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INTRODUCTION: Hello, and welcome to my guide on how to use an Xbox 360 controller for DayZ. I have put a lot of time into making this profile, and hope that other people can find this useful. Highlights of my Xpadder profile are: No swapping between button sets when entering/exiting vehicles.Very little key-mapping required.Easy to understand controlsFeature packed - Uses advanced techniques to incorporate more commandsIf you have comments or suggestions, please let me know. UPDATED: 8/11/13 version 1.3: MOVED Lights and NVG to RIGHT D-PADMOVED Fire Mode to HOLD X BUTTONMOVED Compass to HOLD LEFT D-PADCHANGED Leaning; You will now stay leaned if the stick is pushed full, nudge to unlockADDED Zeroing to LEFT TRIGGER + D-PAD UP/DOWN (Zeroing still on +Action set)ADDED Weapon Swap to Y BUTTONADDED Spacebar(Command) to HOLD Y BUTTONADDED Helicopter Autohover to LEFT STICK CLICKIMPORTANT INFORMATION: Original thread on Xpadder. This profile works fine using default controls with minor tweaking; if you're having issues, go into the control settings and reset to defaults. Xpadder has to be run with Administrator privilege to work with ArmA 2. Make sure controller support is disabled within ArmA 2. Sprinting will not work until "Fast forward" remapped to Up Arrow. Aircraft will not work properly, you will need to remap flying controls within the game to what is shown below. Items with a "+" indicate a hold function; hold the button to access this action. STANCE has three modes: CLICK - StandPRESS - CrouchHOLD - ProneScope Zooming: while holding LEFT TRIGGER, click or hold RIGHT STICK to toggle Zoom IN(OUT) "Action" is a modifier and changes to set 3(Actions) HOW TO SETUP: These will be basic instructions, for more in-depth help visit the Xpadder Walkthrough. Purchase Xpadder if you haven't already. It is well worth the money.Install Xpadder.Download, or create your own controller layout.Get profile data from below and add it to XpadderIf copying the text, paste it using this drop-down: http://xpadder.com/h...rofile_menu.JPGClicking the "Abc" button in the corner of Xpadder will show you the button labels.Find where you installed Xpadder to, right click on it and choose PROPERTIES.Under the COMPATIBILITY tab, make sure run as administrator is checked.Apply and OKFully quit Xpadder, then restart it.Load up ArmA 2 and go into OPTIONS then CONTROLS.Remap the controls to what is shown above, under "Important Information."From the CONTROLS menu, goto CONTROLLER.Select the Xbox Controller, and choose DISABLE, you should no longer see button prompts for navigation; if you do, verify it is disabled.The controller should now be functional! It's probably a good idea to familiarize yourself with the controls with one of the singleplayer showcases. If you want to invert the controls or adjust the speed, do so using the in-game mouse settings. PROFILE: Copy all text from box below, or download the file.

I would not mind an optional group spawning mechanic for starting a new game together with friends or as suggested by Zeppa starting with a small group of random people. But clan spawn mechanics like respawning near your squadleader after being killed or at your base for example are completely out of question. Also picking up respawning team members at the coast by chopper or car will be hopefully stopped by making fuel extremely rare in the SA. Being able to carry only 2 long-guns for gameplay reasons as suggested by Codestargod sounds like a very good idea to me. "He should also not be allowed to use the same username as before, but rather, take on an entirely different character. Any accumulated abilities would be wiped clean, and in effect, be an avatar noob all over again." agreed but I would go that far and also wipe out any saved tents and vehicles...btw will containers like tents, vehicles or boxes/crates work the same way as in the mod ??

