Experimental Branch: 0.50 Discussion

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

Logged into Northeast 08, 1st person

 

Spawn in next to someone tangling with a zed in the street.

 

I know for a fact that server reset when I was in fire station with this character but I was just happy to still have gear.

 

I found a double rifle and repeater in short succession but no ammo.

 

Thanks to the guys who didn't KoS and let me exit the town unscathed.

 

Server crashed and froze not too long into my session.

 

Hoping to jump in somewhere again in moment....

[Tatanko 5591]

You guys need to inject some logic into your posts, your all emotion.

You're clearly not even reading what any of us say, so your responses don't really have any merit. In one ear, out the other.

 

Ya, I'll still play the game and give them their data, but I'll also continue to voice my opinion on how I'm feeling about the state of the game and it's development.  

And it will be summarily dismissed for what it is: misguided whining.

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

To my surprise Northeast US 08 was still up, so I logged back in.

 

I loot a couple of more locations and find ammo for the repeater.

 

I go to my inventory to load the repeater I thought I had looted earlier and find I have the blaze.

 

I run back to the house where I thought I swapped a repeater for my blaze to find.... a blaze lying there@!

 

Some kind of discrepancy between the servers last save and my characters last save I'm guessing/

 

It's a shame as it would have been my first repeater.... oh well.

 

Glad I have a rifle for to waste zeds with still.

 

Looks like NorthEast US 08 might have shit the bed in earnest.

 

Slowly climbing up the ping ladder on Exp.

 

:rolleyes:

[AnarchyBrownies 1383]

I'm fully aware of the purpose of experimental, of what it should be and what it really is. We're not discussing the difference between the two branches here. We're discussing the ramifications of releasing broken builds to the public. The last couple of builds delivered to experimental have been a gong show, from instant CTDs to mismatched files to servers that have no loot or get completely borked. What kind of metrics do you think they are getting from those builds? Would you sign your name to a build that everyone takes the time to download only to load up and find out it doesn't work?

 

I know what kind of person you think I'm being here, but I assure you I am not. I'm a DayZ addict and I would be the first to admit to the possibility of being overly critical. All the power to you if you are OK with these practices, if your faith in the dev team hasn't been tested, but I am not and mine has. Ya, I'll still play the game and give them their data, but I'll also continue to voice my opinion on how I'm feeling about the state of the game and it's development.  

 

What is so hard to understand? The game is in alpha state, they promise NOTHING they release to the public. Stable is the best you're going to get. Experimental is EXPECTED to be a shit show. There is literally zero damage to anyone's name or reputation when it turns out that way. Like nothing. You are absolutely clueless.

 

If you promise nothing stable about experimental branch, how can you possibly have a damaged reputation for significant glitches and/or downtime? Inject some logic into that.

Edited October 13, 2014 by AnarchyBrownies

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

I don't recall anyone mentioning this, so please forgive me if this is a repeat observation.

 

My wool coat was showing as damp and my pants wet but I was neither cold nor wet.

 

(I am wearing wellies, skate helmet, and black gloves as well).

 

I had fought off the cold and wrung out my clothing but the individual moisture stat of the clothes didn't change and this seemed to happen after mending my coat.

 

Possibly glitched moisture mechanic but I wasn't sure.

 

Servers are going down more slowly tonight it seems, kiddies have homework and bedtimes maybe....

 

Eating balanced in this patch is more important. I had a wide variety of food and was able to slowly eat fruit and drink until light green hydrated and then eat cereal to get healing/energized/healthy. :thumbsup:

 

Edit: I also cannot remember the last time I saw a raincoat. :/

Edited October 13, 2014 by BioHaze

[barnabus 1708]

Well when the servers are up most likely tomorrow in the AM , I'm going to kill all of you with my new cowboy gun , cowboy hat and medic pants . I don't match my outfits on purpose so you're that much more confused whilst i slay you . But seriously I'm gonna avoid this thread til tomorrow and search for a tent on stable til then ..

Ditto

Edited October 13, 2014 by Barnabus

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

After not seeing a single raincoat for quite a while I came across at least half a dozen.

 

I was able to play all night but in the end was playing on a DE server (that performed well at around 100 ping).

 

Another week, another chance for a more stable update! :)

 

Edit: Anyone know how to zoom range finders?

Edited October 13, 2014 by BioHaze

[Axezeroone 56]

After not seeing a single raincoat for quite a while I came across at least half a dozen.

 

I was able to play all night but in the end was playing on a DE server (that performed well at around 100 ping).

 

Another week, another chance for a more stable update! :)

 

Edit: Anyone know how to zoom range finders?

think i read they are bugged but about to get fixed.

[Briljin 102]

We all understand that the exp servers are more fluid than the standard ones but with the recent rash of bugs being released in builds they probably should have every second of testing they can get upon the builds before they push them out.  Especially this build, seeing it apparently brings down servers for days at a time...  Good to see them back up, hopefully now they can start figuring out what is causing the server issue quickly.

[deniz0790 42]

they are falling like flies again xD  started playing on DE-01 persistence working, then crashed and now bugged in some kind of restart cycle, exact same happened to UK-09 and some others i was playing on, DE-01 is bugged for several hours now 

 

update : one european server left

Edited October 13, 2014 by SpawnZ

[flimsypremise 94]

I'm fully aware of the purpose of experimental, of what it should be and what it really is. We're not discussing the difference between the two branches here. We're discussing the ramifications of releasing broken builds to the public. The last couple of builds delivered to experimental have been a gong show, from instant CTDs to mismatched files to servers that have no loot or get completely borked. What kind of metrics do you think they are getting from those builds? Would you sign your name to a build that everyone takes the time to download only to load up and find out it doesn't work?

