Stable Branch - 0.59 Discussion

[Thurman Merman 726]

13 minutes ago, philbur said:

Hey man....I just got home from work and was going to catch some NHL...then later was going to try to find an interesting few hours of SA....Is DayZ Colony US-1 a public server?

I would love to run a little defense for you....sounds like my kinda fun!

Having a helpful group on a server, combined with a few bands of troublemakers really sets a good basis for this kind of game in my opinion.

I can probably help out and have no fear of losing all my precious flaming crap in the process ;-p

It's a private server.  So perfect for not giving a damn if you lose everything.  Honestly,  I think the farming is just the excuse for the PvP.  :D  We have had some good times this week, charging snipers with ice axes and red 9s.  WINTESS ME!!!!!!  :D

I'm not sure if I'll be on tonight, but there may be a few hanging around the farm anyway - I think it's grown beyond me a bit.    

[Fing 111]

I know thur, been snipped by people a few times whilst farming at the PD.  At least now I will have a good idea where they might be as it looks like you have most of the positions snipers can get you from sorted.  They better get you on the first shot m8 as it might be their last :-)

[Thurman Merman 726]

4 minutes ago, Fing said:

I know thur, been snipped by people a few times whilst farming at the PD.  At least now I will have a good idea where they might be as it looks like you have most of the positions snipers can get you from sorted.  They better get you on the first shot m8 as it might be their last :-)

If you leave the 2 trees and the bush up, fire comes from the Hospital to the N, the silos to the E, a small window from the construction site (further E) and pub (SW).  Occasionally, someone sneaks into the green house - that's a massacre (:D) - or stands to the NE near the masonry wall.  I haven't been sniped while farming in days - I grew pumpkins, zuchs, and eyes in the back of my head.    

I've never thought about the peach house to the NE - I suppose the windows don't face that way.  Don't think I've ever been set upon from there.  Also, someone with grenades could do some serious harm.

Edited March 31, 2016 by Thurman Merman

[S3V3N 1402]

Damn, I've been playing Payback 2 for the free week on Steam. Got back into Dayz for the first time yesterday, chased a guy across the airfield without him seeing me and staying hidden from others. After successful stealth for over 5 minutes I managed to sneak close enough for a good squeeze of the AKM. I caught my breath, aimed...and I missed completely. In Payday 2 you can kill snipers with a pistol and weapons have little recoil. I was so surprised at the recoil of my AKM that I completely missed the shot. The guy then ran up to me and killed me with an SKS. Which was really shocking and then made me laugh. Dayz is actually a game that needs some weapons training and getting used to, before you feel comfortable with it again. It would be interesting, I think, if we could have a small map for PvP and with Options to try all weapons lying around. I'm sure this will be modded eventually. With the amount of stuff in the game, how cool would it be to have an armory with everything in it and a simple scenario to enjoy; no big missions or problems, just gunplay!

I could use such a custom map, before coming back to Dayz from other games. I haven't played for almost a month and upon returning realized, how differently from most of the titles I own Dayz plays. 

[Excanto 336]

My old headphones/mic finally died. I ended up with a HyperX Cloud II Headset with surround sound and I am loving how I can tell where the zombies are now. They used to sound like they were standing on my boots when they were 70 feet away. Now I can actually say Zombie 4 O'clock, player 2 O'clock drinking a soda!!! What a difference. Still doesn't help in Diablo 2 LOL!

[Kohlbar 270]

Anybody been finding any UMP mags in military locations besides helis? I found an UMP the other day with a mag in the same tent, I think someone dropped it, but I've been looking in new barracks, old barracks, tents for a couple days now and haven't found an additional mag... I need them... I have the first functioning 1911 I've had for the whole patch and I don't wanna blow all the ammo with the UMP... ugh...

[S3V3N 1402]

21 minutes ago, Kohlbar said:

Anybody been finding any UMP mags in military locations besides helis? I found an UMP the other day with a mag in the same tent, I think someone dropped it, but I've been looking in new barracks, old barracks, tents for a couple days now and haven't found an additional mag... I need them... I have the first functioning 1911 I've had for the whole patch and I don't wanna blow all the ammo with the UMP... ugh...

Found a single UMP-mag in the officer's (i.e. "new") barracks yesterday. Got shot 5 minutes later ^^. You're right - the best place seems to be heli crashes. We found a chopper once, with 4 (!) UMP at it. And the next day, we found two mags at another chopper. But yeah, they definitely spawn in tents and barracks, as I have found them in Tent City and at the Northern Airfield. If you're just looking for specific loot, maybe go on a less populated server? Unless you're playing on private that is. I usually stash my UMP at camp, until I have 2 magazines and at least 40 bullets extra to switch out. 

