capri_stylee

This game is crying out for a better melee system IMO. I know its not supposed to be 100% realistic, but if i'm moving even slightly the melee aim is FUBAR. There should be a greater variety of melee weapons, from bats to iron bars to knifes, even your hands and feet if you're desperate. Pistol whipping and rifle butts should also be available. I've no idea how easy or hard this would be to code, but i'd like to see it implemented in a standalone...

I'm constantly moving and scouting, might stop for 15-30 seconds on the outskirts of a city, once I'm in the open its a zig-zag sprint to my destination. I figure that if a sniper is good enough to hit me hes probably well concealed enough that I wouldn't spot him anyway. Saying that, I don't get attached to gear, having only been fully kitted out twice, once I died to a single sniper shot from the hills above Elekro, the other time By crashing a jeep. Most of the fun for me is finding the equipment, once i'm done with that I get careless (returning to elektro for example).

Does anyone know of any tutorials? I bought both Arma2 and OA through Steam, had a DayZ shortcut through Steam, its disappeared, and I don't know how to recover it, so I'll start from scratch...

One more question, how do I pre-load chernarus "-map chernarus" after -nosplash etc?

I'm getting 'bad version' when I try to connect after following those instructions. I think a fresh install is my best bet, to delete steam games do I just 'delete local content'? then start again?

I died after crashing a jeep just outside Starry Sobor earlier today, disconnected the usual way (going through each screen), and shut the PC down. Just started it up again and DayZ isn't listed in my Steam library, or under the Steam tab in the Start Menu. Any suggestions?

Perhaps not, just giving the circumstances of when it last worked. I had to follow about 4 tutorials to get it working through steam, i'm not the most PC literate. :(

Sorry just to clarify, the game didn't crash, I crashed a jeep into a roadblock, the jeep exploded and I died, I quit the server once the 'You are dead' screen came up, quit the game normally, shut the PC down normally. Turned the PC on an hour later and it had disappeared.

No I had created my own DayZ shortcut in my Steam library, it was a bit of a headache to set up, but the game seemed to run MUCH better this way.

It is, I added it last week and the improvements were immediate. I have been using Steam to launch it instead of SixLauncher.

This. If you $30 expecting an alpha to be perfect, you're gonna have a bad time.

Bikes I want them everywhere, I want to be tripping over the things. This would encourage more people to take to the roads, especailly if they have little to loose. Leading to more player interaction. Imagine a critical mass style bike ride through Cherno, with a wave of zombies on its tail. Or jousting through Elektro, avoiding the snipers by planting your face into the nearest building. Melee weapons Like bikes, these should be everywhere - a greater variety and easier to use. As it stands trying to take on a zed with a crowbar is only worthwhile if you want a quick respawn. The hatchet is better, but still misses too often, how hard can it be to hit something 2 feet in front of you? The noise of the hatchet also makes me think im being shot at, I should be used to it by now, but I'm not - minor issue. Spawn with weapons Perhaps not a gun, even a hatchet would make those first few raids so much easier. Backpacks All the backpacks should be bigger. To date i've never been able to carry a tent, no matter what backpack i've been using, I shouldn't have to drop everything to take one. Maybe let us carry tents seperatly (realistic) with a speed penalty. Safe zone Somewhere to trade, get patched up, meet friends and form groups etc. I don't want it to be impossible to die here, but a few elite NPCs on guard that'll take down anyone that opens fire should deter the trolls. Just a few ideas knocking around in my head, how do you lot feel? Anything you'd like to see added/removed? These may have been raised before, if so, Mods feel free to merge/delete...

1) Nerf the bikes, make them more common, simple. 2) I know I can outrun zombies, but i dont want to have to keep running through a forest because one spotted me 10 seconds after I spawned. Thats not my only issue with melee weapons however, the crowbar is worse than useless, and their aim is hit and miss. I also want a greater variety, not talking about hunderds of kinds, but the odd baseball bat/Iron bar to add variety to the range, longevity and damage would be nice. 3) If you had read the above posts you'd see i've already been made aware of this, I didn't know they had to go into the main slots first. 4) I'm quite aware this isn't WoW, no need for the condescension though. I made a few points about changes I'd like, than asked for opinions on them, and anything else you'd like to see.

Fair enough, that explains it. Thats the only reason I wanted a bigger backpack.

I had an Alice when I came across a tent in Rog Castle, had a revolver and 3 or 4 tins of beans - wouldn't let me carry the tent. How many slots does a tent take up?

I never have, and never will, pay a subscription for any game. Free to play with extras if you put the cash in is ok in theory, but i'd be hesatant to invest if i can get the same results with a few hours gameplay. I'd pay anything up to £30 sterling for a standalone game, if the bugs were fixed.

Of course, these things go without saying hehe, i love the mod, but i'd never buy a standalone with the issues you've mentioned.

Happened to me today, at the military base beside Balotta Airfield, followed me to Cherno, where I eventually gave up as the game was unplayable.

Saved by Dr Carebear MD (Survivor Kyle), that guys like a ninja, braving zeds and 150+ ping to save me, even left me with some morphene, cant thank you enough. :thumbsup:

added cheers man! my steam name is also capri stylee

No worries man, thanks anyway. For anyone in the area that can help, heres my location...

So I completed a run North, loaded up on gear, got bored so decided to share some of it with with the good folk down south, got as far as Kamyshovo, crouched to shoot a goat, broke my leg in the process. I'm down to approx 6000 blood from various injuries including the leg break, I have a blood bag but cant administer it myself. I can give a military torch, matches, toolbox and one of 2 handguns (m1911 or revolver) to anyone kind enough to help. This is my first character to reach the north, so I'd hate to see him go out like this. N.B. I can't use a mic, hope this wont be a problem

I don't mind cars etc being hard to find, but bikes should be common as muck, on literally every other corner.

What should I do once I download this, apologies for the noobishness.

is there any other way of connecting? I've tried the fix linked here but its not helping... http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/43332-anybody-else-getting-this-notification/ I'm a complete noob to Arma, but i'm pretty sure i've followed the steps correctly...