RustyBlade

Wow more people complaining about the lack of info. Basically, Dean and the guys said this broken patchworky way is how its done, and if you dare go against the mods with it, even with proof from other sources that the info is scattered, you will be attacked. I even had Boneboy er whatever his name is, a Forum Administrator, tell me to get off my high horse, because the info was just as scattered, if not worse, than when i was temp banned a week ago. Also, im under surveillance with my posts, they read them all before allowing me to post, all because i was OFF topic and spamming. Thats a lot of work for moderators to do, read every coment from every person that was temp banned. Or is it just me your watching? And to clarify, most of my posts, or at least the ones that were "spam" were never about the state of the alpha, just the state of these forums. Thats a no no. Im getting off my high horse and back in line guys. The info is all there, and here, and over here, and there. just go look for it.

Yeah, a month is definitely not enough time for making patch notes.

Ahh i see the titles been changed, good job. As for experimenting i have done none, as i have rubberbanding issues and get shot from point blank range from someone who appeared in front of me.

You have been placed on moderator queue. This means that all content you submit will need to be approved by a moderator before it will be shown.<----- Really? just for "off topic and spam", fair enough. Hello all, I have returned. I am here to explain why i didn't appeal my ban, and also why my comments were so abrasive (NOT abusive). I was temp banned for off topic/spam. I disagree, but respect the decision so i patiently waited for the ban to be up. Now i am back, and here to voice my concerns yet again, in a more "tolerable manner" as to not give any moderator an excuse to silence me. Since this is the thread i started, all my posts will be on topic, not spam, with no swearing, and critical. You heard me, critical. Before i start i thought i'd throw this quote, form the International Digital Times "Sadly, no one has published a complete set of patch notes for DayZ Standalone experimental build 0.44.123800, leaving fans of the game with little option but to cobble together a patchwork change log based on early reports from other players and post-release tweets from Hall. On the plus side, members of reddit have proven quite adept at such tasks in the past, and a rough outline of the DayZ Standalone v0.44.123800 change log is already beginning to take form on the DayZ sub-reddit." Go reddit, i guess. Is this really how you want to present your notes? "Cobbled together a patchwork changelog"? So myself, a number of forum participants, a moderator of this site( of which I'm sure his comment has surely been hidden), a professional journalist for a distinguished website, and an obviously one sided poll here on the forums, agree that the info is sparse, all over the place, and delivered by different people to different websites at different times, which is incredibly unnecessary. When you, the moderators, took notice, the overall message you conveyed was to leave this forum, and find it elsewhere. ( Even using a link from this forum to another website for info, is in fact, leaving here to go somewhere else.) Rolling Update Rev - 0.42.116181 Posted 19 March 2014 - 05:47 AM POPULAR Branch: Stable Version: 0.43.116251 Hotfix specific changes This is the problem. Right there. March 19th was when it says it was last updated, and the title is still for 0.42. You cant blame someone, who comes here for info, sees that and leaves, then gets unofficial info from cobbled together patch notes from players. Then has no real clue what the hell is ACTUALLY going on. The experimental server is running 0.44. Stables running 0.43. The title is STILL for 0.42, from March. I'm terribly sorry, but there's no excuse for that , at all. Its pretty bad when the "cobbled together patchnotes" are more up to date, and organised, than the official forums. That being said. I do NOT want a moderator, to tell me to use the Devtracker, or Reddit, or any other third party, then inadvertently pass the blame onto the user (in a nice way, i guess) for not looking for info in these other places. Believe it or not guys, people that didn't play the mod, bought this game. People unfamiliar with forums, patch notes, development, programming and everything else people make fun of us for not knowing, bought this game. i know a few people that got a PC just for the standalone, and guess what? They dont play it. They moved onto other games, because they had no idea what was going on, what was new, where to go, or anything else. They came here before I did, and then told me that it made no sense. Silly me, i defended this forum. I said, "its the OFFICIAL forums, thats where anyone would expect to go for info." Surprise! That is why i was so upset initially. Brand new PC gamers, are now turned away from Early Access games, and anything related to Dayz at all, and with brand new IP's with similar concepts coming, can you guys really afford to turn people away from here and say, "have you tried google? Here is a link for twitter, and reddit" Imagine there confusion. This is the place to go for info and discussion, and they are basically told to leave. Something is very, very wrong here guys, and i cant shake the feeling that your not acting as professional as you could regarding information availability. Rather than try and defend this,(which you have been doing acting like there's not a problem, despite overwhelming evidence) how about a simple " How can we make it easier?" How can we help you better understand where we are in development and what you should be testing?" This is why i was so ragey on the comments. Because this literally hurts my head. I am an independent business owner, and an avid gamer, but I will have you know, i have no longer kept any Bohemia Interactive affiliated software or games within my establishment. I will for sure, stay away from any and all new games form either this company, or Deans new one. I am not trying to make a point, or tell anyone to rally against this with torch and pitch fork, but not only have you lost a customer, but you've lost my professional recommendation for an open world zombie survival game, when any customer asks me. You guys need to realize, your not the only one anymore. Thanks for reading, Rusty.

