COD is when you arm yourself just to try to kill other players... it has nothing to do with getting supplies for survival. Those who play for survival should try to get at least some supplies, just to ensure as much as possible to have consumer goods to continue surviving. And try to survive as much as possible... that's the game... for this it's advertised and sold... Otherwise just go back to the game from which it was "modified": ArmA The bases should also serve that purpose, but in this game they are made too badly, from all points of view (too difficult to place, too fragile to break, too visible, etc...) completely the opposite of what they should be. It seems that the programmers of B.I. do everything to make this game look like an "Arcade Shooter", just like programming and management choices. And... not talking about the Wipes that are the DEATH of the game (of the real purpose of the game: to survive).

It's a bug that happens to many. Some people just say that you have to open all the ports of DayZ, both in the firewall and in the router... I tried many, in the router (I haven't used the Firewall for years), all those that I found listed online, but I couldn't. And I'm sure of how I set up the router because I use other services with direct external communication that see my PC without problems. For many others, however, it works. I don't know what it depends on... bad luck? However, I was able to enter my server by providing the current IP of the connection and my friends entered directly via IP (a function of the launcher). However, a lot of patches have passed since that time. Try to search for all the ports that are attributed to DayZ and make sure they are open in the router and not blocked by the firewall (if you use it). Also check the settings of the server configuration files (even in this I have read various ones, at the time). Otherwise you just have to try to provide your current IP (and be sure your router or provider does not update the connection) and let them enter directly. It seems to me that it only works with the vanilla launcher, DZSA does not have that function... but I could be wrong, I do not have the gaming PC at hand to check. If you find a possible solution, post it, it could be useful to someone.

In the DayZ button remapping menu, is this controller listed (and working)? "8Bitdo Ultimate 2C" right? I'll try to look for it online... P.S. I have a steering wheel (for cars), a joystick (for flying) and a generic (and cheap) joypad, but none of these appear usable in the DayZ menu... They are not even seen, even if in Windows (7 & 10) they work regularly. ¯\_(^~^)_/ ¯

Maybe I misunderstood, but it seemed to me that in the original post it was written that the entire "storage_1" folder has already been deleted. This also assumes all the other files contained therein... I think... <restock=0> will not change much: in theory it should speed up the process, but I have seen that it generally does not work. Even setting a large number, I always find many objects of the same type in the same place... which in theory it should not. After generating an object, it should wait for the <restock> time before generating an object of the same type... and generate another type of object while waiting... but it does not work... ¯\_(^~^)_/ ¯

Hi. Sorry but "Xbox One" is a console. I was just looking for a Joypad to connect to a Windows 10 PC, that works with DayZ. If there was a whole steering wheel (with pedals) it would be great, but it seems that no peripheral is supported by DayZ, only some Joypads... I would like to know which ones. 🙂

Hi. Sorry, I don't know English and I have to use Google Translate (it's not very precise). If you use the "tracert" command from the console (I assume you use a Windows system. You can find all the explanations with Google) ... you should have a whole series of "strings", with the response in "ms" (milliseconds) of each "passage" between your PC and the game server. If you write: " tracert 46.251. 235.5 " you will get a series of "pings" in milliseconds for each hop that the packet makes from your PC to the game server. It may be that, sometimes, you struggle, but then the ping returns anyway. When it doesn't respond, it signals you with a series of asterisks (*) If at the final address, that of the server, you get a numeric value, then that server responds (as hardware, obviously). If you can't access, then it's a problem with the game (client or server). If it gets stuck in the middle of the procedure, with a series of asterisks (*), and it doesn't go any further... then there's a packet routing problem... you should contact your provider. If it gets stuck only at the last server hop... I don't know, maybe that server is down for the moment. Try waiting a few days or test other servers. I'm sorry but I'm not a network expert... I don't know how to help you beyond that. I hope the translation is understandable... 😅

Hi I see no one has answered you yet... I'll see if I can help in some way. I read that you did a "tracert". I imagine from the PC console. What is the result? This should already give you a good indication of "where" the problem is. Maybe post the result obscuring the first IPs of your PC and provider... 🤞

Can anyone give me the make and model of a PC Joypad (windows 10) that is supported by DayZ? Possibly a cheap model. Thanks. 🙂

