Experimental Branch: 0.51 Discussion

[anotherdeadhero 71]

This whole section is for those who are testing the experimental and stable builds, not for those to rant and rave about a build they aren't even testing.  Go back to general to post your dissatisfaction. 

No it is not, it is a discussion thread about the builds, nothing more and nothing less. It is not JUST for players playing the build so get your facts straight. Just so you know for sure, in the title it says 'DISCUSSION'

 

Don't feed the troll. Just report him. He'll be dealt with.

 

Replying to comments makes me a troll, what a warped world you live in.

[kermo50 31]

So in my 1 hr play session today... I looted northern Berizino, geared up with basics no problem, found a double barrel shotty and two blaze rifles and plenty of buckshot ammo. I did notice immediately that my damaged tactical shirt wasn't doing the job and I was getting cold, it was a frosty morning, found a wool coat and warmed back up. This temperature mechanic seemed to be functioning better during my short session. Also found a bandanna and was able to unfold it and make it into a face mask which was very neat (not sure if this can be done in .50 or not). Progressed to the school where I also found the mp-133 pump action shotgun. The school was absolutely full of loot mainly food and clothes but I did find a pristine ballistic helmet. I encountered another player who was able to 1 hit kill me with a farming hoe as I squeezed a shot off on his chest, killing him also I assume. The 1 hit kill seemed strange considering I was wearing a pristine ballistic helmet.. maybe helmet protection bugged? Also encounter 6 zeds in 1 hour, all seemed to function much better,  no lagging around ect. Server performance seemed very good, played smooth, desync and lag were not noticeable, was able to pick all items up first go ect.

 

All in all seems solid, not sure about the helmet protection though. 

[skoms 86]

After you have played on experimental branch, do you need yo re download the stable branch files in order to play on stable?

 

Or are both set of files stored and installed so i can easily switch between stable and experimental?

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

After you have played on experimental branch, do you need yo re download the stable branch files in order to play on stable?

 

Or are both set of files stored and installed so i can easily switch between stable and experimental?

You have to flip back and forth unfortunately. 

[skoms 86]

You have to flip back and forth unfortunately. 

 Ahh, ok.

 

Planing to meet up with some friends on stable later today. But no big problem. I just have to make sure i start downloading stable branch files before we plan to meet up:)

 

Thanks for answer.

[skoms 86]

So, i just downloaded and started up experimental.

 

I saw that some people had problems with their avsat antivirus, but for me everything went smooth.

 

But i got a big problem: My FPS is only 6-7. Anyone have a solution for this?

 

- In stable branch i have 35-45 FPS, and the settings in gamge has not been change.

- I have checked FPS in my other games and my FPS is normal there.
- I have tried to start DayZ with and without Bandicam.

- I have verified cache files.

 

So, do anyone have any tips how to get FPS back to normal, or do anyone else has this problem on 0,51 experimental?

 

 

EDIT: I fix my problem:

 

I'm on a laptop, and for some reason the game switch to the useless integrated intel graphic device even though my good graphics Nvidia card was assigned to the dayz.exe. It almost seems like the game is starting up under a different .exe file. I forced my laptop to only use my Nvidia card on every task, and that solved my problem.

 

Could this have something to do with the new battleye anti cheat? Is the game starting up under a battleye client or something?

Edited November 13, 2014 by skoms

[boneboys 7988]

Topic cleaned.

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

Okay I love the development speed they're working and and since .47 .48 the amount of features is awesome.

However I've just heard about 15 pop opening sounds in 30 seconds. 

 

Flashlight clicks. Thousands of them. And the weirdest (and a bit scary) ambient sound yet: vomiting sounds.

[becker44 22]

So, i just downloaded and started up experimental.

 

But i got a big problem: My FPS is only 6-7. Anyone have a solution for this?

 

- In stable branch i have 35-45 FPS, and the settings in gamge has not been change.

- I have checked FPS in my other games and my FPS is normal there.

