Elias (DayZ)

Killing is so easy. People who just murder everybody (and like it) are IMO far less skilled. Because *not* shooting on sight...and then live to tell about it requires superiour skills. And IMO these massmurderers are also missing out on a big part of the gameplay. I've read stories of people who started out with a 'shoot all, kill all' playstyle; but have now discovered a deeper level of gameplay. They find that letting people live gives them a deeper feeling of power, which is even better than the feeling they get from killing players at a distance. Good for them, they are the 'true bandits'. Of course, everybody should play how they like, the game needs the bandits, murderers and survivors alike. And killing in self defence is no murder in my book. It's still good you feel guilty/bad about it, it means that you've still got human feelings.

I never noticed this option before, I'll check it out for sure. Thanks for sharing.

Southcoastbeanwars.com has a nice map with all the default vehiclespawnlocations: http://southcoastbeanwars.com Hope it helps you.

Please have no doubt, because there *are* good people in game who *will* reach out when you need a helping hand. Good luck, see you in the field :-)

* snip * accidental doublepost because of systemlag, sorry.

No, you can just install Arma 2, then Arma 2 AO and then run them as CO by adding a line to your shortcut. When you've installed all the beta patches you'll be provided with a shortcut (to start Arma 2 with the beta patch); here you add: CA;@Dayz. But read here: http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/10051-index-of-helpful-threads/ for more info's. And please, next time you make a thread can you give it a meaningfull title like "how to run Arma 2 CO with Dayz' or something. Thanks in advance, I hope it all works out.

That is a very valuable piece of information, and it can save lives. Once, I had an accidental discharche with a CZ550 after an alt-tab. That gun is so loud, that everybody and his mother came running to my position after that shot. I had to run and fight for my life, almost didn't make it. Good tip, thanks for sharing.

True. Some servers use 'veteran' settings; here you can see your own position on the ingame map. The crows, I think you mean the crows circling in the sky? AFAIK it's just ambient wildlife, it doesn't mean a thing. A long time ago I spawned as a seagull though; but that was because of serverissue's at that time. It was nice to fly over Chernarus, seeing it from the sky :-)

Hi, great to see you here. Good to hear that you're enjoying Dayz so much, it's a fun mod indeed! And you're right: playing with good mates it's even better. Oh, and I'm sure you'll be unhappy 'if' you get killed, but hey; it's all part of surviving after all. Let's see for how long you can keep yourself alive, perhaps longer than you think (and the pain will be even greater then, when you die after 50 days with all that great gear you've found, trust me). Hope you'll do well, see you in the field!

QFT I agree, there is always the 'choice' not to shoot on sight, but to communicate first. True; it takes great skills to survive encounters that way, but it's better than just to massmurder everybody you run into.

IMO you should always feel sort of bad for taking somebody's life. Even if you killed him in self defence, and he deserved to be killed. It's when you stop feeling (a little)bad about killing others; then your heart grows cold and you cross over to the dark side...

Nice story, thanks for sharing. And welcome to DayZ, I hope future player-encounters will be more friendly for you, although the unfriendly encounters bring the addictive tension to this mod that I love so much. As for your question, I experienced something like that once; but luckily only once. I quess you've been playing on a server that didn't save characterdata to the hive. Maybe somebody else can give you a more precise answer. Good luck, see you in the field!

Aaaah, yes; now I understand it too, thanks for pointing it out.

If you like playtesting an Alpha, it's money well spent. I'm glad I bought Arma 2 CO for it; never looked back since.

Maybe he knew it was your AS50, and he was just handing it to you. And now you've shot him...and he was only trying to be friendly.

Never leave all your stuff in your tent; keep the important stuff on your person or in your backpack when you log out. As the others above me have allready pointed out: somebody can find your tent and take your stuff, or sometimes the server 'eats' it. I hope you've kept at least a gun and some ammo...

Sidestrafe's channel on Youtube. He's doing weekly video's about DayZ, those got me very interested. (http://www.youtube.com/user/SideStrafe)

Nah, don't take the shit mate, just take the empty cans and bottles; that will be sufficient. Leave the poo, it's good fertilizer :-)

I think it's a brilliant idea! Maybe Rocket can mod in little brooms, so I can sweep the floor before I leave a house. (The broom is a primary weapon, it doesn't fit in your toolbelt and takes up 10 slots in your inventory.)

Aiming at them didn't help to start good relations, I guess. There is no failsafe way to handle those encounters. Maybe next time break contact, sprint to cover.

2) yellow/orange circle on the map; this is a serverside setting, you're seeing the location of a Zed.

I'm running it on a single core AMD 64 4000+ (2,4 Ghz). You could try out the Arma 2 demo's first, to see how it runs. Be aware that more units (lot's of players and lot's of Zed) ingame will reduce framerates. Arma 2 demo: http://www.arma2.com/demo/arma-2-demo_en.html Arma 2 OA demo: http://www.arma2.com/demo/arma-2-operation-arrowhead-demo_en.html I hope it works out.

Adding alcohol would be a nice touch. As long as it doesn't mean that when I get too drunk I'll pass out and then wake up in a strange bed with a hangover and an infected next to me :-) Adding smokes would be great too. Sitting under a tree after a long journey, lighting a cigarette, enjoying the sunset.

And, ...it's not only refreshing, but it also helps to prevent touth decay. No added sugars, only natural ingredients.