okarr (DayZ)

well, this bug/change whatever it is actually makes me raid towns more often again. now i need to replenish handgun ammo, bandages and i also need to take a trip to a hospital for some morphine if i dont find a heli crash soon. overall not that bad. adds to the game, i would just like to know what exactly has changed. the damage of the gun? the zombie hp?

tldr please? do we have any official word yet what causes this and whether it is intended or not?

i believe you are missing arma2 original. you should have bought arma2: combine operations :(

aye! i found two NV goggles yesterday of a dead player and desperately wanted to trade one over to my second char but didnt want to risk dropping it and relogging. so i searched, found this old thread and it works for me. apparently you dont even have to rebuy the DLC (but i had done so any way. no harm done and it was cheap on sale :) )

i think i had the same problem at some stage. i renamed dsound.dll to dsound.bak that fixed it.

it launches the actual game now because the official arma 2 oa update has been applied by steam :) before that it would error out because only the beta exe from the expansion\beta folder would acutally run the game. but see above for a new and better way to do it without the need to constantly reinstall the DLC.

since posting yesterday i found an old topic on this forum regarding the DLC which will make things a hell of a lot easier and will allow you to log in both characters at the same time (something that wasnt working for me previously because i couldnt reinstall the DLC will it was in use). this will sound convoluted but bear with me: 1. run your reg file for your first character. 2. delete BAF and PMC folder 3. run datacachepreprocessor from DLCsetup\BAF or PMC ( game will start i think due to the new arma patch and the armaoa.exe no longer being outdated ) 4. create two folders in your main arma 2 oa directory called @PMC1 and @BAF1 5. copy the contents of PMC and BAF to their respective @Folders 6. GO BACK TO STEP1 and repeat for your second/third/fourth character and increment the @folders approriately @PMC2 .. 3.. 4.. 7. delete the folders BAF, PMC and DLCsetup from your main arma 2 oa directory now in dayzcommander or your launcher of choice add the following additional startup parameters: -beta=Expansion\beta;Expansion\beta\Expansion -nosplash -mod=@PMC1 -mod=@BAF1 you will need to run your reg file for char two change this to PMC2 and BAF2 if you want to play your second char. i hope this is working for you guys as well as for me. i am using dayzcommander and the settings are stored here if you want to automate (batch the above startup parameter changes): c:\users\USER\appdata\local\<WBR>dayzcommander\settings.xml so should be easy

they broked my M1911 :(

hi all, so it seems one of my tents has disappeared. if it was blown up, shouldnt there be some thing left behind? the tent had previously survived many reboots and while it was on the edge of the map, it was well within map borders. at least 500m in and in a forest that is shown on the ingame map. i d just like to try and figure out if it was a bug, forcefully removed by admins to improve server performance maybe or if it was found out and destroyed some how. my understanding is that even if it gets destroyed it will respawn after the next reboot. i am a bit of a hoarder and the tent had 2 L85, 2 cobras, 1 M14, medical and food supplies and ammo. all obtained from heli crashes. not too phased but if it was a clean up then i am wondering what is the point of even store replacement gear and/or what is the best way to do it?

cheers gyro. was my first tent so not sure about the mechanics yet :)

doh, remind me to use the search function next time. seems i am not the only one with disappearing tents :D shame about the stash. 2 L85s gone *sniff* oh well, easy come easy go :) for RP reasons i ll pretend a tornado swept it away :)

i first create a fireplace where i want to place my tent. that seems to "level" the ground. then i pitch the tent on top of the fire place. seems to work fine.

on the PMC and BAF issue: i had the same error. what i did was to delete the BAF and PMC folder in arma 2 operation arrowhead and then run the datacachepreprocessor.exe from DLCsetup\BAF. This reinstalls the addon and tried to launch Arma. It will fail with an error but that is ok. the error is caused by an outdated arma exe. once it errored out i can use sixlauncher or dayzcommander to launch normally. i put this into a batch file for ease of use. for me it looks like this: del "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\BAF" /F /S /Q del "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\PMC" /F /S /Q "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead\DLCsetup\BAF\datacachepreprocessor.exe" so i run the reg file for the character i want, then run the batch file and then i join via sixlauncher or dayzcommander.

same here

yes, of course. you died, must have been a hacker, right? no denying that there are hacks and hackers about but come on they are not always and every where. most deaths are because some one saw you first not because some one teleported in behind you. what annoys me more are the alt+f4 warriors and server hoppers.

went to green mountain yesterday to check the deerstands and while i was there i figured i d look for vehicle spawns near the antenna. no zombie in sight. the sound of the flies is intense and the pile of corpses is creepy as hell. no loot from the military building so i thought i decide i want to check out the antenna but what is this? why is the door closed? i could have sworn it was open when i passed it a minute ago. i am scared now that there is another player around and i suddenly hear footsteps. i am starting to freak out and look behind me. there they are. a horde of zombies. 10 or 15. out of no where. i need to leg it. i cant shake them off through the forest, past the deer stand. they keep coming. there is no good opportunity to shoot them. there is too many and no slope to slow them. i need to run through the field over to the kurgan forest and suddenly they are gone. i dont know what it is with that place but there is something very wrong going on up there. and that was during day time. fuck going at night, i m moving back to the coast!

give that man some beans. this right here fixed the crash bug and the waiting for host for me.

i dont see a monthly subscription working. not with perma death and item loss. it works for harsh mmos like eve because you advance your character and retain your skills upon death. dayz though is purely item based. i dont think i would pay monthly to play. game purchase (or as DLC as mentioned) studio with close community input (like this alpha test) kickstarter? why not :)

i am having the same problems. it almost seems as if there are 3 states that i am currently saved as. states: 1. relatively fresh spawn. prob 15 minutes. a few items nothing of worth. 2. in the church in elektro without backpack (i had accidentally dropped it and made it disappear) but with nice shotgun and makarov approx 2 hours played 3. unconcious at the top of elektro hospital after having been shot AND killed (i had death screen and logged after that) yet i load in as unconcious with alice pack full of goodies, shotgun and makarov approx 2.5 hours played i have continued now on the church state and played for another hour. found new packpack and akm to replace shottie. curious if this state has stuck. also... how is there never a hatchet around when you actually need one ??? :D