Day Z

seriously is this worth like 30 quid or whatever it is for a beta game, whats the cheapest i can get it

Its 19.99 now because steam have it for the same price in there sale.

BOUGHT. installing :D

Wow that was lucky! I bought it last night at 10pm and it was still £15 phew!

ive done all the installing but when i load the game @dayZ isnt listed on the main screen, only expansion and beta. ive checked in expansions and dayZ is there, any ideas? the servers are available but i get stuck on 'wait for host' and a black screen and the server msgs all pop up.

what am i doing wrong?! i followed the http://articlegate.biz/node/91 and http://kodabar.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/how-to-install-dayz-with-arma-2-free.html i think...
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downloaded latest beta patch, did all the shortcuts, any ideas?

Easiest way to install it is download six launcher.
That will sort out the game and beta for you and keep you up to date, also provides a simple server browser.

Which beta patch did you DL from arma website cache?

http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php/

The latest (94945) is bugged and does that exact error whenever you try to join a server as it did the same to me when I updated mine, roll back to the 94876 by just DLing the file and launching the .exe, it will automatically installant the latest patch. Hope that works.

Also don't use six launcher if you have brought both games directly through steam, its a lot easier to just launch the beta patch directly through your folder (make a shortcut) and your ready to do once you have the (beta, @dayz etc. on your home screen).

You can still launch the game directly through steam using six launcher, it just provides a convenient way of updating/installing both dayz and the beta patch. If you prefer to extract the files manually thats cool, but I for one find it a lot easier just to use six launcher :S

yep, sixlauncher fixed it a treat and its all working and gfx fixed!

spent about an hour with cali running around being chased by zombies. we finally found someone with an axe as we were being chased, he killed the zombies, then killed us both. lol bastard!

not sure if i like it yet

i thought it was pritty crap the first few goes.. once you get used to the controls and how to avoid zombies it becomes alot more fun.

i managed to avoid them on hills and stuff, but they are relentless and its so much running on your own! i need people to play with for sure

I always manage to lose zombies in towns. Just run a few laps around a building and jump over a few fences.

Also, if you just want to survive and aren't playing the game for the "immersion", just abort and reconnect to the server. When you connect all zombies around you are removed so they can't attack you before you spawn.

remember you lose zombies on harbors so if when you spawn you jog to cherno/electro you can lose them all on the harbor before you raid the city

failing that let them chase you into a building; wait till they start walking (they walk inside) and just jog out the other side. the only time i ever relog is when im rading balota airfield on a komarovo spawn as the military zombies climb the deer huts and block you if the gun you find up there has no ammo.

it just gets more and more fun once you learn the map / mechanics but some of the bugs are ridiculous; how many games would you RUN THROUGH A DOOR and drop dead randomly and wait 10 mins to respawn (WAITING FOR CHARACTER TO CREATE) to run for 15 mins solid to meet your mates again??

I walked up a ladder, got to the top fell through the floor and died, also walked over a rock and broke both my legs.

yea its glitchy as hell at times, i had a toon, fully kitted CZ550 sniper g17, silenced mp5 nv gog's and shit loads more. logged off a server then onto another one to find my mate and spawned off cherno coast as a fresh toon with no gear, was raging. ran about none the less trying to re-gear and ran to stary camp killed a dude and got sniped at the same time, equally as raging only to respawn as the dude that i thought i lost with all my gear, RESULT!

but for those who dont like it on first impression, dont be put off as its deffo a game that just gets better and better the more u play it.

u wanna avoid stary when twats like me and jamie the refused hiding 1k meter away with 50 cals poping ppl took a clan of 4 out other nite then poped 3 last nite but i died on last guy buts its a ok we got a van full on 50 cals m24's and silenced m4s. :D

where in the world do u find these gaz? lol gimme one.

I heard you wanna lemme join your crew.

I have been playing this. Its pretty fun but I refuse to play on my own.

choppers for 50 cal snipers mainly , but we just found some camps we server hoped "known" camp zones lol and drive up on our car server and hop back and forth with some guns! would SS the v3s with these guns in but i cant ss now as i cant run it via steam :(