DayZ standalone

[jelly]

No, that's not the kind I meant, but either way the SVD won't be added for a long time so I'm not interested in trading yet. Besides, I died, so I lost my massive cache of 5.56. I only have a reasonable cache now.

[Daz]

Also Daz I got another one of those clip things if you're still rolling with the double rifle?

Hahahahaha.

 

Did you even see my pictures?

 

Not only did I ditch the double rifle for the SKS, but I found like a gazillion more SKS rifles, over 100 rounds, 2 stripper clips, but then ditched all that for the M4 I now have which is easily the best thing in the world. It feels so damn nice.

 

I have a pretty hefty hoard of 5.56x45mm in some ammo cans, I am willing to dish some out to you jelly if you ever need any. I also noticed if you empty a 40 round mag into your inventory the stack empties to 40 instead of 30, which is handy. I haven't tried it with the 60 rounder but that would be a good space saving tool.

 

I doubt I am really going to get to a point to give this second revolver away so I may as well bin it along with a load of other stuff. I feel my need to search has declined.

 

That is always why I feel the more people playing together the better. I won't ever feel bad because you can just share all your equipment. It just breaks my heart to leave a gun or ammo laying around.

 

Once you condition me out of my looting OCD you kind of have broken my need to play. If I didn't have this M4 or pistol clip, I probably wouldn't care much if I got killed right about now.

Edited March 3, 2014 by Daz

[FullMetal]

Gasmask for sure bro. Also in the meantime I'll try to get a decent survivor up then. About to hit the server and check it out.

[OysterBarron]

The looting side of it is about making sacrifices. All though I would like some more space making decisions on what to keep and what to throw is a big part of the game. Once you're at the top it's all about taking risks. You can be the guy shooting zombies instead of stealthing it up everywhere. Making other players sh*t themselves if they have only just started out. I look forward to the day my character meets his maker to be fair he has had a good run!

[FullMetal]

Daz you are online? What's your steam ID bro? Found SKS with 8 rounds... some .357 and .45 rounds. Making my way inlands.

[Daz]

I will pm you my details. I will be Daz ingame though. However I probably won't be on today (due to the GTAV DLC update I will be messing with.) But I will probably be on Wednesday.

 

I have a lot of ammo and goodies to share if you need them. You can have a spare Colt Python if you like.

 

Usually a good tip is to learn what buildings actually have anything decent. At this moment in time there are a lot of residential buildings that just don't have f*ck all in them.

 

Out of normal houses I only usually check the large ones with the piano in them as that has great loot, and occasionally the ones that have the café attached. Other than that I would suggest searching an office block, and either quit out and rejoin later when the server has reset or join other servers with barely any people so that you can find some good sh*t with little to no worry for your life.

 

You can have the 2 SKS clips I have and about 100 rounds of ammo if you like.

 

@Oyster: My new headset came today. Hell yeah.

Edited March 4, 2014 by Daz

[FullMetal]

Great, will add you. I'm about to hop on again and check it out. Thanks for the help, hopefully I'll find good loot in the meantime.

Are you guys sticking around certain area's or going about pretty much everywhere?

[OysterBarron]

Well I'm currently hanging around in vybor witch is the town bellow the top left handside airfield. Me and Daz have done some major trekking that's for sure we've been up and down like a prostitutes knickers!

[FullMetal]

Haha, awesome. Well I'm just on my way from Polana to Staroye (a pal is going to meet me there). But am going to go to Dolina as well to check some loot.

 

Just found a cowboy hat, chestrig, break shotgun, a 'safe case' and a box of .45 ammo. Really cool and all that... just wish I'd find some more ammo for my SKS or a sidearm that I have ammo for.

[Daz]

Well I'm currently hanging around in vybor witch is the town bellow the top left handside airfield. Me and Daz have done some major trekking that's for sure we've been up and down like a prostitutes knickers!

Haha.

 

After the solo trek I made to the small military base then to the giant airfield I dragged my arse all the way back to the town we were in before we got disconnected. Even though it respawned me in the shed we stood in while we checked the map. I got myself back to the church we were at when it kicked us.

 

Ready to pick it up from there.

 

Haha, awesome. Well I'm just on my way from Polana to Staroye (a pal is going to meet me there). But am going to go to Dolina as well to check some loot.

 

Just found a cowboy hat, chestrig, break shotgun, a 'safe case' and a box of .45 ammo. Really cool and all that... just wish I'd find some more ammo for my SKS or a sidearm that I have ammo for.

Awesome. Keep an eye out for a hacksaw, to saw off the shotgun. Or you could borrow mine. I also have a sh*tload of SKS ammo and goodies so you can have all I have for it. Including 2 stripper clips.

