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Love it! That and the environmental sound revamp should make it feel like a whole new Chernarus!

It could have been another player or you might have escaped their detection. I've escaped packs after hearing the howls a few times. As soon as I hear the howls I stop and hightail in the opposite direction that I had approached, a 180. I'm not 100% sure if line-of-sight has anything to do with their detection but I think it does. I try to use hills, trees and bushes as cover just as I would do trying to avoid a pack of players, then after a few minutes I hunker down somewhere out of sight.

Yes on both counts. I've never gotten sick from stream/pond water when I had a healthy status and I drink directly from ponds very frequently (when healthy). I have gotten sick a few times only after taking damage and/or blood loss and then drinking from a pond before getting healthy. I've never gotten sick from pond water after using purification tabs, I might be going out on a limb here but in my own experience purification tabs work %100 of the time. And good advice from yazar8 if you have camp then keep a gasoline canister. One purification tab will purify all 20 liters.

I used this a few times in previous builds and just attempted it on x64. It doesn't seem to be working anymore.

Well done Tatanko - this will make an excellent reference! A question regarding body temperature: Does keeping warm items in your inventory (recently cooked meat, a warm cookpot, etc) contribute towards raising your body temp and/or wet status?

@goateswyn that's all debug plains out there, there's no end. You got pretty far if you drove 1.5 hours. Welcome to the debug explorer club, some of us enjoy doing this occasionally. I'm not sure why, probably a combination of boredom and desire to explore the uncharted nothingness. Before vehicles were in I ran about 9 hours north/east along the coast, spammed a gasoline can and planted pumpkins to stay alive. We used to do regular excursions to debug island too, on some patches it's possible and sometimes it's not. It's very dependent on the current calorie, thirst & hypothermia settings. Here, you'll probably enjoy this video from @Weyland Yutani (DayZ)

Remove all of them, the game doesn't support those launch parameters anymore. That should fix it but report back if it doesn't.

They definitely changed the way handheld optics equip. Try using space bar to raise your optics up, then right-click to use.

It is possible that it's not actually an official Experimental server. Someone may have named their stable server DayZ AUS 0-8 (Experimental/Unstable). Sort of like naming a perfectly good server Do not join - your character will be wiped! People actually do things like this, sometimes to get traffic but usually to keep their public server as empty as possible.

You mentioned discord. I've never installed it but it may install with a service, not just an application (which means traces of it could still be running even though you think it's off). Try uninstalling it, not just turning it off. Also, do you have any other comm software running that might be picking up on your mic (even if you think it's off)? (razer, mumble, skype, ts) Make sure to kill those processes while testing your mic issue. Maybe your DayZ voice key-bind is also bound to another application (or an automatic voice pick-up) might be messing things up. GL

I logged in just to like this post. Now back to my previously scheduled lurking. edit: from over a year ago ... time warp

That's it! Yours is much louder than mine though, it almost sounds like a nearby bullet whizz at that volume. Have you had it happen when you first start playing, or only after long sessions? Because it occurred to me that it might be a delayed sound, like a desync'd rag tear or bandaging from earlier. And since I seem to be the only other player who is hearing this - I also wonder if I would've heard "your" sound if I was standing next to you in the video...? I'll make some notes on that the next time I hear it and report back.

SP mode is going to be a necessity for modding and a must for people with unreliable internet so it's obviously coming down the pipe at some point. With all of the big changes being made right now (translation: it's alpher) I can't imagine that the devs would divert any resources away from anything that's nonessential. After all of the core components are in the game and somewhat stabilized they'll move from Alpha to Beta and I suspect we'll start hearing a lot about SP and mod tools.

I've randomly heard this sound also during .61. To me it almost sounds like someone opens their in-game mic for a moment then releases it. The first few times I was waiting to hear someone speak but after several times I realized there's something else going on. In the case that it might be system and/or hardware related I'll leave some notes here: System: Windows 8.1 64-bit, Intel i7-4710HQ, Realtek Hi Def Audio, nVidia GTX 860M Soundcard: (laptop internal) Realtek Hi Def Audio. Windows Settings: 2 channel, 16 bit @ 48000 Hz Speakers: (laptop internal, not default) Realtek Hi Def Audio. Windows Settings: 24 bit @ 48000 Hz Headphones (default speakers) : Logitech G430 Gaming Headset (USB) Settings: 16 bit @ 48000 Hz Also, in Device Manager under Sound, there are two more things -Intel (R) Display Audio -nVidia Virtual Audio Device (Wave Extensible) WDM

I had trouble with DayZ when I first got my USB headset too, try this: Load up DayZ and then alt-tab back to desktop. First right-click your windows audio down by the clock, select Playback Devices. Confirm that your wireless headset is set to default. Now right-click windows audio again and select Volume Mixer. Confirm that DayZ is there under Applications and see if the slider is down. If so ^^^

Dang it!

Anyone flaming you as a nub hasn't been around long enough to know your contributions, Mookie. After 5000 hours of doing anything you'll need a vacation, you should definitely take one before your burnout completely. Hope to see you come back in the future, good luck to you.

I would check your settings and confirm that your W key isn't bound to a secondary action. If that doesn't work I would delete the file that saves your keybinds: C:\Users\(your_username)\Documents\DayZ\(your_username).DayZProfile Shut down Dayz then delete that file above. The next time you start up DayZ a fresh new default file will be created. You'll lose a few of your settings but if you were already willing to do a full reinstall, then what the heck it's worth a try.

Oh my bad you did say thermal not night vision. Personally, I'm glad there's no plan for that, same for nv weapon optics. I think they'd stack the odds way too much.

Night vision goggles are indeed on the dayz trello presently as a work in progress. https://trello.com/c/eNJF0JNf/87-military-grade-night-vision-wip However, I suppose it's possible that the devs have changed their minds about adding it into vanilla.

They've moved the spawn points to test whatever voodoo they need data on, as they have done before and they will likely do again. But relax grasshopper, it's not permanent.

I don't believe your DayZ is jacked - it's just a streak of bad luck. If you're seeing any loot at all (shirts, hats, pants) then you are connected to the hive and you'll be seeing the same loot that everyone else is seeing. If you're only desire right now is an automatic rifle then you should probably just focus on military installations, forget towns, houses and cars. I wouldn't waste time milling around in one area either or returning to the same zone repeatedly. It's a bit dangerous but my advice would be just eat, drink and keep moving between military bases. Scope them out good, loot them thoroughly and quickly - then get out. Move on to the next military area. Eventually you'll find and automatic rifle. If you did one loop of Myshkino tents, the new tents at the NorthWestern roadblock, Tisy base and Kamensk base and didn't find an automatic rifle I would be very surprised. Good luck.

Well which is it?

Good eye! iirc that light blue character screen was caused by one of those archaic launch options, -skipintro or -nosplash

I would take HaseDesTodes suggestion and try Tisy. Today at Tisy base I saw an m4 in a conex, an akm on top of the new building by the xmas tree, an ak101 in the tent section and an ak74, and mags for all except the akm. I don't see how reinstalling would help anything as the loot is determined by the CLE which has nothing to do with your client. Also, I have seen the VSS spawn out there several times too (but unfortunately never with a mag). As far as I can tell the VSS only spawns atop the tower next to the guard shack at 010/014. You may also find tactical bacon in the immediate area!