Exp Update: 0.58 + Hot Fix.

[koffeekage 322]

I feel like it would be cool to designate a common server for all of forum goers.  Maybe a central US, Central EU, etc for each region to keep pings nice.  It would make it nice and easy to group up or run into each other, and probably increases the chance of friendly encounters.

im in japan, so idk if thats would be as easy as initially thought.

[IMT 3190]

Both of my tents are gone and I've only been playing on one server.

 

 

Edit:

If someone can check their tents and verify they're still there then someone got very lucky and found my camp during the night.

The tent I placed earlier this evening is still there aswell as the fireplace.

Perharps a server-sided persistence wipe?

Cooking some fish while testing out if a frying pan works on a stone oven. The answer is no, it's still bugged.

Chernarus can be so beautiful

Edited July 11, 2015 by IMT

[LordBlackwolf 656]

The tent I placed earlier this evening is still there aswell as the fireplace.

Perharps a server-sided persistence wipe?

Cooking some fish while testing out if a frying pan works on a stone oven. The answer is no, it's still bugged.

Chernarus can be so beautiful

 

That's strange as I had placed those tents down after the previous persistence wipe. It's possible someone found my little camp and raided it which sucks if true. Has anyone seen any tents recently as I'm looking to replace the ones I've lost.

 

Edit:

Did you place them before or after the servers went down for a few minutes?

Edited July 12, 2015 by LordBlackwolf

[tux (DayZ) 325]

I feel like it would be cool to designate a common server for all of forum goers.  Maybe a central US, Central EU, etc for each region to keep pings nice.  It would make it nice and easy to group up or run into each other, and probably increases the chance of friendly encounters.

 

yes, something like this would be nice! :beans:   I think we need a steam DayZForums group too :) Every forums member could join this group and we would better know when someone is playing.

Maybe we could add some "official forums" servers where we are playing more often in the group details.

 

I've been thinking of looking for a teamspeak server dedicated to this part of the forum. Let me know if anyone would consider using it.

 

Had a great night yesterday with fellow members Dudester, Tux, and BleedoutBill. (While talking for a while to Tatanko on TS.)

 

It was a mix of V3S misadventure and fun at the same time.

 

Yes I am no longer allowed to drive the cargo V3S anymore.

 

Oh, and @ dudester: a potato could take better screenshots than me  :P

[LordBlackwolf 656]

I've been thinking of looking for a teamspeak server dedicated to this part of the forum. Let me know if anyone would consider using it.

 

 

Yes I am no longer allowed to drive the cargo V3S anymore.

 

Oh, and @ dudester: a potato could take better screenshots than me  :P

If you or anyone got a TS for the forums I'd definitely use it.

[Etherimp 1323]

If you or anyone got a TS for the forums I'd definitely use it.

 

 

I have a teamspeak server you guys can use. check your PM's

[tux (DayZ) 325]

If you or anyone got a TS for the forums I'd definitely use it.

 

I'll look into getting a server.

[BCBasher 2465]

That's strange as I had placed those tents down after the previous persistence wipe. It's possible someone found my little camp and raided it which sucks if true. Has anyone seen any tents recently as I'm looking to replace the ones I've lost.

 

Edit:

Did you place them before or after the servers went down for a few minutes?

 

If they didn't get wiped I placed a tent on the knoll 100m north of the well in Tulga on US SW 02 1pp server I don't plan on going back that way and if I ended up there by an untimely death there's nothing helpful in it anyway.

[igor-vk 909]

I Finally played with Tatanko tonight. I had ping aroung 400 on SNG-1 server, and most of time the truck was rolling on my screen.

Looking forward for next update!

http://imgur.com/a/2QnS6

[sausagekingofchicago 4711]

Having tent issues too.  Placed a tent and a barrel before a restart.  After that restart they were both there.  I didn't check their inventory though.  I placed another barrel and filled it with some gear.  After the next restart both my original tent and barrel were gone.  My second barrel was empty.  It would have taken a small army to move all my loot and i intentionally leave junk loot in the containers which people would discard if they're going to take the tent/barrel.  The loot I had dropped previously at other locations was still there but no signs of anyone throwing away my junk at my camp.

[BCBasher 2465]

Having tent issues too.  Placed a tent and a barrel before a restart.  After that restart they were both there.  I didn't check their inventory though.  I placed another barrel and filled it with some gear.  After the next restart both my original tent and barrel were gone.  My second barrel was empty.  It would have taken a small army to move all my loot and i intentionally leave junk loot in the containers which people would discard if they're going to take the tent/barrel.  The loot I had dropped previously at other locations was still there but no signs of anyone throwing away my junk at my camp.

 

Right now unless anything changed with the unscheduled restart today barrel contents are NOT persistent. The barrel will stay but it will be empty after a restart. 

[Rags! 1966]

Logged into Experimental on a server as a new spawn. I lived about seven seconds before I was shot by somebody spawn camping.

