Arma 2: Combined Ops (ARMA 2 Base game now free!) (Zombie Mod!)

[Sky]

I wish you could search by player tags. Is there a friend feature in the server browser? It's no DICE browser, but meh.

Need to update and play a bit more. I see it as more of a 'how long can I stay hidden and survive away from the rampaging human apocalypse' as a solo experience. I've met two people who didn't shoot me in the face, I guess at some point you just have to if you aren't with a group.

[Mrbloodworth]

The server browser is a hold over from the long lost past. You have to go old school. Sadly, not even steams "join game" is supported.

[Sky]

I know and I KNOW 

On the one hand, I love more grognardy type games with cool detail levels, on the other hand fucking grognards and their obscure complexity.

[Surlyboi]

Well, if anyone's looking for me, I tend to hang on the NY1 server. I average a ping of about 20-50, so not a bad deal, latency-wise.

[Mrbloodworth]

Unrelated to Dayz, but, I lold hard. I have zero idea where it came from.

[Surlyboi]

Tonight, some poor schmuck fell and broke his leg somewhere near Cherno. His friend went to find him some morphine so he could walk with the bad leg. His friend died. The guy then crawled from Cherno to Stary, somehow managing to avoid zeds and bandits the whole way. He runs into another guy there and asks if he has morphine. "No, the guy says, but my friends do and I'm going to meet them at the outskirts of town" Crawling guy follows new guy to his friends and one of them promptly shoots the crawler.

Bananas.

[rk47]

In Soviet Russia... 

[NiX]

I admin on Dallas 19 and I run TX 8, I'm told the servers are some of the most stable and well run.

[Sky]

Why you not run 1.7?

[Surlyboi]

probably 'cause it's still buggy as shit.

[Yoru]

I've been running 1.7 since it came out, with the latest Arma2OA beta patches, and it's been a much improved experience for me. Way lower loading times, better FPS. It's definitely no buggier than 1.6.0.1.

[Mrbloodworth]

Day 1: Exposure (Day Z Zombie Apocalypse)

[Mrbloodworth]

Arma 3 Demonstration

[Yoru]

This isn't twitter. Could you at least tell us something about the link?

[Mrbloodworth]

This isn't twitter. Could you at least tell us something about the link?

Well, the reason I do that is so I'm not Dinged for "fanboying" a game. But sure.


Arma 3 Demonstration

Highlights:

Added stances.
True Physics.
They are adopting a mentality of "More Accessible", less clunky. Heavy emphasis on more fluid than ArmA 2.
Underwater, and underwater combat.
Even the cross hair has been changed to be more "standard".
Large AI changes.
Better, more extensive tutorial missions.
GUI revamp.

[Sky]

My fiancee was laughing her ass off at the Arma2 tutorial where you have to do first aid on a guy. I couldn't seem to find the sweet spot to get the stupid heal option, so I kept picking him up and flinging him around. My feeling about DayZ is the same, janky but fun. But really janky. I'm sure the series die-hards will bemoan 'mainstreaming', but the series REALLY needs some quality of life improvements.

However, I hope they can add them without sacrificing all the detail that makes it a great series...I just want to be able to have an enjoyable playing experience.

[Mrbloodworth]

From what I can tell in that video, and others I have watched. Its like night and day as far as fluidity between ArmA 2 and 3. This is nothing but good for them.

Also, as far as I can tell, it looks like DayZ is going to be an official offering for ArmA 2.

[Surlyboi]

Fanboy. 

[Mrbloodworth]

Indeed.

[NiX]

From what I can tell in that video, and others I have watched. Its like night and day as far as fluidity between ArmA 2 and 3. This is nothing but good for them.

Also, as far as I can tell, it looks like DayZ is going to be an official offering for ArmA 2.

Yeah, rumor has it Bohemia pulled Rocket off of ArmA 3 so he could work on DayZ full time with the goal of making it a full fledged product.

