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Talk of groups of good natured players is interesting but different server locations (ie. differing pings) and times (GMT +/-) make it very difficult...

I didn't think Alt-F4 worked any more, it seems to be disabled on my game.

Female zombie's .... what? Oh, you mean female zombies.

I have to agree with the OP in the sense that there's no trust. I'm relatively new having only played DayZ on & off for a couple of weeks although Ive been playing Armed Assault for 5 years (since it was released). The Zeds in this mod have become just something you don't need to think too hard about anymore. I'm at the point now where I'm sick of being shot on sight, mostly in the back, when minding my own business, with very little kit, trying to tool up after a respawn. Since I started I've found two friendly players and I feel the only option for me now is, like 99% of other players, to shoot on sight. And I don't like that, its against my nature, but there's no other choice.

I was in the office building in Electro and bumped into another player. Bearing in mind I'd been sniped last night and lost my best gear yet, I was a bit apprehensive to say the least! I lowered my gun and said hi - thanks Aaron!! (my player name; Dave)

It depends a lot on load too (ie. time of day, how many players ...). I find it VERY difficult to get on if its busy so I tend to go off peak now. Try a quieter time of day and see if its any better.

I used to use some weird controls for Doom when it came out; Forward; right mouse Backwards; "." Left & right "<" "/" I forced myself to get used to the 'regular' accepted WASD controls and I find it FAR better.

Spill the beans ... where are the likely places for camps? I've not seen any yet.

About the Zeds and Deer Stands - As the stands are usually on the edge of a tree line, you'll usually find the Zeds walking away from the trees towards the open. This makes it easy to creep up through the woods and the Zeds will spawn and walk away from you. Sometimes the Zeds will spawn inside the legs of the stand and they'll be stuck. I've seen this a few times and have been able to shoot them if I've got enough ammo or if I've spawned recently and don't have a weapon I just move on to the next stand.

I've not seen a hacker yet, but I know what you mean about everyone killing each other. I was in the fire station at the main air base when I saw a couple of guys running towards the control tower opposite. I blasted out "Friendly" a few times but they didn't respond. A third person who I'd not seen came up the stairs looking for me...

Plenty of people have posted something like "Wow, look what happened to me last night" followed up with a video. Do people record constantly or is there a way to record the last 10 minutes of play in-game or something?

Which one takes less processing time? I've used FRAPS before and I take a frame rate hit.

How does that work then? Mouseover??

Well the respawning incident last night was enough to make me keep clear of heli crash sites. 7 Zeds, a full clip of ammo and a lot of blood loss later and I was no better off.

I saw a heli crash that had spawned with its tail sticking out of the sea.

I have a question relating to this. I stumbled on my first heli crash last night, there were 7 Zed's that came from it. I managed to kill 4 of them without alerting the others and this allowed me to approach. However I was about 50 yards away from the chopper when 7 Zeds spawned AGAIN! I had to leg it and only just managed to escape with 2 of them chasing me into the woods. What are the rules on respawning Zeds here? Should this have happened? If so, how do you get round them all? Thanks

I'm not following - I have a full inventory including M74 and Makarov. Can I swap to the flashlight without dropping my weapon?Every time I've dropped a weapon or some important thing its gone. I don't want to loose the guns, so I'd normally leave it 12 hrs and log back in in daylight.

For me, ArmA2 is not playable without TrackIR. Who else is using it? I started on TrackIR3 and bought the Pro expansion but now I use v5 it's just awesome. You can see the TrackIR camera on the top of the central monitor below. Although I sometimes run 3x monitors for games (such as Battlefield 3), the TrackIR allows me to drop to a single monitor with ArmA2 which means my frame rate is kept high whilst maintaining situational awareness. ... and it's awesome in driving games :)

I'm getting kicked off loads of servers due to a bad BattleEye version - but I've got the latest one! I've not been able to play at all today. Sometimes, its not worth the hassle.

I'm getting the same. I've installed the latest ArmA2 patch, uninstalled and reinstalled Battleye, Same thing, every server. Some people must be working though because the servers show a high population...

LOL thanks :) Its for the Wacom Intuos 4 tablet.

I made a video in FSX about 3 years ago; Interesting to see while flying.

You can get the TrackIR clip now, useful if you use a headset.

Quick question if anyone can help; I'm using DayZCommander (thanks Exo7) which is far more simple than the (now) clunky SixUpdater. However I noticed that alongside the server lists it tells you what I take to be the current in-game time. I've joined servers at 12pm, 2pm, 4pm, etc. and found them to be in the middle of a night cycle. What gives here?

Aaah!! I've got a problem now. I spawned where I left the other day (minus vehicle), turned the corner and ran straight into another player. I desperately tried to lower my gun (do some servers disable the double CTRL tap??) but he pumped me full of bullets. I died and assumed I would respawn next to the water with the all too familiar lack of supplies. But when I went back to a server I respawned exactly where I had fallen, low on blood, at the main airfield. Quickly I decided my best bet was to find some animals for their blood-replenishing meat so I set off east, my ultimate destination I decided would be a hospital. But the odds are against me; my vision is shaking and blurred so I'm relying on my hearing to locate threats but this is difficult with my heart thumping in my ears. I have to plan my route very carefully because I'm falling unconscious every few minutes and if I were to drop in the middle of fleeing from a hoard of Zeds I'd be helpless as they pulled me to pieces. In the middle of the wilderness, I've made it half way to the hospital now, surprisingly I've staggered about 3km's so far. I can only see the outline of trees and couldn't visually locate a cow even if it was standing in front of me. Darkness has enveloped me and I'm far from any settlements. It starts to rain. I might as well have plucked my eyeballs out for all the good they're doing me. I'm on an open plain in the wet darkness but stumbling around could be dangerous to I decide to hit the deck and quit the game. If I'm alive when I come back in a day or two and even if I can reach a town with a hospital getting to it is another matter. I'll rate my survival chances at under 10%.