easton

http://www.dayzmod.com/beta/ARMA2_OA_Build_94444.zip Can we get a sticky for the latest beta update? This will get lost to the comments in *seconds* ps. Thank you! :) It's already in the OP

We ran into the same thing with people under different names, but we didn't get it on video, only with screenshots of the friendly fire kills. I linked the vid in our thread. Thanks for getting that on film.

Will you either list the people involved in the incident here or PM them to me?

Bottom line: we're going to contact the server admin and he can check the logs and all of this will be solved. I think it'll show pretty clearly who was hacking, if anyone was, or what the issue was. I also don't understand why you guys were on a 1.7.1.1 server with the 1.7.1.4 patch. You should've immediately realized that there was no in-game sound and there should've been a message saying that you were running the wrong version. Just found a vid of the same exact exploit we encountered: Same exact thing: friendly fire kills, and respawning with same equipment.

Well-written, but you kind of lost all credibility at that line. This game is Alpha. It hasn't even hit Beta yet. So just relax and enjoy the (bumpy) ride.

thread of the year?

<3 So much.

Okay' date=' that's a given, but that doesn't fit under the circumstances I described. You're facing someone, one on one, you aren't sure if they are friendly or not. You aren't sure if they see you or not, but they might. Do you immediately start running and potentially make them notice you, or do you duck or go prone, hoping to get out of sight? [/quote'] Fair enough. It's very situational. I usually have at least one person with me when i'm playing, but i have run into a person one-on-one before and i immediately went prone and they actually walked right by me. Granted it was nighttime. But i currently have a character with lots of good stuff and it's very hard to not to justify shooting someone once i know they've seen me. It's pretty much not worth asking questions and getting a response via bullet to the face. The situation that the game puts us in is one that leaves very little room for hesitation, and you, as well as most of us here, have seen the consequence of hesitation. But yeah, it's a judgement call that's very hard to make. I don't think there is a straight up answer for any situation.

If i ever see you on and you need a shipment of supplies, i'd love to support your operation. Of course, it'll depend on where my buddies and i are in relation to you, but the offer still stands. Keep it up!

Best way to deal with a random in the person in the forest? 1. Have more people than they do. 2. See them first.

Agree 100%. And even careful players get caught. All it takes in one mistake or a small streak of unfortunate events to have someone know where you are and tosses a flare to your location. Being careful only goes so far. At some point, you have to take risks, and that's when you have the highest chance of getting caught.

Hell yeah. Zombies attracted to flares and chemlights. Keep making the game harder, i'm loving it!

So, it was night time and a couple friends and I were in a house inside of a small town, and we wanted to get to the other side of town. So, having found a good cache of supplies, we decided to intentionally aggro some of the Zombies and just take them out inside of the house to help us navigate to the other side of the town. All went according to plan until the last zombie. He was kinda stuck behind the house and was trying to attack us through the wall. So my friend took one shot (winchester) and hit the wall by accident. Immediately, myself and my other buddy noticed the floor had completely changed. But before we could really say anything, our friend took another shot. This time the entire house had changed. There were piles of wood and debris all over the floor. Somehow, we managed to escape. Upon leaving the house, we realized it had partially collapsed. Has anyone else run into this before? Do all buildings have "health"? Was it the gun that did the damage? The zombie? Both? Anyways, thought it was pretty sweet. Especially the idea of (semi)permanently changing a town on a server. Cool stuff.

Hitting F will cycle through your available "weapons" and this includes flares among other things. You will see the weapons cycle in the top right of your screen. When flares are selected, left click and hold for distance/power. Release to throw. And be sure to cycle back to your firearm, otherwise you'll be throwing flares at zombies.

This seems cool, i'll definitely check it out when the server situation is resolved. Keep it up!

definitely wanna get in on this whenever the servers are sorted. PM me sometime with the server info, etc...