Well... Let's leave aside games that are too old, it was another generation, but on the Battlefield series I have never encountered problems like that... both in terms of connection to the servers (the launcher ping reflects the console hardware ping much better and, generally, is stable in both cases) and in terms of "character management" (when you have a high ping you only have a slight delay in actions and it is difficult to get shots in... but you don't have vehicles that jump or go into orbit). 🤔

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This whole discussion is interesting, it has touched on really important topics and I see that two opposing "philosophies" of thought have been created with good reasons for both. You know, right, that no programmer will ever read this thread? And even if they did read it, it wouldn't change anything with respect to what they have in mind to do ("unfortunately", often) for this game... right? For the reasons above, I won't write a complex intervention, but only 2 points (one for each side): *) It's true that the eye also wants its part, but with all the serious defects that this game has, do we really want to "waste time" for a "trifle" like that?!? *) It is true that there are much more serious problems of stability, "functionality" and "game play" of the game than implementing such a system, but it would be easily solved (gratifying the eye of the "realist" and not destroying the fun of the "new and inexperienced"): the ropes are created with 12 (?) rags that are obtained from clothes cut even with a stone knife. You can use a rope to sling a weapon. As a script it should be simple... the graphic part is missing, perhaps more "complex" (depends on how many and which programmers they currently have... from what I read in the new interface, they are not few) that in any case would certainly be "glitched" inside everything else, as always and like everything else (in any case not a great sight). And if you really want to do "complex" things, you could add a "realistic" strap to look for and the difference is that the hand-made rope (being rough and thin) hurts more to carry and consequently takes away more stamina from the weight of the weapon. The strap, which is well made on purpose (by the industry before the infection), distributing the weight better on the shoulder, hurts less and (in the game) takes away less stamina for the same weight of the weapon. It would be easier to ask a modder to make it... maybe someone is already thinking about it.. or it is already present in the Workshop (which should be completely redone, conditions of use for modders and users first). However, every now and then, it is also good to... "howl at the Moon" (because in fact that is what happens to most of the discussions in this forum...). 😁

