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+1 That was a real useful text and I hope the Dayz team get something out of it. But the problem is, how do we take bits of there and put it in the game? Also, on offtopic, I think zombies now are too easy. They should be perheaps slightly slower than they are now, but much greater in numbers. This could encourage teamplay? And the broken bones. I used to think it sucks, but now it's pretty good actually - it makes you feel something. Oh shit I broke my leg, oh shit no drugs oh shit should I start crawling or die? I think you get the condition way too easy, but still. Easy fix; Make them slightly rarer, fix temporarily with splints (bandage+wood), re-enable running with morphine. Everyone's happy. Just some random thoughts.

5-10 minutes for standard logout? You've gotta be kidding. How about 15 seconds in the wilderness, 5 minutes if you're in a firefight/aggroed a zombie that's still withing x amount of meters from you?

Sup forum. I tried googling around for an answer but didn't find a proper one. The question? You know those sounds effects that happen. For example, flies buzzing equals dead player nearby. Zombie breathing and stressful music equals zombies (and sometimes goats/animals lol). How about the other sounds? Sometimes I hear a horn kind of sound, what does that mean? Then there's fences rattling, steps, etc. but I understand they're just ambient. Thanks for answers :) Peace

Two finger salute? I presume one uses index finger and thumb to do it, thus making the loser sign. And yes it is the 2012. I live in the broadband internet paradise called Scandinavia. But besides that I get connection problems few times a week, once a day on average. Last time I got connection problems, it was in the middle of a bunch of zombies. In 60 seconds, I would've died couple of times I guess? The idea is good and I think there already is a 5 second timer, but 60 seconds is too long. 30 maybe? I don't agree with you 100%. Does that mean I'm a semi-exploiter?

Don't worry someone/something will kill you too eventually. Purgatory and all that :D But good thing you repent though. I'd imagine killing randomly, especially unarmed people, would get boring pretty quick. It's like boasting "lol I killed a hedgehog and shot a bird in the yard 1337 yo" :D

Well, that is one way to think of it. But if in real life you went into a cubby, closed the door, opened it again, there wouldn't magically be a bunch of guns and supplies to be had. :P

It is a good idea but it shouldn't be a magic fix either, but let's say, unable to run for an hour/two punishment enough? Or too low? This topic has been floating around a lot and hopefully the dayz team notice that it's a hot topic and decide to do something :D

Disable spawning indoors? And maybe logging in/out too, but don't know at all if that's possible... Goddamn exploiters. You're like those kids who have a christmas calendar and eat all the candy at once lol. e: Maybe, if one logs out inside of a building, next time they sign in they would spawn outside in a specific, semi-specific or random location within a certain radius of the disconnect location, say maybe... ~1500m? Thoughts?

I've found a box of matches. Twice. On a dead guy, and in a house. That's it. But instead of matches, I've found lots of barbed wire, fuel tanks, jerry cans, tank traps etc... but matches, seriously? There's a furnace in like every house in Cherno. So why is there no matches around, or did they use barbed wire to make fire? :D

Looks very cool and useful and I would use it myself, but unfortunately I don't have Android myself. Kudos for making the app though :D

Hmmm hmmm hmmm... system specs? Do the textures start changing to low-res when the freeze starts? Do you have the beta patch for arma 2 oa? I'm not sure how the beta patch affects one's game but I remember reading somewhere that some peeps have had issues playing with/without the beta patch or similar haven't had this myself though... someone please enlighten us about this matter.

Seems interesting... wiggling every time the door is less than 40 meters wide is a pain :D Would this work if installed? Or would the server kick one out, or even better, ban? I have no knowledge of these things so... someone more enlightened, please enlighten us.

