Scott61

Krooked Hauser,go spam somewhere else!

I gained a lot smoother game play switching to experimental from stable fps is better now in the city's for me I just have a cheap,dime a dozen laptop with lowspecs,no extra anything but on experimental I can actually move around fairly smooth now in the cities ps: Raincoats do absolutely nothing to help keeping you dry anything like rags in your raincoat pockets just become ruined Zombies seem to be unrealisticly harsh,can hardly loot now without getting over run and killed by zombies no matter where I go

Hey KoS .... READ BEFORE YOU POST This is pointless,everyone just assumes I run around through dangerous zones in open fields That I am some mindless SOB who does not know to zig zag,or to use cover.... etc. etc. READ BEFORE YOU POST I was NOT sniped during last death! Only an idiot like myself would be in that location where I was.... in the very far corner of the map considering only one other player was on that server at that time...pretty damn unusual that he would be in the exact same place ROFL This unexplained death has also accorurred WITH NO OTHER PLAYERS online on that server How do I get sniped when I am the only person on the server! Please,lets all get over the "playing like a noob" and the :sniper: theory's!

I'm not addicted to my gear and when spawning fresh it only takes a couple hours of playing to have it all back Seems most are not reading what I post That last unexplained death was in an area that would be insane for anyone else to be along the maps edge,nowhere near anything The sniper scenario is getting to be as lame as everyone saying Oh this game is Alpha etc. I have not been sniped that many times I also have died by gunfire,slipping and falling etc. what I am talking about is totally unexplained death! I feel they need to correct the game ,so if in fact you are sniped then you should at least hear the sound even if it is after your dead... so you at least know what happened after all this is only a game.I also feel they need to address this issue and should go further with typed text exactly stating the exact death that occurred. Otherwise this is totally pointless to play,spawn...go loot....run around until you get bored.....loot some more...run around until you get bored....loot some more... then die! Oh boy,such fun...especially when you do not even know why or how you were killed LOL

Ok,thanks for advice guys I dont run over open fields in or around what could be percieved as hot spots last death occurred in open field in very far corner of the map right near the maps border edge on a low Pop server with only two people I have also had it happen with only myself on the server,I play extremely cautious.My last character,I had looted all three airfields,both military bases and made one total journey all the way around the map including the ghost ship. Total of many many hours of playing that character,then on the very outer edge of the map with only one other person on that server with me,"black screen and "you are dead" I say again,I am extremely cautious when playing,I have looted airfields,and military bases numerous times without problem and this happens in such out of the way places mostly that it seems to be a glitch in the game in my opinionSeems pointless to spend so much time on a character,to succesfully gather everything you need.Then continue to loot and replace all worn and damage items with nothing but Pristine items just to end up dead all the time in very unexplained ways! I have lost characters with 100% Pristine clothes and items,compass ,three maps .45 and clip with .357 and sawed off shotgun M4 with two scopes and plenty of good supplies like dry milk and cereal...all to end up with an unexplained death way up in the far corner of the map on a low pop server. I only play when the server is low,prefering to play the same server until death once finding a smooth running server.Even so much as I will log on and play in very early morning hours when that exact server is low on Population.I prefer low pop as I like to play alone,and do notlike the KoS style of playing.I am well over 200 hours now and have still not killed anyone although I have had plenty of chances. My last character ,along the shoreline I gave directions to a couple of new spawns where backpacks and other items were that I had found,shared water,pop and food with them.All to eventually end up dead in a very far remote location where I know forafact nobody in the right mind would sit there for enturnity trying to hope that someone would come along to snipe. Maybe the once at the military base I died I was sniped....but again slim chance when only two or three people were on the server No,this is a glitch in the game I have experience quite a bit in well over two hundred hours of playing I am becoming extremely disatisfied with this game myself,and calling it an Alpha etc. all the time is just an excuse IMHO

