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That's attacking an idea? Calling me an elitist, and telling me to "shut up" and deal with it? Where is the idea that is under assault there? It's a weak personal jab that is groundless. For the 3rd time, I never said anyone should play 1PP if they don't want to. The most I've said is that it needs to change. 3PP is not a play style. I think you're misusing the term but I get your point. Actually, the current 1PP is better for DayZ for all the reasons a forumer named patriot posted in the other popular 1PP/3PP thread kicking around right now. Also, the current 3PP in experimental is just that, experimental. I would bet real money that what you see there is not the final camera angle/mechanics. Also, if it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy to think you were the first to suggest the TLOU camera, then that's sweet. For all you know someone in the office, on reddit, or in a bar in CZ suggested it before the topic went "official" and you made the suggestion here.... could be though!

Oooo! I just want to say.... :D I never once said that we should remove 3PP or that you should play 1PP (the devs did though). I just want one hive/love. All is DayZ. You all are smoking crack. Straight up. Reading comprehension: F-

It's good to be disliked by the right people. Apparently, some of those people become obsessed and stalk the other and try to troll upon them, but lo they are far too righteous in mind, body, or soul, to give the first shit. Soon the 3PP will not be what you now are accustomed to and many of you will be very unhappy and possibly unable to adapt to the change and you will say the devs "broke the game". GG, thanks for 30+$ and data logs.

^Charming but do you care to elaborate on the pic above? Seriously. I feel like it can be interpreted more than one way.... Edit: meh, I get it, I think. Another thing that could be seen either way. If you go to a private server/hive, I can be there too. You limit yourself by not playing 1PP only servers. When we get closer to feature complete, private servers will likely mean a whole lot less. I can't wait until modding starts and we see someone mod back in the old 3PP into 1.0 :rolleyes:

I've reread EVERYTHING I posted here and stand by it all 140%. In fact, it's all very well worded and fairly clear what my core points were in each post. If they polish the 1PP and FIX 3PP I WANT 1 HIVE FOR ALL. ^^^This is all I care about. Though I do enjoy some of the camaraderie in the Experimental and Stable topics (where we focus on the live progression of the game) I did not join DayZ forum to make friends. My central concern is the quality of this title and that no part of the game is sacrificed due to transitory popular opinion.

Fixed, numb nuts. The name calling is appreciated and duly noted. Take it a bit further and I might report you, "Someday a real rain will come and wash all this scum off the streets." Right, Travis? Well the upcoming changes to the game are gonna do just that. This is meant to be an "authentic" survival horror game. Even if you find 3PP more immersive; how you can argue that floating behind your character is authentic AT ALL? I have strong opinions and I grow tired of kowtowing to inferiority/stupidity in old age. I don't care if I am seen as rude or pretentious. Let me make that as clear as an unmuddied lake or as clear as an azure sky to all people unfortunate enough to read my rantings. You should feel free to put me on your ignore list if my attitude grates. I've had your beans anyway, they taste like all the rest. I am passionate about the ideas behind this game and I have waited my whole life for anything remotely like it. The revolving door PvP population does nothing for me but to pay for the development and therefore get little of my regard. They are the least creative, least constructive testers. If you ever take what I post personally (as you must have, sweetheart), you should go back and try to reread what was written objectively. Opinions are like assholes but informed opinions are like good haircuts, not everyone can have them, and they need to be maintained the right way to be healthy and look good from all angles. Capiche?

Man... I do not like RTS engines AT ALL. But I would LOVE Resident Evil with a chance for friendlies/bandits on a large map. What game is this? Starcraft with zombies? Some people just CANNOT see past the PvP aspects of DayZ. Unless a clan supports you 24/7, you're going to spend a lot of time just staying healthy, let alone worry about the 5 minutes you might spend in PvP that week total. Mmmm, I can't WAIT for all the changes, all the tears, all the people who leave who I will forget ever posted here.... It's gonna be like "no guns in log cabins" level tears x1,000.

