Scratchz

Hi my name is Scratch, I'm looking for someone dutch to scavenge the lands of Chernarus with. Doesn't matter what kind of person you are. If you're interested and within the age of 15-20, leave a comment if you like. I've got a microphone and assume you do too if you're interested, I also have skype and steam. (In steam my name is Scratch too) What kind of survivor am I? Well, I mostly join almost empty servers for less survivor encounters and more looting. I'm not really a woods person but I don't mind doing so while being accompanied. I like to search for weapons and food, don't mind risking to get into an airport or city with the chance of getting shot. I play at night most of the time in real life, so hope your a night gamer too. Thanks for leaving a comment, Scratch

Bump?

That's a good idea too, when your weapon's empty you'll automatically turn it over and use it as club. And if they make a key which makes it able to "hit" with your gun, it would even be better (The motion would be very simple it'll pull up your gun and slam it down that's all). The flashlight as melee weapon is also a great idea, that would take away the need for giving each new-spawn a weapon. A wood pile as weapon wouldn't be needed as it's rare loot and can be gathered by using a hatchet which is a weapon already, scrap metal could be a good idea but instead of that you already have a crowbar so that's not an option either. The Hunting Knife though, it's a great idea to make it a melee weapon, especially if you're in the woods and trying to slaughter an animal silently without changing weapons.

Like the title says, the crowbar needs higher damage. I've discovered you can combine the crowbar with another primary weapon and use it by pressing "F" (a few times if you have road flares, chemlights or empty tin cans/bottles.) So you can kill zombies silently with the crowbar and if it get's nasty; use your primary weapon. But the crowbar takes really long in killing a zombie so yeah my suggestion is making the damage output a bit higher so you can kill zombies in 2-3 hits.

Machete being able to one hit a zed should not be implemented, it'd make it overpowered and just like an axe. Having a sledgehammer could be a good idea, but not for a secondary melee weapon slot, it should be used just like the hatchet as primary weapon. Everything used 1 handed can be placed in the Secondary Melee Weapon Slot but other than that should be placed in the Primary Slot. They should make it so each weapon has it's own specific effect in damage too, like stunning or bleeding. It's already in the game but it'll only happen to you. It must happen to zombies too for weapon effects to become possible. And they should make it so zombies won't see you when you're behind them so you can sneak kill them with a melee weapon effectively. It'll be hard to pull off anyways and you have only killed one zombie than, not a whole mob so it's not a way to kill every zombie you see without getting caught.

That's what I meant, my suggestion is that they make it so you've got another slot but than for melee weapons with each it's own purpose. They should leave the hatchet as it is as a primary weapon. But they should add other weapons that are able to be used even if you got your Primary or Secondary slot full already.

It's especially for zeds because they're the ones that kill me the most xD. I thought of something now, it would be hard to get but it'd be a perfect combination, I should try to get an M14 AIM and an M16/M4A1 for primary weapons and an M9SD for secondary. That way, I can kill players effectively whenever I get in danger and kill the zeds silent but effectively afterwards.

So M4SD is the best? Oh I found a Mp5SD4 before but the damage sucks balls and it's only useful in close-quarters. Not sure what the M4SD is and what damage it does though, I'll look it up. Thanks for the replies (:

I can't look at each and every weapon on the wiki and compare them one by one, I don't have such good memory.

That's one hell of an idea, they should make Secondary Melee Weapons. The hatchet should stay as it is and be your primary weapon if you don't have any, but it would be great having 1-Handed melee weapons as a secondary weapon. The crowbar's power shouldn't be increased but it should be your beginning weapon! Good one!

I want to set up my own server, I tried doing this via Multiplayer by clicking "New" but I don't understand what I'm doing and I'm not seeing anything that has to do with DayZ. Can someone help me setting up my own server? (If you have pictures please place them in your post aswell.) Help much appreciated (:

Hi, I got in a gunfight and lost alot of my blood but survived, now my screen keeps shaking. I've tried painkillers, bandages, heatpacks nothing is working! So I've did some research and I thought it was shock, so I waited 5 minutes and it's still not stopping. Can someone please tell me what I can do about this problem? I get really annoyed from it now.

I did that 11 times now, that doesn't work.

Nope, no coughing :/ I'm not having a cold, atleast I don't think. Heatpack didn't fix it.

My blood is 3700 right now.

I'm just starting this topic because I wanted to share my almost shot experience. So, I was in the supermarket in which I was for a while already because I needed food I waited for stuff to respawn. Untill a survivor got in, I hid by the counter as he made his way to the entrance of the supermarket. Just when he walked past the counter I instantly started shooting with my AKS-74u, I thought I killed my opponent, untill I heard him still shooting at me and realised the AKS-74u sucks. With my heart pounding and my hands sweating I managed to kill the guy and take his loot, it seemed he broke my leg and it was almost certain I would die. But I found a Morphine Injector on his body and used it. While being in shock, loads of zombies came walking in the market. I couldn't just lie still and wait for them to go away, the chances of another survivor heading my way was inevidable, as I heard footsteps already. So I shot each zombie that came walking in untill hearing someone shooting with an automatic rifle from behind the counter. He wasn't able to kill me, out of fear I disconnected the game. I am now too afraid to get back into the game, I managed to get so far! I got myself a winchester, an alice pack and alot of food and drinks.

Well, before I did this I tried reasoning. One time, I encountered a whole group of survivors and I tried communicating via direct communication. I said: "Friendly! Don't shoot please!" and 1 guy in that group aimed at my head and shot me in less than 5 seconds. That was it for me, from that moment on I thought: "fuck it" and now I'm shooting people that are too close to me. Before that incident I've tried communicating and got shot every time I did, so what the fuck is the use of trying to communicate than? It gives me no chance to survive at all, being a bandit atleast keeps you alife. Trying to salute or do the wiggle will always result in death. I died like 23 times only because I tried communicating. So I give up, I don't shoot UNLESS someone says friendly to me. I won't shoot than, but if they ain't saying anything I'll backstab them or kill them anyway possible. I don't want to lose all my stuff.

Whenever I start the game it doesn't get stuck or anything and I can see my debug window and my ammo count and status but I can't see ANYTHING at all from the game itself. The terrain and objects are all black and I only see little white shadows. Does anyone know what I can do about this problem? :S

It is, dayz functioned normal just this morning. It does this very suddenly.

No it's not night time, it's just all black. I'm 100% sure it isn't night time.

I'm very new to this game, I've only been playing for 4 days now each day 1 or 2 hours. I've been killed by zombies for the most part and only a few times by a player, even when I got killed by a player I didn't see the player himself I just got shot and that's all. This was my very first encounter I actually survived and it got me quite scared.

It's nice to hear that once in a while :D

Though, zombies are unreal too. and the fact to you can sprint infinitely too. A morality bar wouldn't hurt that much for the sake of realism.

Hi, Whenever I join a server from my own country it says: "Bad version, server rejected connection" while I was able to play on that server fine just about an hour ago. Than, when I join another server it says I'm missing the CFGGlasses file or something. I can click "Continue" afterwards, but than it get's stuck at "Loading" for like half an hour. Is there any way I can fix this or is there a way to bypass the problem? Thanks in advance for your answer, Scratch