There's a follow up with someone who played ArmA 3 and they said the main city was 2 to 2.5 x larger than Cherno with about ~80% of the buildings being enterable and more variety (Enterable airport terminal, basketball court with flood lights..etc.) Getting DayZ ported to ArmA 3 has become a lot more appealing.

[Mrbloodworth]

Did anyone who attended E3 give this a try? I'd love to hear how the ArmA 3 differences felt.

[Surlyboi]

Now, if they could only make Cherno less of a haven for assholes...

Capped two and a half today, I'd count three, but the third one died the same way I did, to the grenade I dropped to keep him from surviving killing me.

[Trippy]

Can anybody run a server yet?

[NiX]

Can anybody run a server yet?

Pretty much, but the wait list is long.

[Surlyboi]

There's a wait list?

[CmdrSlack]

So I read the whole thread. I watch videos. I decide that $20 is no big deal if it means an awesome zombie game. The Day Z mod site is not letting me grab the mod. Are there any other sources?

[Mrbloodworth]

Site look up to me. Was it down or something?

EDIT: Ah, us Mirror down. Just use one of the others.

[CmdrSlack]

For some silly reason, I assumed that downloading from a non-Amercia-fcuk-yeah server would net me a localized version of the mod. I jus t dropped $20 on  the operation arrowhead install on steam. Do also need to buy ArmA2?

[Mrbloodworth]

Looks like yes.
TUTORIAL - How to install DayZ

[Surlyboi]

Today, I took a little trip to the Northwest airfield. Generally a dangerous journey, but I got up there no problem, using the cover of darkness as my friend. I'd found an Alice pack along the way and filled it with four water bottles, a ton of food, and a spare revolver, in case I ran out of ammo for my 1911. Of course, the best long arm I'd found up to this point was that M104, so I'm looking for anything better and headed to the military hardware promised land.

I make it through the forest, get up to the barracks and start searching, hoping not to make too much noise and let anyone else, alive or undead know I'm up there. The place has been completely cleaned out, not even an empty tin can to be found, somewhat discouraged, I start to move out toward the next set of buildings when I aggro a zed, i run back to the barracks and headshoot him as he comes through the door. The shot of course, brings more zeds and I end up taking out nine of them before they stop coming. Thinking the coast clear, I start to move out again, when I look back behind me into the barracks and notice gear has started to repop. Thinking it's a lucky break, I start going through the rooms looking for goodies. Out of the last door comes a guy who had apparently just logged in to the server in that room. He's just looted an M4 and he makes me his first victim with it.

Half an hour later, someone else takes him out and he complains rather verbosely in chat about how unfair it was, especially after he's gotten that shiny new M4. I laughed my ass off.

Since then, I managed to make my way back to the airfield one more time and pick up an M4 CCO, an M24 and a micro uzi. Now, let's see how long I can hold on to them...

[NiX]

That PDW can take all types of ammo. M9(SD) and a few others along with PDW ammo.

[Surlyboi]

Good to know, I'll start grabbing 9mm ammo and seeing what sticks.

[CmdrSlack]

I managed to connect to a server over the weekend. It had no zombies. Someone in chat noted it, then asked people to not PK so that everyone could farm loot. I found almost nothing before jumping off a loft in a barn. I then bled out because I could not figure out how to heal myself.

So yes, I suck at these games. Added realism is unfair to some. I need to spend more time studying the keyboard commands. You don't need a partner to get healed, right?

[Surlyboi]

That request not to PK on zombieless servers often goes unheeded I've noticed.

You bandage yourself to stop bleeding by opening your inventory and right clicking on an available bandage. As for healing, for big heals, yes, you need a partner to transfuse you with a blood pack. You also heal incrementally by eating food, but a can of beans only restores about 250 health. You'll also need painkillers to steady your aim and morphine to walk if you break any bones. The game's a bitch, but I can't stop playing.

[CmdrSlack]

Yeah, found a useful wiki. I must remember to link it when not on the iPad. The UI is definitely non-helpful, even when looking at key bindings.

Now I want to go back and give it a go now that I have read a bit about the controls. I have to admit that I wouldn't mind finding a glitched zombie-free server again to see what I can do without zombies.