Beginner need Help

[D-Monkey 0]

Sup Guys...I just pucharsed Arma 2 and installed the Day Z Mod via Steam.

Everything went well, I was able to join a server and play the Game..lol

Kinda weird to me since I started with War Z with then came here :D

Would you mind explaining me something ?

1. Is it possible to spawn with a friend together ? Or do we have to meet each other in the Big world... which could take hours ?

2. What happend if we both meet each other and died together...do we spawn on the same spot next time or do we have to meet each other again lol...

3. Do I keep my items on Server "hopping"

4. I realised, that I cant Run Uphills...is that a bug ?

5. Do I have to find a Map ? Cause when I press M...its black lol

Thx in advance !

[Rebel1705 31]

1. You have to meet up in the big world, cant spawn together yet :/

2. Meet eachother again...

3. Depends if it is public hive or private hive, all public hives are connected and private hives are only that specific server (or sometimes they have the same hive on other servers of them)

4.You cannot, it is not a bug, if u just run in a "Zigzag" way, you will go up faster, by running.

5. You do have to find a map, in supermarkets they are the most common, in those big red houses or the office building (also known as school).

[D-Monkey 0]

1. You have to meet up in the big world, cant spawn together yet :/

2. Meet eachother again...

3. Depends if it is public hive or private hive, all public hives are connected and private hives are only that specific server (or sometimes they have the same hive on other servers of them)

4.You cannot, it is not a bug, if u just run in a "Zigzag" way, you will go up faster, by running.

5. You do have to find a map, in supermarkets they are the most common, in those big red houses or the office building (also known as school).

You are my Hero ! :D

Another Question come into my mind...

3. How can I make out whether it is a private hive or a public hive ?

6. The time in the game...is it running in real time which mean 1 Minute there is also 1 Minute here ?

[SaraMichelle 62]

oops didnt realize it had been answered lol sat on the post to long and didnt refresh before i posted :)

Edited April 25, 2013 by SaraMichelle

[SaraMichelle 62]

yes it is real time and i think the only diff between the hives, is public is regular dayz and private hives have additions like dogs, base building, full moon nights, ect.

[D-Monkey 0]

Ay ! Thx for answering my questions I appreciate that !

[SaraMichelle 62]

Ya no problem :) bored sitting at work lol thought i would check out the forums :)

[herrjon 478]

They way you can tell if it's public or private is by using the DayzCommander program to browse the servers. The private ones are the one's with a cloud with an "x" over it next to the name, the rest are public hive. If you want to play public only an server hop, just check "hide unofficial" in the filters.

It's real time and date, so it follows lunar cycle and such. I like it when we're coming up on a full moon, nice an bright out.

[D-Monkey 0]

They way you can tell if it's public or private is by using the DayzCommander program to browse the servers. The private ones are the one's with a cloud with an "x" over it next to the name, the rest are public hive. If you want to play public only an server hop, just check "hide unofficial" in the filters.

It's real time and date, so it follows lunar cycle and such. I like it when we're coming up on a full moon, nice an bright out.

Ah ok didnt see that option :D

Great !

EDIT: What about Hackers ? Are they getting banned ?

Is BattleEye a good AntiCheat system ?

Since I come from War Z I can only tell that War Z's AntiCheat system is a pain in the @ss...so many hackers there

Edited April 26, 2013 by D-Monkey

[herrjon 478]

Sorry to say, battleye is crap. It ends up kicking legitimate players for doing legitimate things more than they ban actual scripters. Part of this is due to the structure of the Arma engine (open source, easily modable, a lot of client-side functions), but battleye could do better in keeping up with the bypasses and such to hinder them a bit, instead of some 12 year old using his allowance and buying a script pack off the Internet and using it with no consequence other than admin bans. Rocket has said though in Standalone, it will be almost completely server-side and very difficult to hack, and will be VAC secured via steam, so it should be locked down a lot better. That's apparently all we're waiting on at this point for SA.

I would say WarZ's is worse though, at least with the way the game is set up, scripters can't do as much damage in DayZ. Sure they can kill the whole server, teleport/destroy cars, etc. but you can respawn and/or change servers right away, you don't lose access to your character for 24 hours unless you pay. And I assume the WarZ server are all run by the Dev's and publicly joinable and linked?

One way to avoid scripters if you find them to be a problem is find a good private hive that you'll stick with. Scripters target public servers a bit more as they are all connected, which equals more rage from their victims. Plus some private servers will roll back the hive about an hour if there was a major attack. An additional level if security from there is whitelisting servers. Hardly any scripters make it to whitelist server as they have to apply for it and wait for a response, only to get turned down. One specific whitelist server set I can recommend is Balota Buddies. Their whitelist process can be a bit lengthy, but it's worth it as they have the place locked down from scripters.

[[email protected] 31]

1. Is it possible to spawn with a friend together ? Or do we have to meet each other in the Big world... which could take hours ?

2. What happend if we both meet each other and died together...do we spawn on the same spot next time or do we have to meet each other again lol...

3. Do I keep my items on Server "hopping"

4. I realised, that I cant Run Uphills...is that a bug ?

5. Do I have to find a Map ? Cause when I press M...its black lol

1.No it's not possible, It's designed to have random spawns to keep some people from getting easier kills, also, it helps if you killed the person that killed you, wouldn't it suck if both of you spawned it the same place. Although rare, some times it does happen though.

2. See answer # one. Day Z keeps it random to try to keep it fair.

3. Depending on if you are on a public hive (strongly don't recommend) Yes your gear will travel with you. Private Hives are most of the time, it's not possible.

4. I am not sure it's a bug, but tactically walking up has saved my life multiple times.

5. Most of the time you are going to have to find a map, some servers will give you one.

Anything else you want to know, just ask? There are plenty of people that are willing to help out.