DayZ

[padman59]

I'm going to try this out today, my goal is to survive 7 minutes.

I'm still downloading Operation Arrowhead.

[A Tasty Burgerr]

Yeah my download for the Compined Ops took about 5 hours haha

[Maynard]

Ive watched videos and have no idea wtf is going on.

me neither...i thought it looked kind of dumb with extremely bad graphics

post some feedback ATB when u get a chance...like to get some impressions

[jms493]

i watched some twitch feeds and i was entertained.....it is basically a survival game and you can do what you want with it. Zombie apocalypse...........survive however you see fit.

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I ran around for like 15 minutes looking for a gun. All I found was a Pepsi and some bullets. Zombies chased me for like another 10 minutes until they cornered me and I died.

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I just respawned and ran to the top of a hill, there is literally nothing but trees for like a hundred miles around me...

[padman59]

Everything looked like it was installed fine, and it froze when I tried to join a server. Now, I'm having problems with DayZ not loading when I launch Combined Ops.

I'll try to sort it out tomorrow.

[padman59]

Finally got it to work. Fumbling through the darkness, I found myself in this mess:

 

(If you can't make it out, I was in the middle of about 15 zombies. It was night. Best quality I could do with a basic kit.)

[BazookaJoe5]

I'm a fan of the game but I think I'm waiting until it gets to at least beta before I play it again. Just lost a 10 day character with a L85A2 AWS because bandaging wouldn't work. It's frustrating, to say the least. The game would be amazing without the bugs.

[Maynard]

found much better video on the game

much cooler than the original video.

So what exactly would i need to buy and have in order to play this day z mod? the guy in the video talks about some high rez DLC as an option, but that u must have Arma 2 and some operation something dlc??

[Swarley]

So what exactly would i need to buy and have in order to play this day z mod? the guy in the video talks about some high rez DLC as an option, but that u must have Arma 2 and some operation something dlc??

I know you need ARMA 2 and ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead, which comes as a package on Steam called ARMA 2: Combined Operations. Beyond that I'm not real sure.

[padman59]

In order to run Day Z, you currently need ARMA 2: Combined Ops, the latest ARMA beta patch, and the latest Day Z mod files.

These are the instructions that I followed to get it to work on my PC if you want an idea of how it works:

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/1808-guide-installation-guide-steam-retail-mixed-beta-common-errors/

It's not hard to set up once you have everything.

Combined Ops runs for $30 MSRP. The lowest I've seen the bundle go for is $15 a few months ago on Amazon, and I'd be surprised if you'll see a much better deal than that given the popularity of Day Z.

The creator is also working on a standalone Day Z program. Though I'm not quite sure if he's going to go the route of Minecraft and charge for access while it's still in development.

[Maynard]

what i think is sweet is the perma death. u really have to play a strategic game of survival. are u playing padman? what do you think?

seems like from the video i watched tonight that you have to worry more about other players rather than the zombies.

have u played the arma games? if so what do u think of those? does the mod add on basically kill the arma game? meaning if you have the day z mod installed can u still play the arma game as well or is it one or the other

[padman59]

I like the survival aspect of it, but it can be a little daunting. You start off with just a pack containing painkillers, a bandage, and a flashlight. You're completely on your own finding weapons and equipment, and it can be hard. The most I've found so far was an ammo cache and some road flares.

I haven't run into any players yet, but you really can't underestimate the zombies. If you take one misstep around one, they'll be on you like stink on shit, and you can have a hard time losing them once you aggro them. It also sucks if you spawn a new character at night because the zombies appear to be attracted to the flashlight if you use it, and you can't see much of anything if you don't use it.

Now, there are also some glitches. One of the more prominent ones right now is a graphical glitch that I've experienced when there are a lot of buildings in my FOV, and it really limits how much you can see. I also just experienced a glitch where I opened a door, and when I tried walking through the doorway, I ended up with a broken leg with no way to fix it.

I haven't played the ARMA games past the tutorial, but you should still be able to play them even after you install Day Z. There are "launchers" that you can download that can easily turn off the mod and let you play the base games.

[A Tasty Burgerr]

I think the most frustrating part for me was having no idea which buildings were enterable and which weren't, that put me in some tight spots. I'm sure you get accustomed to that pretty quickly though.