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@ Estecvacio Basically it shows as if I am running normally on my friends' screen (even though for me I am frozen) and then my game will unfreeze and I will continue from where I froze and my desynced body would jolt back into position. @ Terminal Boy I understand. The reason I'm running it at 800x600 is because I'm playing in windowed mode. Feel free to suggest a resolution to play in, I'm confused as to the entire video options since I have a generally bad computer, so I just stick with the lowest settings. But what do you recommend?

I've already done this. It's around 78%, which I don't find suspicious, to be honest.

INTRODUCTION Well, for starters let me just inquire about the fact that I know there is another topic referencing the same thing as what I am about to discuss (which should be rather obvious by reading the title) which is called 'Notebooks'. This was posted a while ago and has recently died down. I would like to talk about the ideas everyone actually has about notebooks, for instance suggestions which they would like to see be a factor of a Notebook/Journal. However, what do I mean by a 'Journal'... Well for those of you who don't know here it is: a daily record of events or business; a private journal is usually referred to as a diary THE PROS AND CONS Let's start with the positive side of things: It is a nice idea to find a diary and begin reading it, tracing back an average civilian turned Bandit/Hero and following them through their potentially inspiring story. It could potentially make a Bandit who killed the person with the Journal feel guilty, and potentially lessen the Bandit Community. It's awesome to think that you could write down all of your day and keep writing up until your death. Aaaaannnndd the cons: If I'm honest, there isn't any. You can discuss that between yourselves in the comments. MY SMALL IDEA I'm thinking that there should be two types of journals; a small journal with 50 Pages which takes up two slots vertically, whereas the Large Journal takes up four spaces in the shape of a square. This can be seen in a picture format below with RED being the large journal and GREEN being the small journal. Please, Discuss your opinions in the comments, I'd love to hear them. If you're going to post hate on this, don't be pathetic.

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I think this idea is unique and I like it, although at the moment I'm staying neutral. I would like to add to this suggestion anyway, so here it goes; The headphones for the Parabolic Microphone should be found separate in order to balance out the fact that this could be the matter of life or death. To attach the headphones to the parabolic microphone obviously you would need to drag the pair of headphones onto the microphone which will merge them together. My last point is that this item should be very rare and well hidden in several different locations around the map, however the headphones should be rather common as in real life they're practically an every day item, especially for us gamer's. Underneath, if you choose to click spoiler, I have constructed a small demonstration on what the inventory spaces would take up if this were to be a real thing within DayZ.

LiquidCactus.. If you don't have anything productive to say, don't say it at all. It's a suggestion, if you don't like it then be my guest and say so with a provided reason and I'll respect it. There only reason you're commenting is so you can get yet another post because you're a postwhore. If you really wanted to state how much you hated this suggestion, you would've done so without being so immature. and thank you Pilgrim for noting both sides.

Alright. Thank you for shedding light by commenting on this topic. If we could just leave this now for other people to post their opinions, thank you. c:

Noted. In response however, I'm just throwing out ideas to try and see if the idea catches on. Personally, I like the idea although 10 shots is honestly crap and not worth while, but what i'm trying to get across is the fact that it won't last long, even if it is more than 10 shots. Let's say 10 magazines, so basically 50 rounds with a Mosin. That's stable enough to me.

Improvising planes is off-topic, if I'm honest. I couldn't give a damn about MacGyver, I'm just saying it's a feature which would be cool to see added. Within a Zombie Apocalypse, business' will evidently go out of business. I don't know if you're aware, but that means no more weapon sights being manufactured by EOTech and Aimpoint.. The realism is there, perhaps the method isn't correct, but that's for people to test. There's features in DayZ i'm sure not many people like, and this may be one of them, but still, it's realism. Also, I beg to differ. Zeroing in real life and DayZ are the same, although in DayZ you press two keys whereas in real life you turn a small dial (depending on what rifle you're using). Some optics don't even have zeroing in real life. Plus, this would be a quickly thought up piece of kit which anybody could have quick access too, even if it isn't good, it's still something.

Zeroing is not necessary by twisting a knob on a weapon, you can manually zero your rifle by firing off rounds which you can trace to it's impact zone, thus adjusting it so you can near that impact zone closer to your target. You don't need to use Page Up and Page Down or whatever you have it binded too.

I'm sure they were relating to the fact that the majority of weapon accessories are military grade or used for hunting; what if someone didn't have access to this and they were scared to hit up an airfield; simple, you can find hacksaws, duct tape and binoculars everywhere.

It's makeshift, it's not intended to be beneficial, but at least it allows for you to see a good distance without having to switch from Bino to Gun. Plus you can always account for bullet drop. Not everything required zeroing, it's just there for assistance.

Then make the scope incredibly finicky, after every 10 magazines or so the duct tape will tear off or release because of the pressure it has to withstand due to recoil.

I hope you realize this is a game.. a game in which zombies have more or less taken over. Not everything has to be realistic to the tee, there are flaws in this game which are not realistic, I'm sure we can both agree and will most likely not be changed as they make the game better overall.

I understand your point, and thank you. It's not meant to be entirely beneficial. Not everything within this game should be beneficial because of the fact it's apocalyptic. If everything was beneficial there would be no god damn zombies. I'm not expecting the optic to be used often, but it's a cool feature which if you're trying to fix yourself up a makeshift optic because you can't find for example a PU or Long Range Scope then there's an easy to make option.

Actually I got an A, but I'm pretty sure the subject of binoculars being used as a weapon scope doesn't really categorize under physics.

I never said it needed to be zeroed. It's improvised, meaning surely it won't be as good as an actual scope. There was no need to react in such a negative way. I'm fine with your opinion, but saying I'm trolling because of a mere idea, pathetic. However, I understand the flaws and I thank you for the responses. If you look down the Binoculars it has a Cross which spans across the entire glass in which the center can be used as a reticle.

It could indeed potentially substitute for a map rather than having to find lots of tourist guides of small segments of Chernarus. Let's say you have the option by right-clicking the item in your inventory to "Turn On" and "Turn Off" the PDA. It'd be cool also to see the PDA require batteries and often warn you with a small buzz that the PDA is running out of battery; in order to get this there could be a chat message say "You feel a slight buzz signalling your PDA is almost out of battery." To insert a new battery, just drag the battery into the PDA and it should refill. I also came up with a small concept using your image (which I hope you don't mind) about maybe a "damaged variant" which can be found below: I decided to attempt making a version which was cracked, but also turned off. Again, as seen below;

This probably isn't going to be liked by anyone since it makes the whole scenario a lot more brutal but at the same time balances the crossbows effect. Basically, my idea is that the crossbows damage is reduced to a reasonable standard. However, if the crossbow bolt hits a target, it will lodge itself in there until the victim chooses to remove the bolt from his/her body. Obviously, if it hits them in the head or chest, it should be pretty much instant death. If you do not remove the bolt from your body, then after a while you will start to get an infection which would be seemingly realistic. Also, there should be messages which pop up saying "My [insert limb here] is in severe pain.", or something along those lines. Antibiotics and Painkillers should both remove the infection and obviously remove the pain. This is a default idea, but it makes the game much more realistic and eases off the crossbows current overpowered state, although makes it all the more deadly, and realistic.