Day Z

[Quincy]

Good one r8. 300 rounds is a truck load of ammo!

I picked up the AKM from one of Balotas dormitory blocks.



A huntin' we will go!

[r8response]

Good one r8. 300 rounds is a truck load of ammo!

I picked up the AKM from one of Balotas dormitory blocks.



A huntin' we will go!

I'll need to be pretty conservative with it though. No M4's (along with ammo and other associated parts) are spawning at the moment.

We killed someone the night before with a couple of duped 60 round Stanag mags. Funnily enough, not 20s after he died there was a Battle-Eye banning. We left all that shit on the body and hid it.

[Quincy]

How do you tell if something is hacked?

[r8response]

How do you tell if something is hacked?

The magazines had a whole bunch of random numbers instead of the descriptive text.

Once you empty the magazine, the text returns to normal. We didn't want to be associated with that kind of crap, so didn't utilise the magazines or the ammo in them.

[Quincy]

So Ned Kelly has been running around with a mosin and long range scope, from the east he ran to the NWAF. Every bullet found apart from what he needed. Frustrated he was! Then along came last night . . .

He logged in just outside the northern police station, north of the NWAF. Within the top room, he found the allusive ammo! Now it's time to scope out the camp site, 20 odd players on the server, surely someone is hunting the NWAF. Through the bushes he ran, until he reached the edge, up high, he crouched down, pulled out his mosin and sighted the camp sight. ZIP, ZIP, immediately he was under fire!! Run, run, he took 5 steps than fell flat, unconscious. . .

Ned was very ,very cranky when he went down, the night had only just started and he was already a dead duck, however, he quickly realized, all was not as it seemed.

Voices soon followed, "oh man, we shot Ned Kelly!", "ahh, he's an Aussie icon, quick, bandage him, let's get him up!"

Ned was overjoyed! "I'm not going to die" he thought.

Ned soon learnt that he had stumbled upon 3 players, virtually ran straight past their camp. All good mates, not looking for trouble, or kills, hence the reason Ned was only shot in the legs. After being patched up, fed, and introduced to the gang, Ned asked if he could run with the crew. Yes, was the answer, so after a few glitches with skype, the gang connected, communication lines opened up, all was good!

An enjoyable night proceeded, roaming the woods around the NWAF, getting to know each other, the lads were very welcoming and refreshingly polite, no harsh language, Ned was having a great time with his new mates. A couple of hours later, the gang had slowly decreased as each member had returned to life outside dayz.

At the nights end, Ned was very happy with his new found buds, and plans were made to gather the gang for the following night.


Ned HAS friends!!

[DexterPunk]

Haha nice! Need to get back on and join in with you guys. I keep getting home too late (and tired) to play much of anything. A bit of Assassin's Creed last night to give it a try and off to bed.

Kind of fitting that you got shot in the legs.

[Quincy]

Another cracker last night!

As a team of 4, we staked out the NWAF. We spotted a player at the ATC, prone on the top level, he only popped up once or twice, we watched him for 10 minutes and decided he was a sniper. Another player had been spotted around the base of the ATC, but we only saw him once. We needed someone to cross the field for a different point of view. As I was the new guy, I decided to volunteer for the dangerous run across the field.
As I reached the other side, news came over that a team member had been hit by the sniper, he managed to return fire, and his bullet hit the mark, but not sure of the kill.
My recon mission found the large door of the fire station closed, and the door to the ATC also closed! We assumed another player was camping on the bottom level of the ATC, it seemed a trap had been laid. . .
The fire station was clear, so I decided to get to the base of the ATC. Once across, the command was given to climb the outside ladder to get a recon on the top level sniper, was he dead? My heart rate was up, this is surely a dangerous move. I holstered my magnum and ascended the ladder. I went into 3rd person view, and peaked over the top. I didn't have a clear view of the sniper, only a small section of his hip. There was no movement, I was hidden from his view, I decided to continue and get onto the verandah.

ZIP, ZIP, I was hit! dead. . . but from where? It wasn't from inside, there was a 3rd person!

Unfortunately, there is no end to this encounter, the server reset 10 minutes later, we all logged back in, the server then had more issues and we all dropped out again!

So much more intense working with a group, especially with guys that play regularly and as a team. We ended the night with a boxing match, where I came away with the win, 4 knockouts in a row!

[r8response]

We had a group last night (8 or so) all camped out over looking (the hill and long sheds to the west) the NEAF.

I came in late to the mix and slowly made my way up over the mountain, got into a position and kept eyes on the ATC. Not 1mins after laying down, some random starts walking slowly straight past me towards where the rest of the group was. He never stood a chance. Mosin to the back of the potato.

Huge gunfight errupted.


Unfortunately, the server crashed (more like some arsehole used the splint exploit)

[Quincy]

What is the splint exploit?

