0.64 Freerider

I'd take any bet, that there will be no new features or content released tomorrow. I'm unsure how closely you have been following the communication and development these past weeks, but it's already clear, that we are looking at the best they have right now, when using the exp branch. As I said I don't see it as the devs fault, I imagine they are as upset about it as we are. They have done a tremendous job dueout 2018 especially in the last third of it, really picking up the pace, with, for long periods, daily patches. Now they won't get the praise they deserve for it, as they are not allowed to label it 0.64, but instead are forced to call it 1.0, which I'm sure will bring quite the shitstorm with it. I feel with them and I got my fingers crossed.

They have nothing hidden. I don't believe it's been the devs choice to release tomorrow, there were some things indicating that. The devs, I'm sure, don't see it as 1.0 and wouldn't want to call it that, if it was up to them. What we can do now is hope, the people with the money and the power at Bohemia will keep financing the further development of DayZ.

What an utterly stupid statement.

I'm absolutely with you, but I believe that this is not up to the developers. The people with the money and the power at BI, I assume, want to break DayZ's history of missing set deadlines. Appearently even if that means that the already barebones launch version will be buggy. I don't believe that Eugen Harton or Peter Nespesny want to release on December 13th. They are probably forced to do so. As I'm 101% convinced that they are behind the project with their hearts.

Does that mean, we have now moved from the "realistic" to the "casualized" damage system, as Mr. Nespesny has called them?

I understand the entire point that using the 1.0 Label on this barebones version is a massively wasted opportunity to plant a new impression. For me personally however I was thinking, well, they will continue developing the game as they said. But here's the issue. What Eugen Harton said in the Status report "6 November 2018"(https://dayz.com/article/status-report/status-report-6-november-2018) has me very worried: "[...]we have to start working with deadlines properly and be prepared to prioritize. We could have spent years polishing and adding to what DayZ is, but to do so, we need to start planning better and that requires a platform where estimations on complexity can be relied upon." "[...]that is what deadlines do. They make you think twice about what is really important."" He explains that the deadlines and the tight timetable have helped to prioritize and to get these things done. And I am absolutely convinced and have seen, that this has been the case. But here is the question: Where do the deadlines come from after 1.0? Where will the pressure come from that appears to be so clearly needed. The type of pressure they have put onto themselves by announcing 1.0 for 2018. Unless the people with the money and the power at Bohemia Interactive are willing to hold this level of pressure and set demanding deadlines, I'm endlessly worried DayZ will return to it's old pacing of updates AT BEST!

I've followed development very closely as well and I fully sympathize with everything you are saying. I'm super happy with what Eugen has been able to do with the dev team. He and Nespesny are the team that should have been on it from Day 1, without Halls fuckups and Hicks not being able to turn the wheel, ulitmately bailing as well. Setting this deadline really made them pick up the pace, as Eugen explained himself. It's just so sad, that they are labelling it 1.0. That is my only complaint and I believe yours as well. And there is always going to be this tiny bit of a fraction of a fear, that now that it is called 1.0 it could be called "complete". Tiny bit of a fraction.

Having crops grow in realtime or slowing down user actions such as crafting to be accurate to realtime is hardly the same as having multiple layers of clothing . I'm not a programmer but it seems to be possible, as the developers of game "SCUM" have implemented several clothing layers into their game. Having several clothing layers would also add to authenticity. I haven't seen the devs denying this idea either btw. However in my opinion there are currently far more pressing issues than this and so I believe it's something that could be taken a look at POST 1.0 Here is a suggestion of mine that falls into the same category of POST 1.0

Just in case you didn't know, you can add a poll to the suggestion so people can vote on whatever questions you want to provide there.

I also want to suggest you bring this up in the upcoming 2nd feedback round, as two of the four topics will be "Gun Mechanics" and "Melee Combat".

Thank you very much for this fantastic list of, as I see them, very much vital improvements to DayZ's core mechanics. I hope the devs will be looking into these within 2019.

