Daaaaannn

One time we thought it would be fun to jump a bunch of random dudes in a Humvee. It was. Except for chazz. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W18jfg8K3YA&feature=plcp

Resolved yo!

Presuming they don't artefact (which judging by Rocket's twitter post, has been effectively patched out), then no way should we get rid of barbed wire. Yes, it's annoying. Yes, that's the point. Honestly it's not the most difficult thing in the world to find a toolbox, and even if it is, maybe that's an indication that there's other places to be searched than the clichéd church-firestation-supermarket-factory formula. In my opinion, if there's some obstacle that needs to be overcome for you to get inside the firestation and get an ak or m4 immediately after spawning fresh, then that's a really good thing. Find a hatchet, play the game.

Not a particularly complicated concept, I personally think it would be really cool to implement a megaphone into the game. It would go in the tool belt and operate similarly to the flashlight in that it must be equipped, taking the slot of your secondary weapon. Essentially, my idea is for this item to amplify your voice when speaking through direct chat, increasing its range and volume. In my experience, sometimes you find yourself in a situation where the meagre 70-odd metre audible range (and realistically, 15 metres if you want to hold up any kind of conversation) just doesn't seem to cut it, and I think making it easier for people to communicate in a way that doesn't throw out immersion will allow for more friendly encounters between survivors. Voice communication in it's current state is particularly difficult when using vehicles (unless you've gone and turned your sfx right down), and while it might seem a bit extreme to be speaking through a megaphone to a passenger riding next to you, it would make talking to people outside of the vehicle a bit more viable. For example, shouting from a helicopter hovering above down toward a survivor on the ground to drop his gun/tell him you're friendly/sing softly to him over the roaring rotor blades would both make it less likely that people get killed unnecessarily and also be a really exciting experience for all. Obviously this could also be used to set traps, or spam players through direct or a number of other uses, but players would have to realise that they're putting themselves at risk by pinpointing their location to other players. Also, to try and ensure that not every player is running around Cherno trumpeting like an elephant, I would suggest making them a rarity (0.99% chance of spawn in military spawns for instance, similar to the gps). I feel that with the mod in it's current condition (referring only to the abundance of hackers, ability to dupe etc.) this would be best implemented in the standalone, where the devs will have a lot more control over the way that the game is played, but if I'd be happy to see it implemented in the mod if it was balanced out properly :thumbsup: Anyway, that's my 2 cents, and I think it would be a pretty cool idea. Hopefully one of the devs will get a chance to look over this in the midst of the other 200,000,000 posts offering suggestions for the standalone. Either way, it's in your hands now! ^_^

I've found that if server resets while I'm in a vehicle I generally spawn where I was and find it down the road somewhere the way I came. That said, vehicles and tents etc have been really buggy recently, so it's possible that it reverted to the last place it was saved (or more to the point, the hive registered it was saved). Good luck!

For future reference, pressing "i" in game brings up the server leaderboard and also tells you the name of the server you're in in the top left corner. That's assuming you weren't on a server with leaderboards turned off (which may have been your issue), in which case bad luck! <_<

I've noticed servers disappearing as well, and I search for servers via the in-game filter. My best bet is that the host ran out of funding to keep the server up (DayZ servers are notoriously expensive to maintain). Either that, or down for maintenance

Hunting is already an established part of the game, and is the main source of food once you get out of the major cities. You need a hunting knife to gut the animal, hatchet to chop wood for a fireplace and matches to light it. Cooked meat restores 800(ish) blood. Soooo... yeah.

A bold move I must say. Personally, I think this is an awesome undertaking for you guys. Like, really cool. It's nice to see players coming together to try and make the experience more than it is right now. Due to the base mechanics of a mod like DayZ, I have no doubt you're going to have an incredibly difficult time getting the project off the ground, but I really do wish you all the best :) Who knows, could be the start of something big?

Just as a general question, would anybody happen to know if there are going to be any major changes graphically for the standalone? Like, is it going to look like Arma 3, or will it be more along the lines of what the game looks like at the moment? - If this was actually addressed in the post and I've misunderstood it, feel free to berate me for being a moron. That said, if anyone can offer any insight I would appreciate it :)

An as50 using NATO rounds will do that kind of damage. It'd be a safe bet to say that's legit

What an original post. Please, have my beans. All of them.

You literally just described gaming in general. You pay money, so that you may keep yourself occupied, and pass the time. Or does having an as50 and ghillie suit make you feel like you're a big ol' fancy hero? If so, sorry man..

Server Name: Seattle 61 Server time at occurance: 9:30 am (approx) Our time (we're playing from Australia, GMT +10): 10:00 pm (approx) Character name: mirc (I believe it may be the server admin) Description: My friend and I were investigating an island off Krutoy Cap which we had previously seen a screenshot of hosting a helicopter spawn (whether or not this is the case, we can't confirm). As my friend was preparing for the swim over we caught sight of a player attempting to get into position to snipe us from the nearby hills. We killed him (he had a coyote pack, NV, rangefinders, as50 and Mod0) and after looting the body (his name was mirc) my friend swam over while I minded the car. He had just reached the shore when I spotted a player running down the hill toward him. I alerted him to the danger and he opened fire with his pistol while I took fire from an as50 and attempted to counter-snipe. My friend got the kill and went to investigate the body, same gear and same name - mirc. Presumably he spawned, scripted in his weapons and teleported to the island to try and ambush us. Shortly after a message was posted on Global reading something along the lines of "Pat and Baaaaaan (he misspelled my name), leave the server" (this should be in the logs). We complied pretty quickly (we were well and truly spooked by this stage) so that's all we know. Unfortunately neither of us have recording software so we couldn't document this any better than I have. So yeah, whether you can do anything or not without more substantial evidence I don't know, but figured I should report it anyway. Servers abusing their rights really pisses me off. Thanks!

Anyone able to confirm helicopter spawns yet? Tried NW airfield on 2 servers with no luck