Riska

One thing I have noticed is nearly every Heli site I find now has a Fal, and usually with little to no ammo. I found one that had 3 Fals and a BizonSD with no ammo and no other loot.

Just extract it to a temp file in your downloads, or anywhere you like really. It will install to where it needs to go when you run the program (the other things in the zip are just .txt files). If you get a message at the end about not installing correctly, just say "this program installed correctly." I get that every time and I've never had a problem.

The only feedback I have so far is based on the server list (not the Six Updater one). It seems that every server that has currently updated to both the new ArmA2 beta and 1.7.1.5 has a ping of 2500. This is based on all DayZ - UK# and DayZ - EU# servers. I'm connecting from the UK.

Better than my problem. The 2 servers i play on are on their limit' date=' tried to get into one for 10minutes, when i finally could, the server crashed. [/quote'] Lol, that is the most frustrating thing, sat waiting for someone to leave, getting in before someone else and crashing out straight away. It's all worth it in the end though :D

The reason I'm not playing yet is because none of the servers I play on have updated yet :(

Apparently (taken from the main thread about 1.7.1.5) the BIS servers for the beta patch got too many connections at once, and that's why it's asking for a username and password. There is an alternative link, but I don't know what it is, I'll try and find it. Edit: Got it http://www.cityliferpg.com/arma2beta/ARMA2_OA_Build_93965.zip It's required for 1.7.1.5 to work

http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php Edit: it's the one at the very top, highlighted green.

Did you also download the new beta (93965) kevenc? Also, are you joining a server that is 1.7.1.5 and 93965 compatible?

I logged in during 1.7.1.4 from an older version and all my stuff was still intact.

I really do concur with this. I had a FAL for a while and loved it, maybe one of my favourite guns that i've tried so far. But the lack of available ammo meant that I had to give it up for something with a more common magazine type. Can m107 mags be found in deer stands?

I found a few shotguns, an AK, a pistol and randam ammo/chemlight/canned goods in the 4 deer stands I went to tonight. Server was 1.7.1.4. Seems ok to me, though I wish my luck was as good as Terrorfex :(

*FPS definitely improved, I was pretty lucky that even though I'm running a fairly old card now (Ati 4890) my frames were never that low. However, I noticed straight away that my gun was moving much more smoothly for the entire 2 hour session I had this evening. It didn't noticeably drop once. *Until I came on this forum I didn't notice the aggro problem at all. I went to a few deer stands, took the zombies out from a short distance with an m4a3 cco, no aggro. Then I went to Stary, walked right into the camp without firing a single shot. Took the two zombies in the tents out with a silenced pistol, and walked out again. This was crouch walking the entire time. *Odd sounds. I don't know if this was intentional, but I was lying down while scouting a place out... and I swear down that I heard man groan or sigh in a decidedly un-zombie-like way. It happened a couple of times, but this one time it sounded like it was right on top of me, but there was no one around, I was pretty deep in the trees. I checked for a microphone symbol incase someone was messing with me but there was none. I have never heard this sound before 1.7.1.4

Mate I found 4 Heli sites yesterday alone and all of them had loot. I haven't found one that didn't have loot in at least a week. Edit: Really nice find, I am jealous :D

I was friendly for the first day I played, about 3 weeks ago. After dying 6 times from trying to either team up or just acknowledge a friendly situation, I shot everyone on site, without remorse. Now I'm somewhere between the two. As Double_Back said, I would peg myself as neutral (though not necesserily loner). If I spot someone who I suspect has a rare bit of gear then I'm probably going to stalk them and try and find an opportunity to take them out without bringing zeds down on me. If I think they are less than or equally geared as me, I mostly quietly extract myself from the situation. The exception to this is if I'm in town or an airfield and you scare the shit out of me by suddenly appearing somewhere, I can't be held responsible for reflex actions.

Not DayZ related' date=' but I remember some years ago when I played Crysis, I used to check stuff out with my binoculars. One day I was walking home and saw some strange looking people and pressing B immediately sprung to my mind. [/quote'] I know exactly where you're coming from. I saw something in my garden from the hallway through the kitchen window and not only did I think about pressing +, I actually moved my hand to try and press it. I didn't play DayZ for the rest of the day.

When you see something in the distance and you try to "+" your own vision.

To be fair, I've not come across a heli site that didn't have loot. Either I'm just lucky or it's something to do with the servers I visit. It's not good loot most of the time, but there has always been something. I have, however, noticed a distinct rise in the number sites I've found across multiple servers in the last few days. The only good thing I found was a Bizon SD, sadly without any Bizon SD ammo.

I do really like the idea of starting out without a weapon. I get where people are coming from about camping, but to hear people talk about it you'd think that the first thing all players across all servers do when they find a gun is run and camp every spawn point in a co-ordinated assault on new players. Come on. It's not that bad. And this way, it removes the temptation to KoS the first person you see purely so they don't do the same to you. It might actually encourage teamwork from those who had been burned so many times when they were starting out that they now shoot first. Unfortunately I don't think the changes to the way zeds work lends itself to this philosophy very well. The LoS change is great, but for me the aggro levels are out of whack. I hate to be one of those people who can't accept change, but I genuinely liked the way they worked before.

Like the gun change, dislike the aggro levels.

I used to see you in the UK7 chat all the time. Sometimes I miss side chat :( I'll just wait it out. 825 has to start working at some point... *touch wood*

Anyone got a fix for this yet? I'm having the same issue.