killerpixel

So instead of finding a place that is blocked, making a note of it and posting it on the bugtracker, you glitch your way in without being certain you can get back out...and then whine here? ;)

Yeah....no. Happens on sooo many servers. Heck, some even have it in their server name "DO NOT JOIN, WILL DELETE YOUR CHAR" or the likes. I mean okay..let them have their weird disconnected server for whatever reason, but don't show it as "public". Also, the goddamn autokick servers are annoying. Devs, you should take a look at that, like seriously. We can't possibly report them all. Or at least give us an option to sort the history by last-played so we can see the server we've been on last and report it. @TheChris: If it happens, hit ESC and then Alt+F4, restart the game and join a server you know works. You will very likely have your old char back. The Alt+F4 is important tho, don't do a regular disconnect cause that will force save the broken char.

It is kinda iffy in general. There's no known details about the persistence, what degrades how, etc. So we have to figure it out ourself. Also, the general performance of the persistence enabled servers is VERY poor, major desync issues. Maybe that has something to do with it, as well.

It might be the reason. The servers I was on earlier certainly had persistent items.

Were you on a server that has persistence enabled?

Someone posted something about that earlier...apparently, if the server resets, you need to log onto a different server, which will save your char. After that, you can go back to the previous one. I haven't had the problem yet tho, so I can't confirm.

In all honesty tho....what else is there? I mean yeah, all the survival additions are nice, but I can only fish so much and hunt so many animals. Eventually I will reach the point where it's either stop playing, or look for PvP...and for that you need the shiny weapons. This will all get "better" once there's stuff to actively do. Build a proper camp or barricade some houses...find and fix vehicles....the likes. I'm not worried. Let them toss the loot in there while they fix the core of the game. Then balance it, once it's all there.

This is by design. Blurry screen means you're below a certain health value. The lower you get, the blurrier it goes. If you don't want it, turn off post-processing in the options. I highly recommend keeping it tho, cause it's a way to tell when you're low on health.

Yes, that about sums it up. At least if the DayZDB is correct in that the smersh vest only spawns in those crashed helis.Which seems to be the case, as it doesn't spawn anywhere else, either.

The road signs are in cyrillic, actually. It's the alphabet for a lot more languages than just russian. Just as the latin alphabet is used for more than latin. ;) Also, the OP was making a joke...

As I said, it's not the dynamic ones that spawn on server restart. It's the static ones that do not spawn loot at the moment. For all intents and purposes, the Smersh vest is currently not in the game. And @DannyNickelov: Save the time. I've been to about 20 of the damn things today (lots of walking involved on different servers), never was there a SINGLE piece of loot.

Do you think you're the first hacker to play the innocence-card to try and get out of a ban? You'd be one of the firsts to be successfull.

Just the static ones tho. The rusty old MI-8s. There's three of those on the map. One in the swamp between Komarovo and Balota, one near Guglovo and one near the ship-wreck by Berezino. Problem: the loot spawns there don't work in this version, sadly. There's nothing spawning at all. Found a SKS there last week on exp, after that zippo, on exp and stable. More waiting for SMERSH, I suppose. Also means no PM63-RAK. Btw: Dayzdb.com is always pretty accurate when it comes to locations where stuff should spawn.

