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Ah yeah that is almost the same as servers stating they have 'built in ping kickers' which is just bull and it means admins online will kick people off because they want to play with only 4 people on the server.

Yes. Next time put something in the OP that actually asks for the forums opinion on the matter, just stating things you might have noticed in game like everyone else that has played is not very constructive reading. Anyway the orbs give you an indicate that there are things near you, in the field most dots mean animals, in town the dots mean zombies. Players get dots aswell depending on server difficulty, the easiest settings turnung them into green dots while the hardest setting turns the dots on players off. Most of the times the dots scare the shit out of me when a rabbit suddenly runs past and i see the dot move to fast and i think im being flanked by a zombie or jumped by a player. Like the dots the range finder on middle click is turned on or off depending on server difficulty, and i agree it does not add anything to the game except for spoilerific giving away your hiding place to people intending to shoot you...(or shoot back at you for that matter)

I agree a great topic, especially after reading trough all the reply's. Im not sure why i kill, i tend to walk with friends, most times im duo with my brother, other times were trio with one of my friends. So that basically means we do not need any more help or assistance from people. So that makes other players just a potential threat to our lives and equipment, and so far i have not seen any reason NOT to fear other players as pretty much all of them have shot on sight. So these days we go into elaborate tactics to make sure we spot them first, or when we go into a large building with enough hiding spots we leave a sniper on the hill. I must admit we have shot at other duos walking around airfields that were clearly friendly, and although this saddens me sometimes this game does not leave a lot of room for emotion. Its kill or be killed. Being friendly is left behind on the coast...

Arma2 Combined ops is on sale on steam for the summer sale extravaganza so its 20% off, not sure how much you ARE willing to spend but at the moment its as cheap as it can be without being pirated.

Delete the @DayZ folder, download and install sixlauncher. http://www.six-updater.net/2012/07/its-coming-six-launcher-v2.html Install Dayz from inside Sixlauncher and go play :) Manually installing DayZ is becoming a thing of the past pretty quick.

I agree it's a bit of a strange post, i think people are reacting to it like they are because we have not yet encountered its kind before. Fascinating! Anyway use a map like http://dayzmap.info/, when logging in and you get line of texts on the bottom right then check the second line for your location. Then orient yourself on the map and start walking!

I would hardly call that a combat situation, especially if you are not armed. As long as no shots are fired and you are not bleeding or passed out and then log off then its a sanctioned save your hide situation tbh. Also a microphone is your friend in this game, typing is disabled on most servers. And yes you could get banned for something like that if people make a case out of it, albeit a pretty unfair one at that. The ban would be for that server only, bans for all dayz servers are reserved for hackers and exploit abusers.

Its not a bug, the icon you saw means shock. The icon looks like like something popping out. If you see that it means that IF you log out, you will pass out for 5 minutes while not being able to do anything, controls are disabled for the duration and this state ports over to other servers. The only thing you can do is ride it out, epi pens also wont work on this. If you get this in the field then dont worry about it and just go on, it will eventually go away.

Off to a great start, well done mate. Glad atleast some people are learning from the many DayZ videos out there. Lots of groups operating out there, good luck to you!

The stress test for that is pretty different from the version most people are playing atm, the zombies are configured in a way to test some new coding for logging off so it might not be really fun. If you want to play the normal version in an easy way then go to your operation arrowhead folder and delete the @DayZ folder. Download Sixlauncher (google it) and after installing that hit install in the main window and start playing the regular version :)

Vehicle spawns are as random as can be, i've found atv's just parked in a field in the middle of nowhere. Tractors next to deerstands or air strips. And jeeps spawning at houses that are almost outside of the map. Heli spawns are disabled atm afail.

The range of the axe is pretty long, longer then your gut feeling tells you it is. So when you think the zombie is still to far away then that is the time to swing it. 9 out of 10 times the zombie will go down with that. Also when you are outside and a zombie activates on you and he comes running. When he comes running straight for you wait for the moment when you feel hes about to start hitting and then swing the axe. Beautifull when you strike down a zombie in mid run. Gotta love the axe for that, ofcourse i have SAW249 now so i just spray and pray.

Im pretty sure the helis do not spawn anymore for now, but maybe some people that found some before that still have them. The only thing i saw fly by was a jetfighter which was hacked into the game obviously.

Yikes, thats ehm..scary to say the least. I tend to tell people to add mod at the end of the line as its already hard to find by google. The dev team must have a laugh at that one.

A toolbox isn't really vital equipment but take it if you come across it, i tend not to actively search for it anymore after zombies started spawning in the little industrial buildings. In the zombies current state they are pretty dangerous when they come out of it, sporadically porting trough the walls, hitting from afar or just run in crazy ways before they hit you in the back. So not worth it :P Good to have though, some things get barricaded for the funsies and i really love messing up peoples spare time projects trying to barricade a gas station or something other.

Yeah, alpha can do that to you sometimes. Next time hide the truck in the woods somewhere. The map is huge but it's so widely traveled by people that most things get discovered or stolen pretty quick. Also make sure you dont logout on a roof, or inside something narrow like staircases, the game can log you into a position that will kill you when the logging completes.

There are no in-game rules besides not using hacks or abusing exploits. You can do whatever you want, that's one of the things that makes this game rather intriguing.

Yep, just takes way longer then filling them at a pump so be patient.

Depends on what the server owner has setup, most servers state their restart times. Its a fifty fifty chance that they either restart twice daily or 4 times daily. You cant lose vehicles even if you dont save them, the only thing you save is the stuff you put into it. If its gone when you login then someone took it. Last patch made a lot of vehicles disappear for no reason though.

Me and some friends have been talking about this subject. We came to the conclusion that it wouldnt work. Bandits would simply camp the place or mug anyone coming out of it. We were talking about a special server where the map was just restricted to one town and noone could fire. But then we almost simultaneously said, what are we going to trade... You can find anything in the game with a bit of effort and you cant take vehicles with you so... Unless some changes are made to the game, bartering towns are useless for now.

Thanks going to try this when i get home, DayZ runs pretty smooth for me but when i started playing it the servers would be the largest cause of fps problems for me so i never got around to finalizing it. This will help me a lot, thanks for posting.

In 1.7.1.5 i was wearing camo just fine, lasted a couple of days with it untill i got shot by a player. Nevermind, just found this under announcements.

Ive found it twice in crash sites since the patch, but it has been disabled. The guns inventory text has been made invisible and looks like a blank line of text with a 1 on the left of it. The only thing stating its the weapon in question is when you hover over it and it asks if you want to exchange your current weapon for the L85A2 AWS. I would love an official response to this on the forum so i can edit the wiki and link over the stated its out of the game quote.

He did say in an earlier post he was going to add new weapons but im guessing he's keeping them for a next patch. I noticed they deactivated the thermal scope gun ingame. I found two so far in a heli site and they had invisible text with a 1 on the left of it but the text when hovering over the gun would state do you want to exchange the m4a3 cco with the L85A2.

He could have loaded them in to make the movie. They could be in the database but not yet seeded into the world. I have not yet found any but they could be pretty damn rare, which is fine by me seeing the chaos the wire fencing and tank traps caused in the last patch. Completely bear trapped village or factory would be pretty high on my list of no no's.