Note to self... Hurricane Sandy = don't drive your UAZ

[entspeak 374]

Yeah... stupid, I know... don't play a game like Dayz during a hurricane. I spent... oh, a day completely repairing a UAZ I found - everything was red and no fuel). That day cost me two lives (one... infection, the other... starvation), my GPS, my NV goggles (finally, finally, FINALLY found some on a corpse... and the server ate them when I was kicked). Well, tonight, I was doing some late night scouting through the cities by headlight and flashlight. On the way back... during a brief stop on the road to check something I'd seen... the internet went out. Yay! So... if you found a well stocked UAZ with the lights on, just idling away... the gods are with you. Sad for me, but c'est la vie.

Oh, and by the by, infections suck. I thought they were supposed to stop leeching away blood at 6000?! Mine constantly threatened to bleed me out, slowly but surely. I had to suicide because there were NO BLOODY ANTIBIOTICS! Haha! they seriously need to fix that... I understand antibiotics being rare, and all, but when none of the hospitals in any of the cities on the server have them (yep, that's what this late night run was about), that's not rare, it's non-existent.

[jcfcPT 1]

found 1 about 30 min plying on new server. i thinks theres no need to be fixed, if u take yout heats a do.t get wet you will be fine.

[entspeak 374]

If the rain didn't last so long or wasn't as frequent, that's help. But having to run 3k to find engine parts makes waiting out the rain a huge pain - especially when the rain sometimes lasts an hour. A couple of things would alleviate this... Put a way to know when I'm getting close to being susceptible to infection. I don't know about anyone else, but my temperature icon doesn't change and there is nothing to indicate when I'm cold. And, I don't know if it's a bug, but my bleeding from the infection (from extended time in the rain) did not stop at 6000... it kept going. That's not good for the game.

[morgan32 403]

That's not good for the game.

It´s not a game.

[Spandex 5]

It´s not a game.

Of course it is. Don't be so pedantic. Or perhaps read your own sig!

Yeah, infections are a bugger. I got one and also couldn't find any antibiotics for love nor money. A working temperature gauge would help immensely in avoiding them. In the end mine just disappeared of it's own accord. I just kept scarfing cooked meat to keep my blood up and sat by a fire for a while to bring my temperature back up. When I logged in the next day my cough had gone.

Oh and sorry for your loss. I know how it is to lose a vehicle you've worked hard for. Hackers took ours mere minutes after we got it up and running.

[Tabris07 159]

Strangely, one of the longest lives I've ever had on DayZ was one where I was sick and had to constantly eat meat to make sure my blood didn't drop that far from 6000.

[morgan32 403]

DayZ is not a game, it's a mod. People keep complaining on simple bugs and just expect the mod to be perfect, like a game.

[entspeak 374]

It's a mod of a what? A game. Which makes it a what? A GAME.. I don't expect things to be perfect. But, obviously temperature and illness are an important factor in the GAME and if it's not working right, there's a serious problem with the GAME.

Now that's been covered, an update: Internet back on and yep... I logged back in and found myself in the middle of the street with no vehicle and no backpack. Since it's gone, here's the full story.

Was doing a nighttime run of the hospitals in search of antibiotics (found none - surprise, surprise) and was on my way back to camp. On the coast road just north of Electro, I came across a tent by the side of the road. A nice idea, I thought... If you die, perhaps you can be lucky and find something in it. So, being a Good Samaritan, I thought to stock it up. I emptied my coyote pack and put it in the UAZ, grabbing the Czech pack I had stored and put a shotgun with ammo, a heatpack, some food and drink inside. I then stored all these, the weapon, ammo, food and pack in the tent. I then went back to the UAZ and was getting my coyote pack back out of the gear when the Internet went out. So, my pack, like my NV goggles and GPS the last time I lost a connection while gearing up, was likely sucked into the ether by the disconnect.

But DayZ life goes on. Hoofing it back to camp. Honestly, it's not a horrible situation. Fortunately for me, the day I fiund and fixed the UAZ was a great day in that I saw two other abandoned vehicles that day - the bus and the Off-road pickup (which I came back for). So, when I get back to camp, I still have a vehicle. I'm out a vehicle, some wheels, window glass, fuel tank parts, a PDW, and the one that hurt the most - some M9SD ammo. But such is life. And I will never drive a vehicle when there's a strong likelihood my Internet will go out - like during a hurricane. Lesson learned - haha! On with the GAME!

[morgan32 403]

No, it's not a game. Because something is a mod of a game doesn't mean it is a game. It's like calling Too Many Items for Minecraft a game. DayZ is not a game, and wont be until the standalone. What you might be talking about is the ENGINE, not DayZ as a mod.

[Warped_Jack 16]

Have my beans for being incredibly unlucky, but being a good sport about it. You inspire me to maybe, possibly, leave a spare tin of beans in a tent one of these days.

Also, a mod - ie modification - is just a change/alteration of something already existing.

A modified toaster, (Let's say I'll stick some blazing transfers on it, and neon lights on the timer) is still a toaster.

Giving my car modified bodywork, still leaves it as a car. (Well, unless I give it good enough wings, then it might be a plane.)

That one time I modified my PC, made it a paperweight. I mean uh, made it a better PC.

And so - in case you haven't seen where this is going - modifying a game, will probably leave you with, another game.

Of course it'd be possible to mod a game into a non-game. Lock out all player interaction except a play button, and it'd be a movie, or something. (But that's not happening in DayZ, so the point is moot, and just a single example of many modifications you could make, which would make it not a game)

Point is, saying something is a "mod" is actually nonsense. It is either something new, or a modified version of something old. A modification itself is abstract, and applicable in many ways.

[deathstrike616 32]

Apologies for the irrelevant post, but...

It´s not a game.

...allow me to quote your signature: I'm a gamer, I play games, I love zombie games, I love survival games, I play DayZ

Edited November 1, 2012 by Deathstrike616

[Steak and Potatoes 13480]

Sounds like old sandy gets the best of everyones net

[BlksnshN 127]

No, it's not a game. Because something is a mod of a game doesn't mean it is a game. It's like calling Too Many Items for Minecraft a game. DayZ is not a game, and wont be until the standalone. What you might be talking about is the ENGINE, not DayZ as a mod.

GAME

a (1): activity engaged in for diversion or amusement

Still a game.

Edited November 1, 2012 by BlksnshN