Bat (DayZ)

What Hawc said. The map won't be twice as big and we won't have 200 players per server. But seasons could be interesting. There's already a version of Chernarus in summer (for AOCR) check it out on youtube. Now the main problem for dynamic seasons is that it would require like a year of development to have something that may look really shitty. Because you have a lot of stuff to program, a lot of textures to change, and a lot of problems in the way (it would require every texture and a lot of models to change dynamically, I imagine the whole shit to clip awfully every second and other horrible texture blending problems. It might look really bad.) However I'm not against making the north part of the map slightly colder, with a bit of snow on the ground (just some basic map editing), and also replace rain by snow when you're up north. Also your body temp would drop faster so you would have find the right clothes to travel to devil's castle or the airfields.

I think it's time for you to buy a new pc. because your system is like... really outdated. Single core processors aren't sold since 2007 or so. Something like that, will be perfect for all recent games in high resolution. http://cgi.ebay.fr/GAMER-PC-INTEL-CORE-i5-3330-GTX-650-1GB-8GB-DDR3-1333-1TB-22x-DVDRW-Computer?item=150909402359&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D160889625488%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D2671563979241261276 Also don't use vista for gaming, please seven is best :)

Yeah but what you describe is a dream game man, I don't think you imagine how much ressources it would take to have those hundred zombies with perfect complex AI responding to every single sound and whatever in an ONLINE game with 50 other players. What we have in DayZ is ALREADY a gift and a real impressive piece of coding (compared to WarZ for instance ahaha), no matter what people who know nothing about developing a game might say. Really IMO more zombies are not necessary. If they can run in buildings and are more reactive with smoother and more terryfing animations (think 28 days later) then it would be awesome. So I agree but I don't have much expectations because the more you are ambitious with a game the more bugs and performance issues come and can kill all the project at once. EDIT : Now improvement should come from pathfinding and attack animations. Like if they were able to attempt to grab you at close range and you would have to defend yourself with melee attacks so you don't get bitten, it would be intense. Or they could make you fall and then you would fight on the ground, trying to shove them in a desperate last move... Not like a QTE, it would not be "click on a button to break the grab", more like "try everything you can to break the grab, but you have more chances to end up dead because you shouldn't have let this zed come THAT close in the first place"

A single bite should be deadly, as seen in 28 days later. But there should be ways to avoid them getting that close (shoving them with your weapon or hands). Also when the zeds will be able to run inside buildings it will add a little more challenge I think.

actually diseases are already in the game. You get it from cold, small chance from zombie hit, and also other infected players.

You must have joined a private hive servers. It means your character will be saved on this server but won't be shared with official ones or other private hive servers. basically if you join back a official server you will find your other character back. If you use dayz commander it is easy to filter servers so you play only with one character. Hope I've been clear.

Like this idea, but no red/green indicator on the HUD. Why not having to find out for yourself which plants are good or bad and having to recognize them by the look of them ?? It should be a part of crafting, combine a plant with water and a empty bottle and you have a med that can be used to cure pain, as antibiotics... Or a deadly poison to offer at your worst ennemy ahah :) Combined with notes you could fool people into drinking those poisons ahah :) And by making meds more rare in the world, people would have to look for those ressources and maybe it will add more trading between the player ?

mh GPU looks a little bit too weak, my guess is you'll be able to play at minimum graphics and not a smooth framerate. Oh and wait for standalone

There is no virus, it's all a lie. The truth is far more disturbing... Here is my reflection : Clue #1 : all those bottles of jack daniels are empty for a reason Clue #2 : sober people don't wander around playing monkeys. Clue #3 : I have the strong feeling that the fast guys have consumed both alcohol and ecstasy. Clue #4 : Alcohol always brings violence, and well those people are really violent. They must be really drunk and desperate. Clue #5 : How strange my character never got the "zombie virus" even after several bites from hostile "zombies". But hey, if those guys were in reality drunk people, then I would not get any virus from them, right?? Clue #6 : post soviet state, indeed... Now please listen to my theory. I think an apocalypse really occured some years ago in chernarus. But it was not a virus that turned people into flesh eaters. Instead I think survivors of this apocalypse started drinking to forget the apocalypse was happening (it's a very bad way to cope with stuff). Then the real apocalypse began : alcoholism. Alcohol brings violence, (#4) and more violence brings more reasons to drink and well... more reasons to forget violence, or forget to drink, or whatever. Until the day no alcohol can be found anymore (#1) This is DayZ : people in need of alcohol would do anything to find a drop of beverage, they would even eat people in the more severe cases of disorientation... I think your character may be one of the few who is strong enough to use other ways to cope with stuff than alcohol (maybe he does yoga for example) and so begins your journey in the ravaged world of DayZ, a fight for survival and soberness. I really thought it through and I think it's the best explanation, better than some fantastic zombie virus... (#5) Moreover, according to this new theory, we can assume the idea behind the game is to denounce alcoholism, which is pretty clever.

