Rammit (DayZ)

The URLs have changed. "/blog/" is now "/article/status-report/". There do seem to be some older status reports missing, however. They appear to only go back to June of this year.

Just adding a vote/reminder that I hope trackir functionality will return at some point in the near-ish future :) (if there is anything that makes it work that I am not aware of, please let me know). Thanks.

Indeed (not sure if they intend to keep it that way, now that they've introduced sharpening stones). I have done it for sure on the previous stable patch. I don't remember if I've tried it on the current stable patch, or not.

stones you find on paths and sharpening stones are two different things. Sometimes, I see quite a few sharpening stones. Others, I don't find them. I haven't seen one in a couple of days on my current run. (Duct tape still works for repairing axes and the like)

In the vanilla game, cars are meant to be kind of an end-game gameplay item. They will be rare and it will take time to find the parts to get it working as a result. Item rarity/availability will be moddable on a private server, however.

Persistence is not working very well, yet. Bases and tents can disappear. You might want to wait for a patch to correct this issue before you invest too much time building a base.

Seems they agro more easily the last couple of days. Agro one, and it causes others to become alert as well. I just had an experience where one chased me into a building. Before I knew it, there were six at the door. Had to shoot my way out... then, a straggler, annoyingly pinned me against a fence whacking the crap out of me for a few seconds. Was a pretty cool encounter actually. I would have expected to have taken more damage though. All that happened was my pants got ruined. I should have been lucky to have escaped with my life, or without some disease or serious wounds. Like how alerting one brings others (even without gun play). Dislike how puny their hits are / the lack of lasting damage that needs medical attention.

415 is the current stable version patch. The problem is, the official (stable branch) servers have not been updated by Gameservers dot com, yet.

update just queued in steam. downloading now... 1.7GB

I am just curious to know when we can begin to expect some genuine performance improvement (as the engine moves away from RV). Thanks.

I only have "damaged" barrels that I am using right now, so (as mentioned in my post further up) it could be a possibility. I've seen a worn barrel, but I left it where I found it. So, I haven't tested out that hypothesis on any other type of barrel. Btw, I assume others have noticed that all of the barrels say they have varying amounts of "liquid" in them if you view the inspect popup. For example, "around 72 l". So, the whole filling/draining seems to be bugged. I've also tried pouring liquids into them, or pouring it into another container (i.e. jerry can), but it is always met with an "I can't do that" type of message. Cooking pots seem to work for containing and removing liquid...

I always close my barrels, but I've noticed things inside them still get wet.

probably just matters in terms of time of year, which would impact the time the sun rises and falls. (I've at least noticed as much when making missions in Arma 3).

It seems that part of the barrels is bugged (putting in/getting out liquid from them). My stuff gets wet/damp in barrels as well. Don't know if it is a bug, or if it is intended (rusty old barrels). I am able to store stuff in them, which persists. I have also crafted a few things in them (tanned leather, leather hat, and leather backpack). The lid has to be closed, IIRC, for the crafting to work, though.

I see plenty of trucks around (mostly on just one server, but I have seen them in different locations on another server). I have three batteries. I just can't find a glow plug. Sounds like we have the opposite problem :) Truck spawns seem to be in different places, depending on the server (from what I have personally experienced so far)... On the server I play on, I have seen them near the tents @ NWAF, and in all of the towns surrounding the airfield to the south (from Lopatino to Stary). I also saw one in kamenka earlier tonight. As you come into town from the North, there was a grey one, right in the road.