Also, why is the quote from the international digital times, blacked out, and the only way to read it is to highlight it?

Not recommending the game is not from lack of info, but rather, treatment of newcomers to the community by moderators. You can say it nicely, but its still true.

There are not empty threats at all, in fact, its already been done. Again you guys proved my point, i came back with constructive criticism and suggestions and i'm met with attitude and condescension. "We cannot spoon feed everything directly into your eyes." Thanks again for the condescension, I really appreciate it. Good luck with your development and whatever testing you guys can manage. No one said your a megacorporation, but there are at least 3 other websites that are better organized with more info, perhaps link new players to them? "We are not a mega corporation and dont have control over every aspect and flow of info. We do what we can though, so think before you type." Perhaps you can just change the title form 0.42 from March, to 0.43, because no servers are running the version in the title. Sorry if this somehow upsets you guys, which it obviously does.

Careful, i tried to prove this point, then they locked the thread and hid all of my relevant posts. There is no winning here, and they are NOT open to criticism. If you dont like the way the infos handled, too bad. Go to `10 different sites, it makes no difference to the mods that you PAID to TEST a game, no no. Most companies hire testers, you guys have testers paying you, and we are still treated like we just downloaded the mod for free and are asking for unreasonable things outside the realm of possibility. Look up the definition of official people. How many things say" the official place to go before you have to go to other 3rd party sites cause theres nothing here" ? Professional, not so much.

No i am not acting like i pay a subscription, and expecting info on an official forum is in no way, shape, or form, an unreasonable request.You want to bounce between 7 sites to get info for ONE game, go right ahead, but when i go shopping, i dont get eggs here, milk there, pasta over there, i go to a central hub f food and get all i need there. The rest of the world operates in the most efficient way possible, unless its here than its the communitys fault for not scouring the internet for information. Pathetic. After Boneboys has hidden like 5 of my posts, either because i prove a rather valid point, or he didnt like how i worded it, I am definitely leaving this community and game. cue the obligatory "good riddance" ect, ect. Cant express distaste or they silence you, cant prove them wrong, or they silence you. Unorganized AND you control what people say? WOW, this forums way worse than i initially thought. I can see removing a post or 2, but 5? And you want to call me entitled because i expected a successful gaming company to update their official site? Yup im entitled then.

Exactly. I copied and pasted a tumblr post to here so people could have up to date info, can someone explain to me whats so hard about that and having a staff of this forum do the same? Why are you relying on multiple third party sites, all updated at different times, when this exists. The message i am receiving from the mods is that this forum is useless. go to Twitter, go to tumblr. wtf guys.