hi there! just been playing the game for about a week, the game is so unique but having read Max Brooks' World War Z, I have a lot of suggestions for the SA I heard a rumor about including "Classes" like a normal MMORPG, and we could use that to encourage cooperation and make pvp a lot more difficult and or undesirable, so, my idea is that each class would have and unique ability and a group ability, something that can only work when a group is formed. My idea of classes would be like this, each one has it's strenghts and weakness, in the end I tried to make them so playing lone wolf would be a lot more difficult and kind of realistic/authentic. Also you wouldn't be able to choose them, it would be random with every respawn. Medic: Starts with a medpack that can only carry medicines, also have more starter medicines, like epi pens and morphine besides the bandage, this medpack can only carry medicines, and that would be the only class that can give blood transfussions and also I think that there we must eliminate generic diseases, to make the medic a must in a group, he would be able to "see" what kind of infection you have and to him the generic "antibiotics" would be specific, to any other player they would appear as generic antibiotics with no way to know if they work with his disease, v.g. if you have cholera (a realistic effect on the game would be a very quick dehydratation, with TBC to have 0 stamina to run and so on) and no medical knowledge, what antibiotic would you take? of course you can swallow random pills and pray they work. Also i think that self treatment or done by a non medic should have a probability of having no effect or worsen the situation (a too tight bandage can make you lose a limb in RL), while the medic carries no risk Drawback: can carry less ammo than other classes. Group abillity: increases probability of finding antibiotics and medicines. Soldier: the only class that can carry two primary weapons (something that I find very stupid in the game.... a regular joe carrying a .50 cal and an AK? seriously) and can carry more ammo than other classes. GA: increases prob of finding MILITARY weapons, civilian weapons and ammo, it is very annoying that military grade weapons are so common, without a soldier in your group it would be very rare to find military weapons or their ammo, which is fair, think, if you find an AK with no bullets, how would you know which ammo works with that rifle? (assuming you are a regular joe =) ) also he would have more stamina than other clasess, other thing that I don't like, unlimited stamina. Drawback: gets thirsty and hungry quicker thatn the others... which is also fair isn't it? Mechanic: Starts with a toolbox with things like industrial tape, saws, lockpicks, and so on, which can be used to open doors, and most important, TO IMPROVISE MELEE WEAPONS! for example... no axe? just use the saw on a table, and so on. He would be the only one who can repair vehicles, again, how many of you can make a car work if the engine is gone? of course that you can change the tire with no help, but the engine is a very different story, also is the only class that can pilot an heli. other thing that I would like to add is that weapons must wear over time, it's not fair that a rifle exposed to the wild for who knows how long can still fire like it was new, and the mech can repair them, also he would be able to lock piick doors and other stuff with locks. GA: increases prob of finding spare parts for vehicles and gasoline Drawback: less stamina Hunter: wild life expert, he starts with binoculars and a compass. I heard that dogs could be trained so I suggest that the Hunter can have more chances of succes making them "friendly", and also a suggestion, food must be more varied, you can't live on pasta and beans, so there must be two indicators, one for veggies and fruit (to empty this wouldn't be fatal, but infection risk skyrockets) and the other one would be generic, with that in mind you could eat wild strawberries but with sickness risk, hunter can distinguish them, also he would have more stamina and better night vision, and when hunting, he can get more meat than the other classes. GA:increases prob of finding wild animals to hunt Drawback: has lower prob of succes with medicines, even if administred by a med. I treid to make the classes with drawbacks that would make playing lone wofl a lot more difficult but still doable, the group abilities make cooperation a lot more disireable About dogs: can distract zombies outrunning them, smell to find snipers and sense if a player has kills More items like a portable stove, better than fire because it doesn't emit smoke and much less visible at night, but requires gas of course, and batteries for the NVG!!!! it's just ridiculous that it can run forever! Vehicle sized camo! Underground fortress!! It would be awsome to have them! but with it's drawbacks, cannot be used for too long or infection risk becomes very high, not to mention to stay in the same room with a sick person, and it can be assalted by bandits (not easy though, also there must be traps like bombs attached to wires, to make them realistic they cannot be seen like a normal FPS in the HUD so you can fall in your own traps) but the entry can be covered by camo that's all I can think right now, I want to hear your suggestions =)

Yes, like every DayZ mod out there, nearly all of the 'custom' weapons and vehicles are either made by Vilas or RobertHammer.

