Any of you guys wonder what time period dayz is in.

[Finchtastic 50]

Well year determines a lot when it comes to the game of DayZ as it involves what weapons we can and cannot see, as I've been wanting to see an introduction to two weapons for a while now, firstly the Glock 17. It's a very simple yet reliable gun, also the rounds aren't the most expensive. And also the Browning HP, this gun isn't much special over the Glock, it's less reliable, less range and overall isn't as good however it's just my personal favourite. So guys we CAN confirm the game is set after 1955, I think it was actually 1959 the AKM was introduced, I cannot be arsed to google it because I've been awake all night however it was some point in the 50's or early 60's, I remember reading 1959 in a book for one of the AK's and I'm sure it was the AKM but anyways that is that. Now the AK-101 was made in the 90's so we can confirm it's a fairly modern setting. Anyways what is your opinion on what year it is? Is it in the 90's or modern day? Comment what you all think :)

Has to be present time, or close to it anyway.  You can tell because like you said, the 101 was made in the 90's, but so was the M4...The first war it was used in was '98.  Then, you think of all the attachments it has in-game, it's got to be relatively close to present time.  Those are the biggest giveaways to me.

[acdc_bag 32]

Well year determines a lot when it comes to the game of DayZ as it involves what weapons we can and cannot see, as I've been wanting to see an introduction to two weapons for a while now, firstly the Glock 17. It's a very simple yet reliable gun, also the rounds aren't the most expensive. And also the Browning HP, this gun isn't much special over the Glock, it's less reliable, less range and overall isn't as good however it's just my personal favourite. So guys we CAN confirm the game is set after 1955, I think it was actually 1959 the AKM was introduced, I cannot be arsed to google it because I've been awake all night however it was some point in the 50's or early 60's, I remember reading 1959 in a book for one of the AK's and I'm sure it was the AKM but anyways that is that. Now the AK-101 was made in the 90's so we can confirm it's a fairly modern setting. Anyways what is your opinion on what year it is? Is it in the 90's or modern day? Comment what you all think :)

 

A friend and I actually figured this out today.

 

It's quite simple to deduce really, in the new Residental blocks outside Cherno, there's an advertisement for I'm assuming a famous Chernorussian Musician, who got his debut in 2002.  The last concert date plastered over the previous concert dates (Earliest before this looked like 03.26.2009, March 2009) was August 18, 2009, (08.18.2009).

Now, if you look at Cereal boxes, they have an expiration date of March 2017, and typically Cereals have at least 1-1.5 years past their manufacturing date before they "expire".  From that we can assume that the last time the Cereal was being manufactured was around September 2015.  The problem here is, the outbreak couldn't have been going on for six years, or else no one would be able to produce the cereal.  If the world has gone to shit with Zombies, I don't think General Mills is going to keep pumping out Lucky Charms in hopes that it will all blow over soon.

 

So that really says to me that we're definitely in a period sometime around the Fall of 2015, and that the outbreak probably occured less than six months prior to our characters being "dropped" into the world.  That's my take on it anyway.  You could argue that maybe Chernarus is isolated, like the UK in 28 Days Later, and that the rest of the world kept on going without much knowledge of the events going on.  But who and why would they take the brand new food to the Zombie infested Chernarus?  But at the same time, if it was isolated, why were American soldiers trying to come contain the outbreak, and crashing their helicopters?!

 

TOO MANY QUESTIONS, NOT ENOUGH ANSWERS PEOPLE.

[stielhandgranate 480]

It clearly states that Chernarus is in mother Russia..

 

It does not and you will never provide a source that says the contrary.

[acdc_bag 32]

It does not and you will never provide a source that says the contrary.

 

If you think that Chernarus isn't anywhere near the country of Russia, you're about as dumb as the majority of people posting on these forums.  Belarus, yeah no way, that was in South America, right guys?!

 

And you want WW2 German uniforms.  So how exactly would those end up in Chernarus, if Chernarus is no where near Russia?  Must be Northern Africa right?  Surely not Western Europe, because oh fuck, that's everywhere Germany got to... Uh oh...  Looks like you're the source that just provided evidence to the contrary.  Oops!

Edited October 26, 2014 by acdc_bag

[stielhandgranate 480]

If you think that Chernarus isn't anywhere near the country of Russia, you're about as dumb as the majority of people posting on these forums.  Belarus, yeah no way, that was in South America, right guys?!

