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Yeah, should be in tonights update

Also, there are two kinds of shakes. One kind is from pain (requires painkillers), the other is from cold (simply get warm for them to go away)

Rules are standardized across all servers to reduce the overhead of managing and checking adherence to rules. For at least the foreseeable future, this will not change. There is no "best party" solution because the whole project is in growth-crisis mode, simply coping with the influx of players. Not only is catering to specific requirements of individuals or individual communities not within the scope of the project, nor part of it's intent, but it also requires differentiation in rules and "special case" scenarios. When you donate use of your server to the DayZ Project - you are joining the network as a clone node. You will be the same as all other servers. There is some variation, in terms of level of difficulty, at the moment but this will not be the case for future iterations. Eventually, everything will be locked down so that all users share the same experience across all servers. Again, to reiterate. Joining the DayZ network you are joining as a clone. Not as a node that can be customized. Our aim is to standardize everything, so that you can get essentially a "McDonalds" experience from all the servers.

1. Remove Global chat 2. Fix Direct chat. Both will occur with next ArmA2OA version release (1.61)

I wanted to keep it in. Then someone posted saying that bleeding doesn't drop while offline, etc... etc.. and so this makes no sense. And I realized. I think he was right. It doesn't really make a lot of sense. It was actually a key part of my design initially (whole aim was to stockpile and survive) but things adapt and change.

I love a good discussion. This is a great and important topic :)

Well yeah, that's what I don't understand from some people's questions. There is only one fundamental difference between DayZ as a mod or DayZ as a product. Access to source. Kickstarter is for pussies!

"let the admins make the decision" 1. Because a small percentage of the admins will abuse those decisions. 2. We loose control of one area... slippery slope. Last, and most importantly: 3. Because I have personal thoughts on the issue (that may be right or wrong) and I can't in good conscience abandon those where I have the chance to do something I believe is right. I think there is something wrong with abandoning your own judgement just because it is easier. I feel pretty strongly on this being an inclusive system, for girls, for guys, for people who speak other languages.

This is a key priority for me personally to see this implemented. I think games have been neglecting girls in games or stereotyping them for too long.

Also, if you have steam - verify game files. if you have retail, reapply the 1.60 patch. definately sounds like corrupted game files.

Nothing wrong with it at all. I think good discussion in this thread, was a thread a while about roadmap but I can't find it. Been meaning to get some discussion going on this stuff.

If this project takes too long, then I am doing something wrong. I fully intend to have progressed to a full release (as what, mod/game I dont know) pretty quickly. There is no reason why that can't be achieved. Lets do a bit of analysis: MOD. Pro: Free Con: No cool content, some things can't be changed (no source) GAME. Pro: New content, customized engine, optimized, easy to install Con: Costs money I can't do anything without your guys support, so at the end of the day, you guys will decide where this goes.

A rogue server corrupted all Medical and Positional data. The new HIVE prevents this but some where running the old HIVE. I didnt realize early enough that peoples medical was also wrong, so for a while everyone logging in inherited that poor fucks medical status.

Definitely continue the discussion (constructively) I'm interested to see how this one pans out from all sides.

So we cater to the people who want English only servers and then we descend on the slippery slope... we cater to the people who want servers without this, without that. We're trying to standardize the servers because it is an absolute fucking nightmare to run 200-300 servers when everyone insists that their server is special. Also, I just don't understand your objections. Honestly, they just don't make sense to me, so why should I standardize a rule that is hard to apply and that I don't believe in? I mean, feel free to convince me but nothing that has been said amounts to more that: > Having any language on the server gives freedom > I don't want people speaking other languages > That infringes on my freedom > Therefore I should have the freedom to restrict others freedom This isn't your typical multiplayer mod, people need to get their head around this. We have a hard enough time with the current standardization. By hard time I mean absolute chaos and giving me stomach ulcers. We simply do not have the resources to draft special rules or cater to individual tastes. We standardize the rules so everyone knows them and they are easy to apply. You wanna host a server? Great! We tell you the spirit of the project and a few clear rules, and ask you not to be a dick. Maybe things will change, if we can lock the server tech down a bit. Then we can open it up. But until then - the rule has been clarified and it seems almost like common sense to me.

When the time comes, I'll be asking the community to support this, with their wallets. But that time isn't now, its not the right time for that. I just honestly don't believe a massive cash injection would suddenly make everything better. Am I satisfied? Of course I am! You guys pushed an obscure, old, game into the top sellers for an entire month on team. You made the gaming media wake up and take notice... and of what? A mod? A mod in Alpha? One that's pretty broken, difficult, complex, cruel, frustrating? I didn't buy all those copies, you guys did. What a cool message to send to the publishers and studios out there. You can have a million good reviews, and a million people playing your game... but unless it is affecting a studios bottom line it probably won't get taken very seriously. The success is still very small, relatively speaking - but its the speed and the strength of the message you guys have sent that has made people stand up and take notice. My responsibility is to stay true to what this is, and to keep saying what we have all been saying for a long time... because now the gaming media is listening, and the gaming publishers are scratching their heads and beginning to wonder if just maybe their customers aren't actually retarded and just maybe this social media thing is more than just a marketing gimmick. Just maybe new ideas that are not shit can travel extremely fast, even if their delivery is a bit shit. Just maybe people want something exciting, and they're not actually that concerned with the packaging and the sexy bits. My carebears comments and such, my build notes. I'm just trying to have some fun, maybe force a bit of introspection and get people to ditch the traditional shackles of modern video gaming boundaries. I think it's important to have some fun and not take yourself too seriously. I'm just a guy, a normal guy who loves this style of game. I was in the right place, at the right time, with the right thing. That's just how it rolls. My only regret is that I have to choose my words very carefully now, making jokes is fraught with difficulties. But that's just all part of it I guess.

Loved it. I actually agree with you, I can't dig up the post by my intention was the have consequence to your actions but not penalty. How this will translate to a mechanic is yet to be seen, but killing players will have a consequence, but this consequence won't be a penalty, but it will reflect a player choice. That choice will have consequences, bad ones if you don't want to become that type of person. If you do want to become that type of person, then they are not bad.

Well, the beauty of ArmA2. If you don't like the inventory system, write your own. The ACE team did a pretty awesome job with a new system. It is very popular with people. The ArmA2 system wasnt designed to do what I have been doing with it, so its easy to be critical. Rewriting this to a new one would not be majorly difficult but it would take time.

I am Dean Hall, and I approve of this thread. I also approve the cat with the thing on its head.

Using SixUpdater is a good idea. But the reason this is happening is because you probably dont have the latest dayz_equip

I think its pretty simple: Language is arbitrary, and in my experience people usually do it because "russians are hackers" or "they will plot against out server in russian". Its got nothing to do with not liking the Cyrillic characters and often a lot of do with xenophobia. We can't do anything about bad internet connections. I'm not going to suggest we all hop on a plane, travel to Australia, take spades and dig fiber optic lines. Just because we are being realistic doesn't mean that we can't take a stance on something. There is a good reason to ping block servers, particularly for low bandwidth ones. But there is not very good reasons for kicking someone who speaks another language. I mean, seems pretty damn straightfoward and common sense to me?

Brutal. But I am not sure my email, nor these forums, would survive the impending rage of the internet if that ever happened.