[r8response]

What is the splint exploit?

http://feedback.dayzgame.com/view.php?id=13629&nbn=2" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



People are doing it on purpose when a friend gets shot/killed.

[Quincy]

0.47 is live on stable!

NEW

Actions: cans can be opened with SKS bayonet and sickle
Actions: added playerDrinkCan action to config
Actions: added Melee class to SurvivorBase
Animations: New default aimed animations with rifle
Animations: Player now can walk while surrender
Animations: Transitions for surrender/restrained player
Animations: Crouched zombie animation set
Animations: Reload for CZ527
Animations: Hand poses added for matchbox, Injection Vial, Hacksaw
Animations: Drinking from can
Character: New female face models
Character: New male face models
Engine: Ragdoll support for Zombies & Players
Engine: Initial implementation of navmesh for zombie pathfinding
Items: Boonie hat fishing hook storage
Items: Chemlights
Items: AK101
Items: CR 527
Items: Makarov
Items PM 73 RAK
Items: Medium Civilian Tent
Items: Paramedic clothes (jacket and pants)
Items: Military Boots now store knives
Items: Red, Black, Polka dotted, Olive and Camo bandana added
Items: Untied Red, Black, Polka dotted, Olive and Camo bandana added
Recipes : Red, Black, Polka dotted, Olive and Camo as a bandage
Recipes: Red, Black, Polka dotted, Olive and Camo bandanas can be untied and tied to mask
Server: Persistent item support (disabled for this update)
Server: Simulation changes to support increased server performance
Server: Persistent storage support (disabled for this update)
Server: Dynamic loot respawning
World: Turovo village added

FIXED

Actions: Player is not able to fill a ruined canteen from well.
Actions: When player opens ruined canned food there is low amount of food left.
Actions: Player is not able to pour water from a ruined canteen.
Actions: Player can no long empty magazine attached to a weapon
Actions: No access to catch rain action during ongoing action
Actions: Fishing actions displayed while using different items than rod
Actions: Added missing part to improvised bag/backpack crafting messages in action menu
Actions: Zucchini can be force fed
Actions: Added new drink from well animation to blue well
Actions: Unable to use actions while swimming or while on ladder
Actions: Player can take Makarov into hands straight from ground
Actions: Player can take PM73 RAK into hands straight from ground
Actions: Removing item on which consume action was called, not item which was swapped to hands during consume action
Animals: Visual improvement of cow, rabbit and wildboar
Animations: Gestures related bugs fixed (Facepalm, Cut throat, Silence)
Animations: Crouch moves with bow
Animations: Prone moves with pistol
Animations: Fixed multiple issues with vaulting
Animations: Zucchini handheld position
Animations: SoundEdge(footstep sounds) set correctly for kneel run with rifle
Animations: Face-palm doesn’t make the player stand up from prone anymore
Animations: Sitting tweaked(changing weapons keeps player in kneel, instead of making them stand….)
Engine: Adjustment to Night time lighting levels
Items: Dimmed fireplace light so it not interfere with HDR
Items: tweaked shotguns dispersions and recoils
Items: tweaked pistols dispersions
Items: tweaked rifles, carbines and SMGs dispersions
Items: tweaked attachments (optics, buttstocks, handguards, compensators, bipod) dispersions
Items: Wooden sticks can be held in hands
Items: CR527 shadow glitch fixed
Items: set chemlight to last 60 minutes
Items: lowered light intensity for chemlights and flare
Items: removed buttstock as default spawned attachment for MP5
Item: Binoculars size reduced
Items: added other chemlight color material variants
Modifiers: removed vomit message from blinded modifier
Recipes: You can paint cz572 black, green and camo
Recipes: Player can’t tear clothing into rags while there are things in it
Recipes: Ruined cans opening tweaked


KNOW ISSUES


Player can in rare circumstances enter a state in which they cannot attack and must relog
Character may temporarily enter a frozen state when throwing (resolved a few seconds)
Melee targeting is off in some situations
Players can in some circumstances experience slight desync with server
Dynamic server events are temporarily disabled
Backpacks rearrange after reconnection
Players restrained while unconscious remained restrained until reconnection (after awaking)
Persistent items & storage are disabled server side pending hot fix to stable branch






Will most likely be on tonight with the new boys. . . All up around the NWAF, come for a visit if you wish after 8pm (we are using skype - use my full name to find me)

[r8response]

Logged on this morning. Made the mistake of trying to "run" down a hill using the old G button trick. Threw my scoped mosin instead.

[Quincy]

Another update!

