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[Rek Seven 37]

You don't need to read 54 pages, just read Rocket's posts from his profile. There, all your answers.

How? I only see the last 10 or so of his posts, non of which answer the question: If you get placed out of bounds or stuck on geometry, how do you respawn?

[lkoopmann@gmx.net 10]

@rocket

just a suggestion for your standalone. make the Field Of View settings not adjustable. this kills everything in 3d person. my friend amplified his fov settings and omg he can see much much more then a player without adjusted fov settings....

[sivart 85]

You expect people to read through a 50+ page thread if? What don't you just provide the answer if you know?!

yes i do expect you to read the fucking thread. thats why its here. if more people read the fucking thread there wouldnt be 54 fucking pages of THE SAME fucking question.

[puppetmaster11 229]

yes i do expect you to read the fucking thread. thats why its here. if more people read the fucking thread there wouldnt be 54 fucking pages of THE SAME fucking question.

^^ tee hee this

[GoTo2k 12]

You should have given your two cents to someone so they could read the thread for you.....

Oh yeah...

And I would like to request of rocket:

Can we just set it up so that servers are all forced to Veteran? WHy have 3rd person and crosshairs and name tags and ranges and all of these things?

People can wear their training wheels in Arma.

I thought this was supposed to be a challenging mod?

All Veteran servers. It needs to happen.

I dont see the harm in having several server setups so that everyone can choose their favourite playstyle. IMHO the only thing problematic is the name-tagging as it lets you "scan" buildings for enemies before you go in and is basically a light version of a wall-hack.

As for 3rd-person: in the interview with sidestrafe rocket mentions that people like the 3rd-person because it gives them a better awareness of their surroundings. The field of view in 1st-person is quite limited (without zooming out via double-minus that is) and you cant see anything through the grass when youre lying on the ground. IRL you could just higher your head a little wich isnt an option provided by the Arma-Engine.

BTW what a lot of people dont seem to realize is that you can click on rockets name (you have to be logged in) and see all his posts. That way you have a fast way to check out what is going on with the mod and a lot of questions are answered. Sticking to a routine of checking rockets comments first and then post could help to prevent double-posts, i.e. people posting the same questions all over again.

@rocket I have one little question (it really isnt that important): why arent there drivable humvees avaiable when there are literally thousands of destroyed ones all over the country? It seems like when the apocalypse broke out there was a group of humvee-haters which destroyed every single humvee there was :D

[rome 58]

I want a 1 minute log out timer.

Rocket please try a 1 minute timer. At least for the tears.

And this :

Also, is it possible to add a counter (like in backpacks-> 12/20) to tents and vehicles to show how much inventory space is left?

Edited July 24, 2012 by RastaKoueR

[Marksman (DayZ) 2]

nearly 2 months we wait for a patch with corrections on the helicopter. 1.7.2.4 already soon. Again anything about helicopters. Already hundreds posts at a forum wrote people of the different countries about need of the helicopter. Why doesn't you hear players? Will be this problem solved? The helicopter is a dream for teams in game. Innovations aren't necessary to us, correct old bugs

Edited July 24, 2012 by Marksman

[Rek Seven 37]

yes i do expect you to read the fucking thread. thats why its here. if more people read the fucking thread there wouldnt be 54 fucking pages of THE SAME fucking question.

This thread is intended to tell people what is coming up in then next update. It is not a place to go if you want to waist your time by read 50 pages of a bunch of man babies crying about a computer game.

[Max Planck 7174]

How? I only see the last 10 or so of his posts, non of which answer the question: If you get placed out of bounds or stuck on geometry, how do you respawn?

Open his profile, in the upper right corner there is a button called 'find' content'. That will show you all his posts.

You will no longer spawn 'out of bounds' you will go to the beach instead.

Edited July 24, 2012 by Max Planck

[Rek Seven 37]

Open his profile, in the upper right corner there is a button called 'find' content'. That will show you all his posts.