And... to answer the original question in the thread: I'm talking about Vanilla servers, obviously. I always try to get to this weapon setup by default. *) AWC Amphibia (MKII), because: > Silenced by default... when you repair it you only use one step of the Kit to repair the pistol and silencer that are integrated. > The .22 rounds are enough to kill the Z with a headshot... almost all of them. For the others, I can use the one at the next point. > The .22 rounds are quite common and the boxes are 50. *) Desert Eagle (Deagle), because: > The .357 is the most powerful pistol round in the game. You could even hunt bears (like in real life), then they nerfed the .357 and boosted the bears and it's no longer good... but it's still a good round, with the hunting scope, you can use it for that too, or for the more "protected" infected. > It's automatic with 9 rounds in the magazine and 1 in the barrel. With a spare magazine in the quickbar, you can quickly have 19 rounds available. > It has a pistol silencer, quite common to find and repairable > Pistol scope for general use and hunting scope for, indeed, hunting. > In the city you can find the ammo boxes without going crazy... not too common, but not rare either. NOTE: > If I find a belt and holster it's better... > The Longhorn, being a single shot, I don't even consider it. In the back 1st Slot: Always a melee weapon. I used to use a Sledgehammer (powerful and it numbs), now that it has become a "mountain weapon" and you can't find it in the workshops and shipyards of the south (when we talk about "authentic" game), if I don't feel like going looking for it I "make do" with a "Negan Bat" (from the movie Walking Dead, a baseball bat with barbed wire). 2nd Slot: depends on what I find. At the beginning I look for at least a 12 gauge double-barreled shotgun (only buckshot, which should still be the most powerful shot in the game; 4/6 shots against a bear) that I cut short as soon as possible (and put in the backpack) and, looking well, I aim to get at least a Saiga (Vaiga) with 2 magazines of 8 (the minimum for hunting a bear currently). If I find the 20 magazine, I celebrate. This is my basic (long) weapon, since I don't do "manhunting", but only animal hunting or extreme defense. For the rest... it needs a separate discussion. > The 7.62x54 is a great shot (6/8 shots against a bear), but you only find single-shot weapons... they are not battle weapons, neither for attack nor defense (although, in video games, you can also find "phenomena" who fight with this type of weapons... I think only because it is a PC video game... maybe someone even with a "little illegal help", otherwise you don't fight with weapons like that. Surely not in reality). The SVD (VSD) is semi-automatic (not great, but better than the manual shutter), but too long and uncomfortable, with magazines too small and ... I hate Russian optics. 😕 > Then there is the .308 (7.62x51 approximately), also a good shot (8/11 shots for a bear). But it is still a hunting caliber ... apart from the FAL (LAR), but it is also quite long and uncomfortable with small magazines and only a plastic silencer (the serious ones are only found in the gassed areas: too much work to risk not finding anything ... Tried for fun a few times and then, often, with the administration tools to see what you find in the gassed areas: almost never anything useful, they look like helicopter crashes, a fest of bullshit). At least it has western sights (I only use the ACOG 6x), but everything else is negative. > The 7.62x39 (11/12 shots for a bear), the classic AKM, not bad, but now (if nothing has changed lately) it is very rare and only in gassed areas. Very rare silencer and for gassed areas like it and Russian sights. Quite common ammo, since they are considered "hunting". If you are okay with its original sight and you can find its silencer, also good and versatile. > The 9x39 (normal & AP: 11/17 shots for a bear [I don't know why this delta, tried several times... normal & AP same results]). For me, only the AS-VAL (SVAL) with 30 magazine and 6x ACOG sight is worth it... it is not an exceptional ammo but the new 30 magazine compensates... and the integrated suppressor and the western sight increase its value considerably. Sore Point: quite rare ammo to find. > The 5.56x45 (9/17 rounds for a bear. Here too a notable delta... huh ?!?) I think it's the most versatile ammunition there is... not too rare, quite powerful, even if not exceptional, but with 30-round magazines that you find without going crazy you can easily take down even a bear. Unfortunately, the best weapons (automatic, with magazines with at least 30 rounds, western sights and serious suppressors...) are extremely rare to find... and they change them often. I don't know about the 1.26/1.27 (I'm a bit behind), but for the 1.25: *) M14 was in gas zones, they moved it to the Military Crash. I haven't seen one for a long time anyway. *) AUG-A3 (AUR-AX) was for the Military Crash and they moved it to the Gas Zones. In fact, I don't see it anymore, unfortunately. I don't know about the others, there's always something missing... With my basic SetUp (MKII, Deagle & Saiga) I can get by well for everything. The Saiga is great for short-range defense and for bears... but it can't be silenced in any way, and it makes a lot of noise... only in case of extreme necessity... With the Deagle I can get by for hunting (which I haven't done since they nerfed the meat) and for short/medium-range defense (with the normal or hunting scope). However... In case I can't find a Saiga (not very common)... to abandon the double-barrel shotgun, I'm starting to evaluate an AS-VAL with a 30 magazine and a 6x ACOG scope... a bear will go down anyway and it's silenced (the only problem is the ammunition, which is very difficult to find). Or, if I find it, an AUG-A1 (AUR-A1)... it has a poor, but not terrible, scope (double, even if ugly), not too big, 30-round magazines that are good for a bear and with improvised suppressors you can get by a bit. I'm not convinced, but maybe it's better than a double-barreled shotgun, if only for the 30 5.56x54 rounds that, if used well, can be better than (just) 2 12-rounds. This is my current thought. Then, like everything else, it's just a matter of personal choice/taste. 😉

@Zerzala Exactly... this is the theory... this is how the game should work... as Sid Debian wrote above. But keep in mind that DayZ is full of bugs and anomalies, even on CE. So don't be surprised if you don't always get exactly what you set. But always check the XML files with an online validator, making a mistake with a space or a comma is a snap and the consequences can be the most absurd. I can recommend: www.xmlvalidation.com & codebeautify.org/xmlvalidator 😉

Actually I do the tests with DCOM (DayZ Community Offline Mode), I would never go and do this type of test on public servers... if that's what you thought. 😉 I also have 2 servers, one Vanilla and one modded, but it's still more convenient and practical for me to use the mod and its "micro-tool" for administration... the features of the game are the same (always the same game) and to simplify the test I go off the map (because the bears can't leave) and try shot by shot until the bear dies and I do the calculations ammo by ammo, weapon by weapon. When I read about changes to weapons, ammo or the bear, I update the statistics. However I also hunted the bear on public servers with my game doll, but only when I was sure of the weapon and the ammo... Now that they've poisoned the bear's meat they've ruined the pleasure of hunting for me... 😠 They're ruining this already bad game more and more... 😔

From what I've tested, 9x39 normal & 9x39 AP do the same damage... at least to bears, which is what I test from time to time.