enforcer1975

@ Toastedzen That post is kind of stupid. Life is not like in RPGs....People have to progress IRL ( aka "level up" ) but i don't have to be satisfied with a set of 3x binos only because i never ever used a pair and have to level up one magnification level a month so i can use that 20x set i wanted, do i? You are also not limited to forward, backward only because the tutorial doesn't see the need for you to be able to use jump, sidestep and duck when you are a baby...You have a choice IRL unlike in RPGs or games generally.

It not entirely about how they play...if you see it that way it's players looking for certain numbers on server so they can play because they can't play another way is a kind of behavious we have to remove. Imagine a player who only connects on servers with no players because he can roam around freely without using tactics and his brain because everytime he sees someone connect or looks at the player list and sees players besides him he DCs and looks for the next server. Now imagine the same player not knowing if someone connects and is suddenly confronted with another player without even knowing if someone was present, this would have them actually think in game instead of always beeing in their routine of looking for loot only. About clans joining servers just to KoS other players, i think this is a good way to at least put a leash on them because they never know how much opposition they could encounter if they started shooting individual players ( maybe that one player was part of a very large group maybe the entire population was actually a bunch of players who always help each other out and they just poked a hornets nest without knowing and are now on the other side of the stick ) that would be fascinating. Imo it should only show an appoximate value like up to x players or even better just a bar with low/med/high/very high population.

I think you can set which render device ArmA should be using in the config..i didn't try it though since i stopped that setup a long time ago since i couldn't have a screen with the gme and the other one with the map.

I've heard of it if you haven't eaten a bite for a very long time you would even die because your stomach would digest itself because it's not used to the acids anymore. The same goes if you give someone who was suffering of thirst...they should take small sips or they are going to be in trouble. Of course you can't have such an effect with a 24 hour cycle..there were enough suggestions for 6 hour day cycles already. I hope they do something like that so some effects and the hunger and thirst cycle are reasonable.

Not really...a lot of private hives server share the providers hive. So you can still hop from server to server in this "private hive" which is quite misleading. I was hoping the private hive was really private ( every server has it#s own hive ) but i was pretty disappointed after i found out what it really was. And that's what a couple of players also want to be stopped. It's less of a survival situation if you can just hop to a server where there isa lot of food and stuff. Oh yeah and of course it yould also limit pvp since you can't just get your gear on a low/no pop server ( maybe you even host one yourself and keep it night time only to prevent players from joining? ) and hop to another to pop freshspawns at the coast.

Would cause too much data which has to be saved. I'd say limit the characters a player can use and group up servers to hives f.e. for countries or even regions of the country is too large like the USA. So if a player wanted to play in France he could use a character on every french server and play another on a Polish server. But i would actually prefer if each server had it's own hive, this way they don't have to manage that much data through the internet and the players actually playing there would be limited to regulars and a few visitors. Of course the data shouldn't be accessible by the admin ( still located on the main DayZ hive computer but locked to the server only since every server already has an ID in there, can be unlocked in case the server shuts down ) to prevent manipulation.

I don't know if everyone would vomit if they starved, you'd also have to explain in detail what "starving" ist. Some people already have symptoms when they only have a square meal once a day, others have to eat less food but more often during the day without having any signs. How much real time would be an in game hour? If i wake up early and don't eat at least drink something until noon my blood sugar level gets too low and sometimes i feel naucious or at least uneasy and very dull and it's a pain in the ass to move a muscle. That would be going without food for about half a day ( late dinner to noon ). That would be caused through extreme lazyness to get some food and actually not feeling hungry in between and ending up with said symptoms after the effect suddenly kicks in.

Subsonic ammo in SD weapons were used so the shooter doesn't tell his position away by the supersonic clap the bullet creates when leaving the muzzle and passing potential listeners at the cost of range and maybe terminal ballistics. You can never make a firearm completely silent because of the bolt assembly, maybe a bolt action but only until you move the bolt to reload another round but the initial plop at the end of the suppressor can still be heard from close distance although it might sound different from afar. Sunbonic ammo would have to recock an automatic weapon every time because it lacks the power to move the bolt. In game they might have had to do this trick because they couldn't manage to give a bullet other properties when it's used in a SD weapon f.e. with the MP5SD. The RL MP5SD used supersonic ammo which was slowed down to subsonic thanks to it's design so the ammo would actually be interchangeable bewteen all MP5s. Why they didn't permit certain weapons from using SD ammo or vice versa in the game is a mistery to me.

