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First thing I did when I became interested in DayZ was check the wiki http://dayzwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_install_DayZ Link says it all.. was up and running in about 20 mins including downloads.

To be honest I think too many damn assumptions or rationalizations are being made in this thread. Currently ITS A SANDBOX, ON A PIXEL MAP, WITH PIXEL GEAR, AND PIXEL PEOPLE, AND PIXEL MECHANICS. Great we can agree on that guys! But untill Rocket comes up with a REAL storyline to this whole sandbox endeavor there is really NO POINT to argue realism. None of us have any clue as to why stuff is the way that it is atm. Maybe Rocket has a masterplan where this all is explained! But my guess would be he doesnt particularly care about the how the hoi polloi currently see the ingame content. What matters to a developer is not the shiny guns and the reason why those shiny guns exist or even what those shiny guns are doing there in the first place... No.. first and foremost all a developer cares about is that the engine is perfect. Tiny insignificant details like WHY are not important till you have the perfect engine... and for the smart asses that will now correct me by saying ARMA2 IS THE ENGINE!!!@111!!1 Sure it is but im betting you can agree that dayz has alot of new features and mechanics... for DAYZ thats part of the engine.

Certain glass windows... yes. All glass windows? no. The window in the supermarket does in fact seem like reinforced titanium rather than an actual glass window. If you look closely it also has a blue color. Most other windows in the game are either CLEAR or not even visible.. these can be shot through. Window to the hospital is a completely different monster.

I once freaked myself out... There was a single zombie after me, I turned around and popped a round into his head, but instead of a typical zombie sound when dying, I heard a very clear.. very alive uninfected human yell "AAAAaaaah" for like 1-2 seconds of sustained yelling. Freaked me the fuck out for about 15 mins as i regained my composure making sure there was no humans around me.. 5-6 zombie kills later I learned they all have the same pain noises as players -.-

Lets be fair though, 6 million players killed, 1.5m bandits.. the odds of hearing a heartbeat on a friendly is 1 in 4... Really wanna take that chance?