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Pussy tactic or not, if you wanna keep getting killed by Zeds that's all you buddy.

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New players hit big towns to start. Like Barnes101 said you just spawned who cares if you die with nothing. Be cautious in the cities. Laying down and crawling is the best way to avoid Zeds and players. Be paranoid and I'm sure you will get the hang of it. Spawning everyone with a gun would be ridiculous. Anyone can gather a kamikaze group and ruin plenty of people's day. Earning/finding a gun seems fine to me.

Make sure everything is up to date. Only other thing I can say is that the mod is still in alpha so don't be too discouraged.

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The games only twenty bucks on steam. I'm sure you can scrounge up some cash.

It's not using alt f4. Im not shutting down the game just re logging into the sever. Zeds spawn when you spawn. Thats why the zed number in every server fluctuates. If he fixes this too then it won't make a difference to me. Just trying to help out the new guys.

Get another tent or vehicle to store your items. Tents are a little buggy in the alpha version of the game so bare with rocket and im sure they'll work well in due time. Tents should survive server restarts. Tents are unique to the sever you set it up in. Anyone can loot them if they stumble across it. To be safe just mash the save button before you log. Dropped items don't survive server resets. They do despawn and are unique to the server dropped on. Good luck and hope this helps. If I've said anything incorrect feel free to let me know.

If you're getting chased by too many Zeds you can always hit esc then abort. When you log back in the zombies will disappear. Use only in a super tight pinch as I think it takes away from the realism aspect. Good luck in your travels gents, just remember this game is all tactics. Keep low and be paranoid.

For me it saved my game no problem. Once I got out it has happened since.

Yeah. You're technically still on the Chernarus map so its makes sense for him to have re spawned normally by the coast. Its just a bug that puts you way the fuck out there for no apparent reason. You can re spawn and die to fix it but if you have gear that you want to keep then head east. It only took me about 20 minutes to hit the forest and another ten to hit a town. It may takes a lot longer in upwards of over an hour. Hopefully that's not the case. Good luck, hope you have enough food and water to make it.

Might have solved this with a retarded temporary fix. When this happens I just delete the air_pmc.pbo file (don't worry, every time you boot the game it will force you to download a fresh air_pmc file). Switch CD keys via logging in the other steam account and activating the key by booting up ARMA OA once. Then I added this to the launch options in steam for ARMA OA." -beta=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -mod=@Dayz -nosplash" (without quotes and note the space at the beginning. Now replace the Arma2OA.exe in the main folder (for me its E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead) with the Arma2OA.exe in this folder E:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\Expansion\beta (again this is my file directory, yours will probably be in the C drive) MAKE SURE YOU DONT DELETE THE ORIGINAL ARMA2OA.EXE FILE, rename it to something like Arma2OABACKUP.exe BEFORE you replace it. Just remember to delete the air_pmc.pbo file every time you switch CD keys. I did all this and it miraculously has been working like a charm ever since. Good luck and I hope this all makes sense.

Yeah it only happened to me once. When I got out it's never happened again. Good luck man.

Head east. It only took me 20 minutes to run out. You might get lucky. Although it might take you a long time. I would go for it.