 

I know what kind of person you think I'm being here, but I assure you I am not. I'm a DayZ addict and I would be the first to admit to the possibility of being overly critical. All the power to you if you are OK with these practices, if your faith in the dev team hasn't been tested, but I am not and mine has. Ya, I'll still play the game and give them their data, but I'll also continue to voice my opinion on how I'm feeling about the state of the game and it's development.  

 

I don't think you understand how this process works. Builds don't magically become bug free. What we are doing right now is providing the data that the developers will use to fix bugs before release to stable. If the build wasn't buggy, it wouldn't be experimental. When you are playing experimental, you are by definition playing a build with bugs in it that the developers will work to resolve based on your reports and the statistical data recorded about your in-game behavior.

[Demonica 311]

Is there a new weird sound bug that sounds like fingers snapping? I was hanging out having a good time with my pet zombie Derp, and I hear this sound like someone is snapping his fingers behind me. I'm looking around, nothing. It stopped and then started again. It was a pretty full server, about 35-40 people on it.

 

Anyone hear the same thing?

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

Experiencing server DC's which do not seem to be related to server reset or reset loop bug.

 

I ran randomly North and stumbled across a newer town I am not readily familiar with.

 

There is a police station near a fire station which I thought was a unique feature.

 

The town seemed to be untouched and yet the police station had very little loot and 0 weapons/ammo.

 

The fire station had an engraved 1911 and a glitched sledge hammer.

 

I'm glad I always made a habit of searching ALL buildings. I'm finding the best stuff in residential buildings.

 

Single room log cabins reliably have sidearms in the corner. I saw 4 different hand guns and a crossbow in these.

 

I still haven't found another repeater since I lost one to server reset....

 

I'm seeing more loot buried under floors or out of sight until you bring up inventory and they show up.

[Tatanko 5591]

Is there a new weird sound bug that sounds like fingers snapping? I was hanging out having a good time with my pet zombie Derp, and I hear this sound like someone is snapping his fingers behind me. I'm looking around, nothing. It stopped and then started again. It was a pretty full server, about 35-40 people on it.

 

Anyone hear the same thing?

I've been "hearing" a lot of weird things in 0.49 and 0.50. The old familiar ambient noises are all but gone, replaced by new ones that I only seem to hear once or twice... which then makes me think I'm crazy.

 

I ran randomly North and stumbled across a newer town I am not readily familiar with.

 

There is a police station near a fire station which I thought was a unique feature.

Sounds like Severograd.

Edited October 13, 2014 by Tatanko

[AnarchyBrownies 1383]

I've been "hearing" a lot of weird things in 0.49 and 0.50. The old familiar ambient noises are all but gone, replaced by new ones that I only seem to hear once or twice... which then makes me think I'm crazy.

 

You anywhere near Green Mountain by chance?? ...

[DURRHUNTER 597]

I still want to find one of the new guns i cant find crap lately.

[Tatanko 5591]

You anywhere near Green Mountain by chance?? ...

Me? Naww... too afraid to venture to that place  :o

[AnarchyBrownies 1383]

I was just fighting with a guy and he took my crowbar?? Can you do that somehow??

[barnabus 1708]

So, I see that SWE-1 is password protected, hotfix getting tested?

[barnabus 1708]

I was just fighting with a guy and he took my crowbar?? Can you do that somehow??

Read this, it would appear, from what you have said, no and you need to do a ticket on it.

 

http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/212882-reddit-rocket2guns-on-security/

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

^^^Maybe you glitch dropped it and he picked it up quickly...?

 

I pulled the bullets out of my magnum and the picture of the rounds showed without a number on them.

 

If I right click the rounds without numbers I am told the gun is full when it is empty.

 

If I drag the rounds back it loads.

 

I cannot combine the glitched rounds with a stack in inventory.

 

I'm hoping we might see a global reset for this evenings play.

[AnarchyBrownies 1383]

^^^Maybe you glitch dropped it and he picked it up quickly...?

 

I pulled the bullets out of my magnum and the picture of the rounds showed without a number on them.

 

If I right click the rounds without numbers I am told the gun is full when it is empty.

 

If I drag the rounds back it loads.

 

I cannot combine the glitched rounds with a stack in inventory.

 

I'm hoping we might see a global reset for this evenings play.

 

Well it could be that he had one and I somehow dropped mine. Seems unlikely that my crowbar would just magically drop, coincidentally during combat.

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

I have switched to bare hands randomly when spamming the LMB but never dropped the weapon I was using.

[Tatanko 5591]

So, I see that SWE-1 is password protected, hotfix getting tested?

Perhaps, but it does have the same build number (125144) as the current one.

 

I figured I would see what the server list looked like this evening... still only one 1st person and one 3rd person server -- and the 3rd person server is always full, of course. Sigh. I'm hoping that SWE-1 is locked for testing a fix to that particular issue. I'm growing bored of playing 0.49 and I would like to get back to the newer build :)

[Demonica 311]

You anywhere near Green Mountain by chance?? ...

 

Nope, not at all. That's why I'm not actually freaking out about it :P

 

I keep getting the walking bug almost every 5 minutes into going into a server. Reboot: Check, Verified Game Files: Check, restarted game:check.

Just when I had finally a freaking fire going, my frigging char walks right over it instead of just hunkering down. But hey, at least I'm hot now. :rolleyes:

 

EDIT: I finally found out where to place that sound: It's the sound of a flashlight being turned on and off, repeated about 4-6 times, then it stops again. Strange crap, this is.

Edited October 13, 2014 by Demonica