jiggyjoe

Yay can't wait for servers to be up !!! GJ !!!!

Made a topic about Cannibalism recognition via blood splatter on clothes, hands, maybe face (Sometimes) etc... But gave it a solid thought while taking a look of the comments people left on the said topic ! To make the story short, it would be awesome if actions could result in having some blood on your character / gear / tools when using them against a player (Red blood splatters or drips on clothes as example) an animal (Same blood color than human) AND zombies (Darker blood, kinda coagulated) This would add an extra use of the ponds and wells (Wash clothes / player's face or hands and gear) and would add a lot of immersion and a little realistic aspect, i mean, imagine the interactions if you see a guy covered of blood, how paranoid some could get, could lead to many nice interactions, even capabilities of catching as example a guy who killed your friend when you arrived to late to meet with him (if melee) it would also help add a use to the clothes (If not near a pond / well are) you would probably have to switch clothes temporarly to hide the most blood and pick up gloves so people don't see that blood on your hands... In my opinion it would help a whole lot having a decent loot movement and would be cool to find some blood splattered clothes people left behind haha ! I'd like to see the community's feedback about that (Constructive comments only please and let's stay on topic) If a dev, or someone of the team could also give his point of view by at least, telling if it's something that could be doable (As example) would be also appreciated ! Have a nice day peeps and happy DayZ'ing !!! LeDoC !

Yeah, but in another side, even if that may be a suggestion that might be good later down the road, much faster people talk about it, if dev team see's that it's a demand that becomes popular they might introduce it in their work schedule... We don't know the vision of the devs about later, only vague ideas, in my opinion, if you have a suggestion it is better to voice it and get the debate started to eventually see if it's worth being implemented !

On a couple posts on the forums i've noticed that some proportion of the players would like to VISUALLY be able to tell if a person his a cannibal in-game... There are simple things that could be implemented on that level, Something like blood stains on the clothing, blood around the mouth and on hands would be a rather fair enough and realistic visual recognition of a cannibal... Giving zombies some dark blood (Coagulated) and human that natural red blood would add to immersion IMO... Skinning a human would obviously leave blood splatter all over the gear / face ! What are the community's thoughts on this ?

It would defenitively add to the ''Paranoia'' side though, could be cool... Maybe my topic ain't named right, should be blood suggestion rofl !

Yeah but still you would have to do that in-game (Maybe not take a bath, but have at least to look for new clothes or go on a pound to wash clothes) would add another type of immersion for those cannibals wannabees :D

Made my day right there !! :D

I would like so much to participate into it, did a lot of roleplay in the past (Dayz Mod, GMod etc...) But your forums don't like me and can't retrieve my password haha !

Sry was double posting by mistake !

Unlike you mister knowledge i ain't talking just for myself but on a general note... So, following that logic, it ain't EVERYONE who knows how to do that shit properly, even if YOU do it, it wouldn't be the same at all during an apocalypse scenario, especially with damaged knives and all, add to that the constant fear of being interrupted by somebody else or a zombie, nobody reacts the same under pressure... We don't give a damn about the flavoured side of the human meat... You pretty much look like one of those kids that are getting their hype by killing on sight... sadly, this game just takes the same turn as the Infection... All lined up towards PvP leaving the cooperating people short, that cannibal crap just adds to the problem... Lots of kids running around just for the kick of going cannibal... Without even a SINGLE NEED for it with LITTLE RISK and LITTLE CONSEQUENCE (Like Laughin and Crying is a REAL downside *Sight*)... This game truly didn't need that crap that makes survival so easy... And in a REALISTIC point of view, YES cannibalism WOULD be the last resort... Any sane individual would rather eat a can of cold beans than just kill someone in cold blood just for the kicks of having human meat... And a MAJORITY of people would simply prefer dying of starvation than just eat another human... So, to come back on your point about hunting... Of COURSE when you prepare a deer as example, you hang it, open it and empty it from it's internal parts and blood... BUT you trying to tell me that, skinning a deer, right on the ground would leave no stains ? No blood marks ?!? Hmmm... I suggest you to think about that part as the answers are IMPOSSIBLE... Especially if you add the lack of ressources, equipment and for a majority knowledge in how to do it properly,

Well i run the game in a pretty decent playable rate my specs are : CPU : Intel i3 2120 GPU : Nvidia Geforce 750ti RAM : 6 GB OS : Windows 7 64bits It all now depends on the GPU you have !! (Graphics Card)

