I also got Arma just for this game, just like so many other people. That's why Arma has been a top seller on steam since this mod was released, Rocket posted a comment not long ago saying that this mod had increased the sales of Arma II and OA by 1000% (not exact quote, to lazy to find the post. Do your own searching might be slightly wrong but is has increased sales a bunch)

I like the idea of the side channel being disabled as it is. I am not 100% but I have seen people saying you can get radios in DayZ from military Zombies and was thinking the other day that this might in fact be the reason for them being added to the mod. I think this is a good idea and hope it is why they have been added, if they can be found already and wasn't just some kid hacking them in.

Pretty harsh considering this game gets about 10k new players each day, over 120k players signing in to play each day and over 500k players to date so clearly a lot of people disagree with your idea that this game isn't worth it. This mod is an alpha, it is in testing, it is not perfect and has a lot of work that needs to be done to it. As for the problem you are getting, have you tried playing on a normal Operation Arrowhead server, with no dayz mod installed to see if you still drop connection. Would help to figure out if it is something to do with the mod or if it is something on your end such as modem/router/firewall blocking ports needed to play.

I don't think the guy that programs Six Launcher has anything to do with the DayZ dev team. Also a new version of Six Launcher is coming out soon with a bunch of cool new features. Check out http://www.six-updater.net/2012/07/its-coming-six-launcher-v2.html for more info

Like Hukaltair said, you just need to buy Arma II and OA. Steam has a sale on them at the moment so you can pick them up as a pack for $24US http://store.steampowered.com/sub/4639/ That pack on steam has everything you need to buy to get DayZ working, after that you just need to install the Arma II beta patch and the Dayz mod, both are free.

When I find a new backpack, I will select the option to open the pack and then I will open my own pack and removed all the items out into the new pack I want to pick up. Then I close the inventory and select take pack. For the second, check out this damage chart for how much damage each gun does http://i.imgur.com/BuY29.jpg I have been told that all guns should be one shot to the head, so either that is not true for the lower power guns, or you got really unlucky and didn't hit him in the head or could have just been a bug and he should have died from the headshot.

Well that was fast, I was only playing on NZ1 an hour or so ago. Have you also installed the latest Beta patch for Arma? Also to patch it manually check out this thread http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/28806-experimental-1721-test-patch/ Has a link to download the 1.7.2.1 patch And this will link you to the latest deta patch that you will need to play on servers with 1.7.2.1 http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php

I must be a fatty, I almost never use a canteen. Have a pack half full of coke lol

Ban what guy? You have no proof saying anyone killed you. This game is an alpha with a tone of bugs. I had the same thing happen to me in the middle of the forest this morning, no one killed me it was just an unlucky bug. But that is part of testing an alpha, it's not perfect.

You have to remember that this is still in Alpha and is only a mod, it has limitations. This is a well known issue and is being worked on. Just give it time and a solution will be released for this in a later patch. But yes I have to agree that it's very frustration when a player does this.

It is most likely a bug, I had the same thing happen to me a few days ago. I died randomly then was instantly spawned back on top of my dead body with all my loot still. My dead body on the group also had all my loot. Also there is the possibility that it is a known bug and this guy was duping his loot, but when it happened to me I figured it was just a server error since I didn't do anything. I didn't even get the option to respawn from memory. I also had a similar thing happen this morning when I logged into find myself instantly dead. I respawned and was placed directly over my dead body but had no debug menu and unable to loot anything. When I logged out and back in I was in the air falling to the ground and died from the impact.

You could try changing the display name of the current account you are using by going to http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=usercp&tab=core&area=displayname But I am guessing it will return an error saying the name is already taken, in that case you will most likely need to wait for a mods help.

Maybe the idea doesn't appeal to me since I rambo through town and the lose the zombies in a building lol Also still the fact that you're rubbing the blood and guts of infected humans over your body, I'm sure that is pretty high on the list of way to contract the disease. That and being eaten alive i guess. . .

As long as you have your time zone set correctly in your settings then the time stamps for all posts will be in your local time.

I have notices white orbs in the center on each side of my screen when just crawling through the streets of electro.

I can't really see this adding anything to the game, other than making it easier for a short period of time. Also if we were to stick with the 'lore' of the game they're not really zombies but instead infected people, I can't imagine gutting them and then rubbing it all over yourself to be the best idea for surviving.

is the launcher six launcher and what OS are you using? Did you install Arma 2 to the default location?

Google tells me the server is run by this group http://www.lordofthecraft.net/ And after a quick look in the DayZ section of the forums I found a post made by another member (or could be you) that was also banned. The admin gives the following reason "There were a bunch of false bans issued cause of the badass autoban bot I've created... unbanned". http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/topic/62745-you-are-banned/ So I suggest that you create a thread over at LOTC under http://www.lordofthecraft.net/forum/index.php?/forum/194-general-discussion/ and hopefully you get unbanned. I also noted when I logged into the server to check if it was a legit server with Hive access that they have side channel enabled, tisk tisk. . .

Posted this earlier on for another person after some help A good map with markers for places to get loot http://teamfackin.com/moocow/dayz/map/ another map with crashed chopper locations (just shows where they can spawn) http://southcoastbeanwars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Crashed-Heli-Map-v7.jpg Weapon damage chart http://i.imgur.com/BuY29.jpg the dayZ wiki http://dayzwiki.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page When you first spawn take note of the bottom right, it will tell you the location of the place you are closest to. Then just try find it on the map. This map list the Russian names as well as so is helpful for finding places based on street signs that you can find around towns http://dayzwiki.com/wiki/Gmap/beta/gmap.html Just read through the DayZ wiki, it has a bunch of good info.

All servers have had to make mandatory name changes. Not sure if there is a list of all the servers new names, but the owner of what was seattle 29 is a member of the DayZ subreddit so you might be able to find the new name from asking there. http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/

Have you tried using Six Launcher? From what I remember I just downloaded that and let it do most of the work. All I did was open both Arma II and OA to the main menu and then close them I also pasted all the stuff I was told to into the launch options in steam.

Do you have the steam version of the game?

Sounds as if his copy of the game is still using your CD key from when you installed it on his computer. Not sure but try checking the CD Key for each of your games in steam by right clicking on the game in your library and selecting "View game CD key".

Have a look over this thread I found earlier on today. Has some good suggestions in it that has helped me get my gaming running pretty nice. http://www.10-78.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27601

Can't remember since it's been ages since I used a pump, but have you tried right clicking on the canteen and seeing if it gives the fill bottle option? Edit: Looks like I'm too slow :( lol