Day Z: Anybody interested to setup a group/clan?

sorry to say this Stefe, but you cant do any of these things the dayzmod disables everything for admins.

admins can only:

Ban people
Kick people
Lock server
restart server
see all chat
send message
check logs

nothing else

where banning/kicking isn't allowed, if done they could revoke your dayz mod priviliges

 

i believe they arn't connected to the HIVE of DayZ then, and are running some sort of own scripties.
There are a few topics about it, and they say they check 24/7 and blacklist server who do this. meaning they are prevented from connecting to the HIVE

 

Just bought the game, so I guess you can count me in as well...

 

ofc i know that stefe but like i said, you cant do those things as when you start the server it connects to the HIVE which then checks your settings. and if any of the files you say are needed for those commands are seen by their checks. it wont connect to the hive. so thats why the abillities aint possible

 

Ok, so, how do you guys find each other when you join a server? I finally loaded up a dayz map online on dayzdb and came up with a landmark to go to. The problem is, we can't-- there are zombies everywhere. They can see you even while you're prone, which makes no sense (but the game wiki says they can't).

 

They shouldn't be able to see you from more than 25 meters or so away, light and terrain depenent. Make sure you're always crouched when moving around rather than standing; it doesn't impact your speed too much but reduces your visibility and noise.
Best way to meet up with people is to attempt to reach a landmark outside of a town (meeting up inside a town is just silly) such as a lighthouse on the coast or by a road just North/S/E/W of a named town.

 

You sure they are developers? Cause with all the bugs/glitches i've seen so far I was thinking they hired monkeys.A few examples:

• zombies walking through solid objects like they don't exist. walk on air 2 feet from ladders/steps, etc If if would have happened the same for survivors might have been a glitch...but since it's an one/sided error i say they have no ideea how to do pathings, I mean what's the point in putting barbed wire and anti tank obstacles if zombies just walk through them with no problem?
• response time to some actions is just horrible. EG: climbing a ladder, switching weapons,accessing menus, which are even behind RL response time.
• invisible walls or missing steps on stairs....
• backpacks disappearing at random times.....
• spawning w/o a weapon just 20 feet away from a few zombies (yes, happened a few times....)

list can go on. I really want to send them en email and tell them I want them to refund me the money i spent on Arma. The idea behind the mod is great...The implementing/execution of their Idea is just lousy...

my 2 cents...

 

you need to understand the game is still in alpha mode. they still fixing a lot of stuff FOR FREE
new update is coming out soon which should stop zombies from glitching through buildings.

as for your response time, thats just ridiculous all works fine here. must be the server having bad connection to the hive orso.
as for others i've never seen those happen before to any of us.

Just need to wait till they fixed most stuff and beta is released.
and keep in mind the developers are all doing it for free in their spare time.
used to be so many glitches before

 

as for your money back request.

would you do the same if you bought L4D2 just to play the PR mod and then request a refund from valve because you think our mod sucks?

 

• Mikhail Khalasnikov developed the AK-47 on his spare time, while recuperating in a hospital from an injury.
• Leonardo da Vinci designed a wooden tank in his spare time
• The first jet, build by Henri Coanda in 1910 was done in his spare time and with his money...

Why do i give these 3 examples? is because they and countless others did that "In their free time" and still managed to deliver a well built, reliable item....soo...

Works fine ha? Twice today i died because i had, in the first case a hatchet and second a crowbar equipped properly and yet they did not work....Lost my backpack again cause i had no weapon and the only way to get rid of the zombies was to go in the water. My char got dropped in the middle of nowhere and by the time i actually got to a place with buildings it was to hungry and thirsty to do much. Did i mention I crossed 2 streams while getting there and "guess what...shitton of water but apparently no one thought of actually implementing a script where you can drink water from a river". it's not like other mods for other games like Fallout 3 don't have it....

I bought Arma just for this mod. So far for me it's a failiure....Valve has nothing o do with it...it's your buddies that released an unfinished/tested mod that i feel owe me...

 

But as Collector said, It's in alpha; it is neither feature complete, nor is it up to scratch on bugs. It is still being developed, every day improvements are being made. Those examples are poor comparisons; you would not expect the AK-47 to have worked in any fashion when it was only half designed, the first jet would not have flown with only the front end. Software is different because it can work when incomplete, perhaps not as intended but it works and even better; the developers can use feedback to make improvements.