I wonder about Backpacks that are going to be made so they can be stashed on servers, and when reapawning one can go get there stashed Backpack. If someone is killed by a Zombie,or falling etc will there Backpack then also be saved on that server etc. and if that is the case will the game not eventually have Backpacks all over the place with items IMHO It would make more sense to take the time to import tents to be used for the purpose of stashing items They would be specific for the purpose rather than a Backpack which is carried by every Character/player in the game I imagine that eventually building a fireplace,and having a cooking fire will be implemented from what I am reading. As well as hunting,for something to cook on that fire.... With this,would a tent not seem appropriate to accompany that cooking fire/fireplace. Essentially creating a campsite,which would include a tent of which you could keep your items safe and dry They would then also have to be found by other players for items and tents to be stolen Rather than just Backpacks ,of which I would assume would eventually be all over the place laying around being saved from players being killed in various ways. Not a complaint or rant,I am more curious than anything Myself though IMHO, would prefer tents to be implemented and used for this purpose rather than Backpacks. Cheers,keep up the good work

I have been involved in games where they are only patched every 3 to 6 months So development/patch frequency seems rather good with DayZ compared to some other games It sure is a "Fast Food" type of a World we live in today!

Awwww,I have an opinion that loot "re-spawing" would be a more arcade way of playing the game, rather than only when servers reset.... So you have to comment on my ..... grammer! rofl

That is good to know,thanks I had tried a hardcore server,and when I seen I was respawning from scratch I was so shocked as too losing my Character and all my loot lol After though,I had played again one of my favorite servers in Regular and noticed I had all my old gear etc. Was funny how empty I had felt,when I had first thought I lost all my gear ;) I work nights in RL,so on weekends even after sleeping in it is still very early when I get up My favorite server is a Low Pop server in my early mornings so it is a fun time to loot ;) Getting to be a busier server as people wake up on Saturday morning The Southern airfield is a hotspot, twice now I have been KoSon that airfield yesterday,I was only one on the server for sometime,checked Pop just before entering the airfield just started to loot the Barracks,and a Guy logged on,came into the Barraks and killed me I redpawned on the Beach and started over....he then logged out and he had spent less than 5 minutes on that server and got my 3 hours worth of loot Something needs to be adressed for server hopping,and logging into hotspots such as airfields and military bases,hospitals,supermarkets etc. Game should atomatically not allow people to log in and out of these places somehow It's a spoiled fast food generation we live in,everyone wants it NOW! I prefer to hang out up North...takes more effort to get up there so there is a lot less population up there ;)

167 hours,and I feel comfortable with the game now Been around the map in all four coners and every where between many times now Looted all the airfields,all the Milary bases....stores,hospitals etc. Many homes,so much so I have my favorite houses to loot and pass the ones I no longer care to even look for loot. I have two canteens,three maps,compass,a sawed off shotgun and a .45(just found a cip today)/and a .357 and a Mosin with all accessories Ammo box,yellow storage container full,and lots of dry milk powder,rice and cereal I eat and drink beans/sardines and pop etc. as I loot rather than carrying it While travelling,I use my Canteens,eat my dry supply's I was being a loot hog and doublepacking backpacks,that slowed my game down considerably pretty much eventually frose my game I was carrying so much inventory lol with 6 or 7 backpacks deep,all chock full with inventory Just one backpack now,with the yellow dry box available and an Ammo box cargo pants,tactical vest,tactical jacket all give a lot of storage enough,I seem to manage ok I carry,a sawed off shotgun/.45/357 and my tursty Mosin when looting airfields and millitary bases I grab an M4 or SKS if available always keeping with me a clip for the M4 and around 20 rounds of the 7.62 x 39 mm for the SKS if ammo is not around the guns when looted I carry them in my hands and use while looting sometimes I carry them out and throw them in the bushes,so no one that comes along can loot them and kill me with them ;) My game I have now optimized froma tutorial around on Steam,and it seems to be running fine now as long as I have low ping on the server,and low bandwith,with 0 desync I have toned down my graphics,but it all still looks pretty good Definately worth the small price to pay for the game in Alpha actual bugs ....most don't bother me a bit I have now slayed so many Zombies with the M4 and SKS that I went back to the axe and am enjoying sneaking up on them again... Marvelous game,excellent concept and I enjoy trying to keep healthy and alive as much as anything I stick to myself,hunt loot and zombies at Dusk and before Dawn or on Moonlit nights Travel only by day,being as sneaky as I can :) I'm quite thankful this is available in Alpha,although the last patch and hotfix played havoc with my game,and I lost a lot in a character I have moved on,optimized my own game a bit more with Steam comunity advice and.... I am back enjoying the game even more at 167 hours played now I only hope for better patch implemantion in the future,would be nice of things could get tested more before forcing it on everyone or have a roll back option to roll back a patch until hotfixes and technical issues are worked out I can handle game bugs,but technical stuff that prevents games from working for people is frustrating I would like to see the walking through walls fixed on Zombies,that is an anoyance the same as the knowing where you are even after zig zagging and crouching behnd something kind of thing but It all takes time,and I could wait for better Zombies longer than for Zombies that dont walk through walls If I had to vote though... I would give 10 cans of Beans out 10 for what is available for the price of entry into the the World of DayZ Keep up the good work guys,it's an incredible game!

167 hours and I have yet to take a life,slayed a lot of Zombies though ;) I've had ample oppurtunity,and the weapons to accomplish it whether up close or death from afar... Yet I have not Server hopping ? How would you know,unless they spawned right in the airfield or military room where you are standing I have had this happen,looting a barraks once I opened all the doors and then started looting from the back room forward towards the door and WOW if this guy doesn't appear in one of the rooms....scared the hell out of me and I ran...and ran....and ran! call be a scardy cat chicken but I survived to live another day...and without human blood on my hands Although....I had been slayed many times in the shorefront comunity's by all kinds of sick,deranged bandits especially after looting for considerable time to aquire a backpack,some food an axe,liquid to drink etc usually about the time I thought I might be able to make it up North....along comes some sick Ba$Tards that kill me for my stuff! I have now though a few times...especially since I now have a Pristine Mosin/scope/compensator and Bi-pod.... To sneak back down to the seashore.... and kill from afar....ever Motorcycle and clown mask wear S.O.B. I can lay my crosshairs on :) But then instead,I carry on...and try to just live another day....and without having blood on my hands ;) I am Friendly....but armed... and will shoot to kill in defence :)

Loot respawns whenever the server resets,usually ever 4 hours,sometimes 2 hours and one server resets ever hour and is a specific"loot server" Makes the game a bit more real IMHO If loot just always repawned,what would be the point would not be very difficult and would soon become boring As it is,the loot appears,and dissapears as it gets looted through the server set length of time before reset I have now played a few times for over 4 hours on specific servers and then after reset,all loot is there again Makes sense,having loot not respawn,if something is taken by one person then it is gone... Because it is a game,the loot all magically appears again every server rest ;) I found it difficult first couple weeks playing,trying not to starve lol,dry up and blow away from lack of water... only if I could find a Backpack....some food.... lol Among being slaughtered by Bandits in Electro Further North you make it,the easier the game becomes to play Up North you seem not to be as hungry and thirsty all the time,there is "PaLenty of Loot" Up North I have had several shotguns and hand guns,Mozin,M4,SKS Loot seems better also,more compasses,maps,lots of good food too like Rice and Cereal and dry milk among Beans Galore,plentiful bounty of Pop... My Backpack is always full,I eat and drink as I loot lol exchanging loot now for better conditioned loot,or just better loot whatever I feel the loot system,and only repawning upon server resets is a decent experience every 4 hours.... you get another chance to loot what any other could loot... wherver that may be on the map! IMHO,loot continualy respawning on its own make the game somewhat acrade like no offence,this is all just one persons opinion ;)

Finally,I found a clip for my 45.... ;) Took a lot of searching ;)

Thx,much appreciated!