 

And you want WW2 German uniforms.  So how exactly would those end up in Chernarus, if Chernarus is no where near Russia?  Must be Northern Africa right?  Surely not Western Europe, because oh fuck, that's everywhere Germany got to... Uh oh...  Looks like you're the source that just provided evidence to the contrary.  Oops!

 

It's clear you haven't researched anything at all and base your assumptions as fact. Chernarus is based on Czech Republic. Here is a source for you, something you use back up a statement or declaration:

 

http://kotaku.com/dayz-developers-went-to-the-real-chernarus-took-pictur-506063198

http://dayz.gamepedia.com/Chernarus#Trivia

 

Also for WW2 German uniforms and your claim that such an item could only be located in Russia, when you take basic world history when you get older, you'll learn that WW2 included more combatants than Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia. Or that basic commerce and transportation allows people of sovereign nations besides Russia to acquire such goods.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_powers

[klesh 2423]

How did this turn into a "Where is Chernarus?" thread?  That's long since been understood via lore and comments from the devs.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

If you think that Chernarus isn't anywhere near the country of Russia, you're about as dumb as the majority of people posting on these forums.  Belarus, yeah no way, that was in South America, right guys?!

 

And you want WW2 German uniforms.  So how exactly would those end up in Chernarus, if Chernarus is no where near Russia?  Must be Northern Africa right?  Surely not Western Europe, because oh fuck, that's everywhere Germany got to... Uh oh...  Looks like you're the source that just provided evidence to the contrary.  Oops!

Where did you get 'Chenarus isn't anywhere near Russia' from his post?  He simply said it's not a part of Russia, it's Russia-Adjacent.  The post he was responding to said it is part of Russia, and clearly stated somewhere, which it's not, quite the opposite actually.  It was a part of the Soviet Union, but the USSR no longer exists, it's its own country.  By the Person in Question's logic, the eastern half of Berlin and Germany are part of Russia.

[star-lord252 83]

Uh, what?

It happens after ARMA II, AKA 2009-2012. So, pretty recently.

What do you mean by "classic cars and weapons and other old stuff"? The only "old" weapons are the 91/30 Mosin Nagant and the IZH-42 shotgun. The cars are all post-Soviet POS, and none of the other weapons are really that old.[/quoute

Those are the only classic weapons wtf. AKM is from 1950s, SKS is from ww2,1911 is probably 1911, p1 is most likely based on the wather p38 another ww2 gun, amphibia is based on welrod another ww2 gun, the rest are from 1960 and over. Half of the guns in dayz are from around ww2. Research b4 posting.

BTW ww2 is from the 1930s to 1945 I think. All the guns I listed are pretty much are about 60 years of age and over that's pretty OLD. The 2009-2012 makes sence though and most cars.

Edited October 26, 2014 by DaNic2553

[Whyherro123 2283]

Uh, what?

It happens after ARMA II, AKA 2009-2012. So, pretty recently.

What do you mean by "classic cars and weapons and other old stuff"? The only "old" weapons are the 91/30 Mosin Nagant and the IZH-42 shotgun. The cars are all post-Soviet POS, and none of the other weapons are really that old.[/quoute

Those are the only classic weapons wtf. AKM is from 1950s, SKS is from ww2,1911 is probably 1911, p1 is most likely based on the wather p38 another ww2 gun, amphibia is based on welrod another ww2 gun, the rest are from 1960 and over. Half of the guns in dayz are from around ww2. Research b4 posting.

BTW ww2 is from the 1930s to 1945 I think. All the guns I listed are pretty much are about 60 years of age and over that's pretty OLD. The 2009-2012 makes sence though and most cars.

The CR527 is a modern rifle, produced today

The M4A1 is a modern rifle, produced today

The Mp-133 is a modern shotgun, produced today

The Amphibia 22 is a clone of a Ruger 10/22, not a freaken Welrod pistol.  Made (A LOT, they are VERY popular firearms) today

The AKM is still produced today, believe it or not. It was replaced as the primary Soviet service arm in 1978 by the AK-74. If you consider 1978 old, then you are probably younger than me, and I was born in '92.

GAUREN-FREAKEN-TEE the M1911 in-game is not an original production piece. You do know they are still made today, by literally dozens on firearm companies? The one in-game was referred to be a Kimber Warrior.