Funny, just earlier today I wondered "do I really need 5 full magazines for my AK101 and enough ammo in a box to refill them all?" Then I got to Zelenogorsk and ran into a 5 man bandit-squad...holy smokes. The first surprised me in the barracks...took a round from my brand-new Obrez, the second one, who came running in in a panic, went down to my FNX...after that I booked it and it turned into a run and gun through Zelenogorsk, surpressive fire whenever I caught a glimpse. I managed to take out two more, then, with one full mag remaining, I went into a house to reload...got followed in by the last guy and it was a spray and pray, AKM vs. AK101. About half a mag I dumped in his direction, with a lot of hits, before I went down (so did he, tho, I saw him fall before I blacked out myself, even if he was just unconscious, he doesn't stand a chance) And what do we learn? The only thing better than ammo, is more ammo. ;) Now granted, it was a bit of an extreme situation as I needed to carry ammo for 3 different guns (Obrez, FNX, AK101) and that I would actually blast through 150 rounds in about 5 minutes was somewhat unexpected, but it reinforced my decision to carry as much ammo as I possibly can, without sacrificing room for other necessities. I like to have at least 3 mags for every gun (one in the gun, two in reserve), more if I find them and got the room and at least enough loose ammo to refill every mag at least once. I don't much prefer manual reload (Mosin, SKS) as it just takes too damn long. I will use either of those two guns if I find clips, not without tho.

Feed shacks and castles. That's where they (should) spawn. Feed shacks only ever spawn one single item tho, making the tent extremely rare there. Castles never seem to spawn anything for me, I don't even bother anymore. But as always, big shoulds there. The smersh vest is also supposed to spawn at the static MI-8 crashsites..which actually spawn nothing at all, Just keep trying.

I never get to BE friendly. I usually get shot at first and either die, defend myself successfully or book it, depending on the situation. Problem with all those experiences now is that I find it hard to trust. So I won't KoS, but I don't meet anyone without my gun out anymore, which makes them more likely to engage me. A mean cycle. Just gonna keep being a loner I suppose, except for those rare situations where I run into completely desperate players (bleeding out etc). The group I usually run with is full of trigger happy maniacs, so that's no good for friendly.

Good old lever-action .357.

That's is the naming convention for the mod....

Yeah, the same zombies that ruin your vest and jacket with one hit, kill you with one hit when they hit your head. I'm not sure but I think some kind of helmet would save your live.

Not only common sense...the friggin status report from this morning says it plain as day. ;) And pillock: Yes, sadly that is the case these days.

What I'm saying is it seems unusual to find so little on stable, I don't care about anyones playstyle. You sure you were the first to loot the buildings? Also: keep pistols in your backpack, keeps that 1911 from getting ruined. ;) It gets ruined the least of all the gear on your body. Fall down some stairs -> ruin your pants and everything in it (seriously, who thought of THAT one? what sense does that make? Zombies hit you -> ruin your vest and shirt. Also you get shot in the back a bit less than the front, usually, so gear in the backpack is, in my opinion, the safest place. Personally, I keep my sidearm in a protector case (if I have one) inside my backpack. Cause when I need that thing, I need it to work.

What I like doing the most is completely surprising people. Was with a group of 4, fully geared up, on the way down to Berezino, saw some guy standing in the field and went up to him. He turned around...he didn't even run, he basically just gave up, he saw the end. We didn't shoot him tho, you could literally hear the surprise in his voice. He said he was looking for an animal cause he's low on blood. Ended up shooting a nearby deer for him since he had no ammo and, after blood-testing him, gave him a transfusion and then sat around a fire he made after we explained him how. Makes for a nice feeling. Just shooting him makes for a short moment of "hell yes we fucked him up!" and then it's over. Helping made for 10 minutes of sitting around the fire, talking shit and eating meat. Then we parted ways, we went into Berezino, he went towards Svetlo.

Read the status report. Current target date is next wednesday during maintenance. €: Someone was faster...

On stable? You must've been unlucky. My two mates and I did Balota and Pavlovo, walked away with two Ak101 and an AKM, with four mags each, sidearms with ammo and full military clothes and gear. Completely ridiculous. On the new experimental tho...digging it! Walked from Svetlojarsk along the eastern and southern coast and then up towards Zelenogorsk. Had to use a farming hoe until I hit Elektro where I finally found a Fireaxe. Had a Magnum with me the whole but not one shot. Finally found 6 shots in Cherno. After that, the first and only other usable firearm (meaning with ammo) was the Mosin with 20 rounds I found in Pavlovo. Honestly, the less military stuff and weapons spawn, the better.