Logging out for hours (or days) at a time

[twiggy550 0]

So, I've been playing for a while, but I was curious. Say you stopped playing for a week and you came back to the game. Does your character just have flashing food and water and need immediate attention? Or does he die?

I know that being logged out, your character still "progresses" unless that's a bug... but I highly doubt it. Either way I was just wondering if they die or hang on by a thread until you log into a server.

[Legacy (DayZ) 1091]

Usually you just need to eat/drink and thats about it unless something is stated otherwise in a future update.

[twiggy550 0]

Alright so your character doesn't die then if you're logged out for weeks at a time, he'll just need food and drink on entry. Good to know.

I just wanted to make sure I wasn't playing a zombie survival game with a "tamagotchi" type system built in for when you aren't playing. :p

[ZogVarnoka 26]

The needing food and drink are server dependent btw. Some servers you log back into will require you to eat and drink, others will leave you at fully sated. I have to figure out why some do this and others do not.

[ButcherPete 0]

Well, I starved to death in a couple minutes flat after taking a day off from DayZ. Pretty frustrating to drop dead after 20 hours without food or water. I guess I should've saved that last can of sardines...

[twiggy550 0]

The needing food and drink are server dependent btw. Some servers you log back into will require you to eat and drink' date=' others will leave you at fully sated. I have to figure out why some do this and others do not.

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I honestly had no idea, because I was wondering about that as well.

It'd be cool if it was just completely streamlined. Or at least more apparent because that seems like important information to me.

[robotco 0]

this. this is my biggest gripe about the game. i certainly don't have the time to play often. maybe only on the weekends if i'm lucky, and even then for only an hour or so. so i log back in and then die almost instantly. others say, 'hey that's your fault. should have found some food and water.' if i'm on for only an hour a week and i don't happen to come across any food or water, having my progress lost is extremely frustrating. just my 2 cents but i'd really like to see a saved state mechanic implemented.

[Oddball_E8 1]

Yeah... I... well...

oh just read my signature...