Welcome to US BOSTON! We are a New England based private hive via dayz.st, Washington DC. 3rd person | Crosshairs | Death Mesages: ON Name Plates: OFF Difficulty: Regular Version: 1.7.7.1 50.97.49.84:3238 US BOSTON is set to full day and night. Nights are very playable with the additional lighting I have added. Now with the 1.7.7.1 update and full moons, night play is very attractive. Yes there are addon's and modifications, but they are storyline based. Nothing unrealstic like self blood bags or vehicle repair stations. Our main priority is to preserve a sense of realism. We don't have hundred's of vehicles. But we do have many vehicles on the server, all of which are in appropriate locations. Becoming mobile will not be a hard task. You won't spawn in Kamenka and see a HMV within arm's reach. But if you look around, you will find acceptable transportation that will get you out of East Cutty. Hand radio's are functional. Important broadcasts, warnings, as well as story-line based missions can be heard via radio. Once you have a map, finding a radio will not be difficult. Car radio's are working, but only music for the time being. Pre-recorded broadcasts will be coming soon. Not only do we have storyline based missions, but we also have missions that aren't storyline based that go off randomly. You do not need a hand radio for the random missions. I use Sarge Ai with static spawn locations. I believe there are three area's that have Bandit Ai. I've dumbed the Bandit Ai down to almost the bare minimum. I've placed them based on; what I believe, to be logical locations. If you were a bandit you would scavenge area's with the best resources possible. Two area's out of three have Soldier Ai that serv as a self-cleaning oven for your convenience As a bonus for having a high Humanity rating, several wardrobe options can be unlocked! Those with a humanity rating of 20,000 will unlock the entire wardrobe. Our max ping is set to 450 in hopes to attract players globally. A dissolving ebug monitor can be viewed by assigning Custom Control #19. ADDONS Sarge Ai Refuel at Pump. Radio [Hand & Car] Street/House/Tower Lights Humanity Based Wardrobe Enhanced Color Correction CCTV MODIFICATIONS Bridge to Skalisty Island Checkpoints Observation Post Balota Raceway Devil's Mountain Redux Survivor Compound NWAF Additions Unbanned Weapons Aircraft Carrier Militia Outpost Oceanic Testing Facility And a few others... RULES 1. Side chat only. No voice-over chat. No spamming side chat. 2. No hacking. 3. No disrespecting staff. Our active admins are very helpful. They won't be holding your hand throughout Chernarus, but they might help you out of a jam when you need it the most. Any questions or concerns, feel free to ask. Hope to see some of you drop by. I will be adding some pics, here is one for now.

The year is 1996. The town has been over run by hordes of these walking dead. The only way were going to survive is to hear north up to the airfield and catch a plane out of this place! I hear Taviana is clear from infection! Come and join us on Ripe-Bounty's DayZ server! :beans: What we have to offer on our server! :beans: Auto fuel refills Remove clothes from bodiesSelf blood bags Syphon fuel from vehicles Dynamic weather control Anti-Hacking tools :beans: Soon to add! :beans: Base building AI Choppers (Friendly) Take parts from vehicles Server IP - 178.33.135.117:2332 Map - Chernarus TS3 - tseu2.vilayer.com:10002 We also host lots of Mini games and events! Ask [RBGC] Staff on TS3 for me details

Update New: * More Vehicles * Debug Monitor Fixed * Take Clothing * Self Bloodbag * Auto Refuel* Salvage Parts* issues with the NPC Missions markers not showing up when you relogg or die.

Now I was told private hives can do whatever they want, but there are still hacking admins in the server, so I'll report their group. In the server Dayz Bliss (200 vehicles max repaired) : IP - 134.129.140.2:2302 Today we caught them hacking in a forest near the edge of the map, where we followed their helicopter land. And we noticed something Odd, they decided to spawn a box(crate full of all the items in the game, hacked etc.), and as they were all crowded around it, a friend and I unleashed barages of grenades on them, upon dying, they instantly banned us for this. Now like I said, private hives apparently aren't under control of dayz staff some how, but they still had, and are using hacks. -Names- Duckman - Admin of server f0twenty - The hacker for sure. [KOMA]Perez - Hacker for sure as well. Chillasteve - Runs with the group, not sure if hacker or not. They were also running As50 TWS etc, obvious hacked. They made the mistake of giving me a heli ride, and expected me to not tell on them for hacking. This picture portrays the obvious "box/crate" behind the banned message, with dead bodies scattered around.

I just came up with an idea. What about a mini-game to repair cars? like having a 2D image of an engine with some parts to connect, and you have to connect it properly depending on whats broken and whats not. And ofc different car types would have different engines, so if you want to be skilled repairing vehicles you would need a lot of expierence doing it. This way it would be player-skill based. Doesn't depend on classes, levels or ingame-skills, nor tools which can be stolen (and probably getting you murdered in the process).

