Dear New Players

[Cyric (DayZ) 254]

I'd like to welcome you all to the DayZ forums and the community, you'll find about 30% of us are actually helpful while the rest of us just kind of search for something to fuel the flames of our posts with. That being said, I decided to make this thread (which will inevitably get lost under a flood of redundant threads) in an effort to offer one very vital basic tip.

PLAY A COUPLE OF THE SINGLE PLAYER TUTORIAL MISSIONS BEFORE YOU JUMP INTO DAYZ!

Holy shit. You have no idea how helpful (and obvious...) this tip is, I'll be the first to admit ArmA has a rather unconventional control scheme. But if you play a couple of the tutorial missions, it'll make it a lot less nerve wracking when you start playing DayZ.

There's already enough things in DayZ that will make you want to put your head through a wall, don't make it harder on yourself. Also, here's a link to a website that can probably answer most of your questions without you needing to make a "how do I" thread about it.

Here is another resource you can use to keep the forums from being cluttered with redundant "how do I" threads, enjoy and welcome once again. ;)

[M O N S T E R 599]

I agree with the above statement. You can only benefit from doing this.

-MONSTER

[scarecrowq 26]

Good thread, I guess. I just looked on the control list...

[noobfun 87]

worked for me, still trying to get the hang of chopper pilotting in the editor/armoury/tutorial missions

flyings fine, flying fast and low (tree skimming) and pulling combat landings (fast decelerate without climbing 200 meters of altitude with autohover) ... not so much :P

[stupar123 6]

OP is right,two years ago I had one mod for which solely I bought Arma and yet the tutorial was needed part.You'll hardly master this mod if you don't pass tutorial.

[highpanda 3]

+1

[derailed000 20]

Its great but the problem is people doesnt fcking read.

[BlksnshN 127]

worked for me, still trying to get the hang of chopper pilotting in the editor/armoury/tutorial missions

flyings fine, flying fast and low (tree skimming) and pulling combat landings (fast decelerate without climbing 200 meters of altitude with autohover) ... not so much :P

I tried the helicopter missions as well. None of the controls seem to do what they say they will do in the tutorial itself. Trying to fly with a mouse and keyboard is crazy for as I'm use to controllers, I've done a lot of crashing. B)

[guidez 180]

I've had ARMA 2 player's say the GuideZ channel has been helpful for non-DayZ mod's as well. That's my tip, ;)