ThePugman

Getting a bit personal there, aren’t we? Searching LinkedIn profiles to find dirt? It’s only a fucking game, man. Anyway, everybody exaggerates on their CV 😉

Lol, oh yeah... and that ^ 😂

On Steam pressing shift + tab brings up the steam menus and you can ‘view players’ there. On console, it’s in the ‘online’ section of the menu. None of these options tell you the amount, just the user IDs of everyone playing in the server. You’ll have to count yourself, if you want an exact number.

OP said they don’t have 2k lying around for a gaming PC, I explained that you don’t need an expensive PC to run DayZ well.

Also, a tent isn’t really meant to be carried around. It’s for storing items. Get yourself some camo netting from a military location, and you can camouflage the outside. This makes them really difficult to spot in remote locations.

Why do player IDs display when you get close, or hear someone speak? Why is this specific to the PS4 release? Not necessarily saying it’s a bad thing, but really curious as to why it happens.

I believe they check these forums regularly, although you might have more luck submitting this as a ticket on the Bohemia feedback tracker website.

Could be worth submitting a ticket on the feedback tracker. Although I’d be surprised if they aren’t aware. A few months back they said that this was the year for balancing, and I’m pretty sure there will be a survival/medical overhaul coming at some point. Hopefully, the effects of rain, etc will be tweaked when that happens.

Sometimes it’s necessary to shoot first. I often stick my neck out and talk to people, but rarely do so at military bases.. Just not worth the risk imo. There are plenty of friendlies out there, though. The rarity of them makes the encounters all the more special!

The majority of players are hostile. You’ll find ways to gauge trust as time goes on.. but don’t give up hope of finding friendlies. When speaking to someone for the first time, try to put some kind of cover between you, like a wall. Dressing in civilian clothing, and keeping your gun on your back makes you seem less hostile, therefore, less likely to be shot on sight. If there are long gaps in people’s responses, there’s a good chance they are speaking to friends in party chat... for those guys, make your excuses and leave. In my experience, even if you’re friendly with the guy in front of you, it only takes 1 of his dick mates to kill you. Also, if you find someone you think is friendly, try and help each other out, by trading, etc. Anything you can do to build trust, can help prevent you being killed. Good luck out there!

I’m pretty sure they say ‘first person only’ in the server browser... keep looking.

A lot of your issues are fixed in 1.03. Melee weapons are more powerful, you can even melee with guns, player bodies stay longer. Although, you shouldn’t be able to run back to your body. You were carrying base supplies in the middle of Cherno at night. Ya fucked up! More than likely, the zeds heard you, rather than saw you. They also changed the aggro so that they run to your approx location. It much easier to escape zeds now, that it was a couple months ago. Also, the game runs really well on a half decent PC, and you don’t need to spend anywhere near $2000 to run it. Might be worth considering. The next console update will be 1.04, I believe, and the devs have said there will be performance improvements too. Perhaps you should wait until then? The good thing about DayZ is you can take breaks and still enjoy the game months later. DayZ on a shadow PC? Even if it did work, you’d get fucked by the latency, surely?

I agree, the console server browser doesn’t display enough information. Ping, and time of day are very important factors on PC, so why aren’t they there? I also think that night comes around far to quickly in the vanilla game. 2 hours of daylight are just not enough. Everybody knows that maintaining player pop at night is a major problem, but i think people would be more willing to play nightime if it didn’t come around so often. Personally, I think that 3-4 hours of day, and 1 hour of night is ideal. Hopefully you manage to negotiate private servers, and this becomes less of an issue.

I know DUG isn’t in the EU, but the ping is acceptable for someone from the UK. It’s definitely one of the best rp server out there, and there aren’t too many rules, so you still get to be nervous.

I doubt we’ll ever know, but that doesn’t mean that he left for negative reasons.

Thanks man, I wonder if it will be removed when the replacement for ‘check pulse’ is added. I hope so!

1. If you put electrical equipment into your hands, there should be a battery slot visible. If I remember correctly, you need to hold down the button (same button you use to move items) on the battery, and move the cursor into the battery slot. 2. Again, if is best to put those containers into your hands to access the items you want. You should probably fill up containers with your least important items, if you don’t fill them, random loot will go in there when you pick it up. 3. I agree, this is a pain in the arse, and needs to change ASAP. BTW. In the latest PC patch 1.03, consumable items such as batteries have a usage bar, so it’s easier to tell how much charge they have left. PS4 is on patch 1.02 so your issue will be fixed in the next update.

9am? I got it at 12:05 in the UK. 😎

This official PlayStation blog says the game is coming to PS4 in a few days. https://blog.us.playstation.com/2019/05/24/the-drop-new-playstation-games-for-may-28-2019/ Can the devs please confirm whether or not this is true?

Be interesting to see if it has the same issues as Xbox regarding party chat/game chat... does anyone know if this is likely it be the case?

Yeah, I saw. I’m dusting off my PlayStation as we speak.

That’s realistic for a shot to the head, but shots to other parts wouldn’t always be instant. I do like the idea of slowly fading out.. For the impatient people amongst us, I don’t think it would need to take much longer than the current respawn time.

To offer an alternative perspective, I sunk 300 hours into the Xbox version. I fell in love with the game, and ended up buying a PC to play that version. The fact is, yes, it’s buggy, and still lacking content, but the core DayZ experience is still there. If you think you’ll like it, buy it! (You’re on the DayZ forums, so I’m guessing you’re keen) Very few games will give you your money’s worth like DayZ.

Yeah. Personally, I don’t believe it, but we wont know for sure until someone at BI confirms.

They have tweaked the zombie agro on the next pc update, so it won’t be long before Xbox has the same. Trust me, it much better. Zombies now run to the approximate area of your sound. So if you shoot, and move away, they won’t be able to find you. They no longer have built-I in raider and X-ray vision like before. One of the coolest things to see in the game, is the lighting at night. Seriously, leave a lit flare in a house, and look at it from a distance. It looks magnificent. If you’re worried about being caught out with a light, get yourself a head torch, and hotbar the battery. This allows you to turn it off quickly, without removing it from your head. This works a treat on pc, not sure how well it will on Xbox, because I know you have a quick slot wheel, but worth a try?