Stop fixing minor issues or call it 'BETA' !

[ZedsDeadBaby 2287]

He works for the developer of ARMA2 and in the last four months he's probably sold more copies of the game than they've sold in their entire history and you're telling me you don't think they're going to let him do what is needed to keep selling?

Bullshit.

If that's true, BIS gets what they deserve, which isn't much at all.

Uhh, what?

How is that even remotely what I said?

It's not a matter of what they will let him do, it's a question of what is technically possible. DayZ is a mod right now. It is limited in functionality to what the mod scripting language is capable of doing. That's just it. That's how the system functions, period.

I think BI has every intention of "letting" rocket do what he needs to do - when DayZ goes stand-alone it will most likely be based on the ARMA 3 engine. Making a bunch of major changes to ARMA 2 to support DayZ would be completely wasted effort because they're not going to base DayZ on ARMA 2. It's an outdated engine that Bohemia has already replaced. Why would they dump hundreds of hours into ARMA 2 development for DayZ just to turn around and flush it all down the toilet 3 months from now?

So, right now rocket is going to continue working on DayZ as a mod, experimenting with what he can do with the mod, until ARMA 3 goes Beta later this year.

Then the code will be branched, rocket and team will get a version of the ARMA 3 engine and they will begin work on DayZ stand-alone.

At this point I'm guessing more resources will be dedicated to DayZ as well, and some hiring might even take place.

Until then, patience is a virtue.

Edited July 31, 2012 by ZedsDeadBaby

[Swineflew 480]

If big issues were easy to be fixed not only would they not be big issues, but they'd be fixed.

I hate posts like this. If these fixes are so easy, go ahead and feel free to submit the fixes to rocket.

[Izziee 128]

Actually didn't read the post (Oh, I do read long posts! but when they start off with a whiny title, I can't be arsed).

So, I'll go by the title.

First thing, he can do what he wants, when he wants, why? because it's HIS mod.

Secondly, I guess you don't realise adding such a tiny bit of code can end up breaking the whole thing. So yes, adding small baby steps IS the way to go, not throwing a ton of shit in, breaking it and not being able to find the source.

Did I also mention that it's his mod and he can do what the fuck he wants with it? Not like you paid for it or anything...I hope, cos that would be dumb.

[RayPugh 146]

it would seem development has slowed somwhat and the addition of new features has all but haulted. you need patience, and the community as a whole has very little

WE WANT MOAR STUFF ROCKET! NERD RAGE

Edited July 31, 2012 by RayPugh

[MayhemMike 3]

This mod will never reach Beta status let alone being able to go to standalone.

so why are you here wasting your and our time?

[sausagekingofchicago 4711]

edit: wrong thread. my bad :D

Edited July 31, 2012 by SausageKingofChicago

[daze23 549]

A lot of the fixes being done, are performance related. New stuff can only be added, when the performance have been improved. I'm pretty sure I heard that somewhere.

Stop telling people what to do, to cater to your needs.

yep, and rocket has said a few times that performance is top priority. the game needs to be running smoothly before worrying about all these minor issues

[redfield-77 315]

They are doing exactly what you are suggesting already. The fact that Dayz has not even settled on an engine for the retail version means this is in the conceptual phase.

Hence..... This is alpha

*Edit: Decided against the <Leonidas version of this is alpha>

Edited July 31, 2012 by Redfield

[Spidey (DayZ) 78]

I don't even actually think this game is ever gonna be finished. I don't know if Rocket is making at least some money or not on this, but he will eventually, and a day might come when he just gives up. Happened to so fucking much mods....

[L0G!N (DayZ) 149]

After reading this thread: http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/54319-petition-to-actually-do-something-about-hackersscripters/ and running into my first hacker today, i must change my stance on one things... Up untill now i have always considdered 'hackers' to be of the minor cheating code injectors, but apparently they take over whole servers and the whole game. That is a major issue, so actually my stance isn't changed, my perception of hacking in this game has been changed, where it falls under the catagory, it breaks the game to such an extend that it prevents the game from running. Which as decribed in my OP is a thing that truely NEEDS fixing!