Disgraced

So did I. The mod lives on with the faithful. As far as the creator goes, he's not worthy of it any more. I wish he'd leave the standalone now instead of at the end of the year. I honestly think he's just dead PR weight at this point.

Sure would make more sense to call them fire rings. I have a fireplace in my living room. I don't build one in the forest.

I prefer the term perambulant.

Ok, OP, So what problem are you having with the game that we can help,you with?

Things will come when they come. What I take umbrage with is the usage of the word "fireplace" for camp fire rings. It's weird.

Weirdest post ever.

This is a good one. So they've finally just said "fuck it" and done something that makes it more of a game and less of a sim. A step away from "authentic feeling" (I hesitate to say "realism"). To me, I understand the idea. Gamers expect this kind of thing. Instantly being able to alter their perspective to react to perceived threats. I would say, however, that this really was a mistake. When will the animations for eating, backpacks, switching weapons and so forth be taken out? Slippery slope to exactly what a lot of the crustier corners of the community are afraid of.. The "COD"ing of Dayz. It's kind of interesting actually. Larger game companies have to bend with the wind all the time or their games could wither. "Dumbing down" games is a constant bitching post for the "hardcore" in any community. It's also how you sell to more people and support your business. So, this is an interesting turn of events. I assumed that there would be some kind of adjustability put in, but this is rather surprising. It's hard not to think slippery slope while at the same time liking the fact that the dev team are recognizing that- despite all of the outlandish claims of the community- oh yeah- they're making a game, not something even remotely realistic. Just something with certain hallmarks of authenticity that are appreciated to varying degrees by the player base. I don't remember this discussion ever coming up in the mod, but maybe my memory is poor here.

Welcome to the internet. Yes, the game runs only in the 32 bit space. I usually recommend more RAM if you can afford it. You may see some increase as things built to actually run in 64 bit MIGHT start using addresses above the 32 bit range and free up some RAM for DayZ. From the feedback I see from other technically minded users, though, I would not count on it. I wonder if they've considered optimizing for 64 bit multicores? That just might be a good idea...

http://www.dayztv.com/pic/dayz-leaked-binocular-model-ussr-vintage-dayz-standalone/

I fully agree. Check out epoch and mustyz.

Waiting for Aswan Halls approval according to R4zor... Since October ...

Crawl. If you make it great. Otherwise, respawn and kick ass.

Jump in, run like crazy, try to dodge and keep buildings between you and them. It will be exhilarating or you will get to start over. Either way, revel in the experience and keep going.

Shrug. I don't see any reason to play something inferior. I may stay with dayz or I may move on. This is the danger for bonhemia if there is real competition. I think there will be. Isn't the sony game going to early access which for them is the equivalent of beta soon? Or would that be the equivalent of alpha. My feeling is that the forgelight engine is basically going to beat the arma engine hands down.

Ok I can't help. I will let other people make suggestions.

You are holding the right click too long. Do it more quickly. Can you run?

It will be interesting to see how/if Sony beats them to the punch. 2016 is a long way off.

I would have said this two months ago. I am, however, having trouble figuring out what "critical aspect" has improved since I bought the game in January... They've just been adding more placeholders...

Go back and observe the zombies as the run at improbable right angles to your position. At improbable speeds. As they hit you from meters away. It's playable but meh. I'd pay another $20 just for a better "bleeding" animation. Most of the fun is from our own goodwill.

While you're at it ask where 1.8.1 is.

Remember that the mods are only in charge of trying to ride herd over these forums. They have literally no connection with Mr. Hall or the dev team..AT ALL. These are really de facto official forums. The devs kinda post here (but do more so on reddit and twitter). I don't know if anyone at Bohemia does anything with what's posted here. It has always been an echo chamber for us, the players. With the moda trying to prevent things from getting too off kilter. Shrug. I think a lot of people are in over their heads in all of this.

But steak... That's my point. How long can the "it's the arma engine" be an acceptable explanation? I guess the arma engine just sucks. Yes, I still play the mod. I've played it more than any other (non-MMO) game except perhaps tf2; yes even more than both Left 4 Deads). Personally, I feel that at this point, someone somewhere needs to realize that the dev team cannot modify the arma engine enough to make a zombie game really work. The future shall tell. Zombies need more than "tweaked". They barely work from appearance to action to interaction with the player. They need redesign from the ground up. I think that the arma engine, being built for ranged combat instead of hand to hand, will ALWAYS be the reason that this is only SORT OF a zombie game. A game that can provide an open world with many players and actual mobs that seem reasonably like what people expect as zombies will draw a LOT of players. I bet the dev team has many times discussed removing zombies somehow and just can't because of marketing. I have some hope for the guys they've brought on board who do hunting games. Maybe they can somehow shoehorn wild aggressive animal "AI" into the zombies here. Fix the net code so that they attack me when they're standing in attack range rather than 5 meters away and make them run according to some facsimile of the laws of physics and I won't chuckle every time I encounter one. Anyway, I'm waxing negatively rhapsodic this afternoon for someone who still plays the mod at every opportunity, but thems the breaks.

Suck it :) I sincerely hope the next patch addresses some serious weaknesses in this game.

As someone who actually works with devs who don't know what they are doing, I think it's two things. The engine can't live up to expectations The people working on it have no idea how to get things done that matter. They're adding graphic decals and pinstripes to a car that's throwing rods and burning out transmissions.

Who cares? The forums have no function except the Brownian motion of the "nuh-uh" crowd and the "uh huh" crowd. The devs don't care, the moderators are here to police the garbage feet and any real details are at conventions and on reddit. This place is made for just this kind of thing. Face it.