That is a good idea to spread players out a bit more and not just have them go after their habbits like spawn > elektro/cherno > stary y airfield or spawn > zeleno > vybor > airfield > stary That would actively counter the Cherno/Elektro sniping problem as well as having KoSers camp the routes and places which players would be frequenting because they would be all ove the place. But i would still like it if they limited server hopping to a certain amount like having server 1-10 on hive 1 and 11-20 on hive 2 to give players a chance and not make themselves have to hop to find food or to have more control with loot spawning because i'm convinced the loot system will be either broken from the start or will be broken after some updates and then we have the same problem of overabundance again. Kind of like a closed environment system to limit a possible "contamination".

I don't think they have lost that much ability to find out how to climb a ladder. If they had lost that much they would not know how to stand up straight either. Maybe they won't actively search for a ladder if they see you on a roof top like they are doing it right now but if they follow you to a ladder and see you climbing up they might attempt to follow you and maybe fail at first or not even succeed at all.

Reminds me of Dead Island... But other than maybe having it done for yourself some KoS guy would just go back to the building and shoot up some hardware because it's a game. Some kind of portable generator would do more for a loner/group of players than a power plant because light and working things always seem to attract idiots.

I you understood game development you would use TrackIR instead of asking for a mirror or just remap your button :lol:

*already suggested by Nico* didn't see at first.

Good idea...while it does it captures a couple of players and they never get back... ( ID deleted from the database )

While the blue marked part is right for RL situations because people who love to KoS would be the same people hurting other people nowadays, basically the same and not the average person who just wants to get through the day. The average person doesn't turn into a murderer instantaniously in an apocalype, it would take some time for it to happen IF it happens at all, there are enough people who will go the pacifist way no matter what. The second part ( green ) sounds a bit game thinking...there is and should be no challenge in anything but surviving imo, fighting should be the last instance, it should apply to the game too and i hope they don't water down the game for extreme casual players ( meaning people who don't want to invest time but want all the goodies because i won't expect anything either if i don't do something for it in exchange ).

With a makarov loaded with 1 shot.

And what about the Czechs that live in the real Chernarussian area? They know every nook and cranny. We need a landscape that doesn't exist anywhere but feels like it's somewhere on this planet.

No way...i'm a 1337 super space marine armed with a space AK loaded with caseless nuclear rounds. I have an atomic nuckle duster for hand to hand combat...they can never defeat me. >:(

wtf...they say pets live better than their owners. I don't think canned dog or cat food would make you sick unless it is spoiled. A variety of food would be good but it's just details. Let them focus on optimizing the game first, that will take them a couple of years anyway.

You can't outrun a bullet anyway... If i were to stay in a region i would try to leave the heavy luggage in my camp anyway and just carry the necessity...wouldn't you too? I would try to run too if a zombie wanted to give me a bj even when i have a heavy pack on, i would actually drop the pack and try to get it later. You can't get something back if you die...

Good idea, so rocket only needs to spam the map with AKs and RPGs :lol:

How about a zsar bomb that is shot a couple of days after server start that destroys the whole map if the players don't get into a 100 story underground bunker filled with uparmored zombies with miniguns that can only be killed if you hit them in the knees because that's where their balls are, of course that part is covered in thick armor plating that can only be penetrated by a 125mm armor piercing round from a tank but there is no place for a tank down there so you would have to disassemble the tank get it down there and reassemble it and hope it still works. Then kill one of them only to find out that they are connected to a monitoring system that detonates another zsar bomb underground in case one of them gets killed killing everyone down there and launches the one that annihilates everyone above.

Yep might be too much, but good idea.

If wounds were slightly realistic side NOBODY would ever look for a fight he is not sure to win or not look for a fight at all because the danger of getting wounded and the after effects can be deadly if you don't get it treated with the right medicine. Every open wound can end up beeing lethal if you get an infection and a bullet wound is one of the worst wounds you can recieve. It's not just a "flesh wound" you put a band aid on like in the action films.