Anyone else getting "connection to host has been lost",then getting kicked ? Seems lately, I get this numerous times while in game I can not open doors or select any of my inventory. It usually happens within the first few minutes of entering a game. My Ping is low in the servers I select,it is becomeing a pain just trying to play the game nothing to do with the actual game,just with "trying to play" the game ever time I get kicked do to this ,wether or not I retry the server,or select a different server I then get treated like a server jumper/combat logger ... Thus having to wait longer and longer to spawn....Yawn it is becomeing a hassle ....just trying to get into a server to actual "Try and Play"! I have not edited any files of the game,only configuration tweaks with in the in game console by hitting Esc/configure/video tab after an hour or so,and jumping server to server I finally manage to hear my guns being loaded and I can then finally actually play the game opening doors,selecting weapons and inventory Is there a cure for this nonsense ? Edit: Solved,I was being a Gear Pig lol placingfull backpacks inside of newly found empty ones getting two more rows to fill with inventory I had a lot of stuff,I was 5 or 6 backpacks deep and my game started tonot work so well lol http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=1109 So..... I had a huge feast,and drank lots of beverages shot the hell out of a few zombies to unload a huge stockpile of ammo :) Down to one Backpack now and game is back to normal and no more kicks from servers can select weapons,inventory,open doors to buildings etc no problem Oh well,thought I had a great idea to carry more inventory wazsome fun though... shooting up that town,and having a huge Food and Pop Party after up in the woods ;)

doesn't seem to be any experimental servers that I can find for some reason, there all stable branch servers can anyone explain this for me please ?

Ya not sure,I have been getting it a lot since the new patch and hotfix also looking for solutions to this so hopefully something or someone will come along to anser this question

Only bought the game two,three weeks ago so I am not up to speed on all the minor bugs Good to know,thanks Irenicus

Came across a strange bug While on a second storey building,I dropped a bunch of ammo(boxes and clips) on the floor,then it dissapeared I eventually found it on the first/ground floor exactly underneath the spot on the second storey where I dropped it ;) It was like it fell through the second storey floor and landed on the first/ground floor as I said it was in the exact same spot,just one floor below ;) Glad there was a room below :0) I like the double barrel rifle,it is very accurate I head shot a few Zombies from quite a far distance with it Games been working nice,ever since I dumped my objects/loot on the floor outside the backpack and then noticed the flashing water bottle,getting rid of that object improved my game 100% as I did nothing else to any configuration or anything else! Just want to find an SKS now,as I have one in RL ;) Now to say thank you,now my game is working fine again It is an amazing game,and the rain that has been added is very atmospheric One of the better concepts in gameing I have played,I truly enjoy just trying to stay alive :) Thanks again,keep up the good work still hoping though that future patches get tested more thoroughly before being released IMHO Clans/squads are a good source for testing as they have groups of individuals who play together,and with all different types of Pc's being used They make for excellent testing and feed back Thanks again :) Edit> I found another flashing bottle,sitting on top of a metal closet at the Milary base although,I have found other water bottles that are not flashing.... go figure

Flickering items are still in since the hotfix,I believe that it was causing my grief with the game lagging and locking me up I could not tell looking at items in my back pack,until I took them out I had a water bottle,once out of the backpack it was like it had a light bulb inside turning on and off over and over none stop I was locked ina building I could not get out,as the doors would not open,had serious hardcore lag once the bottle was thrown on the floor,I hung out for awhile and the bottle just turned on and off like flicking a switch I went to another room,logged out and then back into another server Then I had no lag,and could open the doors to the building I was in to escape. So there are still flickering items to deal with I played around an hour or more on the other server I logged into,once logging out and getting rid of the flickering water bottle and the game was running fine just letting you know ;)

