a few questions about this game

[ikonhero 0]

Hi,

I just discovered this mod today and I must say I'm really tempted to buy it. I have a few questions though:

1 which version of Arma 2 is required? In some places it says 'combined operations' others say 'operation arrowhead'

2 should I buy steam version or retail?

3 is it possible to play fully in 1st person perspective?

4 what happens when you die? I heard about permadeath, which sounds awesome.

5 is this a fully online game?

Thank you very much! Im looking forward to playing this game!

[solidice 24]

1. Combined operations contains Arma2 and Arma2:operation arrowhead, so you either buy arma2 and arma2:operation arrowhead seperately or buy it in one pack called Combined Operations.

2. Both are options. that's entirely up to you.

3. yes it is. playing 3rd person is even disabled on alot of servers

4. when you die, you character is gone. and you will have to start all over again. You could try to find your body and hope it is still there.

5. yes. no offline mode. online only.

[ComedianDisco 0]

Hey man,

I bought the game a few months ago and still LOVE it. If you don't already know this, DayZ is pretty huge as a mod right now and therefore an official standalone full game is going to come out later this year. You need Arma 2 combined which cost around 20 dollars i believe. So either you buy that now or you wait until the full game.

1. Combined. watch a tutorial on youtube to know how to install everything

2. Steam is excellent

3.you can switch at ANY time between first and third person. right now third is slightly better because of a few bugs

4. when you die, you are automatically logged out of the server and lose everything you have and must restart the server to log back in just like the first time you started.

5. Yep its online.

Have fun. The full game wont be more than 25 dollars or so.

[ikonhero 0]

thanks for the help!

I'm download Arma2 through Steam as I type this.

I found out about this mod while watching a review video on Youtube about 'Stalker online'. Anyone knows if this is as good as DayZ? I'm a huge fan of Stalker Shadow Of Chernobyl.

I have one more question:

Is it possible to trade with other players? Are there NPC traders in the game?

thx.

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

There's no NPC's or safe zones but you can arrange to trade over the forums, there's even a trusted traders list somewhere. Whenever you arrang a trade you have to be aware that you may be double crossed and/or killed.

[jaytmuk (DayZ) 621]

There are many servers with high populations if you fancy deathmatch type of game, but if you prefer the zombie apocalypse survival type of game theres also many very low pop servers, even night time servers will provide a very good zombie survival feel to them if use chemlights and flares to play with lol

Enjoy mate, this game is awesome :)

[jaytmuk (DayZ) 621]

There are a few new private servers with npc's and safezones now, Dayz has become very varied now theres private hives/servers, it can accomodate many different types of playstyle

[ikonhero 0]

There are a few new private servers with npc's and safezones now, Dayz has become very varied now theres private hives/servers, it can accomodate many different types of playstyle

Cool. I hope it doesn't go the road that Counter-Strike went, where you have to download custom crap on every server and can't find a decent game.

I'm really looking forward to DayZ. Hope to play together with other players.

I'm installing the mod right now through withSIX. BTW, do I need all the 9 mods? Celle, Falujah, Lingor, etc?

Edited November 3, 2012 by ikonhero

[fathairybeast 246]

Cool. I hope it doesn't go the road that Counter-Strike went, where you have to download custom crap on every server and can't find a decent game.

I'm really looking forward to DayZ. Hope to play together with other players.

I'm installing the mod right now through withSIX. BTW, do I need all the 9 mods? Celle, Falujah, Lingor, etc?

I highly recommend you take SIXlauncher, set it on fire, then acquire a shiny new DayZCommander.

No, you don't need any of those "mods", those are additional maps. Chernarus comes by default and you only need any of the other maps if you wish to play on a server that runs one.