The problem isnt that they are less official, its the fact that its NOT here at all,. ALL info should be on ALL sites, not spread amongst 4 of them.I HAD TO go to tumblr to get info why? its NOT here, I HAD TO go to steam to get a hotfix update-WHY? cause its NOT HERE. IF the MODS of this forum dont think thats an issue, than something is most definitely wrong. Stop trying to defend your obviously disorganized forum, as i am NOT the only person complaining about it, but i am the most avid about it. I dont even like the freaking game that much, its the principle that applies. Info SHOULD most definitely be accessible across ALL supported sites. To prove my point , a USER had to make this poll, cause he noticed 106 pages of people wondering whats going on. Where was the mod in the announcement page that admitted communication is completely broken?. QUIT trying to hid behind" its not important" or" it wasnt relevant" cause if it wasnt relevant i wouldve never seen it in the first place. Whoevers job it is to get all the info in one place is failing hard. Ban me, cause of right this second, i am NOT going anywhere, until this is cleaned up. And posting the link to where i reposted their tumblr onto the official forums proves my point further, so thanks for that. How hard was that, honestly? Copy, make a new thread called whatever its called on tumblr, and paste it here. Done deal, no more ' What? the latest announcements for 0.xx but im playing 0.yy??" Not all of us are familiar with how they roll out the changes, so if they change the version number you are playing, you will notice and probably go to the OFFICIAL forum to find info, then you will find a simple" it was changed for a hot fix guys- heres wat was fixed" _ then list of WHATEVER. We don't care if nothing that affected gameplay was changed, keep us in the loop, the ENTIRE loop, considering we are helping fund, AND test the game. Not. Hard.

Go to steam store page, scroll down, check updates. Ridiculous i know, but apparently everyones ok with that and im a troll for criticizing the organization. OOOps wrong quote somehow, this was meant for tactchell, asking where to find the changelog.

Pfft typical.

Funny, it was noteworthy enough for the team to put it on steam, but not on the official forums? Ahh i AM delusional, thanks. From now on i will not come here, participate in discussions or any other involvement in the game, i will stick with the actually updated steam, or other sites that the Dev team has deemed worthy of hotfix notices, and any other changes that happen that affect the game. Again, my mistake for coming to the official forums, i WILL NOT make this mistake in the future, thanks Moderators.

So the Stable branch is STILL version 0.42 then? Your sure? Change Log - 0.43.116251 22 March 2014 Thats off steam. Whats this then?

MARCH 19th. Your telling me there has been no update since march 19th?

WOW. Awesome. First of all my post had relevant information. I wasnt telling you about my day, or how mu dog was sick. This speaks Volumes for how you guys are handling this. Im not the only person expressing distaste at this, so you better star "censoring" everyone real quick. As opposed to trying to silence everyone, why not put forth some suggestions, Mighty Mod? Where should i express my distaste at how this forums being handled? Would it be in THIS forum, fat chance of that. If you think whats inappropriate? criticism? Sure sure, handled that well guys. Listen, make a thread called" DONT COME HERE FOR RELEVANT INFORMATION." This maybe official, but we have no clue whats going on. I can quote other MODS who admitted this is handled poorly. Come to this thread and i get "censored" Good on ya lads, silence rather than acknowledge, that will do wonders for PR. So answer my questions please. Where is the best place to go for info??? if the answer isnt "here" than Good bye standalone, hello other games. I was already over DAYZ SA, only came to see what was going on. That was 3 days ago, and im still clueless. So "Gerd Jerb, Gerd Jerb." Also, Censor words, not entire posts with relevant info. Dont like a swear word? Star it out, but leave the post. What are you Scurred of?