FLINTSTONE SURVIVAL IP 69.64.38.178 PORT 2323 ENGLISH-SPANISH-GERMAN -GREAT PING & LOW LAG -EXTRA BARRACKS -EXTRA HOSPITALS -EXTRA MARKETS -6 MILITARY BASES with extra barracks and military vehicles -C130J CRASHES with Special Weapon boxes -HIDDEN CAMPS with antibiotics and weapons -NEW TOWNS, ARABIAN ISLAND, INDUSTRIAL TOWNS -CUSTOM NWAF -SKALITSKY BRIDGE leads to Island Armory -CUSTOM CRASH SITES -MORE WEAPON VARIETY -HUGE CASTLE MAZE -HUMMV RACES on Thursdays (Different colored hummvs) -3 Different Anti-Hacks (Never had a problem with hackers) -NOOB FRIENDLY (If you are new to Dayz, we will show you the ropes) -WEBSITE AND FORUMS -AUTO-SERVER MESSAGES IN ENGLISH-SPANISH-GERMAN -ACTIVE ADMINS Come play here! IP 69.64.38.178 PORT 2323 GAS STATION Gas Station NE Airfield Graveyard AREA 69 Myshkino Forest Base Castle Maze Oil Rig Kamenka Arabian Island Skalitsky Bridge to the Armory These are some of the fun spots on the map. I didn't post pictures of the best locations. You have to come play here to see for yourself.

I'd be happy with being able to apply more camo to stuff, like to hide tents, vehicles.

I'm not sure why, possibly related to a newer patch, but lately it is very hard to find a server with good fps. You can have a great ping but if the server has the classic 1000 added vehicles with a ton of added buildings, it kills performance. Frankieonpcin1080p's recent DayZ video showed in the debug his fps was around 35. I think DayZ has progressed in a positive way but with that progression optimization has fallen back, and more and more people are now scratching their heads and re-assuring their embarrassed PCs that it's not their fault. Because it's not. If any hardware is to blame for the poor fps on DayZ it is the server's hardware, specifically the CPU. We can only try to cope with the hand that we've been delt, I run RamDisk loading important pbo files off my ram. I have disabled all CPU restricting features like CPU parking, halt states, and am playing around with hyper-threading and cpu affinity. I have tried numerous command line variations as well as optimizing my config files. In the end, I've found the best thing to do is find the right server. Currently playing on 70.32.33.90:2332 overwatch. I get great FPS on that server.

I knew building was somewhere . Anyway have to ask , spawn prob and % of what item spawn , doenst it depend on server hoster ? since some servers have lot of vehicles sry my english

I'm just getting my opinion across. What I mean is, if you want the standalone to be difficult and unforgiving, don't bother with the tutorials and walkthroughs. When the SA does come out, everything will be different. No more loot spawns that people are accustomed(?) to, no more vehicles (until later on), etc etc, but then once people devote their time to finding good loot spots and then telling everyone about it on youtube, then there goes your fun. There's the easy way out. Making / watching tutorials completely ruins the game. If you keep dying, keep going. Take a different route. Try a different strategy. Team up with friends. But using tutorials to get through loot, weapons and vehicles is not the right way because you are basically having training wheels attached to you. Maybe I should edit my original post to a better explanation. *sigh* I have a bad habit of doing that -.- You have to learn for yourself.

Army of CR is pretty much just useful if you want to play vanilla Arma 2, which is a lot of fun. A LOT. BAF (lite) comes with ArmA 2 OA. BAF (full, which you'll get with the whole bundle) doesn't add anything to DayZ BAF doesn't, besides (maybe!) better looking guns/vehicles from BAF. Of those in DayZ, there are few. PMC (Private MIlitary Company) will make a lot of the game look better, I guess. I never found it useful to have PMC (full) instead of PMC (lite) that comes with Arma 2 OA.

I was just about to post his idea. Could make for interesting scenario's. I like the thought of stalking somebody, then placing their pics in their tent. Or perhaps being able to pin the pics on a notice board. You could post pics with writing. Because of the radio's, you could post radio frequencies with the pics... like maybe try to sell a car or a gun :lol:. A Marker pen could become a lootable item so you could write on the picture, like MS paint. Draw penis's or swear words? So what, there's more of that in the average high school anyways EDIT: Basic polaroid camera seems fitting. You could sell pictures of clan members to other clan members. Giving more accurate details and proof of weapons/ vehicles. Perhaps far-fetched but the more idea's the merrier eh?