 

.45ACP ammo is pretty pointless unless you can find a magazine for the FNX which is hard as f*ck so you might want to take other ammo as priority over .45, however I have a pistol with a magazine so I can actually make use of it. I also have a lot of 7.62 as well.

[FullMetal]

Well before the sh*ttons of updates I have missed in quite some time (When standalone was just released) I'm pretty damn sure there was a spawn for FNX pistol and magazine's on top of fire stations. Maybe it still is who knows?

Also I have found a saw. Instantly tried using it on the shotgun so it was smaller but didn't work. Now I carry one weapon on my back and the other 'in my hands' (which means I constantly have to drop one). Will check it out maybe I'm doing something wrong.

 

And f*ck DPM camo. That's pretty much the only camouflage I found thus far (in previous builds). I really hope they're adding more area specific camouflages. Also a better looking hunter camo (=> mossy oak). Not to mention multicam.

 

Edit: ok I failed to recognise the weapon I had. It's actually a rifle (it looks alot like the Caravan Shotgun from fallout so that's why I thought it was a 12 gauge shotgun or something) chambering 7.62's.

 

Kind of think about dumping it... maybe better if I do (tho haven't found a 'duplicate' yet... the SKS I have thus far found numerous ones). Suggestions? Also crashes and worsened preformance also an issue with you guys? The game runs like sh*t now even sacrificing all the graphical prettiness. (ran the game fine/smooth enough before tho). Also crashes too much ('memory overflow/your system is using too much memory') never had that before with anything really.

Edited March 4, 2014 by FullMetal

[jelly]

It's crashed something like twice for me, which is not what I expected. Performance is atrocious, though. It's the amount of loot props and building interiors that does it.

[FullMetal]

Yeah it's a shame it runs like garbage now. For some reason I fear they might never be able to finely tune it so it runs smooth on any rig (and any setting).

[OysterBarron]

yeah the towns knock my fps down to 32-45 fps but out in the country it can hit 75fps. haven't had any crashes yet though.

 

Daz i've made my way back to the church now, and it's funny you should say about it putting you back in the barn as it had done exactly the same for me.

[Daz]

Well before the sh*ttons of updates I have missed in quite some time (When standalone was just released) I'm pretty damn sure there was a spawn for FNX pistol and magazine's on top of fire stations. Maybe it still is who knows?

 

Also I have found a saw. Instantly tried using it on the shotgun so it was smaller but didn't work. Now I carry one weapon on my back and the other 'in my hands' (which means I constantly have to drop one). Will check it out maybe I'm doing something wrong.

 

And f*ck DPM camo. That's pretty much the only camouflage I found thus far (in previous builds). I really hope they're adding more area specific camouflages. Also a better looking hunter camo (=> mossy oak). Not to mention multicam.

 

Edit: ok I failed to recognise the weapon I had. It's actually a rifle (it looks alot like the Caravan Shotgun from fallout so that's why I thought it was a 12 gauge shotgun or something) chambering 7.62's.

 

Kind of think about dumping it... maybe better if I do (tho haven't found a 'duplicate' yet... the SKS I have thus far found numerous ones). Suggestions? Also crashes and worsened preformance also an issue with you guys? The game runs like sh*t now even sacrificing all the graphical prettiness. (ran the game fine/smooth enough before tho). Also crashes too much ('memory overflow/your system is using too much memory') never had that before with anything really.

Yeah just dump the double rifle.

 

It isn't too bad I had it for a while and it as jelly previously mentioned for some stupid reason uses the same ammo as the mosin nagant. So 7.62 isn't a bad round to keep around, however it is only really best used with 2 shot speed loaders, you can't saw it off as you said and 2 shots is pretty sh*t, at least compared to the SKS. I would recommend just keeping that for now. Because the SKS is better than the double rifle, at least for general use and once you find an M4 all the rest will be out the window as it f*cking owns.

 

I know the feeling of finding guns and never wanting to drop them and always wanting to pick up as many as you can but you just have to pick something and stick with it. At least pistol and shotgun ammo you can collect as you are more than likely able to carry those as well. But as for rifles, collect what ammo you are using for what gun you have and pick up ammo for the gun you are working towards. That way it won't be such a pain to swap over, more of a relief. As I was carrying like an entire massive backpack full of M4 related gear and ammo. It was easy to drop the rest of the things I had.

 

And yeah the pistol mags are still in the firestation it seems, though based off jelly's explanation that there are currently only 3 in the game it might be better to put that off for a while. It really sucks the mag isn't in the pistol when you find it. I don't know why a pistol or even a rifle would exist without a magazine somewhere in the building.

[jelly]

The mags can also be found as general military spawns but they seem to spawn more reliably in the fire stations. That being said, I've got five now for some reason, even though I definitely don't need more than two or three.

