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So i decided to download the DayZero 1.0 mod this weekend. One thing i have to say is that the Standalone got some competition and on release it will be compared to this. I think the benchmark has been set. The game is really amazing and actually brings you back to when you first started playing Dayz.

 

Performance is amazing, the loading screens, menus, new clothes and guns just feel brilliant. I dont know how the guys managed to take such a buggy engine and iron out most of the wrinkles. The game is so good i am actually willing to pay for it :)

 

Just want to congrats the guys that developed the mod, and say well done.

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I don't think that comparing a mod of a mod with a game is a fair comparison. 

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I can't get over the "no grass". Chernarus looks better with everything on Very Low/Disabled.

This, I haven't noticed

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I don't think that comparing a mod of a mod with a game is a fair comparison. 

 

do you always have to have some retarted comment? the team behind Dayzero developed the mod on their own and got more right, and more fixed than could be fixed in normal Dayz. I am saying the standalone will be compared to this because it is that good.

 

If you got nothing postive to say why not just keep quiet?

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They took out 3D grass textures on Podergorsk for "performance".

 

i didnt know this, and if so it makes a massive difference in performance and still looks amazing.

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do you always have to have some retarted comment? the team behind Dayzero developed the mod on their own and got more right, and more fixed than could be fixed in normal Dayz. I am saying the standalone will be compared to this because it is that good.

 

If you got nothing postive to say why not just keep quiet?

 

Lol? All I was saying that the comparison is unfair. Which means that I am in favour of DayZero. It is an excellent mod. Calm down.

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Lol? All I was saying that the comparison is unfair. Which means that I am in favour of DayZero. It is an excellent mod. Calm down.

 

yes and i am not comparing the mod against the mod here. i was saying the team behind the standalone got some competition and on release, the standalone will be compared to this. this mod will evolve and once ported to the arma 3 engine, will be epic.

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The Mod is really on borrowed time.

This I'd have to agree with.

 

I've heard awesome thing's about DayZ Zero and I'll be giving it a go when I get time but there's no escaping the fact that ALL of the DayZ spin-off mods are scraping the barrel a bit when it comes to actual new content/ideas.

 

There's lot's of variations on the same theme but really, nothing new.  Kudos to all the modders for keeping DayZ alive well past the mods sell by date but due to the nature of modding they'll keep running into the same brick walls in terms of actually bringing something new to the game.

 

If you like how DayZero takes you back in time a bit to the early days then I think your gonna like the SA even more.

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yes and i am not comparing the mod against the mod here. i was saying the team behind the standalone got some competition and on release, the standalone will be compared to this. this mod will evolve and once ported to the arma 3 engine, will be epic.

 

I didn't say you were comparing the mod against a mod, nor did I imply that I interpreted it like that. I do believe that the Standalone will be compared to other game titles, i.e. The Division, as opposed to primarily a mod.

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I'm talking about the infrastructure behind it.

 

"The Mod is really on borrowed time", is a quote from earlier this year.

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i didnt know this, and if so it makes a massive difference in performance and still looks amazing.

I don't think it makes that much of a difference. The 3D grass is client side, and doesn't use a  lot of CPU power to load the models within the small radius. And the lack of 3D textures IMO makes the map unplayable, the ground is just pixalatedness.

 

 

If you got nothing postive to say why not just keep quiet?

Aren't you asking for thoughts on the mod? It's not all going to be good. Not everyone thinks DayZero is a basket of rainbows and butterflies.

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So i decided to download the DayZero 1.0 mod this weekend. One thing i have to say is that the Standalone got some competition and on release it will be compared to this. I think the benchmark has been set. 

 

 

You can't compare a copycat product to the original idea even if they poured a lot of sweat into it. In the end their work is not based on their own idea and i wouldn't take it personal if Rocket decided to make them stop by court order because they are ruining his profit. After all it's his product and he doesn't have to allow competition to mod it like they want.

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In the end their work is not based on their own idea and i wouldn't take it personal if Rocket decided to make them stop by court order because they are ruining his profit.

Even if he wanted too, I don't believe rocket could do that, as they're not doing anything illegal. Because the files for DayZ have been released to the public.

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I just personally feel like the mod and spin-offs have been done to death now.