Its official on Tumblr yes, thats great. Its also official here. Tumblr blows balls.I am calm, you will definitely know when im not, you should learn the difference between emphasis and raging. I also dont appreciate you editing my post down to one sentence, as you are negating my freedom of speech to criticize openly, so i would like you to re post my ENTIRE post(if you do not, i will repost my original post, as well as the changes you made to it, for the rest of the forum to see how you are micromanaging this, instead of trying to help.). Thanks so much. Now back to business. The Rolling update is marked 0.42. as of March 19th. What day is it? What build is it currently on? Whats the best place to go for info? Whats the most updated, most often? IMO if any of the other sites are updated more then the Official forums ( not Official on tumblr and twitter, as these DO require you to create an account to discuss these things there) than there is a severe mistake in placing information that needs to be rectified immediately. I apologize for expressing my frustrations, but i employ people, and if i heard of crap like this in my business, someones fired. PINNED Rolling Update Rev - 0.42.116181 Started by Hicks_206, 19 Mar 2014

I believe the last three pages have been about time between updates. I'm not talking content, I'm talking communication. Back and forth. Statement, response, discussion, introduce new feature or topic, then repeat. Organization, and attention, here, on this forum, not just on what other sites they update( of which I'm not sure, because i only come here.)

Yep. Just like that. Clean, concise, consistent. Take note there, people.

Untill they update it again, then the noise becomes discussion, until the inevitable silence on here in which case it will repeat. And maybe YOUVE discussed things to death, but , believe it or not, some people just got the game, and don't care who Rocket is. PEACe

Was just trying to help guys. Have fun, ill wait until something new arrives.

Here ya go Guys, watch how hard this was. This is from their tumblr. Guaranteed Updates As previously mentioned we want to move from the current situation where the client and server “spam” messages at each other, hoping that some of the messages get through. Because they can’t be sure, the updates have to be sent again and again. This is believed to be the major restriction from breaking the 100 player limit. We anticipate this will be appearing on experimental servers next week, and then onward into the update for this month. Fireplaces We’re ready now for our final implementation next week of fireplaces and the ability to light flammable objects on fire. Many visual updates and changes to the engine have occurred as part of this and we’re now making the mechanisms for players to decide where and how to make fires and how to light items on fire. Physics and Throwing We will be deploying this to experimental next week to gain some more feedback on its implementation. Progress on ragdoll has been steady although this is unlikely to be in experimental next week and will be ongoing for some time. A new animation system and animations have been made that allow you to “power” up your throw, the same system is used to allow you to draw your arrow when firing from the bow. Player Mouse Control Many players have outlined how much the mouse acceleration/controls need to be modified. Players head (view) will move instantly with raw 1:1 mouse feedback. Weapons may “lag behind” depending on how heavy and cumbersome the weapon is. For example, players with a pistol will be able to turn around and fire much faster than a player with a M4, or a chainsaw. This represented a great deal of work and the complete replacement of the old system, therefore some bugs and plenty of tweaking are expected. These will be deployed to experimental next week for more player feedback. From the Art Team: Chris Torchia, Lead Artist We’ve got our team working in so many different areas its hard to write a small summary of all the work. We’re wrapping up our part with archery and have a nice looking improvised bow and crossbow to release soon. Our animators have been spending time in the mocap studio to get accurate drawing, firing, and reloading animations for them and its looking great. Our new studio in Bratislava has been hard at work making some of the new food items which were shown by Dean at Rezzed as well as create all new wildlife models and we’re hoping the combination of archery, wildlife, and campfires will create a unique survival hunting experience for our players. As for firearms, the P1 pistol is complete and configured in game. The same is true for the AKM but we need to spend some time polishing some of the rough edges before adding them to the loot tables and pushing to public. We’re finally going to implement stripper clips with the mosin and sweep through and tweek some of the firearm cfg values. As well, a little project I’ve kept under wraps is nearing completion. The first SMG in DayZ game will soon be ready and I hope you all will like it. For character art our talented artists have created a couple new player heads for more unique looking characters which we’ll add in soon. As well, we’ve made a Soviet-style officer hat and the tracksuit! Next up, we’ll look at police, EMT, and firefighters. Lastly, our environment art and map teams have continued to create new, interesting buildings and objects, as well as expanding the number of explorable towns, with the addition of Karmanovka – a town containing over 3000 objects!

It says in the title its a living document, it;d be pretty stupid to lock it

Typical lol. I really hope that they keep up with the wave of games by big publishers. I love me some Dayz, but c'mon.