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There are 3 playable races for both genders (caucasian, asian and black) beyond that I really don't have a clue how char customisation will work.

My point is that a random chance of items taking damage when you shoot and kill another player does actually make sense. Your suggestion is infinitely more complicated and just adds yet another massive job to be completed before the alpha can be rolled out, whereas this would be much easier to execute and makes more sense than the current system.

I actually meant when a player falls to the ground after being shot. I think it's quite possible that things like night-vision goggles, GPS, etc. could be damaged.

A lot of items, especially valuable ones, could be damaged when the player falls. Bullets aren't the only things that can cause damage.

I think there should just be a percentage chance of damage carrying over to an item.

Forgive me if I'm wrong, but I thought that was the way it works currently. :S Example - in forests I only ever get the twig snap and a few other ambient sounds but in small towns I get wire rattling and the sound of a creaky door blowing shut in the wind etc.

It's true, disabling AToC or AA causes trees to become much thinner so people with lower graphics settings will spot you much more easily unfortunately.

I remember AWA #1 and #2 used to be linked and there was a 15 minute delay after logging out of one before you could connect to the other. That worked pretty well against ghosting and server hopping.

The difference is that if they have 2 chars they may be able to log in fully geared up instantly after dying to get back at you, whereas if they only had 1 char they would respawn with nothing.

This.^ Honestly, I would't download any third-party DayZ software other than DayZ Commander.

6) Cross-posting: Posting a thread in more than one forum is annoying and thus not allowed. Just post it once in the correct place. ___________________________________ On topic: I played in one of your servers once back in the day and it was pretty good. Friendly admin and all that. Is this server vanilla? I'm currently looking for a new server to play solo in so I don't end up miles away from where I log out with my mates.

Yeah, that's a good point. I guess I didn't really think it through. Although you could argue that some people don't play seriously and take massive risks the entire time anyway. I played with one of my mates as the Chernogorsk Police Department for about a month and all we did was lurk in Cherno and wait for someone to kill someone, then we would 'detain' the suspect, which usually ended with at least one person being shot, lol. It would be nice to be able to have seperate solo and group play chars though.

Initially this was exactly my train of thought. But I just launched DayZ with the intention of playing solo and, not wanting to leave where I logged out with my friend yesterday, I started a new character on a different server and I don't really see anything wrong with that. Something similar to the way characters work in PlanetSide 2 would probably work quite well in DayZ. Although I would still definitely prefer if you were limited to one name per account.

If you double click the IPs in your .txt file does ArmA 2 automatically launch with @DayZ enabled and connect to the server? ^_^

Hmm... With zombies running indoors I really don't think they'll become ineffective. I can practically taste the tears already. Also, like h3l1x said - what's to stop humans and zombies teaming up? Personally, I think opening the standalone up to modding would be a horrible idea. We've seen what happens when you allow 'servers for every flavour'. You end up with one flavour, and that flavour is as easy and far removed from what the game is supposed to be about as physically possible.

Hold W. Press shift + tab to bring up the Steam in-game menu. Let go of W. Close the Steam in-game menu. You are now auto-running.

Yeah, this is correct. You need a water bottle and an empty tin can in your inventory and then you use the action menu (scroll wheel) to select 'boil water' when looking at a camp fire. You can probably use those barrel fires that you see around in cities too.

On top of that this would just create a massive amount of work on top of what there already is to do. Anyway, I think AI represents the way that zeds are reduced to a mindless being driven by basic instinct much better than a normal fully functional human being controlling a zombie ever could. If this is what you want then play L4D versus.

This has been discussed a few times and IMO it's a really good idea.

With $850 you could build a system that will run with 30-60 FPS on high, instead of this overpriced rubbish that will struggle. You could probably put an FX-8350 and HD 7870 build together for the same price.

If you aren't already, it might be a good idea to use DayZ Commander... http://www.dayzcommander.com/ It makes it really easy to stay up to date with the your mod version and ArmA II beta version as well as letting you search for servers and keep a list of 'favourite' servers.

They scrapped the initial deadline in favour of rebuilding the game from the ground up instead of releasing a more polished standalone version of the mod. How can there be delays when there is no release date?

^This. For a start I think the amount of people spawning in Cherno and Elektro to play deathmatchZ will be beyond ridiculous. I don't doubt that there will be a lot of people that don't set foot outside of the two main cities unless they're feeling suave and decide to spawn in Komorovo to hit Balota before heading in to Cherno. I also feel like this it sending out the message that it's okay to loot your own body, which I don't think should be possible; nevermind encouraged. On the other hand I think we'll see more people using Berezino and the east coast in general, which is cool. And I like that I'd be able to pick my favourite spawn point in Kamenka and head up north through Zel every time

1) It's okay to necro-post if you're actually adding something constructive to the topic. I don't think adding an auto-lock feature would be a good idea. 2) I'm not sure if that's possible but it's a good idea.

5-10 FPS sounds about right for that system, there isn't really much you can do that will make a difference unfortunately. Checking that you're above the recommended system requirements (by quite a long way, if you actually want the decent performance) before you buy a game is usually wise.