Again, calling me an elitist, does nothing to prove your point and makes you sound like a parrot of all the others. If you get nauseous from 1PP, that's unfortunate. It likely has something to do with your visual focal points and the new crosshair might actually help, (have you tried it since?). In fact, just changing the focus of your eyes every 15mins or so should help (look away from the screen for just a few seconds to focus on something at a different distance). But who cares for logical solutions, right? DayZ is not meant to be a tactical shooter until you make it one. In fact, people who come to DayZ for that should go buy ARMA 3; they're doing it wrong. DayZ is an MMO Sandbox Survival Horror game. Period. The central goal of DayZ is survival NOT PvP. Soon, when you fire a weapon, it will draw your death of zombies. This is not a "shooter". Just because a game has guns it makes all of the people devoid of imagination think that is the core aspect of DayZ. Now, PLEASE, argue with me how the majority of the player base using a game with mostly place holder EVERYTHING and completely feature poor are here for the PvP and that's what DayZ is all about because so many people exploit the placeholder systems for instant PvP gratification. THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WANT 3PP FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS. So for the vast majority, I enjoy their tears as these changes come. Some people have a legit desire and preference for 3PP (like yourself) and want no exploits. To say that you personally prefer 3PP and that's it's more immersive for you doesn't say a whole lot really and probably puts you in a minority actually. I shouldn't have to explain why that's a terribly thin argument. I want to end by saying that the devs themselves have said that 1PP is how DayZ should be played and they openly encouraged everyone to try it (it was in a status report I've quoted in the dev section of the forum on this topic). Those devs, such 1PP elitists.

Yeah, when I'm floating behind my own back, walking around my neighborhood, it's totally natural...??? I guess I touched a nerve there, huh killer? :D Don't tell me to shut up, ever, or I will tell you fuck off sideways on a rusty chainsaw, pal. We are here to discuss DayZ related topics. Some people are going to say things you do not like, always, and you don't get to tell them to shut up, not here. Trying to attack me personally, makes all of your above points, nearly worthless Try to attack the idea, not the person next time; that is if you can pose a sophisticated debate (which you obviously cannot). Yeah, I'm elite. Elite tastes in all things media. Fuck other peoples shitty tastes. I'm tired of conceding to tasteless/SENSELESS people. I am subjected to enough of it with the horrible tone deaf people pumping music from their cars. They did NOT fix wall peaking in 3PP experimental. I have been on every recent build and found the same wall peaking possible. Nothing is fixed (yet). Here's a solution for you, my shortsighted friend. How about we all get 1 hive for all once 3PP is ironed out and not further splinter the player base? You did a great job of missing my point though. . Please misconstrue the above once more so we can go round and round in abject futility.

im·mer·sioniˈmərZHən,iˈmərSHən/nounnoun: immersion the action of immersing someone or something in a liquid. "his back was still raw from immersion in the icy Atlantic Ocean" deep mental involvement. "his immersion in Jewish culture" a method of teaching a foreign language by the exclusive use of that language, usually at a special school. baptism by immersing a person bodily (but not necessarily completely) in water. Astronomyrare the disappearance of a celestial body in the shadow of or behind another. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Staring at your characters back the entire game is by definition immersion breaking. There's no way you get the same visceral attachment to your character. Do you even play 1PP at all? I played on 1PP and 3PP alternately since the mod and I discovered early on that 3PP is a FAR inferior experience on EVERY level. Back then I played on 3PP servers and just kept myself in 1PP. Then I discovered the wall peaking and camping tactics and left 3PP almost entirely. 3PP from ARMA 2 is pretty awful. If you think DayZ should be played that way, you obviously don't understand what DayZ will be.

I think it's a good idea but WAY too many people would be upset by it. I do think A LOT of people would convert to 1PP only. Once they remove the placeholder 3PP camera we have now and replace it with one that is balanced we will see the same people leave DayZ that would have left if it was 1PP only. I've learned a lot about why people prefer one camera type over the other in games in general through this forum and in regards to DayZ in particular I've never heard a valid argument beyond, "I prefer it." Of course I am one of the people that wouldn't mind 3PP being taken out altogether. In 3PP there is no immersion. It's not debatable. Without immersion you never get a visceral connection to your character and just about every core factor that makes DayZ great is now diminished.

SSD improved my framerate greatly. You need delete DayZ but save your config file first. Go into steam and make a new folder as destination for steam games on the SSD. Start the download and instruct steam to send it to the new folder. Profit.

Eh, not so much. Every point you're trying to make has been touched on in the link Boneboys posted.

https://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/getstarted/ No?

"The dead know only one thing; that it is better to be alive."

Great report, thanks for info! I have a lot of fun testing this Alpha and look forward to each patch with great excitement! :D

For health status, we have this now, because it is essential to convey in text. "you are dying of dehydration" There are almost always some good indicators of what killed you in this game, either way. *thwip* *bullet meat sound* you are dead Well... you were probably sniped. If I put a longsword through the back of your skull, how much indication would you have of what transpired? I do not want a message specific to how I died. Nope, nope, nope.