[Thurman Merman 726]

7 hours ago, S3V3N said:

Damn, I've been playing Payback 2 for the free week on Steam. Got back into Dayz for the first time yesterday, chased a guy across the airfield without him seeing me and staying hidden from others. After successful stealth for over 5 minutes I managed to sneak close enough for a good squeeze of the AKM. I caught my breath, aimed...and I missed completely. In Payday 2 you can kill snipers with a pistol and weapons have little recoil. I was so surprised at the recoil of my AKM that I completely missed the shot. The guy then ran up to me and killed me with an SKS. Which was really shocking and then made me laugh. Dayz is actually a game that needs some weapons training and getting used to, before you feel comfortable with it again. It would be interesting, I think, if we could have a small map for PvP and with Options to try all weapons lying around. I'm sure this will be modded eventually. With the amount of stuff in the game, how cool would it be to have an armory with everything in it and a simple scenario to enjoy; no big missions or problems, just gunplay!

I could use such a custom map, before coming back to Dayz from other games. I haven't played for almost a month and upon returning realized, how differently from most of the titles I own Dayz plays. 

Definitely.  I've been playing some H1Z1:KoTK lately - It's just point and shoot - no sway, no recoil, nothing.  

[Excanto 336]

11 hours ago, Kohlbar said:

Anybody been finding any UMP mags in military locations besides helis? I found an UMP the other day with a mag in the same tent, I think someone dropped it, but I've been looking in new barracks, old barracks, tents for a couple days now and haven't found an additional mag... I need them... I have the first functioning 1911 I've had for the whole patch and I don't wanna blow all the ammo with the UMP... ugh...

Everytime I find someone's camp site, I see piles of those 25 rd ump mags. It looks like out of everything that could be horded, that one is high up on the list.

[Excanto 336]

Does anyone know about the VX9 public server? I had 4 tents and 2 barrels full to the brim with Christmas gifts and that server is gone. I only see a private server now and since I am crazy, I ran a newbie starving to death to where my camp is, just in the off chance that they switched the server type and kept all the data. I logged off where my camp should be, starving, thirsty and probably dead when I log back on. :-D That poor tired fool has scrubs and looks like an escaped mental patient :-D

[Office 0]

does anyone know how tents work now on servers that do not reset persistence? we currently run a couple of connected hive servers but recently tents have been disappearing at an alarming rate on our pvt whitelisted server, is there a total lifetime or something like that in place? one of the military tents i placed items in it on saturday evening and when i logged back in on sunday morning the tent was gone along with 2 others and a barrel, about 2 days previously we had 4 car tents 2 military tents and about 6-7 small tents disappear, is this possibly something to do with the game or should i be casting my eyes elsewhere? this is a pvt shard whitelisted server so its highly unlikely that things are being stolen. would really appreciate any insight anyone may have on this.

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

SteamDB shown another drivertest (this time internal) earlier today, and now I'm seeing this!!

about an hour ago Change #1866604

Changed Depots

221101/encryptedmanifests/experimentalprep/encrypted_gid_2: AA11154181D93695BCC0BF54EB3C8340

221101/encryptedmanifests/experimentalprep/encrypted_size_2: DDE5BAAE44C6502A33CA1AFD694FB515

My body is ready for the UPGRAYEDD.

Edited April 4, 2016 by ☣BioHaze☣

[sneakydude 480]

40 minutes ago, ☣BioHaze☣ said:

SteamDB shown another drivertest (this time internal) earlier today, and now I'm seeing this!!

about an hour ago Change #1866604

Changed Depots

221101/encryptedmanifests/experimentalprep/encrypted_gid_2: AA11154181D93695BCC0BF54EB3C8340

221101/encryptedmanifests/experimentalprep/encrypted_size_2: DDE5BAAE44C6502A33CA1AFD694FB515

My body is ready for the UPGRAYEDD.

SO did you upload .60 yet? You will have to do as Developer of Dayz :)

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

No sir, Mr. Sneaks. That's not me!

I mean after all this time, why would I let on now....  ;)

[sneakydude 480]

On 4/1/2016 at 1:58 PM, Excanto said:

Does anyone know about the VX9 public server? I had 4 tents and 2 barrels full to the brim with Christmas gifts and that server is gone. I only see a private server now and since I am crazy, I ran a newbie starving to death to where my camp is, just in the off chance that they switched the server type and kept all the data. I logged off where my camp should be, starving, thirsty and probably dead when I log back on. :-D That poor tired fool has scrubs and looks like an escaped mental patient :-D

Ask on their page might be best. I know they played squad, and other games.

http://www.vx9.com/forums/list.php?category/46-DayZ

I checked their forums, they added someone new to dayz so yes you might have to ask them.

