JohnDMarshall

I have been hunting for deer on EXP but for the past 45 mins have found no Deer/Chicken/Boar in the usual places.

It would be an interesting experiment if the DEVS could give us a few servers 1pp and 3pp where NO GUNS were available. The only weapons being crafted bow/arrow and melee weapons. Yes we could try this on private hives and you could try to do this on public servers but in the end you would have some people sneaking in a gun and just laughing. I believe the interactions of the players could give better insight into how to make the survival aspect of the game more than survive long enough to get a gun. I know a lot of people would be upset if there were no guns but on the other hand a few servers with just the option for no guns would make a change. Seeing groups of people fighting each other medieval style would be interesting :) Albert Einstein: “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” I am a hermit and have only killed 2 people in over 2000+ hours of game time. Most of the time I avoid people because of past experience. I carry a mosin scope and am a walking bush purely so I can avoid people - I have killed hundreds of zombies/infected and animals in this time. My longest shot so far on a zombie is 945m and the 2nd person I killed was another sniper at 855m after he shot one of my friends. 1st kill was after a friend was shot in the back by a fresh spawn with a gun. Give people guns and they turn ugly. When I dont have a gun I am nervous, after I get a gun I consider others as being a greater threat as they may kill me and use my gun to KOS others. I dont want my efforts to get gear used as a means to make other people miserable.

I spawned on the coast and after 3 server restarts had travelled about 1km - found a backpack and a bag of rice soooooo I ate all the rice and i got stuffed - found some cans of drink and drank until I saw you are going to vomit - at that point I was dark green hydrated and bright green energised and I was just waiting for the inevitable when click I was no long going to vomit but was now over fed extremly stuffed and now I dont need to eat or drink anymore - ran another 10km and I lost my hydrated but got HEALTHY - still bright green energised but no hydration. I have not eatten or drunk anything now for the past 10km ~ maybe its a bug.

A fracture may not show up on the User Interface - make a splint and use it and see if the invisible fracture is fixed - it happens a lot

I practice shooting at 1200m so sub 800 is not that hard.

Some servers cannot support the persistence and will eventually crash or become locked so you have to start again however there are some servers that do restart but it can take up to 2hrs to get running again - GOOD LUCK

It's something server side - i dont think the Battleye is communicating properly - i have also had similar problems with servers that are overloaded

Here is an example of a server where Tents will remain after a restart: GOOD DayZ UK 2-0 (Public/3PP:ON/Persistence:ON) 124737 - Hosted by GameServers.com Here is an example of a server where Tents will NOT be there after a restart: BAD DayZ (Public/Veteran) 124737 - Hosted by GameServers.com To be precise set your Server FILTER to show servers with the word "persistence" and those servers SHOULD be a safe place to park your tent. You should be wary of servers as some people may write their server name with the word persistence just to attract attention. You need to be a little careful and test the server before commiting completely How to test a server means you sacrifice a tent and see if its there after restart Ok you may loose a tent and the items inside but its the only way to be sure. An empty tent may not persist on a server so pop something in the tent inventory that your willing to loose like a rag or something.

Check your screen resolution as the menu shown in your screenshot looks offset to the left. You should be running a screen resolution of 100% and check your text settings they may be the problem.

I think you will find that Steam is responsible for the server list and therefore that should be your next enquiry.

You have a choice of how to find out. 1 open the file labelled C:\Users\{YourName}\Documents\DayZ\{yourname}.DayZProfile and find the line > lastMPServerName=" the name will be here " 2 create a simple DOS batch file ( this has been mentioned before ) I dont recall where I got this from so I cannot give credit. Copy this to a new text file and rename it DayZHistory.bat - dont forget to save the file before renaming it. @echo offsetlocalset FileName=%HOMEDRIVE%\%HOMEPATH%\Documents\DayZ\%USERNAME%.DayZProfileset FileTime="-":loopfor %%X in (%FileName%) do ( if %FileTime% NEQ "%%~tX" ( type %FileName% | find "lastMPServer" ) set FileTime="%%~tX")rem wait 5 seconds before checking againTIMEOUT /T 5 >nul 2>nulgoto :loopRun this after you get off the server will show where you were ( it looks in the file mentioned in option 1 ) Just double click the file DayZHistory.bat - i have it on my desktop so i can find it quickly You can leave it running but for peace of mind close the DOS box after you find what you need. One last thing - clicking PLAY in the start menu for DAYZ should put you back on the same server you were on if the server is running.

I had an RAT 7 mouse - not the exact same thing but it really bugged out and started crashing my computer - I thought it was the video drivers or a virus - only after I got fed up and tried every possible thing did I finally find out the mouse and the software were killing the PC and the games etc. I now run with a G700 and I have no problems at all.

In real life some people would have some form of identification on them - dog tags - drivers licence etc. If your checking their pulse then surely you will check their identification tags etc so knowing who the person is wouldnt be detrimental to the game. Would it really matter - this is a simulation of a situation that is based on fiction with some realism thrown in.

Screenshot helps :rolleyes:

Find a server thats early morning about 7-8 am - look at sun and run towards it - sunrise and sunset are roughly SE - SW so navigation is very similar to real life. This is why the game is interesting for me - you have to really navigate your way around using maps, a compass, and/or stars. Oh and when it rains it generally falls from the west and slants eastward. Clouds flow from the SW towards the NE ( i have noticed they sometimes look like they are going in different directions). Sorry to hear you are not enjoying the game - I believe you need to get some determination to fight back against the overwhelming odds the game throws at you and say "I wont be beaten by this" because without these challenges it becomes way too easy and would not be as much fun.