You're not playing DayZ standalone. You're playing 0.55/0.57 of DayZ Alpha Standalone version. MANY MANY MANY games have also been delayed. I'm prepared for up to a year worth of delays t o1.0 Waves of interest in DayZ come and go and bigger changes will bring more and more interest. I think most players lack the imagination to envision what DayZ SA will play like. People looking for the mod with better graphics and security will be disappointed. DayZ mod was inferior and not capable of completing Rockets vision, therefore the SA will be a true representative of what "real DayZ" will be for quite few more years.

1. What exactly happens when a server restarts? Besides respawning zombies, sending my truck back to where I last got out, changing the clock time, and undoing the last five minutes of my gameplay, why must all servers restart several times a day? The server gets a fresh start so everything runs as smoothly a possible. 2. Do bear traps/land mines work on zombies? *I do not know. 3. Is it an option that the server admin can change the countdown login time? I know two servers who have 30 second timers while others typically have a 60 second. Ive seen videos where people have to wait 300 seconds. Those videos may be old. Login timers can get longer if you hop consecutive times. I do not think server admins set this at all. 4. Do civilian tents still exist? I haven't seen one since the tent splosion when 55 was released. I have seen military tents but no civilian. They spawn in the current stable and spawn in experimental both. 5. Do M4s only spawn at heli crash sites? In all the military locations I’ve looted Ive never seen an M4 in the wild. Only the ones carried by other players. Only heli crashes. 6. Can you eat worms without getting sick? *I'm not sure. I don't think so. 7. Can you eat raw meat without getting sick? *I'm not sure. I don't think so. 8. I drove a truck into the water and flipped it. When the server restarted it was floating above where I rolled it. I swam out, got in, started it and it sank then flipped. Whenever the server restarts I go check and there it is floating on the water. When will it stop appearing on the water and start spawning in a designated truck spawn point? Probably never. Not until the next build or the server gets a hard reset which has to be requested with good reason from the provider. 9. Are helos still only spawning in the same four locations? In stable, yes. In experimental, they all spawn at NWA. 10. I found a building that has a noclip wall. Where a wall appears to be you can walk right through it without the use of any manipulation techniques. Its not in a populated area and has very little strategic advantage. Great place for a stash but I’m worried I may be considered a wall glitcher and be banned. Would this be grounds for banning? No, I doubt you would be banned. The building you speak of may not be fully configured yet and could be a bad place to leave stuff. 11. Does anyone want to give me a fully kitted M4 (preferably butt first) Not likely. Thanks all You're welcome, one.

Beans for proposing this topic. I think they are hoping to dial some kind of system in with these experimental tweaks. I agree that we could use some changes or a complete overhaul for these factors, I honestly would really like to hear what the devs might say about how the current system will be once properly implemented. I also think that stamina might scale back some of these factors we're seeing as OP now.

I gave beans because this is a good subject that needs some serious thinking through by the devs. I'm not sure what the best solution is but some level of authenticity should be strove towards.

The degree to which they pursue cannibalism is debatable. In the mod they knelt and scooped invisible stuff off a dead or unconscious player but they do not try to bite by default like classic undead zombies. I think the major problem here is definitions. Zombie should be viewed as a loose term, a sort of lazy term (no offense, just a turn of phrase) that encompasses mindless shambling, scurrying, or running humans with little to no personality and limited cognitive abilities. As stated previously in this thread, I often use both terms, zombie, and infected, interchangeably in conversation just to try to make some distinction RE: DayZ zombies. I have no issue with people calling the infected zombies as long as they understand that they are not undead, cannot survive massive vital organ trauma, or loss of limbs, and do not require headshots. These zombies are still alive in every sense of the word. Until I fill 'em full of lead, blow 'em up, or burn 'em, that is. :murder:

Correct answer: YES. When you get hit by them or interact with them too much you can have a whole host of real world infections.

Framerate was causing my client to be sluggish overall. With higher more consistent frames client side, I keep up with my friend who has high hardware specs and a faster connection and on servers where we split the difference ping wise. Just my experience. Edit: Maybe something related to playing DayZ on the same connection is causing an issue with desynch or packet lose, Rick.

If we getting limping as was previewed prior to release it will be a good intermediate level of incapacitation without leaving a player nearly 100% vulnerable. We already have unconsciousness for that. If I'm not mistaken, we will be seeing a state of shock due to injury but I'm not positive on this one.