Aaron_C

Brilliant tips in here, Ayashiki's post especially. Thanks guys!

Hi all, after reading the countless posts about how hackers and game-breaking glitches ruin this game, I thought I'd share my own experience. I haven't found it nearly as awful as some people would have us newbies believe! (It isn't all peaches and flowers though either...) This is a long post so scroll down to the bottom for TL;DR. Heard some amazing things about Day Z and I really liked the look for Arma 2 aswell. Brilliant graphics and I love the whole open world thing. I was a bit put off from buying it at first because I was reading through these forums and the sheer volume of posts about hackers, glitches, bugs and everything else was a bit overwhelming... I decided to go for it anyway, after all I'd still have Arma 2 even if Day Z was as unplayable as I thought it might be. Spent a good 4 hours installing Day Z and getting it to work. First I was having issues with BattlEye, constantly getting disconnected and kicked, and then I was having issues with the loading screen just freezing and not loading at all. Eventually after messing around with a few files and reading some posts I managed to get it working. First 10 seconds of the game, whilst I was in awe and admiration of the sights and sounds of the coast after seeing it for the first time, I started to levitate then I got teleported high into the clouds with all the other players. Then dropped. Quite annoying and quite worrying. I then got disconnected and it would NOT work at all. BattlEye would disconnect the second I would get into the game. After messing with some router settings (DGN1000) I managed to solve that and it now works fine. Second game (and since then) I've had a much better experience. I've been playing for a few days now and haven't actually seen any players at all so haven't had to worry about getting killed or anything (but it has been a bit lonely), and I haven't had any more issues with hackers. Last night I experienced my first major graphic glitch though, which was almost like a huge white pyramid zig zagging across my screen as I was trying to find a gap in a fence. Lasted about a minute then just disappeared. I've also experienced zombies appearing then disappearing instantly when I first log into a game. I would say I've had more grief from the zombies than glitches and hackers, there is nothing more terrifying than a Z bashing your head in and screaming down your ear whilst you think you're hidden and stealthy. So yeah, all in all I'm really enjoying it, and if you're thinking of buying Arma 2 for this mod but you're a bit unsure... Just buy it. If you're unhappy with Day Z, then go play Arma 2 and get your money's worth from that. I'm still a newb and I've just managed to find my first compass and map, and I have nothing but a hatchet to fight zombies, but if you'd like to team up then add me up on Skype: metallicazza. TL;DR: Rough time getting Day Z to work, but once on, only had small issues with hackers, and graphic glitches aren't nearly as frequent as people make out. If you're thinking of giving Day Z a go but are a bit unsure because of the above issues, then go for it. Judge for yourself. Arma 2 is a great game aswell.

Hello all, my in-game name is Aaron and my Skype name is metallicazza if anybody fancies teaming up with a newbie. I've not been playing very long, haven't even seen another player yet. Not really interested in PvP, more so exploration and gearing up!