FishGuts4Lunch

I have seen the Warning Notice notice shown in red on entering the game that on Wednesdays all servers reboot for maintainence and any deployed tends will be lost !!! Sadly this will mean the loss of most of the stored gear and packing the tent will mean removing the contents and filling almost all of your storage space with the tent itself. It will come down to deciding which you concider to be more valuable... the tent or it's contents. Personally I have yet to find a tent in standalone but I must admit I and extremely keen to get one. I look forward to the time when I can have a little hidden camp with all the room I need to store the more bulky items needed for living off the land like a bow and arrows, fishing pole, butchered meat etc. I seriously want to get away from spend all my time trudging from one place to another looking for cans or food and weapons and spend more time hunting, fishing and cooking. So instead of killing and being killed at NWA I can patrol and guard my little hideaway from those who would raid it. Sadly, Look as I might I have found nothing as yet and it would seem that even if I found one, as things stand at the moment my joy would most likely be short lived. But I guess one can always hope and dream :rolleyes:

I am amazed how much hydration I manage to build up just by eating. I now find myself eating more often to the level of stuffed just to keep my levels up to par. The sodas and Rasuptin Kvaas have taken on a whole new level of importance in the game. I am very greatful that at this point we are still able to drink from open water without getting sick, otherwize we would be having a war were people were spending all their time looking for water purification tablets. LOL Bandits killing people for water purification tabelts! Hey would that be a cool feature... Boil water to make it drinkable! This would give all those pots and pans a whole new value!

It's a good feeling when you meet another player and then leave one another in peace and maybe even help each other out... But it's not without it's dangers. If I find mayself in a low danger area OR if I find an lightly armed/unarmed player I will try to spare their life and maybe even help out if i can do so with little risk. Having the drop on somebody makes it less difficult to be nice I'll give them some food and perhaps some gear but keep them at a distance and under shot. If I have my doubts or they don't follow instructions, they are toast. It is often easier to be nice if you are in a small group. Then one can keep an eye on the person while the other helps out. What ever you do, don't give them a weapon. Or if you feel you absolutely must, give them the gun and agree to plave the ammo in a house down the road and then make like the shepard and get the flock out of there. Now I say "small group" because I feel that once a group get too big it tends to turn into a contest to up the body count. as long as it is only two or three players the gang mentality is less likely to take hold. In many cases you come across other players totally by accident. Walk into a room or come around the corner and find yourself nose to nose with someone. Unless they are a total bambi or haven't seen you so you have the drop on them, I say waste em. The safest way to play nice is to travel in a group and use team speak or similar to stay in contact. MY personal rule is be nice if you can but take no chances.

Another "Good" that I have come across is that Zombie hits don't seem quite as damaging to clothing at this time. I have taken several hits while sparing with my axe and to date only one pair of cargo pants were ruined. inside the pants themselves one item damaged an one ruined. If you ask me this is a big gain. I used to get so frustrated when after long searching a matching ensamble was afinally aquired only to see a vest or backpack ruined from a chance Z hit. One little glitch I have come across is a tendancy for my charactor to suddenly start punching wildly for several minutes. If you are not trying to be stealthy and your hands are empty or only holding a melee weapon it isn't all that bad. But my buddy was less fortunate when holding an assult rile which promptly emptied it's clip, wounded another player and advertised is presence to a wide area. I have found the easiest work around is to make my charactor pick up an item and the punching stops. I have now noticed that the punching starts just after I return from an Alt-Tab to another off game screen. Doing another one or two Alt-Tab switches seems to cure the problem.