That said, the fact that it's alpha does not explain away all issues, some things will not/can not be done because the base game will not allow it. (I think the lead developer gave one example of infected being able to open doors being something they can not change)

Oh and it's free so.... yeah. You can't really blame the mod makers when they have at no point said "this is finished and works bug free". Many people actually appreciate seeing a project like this changing and improving as they play it. Most "alphas" and "betas" you see aren't that, they are demos of completed games.

 

One example...since you mentioned software. Bioware/EA screwed up big times with Mass Effect 3. What did they do to make it up? Free DLC's, including the extended cut. it's called compensation. I highly doubt that the developers of this mod will do anything for the ppl that play it to compensate for promoting something that is half-ass working !!! Hey, You want feedback? Play the damn game.

I wonder if they actually spent time playing DayZ after the "successful" release of the mod...Somehow I just see them spawning all items they need to survive a few hours in game, just to "test" if all is working fine. If they actually played it like everyone else they would have seen what the issues were. One thing is to "!slay_all" or whatever command they use when they just begin, or god mode in a tank with mega-fuel and infinite shells, and have a nice little walk in the 25x25 park they built and another is to spend hours running away from zombies, scavenging equipment just to be ambushed and killed by a glitched zombie.

Don't get me wrong, I have no problem if I die as a result of my bad choices in game. I do have a problem when I finally get an AK, upgraded backpack, ammo and stuff and get killed because the developer did not take in consideration certain parameters when releasing his product...and no one told Zombie McZomb that "hey, that's a wall" and he's not supposed to gnaw on my legs through it!!!!

 

I beta tested Lord of the Rings Online, there used to be a guy stuck in the wall in Bree,, looked like he was swimming in the middle of the wall. Waist down on one side, legs justa flappin like he's swimming. Other side was his upper body, arm out like he's tryin LMAO. Reported it everytime I went past it just like they wanted. See alot of messed up/crazy/funny shit in early stages ROFL. Its part of the process....

 

You keep dying because you don't play with friends. You always seem to venture out on your own and die.

 

no luke...I died because ROLF was asking for someone to help him and rather than he die and lose no equipm at all someone had to go save him. So I left my nice and cozy sniper spot that gave me 26 zombie kills + 5 survivors to run quarter of a map to save him....and guess what I died thanks to a glitched zombie who killed me in 2 hits through a wall...

Honestly, I would love to show the developer of this mod a thing or 2 about survival. I am 100% that what he knows about survival comes from sitting on the couch and watching Animal planet or The Walking Dead. You want survival, I'll give him a flashlight, tie his hands behind his back and throw him in a hole filled with rabid wolves...Survive that!!!

 

You make it sound like the Kalashnikov was whipped up in 2 weeks..

Was their first attempt the final product?
Did they rely off of others to test their products and advise on their future development.
I haven't seen any world powers rolling out Davinci's UFO tank.. I'd hardly call that a successful invention

It's pretty easy to test an assault rifle to see it's flaws, but the scope of software testing is infinitely larger and must be tested the way that this is.

Their website says it is an alpha build, you/we all know what an alpha build is, why complain? Its far from the final product.. hell its probably far from being called a beta.

 

I know thats why I never run to close to a wall and disconnect when things get too hairy. Yeah, I will exploit untill certain bugs are fixed.
There are still a lot of bugs in this alpha version but when I look at the potential that this game has and the fun I already have with it I am willing to forgive them.

I know it can be a little frustrating when you lose everything you gathered but the 5 survivors you shot will feel the same, because you are so lame to kill them just for fun . I lost all my stuff twice because of people like you and they don't even loot me

btw, the problem you mentioned should be fixed with the next update I guess

 

check the start of this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iB1O0CTttrI

thats 1 of the lead modders who get killed by a wall lol.
It happends to everybody and they're trying to fix it, just give it time.

And if you die so quickly you msut be doing something wrong, as in you dont know how to shake of zombies.
i was on day 9. till my car exploded for no reason but hey i dont care. just give me the pleasure to get everything again.

i died while having guillie suit, GPS, nightvision, DMR gun, M249 SAW. etc

TIP: to shake off zombies. just run through buildings and leave the building through the back door and then crouch some where.