 

Spawn camping.

 

On Experimental. 

 

Really, guys?

[Excanto 336]

Logged into Experimental on a server as a new spawn. I lived about seven seconds before I was shot by somebody spawn camping.

 

Spawn camping.

 

On Experimental. 

 

Really, guys?

My friend had the same thing happen about 3 weeks ago. She said the guy was humming the star wars darth vadar tune when he punched her unconscious as she was getting a stone knife. Remember the nasty kid next door in toy story?  On another note, seems like the game is running well, zombies are hungry, well water is still fresh, I'm still hidden in the bushes with pumpkins and bullets, baring my teeth at any movement.

[Tatanko 5591]

I played 0.58 Experimental for a whopping seven hours total today, and had quite the journey across the map from Berezino to Zelenogorsk and everything in between, making my way back to Berezino and then all the way down to Elektro by the end of then night. Phew!

 

Overall, I think 0.58 is ready for prime time. The performance is great other than some hiccups while driving. There are the usual handful of bugs, but nothing game-breaking.

 

The day yielded wayyy to many pictures to post here, but I'll include a link and a few highlights. Appearances by Igor, Dudester, BleedoutBill, and a RL friend named Rykkor. We also had HugoStiglitz in the chat room with us this evening.

 

http://imgur.com/a/0YNVN

 

Edited July 12, 2015 by Tatanko

[boneboys 7988]

Logged into Experimental on a server as a new spawn. I lived about seven seconds before I was shot by somebody spawn camping.

 

Spawn camping.

 

On Experimental. 

 

Really, guys?

 

Scream insults down the mic (I do) not very admin like I admit but I hate the spawncampingkosing little **/*-+↓/ds...

[ColdAtrophy 1850]

Logged into Experimental on a server as a new spawn. I lived about seven seconds before I was shot by somebody spawn camping.

 

Spawn camping.

 

On Experimental. 

 

Really, guys?

 

The guy who shot you must have cared more about his gear than feeling like a dick for 5 minutes.

[igor-vk 909]

Game runned good, one of my best sessions. But I got Internet upgrade and bought "new" cpu. We lost few items, had some desync (but server is in Asia) but other than that, very stable. I saw Russian heli crash twice and it was in same place with same loot. All we need now are frigging zombies!!! I'm really bored last two updates. I keep my fingers crossed for 0.59 to have zombies back.

[Etherimp 1323]

Wow, I just spent like 8 hours on Experimental US SW 0-1 tonight.. Within an hour or so of us logging in, we heard a truck pull up to Stary Sobor, wrapped around the sniper hill to find the truck sitting by the tents.. 2 players.. 1 came out, then got behind the truck and poked out to take a shot at my buddy who was about 30 meters above me on the hill wielding a Blase95 with a Hunting Scope on it.. I took 2 shots at him, both hit.. He took cover behind the truck and Hoff pulled off an amazing headshot through the truck on him. Then, I moved around the hill and down to the base to investigate and see if I could flush out the second guy.. Sure enough, right as I came to the truck, he tried coming up behind me, but Hoff pulled through with another headshot from his Blase. The Blase has no bolt action, so you can actually see where your shots land. 

We managed to take off with the truck and made our way around the map to various points of interest. We ended up taking the large looping road north of Svet back around NWAF. In the dead of night, as we were passing through Novaya Petrovka, we saw a yellow chemlight in the police station.. We kept driving, and a player came out and yelled out for us to come back.. We reluctantly stopped down the road and made him come to us. He approached and said he needed help, asked for water.. I obliged and we made smalltalk.. I checked his pulse and found he was Sheriff RyBo, and he had 2 friends online based on the player list.. when asked where his friends were, he said they were down in Svet. In the middle of conversation, he ran to the truck door, jumped in our V3S, and closed the door.. Before he could start the engine I had my Anphibia S out and I plugged the entire magazine of 10 rounds into him, and calmly said, "Nice try, buddy.".

 

Hoff and my characters have been alive for 3 nights now. We've been in 3 gun fights, and killed 6 players. We've both survived 1 gunshot wound (both in the same battle). We haven't spent a second on the coast, and the server is only populated with between 10-25 players each night. 

 

The only few negative things I have to say about this patch:

 

1. Lootsposions/Loot distribution needs to be fixed.

2. Can't take handguards off guns? 

3. Combat is still a little desyncy/laggy.. Especially if you're firing several shots from an automatic weapon, things can randomly freeze up on you.

4. The annoying animation that's missing.. if you're running with your gun up and go to change weapons, you will stop and stand in place.. This has existed forever and needs to be fixed, but it's not specific to .58.

 

I'll probably post video of the action from tonight sometime tomorrow. 

[barnabus 1708]

1.  Can anyone confirm the only place plate carriers spawn is out on the prison island?  It's the only place on the map I have seen them since .56.