 

The only way it can be revitalised is by bringing something new to the table, not just some new models etc but something actually new in terms of gameplay.  It's the actual gameplay that made DayZ what it is and all the modders can really do with that is tweak it etc.

 

Porting to a new engine doesn't add anything new to the gameplay, it'll pretty things up but after a couple of hours you'll realise you're still playing the same thing.

 

The future mods that get me excited are things like 2017 etc (and many others on the horizon) because at least they're trying something new and using their imaginations.  I honestly can't wait to see what the next year brings in terms of modding now that Arma 3 is out but as far as DayZ spin-offs go I've had my fill tbh.  

 

Basiacally, I want something new now, not just somebody elses re-hashed ideas.

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I just personally feel like the mod and spin-offs have been done to death now.

 

The only way it can be revitalised is by bringing something new to the table, not just some new models etc but something actually new in terms of gameplay.  It's the actual gameplay that made DayZ what it is and all the modders can really do with that is tweak it etc. 

 

The future mods that get me excited are things like 2017 etc (and many others on the horizon) because at least they're trying something new and using their imaginations.  I honestly can't wait to see what the next year brings in terms of modding now that Arma 3 is out but as far as DayZ spin-offs go I've had my fill tbh.  

 

Basiacally, I want something new now, not just somebody elses re-hashed ideas.

Isnt the mod being rehashed and spun off  into..a standalone?

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Isnt the mod being rehashed and spun off  into..a standalone?

I'd describe the mod as a proof of concept and the SA as a realisation of that concept.

 

All of the mods are still just playing around with the concept, and within the very strict restrictions that modding entails, the SA isn't bound by those restrictions because it's not tied to a base game in the way the mods are.

 

So no:  The mods will always be recylcling the same idea over and over whilst the SA is actually improving the core gameplay as well as bringing a shed load of new content.

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I didn't say you were comparing the mod against a mod, nor did I imply that I interpreted it like that. I do believe that the Standalone will be compared to other game titles, i.e. The Division, as opposed to primarily a mod.

 

haha you so funny. think i am starting to like you :)

 

i think dayzero is the most stable and best performance mod out there, and prob the closest to the standalone that we will get. yes the standalone will have loads of new stuff (like taking a shit....whoop) but i do hope they make it hard core to survive. 

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You can't compare a copycat product to the original idea even if they poured a lot of sweat into it. In the end their work is not based on their own idea and i wouldn't take it personal if Rocket decided to make them stop by court order because they are ruining his profit. After all it's his product and he doesn't have to allow competition to mod it like they want.

 

why would he sue them if the mod gets arma 2 sales? you clearly didnt understand the post or comment i made. i find that reading something twice and thinking before saying something works out well in life.

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I think it is safe to say we are all waiting for the SA... with baited breath.  I cant WAIT to see how they have improved, developed and added and removed content in order to make the Stand Alone, well, stand apart.  There are so many mods out there right now, and changing spawning parameters, military bases and buildings, still just makes it a tweaked version of the original Mod we all fell in love with.. and hard.

 

I'm pretty certain that the SA will have to be, well.. more!  Why would we all spend our hard earned ASH on a SA version, that is only a meager step up from the mods we get for free, on either Arma 2 or 3.

 

Yes, yes, graphics, blah blah... frames per second, chukka chukka.... lets be honest, we wanna play DayZ, in any form we can possibly get it in. That would explain the hundreds of servers, and various mods floating around out there.

 

Day Zero IS undeniably great. The fresher look definitely was needed, and it really does take you back to the "survive or die" panic we got when we first started out in DayZ.  The changeover to the Prodagorsk map makes us all noobs again, but there are servers running the Cheranus map, for those of us who feel more at home there, or if you cant find an open spot on a Prodagorsk server.

 

Playing on overseas servers, Ive had more players willing to help me out than kill me on sight, which is a little odd.... but that usually happens, when they realise Im an actual,  living, breathing girl.

 

I can't wait for a south african hosted site, so we can play against the local teams we have the priveldge of playing against now on the likes of ZA5 and Overwatch.

 

So lets stop bickering, play what we want to play, HOW we want to play it, till the Stand Alone finally drops, and our realities are altered forever? Kay??

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