Experimental Branch: 0.48 Discussion

[Cherryx 5]

Get a good ranged melee weapon (farming hoe is gud) and aim with the animation. Try to drag that overhead animation through the zed body (I do left-right with the mouse, sometimes I start the attack not even aiming at the zed and just drag it to him). You will have problems anyways because there is something wrong with their hitbox, but attacking this way aways worked for me, and now it still do sometimes.

 

The crosshair is a pretty shitty reference for the melee strikes.

Thanks, indeed works much better than aiming with the crosshair. Still need to be lucky to hit, but it's better.

 

Now the only thing I need to find is a flashlight... :D

Edited August 4, 2014 by Cherryx

[barnabus 1708]

I had a nice stash on Regular Singapore 1 then it went down and hasn't come back up.  I have three very nice ones for my HC on Singapore 4.

[P210 0]

Has anyone successfully fired the CZ527 in this version?

 

First I found a mag. I later found the gun. Then I found some paint and painted it green. Now I'm getting chased by a zed and finally try to use it, nothing. I thought I was getting the LMB bug, but later found out I wasn't. Then I thought it was the old Mosin paint bug, so I dropped the painted gun and kept the mag. Today I found another CZ527, loaded the mag and tried to fire. Nothing. So now it has me wondering if the gun is just bugged out in this version or had the mag been compromised when it was attached to the last CZ I had and painted?

 

I filed a bug on this:

 

http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=15048&nbn=2#bugnotes

[Demonica 311]

Well, I finally survived long enough to get some stuff together, steal someone's fireplace kit at the lighthouse, and find a (hopefully) safe spot for some of the stuff I couldn't carry anymore. Zombies still are a pain, but I really just had to get used to them, and most of your tips really did help, so thank you for that. (The pickaxe really did the trick, better than any axe.)

 

Now I am trying to find out why, every time I light a fire, the entire environment gets as dark as night. Is that supposed to relate to "having to adjust your eyes to regular light after staring into the fire" like in real life?

Also, in all these hours, I have not found a) a can opener, and b ) a kitchen knife. I don't want to opt for c) hunting knife, cause I simply don't want to risk my life at a military location right now.

 

Oh, hey, has anyone found out if your stuff disappears after you die or not?

 

Again, thanks for your help, you guys are awesome! :thumbsup:

Edited August 4, 2014 by Demonica

[trev186 389]

Well, I finally survived long enough to get some stuff together, steal someone's fireplace kit at the lighthouse, and find a (hopefully) safe spot for some of the stuff I couldn't carry anymore. Zombies still are a pain, but I really just had to get used to them, and most of your tips really did help, so thank you for that. (The pickaxe really did the trick, better than any axe.)

 

Now I am trying to find out why, every time I light a fire, the entire environment gets as dark as night. Is that supposed to relate to "having to adjust your eyes to regular light after staring into the fire" like in real life?

Also, in all these hours, I have not found a) a can opener, and b ) a kitchen knife. I don't want to opt for c) hunting knife, cause I simply don't want to risk my life at a military location right now.

 

Oh, hey, has anyone found out if your stuff disappears after you die or not?

 

Again, thanks for your help, you guys are awesome! :thumbsup:

 

 

Hi

 

So I died once and was able to return to my stash without losing it so it is safe

 

If you need food I am playing on Southwest US-03 and have a can opener I can spare as well as a ton of boar steaks I just cant find any matches

 

Dont bother with the military loot locations unless your wolfing cause there is no decent loot in them

Edited August 4, 2014 by trev186

[trev186 389]

Well day 3 since patch went live and here are my day's experiences

 

Playing on the fullest servers I can find I settled on SW US-03

 

by the time the sun sets it dwindles down to 10 or less people. 

 

I ran the path of the warrior again and found zilch for my efforts. There was military loot there but nothing I really needed since I got my AKM and other good supplies the day they opened .48. Nothing decent for a freshie to gear up with either. Your not going to find many AKs or even SKS in the military spawns. 

 

In fact the only gun I found was a Makrarov BUT I actually found a stack of 15 of them in Vybor base in the bushes where someone no doubt did a duplication exploit. They also had a stack of a TON of clips for it so I took 2 as well since I had some .380 ammo.

 

The rest of the day i hunted other players for gear to see what they had to offer. I killed 6 people today at Vybor base and all 6 were packing mousins or a blaze....it was not a fair fight at close quarters against a guy who has been staking the area out with an AKM and 5 75 round drum mags. 

