DemonGroover

I read an article in PC gamer about a zombie apocalypse mod for a game i'd never heard of (Arma 2 - shame on me). Watched the YT vid from CHKilroy i think and i thought "I have to play this!" Bought Arma 2 OA and went through the pain of installing the mod and finding a server. Logged in and was immediately chased by zombies to the crane just outside Cherno...i was screaming the whole way, not knowing what the hell to do....i climbed up the crane thinking i was safe from the zombies below...to my horror the zombies started climbing up the ladder towards me! I basically shat myself, panicked and plummeted to my death. I sat there shaking, looking at the You are Dead screen and realised i had just found my perfect game ever.

Part of the track is broken though.

I jumped into the mod because it was a zombie apocalypse survival game. If it was a different game that didn't have zombies, but just based on PvP and survival, i wouldn't be here. So, yes, i too cannot wait until they return.

Dog packs in the large cities would be realistic. I think the area is big enough for a few bears and some wolves in the forest areas. Not sure if eastern europe have large wild cats or similar.

I believe they are adding some animals but they will be of a more realistic, native to Eastern Europe kind....animals such as wolves, bears, wild dogs etc. Unless there is a zoo and the animals escaped i am not sure how you would get jungle dwelling predators such as tigers and anacondas in game. As for the dropping meat idea...it would be nice to have some way of distracting the zeds, but would they stop for a slab of meat if they can still see you running away? The Infected aren't your typical brain dead zombie.

Beards confirmed....lets wrap this game up as it is now feature complete.

Liking the sound of that contaminated zone....always wondered what happened to the rest of the population that werent zombified.

Remember that these birds can be shot down..

I think you will be better off once modding is introduced and plentiful mods with loads of loot are created. Sounds like you won't like vanilla too much.

It's been a while since i created a thread and considering i am bored out of my head at work i thought i'd, as Shia Labeouf would say, "Do it!" I was pondering the small and possibly insignificant things that could be added to DayZ that could/would make it a more immersive, authentic or interesting place. Nothing too big, just those little things that you would expect to see/do that aren't in game atm, or never will be added. My 2 cents is: A readable newspaper (the final edition of the Chernarus Times before civilisation collapsed) though this could be construed as giving a back story, something the devs are loathe to do. Being able to scavenge rags from all that bed linen we see inside buildings...there have been numerous times i have sat bleeding out, ragless, next to a fully made up bed. What do you think? Anything? Nothing? Happy as it is? Back to work!

It is from US and i don't have much trouble playing from Australia. I agree that there are a lack of 1PP servers but unfortunately 90% of the player base plays exclusively on 3PP servers.

You ever played on the DayZ Underground server...whenever i try and get on it is always full.

School Loot? Knives, handguns, drugs.....need a basketball as well so we can have some action in the gym

Random interiors does sound very intensive. But it would be nice to have a few more touches here or there to make buildings lived in or as scenes of struggle, etc. The populace would also have flocked to police stations, hospitals and churches in such a crisis yet these buildings suggest nothing really untoward happened. Mass graves in the churchyard, long forgotten dead prisoners in their cells, loads of filled bodybags in hospitals, etc etc Hopefully there are plans to apocalypse-ise areas, though it would be quite a job.

Aha of course, that looks familiar now.

I like the idea of a bus map, very basic but showing all the bus stops around Chernarus. I think some ambient litter floating through the cities and towns as well...i see that dragonfly often enough, a few more pieces of litter would be nice. Birds as well, rats maybe, even a stray dog or cat dashing through the townships.

Exactly. There are a couple of low res newspapers lying around the floor of Chernarus, and one of them does seem to have an article on Madonna.....i'd love to know if she was zombified or not!

That's half the fun..working out what to do. Probably not the best time to jump into it since there arent any Zombies atm, but at least it gives you the chance to work out how to survive and explore until they are reintroduced. Get food, drink, warm clothes, find or make a backpack, get yourself a weapon, then explore.

Don't know why they were so shocked at the initial sales. It was pretty obvious that most people who played the mod would buy into the SA.

All we need now are Cigarettes and a special key to "Take Drag from Cigarette" and my Brooding Lone Wolf life can begin in earnest.

Looking forward to some dirt bike action. Weapon reloading sounds great...the more manual options the better. Some guns automatically reload atm so it will be nice to be able to take a shot and watch rather than the automatic reloading animation taking place. I have always liked the idea of ammo rarity...needing to appraise whether taking the shot is worth it or not. I hope we get to the stage where finding a handful of bullets is cause for joy.

I dont often promote Ytbers but this video is quite an extensive look at what you are asking about i think.

Maybe their clocks are wrong in the Czech Rep?

Where did you hear this rumour? And no, there aren't any "safe" servers that don't get updated - what would be the point of that? If there is a wipe, there is a wipe.

https://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/229105-vss-and-red9-will-be-in-059-stable/#entry2308703