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How I got access to my first vehicle: My friend and I were at the NW Airfield at night. While crawling into the barracks someone fired at me. So I ran as fast as I could out into the surrounding fields. I flanked way around onto a grassy hill and crouched behind a broken rock fence. Using my IR Scope on my L85A2 I spotted someone laying in the middle of the airfield, and their buddy was driving a 4 wheeler around. I shot at the guy on the airfield hitting him, and then watched him Disconnect. Then the attention of my friend and I turned to the 4 wheeler and the other guy trying to escape on it. We fired round after round 500m away as he scrambled off the airbase. Then in the distance I saw huge flames rise up. We ran to investigate and saw that in his haste he had ran right into a fence blowing up the quad. We were super happy about the turnout. Then the next day we logged into the same server and went back to the airfield where we found the 4 wheeler still stuck in the fence, only this time it was fully operational and functioning! So we got on and after 2 minutes of throttle to the max got it unstuck. What happened next: Haphazardly driving around at nighttime enjoying our first vehicle we ran right into a chain link fence, knocking me unconscious, and killing my friend. I barely survived, but I lost my friend and the vehicle. What I learned: The fence: A 4 wheeler's worst nightmare.

I don't believe you can access the axe/hatchet that are buried in the wood block. There are however, hatchets that spawn in several locations in the game that you can pickup and use as a weapon and to gather wood. (Get near a tree and right click hatchet in toolbar to access this option.)

I bet you have to actually skin other players to get their skin....

I think you can also resize the window by clicking on the corner and dragging it to the size you want. You will first have to click on your desktop or somewhere outside of the DayZ window before you do this.

I now feel dumber for having read OP's responses. However, they were at least very entertaining. Love it when players head to the forums to vent about how the game doesn't cater to them in every way, and therefore is broken. Anyway, i'm off to Electo to hopefully find this freshly spawned noob so I can help add to his frustration.

So I was wondering if there is a way to tell how long you have been alive? I noticed that if you hold down the "i" key in game, it shows a list with players and some stats? Is the number on the far right how long you have been alive? Sometimes my name is on the list and sometimes it isn't. Anyway, if anyone has any info on that I would greatly appreaciate it. I'm just trying to find a way to measure my success for each character I play. haha

I'm a victim of this as well, but only on my Laptop. It has the exact same version of windows installed on it, so I don't understand why the game functions on my desktop, but not my laptop??

When I have issues like this with any piece of software I always do the same thing. Full uninstall of everything, then reinstall. (duh). However, with a game like DayZ, I would definitely follow one of the install guides out there, just to be extra safe. Let us know if you make any progress!

I love how offended "PC Gamers" get when controllers are mentioned. It's almost as if they are threatened by them?? :D I definitely wouldn't play Day Z with an Xbox Controller, but could care less if others decide to. The fact is, there are tons of people out there who are more comfortable with a controller than they are k/m. Not a big deal what so ever. What is a big deal however, is that the OP clearly took a lot of time to put this little guide together, and looks to have done a fantastic job. It's people like you who make game communities better! So bravo and enjoy the beans! :):)

Same here. I'm running 1.7.2.5 and I get exploding geometry every time I go near military bases such as the NW Airfield and the Balota Airfield. :/ - However, my friend that I often play with does not always experience the same issues as I do, so it seems some people are effected by this more than others. I eagerly anticipate future updates because this game is awesome :)

I think tents are a fantastic idea. I know they are a bit buggy right now, but i'm sure fixes are on their way. "Saving" the tent to my knowledge means that it saves that particular tent to the server, meaning you can log out and it will be there permanently until it gets destroyed, you remove it, or the server erases it during a restart.

Attention to small details is always welcome in any game.

It's funny because I was running from some soldier zombies that spawned near a tree stand, and it was super tense running through the rain... then I popped out of this tree line and saw this gorgeous thing... haha

Okay, that would definitely make sense! I'll keep an eye on my Day count and see if it rolls over soon as I should be approaching 24 actual gameplay hours with this character.

Player: As a player I learned that you always spawn near the coast. However, I've noticed that when I exit out of a game, and later enter back into a game, for the most part I always spawn where I left off. BUT sometimes I spawn back down near the coast even though I was not killed?? Is there any reason for this? Vehicle: I assume each server contains a specific number of vehicles that spawn in specific places. Once a vehicle has been taken by a player, does it eventually respawn in it's orginal location? Does the vehicle have to be destroyed before it respawns? Could all the vehicles be dumped into the ocean never to be used again on a server?? I would greatly appreciate any info on these topics. Thank you!

Okay, so I realized the number that I thought was the day count is actually my zombie kill count. (I was wondering why it was so high). However, when I log into servers it still says "Day 1" even though I've been using the same character for a few days now without dying. Not a big deal, just thought I would get to the bottom of it. Thanks everyone for the feedback!

Interesting. Well you certain educated me on something I wasn't aware of, so all the beans go to you! Thanks again.

How does one check his humanity? Mine does not show up in the Debug window like I see in most screenshots... :/

I was teleported by a hacker and shot in the face. haha. This game is rad, and has so much potential, even though my first time playing was spoiled by hackers, i'm sure that doesn't happen often. Hopefully??

These are all great responses, thanks guys! This game is so much fun when not being interrupted by invisible players and lame hacks. I will never understand how hackers find joy in cheating. Seems ike the quickest way to make any game feel pointless and lame. I think it's just their way of compensating for a small penis, just like buying a really big truck in real life. So I suppose I should feel sorry for the micro penis hackers... poor guys :/