 

From these 6 corpses all I could manage to scrounge was some ammo which I honestly do not need, 1 can opener in pristine shape, a spare backpack so i can keep my main one hidden safely (improvised leather was the one I looted from a corpse) & a pristine tent (thank you [CQF] Mpslayr)

 

In Between my patrols of the base I kept any eye out on respawning loot and literally nothing respawned all day. Basically the place is full of wool coats and sneakers.  

 

Also 5 out of the 6 I killed were all trying in vain to do the old exploit to make loot respawn by moving the gear out of the barracks to the front. The 6th did not do it because by the barrack I killed him at had already been cleaned out.

 

So I guess I did not feel too bad killing them since they were trying to game the system...though the system is definitely stacked against us all now. 

 

Not a single geared player has come by. Also the time in between visits was often times hours. I even watched a pig move from the fields to the center of the vybor base over the course of time. 

 

Beans to CQF Mpslayr I am taking good care of your tent and you put up a good game of cat and mouse...though I confused why after seeing me leave through the wall (i assume since you peeked and were scoped right at me) why you decided to loot was one barrack while i flanked you instead of trying to hunt me down/retreat ? Prolly wont read this anyways but thanks for the excitement. 

Edited August 4, 2014 by trev186

[Irish. 4886]

Any hints?

Not sure where else to try. Can stand straight in front of them, the dot on the head (or elsewhere on the body), at no distance and still miss. Maybe need to aim away from the zombies (like they hit sometimes attacking away from you)?

 

No ideas anymore. Seems to be more luck than skill.

 

Aim low. ;)

 

It is 100% skill once you figure it out.. I can 1 hit Zeds every time with an axe now. 

Edited August 4, 2014 by lrish

[Irish. 4886]

Also, I have mastered the loot spawn..

 

 

I got fully geared in under an hour once I hit Vybor Military base.. nothing but pants, boots, books, and flashlights could be found until I got to work. ;)

 

 

Decided to ditch my mtn backpack for the smersh as it just felt a little lighter.. 

[trev186 389]

Also, I have mastered the loot spawn..

 

 

I got fully geared in under an hour once I hit Vybor Military base.. nothing but pants, boots, books, and flashlights could be found until I got to work. ;)

 

 

Decided to ditch my mtn backpack for the smersh as it just felt a little lighter.. 

 

You still got a long ways to go to be "fully geared" 

 

need the high cap vest, ammo box, FNX with all the best stuff, PSO scope, not to mention a SMERSH vest if they exists...

 

here is how I am holding up. If you wanna team up I will guard Vybor base while you loot...I need the same stuff I imagine your looking for. 

 

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=295695640

 

everything I have is pristine as well.

 

But since day one loot has been hard to come by. Not shown is my yellow protecto case/med kit

 

Also got a ton of boar steacks and spare ammo in that improvised back pack 

[Irish. 4886]

  ;)

 

Why you doing all that on exp? It just gets reset every week anyhow? Isnt that like a waste to you?

 

I was just testing. No need to collect loot in experimental..  at all.  :huh:

 

Thats just hoarding, not playing. :P

Edited August 4, 2014 by lrish

[Exorade 214]

I thought the melee was still completely broken. But as it turned out the fireaxe is broken.

Found a splitting axe and in comparison it's a beast.

 

Had a first try with the gas stove. Waited around ten minutes for the stuff to heat up.

After that they just instantly burned. The icon changed from raw to burned in a split second.  <_<

Edited August 4, 2014 by Exorade

[trev186 389]

I thought the melee was still completely broken. But as it turned out the fireaxe is broken.

Found a splitting axe and in comparison it's a beast.

 

Had a first try with the gas stove. Waited around ten minutes for the stuff to heat up.

After that they just instantly burned. The icon changed from raw to burned in a split second.  <_<

 

 

fire ax melee is fine...just takes some time to get used to how it connects now. 

[trev186 389]

so Tents in Exp .48 can be closed which is cool...

 

but if u close the tent and then log off/log on when come back the tent will be open and u can no longer close it unless you pick up the tent and repitch it 

[Avant-Garde 229]

fire ax melee is fine...just takes some time to get used to how it connects now. 

Sometimes the hit clearly don't register, even when low pings or against other players. Fists are totally broken, you attack 15 times and 3 hits only do register lol, plus some weapons animations are really broken and it is really hard to tell how to aim them.

 

It wasn't like this before (well the pitchfork animations aways sucked, but now it is suicide), and if this is intetional then it is really bad. Imo they should just fix the hitbox and make the animations more trustworthy you know, it should be easy to deal with 1-3 zombies in melee, they are nothing but really stupid humans. You should get problems with more then that.

Now sometimes 2 zombies are a nightmare because you never know where shit is going to hit. Seriously, try weapons like the pitchfork, you will see how broken the melee is.