You will no longer spawn 'out of bounds' you will go to the beach instead.

Okay, i'll use that feature in future. Thanks for the help dude.

[GoTo2k 12]

nearly 2 months we wait for a patch with corrections on the helicopter. 1.7.2.4 already soon. Again anything about helicopters. Already hundreds posts at a forum wrote people of the different countries about need of the helicopter. Why doesn't you hear players? Will be this problem solved? The helicopter is a dream for teams in game. Innovations aren't necessary to us, correct old bugs

You can clearly see that he listens to the community by the amount of time he spends on the forums and the many replies he writes. Right now I think he just has some other priorities then helicopters. I mean helicopters arent really the biggest factor of motivation for the vast amount of players (my personal guess, but Im pretty sure Im right with this)

[rome 58]

SWAT TEAMS WILL NOT DESCEND FROM THE CEILING AND HEADSHOT YOU WHEN YOU PRESS ALT-F4.

I will yell that I am friendly. And they won't shoot me i'm sure..

[Looter (DayZ) 22]

Hm. Still, if Respawn is removed -> what can I do if stuck in Object or spawned in Debug Hills?

[Stephe 0]

Is there going to be a distinction between in your records between alt F4/connection lost and logging out using abort?

I'm excited where this update will lead to eventually, but I'm not thrilled with the intermediate period which will not log actions. Ex. Changing servers to switch gear between tents will look exactly like server hopping for gear.

[Marvel (DayZ) 18]

This game has two major issues:

- Development is way too slow,

- With every hotfix one issue gets fixed and two others get broken again :(

I'm not saying this to troll but seriously, if the War Z is gonna be as good as Dayz (and it's not the only competitor) or even a little bit worse but no bugs then everybody is gone from DayZ.

And yes it's ALPHA. I know, but there are still as many bugs as two months ago. Why is that?

[PlanetAwkword 23]

Not being able to respawn? Awesome... running from Kamenka is just so amazing, I can't wait for this to be even more of a running simulator.

[vulfy 55]

Rocket: Please do not disable Single Player mode when DayZ is running. Single Player contains Editor, and if that is disabled, there is no way for us to do any help / tutorial demos on DayZ.

[Max Planck 7174]

Is there going to be a distinction between in your records between alt F4/connection lost and logging out using abort?

Yes, he already said this.

For some reason people are a lot better at writing than they are at reading.

Edited July 24, 2012 by Max Planck

[Disgraced 1123]

This game has two major issues:

- Development is way too slow,

- With every hotfix one issue gets fixed and two others get broken again :(

I'm not saying this to troll but seriously, if the War Z is gonna be as good as Dayz (and it's not the only competitor) or even a little bit worse but no bugs then everybody is gone from DayZ.

And yes it's ALPHA. I know, but there are still as many bugs as two months ago. Why is that?

^^^ Out of touch with reality.

[chickenfeed 17]

So 1.62 official update is finally out, is that going to delay this update at all?

[Chameleon (DayZ) 13]

And yes it's ALPHA. I know, but there are still as many bugs as two months ago. Why is that?

Because video game bugs aren't always easy to "kill." You can't just grab the nearest bug spray and zap em out of existence... bugs aren't always easy to find, nor is it always easy to understand WHY they are happening in the manner they are. Let alone when one minor tweak can spawn a whole new batch of them!

I tip my hat to all programmers, as I simply could never do their job... omg, I'd rip my hair out, me thinks!

Edited July 24, 2012 by Chameleon

[djshauny1 222]

This game has two major issues:

- Development is way too slow,

- With every hotfix one issue gets fixed and two others get broken again :(

I'm not saying this to troll but seriously, if the War Z is gonna be as good as Dayz (and it's not the only competitor) or even a little bit worse but no bugs then everybody is gone from DayZ.