I like it, especially the first idea : industrial complex with random hazards like gaz explosions etc would be interesting. I think there needs to be more interactions with the world, would add a lot more depth. you'll be happy to know that some buildings have been remodelled for standalone, for instance the hospital interior will be a lot larger (think more than one level) with the need to explore each room to find the loot.

Zombie apocalypse is a serious business. If you'd rather talk to girls than preparing yourself for the Day, then... god bless your clueless soul

I'm just gonna say no. The true leveling already happens in your brain, when you learn to survive the games challenges.

I would be against too, but after seeing that walking dead episode where this zombie girl is shotI think it's alright for dayz to feature that. if it's done so that the children don't look like real children anymore (make them really agressive with blood and wounds like infected in 28 days later), then it won't cause any problems in most countries. There were babies in silent hill, children zombies in dead space, and even in bioshock where you could "harvest" little girls, so really I think it won't be such a problem. And another thing. Fuck morality. EDIT : the "fuck morality" is not aimed to anyone who posted on this forum, just my personal opinion, limits are meant to be crossed.

with the help of good old winchester back in the days it was quite easy, there were ammo everywhere and my minimum zombiekill used to be like 400 or something (best I did was 700). Then the winchester became rarer and hackers came in, and well it's harder right now. good luck.

2 things : yeah you missed the glory days (may-june 2012) and yes DayZ is now in a dark age, full of hackers that kill entire servers pressing a single button. You don't want to start your journey in dayz in those conditions, wait for standalone. Would be a major waste of money to buy arma 2 only for this mod. Also don't look for tips other than basic controls for the game, try to immerse yourself and discover the world on your own, far more rewarding.

You can't be serious when you say modders should be paid for modding a game (even if it improves some aspects of it). I've spent countless hours building maps and stuff for multiple games (made some famous maps for UT2004 and helped with the original red orchestra mod) and never thought about making money out of it, its a passion like playing music you know. It's all about doing things for the sake of it, of creativity and sharing your work and maybe get some guys liking what you do.

no I haven't, but feels like it's what I'm gonna do now :) hope the show is good. FYI theres also a doc called aftermath : population zero : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkMXhKj0D4w Impressive stuff. (and from a scientific point of view without artistic unbelievable bullshit)

I've played since the early times of dayz, and I aprove these ideas. It should really make it to standalone. I suggest you put them on reddit so rocket can be aware of it. (You got me at birds, would be an awesome atmospheric feature. More wildlife is needed, maybe less cows given they would probably not survive zombie apocalypse anyway :) )

Yeah I agree for unholstering, but I imagine switching from a pistol to your akm while sprinting like crazy would not be that easy for a normal human being. EDIT : I think every move should be a little bit more fluid but without turning the game into a fast fps. I don't understand people saying the controls are "clunky", to my tastes it's really perfect for a survival game (remember how clunky were resident evil controls :) ).

I think rocket stated that they will make new (more "civil" and fluid) animations for SA, but not for alpha release I guess. I don't think you'll be able to switch weapons while moving because it would require to rework the way the engine handles animations. Also I personnaly like the fact you have to stop to switch weapons or throw grenades, so you have to carefully plan every move and time every action perfectly which makes the game far more strategic in a sense.

I hope rocket is not serious about that, I personally do not want to have to shit or piss ingame... Sleep and fatigue on the other hand would be interesting, as part of the logout system (have to rest to logout, better resting if inside a tent or in a bed)

You will have no problem running DayZ. One protip is to install the game in a high performance zone of your hard drive using Ultimate Defrag. I get 30 fps constant on my old GTX 260M and core 2 duo. And yeah shadows are a bit blocky and flicker in buildings sometimes, but the engine is kinda old, that's why. When DayZ goes standalone maybe we'll have new dynamic lights... EDIT : Also regarding mouse sensitivity; you should search the internet for Arma 2 OA tweak guides, that's what I've done, some tweaks in config files (something to do with maxframeahead line and shit like that in the config) good luck

Happy ?

great idea, rocket mentionned it in a livestream some weeks ago, I think it will be in standalone.

Rocket tweeted it would not be because he had to make new skelleton. Anyway, I'm not sure I would miss that, it could easily look ridiculous/funny rather than frightening. BUT suicide animation and cannibalism would be awesome (the road <3)