Zombies help ageing title Arma II top video game charts

[TE_owner]

Isnt there an in game map that you can find knocking about the place, GPS and maps too I think?

[sulky_uk]

i have played this for 5 hours and not found a map or gps, so this works' and it tests your map reading skills

[smilodon]

Played this again last night with Sulky's cool map and it's clearly a survival sim rather than an action game. For almost the entire time it was pitch dark with zero zombies in the map. So I spent most of my time stumbling about in the black checking out random buildings to see which ones actually had doors I could use to enter and check for supplies. The game uses the existing Arma building models and it's clear only a sub set of them can actually be entered. So a lot of my time was spent finding out there was actually no way into the building at all. While I found some nice bits and bobs mainly food, drinks, bandages etc it ultimately was a pretty boring experience. It again comes back to the solo survival concept which IMHO doesn't work here. If you're going to be on your own there needs to be things to do other than looking at a black screen and occasionally  bumping into a building or two. The only way I managed to find anything was due to a thunderstorm starting up and giving me the occasional glimpse of the world.

Then for no apparent reason zombies started spawning everywhere and I found myself in a town surrounded by them in the pitch dark. I lasted about two minutes and then got killed. If this game had a map (with no 'easy mode' dot showing your location), a  compass and maybe a torch which needed replacement batteries now and then that had to be found in the world, the game  might be more 'user friendly'?

This mod is a really nice idea and does have moments of fun but for me who likes to play games collaboratively it's ultimately a frustrating and unsatisfactory experience. It's just too much a hardcore simulation and too little actual fun. I don't mind a game being really challenging but it needs to be something worth doing in the first place. I might drop on again if other dMwer's are playing and try to meet up but otherwise it's not for me.

[sulky_uk]

the servers are based on real time so while you play on an eu server and its in the dark the new york server is still in daylight

[smilodon]

So what time zone is EU26 in. I was playing early evening and it was pitch black. I really can't find any reason to log in after dark at all, until I find some bloody night vision goggles or even just a box of candles. One flare doesn't really hack it.

[sulky_uk]

from what i gather the servers are on a real time cycle, it depends on where the server location is as in the uk it gets dark at 2200 ish but if the server is say rome where sunset tonight is at 2047 local which is 1947 bst so it would be dark when you join. if its dark just use a us server


here also is a map that shows all the locations of bits and bobs including deer and barns that are usable, hospital and supermarkets

http://teamfackin.com/moocow/dayz/map/

anyhow just in case anyone forgot

here are the key binds

[Tutonic]

Anyone on tonight for some zombie shooting?

[sulky_uk]

about 2100 bst

[Tutonic]

Eeeek...

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/06/20/day-z-update-probably-the-cruelest-yet/

[Tutonic]

Here's a rather excellent map which you can use from the Steam overlay if you're not a fancy git with a tablet: http://teamfackin.com/moocow/dayz/map/

I will be partaking in some zombie shooting tonight.

[Oberg]

Another map with more loot detail

http://dayzmap.info/

[smilodon]

I will have another go although it does try my patience a lot with all creep and no kill....

[sulky_uk]

how about 2030bst tonigt

[Tutonic]

I think I've managed to fix the issues we were having last night:

- Deleted my DayZ folder
- Patched OA with the latest Beta update (http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php)
- Installed DayZ from fresh using the Six Updater tool

[sulky_uk]

did you lose the weapon loadout you had?