DayZ Zombie RPG (Unofficial Mod) Alpha

[DiFool 0]

Tried this mod the 1st time today. Took an hour or so to get into game. Spawned in an empty world eith unmoving players around me. Someone told me via TS to crawl around and look for a map. Honestly speaking I don't understand why so many ppl are playing this mod. Is it me doing something wrong or what? Sorry for asking a likely stupid but I don't want to read through all 100 pages here.

[styxx42 0]

Six Launcher Beta with DayZ support; easy mod install/update and joining servers available for testing!

http://forums.bistudio.com/showthread.php?118605-Six-Updater-Install-Update-mods-missions-Delta-patching-Server-browser-and-more!&p=2152990&viewfull=1#post2152990

Yeahhh

Thanks SB.

[rfc 10]

Tried this mod the 1st time today. Took an hour or so to get into game. Spawned in an empty world eith unmoving players around me. Someone told me via TS to crawl around and look for a map. Honestly speaking I don't understand why so many ppl are playing this mod. Is it me doing something wrong or what? Sorry for asking a likely stupid but I don't want to read through all 100 pages here.

Nope, this basically is it :-) Watch some videos from youtube to get a sense about how it works; it doesn't appeal necessarily to everyone.

[defwen 12]

Well, I am not so familiar with the Chernarus map, and it was always when I died.

So I wouldn't call being stuck in the middle of the island with basic equipment and during pitch black darkness as lucky :P

Atleast you can go to every direction. In Kamenka I cant:)

[paecmaker 23]

Tried this mod the 1st time today. Took an hour or so to get into game. Spawned in an empty world eith unmoving players around me. Someone told me via TS to crawl around and look for a map. Honestly speaking I don't understand why so many ppl are playing this mod. Is it me doing something wrong or what? Sorry for asking a likely stupid but I don't want to read through all 100 pages here.

(in bold) What do you mean with this, empty like there are nothing and what about the players?)

This mod is about survival, in the beginning you only got just enough things to survive for a short time, but no map, watch or compass. If you want these things as well as more weapons and food/water you need to scavenge.

Everyone wont like it but its about survival and that is what many love about this mod, you are on your own and there is no one holding your hand.

[DiFool 0]

C

(in bold) What do you mean with this, empty like there are nothing and what about the players?)

This mod is about survival, in the beginning you only got just enough things to survive for a short time, but no map, watch or compass. If you want these things as well as more weapons and food/water you need to scavenge.

Everyone wont like it but its about survival and that is what many love about this mod, you are on your own and there is no one holding your hand.

Empty means just a plain map without grass, trees, buildings. Only a few players standing and lying around in the spawn area (even all my gear slots empty). Only butterflies and birds have been flying around.

Gonna check rfc's link now.

Edited May 20, 2012 by DiFool

[Beagle 684]

Empty means just a plain map without grass, trees, buildings. Only a few players standing and lying around in the spawn area. Only butterflies and birds have been flying around.

Gonna check rfc's link now.

You're simply not initialized then. Try another server at a less populated time. The mod is of couse not like that.

[griffz 1]

a lot of server continue to tell me (not all) that my CBA key aren't recognize by server. i use the last hotfix from armaholic. how can i kniow wich version i should use ?

[paecmaker 23]

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Empty means just a plain map without grass, trees, buildings. Only a few players standing and lying around in the spawn area (even all my gear slots empty). Only butterflies and birds have been flying around.

Gonna check rfc's link now.

In other words it looks like this?

Its a bug, this isnt how the game is supposed to be, all you can do is to try to reconnect again, maybe in a different server.

[Nicholas 5]

a lot of server continue to tell me (not all) that my CBA key aren't recognize by server. i use the last hotfix from armaholic. how can i kniow wich version i should use ?

You do not need CBA to play this mod. Just download the files at the DayZ website, those are all you need.

[paecmaker 23]

a lot of server continue to tell me (not all) that my CBA key aren't recognize by server. i use the last hotfix from armaholic. how can i kniow wich version i should use ?

you cant use any other mods with dayz.

[griffz 1]

i didn't think about this possibility... can it make problem ?

edit: YES I MAKES PROBLEM.

i'm now in the wild, it's the night :F

Edited May 20, 2012 by griffz

[The Hebrew Hammer 10]

Well I'd love to play this mod but I can't seem to get into any servers, which is pissing me off. I'm using six updater to make sure everything in terms of mods is good to go. And I get stuck at the receiving data screen. Is there a barney style explanation of how to do this? I've never used SIX until this mod came out because I'm typically a guy who builds his own missions and plays single player.

[BigMorgan 11]

Hope they find a way to streamline the server application process.

[TGW] has been hosting an Arma 2 server for over 2 years but without a better process we're (I guess) at the back of the line for being able to host. :(

[kremator 1065]

Really enjoying this ! More servers the better IMHO !