Like you say, IRL of course they can butcher properly, but on an post-apocalyptic scenario, knives ain't always at their best state, it ain't everyone who can quarter a human with a surgeon's precision... Why would they be covered in blood ? DIdn't say that they have to get covered completely but blood stains at least, blood on the face (I don't think people would always wash themselves during apocalypse) This is a game, not real life, otherwise, a whole lot of aspects of the game should be removed (ie : 3rd Person Camera, super stamina that gets you to sprint for ages etc...) The disease itself in my honest opinion is not enough, especially with cook meat having only like 5% chances of infecting a player with Kuru, i still think that cannibalism should be the LAST resort way to feed yourself !! Coming with it's visual clues AND the disease, like someone else said, if you get blood stains on your clothes/hands/face, they can EASILY be bypassed by changing clothes, put on gloves and facemask... That could create more player movement and useless clothes that people leave left and right in the buildings would FINALLY have a use instead of just being there...

OH shit u pretty much done lol !!! The nearest water source in that area i thinl is near Vybor or the town before that...

Me neither (750TI)

well, i personally don't need any maps 60% of the time (Played too damn much on chernarus in the mod, arma 2 and Invasion 1944 mod for arma 2) but when i do, shift + Tab, use steam browser et voila !! It is mainly to get the town names, get a refference from where i am, get my bearing on the compass and keep on going... Worked pretty well and can work both without and with the map in-game... I just don't want to bother right now as im' trying to test the game and already know how the in-game map looks like ! When the game is minimum on beta i'll test the maps properly, but now, trying to explore new additions, find bugs and most importantly, test the gameplay's limitations !

Come on guys even for a frenchy like me it's quite easy to understand... He spawns in the forest and manage to make it to an airfield (Which one, i don't know...) Then see a player that asks him for is help because his character is sick, almost no blood left AND starving/dehydrating, he also stated the guy asked for a transfusion... The guy who posted, replied that he has food, but nothing to make a blood transfusion... Kid gets mad and knock his ass out in one hit... I personally think he makes a good point there ! When you starving, sick or dehydrating (Even overheating or very cold) your movement shouldn't be the same... Try to spend a few hours on a very cold or hot environment... You won't have the same endurance compared to the situations where you have a comfortable range of temperature... On cold environments (-10 Celcius and below) you notice after some time that your jaw is a little bit harder to move when you speak, your fingers (If not wearing any gloves) are way harder to move and on top of that if you add up a cold metal set of brass knuckles i can tell you that you won't be boxing like Mike Tyson hehe... When im' sick, i have less energy (Resulting from the body fighting the virus) When it's too hot, i would get out of breath faster... Well, you get the point... That is something that i hope will get adressed as people will now try to avoid those factors to limit their movements !

id' suggest you to tweak your launch options and dayz.cfg to be able to maximise your fps gain resulting a better overall performance even during heavy rain refer to that thread : http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/154330-possible-fps-enhancer/

Lots of em' i noticed the hardcore CA servers are a lot on nighttime ! Which i love too !!!

Same here !! I did it also with the mod, arma 2 itself, arma3 and DayZ SA, never had any problems it also helped me a lot !

Or this ! Im' just a lazy Canadian who didn't want to browse the forums again to find it haha !

Yeah probably the only con i could find so far... But doesn't stop people from doing it still... A guy tried to kill me but missed (Bad aim) when i started chasing him he went in a building with only one entrance, after waiting 30-45 seconds (In case he would rush back out) decided to go in, surprise... Dissapeared... !

I also would be more than willing to do so for french users as well if any dev needs translation help !

Search on google for dayz standalone fps optimisation and dayz standalone set launch options, that could help you !

Yeah, those private servers where, when an admin tries to kill you but end up being killed resets the server ? Or those private servers with that maximum loot non-sense ?? Clan Only servers... Most of them are really badly configurated servers that has nothing to do with the experience we are ''Supposed'' to have while testing the game !

Anyways, that timer is useless anyways... I would REALLY like to see the pros about this... If they are anything within the range of explanations like : It prevents server hoppers... Well you're wrong... it just takes 1 minutes 40 seconds top... Just wasting people time in a counter-measure for server hopping that is clearly not solving the issue, like i said in another topic, the only way to prevent that is to tie the characters to the server you play only... If you go on another one, gotta start over again... Best way to keep the game fair IMO !!!!