 

So, do anyone have any tips how to get FPS back to normal, or do anyone else has this problem on 0,51 experimental?

 

Oh how I hope someone responds to this post. I have 600+ hours mostly exp 1pp. Now with 51 the game is unplayable. Mouse delays are horrific (played with sensitivity). The ground at my feet will not draw in properly, I get a mesh/blue layer. The smoothness and FPS has crippled the playing experience. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Note: I am a player not a computer engineer so if you could "dumb it down" a bit that would be great.

[redsaw66 1]

Oh how I hope someone responds to this post. I have 600+ hours mostly exp 1pp. Now with 51 the game is unplayable. Mouse delays are horrific (played with sensitivity). The ground at my feet will not draw in properly, I get a mesh/blue layer. The smoothness and FPS has crippled the playing experience. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Note: I am a player not a computer engineer so if you could "dumb it down" a bit that would be great.

 

I work for an IT servicedesk, I might be able to help you, i would however need more information, you can add me on skype: redsaw66

[redsaw66 1]

So you can now cut up and skin human players after they have died. You can cook their flesh as well.

Beware there are cannibals out there.

 

are you serious? dude PLEASE tell me your not joking, i would love to play as a bandit/cannibal

[Tatanko 5591]

Just wondering, is there any reason why we never get official patchnotes for exp builds?

I'm up for testing, but making players look for the new stuff to test is just counterproductive.

I think primarily because things can change so quickly and so drastically. I always understood it to be a fall-back for the developers where if they tried something new or added a new item that didn't work out, they could simply get rid of it and not effect the changelog. They've also stated on several occasions that the purpose of the Experimental branch is primarily to test stability and server behavior, NOT to test new items or see new places. The community at Reddit will always fill the gap, though.

 

Replying to comments makes me a troll, what a warped world you live in.

Being a troll makes you a troll.

 

Topic cleaned.

Not enough in my opinion. We still have someone who feels the need to whine and complain about the game when they aren't even playing it. Seems counterproductive to good discussion, to me.

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

I think primarily because things can change so quickly and so drastically. I always understood it to be a fall-back for the developers where if they tried something new or added a new item that didn't work out, they could simply get rid of it and not effect the changelog. They've also stated on several occasions that the purpose of the Experimental branch is primarily to test stability and server behavior, NOT to test new items or see new places. The community at Reddit will always fill the gap, though.

It was explained a few months back why they don't post the experimental patch notes and it's pretty much exactly what you just stated.

 

Being a troll makes you a troll.

 

Not enough in my opinion. We still have someone who feels the need to whine and complain about the game when they aren't even playing it. Seems counterproductive to good discussion, to me.

Funny with that, I reported myself for derailing the topic to get it cleaned  B)

[modis002 78]

So far very stable experience. Didn't crash, only had 1 server restart, found everything I needed (Still looking for a knife or machete, but not very actively... :P ) and gotta say that it's very enjoyable.

 

is that a broken church? i have 2 pics at the same place at night and im by the fireplace as well

[becker44 22]

Thanks Redsaw66 I added you in steam. 

 

Interesting occurrence: When I revert to Stable my performance is like it has always been (smooth throughout the experience).When I switch back to Experimental the frame rate drop is unplayable. Is there a way I can try re-installing the latest exp patch/update? Can I remove the most recent patch I performed? Is the Battle-eye box I clicked yes to last night the problem? Sorry for all the questions but I'd really like to resolve this issue. 

 

Remember: I'm an idiot when it comes to code and changes so please be gentle!!

[Exorade 214]

No official word about the lack of first person servers?

[Tatanko 5591]

is that a broken church? i have 2 pics at the same place at night and im by the fireplace as well

Kumyrna?

 

Interesting occurrence: When I revert to Stable my performance is like it has always been (smooth throughout the experience).When I switch back to Experimental the frame rate drop is unplayable. Is there a way I can try re-installing the latest exp patch/update? Can I remove the most recent patch I performed? Is the Battle-eye box I clicked yes to last night the problem? Sorry for all the questions but I'd really like to resolve this issue. 

