-MadTommy

I died recently... now whenever i join a server I start in the Wilderness.. it does not ask me if i want to be male or female, I just spawn in the middle of nowhere. Using Dayz 1.2.3 Arma Beta patch. 1.61.94876 Happens on all servers i've tried. No idea what to do... I've had a search here in the forums and can't see this issue. Please help as i can't play at all. Thanks

Thanks.. I'll try that. Yes that worked.. thanks a lot.

Well there are a lot of setting is Arma video section.. why don't you detail what yours actually are.. might well help.

If there were no bandits the game would be boring. I play the good guy, and only fire in self defence...but i still like bandits. Makes the game far more tense.

Ok.. i gonna die very soon outside the toilet at Devils Castle...it has been a good life, but a rather undignified death, i closed a toilet door on myself! :rolleyes: I'd like someone to get my gear... i have everything needed for a survivor. The rare M14 EP1 DMR with 3 clips, M1911, water bottles, compass, hatchet, matches, hunting knife, morphine, bandages, Czech backpack and other bits and bobs. I'm unconscious and will bleed to death before i come around so i wont be able to bandage myself. The toilet is on the south east corner of the castle, by the entrance by the track. No foul play or trick.. i did make a plea for a medic to help me in the medical assistance thread... but have decided to take it on the chin and start a new life. I'll log on in 15 minutes on the UK7 Kelly's Heroes server.. that will be 19.20 hrs BST. Good luck.

Did anyone get it? Just curious.

Well.. i've died where i said i was.. hope a good person got my gear.

I appreciate the offers of assistance. But I've decided to start again, tbh i actually enjoy the 1st few hours when survival is hard. i'm gonna log on in 5 minutes. There will be lots of flies near the toilet! lol

If i don't make it.. i'll liaise my spawn with you so you can have my gear.. have morphine etc. EDIT: i'm here

Sorry. Devil's Castle.

Arrrggghhh I'm about to die by being squashed my a toilet door. I'm in the wilderness in a low populated area. really don't want to die this way.. i have gear i'd hate to lose! Can you help... how do i contact you? I have retail version of Arma not steam...i do have steam and searched for Dr. Wasteland, M.D. but found nothing.. (i did find a Dr. Wasteland but they have not been on steam for over 400 days..) Please help if you can, I wont be able to spawn in until you are close and i am down to 1,100 blood and unconscious and bleeding badly... i had a broken arm and leg.. but i have plenty of bandages and morphine.. i need a, epi pen & blood transfusion i reckon. Preferred method of communication would be teamspeak.. i know exactly where i am.. i'll be easy to find. I'm in UK timezone... Thanks.

The only advice i can give is is: Get used to it.. its gonna happen, enjoy getting your gear, don't get mad when you loose it, it happens to everyone. Move slow and carefully in cover.. run like the wind when no cover is about.. leaving town all geared up is the most dangerous time.. and probably the most enjoyable too for the same reason. Just enjoy the challenge.. people will shoot you.

hahaha... too funny. You know zombies are not real right?

As an Arrma series veteran, i'd like to see it remain as an Arma mod... and would happily pay for it as a Addon type deal. I will never pay for any monthly type service. I'll just never do that, ever. Pay for your gear... would seemingly destroy the whole concept of the game.. the fun is building your character through taking risks and hard work, just buying your gear would not appeal to me. That is all :)

Complaining about PvP in Dayz is like complaining about corners in a driving game! But what the hell does that mean? Makes no sense at all.

I had a really nubtastic moment earlier today. I came across a heli crash site at dusk (1st one i've found)....spotted it through binos from a distance. By the time i got to it is was dark. I snuck in past the zeds and found a m14 & a FN FAL both with two clips. I was a bit rushed due to the zeds.. and after crawling back to a near by bush I decided i hadn't searched the site properly. So i started back to the site.. at about 40 foot away i noticed another player crawling towards the site just ahead of me....My heart skipped a beat.. he had what looked like a 50cal sniper rifle on his back..now came my numbastic moment.... I'm generally a friendly player..but their was no way i was trusting this dude. There were Zeds everywhere... i could have easily knelled and shot him with the FN FAL i was armed with. but i was worried about all the Zeds.. i had a grenade, He was right by the heli.. i thought i'd just lob it at him. Hopefully get him if not it will draw all the Zeds to him.. So i throw the nade.. but i threw it too far.. it goes about 30 feet past the chopper. I bet it scared the shit out of him! ha i thought.. I have a better idea.. I'll throw a flare on to his position.... trying to learn from the nade throw i throw a flare..errr this time not far enough.. it lands about 4 feet in front on me.. lighting me up like a Christmas tree! Now the Zeds all come for me! What an idiot.. i got away, killing a couple of Zeds and loosing quite a bit of blood. The other survivor never fired at me.. not even sure if he saw me.. if he did he is probably still laughing! (Most likely he disconnected to save his skin!) I could have so easily shot him and lost the Zeds in the dark.. instead i learnt some valuable lessons and had a good laugh at my experience! What an idiot! LOL