[Daz]

Do you know if the Ruger 10-22 is actually in the game yet?

 

I swear I read on a wikia that it was in the game as well as .22LR ammo but I have never seen it.

 

Maybe it lied to me.

[ArcadeWilliamz]

Hey DayZ fans I've got a deathmatch called DayZ GTA Ed its based on the game. There's 2 teams that have to fight for survival in Northern San Andreas with very little weapons.

[Daz]

Hey DayZ fans I've got a deathmatch called DayZ GTA Ed its based on the game. There's 2 teams that have to fight for survival in Northern San Andreas with very little weapons.

Thanks, but I think we are fine with playing the actual game for now.

 

Maybe create a topic in the GTA section for this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone going to be on to play on thursday? I might be on tonight but I might also pass out at the keyboard.

[jelly]

Do you know if the Ruger 10-22 is actually in the game yet?

 

I swear I read on a wikia that it was in the game as well as .22LR ammo but I have never seen it.

 

Maybe it lied to me.

No, it isn't. The DayZ wiki is pretty much worthless, by the way. It's not kept up to date and is full of bad articles with little to no info. Some of the pages can't be updated, even by registered users, so no wonder.

 

It is actually technically in the game, as in the game files, but it doesn't spawn yet.

 

The only reliable site I've found for info is http://dayzdb.com/items, but you need to keep up to date on the game itself because this just pulls from the game files without any context. As you can see, the Ruger is listed here, simply because it exists in the files, so you can easily be fooled by only looking at this.

 

In other news I finally found another TTsKO jacket after searching for four days for the damn thing. Half an hour later, I find a second one. It feels like that's how it always goes with rare items in this damned game.

[Daz]

In other news I finally found another TTsKO jacket after searching for four days for the damn thing. Half an hour later, I find a second one. It feels like that's how it always goes with rare items in this damned game.

I know the feeling, as soon as I found 1 speedloader for the double rifle, I found at least 3-4 in the space of an hour or so, just ask oysterbarron, I was finding them like bottlecaps in fallout. It was insane.

 

Also is the same when I went to the massive airbase. Finally found an M4, then found another in the next building, also found at least 3-4 revolvers in the space of an hour.

 

Hopefully I will be on today. First come first serve with the ammo and the spare revolver of mine.

[FullMetal]

I f*cking find boxes of .45 ammo and speedloader + ammo for .357 but thus far no more 7.62. Also yes found double barrel (and sawn it off, f*ck yeah Mad Max).

 

Still going 'up/inland'. Never been this far inland before. Not much loot tho (checking the same types of houses again because the 'normal civilian houses' tend to have jack sh*t. Barns (with on both sides stairs/2 'levels') tend to be great too (found a vest, ammo, food, cleaning kits in there a lot).

[Daz]

That barn is where I broke my leg on my first decent character. Dangerous as sh*t. If you make your way towards the biggest airfield, I don't think I am too far from there, Oyster knows where it is. I got enough 7.62 for you so no need to worry.

 

I might not be on till a bit later now also.

Edited March 6, 2014 by Daz

[OysterBarron]

Well I should be up for a burn this evening and tommorow possibly. sh*t all Is happening at work so booked the day off. If you let me know what town you're currently in full metal I will come and meet up with you and we can trek upto where me and Daz currently are. Couple of nice military bases close to where we are.

[FullMetal]

At Stary Sobor currently. Couldnt really play this evening... Starting way earlier with work. Will probably be for this weekend.

[Stig]

Either of you gents care to play? I'll build up a char soon.

 

Btw, you shouldn't really care about what you pick up, don't get attached to a character in DayZ. You'd be surprised how many better actions/reactions you make when you don't give a sh*t about your gear, and you're just trying to survive. You'll also meet more people, instead of being constantly scared of dieing and losing your precious weapons. Cause as of right now, it's extremely easy to gear up and be ready for squadplay.. Just go to any of the military bases in any order and gear up slowly and cautiously. Hit up the firestations, hit up anything with military gear in it.. Food/water is just as easy to find.

[jelly]

Update scheduled to hit in an hour.

 

I'd be careful and watch for people freaking out about character resets on reddit before trying it out.

[OysterBarron]

Yeah out of all the resets and updates i haven't played and i still have the same character i started with.

[jelly]

Devblog! http://dayzdev.tumblr.com/post/78861344968/weekly-report-smashing-bugs-for-0-37

 

I'll link the new patch notes here for both stable and experimental once they're posted.

 

Sounds like stable won't get an update today after all, but the update will be even fatter, encompassing physics in the Arma engine for the first time ever, and cooking.

 

Confirm, no patch today. Glad they realized the insanity of patching stable on Friday.

[OysterBarron]

Have you heard any word on tents yet?