Confused with controls?

[natoLAD 0]

Okay after spending a age getting this mod to work ... in the end i had to downgrade my beta.

I have ask these questions multiple times in server but people ignore me...

Where do you find weapons? Might seem a stupid question but i have only painkillers and bag pack and when ever i try to go to a place where there might be weapons... i get mauled by zombies.

Are you able to open closed doors? if so how?

how do you pick up stuff?

[Wired 1]

In general there is only a handful of buildings you can enter, and you usually have to learn to spot them through trial and error. The Easiest way to tell is if you can see inside a window.

guns usually spawn in barns(hay and cattle variants), warehouses, deer stands, and some houses. Doors that you can open, can be closed by using the scroll button command list. Zombies still pass/see through doors from what I heard, so it may be best not to bother with that for now.

You also pick stuff up through the scroll button list. The best way to do it is to look at the gear, scroll with your mouse down to "gear" on the menu which shows up, click, and then manage your inventory through that. you can also hit g to open up the gear menu although I don't think it will show you what is on the ground if you go through that method.

[ferrard 0]

Weapons are now a little bit rarer, from my understanding of 1.7.1 - check barns and deer-stands if you don't get bit by the "endlessly respawning zeds" glitch. Those are the best weapon spawns short of high-traffic locations.

In order to open doors, first off it has to be an openable door (and they are difficult to tell from a distance - basically, if you can see in the windows, there's probably an openable door - if you can't, then that structure can't be entered and doesn't have loot), and second, you need to walk up to it and scroll up and down with your mouse-wheel. You'll see options, and one of them should be "Open Door." If that option doesn't appear, it's not an openable door.

In order to pick something up, look at it until you see a little rifle and magazines appear on your crosshairs. Scroll with your mouse-wheel, and then select "Gear."

EDIT: Ninja'd by Wired, although I will say that the "G" key does allow interaction with loot piles in the same way as selecting "Gear" from your scroll-menu.

~ Ferrard

[LT.Sacred 9]

thank you so much!! :D I was just wondering how to get loot and stuff ^^ thanks much.

[natoLAD 0]

Also another question... how do you use bandages or painkillers?

[Beloozero 118]

Press G, right click on the Bandage or Painkiller and use it.

[pazuzu 9]

Some good info here for new guys: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11995

[TheGoldElite 0]

Some good info here for new guys: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=11995

exactly :)

[aequitas 8]

I wish there was a way to enable toggle for certain controls, such as iron sights. I hate having to remember to double tap for certain things.