Alphie(SN)

*breaks out popcorn* This is good! Cant wait for the next post.

If this mod actually becomes a stand-alone game, I suggest cities get larger the further you go inland. The coast can have villages, then go inland further to townships, then to small cities, then to large urban cities. Something like on the scale of New York city or Tokyo. There would be sewers, subway tunnels, bridges, etc. The loot gets better the further inland you go, but so does the risk as there are more zombies in larger towns. The reason I suggest this, although I love this mod, the urban areas don't quite feel like I'm in a city when I can see from one end of town to the other without moving. It also generates some interesting play changes and end-game elements like stashing your gear on the 80th floor of a tower or bandit gangs owning parts of the city, etc.

The current "cities" are really pathetic in size and scope. Here is what I was suggesting for a far away from the coast city. It would take months of normal player time to work thru something that massive and it would be a great change of pace from the open field, running from town to town that we have in game now.

LOL "Never trust the white bearded man in the black car" LOLOL Too funny.

Its not entrenching tool, that's for filling sandbags. Its barbed wire kit. I have run into this a lot, especially in Chern. I just use my toolbox and take down the mess, then go get the loot. Problem solved. If you don't have a toolbox, then go get one.

Date/Time: 7/15/2012 9:15PM EST What happened: I accidentally threw a grenade with zombies less than 30 meters away and they did not aggro to explosion Where you were: Hunting stand What you were doing: Cycling thru weapons when I accidentally pressed F when I had a frag equipped *Current installed version: 1.7.2.3 *Server(s) you were on: US283 *Your system specs: AMD Phenom II x3, 4GB DDR, 1TB HDD, Nvidia 8800GT *Timeline of events before/after error: Approached hunting stand to loot, saw 3 military zombies walking away, accidentally released a frag grenade. Explosions did not aggro the three military zombies who were 30 meters away or less. Explosion was louder than anything else I have experienced in the game. Much louder than a tin can, but it did not aggro the zombies. They kept walking down the hill as if nothing happened. I glad they didn't because I would have been dead meat, but it is not expected in the game and breaks immersion.

You sir are a freaking genius. We are testing the DayZ mod, not testing betas of BI patches or BattleEye. You do realize the devs get better information on bugs in their mod, when they don't have to wade thru bugs in programming outside of their control don't you? The best way to do that is to mandate that the clients and servers be on the same versions. Everyone on the same level and everyone submitting bugs for that level.

No not easy peasy. I know that site, but the previous Beta and DayZ did not work together. Sure, I could just download the latest Beta, but then I get burned and have to roll back because the devs only tested on a certain version combination. I want the devs, not community folks, to tell me what versions we should be running and it should be mandated across all servers with the exception of dev servers to test nightly builds. You may be comfortable testing on the latest and greatest, but it all goes to crap when your latest breaks the mod.

Hey DayZ devs. Can't you guys put your root down and say from this point forward, everyone needs to be on x version of Beta, x version of DayZ and x version of BattleEye? So far, you guys only mandate the version of DayZ, there are servers out there with different versions of Beta and BattleEye and the regular folks like myself aren't 100% sure what the hell we should be running to give you guys proper feedback. This is getting confusing as hell.

Freaking awesome patch. Some minor zombie bugs, zeds being stuck and not moving outside the store in Elektro. Had all my gear on login and spawned where I had logged in 1.7.2. Was able to get meat off cow, sheep and pig. Didn't try any other animal. Really fun and intense tonight. Cheers! alphie (1.7.3 - 94876)

You have to have the patience and the ability to read six sentences and follow the directions. Its just too hard for some folk.

Can I be your wingman? :rolleyes:

IMHO, players I don't know are just NON-AI Zombies. They should be treated as such, stay away from them, move cautiously if encountered and if you aggro them, shoot.

Date/Time: 07-11-2012 What happened: Can climb up ladders with broken leg, but cannot climb down from roof Where you were: Chernogorsk What you were doing: With a broken leg you can go up ladders but you cannot easily get down from a roof; you're never given a down arrow at the ladder. I found a work around by getting as close to the ladder as you can, go to a sitting position, press V (like your going to hop over a fence) and you will briefly get a down arrow. If you dont hit it fast enough you will fall off the roof. This could be seriously problematic for new players. *Current installed version: 1.7.2 *Server(s) you were on: ATL## *Your system specs: AMD Phenom II X3, 4GB Ram, 1TB HDD, Nvidia 8800GT, Windows 7 64bit *Timeline of events before/after error: Received an up arrow for a ladder on the side of a building while I had a broken leg. Decided to climb up the ladder to see if there was anything of value on the roof. Once on the roof, could not get down, green down arrow never appeared while in broken leg prone position. Decided to kill myself by hurling myself off the roof with V key. Noticed a down arrow briefly while about to go over the edge. Clicked quickly before arrow disappeared and was able to climb down the ladder with a broken leg. Was then killed by zombies I had aggro'd while climbing down the ladder.

WTF. Flickr doesnt work with bbcode or straight html. Had to use imgur?

There's another option that you didn't consider. Survivors can band together and go after the bandits in force. I did this in another online game long ago and it was very rewarding to be a goodie going after the baddies. Made me feel good to kill the scum and scrape them off my boot. A funny thing happened in that game, the baddies banded together because we were so good at kicking their asses. It really made for some impressive battles; one ideology against another.

Its already hard for them. This ain't WoW with only one server. The person who just got griefed can go to another server, spawn get a weapon, go back to the area he was killed, despawn and spawn back into the original server. Then the griefer is now being hunted. I've been shot spawning in a couple of times. I didn't go whining about it, I just went to another server, problem solved.

I like the thrill of the unknown. My butt tightens a little bit when I see another player and I only have a flashlight. Wonder if that guy saw me? Is he a baddie or a goodie? Should I risk saying something? You lose all that when folks are tagged by the game system. I say keep it open.

All the links were broken with the forum upgrade. I didn't get to see them either. :@

> There are so many ways to get what you want in this game.. bitching that it is too hard will not make you any friends.. But I want love!!! ...the game won't give me that. :D

semipr0 your post is hilarious and exactly how I felt at the beginning. WTF! no gun? Not even a baseball bat? I at least would try to use my mitts to beat a zombie off me while screaming like a little girl, but alas no fisticuffs either. Just stand there and let them eat me without a fight. I am managing to live longer now, but only because I have completely read the wiki and watched every youtube the vets of this game have put together. I have even started using the online goodie drop map so I dont waste my time running thru forests like some damn bunny rabbit. I can understand a game being hard core and Im all for that, but to do all the things I've done outside the game in order to survive a little longer feels like cheating. The game can still be hardcore and at least let you know where you are in the world. I mean did I just drop from Mars? Was I mugged and hit over the head, so I dont even know the area around where I supposedly live? Its pretty rediculus not even getting a map and a rudementary melee weapon. Hell even a sharp stick would be better than nothing.

Had one bug where I was crawling thru the doorway to the kitchen of a normal house and broke my leg. Sucked too because I was so far away from a town with a hospital and I had been collecting beginner loot for about an hour. I had gotten some pretty good beginner stuff, crowbar, bandages, canteen, chem lights. A broken leg while crawling thru a doorway in a house... to say I was a little upset would be an understatement. Also, with a broken leg you can go up ladders but you cannot get down from a roof. I found out how, by getting as close to the ladder as you can, go to a sitting position, press V (like your going to hop over a fence) and you will briefly get a down arrow. If you dont hit it fast enough you will fall off the roof. This could be seriously problematic for new players. Zombie aggro seemed ok today, but I just started playing 1.7.1.5. Now last night I was able to get in on 1.7.2 and it was insane; a zombie ran across a field, passed two other zombies to attack me. Tonight, it seems like the aggro is toned down a lot from the original 1.7.2 release night. I could at least crawl and not be seen by zeds a mile away. Agree with the one comment that if you are not moving, zombies should not be able to see you unless you are really, really out in the open. So far tho, it is a great alpha mod. A lot of fun. Anyone try the new beta 95700?

This is a game? Hell I thought it was a free mod that is in alpha status. Seriously, devs should wipe the hive after each major update. Better testing data doing that anyway.

Just started playing last night and I think this is hilarious. Seriously, its alpha and it's a game where you are supposed to die. Devs should do a hive wipe each and every update IMHO.