I know the drill involved in reporting all the servers that violate the Terms Of Service one comes across in the browser list, how to identify them and where to report them. That isn't the point of this post. On multiple occasions I have taken the time to scan the browser list for servers announcing "Join=Kick, Character delete, Members Only" and a large number of variations of forbidden practices. I looked up the host and sent them an email informing them the server in question was in breach of the the Dev.'s TOS. I added a link to the TOS so the host could verify the violation. I then added these severs to my favorites list and watched to see if my efforts resulted in the server changing it's name. In total 53% of the servers reported failed to amend their practices involving a name violating the TOS. One host specifically took no action what so ever (ch##pa.net) Not a single server from this provider changed it name in the 2 weeks following my complaint nor did they ever acknowledge any complaint sent to them by me. The address I use was correct and verified. In other words, just don't give a crap. I have yet to see a server disappear after a complaint. So if you take joy in the idea that your complaint is going to cost some little dipstick his server subscription, forget it. The chances of it happening are minuscule On the other hand several providers gave an immediate response to my email as well as a follow-up email and most of the servers reported to these hosts rectified the title it used within 2-3 days... Bravo! So is there really any point in reporting an abusing server if more than half the providers could care less if the Terms Of Service are violated or not? I believe it is. If each player took the time to send just a single report that will be millions of complaints in total and should make the providers take notice. Arbitrary or not the rules are clear and if you don't like them then your aren't being forced to host a server and are free to spend your money on cigarettes and booze instead. Still I can't help feeling that an email to the server in the end of the line. There must be more we can do to ensure the little shits keep to the rules. I'm also sure the Dev.'s have recourse to enforce more action against those in violation but the question is, can they be bothered to do so? I would love to see a list of severs who's right to host the game has been revoked. Name and shame are it were. Other thoughts?

Like I said before the rules are irrelevent. They are plainly stated and if you don't agree, take a hike! I'm sure that at some point as we move into the full version things will become more lienient. But at this point while testing we need the info withing confined restraints for development.

In other words a shotgun email? If you send an email to all 5 then one has to be right?

Smash, That was choopa.net. / Choopa.com... both link to the same host. I used the email [email protected] and .com as well without ever getting a single responce. These links are listed on their website. I very much doubt it is due to them never receiving the emails. Some forums are sensitive about naming names so I wasn't sure if using the actual server name was concidered out of line.

I like ythe stronger, faster zeds but s many others have said, I would enjoy it more if they went agro a bit less easily so we could stealth past them and when they are killed a bit of a respawn delay would be nice, say 90 seconds? The new axe hit mechanics are a bit of a pain in the ass. I enjoyed it the way it was.

I just wanted to say I did find a Hunter 22 in a green residential building in electro. Didn't find any ammo though.

I do the exact same thing. I have two characters on experimental and two in stable branch... hardcore and regular in each. Changing the file in steam only takes a few minutes.

My browser history has become so full I can no longer see which server I played on last. Is there any way to delete to browser history or reset it. I would like to be able to see which server I played on last and add it to my favorites if I like it without searching through all the clutter. When I get a steam invite it takes me directly to the server without me ever seeing the name. The filter in the browser is useless in my experience as typing the IP or name under "HOST"in the filter results in a blank server list

I checked that file... not the one we are looking for. Perhaps it is somewhere in steam?

I have been trying it out and this is what I have on the subject... Not wearing a raincoat means you are soaked in less than a minute. Just going outside is enough, it happens almost too quickly to describe. One moment you are dry and the next minute the tag next to your avatar in the items list is "SOAKED". There is little in the way of transition between the two states Putting a raincoat on considerably delays the time it takes to get soaked. Your character goes through a transition from damp, wet & soaked. In my experience in takes about 15 - 30 mintes to become soaked. I have the impression that the better the condition the raincoat is in, the longer the process takes. Sewing kits do not seem to improve raincoats.

If you eat as much as you can and drink water every chance you get you will eventually get past the "Hyadrated-Stuffed" to the "healthy" stage where your character will heal in just a few minutes.

Could be you just have a nasty case of crotch-rot. If they get damaged use a sewing kit to patch them up.

I always head inland right away. I manage to find plenty of loot as well provided nobody has been there before I have arrived. I found three different guns in Dubrovka, NW of Berizino along with loads of food last evening. No empty buildings there.

I would add... DOGS! Not just dogs but let players be able to spawn as a dog, We could form roaming packs of feral dogs and hunt in the woods for the growling rabbits. We'd rip the odd Zed to pieces now and then and when times got hard we could accept the friendship of a survivior who would feed us beans and sardines because we can't hold a can opener with our paws. They could give us meds when wounded and bandage out zombie bites. The beans and sardines would make us fart! The F buttons on the keyboard would be F1 = wag tail, F2 = roll over, F3 = sit up, F5 Bare teeth, F6 = point etc. Direct communication would only allow us to make dog noises. And of course we get to howl at the moon and scare the crap out of surviviors. What would you think if you heard a dog capable of doing you damage, howling in the woods close by? In the game loot you would have dog collars of all types... pink bows or bandanas to steel spikes. Have backpacks that would allow the dog to carry items for humans he befriends. You could choose what kind of dog you were... Standard poodle, terrier, german shepard or mastif. Each dog would have different food requirements strengths and weaknesses. So you could be a big powerful mastif but need to drink and eat constantly compared to the terrier. Dogs should also be able to shit Ok can I get a big woof?

