Fraggle (DayZ)

I can understand lot's of the criticism etc (not that I always agree with it) but it's the anger that makes me chuckle. Why would anyone get genuinely angry about the development of a game? Especially at this stage. When they've taken your money and and promised something in exchange for that money the anger could be justified if they don't fulfill any promises or deliver certain things but at this stage we're just watching the development of a game, simple as that. There's loads of games I'm following atm and it wouldn't ever really occur to me to go onto their website and tell them to "hurry the fuck up". Some of those games I've been waiting years for and are forever being pushed back, the fact is they owe me nothing at this point, even if they miss release dates by years so I just cross my fingers and hope they pull it together eventually. I check in on them occasionally, catch up with how their getting on and go and play something else while I wait. There's so many awesome games around atm for PC gamers it's not like it's a hard thing to do.

Yup, I second this. I've heard a few mumblings about weather but I'd love to know what the longer term plans are for making it more important to actual gameplay.

I love the whole concept of it but seeing the same names over and over again does start to wear thin. I understand it's a win-win for the sponsors and the YT'ers/streamers etc but it just seems a tad too elitist now. I'd far prefer maybe having two or three "guest" teams to fill the "celebrity" slots which could change every time so that all of the streamers get their chance to drum up some more viewers and then just run it as a traditional competition where the best man/team wins.

It's so hard to start a new server, It's a chicken and egg thing. Nobody wants to play on an empty server so it can be hard to get off the ground. Later on I'll try and drum up some business.

Merged...

Nice one. I haven't played for aaaaaaaaaaaaaages. Literally haven't touched the mod for a few months but later on or tomorrow I might reinstall and jump in. I've never tried Epoch and I love the map editions so it should be good fun.

So apart from it being a bit of a circle-jerk for the "elite" what's the verdict on how it went?

Are you accounting for bullet-drop, leading targets etc. when you're aiming and do you know about zeroing weapons?

Yeh yeh. Too late homeboy.

It's tricky tbh. I think the one true mistake they've ever made was to give a release date, now it may be the opposite. I guess they have one, even a rough one internally but making it public could potentially create more problems for them than it solves. Sure, the fact that we don't currently have one leads to a lot of frustration, claims of being disorganised unproffesional etc but it'd be a hell of a lot worse if they released even a vague window and then missed it. Maybe they genuinely don't know themselves at this point, in which case it'd be pretty hard to give one.

I just had a word with some peeps you know... just doin my job man... just doin my job....

Hmmm, before you go for the manul technique it may be worth holding tight for an hour just to see if others are having similar issues with Commander today, occasionally they have issues that are usually resolved fairly quickly. If not let us know and I'll give you the proper links.

I think we have a large prison being added to look forward to so maybe there could be an arms room in there with some decent non-lethal gear.

If it's specific to Overwatch you may have to check their forums because it's a separate mod to DayZ. Someone here may have the answer though.

I know pretty much next to nothing about modding but if the F-keys are hard coded into Arma2 I'd imagine there's nothing the devs can do about it because they're just modding Arma 2. It would need an actual fix or patch from BIS themselves to resolve. Having said that I may be completely wrong and I'm literally just guessing based on no knowledge whatsoever. Razor should be able to give you a proper answer though.

Optimisation will be an important part of the SA and it's been discussed a lot. Some of the core engine changes already address some of the issues that many of the mods have, people get sick of hearing about server/client architecture etc but all of that is to improve performance and security which is why they've spent so long trying to get it right. It's hard for them to show progress of actual core engine changes and even harder to explain it in a way that we would understand. I guess the proof of the pudding will be when it's all up and running. "True" optimisation takes place later on in development when most of the main parts are in place though. That's when they can really refine the performance and it can only really be done once they've got the data they need from the alpha testing and much of the actual game mechanics are in place. Don't expect the initial release to be a smooth ride. Arma 3 is a fairly good example I think although technically a very different game. During the early alpha it was almost unplayable for some but they've been optimising it and pushing out patches throughout the whole process and it's a world away from Arma 2. BIS are a very different company now to when they first released Arma2, that was a long time ago now and it looks to me like they've learned from their mistakes.

Beautiful.

GooOgle, you have finally found your home. Come in from the cold and join these heroes. Or leave the thread it's up to them really, you're still under moderation.

It's my fav thread! Takes me back to when I first joined the forums. First thing I did was get whitelisted as a medic and meet real men. Bandits = pussy mode. I'm drunk now so will go to bed.

Soz, I'll go now.

Only kidding XXX I'll get it soreted :)

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In DayZ Commander on the right of your screen make sure EVERYTHING is up to date. Find where it says Arma 2 and update it. Check through that menu on the right and if it there's an option to update then do so.

IamreallyI'msuperbusy.