muzzlehead

You have my beans and my heart!

It is Alpha I have been reset more times than I can rememeber, I have been shot once by a bandit.

I am on a FPS only server but sadly I have no way to identify which server I am on. Unless you can tell me?

I searched the forums and played around with the configs in DayZ, but I can not seem to figure out how to identify the current server I am on. Is there a way in game either at start menu before you play or during play to identify which server you are playing on?

I have filed bug reports on this but I was intersted in hearing how many of you will log onto a server, loose all your gear and end up on the coast. I can tell it will happen as the game loads into the server as the sound of the coast occurs before the screen opens..... and presto I have been wiped. I have been player killed once since alpha release, wiped once by Rocket ;), and random wiped at least 20 times. This is the largest problem I see that needs to be addressed at the moment. Is it related to server stability? I know some have suggested it has to do with 'White Listing' of servers but this has occured on a server that I was already on and was rejoining again at a different time. It has also happened when rejoining a server that I got the time out and red link icon. What are your thoughts?

This has occurred on the same server randomly.... so if I do get wiped on a server I switch to a new while at the coast (so if it I am going to get wiped for switching servers it can happen in the beginning) I have found no pattern in when or how it occurs. I sometimes log back on and its fine, and other times it is back to the coast.

I understand that, but it does appear to happen quite a bit. And as others have stated it has happened multiple times in one day.

I am totally fine with the condition of Alpha and also totally cool with it being a 'work in progress'. It just seems to be for me like playing roulette every-time I log off the game. 'Will I have my character and stuff when I log back on or will I return to the coast." It happens so often that I really no longer worry abvout gear or even illness. I just run around kill zombies and talk with players ... the survival part of the game (a large part of the game) is senseless with the constant threat of a reset.

NO!

Military hardware needs to be extremely difficult to find. Only 5% of total weapons/equipment throughout the loot population.

I have had one random wipe so far.... but with the loot tables all askew it is really not that big of a deal. I was geared back up in about 20 min and north again in another 20. The part that hurts the most for me with the wipes is ending back in the KOS of the coast. It is just littered with half dressed dead bodies ;) Well I should have kept m,y mouth shut.... I just got a random wipe again! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Screw all the hacking prevention/server stability/map mods! I need a beard!

Do birds randomly fly in the sky like rabbits in the land? I know developers and hackers use them to look around the map. I was walking in the wilderness and came to a clear hilltop and saw a bird flying. It kept circling me (5 or 6) times. I should have taken a screen shot but after the 6th circle it freaked me out and I switched servers. So did I just let my paranoia get the best of me or was this a possible hacker/developer?

Best yet when I landed on the new server I was reset and on the coast. Ahhhh the Alpha ;)

No

You sure he did not walk into a trap, and was shot dead.

LOL.... but seriously what about Blue Balls and Spontaneous Combustion.... both of these serious conditions have me very worried at night in DayZ

I hope we can never find AS50s

One problem with any 'server hopping/logging' solution is server/client lag. Several times, since release, I have joined a 40 ping or less server and after a while I have received the red broken chain; then a countdown number saying no communication with server... and then I disconnect. How would a solution address this legitimate issue? I would be really pissed if a server I joined lagged and I could not rejoin game for 30 min.. or ended up on the coast. On the other-hand, I think server switching/combat logging should include a serious penalty. I prefer a system for server hopping: 1) Locks you out for a set period of time (15 minutes) after gear is acquired (30 min timer once you pick up anything) 2) And then randomly strips 50% of your on body gear (and any gear contained within it) if you join a new server, if you were locked out. For combat logging: 1) If you preform an aggressive act (hand cuff/kill anything/fire weapon/melee/destroy anything) you receive a 5 minute countdown timer. 2) Disconnect during countdown: DIE DIE DIE I despise server hopping/combat logging!

I think this is in the latest patch or a derivation of it. I spawned last night, after the data wipe, and ended on the shore near the far left of the map. I started hiking north into the woods. It got pitch black so I cranked up my gamma and it hardly changed anything. Once I cleared woods and hit a field I could see better. I would say currently gamma offers very little in this patch. I have never used my flashlight more in DayZ than last night. I even came across a huge pool of light I spotted from a distance. I spent ten min creeping up on it. It was a naked dead dude with his light laying on next to him. It was very creepy. I just ran away..... all I had was a hat and flash light. lol

As the title says, "I have a small 100 in the upper right of my screen in a dark color"! I think this maybe my food/water level... I have been gorging on everything I can find.... I have not received the stomach full msg Anyone have any thoughts on what the 100 is for. I searched the forum but no luck

Thanks guys... I had played ArmA quite a bit.... LOL I am now obsessed with staying full... combat has become a secondary worry... and until the Zombies return I am not even thinking about them

I find things are better since the last patch.... I can open cans with a Knife!!!! Hoooooray! Now I have a dark 100 in the upper right of my screen.... Any idea what that is?

I can not get bayonet/fire axe/screwdriver to open cans either.... I have yet to find a can opener. I am also convinced this is a Diabetic Survival Simulator, as I have died 3 separate times in about ninety minutes with out food

My only real complaint about SA is the universal voice chat feature. How can I identify who is on it so I can mute them? One guy was broadcasting his speakers over the chat and another was just droning on and on about his personal problems. I enjoy voice chat but the universal chat immersion experience. I have run into this on multiple servers.