The Colt Python (Magnum in-game) was last produced in 2005, so....a modern pistol. No idea why they are in-game, as they can be pretty expensive. A Mod 10 makes a little  more sense.

The FNX-45 is a fictional variant of a real handgun (FNP-45), which was introduced in 2012

The SKS was officially used until the 1970s, and is still being produced today. You can buy a "Bubba'd" SKS in the US for about $150-$300, usually of Chinese manufacture. (although the prices have been rising due to the gun scares) The one in-game is Yugoslavian.

 

So.....not all WW2 firearms? Just because a firearm "started production" a while back doesn't mean this one was. For all we know, the AKM could've fell off the back of a truck a week ago.

 

I called out the 91/30 Nagant and the IZH-43 shotgun as firearms that are known to be used during WW2, and are common specifically because of the MILLIONs made and MILLIONS stockpiled by the Soviets.

 

 

RESEARCH B4 POSTING LOL

Edited October 26, 2014 by Whyherro123

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

The Amphibia 22 is a clone of a Ruger 10/22, not a freaken Welrod pistol.  Made (A LOT, they are VERY popular firearms) today

Actually the Amphiba is something like a Ruger Mk3 with a built in silencer.  The 10/22 is in game but its the Sporter Rifle.

[Mor (DayZ) 57]

It's quite simple to deduce really, in the new Residental blocks outside Cherno, there's an advertisement for I'm assuming a famous Chernorussian Musician, who got his debut in 2002.  The last concert date plastered over the previous concert dates (Earliest before this looked like 03.26.2009, March 2009) was August 18, 2009, (08.18.2009).

Assuming that DayZ takes place in a branching timeline after the Events of Arma2.

Then going by Amra2, the year 2009 is notable for to the civil war, which raged for at last a few month, before NATO helped to put an end to it. It make sense that after a civil war they had bigger issues than updating their advertisements.. There is also Arma2 Operation Arrowhead which took place in 2012, and I think that Chernarus military was mentioned there.

Personally, I think that Day Zero happened in 2012. (fits the timeline, lore and initial release) I'd LOVE to hear to any lore tibit the devs come up with. (don't care about the weapons talk though)

Edited October 27, 2014 by Mor

[klesh 2423]

Personally, I think that Day Zero happened in 2012. (fits the timeline, lore and initial release) I'd LOVE to hear to any lore tibit the devs come up with. (don't care about the weapons talk though)

 

 

How would you explain epipens with 3 year expiration dates then?

[Whyherro123 2283]

Actually the Amphiba is something like a Ruger Mk3 with a built in silencer.  The 10/22 is in game but its the Sporter Rifle.

Woops, you are correct. I confused the two.

 

Speaking of the Amphibia, has anybody actually seen one recently? I haven't.

[doctorwhy 157]

Not one modern car though, in all of Cherno, except the HMMWV.  No rich guys in Cherno I guess.

 

Remote Russia.  They could still very well be celebrating the arrival of that thriller album and coke.

[doctorwhy 157]

Not one modern car though, in all of Cherno, except the HMMWV.  No rich guys in Cherno I guess.

 

Remote Eastern Bloc? They could still very well be celebrating the arrival of that thriller album and coke.

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

Pretty sure it's modern day if not VERY near future (Like 2015 near).

Lack of modern cars can be explained away.  Cuba is only now getting some new cars but their expensive as fuck.  And it's not like there's a Ford (Sorry, 'Gord Motor Company') dealership in Electro.  And it is a poor country.

 

The situation in Cuba is not comparable to the situation in Eastern Europe. Cuba is still under trade embargo, while the Iron Curtain disappeared decades ago.

[Mor (DayZ) 57]

How would you explain epipens with 3 year expiration dates then?

With good ol' story/gameplay trumps realism. In this case setting Day Zero at the time when the Mod had its outbreak would be a great service to the community. So as far as I am concerned you need to invent a plausible reason for the epi-pens, not the otherway around. Speaking of plausibility, quick google suggest that Epi pen has a shelf life of 1-2 years, with many of them remaining usable even 2-3 years after its expiration date. Although that assume proper storage in room temp and not in some gutter in cheronorus, but I can live with that.

[klesh 2423]

How would it be a great service to the community?  Do you mean as a tip of the hat to those who started playing DayZ in 2012?  Besides, there was no solid story as to when the outbreak happened in the mod, and even less dates directly available ingame.