0.48

NEW

Animations: Igniting fireplace
Animations: Restrained sprint (run)
Animations: Fishing (pull out, check, start)
Animations: Searching for berries, digging
Animations: Cow animation sets
Crafting: You can craft leather sack
Crafting: You can craft mosin wrap from burlap sack
Crafting: You can add grass to burlap wrap
Crafting: You can sharpen wooden sticks
Crafting: You can combine sharpened sticks and feather to create an primitive arrow
Crafting: Preparing chicken will now give you also some chicken feathers
Crafting: You can saw mosin-nagant 9130 off
Crafting: You can paint sawed-off mosin-nagant 9130
Crafting: You can tear bandana mask into rags
Crafting: You can attach and detach Smersh Backpack to Smersh Vest´
Gear: Crafted leather sack
Gear: Smersh Vest
Gear: Smersh Backpack
Gear: Sharpened Stick
Gear: Chicken Feathers
Gear: Primitive Arrow
Gear: Added lifetime and persistence parameters
Gear: Bow can now use primitive arrows
Gear: Tank helmet
Loot: Randomized police cars spawns (works but cars are not always visible – see known issues)
Loot: Some guns spawn with ammo now
Weapons: Sawed-off variant of mosin-nagant 9130
World: Sinistok village is added.
World: Vavilovo village is added.
World: New WW2 monument has been added to Severograd town.
World: Oak tree was replaced by new model.

FIXED

Animations: Slow and fast move with raised Bow in crouch
Animations: Silence gesture crouch and prone polished
Actions: Tearing bandana into rags produce only one rag now
Actions: Highly increased chance for finding an apple
Actions: Slightly increased chance for finding a berry
Character: Moved position of collision shapes for standing and crouching poses with two-handed weapon
Cooking: Highly reduced chance for getting food poisoning from burnt meat
Crafting: Tracksuit pants can be mended with sewing kit
Graphics: Textures for epinephrine and fire extinguisher improved
Engine: First iteration of wall clipping fix
Gear: Gorka pants takes four slots
Loot: Heli-crashsites fixed
Loot: Loot tables changed
Loot: Rotten fruit and vegetables removed from loot spawns
Weapons: Crossbow dispersion tweaked
Weapons: CR 527 magazine cannot be repainted
Weapons: Range for all melee weapons and fists tweaked
Weapons: All melee weapons are set to use cursor for hit now
Weapons: CR 527 magazine description edited
Weapons: MP5 30Rnd magazine takes two vertical slots
Weapons: Shotguns damage
Weapons: Improvised bow dispersion tweaked



No doubt will be having a run tonight.!!

[DexterPunk]

Rad! Might see if I can jump on tonight. Thanks for the info.

[Durrie]

Damn it, i just downloaded a 1.1GB update on Tuesday.

At least I still have my Mosin with its bipod, but the gun-sway, even when prone and with the bipod deployed is stupid. Guess I'll just have to hose-down the targets with my drum fed AK.

[Quincy]

Durrie, I got a tip the other day in regards to sway. . .

Apparently, you may have a broken arm, but it doesn't show....... anyways, make yourself a splint and apply it. I tried it last night, it works!!!!!! No more sway!

[Durrie]

Thanks Q-man, I'll gve it a try.

[Quincy]

by the way, the zombies are relentless this patch. Very hard to kill with melee weapons. I made the mistake of firing on one close to Balota, well, didn't that ring the dinner bell!!! I couldn't get a big enough gap to bandage myself, so had to keep pounding away with the mosin. 20 + zombies, one after the other, barely enough time to reload. In the end, I lost.

Respawned, complete play style rethink, and the realization that closed doors now keep zeds out!! (well, 90% of the time!)

[Durrie]

Maybe use a .357 to the head. Quieter. Does that mean the dinner bell is not heard quite so widely?

Its a bit of a bummer that a fire axe, or two, to the noggin does not put them down.

[r8response]

Let the Zeds come. Kitted AKM with 4 full drums and 6 magazines

[Durrie]

Let the Zeds come. Kitted AKM with 4 full drums and 6 magazines

You'll have them Zeds doing the machine gun Cha-Cha

[Quincy]

It seems the zeds need a very precise hit, while trying to perfect this said hit, zed has unleashed fury unpon oneself, medical supplies thus needed, and lots of them!!


r8, you are well prepared. Good luck!

[r8response]

r8, you are well prepared. Good luck!

Getting there.


A group of us decided to make the trek south from NW Airfield to Bolota, stopping along the way in Zelenogorsk and the military base further to the south.

By the time we hit the Balota airfield, it'd already been looted so we called it a night.

Logged in this morning and there was a heli crash 20m away. Hand grip and a couple of sights for the M4 to boot.

[Durrie]

Lost my fully kitted guy to the new constant Zed attack.

I used my 75 round AK mag, and about 60x .357 rounds, but the hits from the Zeds after they die wrecked all my gear, including my bandages etc, and broke my arms and legs. I got pushed through a wall from the second story of a building, some Zeds walked through walls to attack me and they do not lose the track when you run.

I think they have some more tweaking to do.

[DexterPunk]

Fired up DayZ yesterday to see how it ran on the new system. Seems I lost my guy. Lots of good kit lost. Oh well, looks good and runs brilliant with everything maxed out