was in a server when my connection dropped and I can't connect back to steam at all :/

Exp servers are up, getting a bad version when trying to join. I forced an update on the client with the "validate game files" option. See you in game :D If you don't get an update automatically, right click on the game, go to properties and click the option to verify integrity of the game cache. As soon as it finishes it should update to the latest version

I might be wrong, but try going into your video settings. I had the same issue after logging out while injured (you know, when you lose color) and when I logged back in it seemed somehow everything was grey like I was stuck zooming at a wall. Just opening my video settings helped un-stick (lol) it, just like it "fixes" blurriness when you're injured. Give it a try.

After stress-testing the patch I guess, and if the stress test is successful. BTW does anyone know how we could force the update on steam? I still haven't got any updates :(

Yep, met a few along the way. I also noticed every time you log out, even when you reconnect on the same server, your char is wiped and you start at the beach.

I have been playing on several 45.123906 servers for the past hour or so :)

And they're up! :D

I also heard this siren while looting the ship at RIfy, seemed to be coming straight from the ship. I searched around for any players but found no one. I doubt it was someone messing with me since right after that I met another player in the helicopter ruins, he also heard it and he was too far away for voice chat. Sounded nothing like the one in the video posted by quantum2k6 though.

Seriously, I was away for a while (Epoch cured my SA addiction) and when I jumped back in I was like, what the hell, everyone in Elektro moved to Berezino?! The amount of players (and bandits camping inside the buildings) is too damn high compared to the old "Elektro days". Bodies everywhere, loot is scarce (except some handguns on police cars which are not so easy to spot), shots fired every couple of minutes. Still there are a lot of friendly players around, however bandits are usually in groups and are able to ambush, trap, or outmaneuver them and bring them down easy even if they team up. Just yesterday I came across four different bandit groups on three different servers. It was crazy. By the way, just in case: Hey, you bandit guys, the ones we (as fresh spawns) chased all the way from Berezino to Rify: Seriously, it took you two players with an axe and a shovel, a third one with a sporter rifle and 20+ rounds and about five whole minutes to bring me down? I had just one pickaxe ffs, get your act together! :D

I can totally relate! After about two full hours of aimlessly wandering around the beach to find some fresh spawns, I managed to find one in Solnichniy. He asked me if I had any food so I gave him two full cans and a full cantine. We chatted a bit, he asked if he can join me, I said I'm mostly wandering to help fresh spawns, he thanked me and went on his way. A second player came right behind him, we greeted each other, I asked if he needed anything, he said no and we parted ways. As I was walking north I took a look behind my back just in case I was being followed, when i saw the first player running way fast! At first I thought it was lag or something... that's when I saw the second player coming back. I approached him again just in case he forgot something, he just said "hey, did you see that guy? He was hacking.". That's when I knew... I find ONE player to help, I give him what is probably considered gold for many fresh spawns, and he was a speedhacker. Sigh. At least I helped the second guy after getting attacked by a zombie, killed the Zed, have him bandages and a couple of cans and sodas to replenish blood. That's something...

In general, what Regulator Lone said works for me. I just warn them that if I feel threatened in any way I will fire. Yay story time! My most intense confrontation was up at NEAF. And I say intense because I didn't know if I he was hostile or friendly. I mean yeah, having a brushfire with a bandit is pretty much intense, but I think it's even worse when you actually don't know what you're up against. I was going solo and met a friendly player inside the west prison. He informed me there is another guy, probably hostile, near the tower. We decided to check it out, carefully approached the tower and saw him just as he entered the east prison and closed the door behind him. So we took cover behind the building's corners, while leaning to cover the entrance and I decided to go on microphone. We were two, we already knew his position, he could not shoot at us even through the prison cell, so we had the advantage. I kindly greeted him with a hello and told him we are friendly. No response. I told him if he didn't have a microphone he could type in text. Nothing. I even asked him to shoot one round in a wall if he could hear me, nothing. I was starting to worry. Heart pounding and all. Friendly or bandit? Was he just scared to make contact, or was he contemplating a plan to take us both down? Finally I said "dude, we're friendly, please come out of the building with your weapon on your back. Do not have your weapon in your hands or we will fire". The doors opened, first thing I saw was a mosin. Raised my sights and was ready to take him out while shouting something along the lines of "put your weapon down now". I don't know if he willingly came out with his weapon in hand planning to kill us, then saw our gear and changed his mind, or if he just couldn't understand us at first, but he immediately put the mosin on his back and raised his hands. About two milliseconds before I pulled the trigger. Man I was ready to waste him but good thing I remained calm. Turns out he didn't have a microphone but he probably could hear and understand us. We ended up lootin the NEAF, Krasno and parted ways after an hour or so.

Is being paranoid that bad? In DayZ, no. It's one thing to believe everyone's out to get you, quite another when it's actually true.

lol first time I thought of communication while being unconscious was after a brushfire I had with another player on top of the tower at the NEAF. He managed to drop me and when pressing ESC I saw three (!) guys over my body, looting my precious stuff. Seriously, it was the one time I was able to find two morphine injectors and three can openers, all pristine >:( Being against three of them, all armed with M4s as I could see, I did not have a chance even if I regained consciousness and was able to shoot first. So I just thought to give them a hint. Still unconscious, I verbally communicated. "Dudes, just confirm the kill, I might be able to get up and put you down". They did nothing. I typed it on text chat, nothing. Around that time I woke up and emptied a 60 round magazine on them, I think I managed to kill one of them and drop another one before falling unconscious again. Went on the microphone again, "now will you confirm the kill or shall we do this again"? At that exact time, I died. I heard no gunshot though, so probably I ran out of blood, and all three of them are still wondering what the hell I was talking about :lol: (so, rule #1: always confirm a kill, rule #2 take that weapon off their hands ASAP)

Berezino, Khelm, Krasnostav, NEAF, die, repeat. Alternatively, Kamyshovo, Elektro, Cherno, Balota, Zeleno, Pogorevka, Military Base, Vybor, NWAF, die, repeat.

Just a quick hint, something I've learned the hard way. If you see another player and he does not see you, do not speak to him using the microphone. If you do so you will lose any advantage, if he's not friendly he will most likely be able to pinpoint your location and plan his attack. Use the text chat instead.

He's probably east of Berezino, at the factory. Tsquire3, I'm not officially a medic, but If no-one is able to help you by the time I wake up tomorrow (or if you happen to log in before I go to sleep) I've got some extra morphine, and I'm close, near Khelm. PM me your steam nickname and we'll arrange a meeting.