''Arma 2 Free'' DayZ vs ''Arma 2 Paid version'' DayZ

[minde0815 0]

Sorry in advance if im writing this in the wrong thread.
I never played DayZ with a paid arma 2 version, but i did try ''Arma 2 Free'' downloaded "Dynamic_Zombie_SandboxA2.chernarus.pbo" in order to be able to play DayZ. Everything runs fine but im very disapointed with the game, there's always very few DayZ mod servers online, not everyone of them let me join, and when i do finaly join in one of them everything seems fine untill i meet some zombie, just then i realize that its lagging like hell (at first i came very close to a zombie, he did nothing, then ran away, and i started taking damage when he was like 50 feet away from me, as if hes close but i don't see it..)
My pc:
Win 7
8GB ram
3,3ghz 6core fx6100 procesor
GeForce gt650 ti oc;

No matter which server im in, mabie the servers are too far away (im from mid Europe) it's always the same, so my question is..
How different is DayZ with paid arma version from the free one? is it worth buying it?

[Gwraspe 318]

wow. just wow.

[PK Richie 507]

Arma free is rather crap, It's designed so you can see what the game is about, It lacks texture and so many other details needed.

 

There are thousands of servers online, where were you looking ? here is what i see at the minute :

 

Dayz - 2011 servers

Epoch - 2475 servers

Overwatch - 415 servers

Taviana - 138 servers

 

There are also thousands of players online now.

 

Seriously, get ArmA 2 and Operation Arrowhead then try :)

 

*EDIT*

Dynamic_Zombie_SandboxA2.chernarus.pbo :facepalm: That isn't Dayz, It's a community made mission, so you still haven't played Dayz :p no wonder you're lost.

Edited October 8, 2013 by PK Richie

[flygamer1 176]

Get paid version it's not expansive and then get DayZ Commander.

[Chris529 380]

buy, install and run Arma 2 and OA then get DayZ Commander 

 

:ph34r:

Edited October 8, 2013 by Chris529

[fluxley 2228]

Sorry in advance if im writing this in the wrong thread.

I never played DayZ with a paid arma 2 version, but i did try ''Arma 2 Free'' downloaded "Dynamic_Zombie_SandboxA2.chernarus.pbo" in order to be able to play DayZ. 

 

You sure you're playing dayz? Dynamic Zombie Sandbox is a totally separate mod and has nothing to do with dayz.

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

The free version of Arma 2 has much lower res. textures for player models, weapons, the main map of Chernarus itself and lower quality sounds for many of the weapons etc.  In general it just looks a lot worse than the full version.

 

Regarding not finding many servers there's a couple of thousand of them so it sounds like you're doing something wrong.  Download DayZ Commander,  it'll help you a lot.  It's free 3rd party software that will allow you to browse all available servers and it's an easy way to keep all of your files up to date and download extra maps etc.

 

Regarding your performance if it's lag then that's related to your connection (or a bad server) so use Commander to find one with a lower "ping".  If it's low FPS then that's an actual performance issue, Arma 2 and DayZ are very intensive games to run (especially for your CPU) so make sure your PC can handle it.

 

Edit  - Actually, what is it that you're playing?  It doesn't sound like you're playing DayZ :/

Edited October 8, 2013 by Fraggle

[brzator47@gmail.com 524]

The only way you can use ARMA 2 Free to play DayZ is if you buy Operation Arrowhead. As it's been pointed out, textures will be low res and the game will look fairly bad but it will work just like paid ARMA 2 version. What you're playing now is NOT DayZ.

[minde0815 0]

 It's free 3rd party software that will allow you to browse all available servers and it's an easy way to keep all of your files up to date and download extra maps etc.

 

Regarding your performance if it's lag then that's related to your connection (or a bad server) so use Commander to find one with a lower "ping".  If it's low FPS then that's an actual performance issue, Arma 2 and DayZ are very intensive games to run (especially for your CPU) so make sure your PC can handle it.

 

Edit  - Actually, what is it that you're playing?  It doesn't sound like you're playing DayZ :/

 

Well it looks like DayZ, from what i've seen on youtube the map and everything looks the same (exept graphics). As of my pc it handles the game perfectly with everything set on maximum. 

As of the servers, i've done all of this by a guide on youtube, i launch Arma 2, click multiplayer and browse there, theres always like a hundred of Arma 2 servers and few DayZ... im looking by what is writen in the mission section..  Well it doesn't matter then, from all of the answers i understood that i'll have to buy the game to play this masterpiece... I guess i will wait a bit till they release DayZ Standalone,hope it will be soon.

Thank you all for your answers and good luck to all of you :)

[electroban 102]

Yeah this kind of topic always reminds me to roll my eyes at DayZ defenders saying that is a free game.

The same way as like there's free drinks at the Porsche club, you'll need a Porsche though.

[fluxley 2228]

 

 It's free 3rd party software that will allow you to browse all available servers and it's an easy way to keep all of your files up to date and download extra maps etc.

 

Regarding your performance if it's lag then that's related to your connection (or a bad server) so use Commander to find one with a lower "ping".  If it's low FPS then that's an actual performance issue, Arma 2 and DayZ are very intensive games to run (especially for your CPU) so make sure your PC can handle it.

 

Edit  - Actually, what is it that you're playing?  It doesn't sound like you're playing DayZ :/

 

Well it looks like DayZ, from what i've seen on youtube the map and everything looks the same (exept graphics). As of my pc it handles the game perfectly with everything set on maximum. 

As of the servers, i've done all of this by a guide on youtube, i launch Arma 2, click multiplayer and browse there, theres always like a hundred of Arma 2 servers and few DayZ... im looking by what is writen in the mission section..  Well it doesn't matter then, from all of the answers i understood that i'll have to buy the game to play this masterpiece... I guess i will wait a bit till they release DayZ Standalone,hope it will be soon.

Thank you all for your answers and good luck to all of you :)

 

 

Dynamic Zombie Sandbox uses the same map and models as dayz apart from the zombies, they are both mods of arma so will look very similar.

If you don't have arma 2 operation arrowhead then you're not playing dayz.

[meat pie 632]

HOLY shit yes dayz is a free mod!

no one says you are paying 10$ dollers to play the half life 2 mod get a life!
no one is saying you buy doom for some random map!
you are fool to say that you pay money for it! you dont buy deus ex for the nameless mod!
Holy shit people on this website!  you buy the standalone when it comes out if not you buy arma2!!!

Just pay the 25 bucks for arma2 and OA and you got thouse games.

OK? I all ways say thanks at the end of my posts but come people this is so simple!

 

 

 

 

..............Thanks!

[toxicsludge 406]

wait...so i've been playing Dynamic Zombie Sandbox for a year?

 

fuck me...

[DayzForumer 284]

Sorry in advance if im writing this in the wrong thread.

I never played DayZ with a paid arma 2 version, but i did try ''Arma 2 Free'' downloaded "Dynamic_Zombie_SandboxA2.chernarus.pbo" in order to be able to play DayZ. 

[Blippy 26]

[LiftCore 25]

Ha Ha, this thread.