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Here is what I did (I don't torrent) Go to the DayZ download page Download files (either through Mirror or Torrent) - just a quick note on the mirrors. The US mirror WAS HORRIBLE the other day. I am in Washingtion (US) and it was just awful. I tried the UK mirror and was done in just a few minutes... You should get a .rar file (zip file), unzip it and you should have an "addons" folder with a bunch of files. I then created a new @DayZ folder in my ArmA II install directory and copied the new "addons" folder into it. Now to play: I rename the @DayZ folder depending on which version I want to play. For example - when I want to play 1.7.2.5, I rename my 1.7.2.4 @DayZ folder (the default one you had) to @DayZ_1.7.2.4. Now you should only have one folder named "@DayZ" and this folder should have the new stuff you just downloaded. If it wasn't obvious, to switch back - name the new @DayZ folder to @DayZ_1.7.2.5 and then change the @DayZ_1.7.2.4 to just @DayZ. Hope this makes sense, Good luck!

Loki271 - you have to manually update

Haha, I got turned into a cow the other day. I lol'd. Then a day later, my 23 day old character with pretty much everything I wanted was on a server that got nuked. Oh well - for me there is something definately fun about being a fresh spawn and having to really survive again. Also fun seeing people again, lol. People just need to chill and have fun. If the game is so broken for you that you cannot play, go play or do something else and check back. Edit - on topic, I have been switching between 1.7.2.4 and .5 the last few days and I have better performance with .5 and no crazy artifacting (i7, 8gb ram, nvidia card - for whatever it matters).

Don't be datidiot... there are a massive amount of people that can play and enjoy this game. You are in the small minority.

so much crying... Nobody forced you babies to buy ArmA II (not DayZ) and nobody is going to force you to buy the standalone. Those of us that can read, understood that we were buying ArmA II to play a potentially buggy mod. Luckily for me the bugs have been less than the enjoyment I get from playing the game. I will buy a buggy standalone alpha because I enjoy playing it!

There are so few options I didn't think you could really "optimize" anything other than turning off music?

This thread is AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing!

Because we don't use Steam?

I wish I had an experience like this when I was a noob. I'd still genuinely like them now, as a respawn! Instead, I hit the places I know as fast as possible hoping not to get sniped from a million miles away or run into noob1, 2 and 3 with their hatchets and makarovs so I can get back out into the "other" wild...

/shrug... I bought ArmA II just for the alpha mod, I'll probably buy the standalone in "alpha" as well. Why? Because it is fun!

I enjoyed it - never saw a recruit server before this though... :huh: I played regular once and hated name plates! Never again!

I think I am currently on day 20 or 21, which is my current record. I run in a group of 3 (my brothers) and usually only hang on the outskirts of the map unless medical supplies are needed. We have no camp, only what we can carry. We just roam looking for camps, vehicles and people. One of the three I run with has been alive as long as me, but the other guy was recently killed by an invisible dude and before that he died being our helicopter test pilot. We usually play 2-3 hours a day, on an average of 4-5 days a week... maybe.

I've only ever thrown 2. First one I just tapped the trigger/throw and it went right in front of me, had to run, amazingly enough I didn't get too badly hurt but my sound was all messed it. The second time I think I must have chucked that nade like 300+ yards.... maybe the next one I get will be just right.

I've almost found everything during my playtime, mostly in tents and vehicles (we are scavengers :o ) and a few goodies on people we have killed. However, I have never even seen an m249, m4a1 sd or an L85 yet.

Very cool and interesting seeing that process, thanks for sharing!

If you had Binos and came across a rangefinder why wouldn't you switch? Seeing range, even when not a sniper, is a big benefit imo.

Servers make a difference too... you may get 40+ fps on one server then average ~20 on another... I have an i7 870 (2.93 Ghz), 8GB RAM and a GTX470 and USUALLY get 30-60+ fps anywhere on the map with most settings on High/Very High.

As others have said - take the m9sd if you have room. Ammo is rare in the spawn locations, but not too hard to find in people's tents... B)

I think by default when you move rangefinder into your inventory from tent or body that they swap or remove the NVG. So if you happened to pick up the NVG first then went for the rangefinder, you most likely put the NVG back in the tent/body. Ive had this happen to me multiple times but have luckily caught it. Now what I do is remove my Binos first, then pickup Rangefinder and NVG - works much better. Edit - just read your reply about seeing both in inventory before logging out... sorry, no idea there. Must be some glitch >:(

I believe that I have encountered two invisible people before (on seperate occasions). The first time I'm not all that sure and didn't want to jump directly to that conclusion. The second time however was very obvious: My brother was killed right beside me as I saw the smoke from the attackers gun in mid air (we never fired a shot and there was nothing obstructing my view of my brother). The attacker then turned his attention on my other brother who was shot once before we realized what was happening and ran off before disconnecting. After this happened I did a little reasearch on this forum and on the internet and it appears that this type of thing has happened a few times, but what I can't tell is if this is a hack or something to do with incompatible patch versions. Either way it sucks.

I didn't have to do the drop pack thing, but because of a previous experience of not having any of my play saved the time before, I put mine on, logged out and back in to try and force a save... not sure if it worked, but I still have the Ghillie today and no problems with save

Go up north and find some camps... that's where I refill mine ;)

Definately back in game! We (my two brothers and I) found one two nights ago. None of us knew how to fly one so we let the brother that wanted to try it out go for it. Myself and the other brother weren't getting in until we saw him successfully fly it.... which didn't happen - yesterday we made the trek south to pick up the "pilot" haha.

I've had something similar happen to me but I associated it with putting on a ghillie suit... not sure though - this was on 1.7.2.2 or .3

I like the varying levels of good/bad idea, but I think you should have to actively do something good (kill bandits, blood transfusions, bandage, morphine, etc.) to earn "hero points". Simply not murdering anyone just makes you a survivor imo.