Experimental Branch: 0.49 Discussion

[SmashT 10907]

Yeah the zombies are not even reacting to human presence currently in this updated patch. Finding lots of cool things but i hope the AI doesn't stay lifeless for to long.

Yeh Eugen responded on Reddit about the zombies not doing anything, status effects not working, problems with shadows , water etc and said most of them are known, likely just an issue with mismatched data / not present on their internal build. This update is just a stepstone to show some of the new stuff.

[DiMeNsloNs 8]

Its Broken. There is nothing you can do. After you log and log back in you will be red Hypothermic and die soon after. Zombie AGRO is broken. Eating and Drinking is Broken till you log. And if you log your dead anyway.

[blackberrygoo 1416]

Yup it's confirmed .. Log out and back in : instant hypothermia .

[odin_lowe 3686]

I don't deny sexy. I deny the Baikal

 

Most of this info about the new items comes from DayZ TV who made a prediction based on WIP files and Dev talk.

Now I understand. Thank you for providing details. The info I had came from the forums, and was based on this "DayZTV". Sorry for the misinterpretation.

[Deathlove 2286]

Yeh Eugen responded on Reddit about the zombies not doing anything, status effects not working, problems with shadows , water etc and said most of them are known, likely just an issue with mismatched data / not present on their internal build. This update is just a stepstone to show some of the new stuff.

Well that being said i am enjoying allot of the newer items the baklava's colors are actually pretty extensive.

[Cpanther 221]

Yeh Eugen responded on Reddit about the zombies not doing anything, status effects not working, problems with shadows , water etc and said most of them are known probably just an issue with mismatched data, not present on their internal build. This update is just a stepstone to show some of the new stuff.

Didn't see much of the new stuff... a dude killed me for an apple....I'll try again tomorrow i guess...But the game runs a lot more smooth, and maybe is just me...but the graphics also looks better...?

 

Anyway... is not all bad.. i did few screenshots of the..."aggressive" Zombies... :rolleyes:

[Otis.Driftwood 204]

1. zombies don't attack

2. running up and down the stairs is broken again (on most)

3. getting stuffed pretty fast.

4. not getting  the bleeding status

 

to be continuted

Edited September 9, 2014 by Otis.Driftwood

[blackberrygoo 1416]

4 things me and a friend noticed with this patch :

1.) shadows are displaying very oddly like shapes of shadows covering certain areas of interiors ..

2.) zombies don't aggro at all whatsoever :( .

3.) hypothermia ALWAYS sets in after relogging lol it was hilarious me and a friend scrambling around for an axe and matches (found the matches then we both died lol ) and also status effects don't show , (status doesn't go away/ change for anything until relogging )

4.) bodies seem to despawn (disappear) after taking any thing from them .. I took a compass from my dead friends (died of hypothermia) body and i left to go raid another building , he arrived 5 mins later with a new spawn he'd been running to his body with and it was already gone , it had onl been ten minutes since he died :( .

Hope to see a hotfix soon but otherwise great work I love the balaclava and I can't wait to see all the other items !! :)

[Cpanther 221]

1. zombies don't attack

2. running up and down the stairs is broken again (on most)

3. getting stuffed pretty fast.

4. not getting  the bleeding status

 

to be continuted

Do you think that maybe all this is "intentional"... i bet none of you have notice the improved lightning, shadows and rendering... :rolleyes: .. and also the models looks different...

 

Edited September 9, 2014 by Cpanther

[Sharplooter 98]

I stopped playing after a few minutes, felt pointless to play when nothing of the essential works. Had no fun at all, no motivation to search for new content, sorry. I prefer to wait for the next exp fix.

[Deathlove 2286]

Do you think that maybe all this is "intentional"... i bet none of you have notice the improved lightning, shadows and rendering... :rolleyes: .. and also the models looks different...

 

i ACTUALLY did notice this. It looks quite nice to be honest. But again the Brown and white baklava are the biggest highlights for me at the moment. Think of the camo possibilities for some of those especially the brown one considering it blends you in better with woodlands.

[Demonica 311]

Do you think that maybe all this is "intentional"... i bet none of you have notice the improved lightning, shadows and rendering... :rolleyes: .. and also the models looks different...

 

Well, yeah, actually I was dying too fast to notice any of that. Sorry. ;)

[IIvIIozzie 31]

Hypothermia needs hotfixed badly, along with the players status not updating until you re-log. Once I re-log and get the hypothermia status my character goes so blurry until I can't see, then falls over dead in under three minutes.

 

Things others haven't mentioned:

 

-Cattleprod appears to do same amount of damage as when you connect the 9v battery to it. Currently no on/off toggle option

-In certain buildings the lighting glitches out and starts flashing on the screen like bright lightning strikes 

-Opening cans of food may cause the item to glitch once used. One way to fix this is to remove the item that the canned food is store in, ie pants. Place the storage item on the ground and put it back on your body to remove the empty canned food.

