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I am not sure if this is a suggestion, or observation, as it would make the game much easier. It is unrealistic for our survivors not to make use of the rain when it rains so often. It would be so simple. If we had to, we could wring out our wet pea coat into a pot, we could use a tarp to direct rain water into a pot/bottle/etc., we could use the down spouts on buildings. we could make a cistern at our base to function as a well. I care about realism as much as I care about difficulty in a game like this. Its a toss up. But to me, you are making the game hard at the expense of realism. Add: Since the last update I find myself drinking a LOT less. As long as I have the ability to create a garden, or access to veggies, I do not need drinking water at all. I can travel indefinitely.

and you can't see it when the screen loads in? if I make a mess on the ground around me, near a river, to give me some time.. log out.. do some stuff. come back then let it slow load in.. I'm not going to see it?

Let's talk realism: Fuel: Hind Mi-24,24,35 carry 1840 liters of fuel internally, 1227 liters in an aux tank in the cabin, and external tanks are 500 liters each. 4,067 liters with two external tanks consumed at 350-360l an hour provides 11.3 hours of use. That's 20 55gallon drums of aviation fuel. -------------------------------- Helicopter maintenance: https://www.helis.com/howflies/overhaul.php 'Most phased maintenance programs have a minor inspection due every twenty-five flight hours and a major inspection every 150.' They have parts replacement listed, in many cases, by hours of use. This schedule does not address helicopters being shot at by survivors. Small arms fire has proven very effective against helicopters. Where are we sourcing the replacement parts? the supermarket? ------------------------------- IN PEACETIME, WITH TEAMS OF PROFESSIONALS, AND THE BEST EQUIPMENT & PARTS AVAILABLE: 'During the last decade there were about 1.44 fatalities per 100,000 flight hours of non-military helicopters. If we compare that to automobiles, based on driving hours, helicopters are about 85 times less safe than cars, based on their fatality rate of about 0.017. If we take into account how much further helicopters travel per hour compared to cars, helicopters are about 27 times less safe than autos. There are many factors affecting helicopter fatality statistics. Personal helicopters, which are included in the statistics, are often operated by less experienced pilots who crash about eighteen times more often than professional pilots. Many personal helicopters are not as well maintained as those used for commercial flights. They crash at least fives times more often. ' https://www.travelersunited.org/can-helicopter-flight-seeing-tours-safe/ ------------------------- 'rotating the wing raises a host of design and operational challenges and complexities, including issues related to vibrations and wear-out of a variety of components on the helicopter. The consequence of this is that maintenance and inspection are particularly crucial for helicopters for their continued airworthiness.' 'Helicopters have a poor safety track record and little progress has been recorded in the last decade' https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0211424 ----------------------------- Metal fatigue https://www.aviation.govt.nz/assets/aircraft/2017-design-delegation-seminar/fatigue-damage-tolerance-in-airframe-structures.pdf

That's gambling, not security.

In reality I don't live in 5 story re-enforced building. If I were rich I'd live in a bunker, have a panic room, and bank vault installed. I have a friend who purchased a bank vault for his house for his gun collection. Speaking of bank vaults where are they? They could be disassembled and taken back to your base where they could be installed. It is a game. A game where the developers need to put more effort into the base building features. It requires too much effort to build a base that is too easy to destroy. One of the reasons it requires so much effort is the walls/gates are not scalable to your needs and can not be upgraded. You should be able to fortify walls/gates many times over. You should be able to choose what side of your gate has the lock/wire. How hard is it to take a bag of lime and mix it with sand and water? I'd build with concrete. But that opens up a new bag of worms doesn't it? People would actually have a reason to make lime. Game developers allow us to rebuild cars which obviously suggests we have the ability to work with metals. Now we are talking steel bars, steel doors, steel hatches, etc. I could go to one of those abandoned ships and get everything I needed. Where is the welding equipment in this game? You have a working car, suggest having working helicopters (which I think is ridiculous) but no welding equipment? How were you going to check the frame of that helicopter for stress? hrm, that requires high tech equipment and skill. What is going to power our helicopter, ethanol? bio diesel? HAHAHA!! Helicopters are not exactly fuel efficient, better get busy making refineries. I'm sure the game will have all that too. Just can't build with metal, rock, adobe, concrete, etc. You can't make a secure base.

I live on the coast as well. Food is not a problem, particularly after I have raised my stats and geared up. You can go from one side of the map to the other with a tomato, water bottle, knife, and shovel.

Dayz item spawn is jacked-up. I was dying for nails at one point. The drought lasted a couple weeks. Then, in one day, I looted a dozen boxes. Recently, looting containers at the shipyard I came across 5 pickaxes in a row. Loot is not completely random.

I have not travelled far north in the game yet. I spend most of my time practicing base building/looting on the coast.

Duct tape and/or apoxy should repair ballistic and stab vests. Having leather repair a nylon vest does not make sense. Most ballistic vests can be broken down into two major components. 1. The nylon carrier. 2. the ballistic plates/panels if it has any. Most vests that can stop rifle bullets are going to have ballistic plates. Most of these plates are made up of either ceramic, polyethylene, or ballistic rated steel. The carrier could be repaired with duct tape. In a pinch I'm confident you could fabricate a functional carrier out of duct tape. I'm certain it is strong enough to hold two 6 pound plates. Attempting to repair ballistic plates is different story. You would probably be better off manufacturing new ones. For Dayz purposes I would say 12 rags + 2 epoxy resin? The stab vests I have owned all had a carrier and soft panels.

Currently can we make anything out of animal hides? Would be nice if we could make a back-pack, crude boots, gloves, clothes, a leather repair kit, etc.

ok, but when we loot clothes what do we find? capri pants, sun dresses, denim shorts, t-shirts, hoodies, etc. I knew 'climate change' was a fraud. LOL

another question I have about the start is why am I in a T-shirt and cutoffs if I live in a frigid climate? Mass graves? is that in some sort of intro? I don't remember seeing it.

agreed, I could do without vehicles of any kind.

Did they ever say how many years have passed since the civilization ending event in this game? The more years that have passed the less likely it is we'd have vehicles, the ability to repair them, find refined fuels, coolant, grease, motor oil, etc.

Hold down "Y" = Reload with ammunition in inventory Double tap "Y" = unload ammo Double tap "X" prepare to throw + "RT" to throw object. You're welcome.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1030 Do you live in the US? DDOS attacks are a crime.

You can dig worms with a machete, probably a pickaxe as well. As a freshie I use zombie loot, gardens, and cities for food.

If it keeps happening? it sounds like something is re-infecting you. like an old water bottle or something. You might have 10 water bottles/canteens. 9/10 of them are fine. You drink from the one and presto.. you are reinfected.

Rackinglad27, What is best in life? Basil Poledouris with Orchestra & Chorus of Santa Cecilia & Radio Symphony of Rome

Yea, it's ok. All those songs I posted are not necessarily ones I would listen to but I can identify with him liking sound tracks and associating them with periods in time. GTA, Fallout, and some other games do that for me. This one reminds me of playing Ultima Online, not that they had a soundtrack. One of the fan sites had it in midi on their page. Great game, great times. I like a wide variety of music. I'm an 80s kid who grew up mostly on heavy metal/pop but I like stuff from the 40s-Now. Also like some classical which dates back further. I don't like most rap but I have made it a point to familiarize myself with some of it for professional reasons.

and that does it for the Madden 2004 playlist.