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  1. Currently, if you're on a large large building and try to drop items to swap for whatever reason, light a fire, or start a chemlight. Neither the items will show up nor light up the area. I decided to test this by putting a chemlight and a backpack near the corner of a large building. Went down to the bottom and I saw the chemlight glow(though I couldn't pick up the chemlight myself as it was still at the top of the building) and pack. Personally, I think camping on top of towers if a vital part of that aspect of survival. Hanging with some Bandits? Light a fire on a roof and get some good sniping light so you don't fall off the bloody edge, all while being warm from the night cold. I typically camp a rooftop in Chern at night watching for bandits to kill to make it easier for Survivors to pass through but its impossible to see(Not an exaggeration... and the gamma trick doesn't work after a certain darkness level is reached) so I may fall off the edge. Just a little light to brighten my area instead of having to light a flare. Because for some reason, flares, the biggest target in the game, work just fine on a rooftop; fires and chemlights do not. On top of that, if you create a fireplace, it dissapears to the lowest possible elevation of flat surface you're allowed to build one on so you can't have a rooftop fire. Also, when up high in the sky, it's difficult to keep track of players because the game gets buggier the higher you go. This has happened to me multiple times in Chern but I'll be spotting someone and I see them go behind a isolated building; no way out without me seeing. I suddenly hear a gunshot and look in the direction, and to my surprise, the person just traveled 2-3 blocks without making a single appearance. Do note that I know the difference between lag and what I'm seeing. What I'm seeing is not lag because people I've invited to my rooftop report the same thing. They see someone dissapear behind a building and they suddenly appear somewhere else 20-30 seconds later without being seen at all.
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    Help installing retail

    I've looked at countless guides including the official on how to install the Day Z on the retail version but all of them include using Steam in some way... which I refuse to do because it's not required as far as I know. I'm asking for step by step help on how to install Arma 2 and OA followed by Day Z without the use of Steam in any way shape form or mention. Here are the current steps I've taken: 1. Install ARMA 2 2. Install ARMA 2: OA 3. Patch ARMA 2 4. Patch ARMA 2: OA 5. Launched both games once 6. Downloaded and properly placed Day Z mod files 7. Downloaded ARMA 2 Launcher and launched with correct settings 8. No working Mod... When installing ARMA 2 and OA, I let the installer do it's own thing with placement because it's never failed me once with past games. So, I currently have an ARMA 2 and OA directory on my desktop as well as ARMA 2 and OA combined directories under C>Program Files>B.I>ARMA 2. ...wtf is going on? I'm getting incredibly frustrated with this and I believe I have the right to be since no one's "Non-Steam Version Guide" actually doesn't use Steam and screw up the order of things. I'd really rather not uninstall Arma 2, OA, and its patches since I did that last night for the 4th time to clean install and try again by reading and cross referencing guides for accurate information, however, if I have to, I will. I can easily just delete all the DayZ files and what not and start from a patched ARMA 2 and OA. Help me out, yeah? Nevermind. Managed to fix it myself. Had to go tooth to nail to get it to work but I got it.
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