Though Alpha, why no items on the map?

[roguetrooper 201]

Though it is an Alpha, why are there no items on the map? Within 10 km², you encounter one piece of food and one zombie (mkay, the focus is on PvP and the zombies are just an excuse why the world has fallen apart).

 

1. With this food rate it is like playing with an implemented, automatic countdown that makes you die after one hour of gameplay.

 

2. Further, the character needs food and drink in intervals that are way too short. In RL you also only need to eat every few hours.

 

3. The flashlight is not working. So when it's getting dark, you can leave the server, since sitting in front of a pitchblack screen is pointless.

[DemonGroover 8836]

Its actually like being in a real apocalypse...once food and ammo are gone, that's it!

 

Consider it training......until the loot spawns get fixed.

[IcyZ 295]

The flashlight IS working, and finding loot is easier than the mod

just search non popular areas, and all the houses

 

Also the focus is NOT on pvp, it's the exact opposite. Less supplies+low chances of surviving the fight=think twice before shooting since once you die you lose your hard earned loot and you have to loot all over again, with the supplies being even less than before

[Tegla (DayZ) 112]

 

3. The flashlight is not working. So when it's getting dark, you can leave the server, since sitting in front of a pitchblack screen is pointless.

 

Drag and drop the battery you get when you spawn to the flashlight icon in the gear menu ;)

[Target Practice (DayZ) 1335]

Though it is an Alpha, why are there no items on the map? Within 10 km², you encounter one piece of food and one zombie (mkay, the focus is on PvP and the zombies are just an excuse why the world has fallen apart).

 

1. With this food rate it is like playing with an implemented, automatic countdown that makes you die after one hour of gameplay.

 

2. Further, the character needs food and drink in intervals that are way too short. In RL you also only need to eat every few hours.

 

3. The flashlight is not working. So when it's getting dark, you can leave the server, since sitting in front of a pitchblack screen is pointless.

 

1. Get off the coast. You're searching a town that's been searched a hundred times already.

 

2. There's a known issue with the clarity of the hunger/thirst system, and it's being worked on. Once you're inland, you'll find plenty of food and water, so fill yourself up (until you get messages telling you so) and you'll be fine.

 

3. Flashlights don't work without batteries. That's why you have a battery in your inventory. ;)

[AlcApwn (DayZ) 28]

2. There's a known issue with the clarity of the hunger/thirst system, and it's being worked on. Once you're inland, you'll find plenty of food and water, so fill yourself up (until you get messages telling you so) and you'll be fine.

ignore the messages, press tab and eat/drink until the hungry/thirsty canvas disappears. use pumps to drink, in every village should be at least one. visit dayzdb.com if you cant find any!

[hogscraper 328]

The flashlight IS working, and finding loot is easier than the mod

just search non popular areas, and all the houses

 

Also the focus is NOT on pvp, it's the exact opposite. Less supplies+low chances of surviving the fight=think twice before shooting since once you die you lose your hard earned loot and you have to loot all over again, with the supplies being even less than before

I got to call bullshit on this. I've never died in the mod from not finding food or drink. Not once. I've already starved to death or died from dehydration six times in twelve hours of playing and even broke down and did things I never would do in the mod like server hopping. This new setup practically demands kill on sight behavior if you're not lucky enough to log in after server restarts when there's loot to be had. I've never found anything but pants, hats, masks and weapons in Kamenka, Komorovo or Balota and have died multiple times of starvation just trying to find my first piece of food. I've also spawned, got my drink filled and moved north only to find completely looted houses where I starved to death. Jumped multiple servers only to find rotten food that made me sick and eventually died from that. I wouldn't mind the rarity of loot spawns if my character could live long enough to make it past Pavlovo without starving to death. Its a few kilometers from the coast. At this point my only options are killing everyone I see in the hopes that one of them has a can opener or non-rotten food or suicide to get a spawn on East coast where I've actually been able to find food. Most of the problems people like me have been facing are probably due to the time we log in. My friends that don't work are on in the mornings and seem to find whatever they need. By evening time there isn't anything to be had. Yesterday I actually found more M4s than food. That tells anyone playing what Rocket intends for me to do with my time. 

[AlcApwn (DayZ) 28]

in Kamenka, Komorovo or Balota

this is exactly the problem. run instantly north, problem solved.