Hello everyone and welcome to the official server thread for DayZ New Calpis. We offer a plethora of amazing features, such as self blood bagging, auto refuel to cars and helicopters, 700+ vehicles and 40+ helicopters. We also offer custom towns, extra barracks and great spawning loot. Our whole staff team is very friendly and we have zero tolerance for any admin abuse. WE are currently looking to build up the population of the server so we can have more survivors, bandits, and heroes. We also offer a Teamspeak 3 server, which you can join at ion.teamspeak3.com. To reach our server filter New Calpis. Don't be afraid to join and have some fun

Hello everyone and welcome to the official server thread for DayZ New Calpis. We offer a plethora of amazing features, such as self blood bagging, auto refuel to cars and helicopters, 700+ vehicles and 40+ helicopters. We also offer custom towns, extra barracks and great spawning loot. Our whole staff team is very friendly and we have zero tolerance for any admin abuse. WE are currently looking to build up the population of the server so we can have more survivors, bandits, and heroes. We also offer a Teamspeak 3 server, which you can join at ion.teamspeak3.com. To reach our server filter New Calpis. Don't be afraid to join and have some fun!

Bullshit (sorry). There are still lots of vanilla servers left. Also servers with just 100 vehicles.

I dislike how much people exaggerate the state of most server's today. The only real differentiation that I notice on them is that they have different vehicle spawns and private hives. Some of them have gear (Especially PvP servers) but most of them don't actually have 150 vehicles on the map at a time, but 150 possible vehicles with a relatively-low chance to spawn.

that's what i was afraid of really, i know it to be true because look at what's happened to the mod recently. are there even any public hive servers left? they're all 1000 VEHICLES SUPER PVP SPAWN WITH AS50 AND GHILLIE servers now. there's no hope for the standalone if it's left to the community, because once again we'll end up with more SUPER PVP servers :(

To clarify things: By default all functionalities is fa_hivemaintenance are disabled. "IGNORED" means that the amount of vehicles of each class is controlled (it's one functionality among others), and some vehicles are seen as "extra" vehicles. Because someone changed the vehicles list on the hive side for all public servers, without any detailed changelog, after the 1.7.7 was released. The list in dayz_server.pbo is simply not up-to-date. Note: if you want to control vehicles amounts, updated version of config.cpp from dayz_server.pbo should be: Vehicles with 1 as damage are 100% damaged, so are not spawned by default. They still exists in the hive. They is a script on hive side that "recycles" these vehicles (new respawn, new loot, new damage, new fuel level) regularly. This functionality exists in fa_hivemaintenance too, but it unuseful since I have been told that the script on hive side was working properly. fa_hivemaintenance never deletes any entry in vehicle list stored in hive. If some vehicle are missing (deleted from the list you can see in HiveExt.log) this is the result of hackers, or a bug (or strange logic) on the hive side script. I don't think that fa_hivemaintenance lets vehicles in debug area. This may be the result of hackers. It's quite unlikely that it's a bug of the hive side script too. fa_hivemaintenance can add missing vehicles, but they will be destroyed less than 24h afterwards, since on the hive side there is a script that delete vehicles created by gameservers (and this scripts works very well, nobody never complained about this one :) )

New Private Hive Chernus server located in the midwest Features - Self BloodBags - Tent Sleep Healing - Strip parts mechanic for salvaging parts from vehicles - AutoRefuel - Increased Vehicles - Admin hosted events We are looking for active players to join our community. Server IP: 70.32.33.226.2302

Hello dear community! Today i want to introduce you to our new DayZ Epoch Gameserver called: Home Sweet Home! As the title already says, there're tons of vehicles to have fun with but no overpowered crap like T90 Tanks or something similar! A Big plus is, we dont have any unneeded bullshit that makes your FPS drop like Horsecrap. No AI, no 90000 Buildings, just basics every epoch server needs! Additional Features: No LagsHeli Lift24/7 DaytimeAutorefuel on Gas StationsVery Small Missionfile, 275KBFew new buildings spawned to catch up gear easierNo "so called Admintools" that 90% of other "so called Admins" abuseCustommade antihackBackups that are stored on an FTP Server every 15 minutes.No donation benefits !!! We pay everything from our OWN Money!Special Vehicles like a Vodnik HMG and some Helicopters Server Adress: 85.114.137.41:2302 Homepage: http://www.homesweet.home.lc The Server is located in germany, but all people from Europe are welcome to drop by and have some fun! I hope the introduction is not to rude and we hope that we will get some new players that im sure will enjoy our Server!

clear roads & remove parts from vehicles added .