Day Z mod for ARMA II

[Dach]

DL Arma 2 combined operations right now!

Damn this mod look awesome! 

[Darkkarma]

Dach! lets play together!

[Dach]

Sure man! but tomorrow...

Game is still only at 20% dl done... 

[Vibe]

Wow I love this mod, it's really fun. Don't expect to be in action all the time, it's much more exploration/survival type and much more slow paced than other action zombie shooters, but the atmosphere is damn great.

I also played on Atlanta server yesterday and it was completely playable on NA ping (escaped the EU server nighttime :3).

The only thing I don't really like is the buggy/teleporty zombie movement, hard to predict and shoot them unless you run inside or something.
Oh yeah and they should definitely add melee, not as one of the main ways of killing, just as the last resort so you can finish of a zombie if you run out of ammo.

[chadz]

A shame it's on the ArmA II engine, which sucks performance wise (I checked out hosting a server - quadcore for 50 players? Give me a break)

I like the concept very much though, will have an eye on it.

Also, for all you permadeath lovers, give me some input here: http://forum.c-rpg.net/index.php/topic,31663.0.html

[Renay]

use the map i posted, also, join the steam group people!

[Vibe]

A shame it's on the ArmA II engine, which sucks performance wise (I checked out hosting a server - quadcore for 50 players? Give me a break)

Not only performance wise, sadly. The net code works weird so you have people warping from time to time, and the zombie pathing is horrible (they're zig zagging and teleporting and walking through walls) - and this is all because of the engine apparently. If only it was done on something else, then it would be simply epic.

[Renay]

Yeah, it really is an unstable engine for this kind of mod, they should make the zombies slow and only die by headshots, cause the walking animations are good and not so laggy.

[Darkkarma]

Man, probably one of the most immersive FPS's i've played in a while. After shamelessly killing a few fellow noobs and getting eaten a few times, I finally found 3 friends to roll around with. The server is set to the local time of the server so we worked from late night to early morning staking out and raiding an air base. Seven hours literally flew by like nothing. As a few have mentioned, it was a bit buggy at times and moving proned in a  doorway could literally severely wound you. All in all a great mod and also gave me an excuse to finally give arma 2 a try. I'm enjoying it so far!

[Casimir]

Yeah its a shame BI haven't really updated their engine since OFP.  Its very labour intensive, but it can handle some truly massive shit that other engines would simply stop if presented with.

[Casimir]

Going into buildings and exploring is the best way to find items.  Or ambushing people who have them

[Vibe]

Finally my friend and I managed to meet each other, only took us about 6 hours to install and do this, lol.

A few questions:

- is there any way to "group" up with somebody so he is marked as a group member or something?

 - different servers have different level of difficulty, but when I leave, I start at the exact point again, no matter what server ?

and noob question number one: whats a good pöace to find good weapons and items? I happened to find a crossbow while I still played without my friend, but then I was killed by trying to sit into a chrushed helicopter -.-

- Don't know about a way to group up. I did see a message saying someone has teamwounded someone or something like that, so there just might be an option.

- You always start at the point you logged out at, no matter what server.

- You can find good weapons and items in buildings, mostly in larger towns/cities and military bases.

As for getting killed in the crashed heli - http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1433

[buba]

Currently hiding out in the woods and avoiding towns/ villages.
I got a hunting knife,matches,3 canteens,pistol and a CZ hunter rifle with ammo.
Thats enough to stay alive in the woods aslong as you can find water and a animal to kill for its meat.
I still want a few items however, like a map to go with my compas, and maybe a tent.
If anyone wants we could team up and travel together for a while.

[Vibe]

Lol, just visited an army base airport, there was literally 20 player corpses in the tower

Ofcourse 3 minutes later I got shot as well.   

[Lord_Panos]

Guys who will gift me arma??