syncmaster (DayZ)

Why are you against any idea if it will not affect you in any way but would make others happy? I'm genuinely asking Bonus points if you can answer without using the lame excuse that people will suddenly flock to these servers and use them to cheat you, cause you know the other 350 ways to cheat are boring by now.

Exactly. People asking for it = demand, so someone would play it. If not and its boring, then no one would play and we would have 1 empty server that allows it. After a few weeks of no one playing, it would get shut down. Then every time someone makes this topic at least we can say "lol we tried that and it didn't work remember". Still I think that anyone who really believes this is what would really happen is delusional. I never got this about gamers, they always seem unanimously against any extra content that does not interest them. It's like if they don't play it, they don't want the devs wasting 1 second away from working on their favorite parts. Even if other people enjoy it and it doesn't affect them one bit, they still complain that its even mentioned. I see what games like Minecraft did with private servers and its awesome. Private servers create so many different and unique games just by laying down a few rules. That is how you play with a sandbox IMO, not force everyone to play under a set of rules.

You will probably get a lot of replies that don't make sense. Let me translate for you. Nooo I only want to kill people who hate being killed. If you take out the ability to make people miserable it won't be fun for me anymore. There is really no other reason, that or they suck and need any advantage they can get.

This is just amazing. Not 1 real example given that would not already affect every aspect of your gaming life. 1. You have a kid? Congrats! How about not playing a game while your babysitting? If you have to jump off at any random second, what online MP games can you play that don't punish you for this or make you "lose"? How about those casual games like FIFA, Madden, NHL, CoD, battlefield, etc.. They are all the same. If you have to leave you lose/die, at least this gives you a chance. 2. You live in a 3rd world state and lose internet/power daily? I'm sorry but what other games (SP or MP) allow you to save after your power/internet goes out? I'm sorry if your playing MP you lose and if your playing SP its back to the last checkpoint. 3. Your popular. Suuuuure. LOL at this game being hardcore when its the only game with a "I'm sorry this game doesn't count" button combo.

Well OP, you are right. We are getting a good idea of who the exploiters are. I'm sorry if you really have (insert excuse here) but we all have problems.

Well done OP, I think you covered everything you need and them some. New players, ignore people telling you to stay away from the popular spots at first, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Yeah you MIGHT die fast, but run north with no food/water/morphine and you WILL die slowly.

I love how people try to rationalize this with some BS. At least come on and say FU my clan wants to build a tent city more than we care about the hoppers ruining your game. You might come of as selfish, but its better than looking like a griefer (like most of you do now).

I got shot through a wall last night, but it had to be a hacker. Inside a building in a room with no windows. It took him a good 30 secs to get to my body after hitting me (I was knocked out) and while he is standing next to my body, he shoots someone else outside the building.

Leaderboards are the worst thing that ever found their wan into online gaming. They cause too many problems (cheaters/exploiters) and don't help a thing. I'm surprised you guys actually care they are down and want them back.

So can you really get banned for this, or is it just something people say because they think it will help somehow? Like ppl might suddenly be too scared to do it or something.

I agree, make a new forum for these posts. If Rocket or someone important leaves the mod they should be able to post this. I'm not sure what makes people think they are important enough to post this stuff to random people. Like we should care for some reason.

Step 1: quit the game Step 2: quit posting Step 3: profit You are still here bro, you lie.

I think some of you are missing the point. What is the first thing it says when you click download? " Six Updater Suite (Recommended)" Not "Recommend you manual install", not "Recommend you sell your computer if you can't manual install" Dayz wants me to download this program, so I figure I should and that I can trust it. If it can't be trusted, it should be removed. At least add a warning instead of a recommendation maybe. First time I downloaded I got all the BS and six updater didn't even install. So no, choosing add on programs at setup is not the problem.

Yeah I know about the BS banners that say download, enter here, etc.. Yeah using your brain will avoid this 99.9% of the time. I have not had a bad download like this in over 5 years because I usually don't fall for this crap. Nice tips ITT but it all comes down to trusting a webpage or not. I still got this too, I let my guard down because no way this site would link me to a download I can't trust right? I no longer trust ANY downloads linked by (or on) this site. Don't really care if it was a mistakes or intentional at this point, now that its pointed out it needs to be addressed. Making dayz and this site look very bad.

I agree. It is alpha and we are hear to test right? Barbed wire, does it work? No. Tested and confirmed. 1 test down, millions more to go. Can we please remove it and move on?

Well considering how people use barbed wire I don't see how this could go wrong.

Anyone else think it would be a good idea to start a player off with realistic items they might put in a survival bag? I don't mind not having a gun, in fact I prefer it. However, these all seem like normal items a person would carry in any survivor situation, zombies or not. Players start with: Matches Hunting knife Canteen (empty) Hatchet This could be on top of the current starting gear, replace it, or any mixture of the bunch. Having these 4 items works out a lot of different problems IMO. -You can now hunt and find water right away -No one has any reason to kill a fresh spawn for gear, as long as the water bottle is empty. -Hatchets no longer would spawn everywhere -You have some means to defend yourself from zombies -You are still a easy target for bandits but are a slight threat to them also -Could make items like the map, compass, etc. more rare and sought after items. I'm sure there are more benefits to doing this, and maybe even some negative side effects I haven't even considered. So what do you guys think?

How is it any different than loot maps everyone is using? I don't get it, its like saying pulling up a map that shows the barracks is going to ruin the mod.

Just a quick question. Almost every laptop has a webcam/mic built in. Will this work for direct chat in the game? Meaning can I just press the cap lock and it should work fine or do I have to do something first? I have not been able to test this out yet. I get shot or find people who are mute/don't speak English...

Good, maybe I can annoy someone so bad they run away instead of kill me ;) Just found a tutorial on how to use my 360 headset. That should work until I find something better on amazon.

TY for the quick reply toad.

I think its just luck.. You said it was full, but was it a 25/40/60 player server? I was on a 25 player server last night and got owned by 2/3 guys in the middle of nowhere. Surprised the hell out of me. I re-spawn and hit up Electro and find a group of 3/4 Russians. After they kill me once again, I log off for the night and see there are only about 12 people total on.