smoq2 221 Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) After ditching DayZ for some time "because alpha", I've read on twitter that it is running much more smoothly now, so I decided to give it a try yesterday. To my surprise, server performance has been increased dramatically in comparison to previous builds. My character was really responsive, no more holster>draw>holster weapon, or vault dance. Same goes for synching with other players. Kudos Dean! However, I ran into a very strange phenomenon... Since being an utter KoS douchebag, I had to put 2 Blaze bullets into a chest of some unlucky chump (he had an SKS, which I wanted badly) on my way through Svetlo. After two precise chest shots, I took cover to reload and when I peaked out again to see if my target is dead I noticed he is... crouching right in the spot where I shot him (middle of the street). He wasn't sitting i.e. log-out animation, just crouching and not responding. I assumed he was dead, just the death animation wasn't triggered correctly, so I put another bullet in his head - then he fell down. Can anyone shine some light on what was going on? Edited July 3, 2014 by retro19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Testnewbie 34 Posted July 3, 2014 Sounds a bit like he tried to "combat log". Sometimes character crouch before logging but I have seen all kind of weird death animations so maybe it´s just something like that. The "sitting death" was pretty common some time ago. Short before they died the sat down (f3 makes you sit afaik) and died after. Sometimes they stood up and fell over and sometimes they have super creepy reload or moving animations when they die. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frosti 2165 Posted July 3, 2014 He alt+f4 or unplugged his router in hope that his character will not get saved as dead. Old trick (that worked...) in DayZ mod. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BadAsh (DayZ) 1513 Posted July 3, 2014 Yeah, most likely tried to combat log. The logout cycle start with crouching and then go to sitting (and then prone etc etc). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hombrecz 832 Posted July 3, 2014 One or two peeps managed to log out on me before I learned, that they do not simply sit, but then crouch, go prone, often even stand up and they even move head and look at you. I prefered log out posture as in dayz mod (I think Taviana or Origin), where your character started to surrender and move in specific way. Was hard to not spot that. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
frosti 2165 Posted July 3, 2014 One or two peeps managed to log out on me before I learned, that they do not simply sit, but then crouch, go prone, often even stand up and they even move head and look at you. I prefered log out posture as in dayz mod (I think Taviana or Origin), where your character started to surrender and move in specific way. Was hard to not spot that. Current log out animation is a placeholder ;) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smoq2 221 Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) He alt+f4 or unplugged his router in hope that his character will not get saved as dead. Old trick (that worked...) in DayZ mod. Omg, the people in this game... It's been so long since anti-combatlogging measures have been added and they still try to pull off this stunt. I had a hunch this was it, however the buggy animation made me think otherwise. Well... Bad for him, he's still dead. Wish I had made a screenshot, or recorded the event. Would be something worthy of submitting to the bugtracker. Edited July 3, 2014 by retro19 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hombrecz 832 Posted July 3, 2014 Current log out animation is a placeholder ;) I think I know what you did here...! :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
