Fraggle (DayZ)

Angry Joe is one of the few YT'ers who's reviews I enjoy watching. Behind his "angryness" he's actually a really well informed and incitefull reviewer. Good to see he's going to be shifting his main focus towards PC games too.

I think that's part of the plan with the books (many of which will be community written). Also player diaries may be a feature. I think it's static dead bodies built in to the scenery that he not so keen on.

The hype dying down is a good thing. Peoples expectations have been way too high and the pressure on the devs has been immense. I hope the hype continues to die down so that the devs can continue to work in peace and not get sidetracked by external things they have no control over.

I'll be using NHS-direct.

Lol, I'm not sure about that idea. The end result would just be piles of dead asthmatics at the base of the lighthouses.

Agreed. TBH I think if it's done well it could be one of the biggest game-changers (for the better) to be added to the SA. I can't think of one other game EVER that has made players have to consider different diseases/infections and adjust their tactics accordingly. It may be a way off yet, I have no idea TBH but it's something I'm really looking forward to in the future.

That's is right up there with the first rule.

Rockets plan for disease.

We already have loads of info about it. TBH it's just basic internet security. Key theft isn't unique to DayZ and it always requires you to download a suspect file and run the exe. Anyone using the internet for ANY reason at all should know to only download files from trusted sources, that's pretty much the first and most important rule of internet safety.

Oh I forgot to say, nice guide BTW ;)

HAHAHA! @Carbine - That avatar pic is one of my drawings from ages ago lol. Where did you find it? It suits you.

Yeh, it's gonna be messy. I really hope the devs go out of their way to plaster the information wherever they can and make a clear statement that it is an alpha release, what to expect at first and what to expect in the future. TBH I think whatever they do they're going to get a lot of criticism initially. They've devoted a lot of resources to the server/client architecture to give themselves a solid base to work on but that doesn't add content and it's not something you can show via screenshots so people are already wondering what they've been doing with their time. I think it'll only be further down the line when they're releasing solid regular content patches that really add to the game that people will realise they're not just polishing a turd, before that though I think they're in for a rough ride.

Agreed. I think 3rd person does serve a purpose but the abuse of it such as looking around corners/over walls etc needs to be addressed. In all the posts I've read about it the best solution IMO is to change or restrict the view. There's a few games that do this really well.

SmashT should do what I did with the last one, just let some organised speed-typer sort it out and then copy/paste it here.

He's high on Jesus.

I think you're referring to PPE. In Arma 2 they suck unless you have a super computer.

^^You should visit more often.

Sorry. I was in bed :/ Anyhoo, let's all refrain from personal attacks.

You already have answers on your other thread. Please don't make multiple threads on the same topic, sometimes you just need to wait a bit for a response. Locked.

Fear and paranoia. I'm looking forward to recapturing that in the SA.

I agree. I remember seeing one of the Arma 3 devs being interviewed a while ago and he said optimisation is one of their top priorities, whether they can pull it off or not is another matter though. I do think being in alpha is a half decent excuse/reason for some of the issues they've had so far though regarding optimisation, that's one of the very reasons for having an alpha/beta period, to optimise the game. It's their own engine and is being developed constantly, alpha testing is an important part of that process because it's the only way to get feedback from players running many different set-ups, when you take part in an alpha test you accept that the game is still in heavy development. Without that the issues can't be noted/addressed. If the game makes it to full release and it's still badly optimised for many then that would be a shame and it would also mean their reputation of not optimising very well will continue, I guess we'll just have to wait and see.

I have attempted to make contact using the power of Google translate. I fear I may have just told him that my favourite colour is blue and I like Ice-cream though. Oh well, I tried.

Well, I don't speak German but I believe the word "Keygen" is the same in most languages. Wenn Sie intallation Hilfe benötigen, suchen Sie bitte in den Foren oder benutzen Sie Google. Dieses Thema wurde schon oft behandelt. Re installieren Sie Ihr Spiel, das wird fügen Sie den richtigen Schlüssel, um Ihre Registrierung. Wenn Sie das Spiel Raubkopien haben es wird nie funktionieren. Locked.

The thing is, the people it doesn't run well for are the people that will be posting so you won't be reading hundreds of posts of people telling you that it runs just fine for them. Anyhoo, I can only say it as I see it, for me personally it runs far better and my friends report the same. I have read the issues many others have had though so I know it's not great for everyone. I hope they carry on optimising as they continue to build the game. Part of the alpha process is to record player experiences/performance issues and address those as they move forward. Arma 3 is always going to be a very demanding game I just hope they manage to get everyone having a good consistent experience by the time it's fully released.

Do they keep their forums updated? That'd be the first place to check.