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DayZ - zombie apocalypse online FFA permadeath survival Arma II mod

My first day was a rough day. I ended up dying twice to zombies, once to a bandit, and I have currently found a sum total of one empty whiskey bottle.. that is it.

Maybe next time I will have a better go of it. Just being so new you don't know how close you can get to zombies, what buildings you can enter, etc. I have a lot to learn. :)
 
so the temperature goes down way too quick and going indoors doesn't stop or get you warmer.. are they trying to decrease the amount of players that log in everyday? lol
 
Heads up for those who indulge in comfy couch mode. ARMA2 has an xbox 360 control profile. It works very well, buttons are labelled in game and will obviously allow for k/b+mouse control similtaneosly. I played around with this schematic in the map editor to get the hang of it and played last nights session with it. I am going to look into remapping a few controller buttons - left shift to initiate run, up/down d-pad for misc functions I can't think of right now at work. I think this control method works better in DayZ than ARMA as there asren't all the unit commands to encompass. And I'm lazy - after doing work on a PC all day the last thing I want to do is go and sit a desk again for 5+hours..
 
Dwarden said:
i made simple installers (since 1.5.5), they w/o any warranty

quick job in NSIS (nullsoft installer) and nowhere perfect state

offline (1.5.8.2)
(complete file download, just installs and drop 2 shortcut on your desktop, one for OA 1.60 engine and one for OA 1.61 beta engine)
http://cdn.armafiles.info/installer/dwarden-simpler-installers/DayZ-1582-full-with-shortcuts.exe


online (atm. 1.5.8.2)
(small file, all files downloaded from dayz site, just installs and drop 2 shortcut on your desktop, one for OA 1.60 engine and one for OA 1.61 beta engine)

http://cdn.armafiles.info/installer/dwarden-simpler-installers/DayZ-online-with-shortcuts.exe



...

these are nowhere near official or perfect, just raw...

if anyone want share NSIS masterskills or wisdom with me
feel free to do so e.g. at
irc.gamesurge.net channel #DayZ
irc://irc.gamesurge.net/DayZ

WARNING:
1. You should RUN STEAM via "run as administator"
2. and start ARMA 2 once , then exit
3. then start ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead via the desktop shortcuts from installers


Note: installers support any distribution not just STEAM
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Thanks for taking the time to do this. :) Are you working directly on the DayZ team, or part-time support for it?
 
INDIGO_CYCLOPS said:
CHKilroy videos of him playing other ARMA mods show ACRE. He was Switching shit quite fast so it seems much better. I agree, a new UI that makes sense would be great.
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ACRE's the awesome radio mod, that gear screen is from ACE, which is from the ridiculous (but awesome?) realism mod.
 
bengraven said:
Just installed ARMA2. My god this thing runs like shit on my PC. Turning down to 1024x768 resolution.

Feels Bad Man.

Oh well. Time to install Day Z.



Also, I can't join any multiplayer games for some reason? Keeps disconnecting me.
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What are you running it on? I've been tempted but I'm concerned my computer ain't up to snuff.
 
Lowest settings possible represent!

Also - is there a way to easily manually update the mod if I'm using the non steam version? I'm using 6-Updater, but its not pushing out the 1.5.8.2 patch so I'm stuck with 1.5.8.1
 
mik83kuu said:
I don't understand how hard can it be to extract a bunch of .rars into a specific folder.
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There are other variables though - I had a saga with the install from Bohemia where there is no outline re: copying files from ARMA2 install to Operation Arrowhead install. Lucky for me wolfmat pointed me in the right direction after trying so many times to get Combined Operations running. There isn't one method that works for everybody. Maybe the OP should be updated to reflect the different conditions for installing both titles and the mod as a lot of us have had issues.
 
Mendelevium said:
Extollere_NeoGAF was killed



As soon as i join a random server, haha!
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I die a lot. I'm dumb.

Actually I was doing pretty well. Until I joined up with a random survivor near a warehouse. Everything was cool. We heard a sniper, and the dude started popping off his gun at nothing. I tried to disband but I turn around the corner and get swamped by a pile of aggro zombies, heh. You can never be too trusting that your partner will know how to act. I say that as a complete hypocrite too by the way. If you see me, I will probably get you killed somehow. I managed to kill myself in a porta potty.
 
kai3345 said:
Lowest settings possible represent!

Also - is there a way to easily manually update the mod if I'm using the non steam version? I'm using 6-Updater, but its not pushing out the 1.5.8.2 patch so I'm stuck with 1.5.8.1
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Same problem so far, let us know if you find a solution.
 
