dcjoker

PM sent to both of you.

any medics here near topolka dam? i found an aks 74 kobra (without ammo) but would be a shame for me to just leave it. i have no space for it so if you let me know i can give it to you.

Using the default values of: fovTop=0.75; fovLeft=1.3333334; Moreover, my resolution being 1920x1080 (16:9). Using the calculations cited in the OP I've deduced that at least for me the default fov was approx. 70 degrees. Using my settings if you want a fov of 90 degrees the correct values would be: fovTop=1.02974426; fovLeft=1.830656462222222; Edit: eventually I've settled at 75. 90 looked really weird. the following are the correct values if you want your fov to be at 75 with 1920x1080 (16:9): fovTop=0.82030475; fovLeft=1.4583195;

http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/wv3kb/how_i_made_a_new_friend_in_the_apocalypse/ Please leave an upvote if you like. This is reposted from the forums in Dr. Wasteland's thread.

Yes I suggest that everyone reassess distress calls where anyone is requesting a bandage.

edit: I reposted this story on reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/wv3kb/how_i_made_a_new_friend_in_the_apocalypse/ Please leave an upvote if you like :D Just thought I'd share this story. Just a heads up though it isn't your typical after-action report because I didn't receive a distress call here on the forums. The medical emergency arose while in-game! So there I was trying to pitch a tent near Berezino. After what seemed like forever I finally got one really well hidden but it was stuck inside a tree and after I tried maneuvering around to target it without success the tent/tree broke my leg and somehow I died. So I had to start over. No big deal. I managed to spawn in Komarovo. I ran through Balota picking up some basic supplies and found an mp5a5 (not my favorite gun but will have to do) I found 2 g17 mags and 3 mp5 mags and 1 mp5sd mag. After rummaging for supplies I ran into another survivor in the open field north of Elektro. I saw that he was unarmed and he saw that I had the mp5. I started saluting him and told him I was not going to hurt him. He cautiously approached and I told him he was welcome to join me. I was headed toward a barn closeby. After some running we had some zombies on us which I took out with my mp5 (had to kill a ton of them) and even with something like 50 headshots and 70 zombie kills I was now running low on ammo. We finally got to the barn and I showed my new friend a hatchet in the barn that he should pick up. I then taught him how to equip and use the hatchet. Moments later he accidentally fell from one of the higher platforms and broke his leg and started bleeding. I bandaged him up and told him I didn't have any of my medical supplies on me even though I am a medic. We were in the barn north of Topolka dam. He was unconscious at this point so I dragged him in the corner of the barn and told him I could run and get medical supplies in Elektro. Even though it's a dangerous area I know my way around it pretty well and it was the closest hospital where I could find what I needed to help him. I gave him my steam and skype info and told him we should message each other on skype if something were to go wrong. By now it was getting really dark and I lit some blue chemlights in the barn so he could still see. I made sure he was good on food and water and I left to get supplies to help my new friend. After a long run I ended up in Elektro and in the middle of my route in the supermarket I hear footsteps. I ready my mp5 and as I check from the back of the store and look into the store another player comes and opens the door behind me and kills me with an axe (I was already pretty low on blood - about 6k). I hear maniacal laughter as he murders me with his axe. Luckily I now spawn in Prigorodky and tell my new friend I may still be able to help him yet. Double timing towards Elektro I found some basic supplies along the way including some food, water, bandages, roadflares, chemlights, and a Winchester with an absurd amount of ammo (6 or 7 mags). Anyway I get to Elektro and find about 8 dead survivor bodies on my route. I quickly go through the supermarket and the church (I find a czech backpack) and finally get to the hospital where I load up on my medical supplies (2 epi pens, 5 blood bags, 5 morphines). I then escape out of Elektro and head north toward my friend. Along the way I run into a few zombies but kill them with my winchester. This was really scary because it was now so dark I couldn't see 5m in front of me. It got even scarier now that I had to light a chemlight and carry it as I ran for the barn. After what seemed like an epic journey I finally get to the barn and find my friend unconscious in the barn. I drag him to a safer spot in the barn and administer epinephrine to wake him up (he said his unconscious timer was ridiculously long). I then administer morphine and fix his leg. I then gave him a blood transfusion. I look around the barn and find a Lee Enfield with 3 mags. I upgrade to the Lee Enfield and give the 7 mags of my Winchester to my new friend who had found his own Winchester in the barn while I was gone. I commend him for not exiting out of the game while he had a broken leg and was low on blood passing out constantly. He said a few times a couple zombies came into the barn and almost started eating him but he blew them away with his new Wnchester he found in the barn while I was gone. During the entire time I ran to get supplies I was now on skype with my new friend and his other friend. His friend was telling him how lucky he is that I didn't shoot him like 99% of the players in DayZ would have. I could tell they were both pretty new to the game. Hell I've only been playing for about a week or two. Anyway my gear (on my old corpse) be damned I made two new friends and experienced this incredible rescue mission.

Yes please only initiate communications here. Doesn't make sense to use this thread as a public messaging system. Save those for PMs. For example: Luke and Connor you guys took up almost 2 entire pages for one distress call.

So my original statement isn't wrong then. You were attacked and even though you killed your attackers (the zombies) you quit out before you bled to death. Isn't this more or less the same thing? I can see why bandage requests may be frowned upon.

were you attacked and you alt f4'd? why aren't you on 1.7.2.3?

Do you still need help? I am in Berezino. PM sent.

Sent in my app last night. Really looking forward to playing with you fellas.

If you don't post your location I don't think many medics will even bother.

Huge shoutout for "Born to be Wild (PL)." He went out of his way to treat me with some antibiotics and even gave me his compass. He also gave me a blood transfusion to top me off. Amazing medic. :D

got any antibiotics?

What are you talking about when you say southern military base? I am near berezino if you are close I can help.