Newest Updates

[team_player 42]

Hey I was thinking that due to recent updates it would be a good idea for us new players if some kind of verteran could explain to us the updates in the simplest form please, it would be greatly appreciated.

[Envirobear2000 0]

Well, I don't get why you couldn't just look at the changelog, but whatever;

1. They fixed this glitch everyone got when looking at dead soldiers (scenery, not actual players) where giant shapes would come out of them and obscure your view. It can still happen with barbed wire and maybe some other things though.

2. When you get a vehicle or a tent to put stuff in you can save them. But for the last patch, this hasn't been working, so the vehicles would reset to their spawns instead of returning where you left them. This has apparently been fixed, though I'll believe it when I see it! :D

3. You used to be able to change Revolver ammo to M1911 ammo and vice versa, and it would reset the clip to full ammo. You could use this to get infinite ammo as long as you never finished a magazine. Now, you just get the amount of ammo that was in the clip when you convert it to the new type of clip.

4. Now bear traps have a chance to spawn on hunter zombies.

5. They made it so you can switch between three types of HUD; default (with no debug), debug (with everything) and nothing. However, this broke the GUI and now if you have debug on the rest of the HUD will remain static (meaning, it won't update at all - so it's basically useless).

That's it.

[Bludy 324]

1) use sixlauncher or (?) dayz commander

2) download the torrent of 1.7.2.6 and paste the files in arma2,@dayz , addons folder

3)download newest beta, run it, paste the files from expansion beta folder into arma2 folder..(verify beta version by details)

sorry for not posting links or videos or shit, but it's quite simple..really

looking at the other answer i think i didn't understand the point of this thread..anyway the other guy explained in simple and nice way so ok i guess...

Edited September 7, 2012 by Bludy

[Mr Chewy 3]

They should add like a wheel clamp so that other players cannot steel cars unless they have the tool box, and have some sort of mechanism to build keys, or cars that need to be hotwired, because stealing peoples car is just far too easy!

[team_player 42]

Yeah sorry I can't see it atm my DayZ computer is getting repairs so thanks for the info and that car wheel clamp is a good idea

[Sula 1205]

Team-player, ignore Envirobear, he thinks you are asking for a list of all the changes the new upate has made to the game, unless that's what you are looking for. Otherwise, you probably need someone to explain to you the process of getting and updating with the latest patch but unfortunately, it's can be a little complicated. And a total bloody nightmare if, like me, you are not used to updating your computer.

I just posted a similar but less positive thread in the surivor forum. I can never get dayz updates to go smoothly.

There are youtube vids on updating dayz manually, via dayzlauncher, and by other means. It depends on how you play/access the game.

Bludy, that's very helpful, thanks! :thumbsup:

Edited September 7, 2012 by Sula

[Mr Chewy 3]

If you guys are having problems download Day Z Commander, as it updates everything for you, arma 2, Day Z, Lingor Island, and they just released a new map called Takistan!!