- Not sure if this is intentional, sickle will open canned food but instantly ruin the item with 0% remaining.

-If you die on a server and respawn your body might disappear immediately. I've run two my body twice and in under 10 minutes, could not find it any longer.

-Jumping into water like ponds does not remove hyperthermia. Standing out in the rain will cause hypotherima however you may not see the "i am cold" notifications, you also will not be able to remove water from your clothing.

Edited September 9, 2014 by IIvIIozzie

[blackberrygoo 1416]

There's no axes spawning ! Or at least the spawns are drastically reduced .. Me and a friend have searched all of Svetlo olsha and the farm buildings in between but no avail :( we need to make a fire so we don't die of hypothermia when we have to log out !!

[IIvIIozzie 31]

There's no axes spawning ! Or at least the spawns are drastically reduced .. Me and a friend have searched all of Svetlo olsha and the farm buildings in between but no avail :( we need to make a fire so we don't die of hypothermia when we have to log out !!

 

 

They probably did this because the wanted us to playtest the new melee weapons, as splitting axe was the most commonly desired and used weapon in previous version of patch. The problem is, as you describe, very hard to build fires now.

 

 

Edit: Found fireaxe under the stairs on bottom floor of the construction building, between polana and orlovets.

Edited September 9, 2014 by IIvIIozzie

[Demonica 311]

I found a fire axe within the first 8 minutes, so they do spawn, but after that I have not seen any axe at all. Crowbars etc. seem to be fine though.

[Deathlove 2286]

The Police stun baton seems really nice. You need to put the battery in it though for it to be effective i think.

[Demonica 311]

So I've tried again and died again due to this whole hypo-business.

 

Now my question is this: Do those bugs only pop up once they are being pushed to experimental, and that's when the Dev's notice these somewhat extreme bugs over the bug tracker?

I kinda always imagined there was testing involved before it is being patched into experimental, but I guess that's not the case. Is there someone who'd be nice enough to explain this to me?

[odin_lowe 3686]

The Police stun baton seems really nice. You need to put the battery in it though for it to be effective i think.

Even with a battery, this one didn't seem to work. (at least there was no animations, or added effects. The very cooperative test subjects (current exp zombies) didn't seem to care batteries or not. Maybe it's a different story with a player, didn't test that.

[odin_lowe 3686]

So I've tried again and died again due to this whole hypo-business.

 

Now my question is this: Do those bugs only pop up once they are being pushed to experimental, and that's when the Dev's notice these somewhat extreme bugs over the bug tracker?

I kinda always imagined there was testing involved before it is being patched into experimental, but I guess that's not the case. Is there someone who'd be nice enough to explain this to me?

Well, not just experimental really. People didn't have access to alpha and beta stage softwares a few years back. It's part of the process. All of us having access to these early stage development softwares slows down their creation process. Normally, an alpha is all part creating the game (animations, maps, textures, items, mechanics, etc.) while beta tries to fix all the bugs and glitches created in the process to finally make a complete game. Today, the devs need to make the alpha stable enough for us to play, thus the reason why we "understand" what implies to be part of the early access: interruptions of service are inevitable.

 

The testing is all being done while they're creating the game. Those bugs are discovered only when the happen. Transferring part of the code from software used by developers to servers ready to welcome players in is somewhat not as easy as it seems.

[jnjnll 1]

I made a fire and sit around the campfire in a sunny day wearing a wool jacket for a few minutes and tried relogging a few times, but I couldn't get rid of the "you are hypothermic" prompt. I watched as my vision slowly turned grey and my character passed away, despite getting the "I am warming up" message.

[Harry Costi 6]

 That one is badly damaged. Check on a prestige or worn one. 

 

Even with a battery, this one didn't seem to work. (at least there was no animations, or added effects. The very cooperative test subjects (current exp zombies) didn't seem to care batteries or not. Maybe it's a different story with a player, didn't test that.

[dedoolb 157]

As a new spawn I placed a burlap sack (that I just found, it wasn't in my inventory) over my head.

How does one remove the burlap sack from his own head?

I tried clicking and dragging to inventory, and to the ground. Right clicking lets me inspect it, but that's all.

[blackberrygoo 1416]

Me and a friend are now waiting it out to log back into our experimental characters , I have a tent in hand and an sks with 30 rounds along with plenty of warm clothes, food , water and matches . My friend is armed with a moisin with long range scope and the same amount of food and matches ,,, hypothermia go away please we don't want you lol !! Someone please post a fix if they find one cuz someone said on this thread that he couldn't warm up even with a fire :0 ! I don't wanna stay on stable forever ! Exclamation point !

Edited September 10, 2014 by Grapefruit kush

[alexsamag 9]

I have to say that with the electric cattle prod you can,alterate the pulse of a person ,and if you use it to much ,you can cause him a heart attack :)

I discovered it ,when i used it against a dude that tried to attack me when i was a freshspawn,knock him down,handcuff him and then started to experiment with him,all for science!

Edited September 10, 2014 by Alexsamag