 

 

Also, 18 months, so seyeth Epipen themselves. exp date on epipen ingame printed as 2015.  I still stand at June 2013-Dec 2014!

 

 

 

Not to mention the FNX .45 was released by FNH USA in October of 2012.  Now it's your turn to invent a plausible reason that they would be manufactured, shipped to the military, issued to troops, trained with, deployed with and crashed in a helicopter in a far off eastern bloc country pretty much instantly.  Seeing as its already fall ingame and you're claiming its 2012.  ;)

[pale1776 375]

Uh, what?

It happens after ARMA II, AKA 2009-2012. So, pretty recently.

What do you mean by "classic cars and weapons and other old stuff"? The only "old" weapons are the 91/30 Mosin Nagant and the IZH-42 shotgun. The cars are all post-Soviet POS, and none of the other weapons are really that old.[/quoute

Those are the only classic weapons wtf. AKM is from 1950s, SKS is from ww2,1911 is probably 1911, p1 is most likely based on the wather p38 another ww2 gun, amphibia is based on welrod another ww2 gun, the rest are from 1960 and over. Half of the guns in dayz are from around ww2. Research b4 posting.

BTW ww2 is from the 1930s to 1945 I think. All the guns I listed are pretty much are about 60 years of age and over that's pretty OLD. The 2009-2012 makes sence though and most cars.

No knowledge of WWII, guns or English and claims that people should research before posting?

Mother Of God: http:// youtu.be/HfE1Ip2wot4

I personally think that its around 2020ish. But I wish we had info, I mean its only what half of us want, besides a full release XD

Then again, I wouldnt trust it... they cant even distinguish between blueberries and holly berries (Just bustin your balls guys, if thats the biggest mistake yall will make, keep on goin [did they ever fix that?])

[Whyherro123 2283]

No knowledge of WWII, guns or English and claims that people should research before posting?

Mother Of God: http:// youtu.be/HfE1Ip2wot4

I personally think that its around 2020ish. But I wish we had info, I mean its only what half of us want, besides a full release XD

Then again, I wouldnt trust it... they cant even distinguish between blueberries and holly berries (Just bustin your balls guys, if thats the biggest mistake yall will make, keep on goin [did they ever fix that?])

Not yet.

[star-lord252 83]

Actually the Amphiba is something like a Ruger Mk3 with a built in silencer. The 10/22 is in game but its the Sporter Rifle.

Might be but it looks exactly like a welrod. Look up welrod pistol you'll see.

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

Might be but it looks exactly like a welrod. Look up welrod pistol you'll see.

I know what a Welrod is, and by comparison the Welrod looks like something Ghetto-rigged together from bits of spare pipe.

[star-lord252 83]

Well let's put it this way. Its 1995-2020 in all of our comments seen. BTW this is DAYZ not ARMA 2. Dayz is based of the same map as arma doesn't mean the same period and stuff. Thats why dayz is "this is your story" not arma. This is my guess from the comments we've read(it seems many of us have not knowledge of ww2 but we weren't alive 60-90 years ago so that makes sense). We will never know for sure until post something about it.

[doctorbadsign 645]

Seeing as there are no domesticated dogs, I think we can safely say that DayZ is set over 10,000 years ago

[IkaikaKekai 1957]

My personal opinion:

 

one could argue that dayz takes place after the last events on the timeline relating to A2/OA, since it would seem odd that there is no mention anywhere among the campaigns or ANN reports of a society-crushing virus, which would put dayz in late 2013 at the earliest. 

 

AND 

 

I tend to view dayz as a parallel universe since I feel like having to incorporate a zombie apocalypse between the time of A2 and A3 feels a bit...cheese for the otherwise serious-feeling ArmA3. 

I didn't notice that this post got merged and had forgoten about this. (My emphasis above)

 

Well let's put it this way. Its 1995-2020 in all of our comments seen. BTW this is DAYZ not ARMA 2. Dayz is based of the same map as arma doesn't mean the same period and stuff. Thats why dayz is "this is your story" not arma. This is my guess from the comments we've read(it seems many of us have not knowledge of ww2 but we weren't alive 60-90 years ago so that makes sense). We will never know for sure until post something about it.

See above, that's coming from a Dev.  That's about as Cannon of an answer as we'll get.