Mallory (DayZ)

Since the thing that is actually "broken" is the gamespy master server it does not matter what tool you use to list servers - all of them will only show 500 servers at the moment.

Seriously, I wasted a stack of flares for 4 sec footage?!? WTF! I demand a directors cut with an extended 5-min-flare-scene!

there are some guns with a built-in flashlight: g17 remington 870 m4a3 cco

on 1/2: yes, it would be nice but that would require the game to have the clips as different entities from the rounds (so that empty clips are preserved after being depleted so that you could refill them with new rounds).Since that feature is not part of arma 2 it would have to be "smuggled" into the code. on 3: There was a lengthy discussion about supersonic ammo in real life silenced weapons (at least as far as the mp5sd is concerned). Have a look at http://dayzmod.com/f...d-and-mp5-ammo/ (you might learn something new).

yes, you need any combination of the base arma 2 and operation arrowhead. (arma 2 free + oa, arma 2 + oa, arma 2: co or any of the even bigger bundles should work) One of the keys to having a less frustrating time in dayz is mastering the incredibly dodgy inventory system. you should definately watch a youtube guide on that.

are you maybe stuck in freelook mode? (toggle: double alt or * (numpad)) do you have the appropriate ammo? (what does the weapon info text say in the upper right corner of your screen? and what color is it?)

for the record: since you are able to change your character's appearance (as long as it's male) without respawning the answer to the 2nd question is actually "no". ;o) just create a new profile with the desired name and appearance and switch to that profile (or edit your existing profile). You will still have the same gear/position ingame as your dayz character is not bound to your arma 2 profile but to your cd-key.

actually there has been a statement by rocket about this issue. http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/28091-build-172-rolling-update/page__st__640#entry274397 No weapons were intentionally taken out of the game. The issue of certain weapons dissapearing will be fixed at some point. However i do not believe that you will get a lost weapon back.

First i'd like to say that i really like the look of the new forum however there is one small thing i dislike: When you have your browser maximized on a not tiny screen (lets say 1920x1080) the textwidth in the forum is >200 characters/line which reduces the readability (especially of longer texts). Keep in mind that the recommended textwidth for optimal readbility is somewhere 50 and 100 characters/line. Could you maybe make the width of the blank areas on the left and right scale with the with of the window? Or maybe include another style with shorter lines? Other than that: Nice job on the new forum. Edit: just figured out, that it actually does scale the width of the blank areas with the increasing window width but imho it starts doing it "too late".

=> http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=31156

i dont think so...

press F to cycle through firemodes of your primary weapon and grenades/flares then point and click (the longer you hold the button down the further you throw).

In order to be "successfull" (aka survive for a couple of days) in this game you need the following skills: 1) be able to avoid zombies and if they aggro'ed on to you be able to lose/kill them (prefereably quietly) - because if you run into a town guns blazing you will either run out of ammo at some point (if you shoot every zombie in a town and pick up all the ammo for your gun in that town you will most likely end up having less ammo than you started with) or attract other players that will shoot you. stealth is your best friend in this game 2) be able to figure out where you are and navigate around the map 3) know how the loot/inventory works so that you dont sit next to lootpiles/corpses for too long - especially the somewhat "tricky" cases of switching backpacks (when your old backpack is filled with stuff you wanna keep) if you have those skills you will survie even without having a starter gun and if you dont have these skills you will most likely die despite having a gun...

I think the fact that you have a rank is more of a arma 2 relic than part of the dayz story. The only context the game gives you really is the bit of information you get on the dayz homepage: "A 225 km2 open world post-soviet state and one of the areas hit by a new and presently unknown infection which has wiped out most of the world's population. You are one of the few who have survived and now you must search this new wasteland in order to fight for your life against what is left of the indigenous population, now infected with the disease. Go Solo, team up with friends or take on the world as you choose your path in this brutal and chilling landscape using whatever means you stumble upon to survive. This is day Z. This is your story." In this bit of information is nothing that hints to you being a soldier. Your character can be pretty much anything you want it to be.

try connecting to a different server. Usually that takes care of it. I guess the server where you were asked about the gender of your "new" char is a non-official one that doesnt have access to the central server and thus cannot access your char data.