Absolutely! Guns are for other players in my book. All a zombie needs is an axe. No ammo wasted, no alerting every other zombie or bandit within earshot. Indeed the ideal weapon

As the game develops there will be an ever increasing level of challenge just to survive and hang on to what you have. Think about disease, infection, cold, damp, shelter and add to that the fun of bikes, cars and trucks and trying to get them to work and not having them stolen!

I stopped playing the mod because I just couldn't stand all the hackers. This is sooo much better! There may be one or two hacks but i'm sure that most of them get weeded out in the updates or by the anti cheats. I am so much more satified with the way things are now

I have two similar strategies I like to use. STRATEGY #1: Pied Piper On the coast and near a harbor or a pier I like to make a long sweep through the town and attract attetion of as many Zeds as I can find. Then I string them along down to the harbor making the occasional loop back to pick up any that have stopped running. I have managed in the past to pick up as many as eight in one go in Electro. Then I run along the quay and cut off at a right angle onto the pier / jetty. The zombies of course cut the corners and as a result drop into the harbor. If you are on a sandy beach instead of deep water then it is best to wait at the end of the pier until the zombies walk out to where you are at, then run back to the town. By the time the (slower) zombies reach the shore line you are well out of range. They then collect on the shore as a surprise for the next survivior to come along. STRATEGY #2: Picknick Time This is pretty much the same as the first plan but without a harbor to drop them into. So instead we lead them out of the town and into the woods until they are far enough away so that we leave them stranded out of range before we are back in the area we wish to seach. If you come across addtional zombies in the town the lead these in the opposite direction so you don't end up attracting the zombies you just got rid of back to the town. The result of the strategy is once again a whole bus load of Zeds in the middle of the woods or a field. So if you have just found a cozy spot in the woods to log off in and all of a sudden find a whole crap load of Zeds desending on your position... Well sorry guys that was most likely me, but now they are your problem :P

Here are a list of as many of the default key setting used in Dayz Standalone Alpha. I'm surprised in wasn't posted before this. I did see a list on the DayZ wiki but this was incomplete (I have modified it now) But here is a a copy of the list. Please feel free to add any keys I may have forgotten... Movement W Move Forward. Double click to run. S Move Backward. D Move Right. A Move Left. E Lean Right / Roll right when prone. Q Lean Left / Roll left when prone. V Vault , Jump / climb over low objects. Z Prone. X Crouch. C Stand. Left Shift Hold to walk or run View Alt Panoramic view with mouse Numpad Keys 1,4,7 and 3,6,9 will give a fixed view to the rear quarter side or front quarter... Left or right. Enter Toggle between first person and third person (if available on server). Communications Hold Caps Lock Hold to voice chat with players nearby. / Direct text to players nearby can be typed in the window at the bottom of screen. P Shows a list of players on the server. Click on name for extra info. Game Control Commands ESC Open Menu window / Cancel last command. Tab Toggle Open inventory. Space Toggle raise fists/ weapons. T Toggle automatic weapon between single shot and auto fire. Fire both barrels with a shotgun RMB Hold to zoom view. With scoped weapon held, short click to look through scope. In telescopic scope view, hold to zoom scope to high power. LMB Fire weapon. Swing melee weapon. Scroll wheel Scroll through options list (usually upper left or middle of screen). Click scroll wheel Select option.Cancel Numbers 1 to 0 Select corresponding item (if available) in action bar at the bottom of the screen. F Same as scroll wheel click. F1 Wave F2 Surrender with hands up F3 Sit down F4 Give the middle finger (can be changed in options menu if desired). F5 Clap hands. F6 Point with hand. F7 Thumbs up These are pretty much all I could think of. Several, like the single shot option for the M4-A1 took me a while to discover and then only by accident. I hope this helps new players on their way a bit more quickly as well as vets from the mod like me who haven't played for a while and need a bit of refreshing. If I forgot any please post and I will add it to the list! Fishguts

Did it work for you Piggy?

That absolutely rocked! Beanz!