And yes it's ALPHA. I know, but there are still as many bugs as two months ago. Why is that?

he clearly has no idea what hes doing

[Snipes007 6]

Why are you ALT+F4 ing? , just close the game the proper way, problem solved.

Well I don't use Alt F4, however I log in and out frequently, as I have mention previously. Thinking the hive will track the number of times i log in within a specific amount of time.Could rate me as a player needing attention.

[Max Planck 7174]

I tip my hat to all programmers, as I simply could never do their job... omg, I'd rip my hair out, me thinks!

I'd rip someone else's hair out.

[firecrow 4]

No they do not. Im sorry if you daughter really does have medical issues, but that has NOTHING to do with me, or the game or the devs. This is not a building or employer that needs to cater to the disabled by federal law. Its a video game. A handicapped parking space, a wheelchair ramp isnt a real inconvienience to anyone. But to say that just because your daughter has medical issues and you have to DC to "take care of it" is bullshit. And than to say that anyone who has to DC for ANY friggin reason is a valid point to not implement this system is bull.

I call bull on all this I hate DC because of this or that. Go prone, hide, and deal with it. Dayz is not being played in a 2km X 2km map. Its huge. If you are in elektro you can still safely hide for a little while and do whatever you need to do without someone coming up on you. Sorry if I sound like a dick, but I hate people feeling entitled to something like game mechanics being completely reveresed to cater to people with bad connections, disabilities or real life situations. I have a real life, an important job where I can be called in a moments notice to fix critical things. I am not going to bitch about the DC thing because of it. If I get a call from work or my dog has to piss I will go prone and hide for 5 minutes. If I know im going to be gone for a while than just DC and come back in an hour or however friggin long it takes to not get bad rep. Children are a choice, as are pets and wives. If they get in the way of you playing your game, sorry. I didn't want a wife or kids to nag me if I am playing a game. And if I had them and had to do something for them I wouldent be up in arms that the DC mechanic didnt allow me to take care of MORE INPORTANT THINGS. (To you, not me or any other person that dosent know you or your family. It all comes down to you and your life inconviencing other people in a game) Its so rediculous it makes me cry bullshit that anyone would even mention it as a valid reason.

The solutions are so obvious and simple is comical to me when ANYONE suggests reasons why DC timers, DC banns are a bad idea. Its almost so obvious you are an avid DCer, server hopper. And I dont mean the the poster I quoted but rather all of the people that bitch about the DC thing. You internet sucks? Maybe you shouldent be playing dayz? When I lived in the dorms on base the internet DID suck. I was paying more than it was worth. I couldent play games, period. I didnt call up rockstar and bitch about they should change RDR network code so I could be able to play and it screw up others. If your internet is so bad that DC bans and such are a serious risk to your enjoying the game, than you probably arent enjoying the game ANYWAY because your internet sucks. You are screwing everyone else with your high latency and expect us to cater to your internet speed disability. I WOULD LOVE to have 100 acres in the middle of montana where no fiber cables exist but if I choose to live there I am not going to bitch at company A because I cant play video games online.

Bottom line is, do not expect or feel entitled to anything, especially in a mod. If you spend 80000 dollars on a corvette and the city you live in has no paved roads, are you gonna bitch at the city goverment to build paved roads just for your corvette, NO! You shouldent have bought a corvette in the boondocks. Same way you shouldent have bout an MMO if you live in the sticks. Welfare babies ugh.

So much rage for such a simple statement by me. I never said I DC'd. Not once did I say that. IF you read carefully you would see that I said I logout.... as in Clicking on Abort not an alt-f4. I really don't care if people believe me about my daughter or not. It was a means of pointing out legitimate reasons for people having to log in and out frequently. Please, once again note that I used LOG OUT not DC. Rocket has already responded by saying proper logout would not affect reputation. That's good enough for me.

As to your assertion that I could go hide, go prone or whatever.. I'll do that just as soon as ESP hacks are made ineffective in this game.

Edited July 24, 2012 by Rentech