Dump/close sixlauncher, use either the beta exe in steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Expansion\beta or launch via steam. Also, settings. Use approppriate ones. Videomemory is, if I remember correctly, low 256 norm 512mb high 1gb and default. Match res & 3d res. If you get one of those "5-10fps everything starts glitching and goes low-res, crashes" fits, alt-tab out and back quickly. Works for me. Hope this helps :)

He has some good points, such as carrying a huge load of equipment and being able to run for a couple of km's in one shot, jump to prone, back, then sprint a few km's more... yeah I admit I wouldn't be able to do that. It is a game/mod after all, and I hate the constant bitching about "realism" here, you are right about that. And some might have a false sense of realism like you said, and I admit, I do too, to some extent :D Adding elements of "realism" (ugh I hate the word already) adds to the game challenge, and is good, though. In my opinion ArmA engine is fine for this mod, I can't instantly think of a better one with such good mod support. Source engine maybe, but... how about no. But if you people want a real realism for real real and survival/horror, try the "RL Somalia" engine. You can even feel the bullets and all you need to get started is a ride to get there and preferably a gun to go with. It's permadeath, too :). But you don't get to respawn unfortunately (unless you're Buddhist). But hey, realism all the way, right?

I had the same feeling at first, too. But when I found the hatchet I was like, payback time :D No reason to check every house/backyard mate. See to those that have a door open or transparent windows (= you can actually see inside of them), they usually have something from soda, beans, bandages to ammo, pistol, basic necessities (knife/matches/map/etc.) Also, farms and barns are your friend. You'll most likely find atleast some kind of weapon in those, and especially in those that have a round window on the top of the walls. But before you do this, try to find some morphine. Deerstands or hospitals. But beware, there's zombies and even worse, other players about.

#16 Before venturing inland, grab some morphine. If you break a bone up north it's most likely death (respawn) or a couple of hours crawling, perheaps getting shot in the head by a bloody chum... Also always have one morphine with you, don't go messing around without having one in backpack. I just got my bristly bones porked by a zombie... :) #17 Hatchet, knife, matches. It can be tricky to get a blood transfusion, especially if you play alone, so you'll have to use cooked meat. Cooked meat is good for you (+800 blood). Keep some in your backpack too. #18 You'll need a map. Either find one in-game or use one. I use one on my N9, even though I have one in-game at the moment :D

Having read quite many of these threads, in my opinion, the method of breaking a bone, fixing by a splint and being able to run a few hours/day or by finding painkillers/morphine whatever is the best. No tideous "crawl 50 kilometers and several hours to Deathmatch Hospital #1 #2 or #3 and get shot in the face while trying to find magic drugs". No, don't get me wrong, I love the game (mod) and the challenge is nice. Yes the game should be difficult, but that isn't adding to the game to be honest; that feature isn't interesting or immersing at all. Yes, you should get punished for breaking your bones, but keep in mind this is a game after all. And before some of you bitch about realism and call me codkiddy, if you broke a bone in the wilderness; no you definitely would not try to find magic morphine to fix your bones. You would make a splint and find medical assistance. Zombies/players must be dangerous and you shouldn't be able to just run in their face and expect to get away unscratched, but the rate at which bones break at this moment is just ridicilous... Bones aren't made of glass you know. And morphine isn't some super glue that magically puts them back together lol. Peace.

Not to mention that barbed wire, tank traps and similar are about ten times as common as a box of matches... I guess people of Chernarus didn't care much for basic necessities :D

I used to have an issue similar to this. The game would just lag for 5-15 seconds, every minute or so. This was fixed in an other game by changing the refresh rate from 60 -> 59hz or something similar, but that can't be done in ArmA can it? But anyway, the fix to the problem (for me atleast) was to use appropriate settings (like snapalapags said, match res & 3d res, use approppriate video memory, http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?84863-Video-memory-very-high-or-default) and dump sixlauncher altogether. I think it was the sixlauncher causing my issue mostly, and I was invisible to other people/others were invisible to me. Also, if you get a graphic glitch that starts lagging and FPS goes to 5-10, textures and everything start looking like on "very low settings" and eventually crashes - alt tab quickly, I think it reloads the game screen and fixes it that way. I hope this helps.