Thinking of returning.. few questions!?

[Cur 1]

Heyas!

So i tried Day Z back when it first exploded onto the scene, i played it for about a month and then lost interest because bugs and lag so i stopped playing. (i know to be expected in an alpha! but it got a bit to much for me so i had a break)

Have taken an interest again, and jumped over here to see news of a standalone version, and from what it looks like every house you see you may be able to enter in the future, awesome! I can also assume alot of improvements have been made since i stopped playing, so im just wanting to know....

1) Have the spawn points been changed? To stop the shore from being this murder grounds by military geared campers that ruins the initial immersion to the game...?

2) Do you still get broken legs for "falling" down 1 or 2 steps or from a height that you would probably only suffer a small graze or a bruze if you actualy fell from it irl?

3) Server Stability - I live in Australia, it was a constant battle for a slot on ANY server, and an even bigger battle to get a spot on a server that diddnt seem to crash every 10mins...?

4) The Zig-Zag thing with the zombies.... have they gotten better at running directly at you rather than acting like they're trying to dodge bullets? :D

5) Any team sort of mechanics been/plan to be implimented? My partner is also a gamer, we did play Day Z together first time around as well, but it was very annoying/time consuming to meet up after spawning. Purely something in relation to being able to spawn with them when you first start out (wake up on the beach) that character, NOT something that would essentialy be a free teleport or the such after you've been playing and accumulated/lost stuff/hp.

thanks heaps for your imput on this!

p.s - Just noticed the Greece thing.... WTF are they smoking??? No wonder their government is in so much debt if they keep making stupid decisions like that! just wow....

[Aitchy791 78]

1)No

2)Yes Still the Same

3)Try balota buddies, they have whitelisted servers in Oz and other countries and their own forum and teamspeak, Im sure the guys running it are from that region http://balotabuddies.net/. Join their website, then jump in the teamspeak listed on website and they will whitelist you on all their dayz servers. Less chance of finding a hacker and the admins are always active and stamp out and problems or cheater really quickly.

4)They still zig zag, and they will until standalone, its the arma ai trying to flank you

5)Not yet in the mod, but get yourself on balota buddies and make some friends

Come back, download dayz commander install some of the new maps through the dayz commander update tab, taviana, namalsk and pantera are good maps

Most people are playing on private hives now I would say, And since coming back myself since the summer I think thats the best option right now.

Edited January 23, 2013 by Aitchy

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Also take a look through the changelogs in the announcement section for a more detailed idea of what's changed, there's quite a lot including new vehicles and weapons, new maps available, a mechanic to stop combat logging and many other things.

Welcome back.

Edited January 23, 2013 by Fraggle

[Aitchy791 78]

Also take a look through the changelogs in the announcement section for a more detailed idea of what's changed, there's quite a lot including new vehicles and weapons, new maps available, a mechanic to stop combat logging and many other things.

Welcome back.

Yes and that, combat logging is not so regular now :) new vehicles such as Suv's bi planes, little birds, and if your playing on a private modded hive you get alot more than those.

Have some welcome back beans!

Edited January 23, 2013 by Aitchy

[Uncle Zed 272]

I'm relatively new so I'm not sure how much of the post I can comment on, but I can say that I haven't joined a single server where I was killed at spawn. I haven't even met anyone hostile while playing the game yet.

[Cur 1]

Thanks for all the replies! And the beans! :D

I dont think i ever got to the point where i could fix up a vehicle, i think my greatest achievement was making it to Devils Castle where i found some cameo armor and an alice pack, then met a bandit up the top, who logged and re-appeard behind me below, then back to the beach! lol

It sounds like hacking has gone up alot :( Since the standalone version is going to run on the Arma 2/3 engine (from what ive seen?) im really hoping they take an aggressive stance against it, fix the holes letting players do that and perhaps put in some preventative measures!

The last time i logged out i was still alive.... this is going to be interesting!

[Cur 1]

Aaaaaaand not having much luck getting back in :( Where'd the how to install page go!?!?

I have Arma 2 through steam, Downloaded that overnight, and installed the Six updater as well. D/L was finished thismorning, opend ARMA 2, then closed, installed DayZ through Sixupdater, hit launch...

I get a popup when the game launches which states "Addon 'dayz_code' requires addon 'CABuildingParts'" to which i hit OK to, and ARMA2 then launches. I then get another error inside Arma 2 which states "No entry 'bin\config.bin/CfgVehicles/Citizen1.scope"

Hit ok to that... then I can then get to the server browser, but nomatter which server i attempt to join it says "you cannot play/edit this mission it requires downloadable content that has been deleted.chernerus"

So from that i can gather the mod hasnt installed properly right?

Ima download this DayZ commander thing (google search of how to install lead me here http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/108859-how-to-install-dayz-1744-and-play-through-steam/) and give that a go in the meantime.

[Cur 1]

With DayZ Commander now, all the updates installed, steam settings ticked, still getting the same error about downloadable conetent that has been deleted. I am sad :(

oh wait.... i think i've done a derp... do i need Arma 2 + operation arrowhead installed? As i've only got OA installed... I think this is my problem... Hurr Durr i'm Cur!.... derp..

Edited January 23, 2013 by Cur