I found a pack for the first time (Czech with 16? slots) and it took me seriously 15 minutes to figure out how the hell to pick it up. And that's only after someone told me how in the chat by using the mouse wheel while hovering over it.

I also simultaneously found out you could put stuff in the pack :/. And I've played this game for probably 10 hours already. So much loot passed over because I didn't know this.
 
ameratsu said:
I found a pack for the first time (Czech with 16? slots) and it took me seriously 15 minutes to figure out how the hell to pick it up. And that's only after someone told me how in the chat by using the mouse wheel while hovering over it.

I also simultaneously found out you could put stuff in the pack :/. And I've played this game for probably 10 hours already. So much loot passed over because I didn't know this.
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I just found out today that you can move stuff to your pack directly and I've got 40 hours now. The inventory system is as obtuse as it gets.
 
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Another victim. 500 meter head shot protecting indigo.
 
I fixed my OA installation by dumping the content of the Expansion/Addons folder and redownloading that. So if you're getting the C0000005 crash all the time, that's one thing to consider. Something around 4.5 GB? (Edit: The Steam integrity check simply didn't catch it because of the copied-over files it can't account for; however, the copying is obsolete once it's been done once, I think, meaning I didn't have to copy again after redownloading, OA seemed to be capable of finding the ArmA 2 installation at that point. I don't want to think about it anymore.)

Anyway, 1.5.8.2 is running like a charm, that much I can say. Of course I don't enjoy the rightclick style for the inventory. I don't really have a problem with how the Winchester plays out now though, you just gotta start considering teaming up with at least one other dude at this point and you'll always stand your ground if you're not reckless. No tears here, sorry rocket.

Gotta figure out animal spawning mechanics at some point. I want to get into reliable hunting.

There's a little much wood laying around, I have to say. And I can't find backpacks anymore. But that's probably just the nature of randomness, eh?

Can't say I can confirm that zombies are attracted to flares and chemlights now, and I also haven't seen them investigating player deaths. Not sure if that stuff actually works.

About these "Just unRAR the archives" comments: Well, no shit. That's not the part that can really go wrong. The moving parts are the two ArmA installations, whether or not OA realizes there's a Chernarus up for grabs without copying, settings incoherencies between games, multiple profiles not working out, auto-BattlEye not triggering initially, the mod asking for CBA_MAIN, but not actually wanting it, the difference in terms of features between stable and beta versions of OA, weird stuff like that. Not impossible to handle, but you gotta go through the motions.

Guess most got lucky! That's supergreat.
 
In a scenario where you're trapped on a rooftop with little ammo, are you basically fucked? I find it pretty ridiculous I can't go down a ladder on the other side to evade these assholes. Smartest undead ever.
 
Neverfade said:
In a scenario where you're trapped on a rooftop with little ammo, are you basically fucked? I find it pretty ridiculous I can't go down a ladder on the other side to evade these assholes. Smartest undead ever.
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go prone and wait for them to loose aggro or find another player

use tin cans, whisky bottles or smoke grenades if you have them


or just change server
 
That's a welcome change. A friend and I spent like 10 minutes running around trying to set a fire up the other day, just spamming the command everywhere. I was so afraid some sniper would put us out of our misery.
 
MasLegio said:
go prone and wait for them to loose aggro or find another player

use tin cans, whisky bottles or smoke grenades if you have them


or just change server
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Ah, I had no idea they'd eventually lose aggro. I tried tossing a flare but they gave zero shits about that. I'll have to keep smoke handy and try that next time.
 
in dayz-forums people defending wood loot locations and complaining about nights being too dark

is this game only played by elitist brownnosing city people douchebags?
 
How is ARMA II going to look and run on a dual core E8500/GTX285 in 1280x1024 or less? Is ~30fps with decent looks possible?

I'm thinking 15 euros on Steam is as low as it's gonna get for a while. The mod doesn't need the expansions, right?

Would ARMA II Free show me how performance will be? I heard it's not an updated build and looks shit.

I'm downloading it. Unless there's a more decent/recent actual demo you guys can link me to.
 
Alextended said:
How is ARMA II going to look and run on a dual core E8500/GTX285 in 1280x1024 or less?

In Youtube footage on an E8500 with a lesser graphics card it seemed smooth enough but I can't just trust that.

I'm thinking 15 on Steam euros is as low as it's gonna get for a while. The mod doesn't need the expansions, right?

Would ARMA II Free show me how performance will be? But I heard it's not an updated build and looks shit.

I'm downloading it. Unless there's a more decent/recent actual demo you guys can link me to.
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you need arma 2 AND Operation Arrowhead
 
Ah, okay... What about the rest?

Edit: wait on page one someone said something about ARMA 3 engine, this won't continue development on ARMA 2?
 
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