omgwtfbbq (DayZ)

I'll take a bulletproof case, if you want to find something less ridiculous. It can be from anywhere, I just don't have a protector case either.

This is the most passive aggressive way of being irritated. Remember kids, when you're mad about something, or if someone disagrees with you, remember to say that they're raging, regardless of whether or not they actually are. Mods, this thread started and ended with the title. It won't go anywhere. /thread.

Alright, I never use this excuse because 99% of the time it is a bullshit passive excuse to ignore all flaws with the game. Sadly, it is applicable. Alpha. The medical system is going to receive a massive upgrade later down the road. How realistic, who knows. All I can say is that we cannot judge that particular aspect of DayZ just yet.

You are the only one getting antsy. The thing is, in real life, there is no balance. There is only what is intended. That is why the M4A1 in DayZ is currently the best weapon; it is the most modern rifle in the game. It cannot be balanced; an 1880 (Mosin Nagant) rifle is not going to beat a 1994 one. Again, this isn't much of a game rather than a simulator. Realism has no place in a game. A simulator, however...

This may not be the game for you then; one of the main things people trumpeted about the mod version of DayZ was that it was so punishing and cruel that it wasn't fun; "It's not a game, it's an anti-game". Rocket goes for brutally punishing realism; this will become more of a simulator than a game. If you feel that simulators and games mix, then feel free to. It won't get any less realistic from here on out.

You can't swing a friggin axe around like a madman; hitting a zombie will cause the axe to stop, and pulling it out of their face is going to take a second. Axes are heavy. However, the hit detection is screwed right now. Axe swing through face = no hit. Axe swing far to the left or right of the zombie = hit

I'm asking for just a shot of morphine, obtained only from the town of Balota. On a full population server. Only morphine from such a place can satisfy my needs (I ask for this because 1: I don't have morphine and 2: I'm giving you a challenge)

Morphine from Balota, very specifically

Rocket said he liked the idea of character stats gradually increasing (i.e. more running = you can run for longer, repeated bayonet use to open a can eventually yields better percentages left over) so we can see that coming in eventually. The problem is that newspawns are still going to be reckless due to them not having gear or increased stats. I would also like to see a timer when you die. One hour before you can join in again, or if the server restarts within that hour. Your body will be long gone, your hopes of telling your friends where the guy who shot you was are now gone.

1) pull out fireaxe 2) chop face

Okay, here's the issue: Youtube reformats all videos to a 30 FPS format that is inferior to the original file video. The only way around this is to record in a ridiculous resolution, then upload it to Youtube. If your computer can't handle that, then 1080p is the best way to go. As for recording, I use ShadowPlay. It is built in to GTX 650 or higher GPUs, and reduces framerate by about 1-5 FPS. Fantastic tool; records in 60 FPS should you choose to do so, and the video quality is astounding. However, ShadowPlay cannot be downloaded and is NVIDIA 600+ series GPU-exclusive. Fraps really is the best option if you cannot use ShadowPlay, because it records in the highest quality of all the downloadable recorders. However, Fraps causes massive lag due to its quality (ShadowPlay uses excess GPU power already built into the card meaning 1-5 FPS difference, and Fraps uses CPU power meaning however much the game is not already using. Because it has to split CPU usage between the game and Fraps, the framerate nosedives) Also note that both Fraps and ShadowPlay produce massive .avi files if you up the quality to the max; I'm talking 10GB+ videos for a few minutes of recording. Editing videos is a whole other deal, due to the quality of the video depending on the codec used for rendering the video. I use Sony Vegas Pro 9, which allows for 1080p quality (Vegas Pro 12 is stupid because it changes everything I knew about 9, if someone can link me a tutorial for past VP users, let me know). Vegas Pro 12 can allow for 1440p, should you get the right codecs for it. Again, the main issue with upload quality is the Youtube conversion. As mentioned before, the higher rendering quality video you upload, the better quality the end result is, but that is a given. Here's a video recorded with ShadowPlay, then edited with VP9, then uploaded to Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpHgUUt-vYE Yes, that is me talking. Lag in the video is from the server lagging, not the recording. Hope this answers any questions.

While I feel this would be an awesome addition, it shouldn't be high priority. Then again, it should be simple to implement due to it already existing for the engine. If they throw it in with the next update, awesome. If not, it's fine.

This will reach all new levels of whining when you can eventually take a shit on people

Watching the DayZ go by

I can fully understand why the CryEngine would annihilate any computer if the map scale was on the level of ArmA, but if ArmA is sized down to Crysis' level design, I should be getting hundreds of frames per second while completely maxed out, not be "on a par" with the CryEngine. The RV engine is unoptimized, and I hope they'll solve all issues with framerates by release date. Unrelated, but I still think DayZ is going to miss its window if it comes out in two years. All interest in it will be lost.

If you try the spigot in Kamyshovo or the one in Elektro, you're probably going to get attacked.

Easy fix: use the mod that removes any objects/people/zombies that cannot be seen in first person when using third person. Easy. Someone already made it, just plug that shit into the RV engine. Then, people can still have third person, and this particular exploit is removed. (If you're looking for why people call it an exploit, I'd start to wonder why people don't think it's an exploit in its current form. The main problem with it is the ability to see around corners you cannot see around normally, and other people cannot see you. Also applies to seeing over fences or ledges. When playing on normal servers, there's no reason to not go third person, due to everyone using it because of the massive crutch. No reason to put yourself at a disadvantage. Same applies to nighttime gamma exploit. No reason to not do it and give yourself a disadvantage over others.)

Inb4 merge

Huh, I didn't know that it didn't maximize GPU or CPU usage. I figured it wasn't the RV engine, because I can run ArmA III on max (except AA) with ~50 FPS everywhere. So yes, it seems that DayZ itself has a hardware usage issue.

Pretty much. Other players are a hassle, and I usually avoid. However, on the off-chances I do meet another person, I'm always friendly unless incentivized.

Okay, not that small. Taloon or preferably the improvised one, as that takes more effort to acquire.

Stay alive, generally avoid other people. I always have a small backpack so I never have enough food. Because I'm at a lack, I always have to look for more. PvP is something that can be done in any other game, so I find it generally uninteresting in DayZ. Boring, even. Too run-of-the-mill. Trying to maintain food rations while carefully surveying other survivors, hoping they don't turn to attack, as well as avoiding hordes of zombies? Needing to negotiate with another guy at gunpoint so both of us can walk away alive? Sign me up. Also on every life I try to go to every town and every landmark (Green Mountain, soccer field, statue in woods, crashed helicopters, each airfield, etc)

It is the early stage of zombie respawning. It is super simple now, (you make noise and more spawn) but eventually it will be more complex.

We have enough threads on this as it is. Yes, there is some imbalancing but I'm sure it will eventually come to a compromise on wanting to stop playing vs combat logging

1. Spawn anywhere 2. Go to places where loot is spawning 3. Get loot 4. Travel to other places with loot 5. Don't shoot others unless provoked 6. Acquire small backpack so as to limit loot intake 7. Never having enough food fuels exploration for more 8. Enjoy self and organic tension 9. Go on forums during downtime 10. See stupid thread 11. Post in stupid thread 12. ??? 13. Profit