[Feint 137]

I tried this for the first time today. My personal experience was that I was able to get onto one server, then I was killed after about 15 minutes and got kicked from the server by BattleEye for "invalid name". After that, I was able to log into two other servers, but just kept loading for 10-25 minutes before I tried another server. Joined another server and after about 10 minutes entered some kind of debug mode at around 00, 10, NW of Pavlovo. People on the server were calling it the "Debug Forest", but maybe that just caught on as it was happening to about 20 out of 30 potential players. I couldn't move until after I respawned, and then I couldn't see my 3rd person unit body but I could see my 1st person unit body. Also, there was no ambient sound nor any weapon sounds. I could hear the menu sounds though, i.e. adding and removing objects from the inventory. No visible HUD. Got onto a second server for about 2 minutes before desync dropped me from the server. Never successfully got into the normal play mode after that, just the "debug" mode. Total trying time was about 3.5 hours. Total playing time was about 20 minutes of actual gameplay. It was interesting. Saw a player silhouetted against a tall hill when I first spawned so I ran to his flank and disappeared. Tracked him for a short while but was dropped from the server. I tried several different servers with different max players from 30 to 75 with relatively the same problems. I also saw a lot of CBA errors with other players and most servers listed CBA as required though I didn't see that listed in the requirements on the armaholic page.

EDIT: I deactivated CBA and was able to get onto two servers easily tonight. Maybe that was the problem.

I'm sure this has been suggested already, but if there's a way to turn off the in-game chat on the servers except for the Direct channel, that would be ideal for several reasons. Looks like a fun mod.

BTW, happy birthday Rocket

Edited May 21, 2012 by Feint

[rfc 10]

Well I'd love to play this mod but I can't seem to get into any servers, which is pissing me off. I'm using six updater to make sure everything in terms of mods is good to go. And I get stuck at the receiving data screen. Is there a barney style explanation of how to do this? I've never used SIX until this mod came out because I'm typically a guy who builds his own missions and plays single player.

The problem you're describing has nothing to do with Six Updater. Six Updater is only a very useful helper to keep all the mods, in your case probably DayZ installed/updated without much fuzz.

Everyone has the "Receiving" screen problem on most server, that's just a current problem with the mod or the servers or who known and they're working on fixing it.

[paecmaker 23]

Well I'd love to play this mod but I can't seem to get into any servers, which is pissing me off. I'm using six updater to make sure everything in terms of mods is good to go. And I get stuck at the receiving data screen. Is there a barney style explanation of how to do this? I've never used SIX until this mod came out because I'm typically a guy who builds his own missions and plays single player.

It takes a long time, over 15 minutes if you are unlucky.

[krycek 349]

Feint,you only need the dayz mod and nothing else.In my experience after you receive "Waiting for server response" if you dont enter after max 2-3 mins then try another host.I never ever managed to play if it takes longer than that.You either end up waiting in a endless loop or just spawn in the debug forest.

[kremator 1065]

Wow ... grats on this mod. 100 pages in just over a month! Just superb. Welcome to all the new players to the best game in the worldTM (and it just keeps getting better and better!)

Regarding the mission, I too have found that if it takes over about 3 minutes to get in, try another server!

[txalin 2]

holy shit, take a look to arma2 sales on steam o_0

http://steamgraph.net/index.php?action=graph&jstime=1&appid=33930q107400q33910q33900&from=1325376000000&to=End+Time

[fruity_rudy 16]

i hit the filter for players on server yesterday, and i saw trillions of dayZ servers. Thats insane. I played this mod, but i don't get the whole intention. Running away from zombies and killing other humans to grab their gear and make em rage :) ??

[rfc 10]

i hit the filter for players on server yesterday, and i saw trillions of dayZ servers. Thats insane. I played this mod, but i don't get the whole intention. Running away from zombies and killing other humans to grab their gear and make em rage :) ??

Check :-)

Though I never murdered another player yet, only had shot a Bandit who was after me the last time. Man this was thrilling, my body shook still some time after it happened ...

[fruity_rudy 16]

Well i can't really get into it. I played with Gossamer so god damn much of warfare, so this "simple" running around and nothing happens is pretty lame. But maybe it gets more interesting. One annoying thing the keeps me away from it, ze zombies can hit you through walls and stuff. Maybe in a full release, not alpha or beta, it's more playable..i simply don't get, why there are so many servers (all full) only because of running around, or better running away from zombies. I don#t wanna say it's a bad mod, i just don#t understand ..sorry

[NoRailgunner 0]

Seems that the masses are just happy shooting at each other and dumb zombies.... Imo this "Panicing sound effect" is just too artificial/bad - let the player decide himself in what kind of state he really is.