Yup, please don't push to stable, there is lots of teleportation going on and zeds are quite retarded. Also the numbers are oversized now imo. They almost entirely cover up the image for example on ammunition, so now you always have to hover over it to determine what ammo it is.

Fantastic stuff man!!! You should add a poll to this so people can get some votings in on this!

Headtorch light still points 180° into the wrong direction (behind you)

Disclaimer: I know that there are more pressing things to be dealth with. That is not up to question. Something I believe to be crucial to the "see and analyse"/"recoginzing threats", Peter Nespesny has mentioned, is the ability to hide huge-ass guns in your Jacket (e.g. BDU Jacket+M4A1/UMP). If you see another player only wearing a jacket and pants, you might assume they could still carry a pistol, but without a long rifle on their back or a sling in front of them (if you ever plan on adding a sling into the game, would love it), there is no way, you would assume them to be so heavily armed. Don't get me wrong, I have no issue with stuffing an SMG or even bigger weapon in your backpack as long as it's logically possible (Disassembly?) , (unless it's a child's briefcase ofc). Here is what I believe could be done to fix this and to make DayZ even more immersive. It's quite simple really. 1. ONLY allow items to be assigned to the Quickbar, that you could also reach quickly in REAL LIFE, thus speaking of Jackets, Pants, Side-Pockets of Backpacks (I'll get to that) Example: I can't just reach in my backpack and reload a magazine IRL 2. DIVIDE/SEPARATE Item slots according to an items specifications e.g. number of pockets and their size (eliminating the issue of those huge-ass guns in a Jacket) Example: It's perfectly logical that the BDU-Jacket has alot of slots, because it has alot of pockets but those are all individual and shouldn't magically connect to hold one huge object. Now for the Backpack Side-Pockets I mentioned: As you can clearly see, there are pockets on the sides, that wouldn't require you to open the main storage of the Assault backpack. These could also be allowed for the Quickbar. To make my point visually understandable here is a concept a fan, seemingly named Argaf, once made (though this is based on the old inventory, it applies to the new one as well): Here is another example from the game Escape from Tarkov™, that uses a simliar inventory system as Dayz does: As can be seen here, the slots are separated which represents the actual size of the pockets on that specific piece of clothing. And while you can fill them all with individual items you can't just have an AK that artificially shares all those slots. Because that makes it impossible to read that for example someone has a dangerous weapon as a full-sized AK when he is only wearing a jacket. For a hardcore survival game, I believe this shouldn't be the case and I know that Mr. Nespesny wants the player to be able to read other players body language and outer appearance. Make sure to leave a vote in the top and I'm happy to discuss this in the comments. TLDR: Quickbar only assignable for items placed inside upper and lower body clothing (including vests ofc). Item slot separation to avoid things such as pulling a full-sized AK or M4 from a jacket (threat recognization/readibility)

Yup agreed, should be post 1.0

You got my BeanZ for that sir. Love it!

So you're basically saying you would like it in the game but it should be prioritized in a way that it's quite a bit post 1.0, right? I'm absolutely with you on that one. In my vote I didn't ask wether you want it right now, I asked wether you would like to see it in the game, in more of a general sense with no mention of when, so since that would be a "yes" for you, I'd appreciate if you could correct your vote. Thanks for the feedback!

DayZ needs to be as much shooter as it is and needs to be other things. A game in which there is so much to lose by dying, the gun mechanics need to be solid and reliable. Most importantly they need to be as intuitive as possible. And this suggestion is moving the gunplay one step closer to intuitive.

This would add alot to immersion simply by being more ingame 3d and less inventory 2d. This is what I understand the devs have intended with adding the ui-popups next to items and the simplified interaction with items, so your suggestion would play right into that. You have my Beanz, sir!

I really like this, by now rather old suggestion that is still very relevant. However I would like to see how you propose this was to be visualized, as that is an important factor, also for new players to understand what this is.

Nice one Schwelmer, really dig it!

Nice tweaks and fixes! Any plans regarding possible tweaks for hit reaction/stunlock feature in gunfights?

In the recent Feedback round, Peter Nespesny said the following: