You have to take the endgame into consideration. Ideally the game will set you up alone, you will meet others, start making camps, then a base. In the end you have player controlled areas or even towns, ideally. I don't have any problems finding ammo, but I also enjoy just looting and random encounters while doing so. I've traveled north to get geared there, made a camp and stayed a while. We fixed some vehicles and went around the north a lot. Then I split up and made another camp in the south, bringing all the burlap we found. Yesterday I went along the coast for merely 30 minutes and found 13 nettings. Next goal is a full ghillie and going back up north to check one the old camp. On the way I'll reunite with the others. I'm having a lot of fun and I'm seeing a lot more towns than before this way. I think this build encourages travel a bit more. There are still a few items I haven't found, despite the journey. But then again - I haven't been everywhere. I think all loot should spawn more or less in the same places, but some items should be rare in one area and not in another. So if you find it you're lucky, but if not you know where to have a better chance. This would mean getting to know the map better by looting.

Hey, I just checked the update and everything seems to still be there. I had my gear and the tents are full. Very nice! I did notice some lag though, especially when I move the MP5 with scope. Some minor lag when running. Nothing big, but I think that wasn't there before. I'll delete my cfg later and see if that helps.

Salty much? Is there any logic to your post? Stop losing your gear, dog ^^ Let's just hoped this is fixed! Downloading update now!

I found a CR 527 mag and a longhorn.

Thanks! That reminded me of the other thing I can't find ^^ Are there any pistol holsters spawning? the only ones I found are for the plate vest. Also, has anyone tried if you can put a Glock with flashlight into a holster now?

I think the fog is there so bandits don't have such an easy time sniping everyone. I've seen it quite fog free, though admittedly it always seems to be hazy near the coast. The only town where I observed fog inlands is Novodmitrovsk. It looks kinda right though. Zambies and fog are a winning combination. With hordes and thick fog, I hope there will be situations where you just stumble into them, occasionally.

I could make a fire inside a church yesterday. I did get that same annoying "it is not safe here" message before though. Was it inside a white shed with the big opening in the front? I used to be able to make fires there, but no more. We've been playing catch with cow steaks yesterday. We threw them at each other and who found his first was the winner ^^ How they flew was pretty unpredicatable, but it didn't look too bad. Still - we get 60+ frames and 1000+ desync ^^ I also ran a truck through Novodmitrovsk and Severograd. It was crazy to watch the infected climb over fences and vault over walls just to get at me. It's just funny that they are completely harmless to a driver + vehicle. Still looks cool though. I could do with a lot more of these guys. The most terrifying thing at the moment is hearing them somewhere and then seeing them somewhere else - mostly right in front of you, charging. I wonder why Cernaya Polana has so many zombies. Probably because it is part of Novod, but there seem to be proportionally more there than elsewhere. Had a lot of fun there yesterday. I really can't wait for a horde. Having 1-5 infected chase behind me is managable, but 15-20 would already be quite difficult. What I dislike most about them in the standalone is how stealth doesn't do anything for you. In the mods I was playing much stealthier in the towns whereas in SA I just waltz right through in a straight line.

Oh, those damn guys using Teamspeak, instead of direct chat! Makes it impossible to pin down where they are sitting in the bushes. Luckily I had my gamma raised and took out all three of them. -> See what I did there? Don't complain, raise your gamma! Until it is fixed there is no other option. And in all honestly idk how this can really be fixed. But what else can we do? It's a shame we can't play at night, but night is not making too much sense at the moment. Can't avoid raising gamme, imo.

I think it is a pity people go down so quickly. I wish it was easier to just knock them out, not kill them. I've been in similar situations and tried to heal the guy I shot and take him prisoner (until I can figure out what he's made of). Unfortunately they always go down. I hardly ever get the chance to actually heal anyone but myself. Which is a pity.

Can you really hide them? I see the "hide body" prompt flicker for half a second after shooting infected, but I don't see it after. I also managed to get myself cornered in a quonset hut, because the infected came from fucking nowhere. Good thing the sounds are getting fixed! Strange enough, I could somehow vault over two dead bodies, even though I was stuck between the bunk beds. It seems like it is a little bit better/easier to get across dead bodies. But it still is a pain. Instead of hiding, I hope we can pick them up and throw them somewhere in time. This "hide body" is too much game mechanic and old Arma stuff to fit with Dayz. Carve them up, throw them out, burn them. That would be cool. I hope the devs are collecting a great deal of data. Not being able to pack a tent and not being able to hide a body seem to fall under the same general problem to me. Some options aren't showing up reliably. I've been running around in the northern forests a lot lately. Have the trees been changed around? It seems they are better positioned than before and there are more dense clusters. It could be I'm wrong, but I feel like the forest looks differently. Of course, with the new renderer my viewing distance is a lot better, so I might just have a wrong impression.

Did you get hit by any infected by chance? They ruined my MP5 by hitting me and I had to get another one; which took about five minutes, because it happened near a poilice station. All attachments luckily stayed pristine. Would be interesting to know if the worn or damaged bullets actually damage the rifles. Good point! I always assumed all they do is jam your gun, but if damaged bullets destroy a rifle too...idk - seems like overkill. Almost all the bullets I find are worn or damaged.

Wow this weapon/inventory bug is really strange. I logged off with two M4 and a MP5 in my backpack. It also showed 2 M4 on the starting screen. When I loaded the game up again for my next session, I was holding the MP5 (instead of the M4) and the M4 on my back had lost all attachments, visually. Much worried I started the game, expecting to experience this horrible naked-bug where you lose half or more of your gear. However, nothing as bad as that happened. Just the M4 from my hands somehow found its way back into the tent. I wonder if that happened, because I logged off too fast after picking it up yesterday, or if it would have happened anyway. If the rifle was somehow teleported back to my tent, I wonder what would have happened had I filled the slots it occupied. Barrel glitch - sometimes I can't drag stuff from or into barrels. It will just flip back to where ever I tried to pull it from. (it works when I take it into hands first) I had some other issues, but forgot them. One thing I wonder about is why the V3S inventory is suddenly so small. You can put three civilian tents in it. It has 52 or 53 slots total. I think the 4x4 has a lot more and so does the sedan. Or do I just remember it wrong? One thing about the V3S is that you cannot put barrels into that. It is however a bit wider, so I guess the idea is to transport car tents with it (since they won't fit in the cars). The bus is probably the only allround vehicle when it comes to inventory space now. But a worn tire bus on any kind of incline is a battle that can only be lost ^^

Awesome! I just made my first camp by the sea and I'm looking forward to catching these guys! Have you tried making a fish trap yet? Hopefully I'll find some netting. Here is the start of my Camp Seaborn:

I do understand you Elander, but you are taking the topic into a direction I didn't mean to take. I don't want to be judgemental, I'd just like to be better informed. Why is it always such a heckle to get to the bits of useful information? Why do we have to always ask and ask again only to be given pieces of information we're unable to put together? I can't understand how Dayz will reach Beta soon with so much left to do. What are the updated plans now that we have 0.60, even though it came a bit late? Surely they can't hope to start the beta as soon as they hoped to. That's okay for me, but when will be we informed about when things are going to happen? How can development be sped up? I'd really like to play the full game in 2016 and I hope the best for it. But I simply can't see this happening right now.

Hmm, thanks for the credit, but I've actually been banned from this forum 2x now (a whole month last time). And probably rightfully so, but to call me a fanboy is a bit harsh:p I am not that interested in seeing all their roadmap goals reached in time, but I have been pleading for a different approach about informing us about the state of the game. It's always been this way and there were big announcements and nothing happened. I just want a realistic timeframe for once. In the final year of development this should become predictable for the devs. If I appear to be a fanboy that's because I love this game and the concept, but I'm finding it hard to love the team behind it. I give them credit for creating a beautiful game with 0.60. It has its share of problems, but I'm ready to accept most of them and find a work around. It isn't a predictable environment to create a true sandbox and the scale and options you have in Dayz are unique. I really want to start trusting this development, but in order to do that I need reliability. The main reason why I may appear disgruntled is because I think these devs could be more popular with a few easy tweaks to their communication routines. It puzzles me how and why they refuse to do the right thing.

Well it can't be forever - if they don't release in 2016, they will have to speak about it early in 2017. And that's what I'm worried about. Usually Dayz is giving us the info/update after they borked up the release. It would be really nice if for once we could get that info in advance, instead of too late.

Just remember this: bad people are always doing great ^^ If you're doing too good in life you're probably just stealing from the poor ;) I'm not religious, but I do believe if there was a god he'd want us to do the right thing. And what that particular thing is, only we can know. I had such a bad conscience after firing myself from my last job. I did it, because my boss was a prick and I was not happy working for him at all. But I liked most of my Co-workers and the job itself, or rather the seeming security it gave. In the end, this was the best decision! I basically make the same money, but chose my own hours, and I am working for the television/news. Always something to see. I have absolutely no schooling in this job and yet I learned everything faster than my co-workers. I just had to kick myself in the ass for the first six months. After three months or so everything got much easier. And you know - happy people can share happiness with those around them. I'm happy to have work and people at work are happy to see me. Instead of give, give, give it's more of a give and live situation now. A lot is demanded of me and I have to work on weekends and the nightshifts, but this is really good! I'd been in the loop for almost two years unemployed or in short, shitty jobs. I didn't get government support at first, because I fired myself. Apparently that is a no-go. Later, I didn't want it, but had to accept some kind of help. If you'd asked me on the lowest point of that journey, where I saw myself in ten years, I would have said "dead". If you ask me today, I'll say: "not sure, but I'll definately be happy about it!" The brain is such a strange device. Don't let yours fool you into thinking too small of yourself. You're a great guy from what I can tell. Being a family man is a big responsibility, so I'm wishing you good luck with that! Also: hopefully you'll get the Pc fixed, soon :)

Bohemia has no money for E3 ;) They sent their Hicks to PAX. I sent my Hicks to get beer or buy pizza. I have no real use for my Hicks anymore. But I don't want to give it up for a better version and I'm not going back to a Dean.01 either.

Ah sorry, I thought the card came from the same source as the mb. Didn't read it with full attention. Yeah, I was sceptical too - why would Windows give away their shit for free, right? But they really aren't, we are just elegible for a free upgrade for a limited time. I wouldn't have done it without the bug either. But I thought, ok let's try this. You could always go back to Win7 if you dislike 10. I always turn off all graphical fancies and "transparent windows" and all that anyway. So my Windows basically looks like Windows 2000 ^^ But yeah, if it is really a broken CPU that wouldn't be much help. But then at least you should be able to return that motherboard and kick the guy's nuts for making you waste time installing it and all that. Wouldn't a BIOS update be the last straw here? I just don't know in how far this could endanger warranty.

I actually take a screenshot sometimes, before connecting to a new server. But this is good advice and great help.

Thanks for the info - you see this is one of those odd things I want to complain about. We were told that 0.60 needed so long, in order to make a smooth transition from the old modules/database. However, you cannot call it a smooth transition if bugs reappear that were rooted out in 0.59. How can that happen, unless they used an older database? The return of the old bugs is pretty annoying at this point. I just really hope they can fix this quicker now - they know how to, because they already fixed all these bugs once before. Huge waste of time this. There is a saying here that translates: You can either do it properly or you can do it twice.

You could try upgrading to Windows 10. I had a virus on my HD that annoyingly disabled or double clicked my mouse. It was impossible to play Dayz, though it added extra thrill ^^ I made a personal data update and upgraded from a bootable DVD I made with the Win 10 updater. I'm not entirely sure if it is still possible to download it for free. I had Windows 7 before and 10 is actually booting quicker and seems to work pretty decent so far. I just diabled all the stuff in Win10 that would send personal info on to Microsoft; that was very easy, too. I'm wondering if you maybe bought a defective card. Are you sure about the guy who sold it to you? Or was it a new one you upgraded, but who would buy a 650ti now?

Strange that. I've been using jerry cans at our camps in 0.59. I always got water from the lake and right away drank it or watered the crops. I did get sick doing this in patches before, but I think this issue is resolved. To be quite sure, you could empty the jerry can once and refill it, but I think even emptying the gasoline and just filling it with water works now. Pretty useful if your tent is way off. I also notice there is always either fuel or water in the barrels, but I don't think there is a way to scoop that out again, yet; I wonder if some day we can find a hose to pump it out. Would also be nice to steal petrol from wrecks or other player' cars ;)

Worn is the best you can get through repairs. Which is right, because pristine means untouched and it can only be pristine once in its cycle. Glad you are enjoying the game, but do yourself a favor and ditch that Trumpet ^^

You will know if you start shaking ;) It's either drink a lot or make a fire. Resting by a fire can't harm you anyway. Just don't sit right in it or your face will melt off.