Edited August 4, 2014 by Avant-Garde

[Exorade 214]

fire ax melee is fine...just takes some time to get used to how it connects now. 

 

How very unconvincing.

[Bororm 1156]

Can tents be packed up by anyone or only the person that placed it?

When you pack a tent does all the loot spill out on the ground?  If not what happens to it?

 

Also, can you shoot through them?

Edited August 4, 2014 by Bororm

[fowang 60]

Would be an awesome fix, my only reservation is that as shitty as looking through walls is, it's the only way to tell if some asshole is inside the walls.

 

I suppose it's worth the sacrifice however, as it is a glitch in itself and is abused very hard by a ton of players for more nefarious deeds, probably more than those who glitch into walls any ways.

 

Hopefully they can fix players glitching into walls next.  If they can do that, and fix duping, we'll have the bulk of the glitching cheats fixed and it will be down to legitimate hacks.

Only way to test is in 1st person!

[Ziad 34]

Hypothetical - unless somebody wants to try it: what would happen if somebody took a completely looted server, and found an area where there was a lot of junk loot - say two or three piles in a town that came from a police station, a school, a jail, that sort of thing - got a couple of guys with empty mountain packs and scavenged as much as they could carry.  Filling up all they could take of rotten fruit, books, flashlights, jeans, long range scopes, and ruined items of all sorts - the sort of thing you don't want on your server - then server hopped, dumped it all, and hopped back.  Wash, rinse, and repeat until they couldn't stand the timer any more, or they ran out of junk to transfer. 

 

What would happen in that area?  Would loot start respawning in immediately?  If so, would it be a mix, or would it just replace all the useless or harmful crap you just got rid of?   Curious....

 

 

 

 

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[Ellen Ripley 71]

[...]

Respawn is pretty fast.

Green Mountain is the best example for that. Just loot everything out of the rooms and drop it on the corridor/outside. Then walk away 50 meters and get back inside. -> Respawn

 

 

Another trick to get lost of junk is finding a backpack you don't need. ( i don't use mountain backpacks because they are to visible and they block your view to the back on hardcore )

Fill that backpack with junk, kill a zombie and loot its body asap , you can then drag the backpack with all the waste on the zombies body. It will vanish together with the zed.

And you won't block other respawns with junk (probably).

 

Sadly theres only a really small timeframe to interact with dead zeds.

Edited August 4, 2014 by Ellen Ripley

[frosti 2165]

  ;)

 

Why you doing all that on exp?

 

Gotta check out how to exploit loot respawn system.

[frosti 2165]

 

Respawn is pretty fast.

Green Mountain is the best example for that.

 

Yeah, if loot respawn stays the way it is, GM will be loot farmers hot spot.

[trev186 389]

So last night I placed a tent which I tested it survived through at least one server reset on US SW 0-3

 

This morning I decided to check on it and the tent is gone now....

 

I thought it was impossible for players to steal your tent is it not? Even if so I doubt someone stumbled upon mine where it was hidden but I suppose it is possible.

 

Maybe they wiped all persistent items or something? 

 

Anyone know else have this exp?

 

I am glad I only left unimportant stuff in the tent but it makes me nervous to use them in the future if even the tent can be stolen 

[frosti 2165]

So last night I placed a tent which I tested it survived through at least one server reset on US SW 0-3

 

This morning I decided to check on it and the tent is gone now....

 

I thought it was impossible for players to steal your tent is it not? Even if so I doubt someone stumbled upon mine where it was hidden but I suppose it is possible.

 

Maybe they wiped all persistent items or something? 

 

Anyone know else have this exp?

 

I am glad I only left unimportant stuff in the tent but it makes me nervous to use them in the future if even the tent can be stolen 

 

Players can steal items from tent but not tent.

 

They can however destroy the tent.

[trev186 389]

Players can steal items from tent but not tent.

 

They can however destroy the tent.

 

No one found or stole my tent

 

Last night at least on US Southwest 0-3 they reset all persistent items....

 

I went back to Vybor where there was previously junk loot littered around the mil base and it was all gone. I spent a lot of time there so I knew where the junk was. It was all gone nothing persisted anymore

 

Plus the barracks/prison had a ton of decent loot. Finally got a pristine high cap vest on exp and another nice hunting backpack as a spare.

 

Anyone else have this exp on their servers? I am positive they despawned persistent items last night or this morning to bring new life to the world

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

Whatever is causing DayZ .47 to crash for me, is still in this experimental .48.   :(

 

I can't play for more than 15 minutes or so at a time before it crashes to desktop.

 

Hoping hotfix for .47 has the answer inside.... *sigh*