Unarmed or poorly armed? Here is my guide to survive hordes of Zeds. Ok.. the new version has been out a few days.. and the Zeds are meaner than ever.. they can detect you from over 100m if you are stupid or unlucky. The game has changed.. you need to change how you play it. This is particularly true when you 1st spawn with f all to protect you. A lot of posts have popped up where the moaning meter has gone into the red zone... don't get mad..change how you play and meet the challenge head on! In the previous version the Zeds where basically blind.. well not any more. They can see and see you well, this is the biggest change, don't forget it. The golden rules when unarmed: Observe & be patient, use stealth, use distraction & know where an escape location is! Observe & be patient: It now makes a difference whether the Zeds are looking in your direction. If they are within 50m or so only break cover if they have their back to you. They will see at over a 100m.. don't run around like a headless chicken. Use free look a lot.. or TrackIr, keep scanning around. The buggers can appear anywhere. Use stealth: Crawl.. a lot! Simple as that... if you don't crawl they will see you! Use walk/slow crawl as your default setting. When you spawn double tap Shift.. now you will walk everywhere, if you need to run either hold hold down Shift or double tap W. This way you won't accidentally run a few steps when trying to be stealthy. Use distraction: Smoke grenades, flares, bottles & cans are now REALLY important. A smoke grenade is more useful had a fist full of ammo. In areas with lots of Zeds the only way to get through them unnoticed is to use distraction. It works.. use it. Escape location: You will need one! No matter how skilled you are you will get spotted by pure misfortune. You will have to run for your life! Try and always be aware of possible escape locations. These are: Large buildings with two doors, steep hills, wooded areas, large rocky areas, fences & other objects you can vault. The Zeds weakness is their pathfinding skills.. use this. Weaving around rock outcrops, around buildings, through tents etc etc tends to confuse the poor brain dead morons! if you know how to lose the Zeds... you can run around like a headless chicken and survive the Zeds... but you WILL BE SHOT by a bandit! You should use cunning & stealth before running like a loon! Once armed... do all the above BEFORE you start shooting... only shoot as a last resort. The new Zeds are a hell of a lot meaner than they were a week ago.. change your strategy or die A LOT! Please add you own advice... I'm pretty new to the game so understand the challenges for new comers. (thank god i've been playing Arma 1&2 for years... :) )

Never mind.. i see the patch will be released today. (1.7.2.2). Great news.

Yeah.. getting a system that does not punish the innocent but stops the clever bastards who dream up these glitches is gonna be tough. I predict we, the innocent, will just have live with some distribution / restrictions to stop this disruptive behaviour. Good luck... this is the major issue with the persistent sandbox format that needs addressing IMO. Considering i try and play on one server... i look forward to whatever you do.. if i dc and cant play for 30 minutes or something.. no big issue.. be worth it.

Any chance of getting a server with Veteran settings... they all have 3rd person view & cross hairs on.. which i really hate. Really in need of a server without these enabled please.. pretty please. Just hate these options on spoil the game greatly.

Err do you not see the contradiction here.. :)

I was running through the woods.. when my 3 year daughter started screaming Daddy Daddy!.. so i dived under a fir tree and left my PC to attend to her.. when i came back i could hear russelling very close to me... i was being followed by 3 bandits...they were searching for me.. obviously they had lost sight of me just before i dived under said tree... one of them was 5 feet from me searching.. 2 other were 100 foot or so away.. my heart was pounding. For a minute or two this bandit was about 5 feet from me.. they knew i was close.. i lost my nerve, clicked my M16 to burst and gave him two burst into his side.. he was not looking at me, I darted in the opposite direction with a hail of bullets around me... but i got away. It came up as a murder...but they were not searching for me to give me beans... :) I ran for about 5 km with my heart in my mouth! All the way to the top of Black Mountain! My daughter saved my life!

Sometimes after 30mins i'm armed to the teeth.. others i'm still searching for a bloody hatchet! Hatchets seems like cops.. never around when you need one.. hundreds of the feckers when you don't want one...:P

One thing to note, Visibility is set server side and cannot be adjusted in Dayz... so this setting only works in regular Arma. (I assume this is to give a level playing field in PvP gaming, otherwise some would have 10k and others 1km view distances.. not really fair)

Yeah i know where they come from...and how hard they are to find. But snipping people from 1200m with a 50cal does not make it hardcore.. killing someone with iron sights makes it hardcore.. 1200m 50cal is far more like disney land than pistols, iron sights etc. I just think the game would be more fun if the 50cal rifles & nvg & thermal sights were removed... there is still room for specialised high performance weapons.