 

Remember: I'm an idiot when it comes to code and changes so please be gentle!!

I think this is a case of the update itself being the problem, and there's not really any way for you to fix it. This is why we play Experimental, so the devs can fix things like this before it gets pushed to Stable for the masses ;)

 

I don't believe that the Battleye message is actually doing anything -- not from what I saw. When I clicked Yes, it didn't seem to actually accomplish anything, and No just makes it go away so the game launches properly. Weird. I would like to hear more official word about this since Eugen said yesterday that they were aware of the problem and "reuploading"... except there wasn't anything fixed and the problem still exists, so I'm not sure what was "reuploaded".

 

No official word about the lack of first person servers?

Not so far, I don't think. Currently combing Reddit for anything I can find...

[skoms 86]

Oh how I hope someone responds to this post. I have 600+ hours mostly exp 1pp. Now with 51 the game is unplayable. Mouse delays are horrific (played with sensitivity). The ground at my feet will not draw in properly, I get a mesh/blue layer. The smoothness and FPS has crippled the playing experience. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated. 

 

Note: I am a player not a computer engineer so if you could "dumb it down" a bit that would be great.

 

I fix my problem with low FPS. I edited my original post on top of this page to include my solution.

 

Are you on a laptop? If so, it might be the same for you.

[blackberrygoo 1416]

On another note we need first person servers back !! Mommas sad that he's gotta play on 3rd person servers , and I just got rocked by some Desync last night on my stable character :( .

[AgainstAllAutority 126]

DE servers seems so fail from time to time..

 

(unless there's 4 planned restarts withing 2 hours in 24h cycle)

[doctorwhy 157]

Only 1 zombie in another hour of play time.

 

It's possible the city I was in was visited by another player, which would explain the lack of zombies.

 

I have looted 3 small towns and most of a city and only saw 2 firearms the whole time. (Repeater and Carbine)

 

 

 

If you play on lower population servers you will hear this a lot less.

 

Of course, if you're playing just for a shootout you wouldn't likely be happy on a low population server either....

I play to play, many styles.  Right now I am trying to survive.  I managed to survive an attack in solnichiny and barely made it out alive. Looking to find an ashwood tree and make a bow to eat some meat. Logged off near Grishno last night. Regardless of how I am playing it's ALWAYS on high pop.  That's what makes the game so AWESOME!!! you never know whats going to happen when.

If this is true then my suspicions may be correct.  I think these sounds aren't really ambient but actually are player sounds from around chenarus coming through all over the map ignoring the sound radius they've set in the game (if that makes sense). All the new flashlight clicks are survivors turning them on and off etc. Kind of like when you load into a game and can hear player chatter sometimes.  

Side note.  Anyone found the girls clothing yet? the facebook page suggests they're in the build and the sick bastard in me wants to find the girly top and daisy duke shorts.

Edited November 13, 2014 by DoctorWhy

[-Gews- 7443]

No official word about the lack of first person servers?

Nope, still waiting for this too, I hope it's just an oversight otherwise I'm reverting to stable.

[boneboys 7988]

Haven't seen a Zombie all day and I couldn't fill my canteen from a well, only ponds/lakes.

Am I doing it wrong ?

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

Haven't seen a Zombie all day and I couldn't fill my canteen from a well, only ponds/lakes.

Am I doing it wrong ?

I believe they only fixed half of the well.  The half that allows you to drink from it but not fill your canteen.

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

Haven't seen a Zombie all day and I couldn't fill my canteen from a well, only ponds/lakes.

Am I doing it wrong ?

 

 

I saw 1 zombie in like 4 hours of gameplay yesterday.

 

I came across 2 just now.

 

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I believe I just died from the old desynch while climbing stairs/upstairs glitch.

 

I walked to the 2nd floor, had just enough time to glance around one room and then the new death animation showed me fall over either inside the building foundation (but the walls were invisible), or just outside.