Day Z - A zombie survival mod!

Okay, I may be completely dense here but what's a whitelisting server?

Humphry wrote:Okay, I may be completely dense here but what's a whitelisting server?

A server you can only get in/get past a starting "cage" if you're account/gametag/name is on a whitelist.

Ahhhh, okay. That's rather simple and I do feel like a fool *facepalm*

I'm contemplating getting back into this now since I'm all worked up about the standalone. The server sounds pretty sweet from the quick little look I've given the site. Do you guys have a proper group on there or anything?

Humphry wrote:Ahhhh, okay. That's rather simple and I do feel like a fool *facepalm*

I'm contemplating getting back into this now since I'm all worked up about the standalone. The server sounds pretty sweet from the quick little look I've given the site. Do you guys have a proper group on there or anything?

Mikasa joined some group that goes around helping players, Nifty and I are still lonewolfing as far as clans are concerned but we've had run ins with friendly clans we might later join. Otherwise we're just traversing the big bad world together.

Whoa. This sounds fun, real fun. But what's the computer requirements?

Dwyburn wrote:Whoa. This sounds fun, real fun. But what's the computer requirements?

It's not that bad. My laptopt can run it on low requirement no problem. Though I prefer to steal Lilath's computer whenever I can.

Hmm.. I should check it out then. This laptop here supposedly is pretty powerful, but I hardly ever play games other than 1000k years old wow on it

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/intro.aspx

Actually has DayZ listed, not just ArmA 2. If you don't mind low res textures you can simply buy the expansion off Steam and use their free version of ArmA 2 to run it. That's what I've been doing and it's very playable, though I do regret not forking out that extra £10 and getting Combined Ops for the HD textures, but that's just me.

If I get the time to hit this up during the week I may have to give that server a try, looks good.

Passed like a dream, thanks for the helpful link, Humps!

Now I only need to work out how Steam works and the details of the rest of your post some time when I'm not quite as sleepy as I am now

Sadly it seems Steam have done away with their "Demo" of ArmA 2 which you used to be able to install and then buy the expansion and play fine just with low res textures and save £10. So it seems you'll have to pick up Combined Operations for £25 (which is you ask me is worth the £10 for the HD textures) and install the Mod. I've always used the Six Launcher to download and install this mod and never had any trouble.

Dwyburn wrote:Hmm.. I should check it out then. This laptop here supposedly is pretty powerful, but I hardly ever play games other than 1000k years old wow on it

Don't worry if you get FPS issues, as we said before, it is due to how in depth the Arma II AI design is. It is still brilliant fun even with these problems. I just can't wait till they fix that, then the game will be flawless.

Got onto that server this afternoon and after 5 mins of walking through Kamenka I managed to find better loot than I have done with a half hour run through Cherno or Elektro on other servers. Though I have to say, I forgot how on edge those damn ChimpanZ's make me when I'm alone. God damn I hate the noises they make!

Humphry wrote:Got onto that server this afternoon and after 5 mins of walking through Kamenka I managed to find better loot than I have done with a half hour run through Cherno or Elektro on other servers. Though I have to say, I forgot how on edge those damn ChimpanZ's make me when I'm alone. God damn I hate the noises they make!

What of the servers? We're on RP2 as they share different databases now.

I was on RP1 this afternoon since it had the most people on. Sadly that character got screwed over. Been so long since I played I broke all the rules while in that little town and got had by the zombies lol

Eira wrote:

What of the servers? We're on RP2 as they share different databases now.

I don't think they have seperate hives yet. I've been able to go from one server to another and keep the position I logged out at with the same gear.

Yeah, after a little faffing this week we finally managed to get Kitt's account set up and whitelisted (we couldn't make 2 accounts with the same IP on the site, had to get the admin to do it in the end) and they do still share the same Hive. I jumped onto RP2 with her last night and tonight and my character was the same as my RP1 one. Not run into any people yet but had had better luck with loot drops so far. Nothing amazing as it's just been small town and barn raids while popping into a could of deer stands along the way, but we both have shotguns and pistols (Kitt's wielding an Uzi atm lol). So overall I'm liking the way it's going.

Awesome. I'm still to properly set up since whitelisting got implemented the other week but I should be up to speeds soon enough. Just make sure if we run in that Kitt doesn't shoot me with a damn Uzi.

I once killed Humphry for his tin of sardines.

Also I swear this game is bad for my blood pressure. We were clearing this barn when a crouching zombie FLEW THROUGH IT about 15ft off the ground. I'm not sure if I want them to fix the glitches, or keep them in for sheer terror effect.

Also it's much more fun when you set yourself 'objectives'. Ours are currently:
• Make it to the Trading post alive
But also to get the things we need to be survivalists, ie:
• Matches
• Hunting knife
• Hatchet

Going well so far.

Just be carefull when you approach the TP. Some bandits like to run around near it.

I've managed to find an ATV, NVG & GPS, even a tent... but I still can't find matches! ;__;

Nifty wrote:I've managed to find an ATV, NVG & GPS, even a tent... but I still can't find matches! ;__;

When I find you, i'm going to do real bad things to you...

All I need right now is a Coyote and a rangefinder. I've got everything else with an SVD and a M16 Acog as weapons. :3

Me and Drengi are currently flying around in the helicopter looking for stupid people I can take down with the machine gun.

Nifty wrote:I've managed to find an ATV, NVG & GPS, even a tent... but I still can't find matches! ;__;

Kitt and I found two tents last night. One was near this little ring of benches and an outhouse at the top of a hill, looked like a really cool place for a campsite, but way to obvious. Then, about 5 mins walk east we found one on the side of a hill near a pond. There was a guy in a ghillie suit with what looked like an M107 alone the road near it. We were just working out if we should try and rush the guy and hold him up at gunpoint, or raid his tent while he was distracted and then vanish before he spotted us when the servers went down. I'm figuring if he had those goodies on him, he'll have a tasty stash in his tent for us to nab when we log in next time.

But yeah, matches in this game in general seem pretty rare to find, I've only every found 3 boxes in my entire time playing.

I randomly started bleeding and fell unconcious when walking (upright) through a door to a firestation, lost my NVG and GPS :'(

But 5 minutes after spawn I found matches! Yeah, totally worth it! \o/