St. Jimmy

I've been thinking this for long time but I think I haven't written about it.

Yeah rivers would be cool but if I remember correctly the engine doesn't support them well and that's why you can't find them in community maps.

I'd like to spawn north in the middle of a forest. I'm 100% sure that I'd be lost for an hour at least.

Welcome to Arma where everyone's PC bottlenecks.

I don't know if working on Arma 3 engine had been better to do because I believe they would have needed to strip somewhere same amount of stuff or more (PhysX).

Did you just say that you have DayZ standalone pre-alpha or is it something else where you can take those screenshots? Also those first page screens are taken deep inside the wreck and that's why you can't see the sun light much on anything but it's there where it can reach. It can't be made better or otherwise Arma and DayZ would have better lighting and shadows than any game (or maybe tech demo) I've seen. I think there never have been any shadows inside buildings etc. in Arma. Oh can't wait for the second part. The PAX Q&A I'd already seen but that Q&A after the show was new to me

I watched 20mins of that surgery simulation and then I remembered what I was really doing. That game is just so awesome! So it's devblog tomorrow because he needs to upload it and maybe write some text, I guess.

Don't except any ETA for mods or Bohemia games :D

Dgeesio have you ever played in any private servers in any game really? And you can't avoid Arma being open but standalone might have some restrictions. Oh what comes to the new changes, looks lovely especially the harder zombies and some rare badass guys that brings variety.

I quit DayZ in December (spent only some time in new patches etc.) already because servers I played are full of KOS "CS/CoD/BF" players and my friends weren't also happy about that. Meeting new people was the fun part of the DayZ but when it's impossible there is only left deathmatch. I'm just waiting rocket to deliver very hard game where you really need to try survive against the environment. Btw just WTF on the OP's last paragraph.

Sorry tested it wrongly. Now tested properly. I see about 1-5 fps drop or increase depending are you inside or above the fog and so on so it can increase your performance :P /Okay mostly it was only 1 fps decrease if any but sometimes gave more fps. It depends just what are the values in the fog and how you're positioned.

Yeah I hope too that there will be better solution for storage than just tents but I'm also against the easy hoarding stuff. Something like one storage per player needs to be implemented and the storage disappears after you die. Storage could be digging in the ground, backpacks hidden somewhere etc. and you couldn't put much stuff in it.

I like this: Q: Have they missed their window? When Standalone pops will the interest still be there? I will be the first to say I've loved the game since last summer, but I now haven't played in about a month, and almost feel meh about it, not trying to start anything, im just trying to see if I'm alone in my thinking or if there is something that should be exciting me A: Maybe, probably yes. But the only people affected by that are me and Bohemia in lost sales. DayZ was arguably at its best with just 50,000 players (about 5000 concurrents). DayZ mod currently has much more than that. Both myself and bohemia would rather make a good DayZ, even if that affects sales. The decision to not release is really very simple, these things take time. We either take the time to redo this MMO architecture or we face a hackfest on launch day.

I think it's right to rocket do the standalone because there are two communities that want it, Arma community that wants to get rid of this zombie infection and DayZ community that wants to get rid of the engine limitations and ease of 'hacking'.

No vehicles in alpha release doesn't mean there won't be any in alpha and they are definately in beta. Some steps backwards from the mod is sometimes needed to implement things better. Though you're right that some basic stuf is nice to have for example hunting and cooking so we could enjoy the game better. We don't know yet how featureless the alpha release will be compared to the mod. I correct they have decided not to include vehicles in THE RELEASE of the alpha. Zombies and server architecture are really much bigger work than just adding vehicles and weapons but you are right that adding those won' just take couple days. If you don't like some features missing then don't get in alpha and wait for the v 1.0. Dean has said that the developement won't be short.

There's something wrong 500m north from Novy Lug near that barn. I find everytime dead zombies in there and they are lootable. I think there's someone hidden in the woods and scouting that open field all the time. Maybe it lives in the Black Mountain. I got a very bad feeling everytime I go there.

Rocket has said that it would be better to sell alpha keys in bunches because they can't take many people at first so pre-order is already that way a big no. Also money really doesn't solve programming problems it's the people at the end that does it :P

Just reminding people again that DayZ is released as an alpha. There's maybe something like a year to go when it hits v1.0 after that. If you're whining already then forget DayZ standalone for a while.

Somehow rocket looks like pure Czech in that picture and the haircut is gone :o

Some guy wanted to kill me when I was looting military tents in Stary. I was in gear menu and the guy tried to shoot me from the hill in my back. Well his attempt was doomed when he hit in my leg and I turned and give him a headshot with M16 ACOG. That guy's aim was bad :P

You weren't objective. You're using too much moderator power here. You should insult Matt as a normal person. Just kidding... I'd be positively surprised if the devblog comes today. I've already turned myself to wait for the next week :P

Removed that annoying color. So the Kickstarter is the thing why you sound so mad? I don't know much about it but I agree that it doesn't sound good. The thing is rocket just have considered it as an option that I hope he doesn't use. If it isn't Kickstarter that you're mad about then what makes you mad if Bohemia wants to get profit? I don't see the point because they haven't ever been cash crabbers like many other companies. Is it because DayZ isn't moddable at least at first? It is sold as an alpha first? Too pricey at first? DayZ is done in consoles also after the PC version is really finished and it might be that rocket doesn't even attend to it? DayZ isn't released yet and Arma 2 is doing nice sales under DayZ? Something other? Can someone say what Kickstarter really does so I could analyze more. /Thanks Fraggle! So the journals are fucking the things up.

There are many tutorials for this and google comes with many solutions on this one but probably only one of them works for you. Mostly you need to reinstall your game or move your Arma 2 addons folder in your OA folder. Watch videos how to install Steam version of Arma 2 because it isn't that easy.

I haven't heard rocket saying any release date after that December. Where are you people digging this up again?