 

2.  Have you noticed when you open a box of ammo you get a piece of paper now?  Reminds me of MRE cardboard postcards.

 

3.  The first aid kit will NOT fit in side the pouches for the plate carrier, yet the gun & shoulder holsters will along with the ammo can, the cooking pot and protective case.  Why does this make sense?

 

4.  Look  If you have a pot and it takes up 2x2 in your inventory you CAN put stuff in it.  If you DON'T because of some "reality instinct" you have  or it seems somehow counterintuitive to you for some reason then really, yeah, you need to think about that for a minute.  If it's empty and still has space in side you'd be an idiot NOT to put something in it, you put stuff in the protective case and the first aid kit then, in turn, put those items in your ruck, don't you?  Then why the hell not the pot too?  (I saw this reported as a bug on the bug tracker, just completely boggled my mind, the way some people think)  I get it with clothing, fine, OK.   I don't get it with water proof bags.  Every soldier is issued a water proof bag to line his ruck sack with, what's the big damn deal?

 

Anyway, g'night you hairy grip muldoons.

Edited July 12, 2015 by Barnabus

[barnabus 1708]

Logged into Experimental on a server as a new spawn. I lived about seven seconds before I was shot by somebody spawn camping.

 

Spawn camping.

 

On Experimental. 

 

Really, guys?

Did he apologize?  Nothing makes me rage more than some dick telling me how he's sorry he killed me.  Yeah, he's f'ing sorry alright.  If you're gonna kill me just do it, you can even talk some trash, that I get, but the apologizers make me want to come right back in, hunt them down and become a cannibal.

[Super_Duty 466]

Ignored all my house chores for the entire day yesterday and just played. Here are some observations...

 

Mission: Primary - Find truck to repair and drive.  Secondary - Hunt down heli crash sites.

Result: Failure and Success.

 

Summary:

 

Location:  Center of reconnaissance was Green Mountain, working a spiral loop out between 5 and 6 grid squares up to Vybor, Myshkino, down to Zelen, West to Pulkvo, then N. East to Stary and back to Vybor.  12 hours, multiple servers, 1PP only.  30 or so infected dispatched, zero humans encountered, zero limbs broken, had to bandage twice as a result of those filthy silent infected being taken down.

 

Overview:

 

I have enough butt in seat time with Dayz that i didn't expect that the end result of not finding a truck battery would be so problematic.  Finding trucks, no problem, finding tires, no problem.  Fuel/Jerry can, got one.  Glow plug, yep found one of those too, but only one. But that damn elusive battery got the better of me.  After 7 or 8 hours I finally double checked the forums for typical spawn locations a 2nd time.  Probably searched a 500+ buildings, sheds (small, medium, large) to no avail.  Came across 10 or so heli sites, all with minimal loot.

 

Other Thoughts/Observations:

 

Why does the Gas/Jerry can take up 30 slots?

When did the 300 round ammo box get nerfed to just 4 slots?

When did the hard plastic case change to take up 6 slots?

Filling from one canteen to another is bugged with % full.  Same goes for PET bottles.

Chickens can scare the hell out of you if your not expecting them.

Green oil barrels...too bad they aren't persistent, content-wise.

AKM recoil is brutal, Kastan scope works well.

MP5 with ACOG is a nice setup.

Lootsplosions break the game from a survival perspective.

Random game sounds seem a bit worse.

Overall game play however is very good.

I don't miss the 70 second respawn timer.

I enjoy the night/day cycles.

Land mines must be placed in your quick items to remove from inventory (took a while to figure that out).

 

Back to the game... heading way North for that damn elusive truck battery.

 

Be safe out there!

Edited July 12, 2015 by Super_Duty

[gsfilmer 71]

I'm beginning to notice that cities with police cars spawns are lootless except for those few lootsplosions. Other than that and a few minor bug with loot I think its ready to be rolled out.

[IMT 3190]

The bug with the clean up is showing up again on UK 0-1. Fireplaces which are placed inside a house are dissapearing again after 5 seconds. The same thing goes for wooden sticks whenever you cut them from trees, after 5 seconds they are gone.

Edit: apparently I just unintentionally duplicated a Pristine Tent with a restart.

Edited July 12, 2015 by IMT

[Thurman Merman 726]

Bout to jump on for an hour or so.  Will be looking for auto parts, but if anyone wants anything tested or is curious about something, let me know.  I'm feeling lackadaisical (or hungover) this AM; so could use some direction.  :D

[blackberrygoo 1416]

Bout to jump on for an hour or so. Will be looking for auto parts, but if anyone wants anything tested or is curious about something, let me know. I'm feeling lackadaisical (or hungover) this AM; so could use some direction. :D

Keep an eye out for a mini fridge for science ? Someone said they saw one on reddit but you can never trust reddit lol .... And you can store your hangover medicine (jack Daniels) in there while you transport it !