Pre-Purchasing Questions Please Help!

[Project_06 2]

Im considering buying Dayz and i know that the Standalone is apparently coming out soon but i want to play Dayz right nao, so im not completely clear on what i have to buy/download to get arma 2, the addons, and the mod itself. I want to do all of this over steam but i have no idea how to install dayz through steam. Also, what do i NOT get if i dont buy the EXTRA addons for Arma 2? It says the Arma 2 and Arma 2:Operation Arrowhead are necessary to install dayz, but what if i bought these two then later i bought the rest of the addons? Would there be some complex installation process? If someone could give me a link to a tutorial for buying/installing arma 2 and dayz by purchasing them off of steam that would be much appreciated.

[Rage VG 4033]

I'm not sure what you mean.

DayZMod requires ArmA II (Or ArmA II: Free) and ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead.

DayZGame won't require anything, but you have to pay for it.

If you want to play DayZMod, just go on Steam and buy "ArmA II: Combined Operations" which includes the two games listed above. Install them both, and run them both once.

Then, get DayZCommander, and use that to install DayZ and whatever maps you want for DayZ.

Edited May 29, 2013 by Rage VG

[Beck (DayZ) 1768]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q... need for DayZ?

Edit: Ninja'd by a better post!

Edited May 29, 2013 by Beck

[Mos1ey 6301]

On top of what Rage said, the PMC and BAF DLCs only add high-res player models and textures for the weapons from those DLCs. You aren't actually missing out on any DayZ content by not purchasing them. If you decided that you want them further down the line then no, that wouldn't cause any complications.

Again - all you need to play DayZ mod are ARMA 2 (or ARMA 2: Free, but using that method would mean that all of Chernarus would use low-res textures and sounds) and ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead.

Edited May 29, 2013 by mZLY

[Project_06 2]

I'm not sure what you mean.

DayZMod requires ArmA II (Or ArmA II: Free) and ArmA II: Operation Arrowhead.

DayZGame won't require anything, but you have to pay for it.

If you want to play DayZMod, just go on Steam and buy "ArmA II: Combined Operations" which includes the two games listed above. Install them both, and run them both once.

Then, get DayZCommander, and use that to install DayZ and whatever maps you want for DayZ.

Thanks alot Rage, im sorry iw asnt completely clear on that but you told me what i needed to know. Now to download the 14 gigabytes...

[Rage VG 4033]

Thanks alot Rage, im sorry iw asnt completely clear on that but you told me what i needed to know. Now to download the 14 gigabytes...

No problemo. I'm going through the install myself as I just format my laptop.