Edited April 4, 2016 by sneakydude

[S3V3N 1402]

Strong hints for the update this maintenance. I think we might finally get it, boys. 

If not, forget you ever read this ;)

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

I guess we'll see the bug tracker open again either right before or right at the same time?

I only hope that when the patch is ready for us they don't make any hasty mistakes in releasing it.

If I remember correctly, we've seen patches held up this way before.

[igor-vk 909]

16 hours ago, Office said:

does anyone know how tents work now on servers that do not reset persistence? we currently run a couple of connected hive servers but recently tents have been disappearing at an alarming rate on our pvt whitelisted server, is there a total lifetime or something like that in place? one of the military tents i placed items in it on saturday evening and when i logged back in on sunday morning the tent was gone along with 2 others and a barrel, about 2 days previously we had 4 car tents 2 military tents and about 6-7 small tents disappear, is this possibly something to do with the game or should i be casting my eyes elsewhere? this is a pvt shard whitelisted server so its highly unlikely that things are being stolen. would really appreciate any insight anyone may have on this.

Hicks stated that tents will last 45 days. Just enough before next update comes. 45 days turned into 4 months. I think they didnt think that it could take THAT long either.

[-Gews- 7443]

Hehe.

 

[igor-vk 909]

Alpher!!!

[odin_lowe 3686]

On 27/03/2016 at 9:40 PM, Excanto said:

So I am carrying an AKM and I find a helicopter crash site and find a UMP45 and put that on my shoulder and grab a few more items and get back into the woods and I am thirsty from the run, since I know the smoking helicopter might suddenly vanish. I hit my hot key to put away my akm so I can pick a canteen that still has water in it and I almost screamed NOOOO!!! AKM Vanished since it had no where to go with the UMP there and I check all over the ground and gone. I log out of the server and back in and still gone. I log out and completely leave dayz and restart and back in and hello AKM. I removed the hotkey and continued on my way to a water pump. "Slap forehead"

I've read these kind of posts quite often, and I don't understands what happens... I often double carry when meeting up with friends, etc, and I use the action bar to switch between my shouldered weapon and the one I have in my hands. They switch all the time and never lost any weapon that way.

Is it because you pushed the hotkey for the canteen instead of your weapon? And didn't put your "in-hands" item on the ground first?

[S3V3N 1402]

2 hours ago, odin_lowe said:

Is it because you pushed the hotkey for the canteen instead of your weapon? And didn't put your "in-hands" item on the ground first?

I do that switch with my main weapons, too. I have to do it quite frequently, because my friends say I get stuck in animations and slide around often. Never lost a weapon by switching. However, if you hit anything but the hotkey (of the weapon you want to switch to), the rifle in question cannot go to your back and gets dropped. Yet - you should be able to find it. I've ran back ten minutes, cursing myself for not paying attention, but ultimately always finding my weapons where I e.g. sat down to drink. You should still be able to find them!

What I noticed is that sometimes when I load ammo into a gun on the ground the magazine doesn't appear. Only after I pick it up and press "r", it actually reloads the magazine out of thin air. Just thought I'd add that bug, in case you encounter it. Weapons, ammo, etc. will be there, as long as you see the hotkey image or can press "r" to reload. Even if you cannot find your second rifle anywhere, as long as it is still on the hotkey, you can press it and Houdini sends it to you from the afterlife. 

Edited April 5, 2016 by S3V3N

[odin_lowe 3686]

4 hours ago, S3V3N said:

Even if you cannot find your second rifle anywhere, as long as it is still on the hotkey, you can press it and Houdini sends it to you from the afterlife. 

That's what I noticed too. So it's nearly impossible to lose a gun because of the bug, if you just put both weapons in the action bar/quick key. 

I wonder what will happen with all this double carry trend we have, when weight and stamina gets taken into consideration. Looking forward to this as well!

[S3V3N 1402]

Awrr - I was rly hoping for that update today :(

Edited April 6, 2016 by S3V3N

[hekp 223]

Aw, how long its been since the forums are back up?  ~  'ELLO EVERYONE; Survivorz <3, Devs! <3, Orlok <3

How ya all been???

 

Quite enjoying the 059, i do miss (more) wildlife and less RL obligiations so i could waste more time on it :P

Patiently waiting for 060.