Yes Alpha,I was ok with Zombies walking through walls and other bugs it does not excuse thorough testing before "forcing" the public to update! There is a selection for a Key to be entered for testing in the properties tab To "Unlock" a "Private Beta" and that should be used for testing for who ever wishes to or is asked or selected Squads/Clans could be used for testing as well as servers Also,having several different combinations of Pc's and settings,vid cards etc. would help alleviate catasrophy's such as this patch and it's hotfix Leaving the public to actually bug test looking for insignifacant bugs I am ok with Alpha version of games,and there bugs I am not ok with rushing a patch out,as well as a hotfix that does not work for the majority and I read well among the threads before I posted my first post Thorough,responsible testing of patches/updates and hotfixes is what is needed and a possiblity of rolling back a patch if wanted would be usefull,this mandatory auto update with a patch that failed as much as this may be thought for the future Harsh critisism it may be,but I am not a fan boy of anything I like something I purchase it,if I like it so be it I like DayZ,the concept,the challenge and it looks good and the find the loot to succeed and keep healthy is really cool Everything about "The Game" I like,I have no complaints with the game Just the update and hotfix and how it was implemented I also have never liked quantity over quality,and I would have sufficed for more testing than getting hardhats,sewing kits etc. Maybe a tent,something usefull that you can keep some gear in as the mountain pack fills awfull quick,even with cargo pants,tactical vest etc. You can always use and could need more storage..... as well as a place to sleep when logging out ;) Don't get me wrong,I like DayZ and truly think it is a wonderful game,even as it was two weeks ago when I bought it ;) But if this is any indication of the way the game is going to be handled and updated I will most likely shelve it and I will wait until finished If better testing and implication of patches comes about,I can then enjoy the game for what it is as it progresses help in bug testing as running about the countryside.....instead of not even being able to use it! Sorry for the harsh words,but seriously something better needs to be done about the updated process I will wait for a stable patch,when I read all is good again I will try to play again :) Cheers

My first post Bought DayZ two weeks ago,it run fine and very smooth for me with no trouble at all. The first patch,froze my game at the waiting screen,that was it froze and could do nothing. I lost two loaded handguns along with numerous supplies do to my backpack dissapearing somehow... Now,since this so called hotfix... at first things seemed ok After 30 minutes on a server or so,it started to slideshow again with fps down to 5 to 7 fps I picked up a double barreled rifle,some more food and was trying to slideshow my way around town... when at last inside abuilding the game just glitched right out I was hungry,so I tired to eat an apple,the duoble barrle rifle I just aquired dropped to the floor and I found then,that.... I could No longer select any food to eat out of my backpack,or water or anything nor could I select my Axe,or my rifle to defend myself if needed... I had a Mosin,with Bi-pod and a scope and muzzle compensator... It has now dissapeared,and in place hanging now on my shoulder is this double barreled rifle! I am now getting around an average 5 to 7 fps now,it plays like a slideshow I can no longer pick up anything,or eat or drink anything I have or use anything I am TRAPPED inside a building I can no longer get out of,"I can not open doors anymore" I switched servers....had to wait 290 seconds to spawn in....same thing trapped inside a building ,doors won't open can't eat or drink or pick up anything,can't select my ..."cough... cough "...double barrled rifle that replaced my trusty Mosin with all it's accessories Now my axe or anything I am at a lost as to what to do now,I have tried other servers,same thing ...trapped in that damn building can not do anything! I am afraid,more attension has been paid to quantity rather than quality in this so called patch...and hot fix It has done nothing ,but ruined my game and made DayZ nothing more than a frustration! Too bad,as I enjoyed the concept of the game,and I "was" enjoying it until all these recent patches and howfixes now it is just a waist of my time trying to play it...so it becomes a waist of my money as well! I am not impressed I would rather see quality over quantity You guys should have fixed bugs first,before adding all this new content like sewing kits,hardhats,kids school packs etc even the new guns etc. could have waited I myself have been online playing ...and..."Modding games" now over twenty years So I know a bit about Modding and developing games,more so than the average onliner. Shame on you guys, for deploying such a waist of time as this new patch and hotfix on your followers....and your meal tickets $$$ I waited patiantly for your hotfix,not complaining or ranting about anything but now this so called hotfix is out,and my game is just as..if not even more glitchy than before Well,I just had to post :)