DayZ Standalone

[Sniger]

@rocket2guns: Looks like we're all go for a rollout of 0.44 to stable tomorrow! Brian tell's me it's ready, changelog being written now …

[Lennu]

0.44.123800
2014-04-18
ETA to Stable: No current ETA, dependent on testing results

Known Issues:

New:

Throwing physics for one-handed objects
New mouse controls
New networking message
Accelerated Time (Server Setting)
New physics SDK
Higher population servers
New Items
Engraved 1911
Binoculars
Crossbow
Bolt
Bolts Quiver
Pickaxe
Tracksuit Pants
Zucchini
Rotten Zucchini

YEAH!

[Vibe]

About time.

also woot, tracksuit pants, now I can finally RP a slav

[Lennu]

Here is the whole changelog:

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CHANGELOG:
 
Note: Pending final notes from the programming team.
 
Known Issues:
Binoculars not functioning properly in crouch and prone states.
Thrown objects moving at a slow frame rate during peak server load
Crossbow damage higher than desired
Ongoing melee balancing has zombies more resilient to body impacts. (Aim for the head)
Accelerated Time falls out of sync after extended uptime (disabled for this update)
 
New:
Actions: Melee attacks added to frying pan and cooking pot
Actions: Recipe for bow crafting added
Items: Dexterity of shotguns, pistols and rifles configured
Items: Tracksuit Jackets and Russian Officer Hat configured and added to loot spawns
Items: Binoculars configured and added to loot spawns (known issues above with this item)
Items: Implemented Crossbow + bolts.
Server: Basic item bullet physics enabled (known issues tied to server performance)
Server: New guaranteed messaging system for network traffic
Server: New player spawn locations near Klen, Chernaya Polana, Orlovets
Server: Accelerated Time implemented for gameservers
Systems: 1:1 Mouse control / movement
World: New Ash Tree model
World: New village "Karmanovka" has been added
 
Fixed:
Actions: Crafting with medical items - splints, blood bags, blood testing
Actions: Removed force feed and force drink from epinephrine and morphine
Actions: You can no longer turn on flashlight or defibrillator laying on the ground without battery being attached to it
Actions: You can no longer empty magazines or ammunition boxes laying on the ground (and loose ammo)
Actions: Burlap sack removes from head properly
Actions: Apply defibrillator action messages
Actions: You can catch rain holding bottle in hand only
Actions: moved quantity manipulation and item removal directly into action on self
Actions: added config entries to actions for single use food and drinks
Actions: Single use food and drink items now adding to player water and energy levels
Actions: Injection vial cannot be consumed
Actions: Medical items related actions on other player (proper quantity handling)
Animations: Player now can wave (F1) when unarmed or holding one-handed item with raised hands.
Animations: playing correct footstep sounds for 2handed melee raised run, aimed rifle run
Animations: Removed the jerky motion when sometimes equipping a weapon/item, usually at the start of eating/drinking/bandaging
Animations: sitting with 2 handed melee should now work properly
Animations: Fixed an issue where you would first stand up when pressing crouch in unarmed sitting pose
Animations: Fixed an issue where you couldn't sit from unarmed prone directly.
Animations: fixed missing rotation animation for unarmed crouched player
Animations: Iron sights now use all 3 parameters for min, max and init zoom. Values of these params tweaked.
Animations: Player's "naked eye" max zoom level lowered. It allows for the same max zoom as iron sights.
Gear: Improvised courier bag and taloon backpack shows their damage state in inspect window
Gear: Green bandage stops bleeding
Gear: Fruits no longer show 100% label
Gear: FNX45 red dot sight optics renamed and now requires 9V battery in order to work
Gear: Resolved chambering issue with 22 related to stack quantity
Gear: Tablets amount in inventory slot changed from % to pills
World: Rocks at Ship Wreck location reworked
Zombies: Melee attack bleed chance nerfed
Zombies: Damage is dealt to head while kneeling

[Xant]

Why does there have to be a "dexterity" stat? Seriously, sometimes this whole "realism" trend goes way too far... and the ridiculous part is that by making everything so unwieldy they're making it unrealistic, guns are not hard to handle IRL.

[Butan]

I relogged and wont stop playing until I found a crossbow and bolts and shot a human with it 

[Reyiz]

yesterday a zombie killed me from ground when i was in a 2 meters high outpost and i uninstalled the game -_-

[Vibe]

The mouse does feel better now. When you aim down the sight there's still some slide after you stop the mouse, but I think that's intended for realism purpose / to kill twitch shooting?

[Xant]

I hope they get rid of it, I don't remember any guns I've handled sliding on after I've stopped aiming

[IR_Kuoin]

Sliding aim is kinda stupid and annoying, immersion ho!

(but seriously if you've ever tried using a gun in real life its not like its doing a smooth slide and wobbling in your hands as you go - the BF cod wobbling shit).

[Vibe]

The slide is pretty huge though, I dislike it as well. There's no need for that. I don't think Arma 3 has it..

[Butan]

I think whatever they thought to make firearm aim hard will be cooler than the "perfect shooting center point" most games have.
See Insurgency for example. Great game.



My mates and I found a crossbow, shot a pillar and retrieved the bolt. Awesome. It WORKS  And it is also dead accurate at short range (it drops fast to the ground but else its perfectly straight)
Found a second bolt, cant stack it on the crossbow side like the animation shows, too bad, well it occupies only one slot so no biggie! Will report back when I shot a human with mu xbow!



Also found a ashwood stick and a rope, and made a improvised short bow with it    didnt find arrows and we had too many weapons so had to drop it, but the craft is there and very easy!

[Vibe]

I think whatever they thought to make firearm aim hard will be cooler than the "perfect shooting center point" most games have.
See Insurgency for example. Great game.

Insurgency has that? Sure doesn't feel like it. Never really checked. I'm against stripping control from users, in either case.

[Xant]

I'm not sure what kind of a slide DayZ has, but Insurgency has nothing like the gayness DayZ had when I tried it. Insurgency's method is kind of weird when you're used to CS/CoD, but not bad. Arma 3 has no slide at all.

[Vibe]

Your scope/sights keep moving for a bit when you stop moving your mouse. Only happens when looking down the sights, when out of sights input to mouse feels like 1:1, no gay ass smoothing/acceleration.