The Official NAG DayZ Server Thread.

[PsyChoPanthis]

I died 3 times last night... so is it just me or are more and more people shooting first and not asking questions later? I mean we both started at the beach, he was running away from me, i stopped to type "friendly" then the douche bag turned around and shot me :/ or are people adopting the CoD style gameplay where you shoot anything that moves? oh and i shot someone out of self defense now i have bandit skin :/ thats lame!

[Amphiptere]

those types of players should get bored and stop playing soon. I'm all for banditry and player killings - but I want a rp set up to it preferably. When you get those few encounters where it is set up or just seems to play out well whether playing bandit or survivor it makes it all the more immersive and adds probably the most best gaming experience I have ever played!

When the direct comms voip is working properly for everyone - it will be incredible!

Best is get the hell out of the towns as quickly as you can and head north. You will still encounter player kills - but they aren't as common and you have a better chance to come out on top.

[Uberutang]

Thanks guys, by force loading only the dayz mod I managed to get in... and raped by zombies. Spawned in the middle of a town or something.

[cc4Spawn]

those types of players should get bored and stop playing soon. I'm all for banditry and player killings - but I want a rp set up to it preferably. When you get those few encounters where it is set up or just seems to play out well whether playing bandit or survivor it makes it all the more immersive and adds probably the most best gaming experience I have ever played!

When the direct comms voip is working properly for everyone - it will be incredible!

Best is get the hell out of the towns as quickly as you can and head north. You will still encounter player kills - but they aren't as common and you have a better chance to come out on top.

Role Play + DayZ = :D
Just sorry most people dont care much for RP or just dont get it. This is why I prefer MilSim in Arma above COD and BF. Teamwork, discipline and realism create the best multiplayer experiences.

Reminds me of the time I told people about Ls-Rp a GTA role play server on SAMP. Most people just didnt get... 500 people roleplaying without killing each other for no reason really is a ton of fun. But more on that here: http://www.nag.co.za/forums/showthre...light=cc4spawn

Normally I just lie to players in DayZ. If I see someone in a building I just ask him if he is friendly and tell him not to try anything weird with me because I have backup or a sniper watching my back from the distance ;) Makes people think twice about capping my ass.

[Zoop]

So after much trial and error, the server restarter is running. Was just a typo in the launch parameters that wasn't working. It's currently set to restart the server at 8 hour intervals, so the first one should be at around half past 6 tonight, then 8 hours on from there. If it crashes before that, it should also auto-restart itself again.

[PsyChoPanthis]

So after much trial and error, the server restarter is running. Was just a typo in the launch parameters that wasn't working. It's currently set to restart the server at 8 hour intervals, so the first one should be at around half past 6 tonight, then 8 hours on from there. If it crashes before that, it should also auto-restart itself again.

Well done boet :D

[cc4Spawn]

So after much trial and error, the server restarter is running. Was just a typo in the launch parameters that wasn't working. It's currently set to restart the server at 8 hour intervals, so the first one should be at around half past 6 tonight, then 8 hours on from there. If it crashes before that, it should also auto-restart itself again.

Great job Zoop. Thanks for everything your doing for the server.

[MonGooS]

I just wanted to clear something up. I read the official website to find the answer, but it just confused me. It says "You do not need ArmA 2, just Operation Arrowhead." Then in the next piece with install instructions it says "2) Install ArmA 2 / 4) Install OA".

So does this mean I do or do not need ArmA2?

[Zoop]

You can apparently user ArmA2's free version, but I'm not sure how it works.

[GirlscoutBob]

@MonGoos: Instructions on how to install DayZ with ARMA2(free) & ARMA2:OA(not free)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRK1t6tXpbw

You can definitely play the Combined Ops multiplayer like this, and it seems to work for DayZ too since I don't think this guy would have bothered making such a beautiful vid just for the trollololols. Do note, using the free ARMA2 will give you lower res textures on a lot of things in-game, however this comes at the price of a small performance increase.

N3G4T1v3 pwned my comment vvv

[N3G4T1v3]

Note: ArmA 2 Free uses lower resolution textures for some things such as the player character. It's not a big deal as you're unlikely to notice unless your PC is amazing. Also the sound effects are in lower quality but I can't tell the difference there either.

1. Install ArmA 2 Free (£0.00) by clicking one of these two links:
Direct Steam link - click this to immediately begin the installation in Steam
Steam store page - select "Download demo" (it's not a demo, but Steam says it is)
Arma 2 Free non-steam - Activate, you'll receive the CDkey link via email, and download client off their site (probably advised to keep the steam versions together)

2. Go on Steam and buy ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead (£14.99)
Steam store page - buy it and install it as usual
(Amazon was running a special for $9.99, but it seems to have ended)



3. Run the game and then exit from it.

4. Go and find your ArmA 2 Free folder inside your Steam folder. Select the folder marked Addons and copy it.



5. Go to your ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead folder (inside your Steam folder). There shouldn't be an Addons folder here. Paste the one you've copied from ArmA 2 Free, so it looks like this:



Note: Although the image above shows an @Dayz folder, you won't have one until you run the updater.

6. Go here and download the DayZ Updater.

http://www.worrom.com/


7. Unzip it to a location where you'll easily be able to access it again.


8. Run the DayZ Updater. Make sure the section marked ARMA II Folder points to where your copy of Operation Arrowhead is installed. There isn't a "browse" button so you'll have to enter it manually if your Steam folder isn't in the default location on the C drive (mine is on my E drive as you can see below).




9. Press the Check for update button and it'll download all the rar files needed for the mod, extract them and install them to your Operation Arrowhead folder.



10. The mod is installed properly.Now you can press the Play button. Although you got the game through Steam and you have an icon to load it in your Steam library, the mod requires a command line switch in order to work. Rather than modify the shortcut to the game in your Steam library (it's a bit of a hassle if you're never done that before), it's easier just to press the button in the updater instead. Also, as this mod is in alpha testing at the moment, it gets updated quite often so pressing the button to check for updates is a good idea.

When the game starts up, and you get to the main menu screen, if you'll see that is says @dayz underneath the main logo



Now that you've got it installed so you just have the hassle of trying to get onto a server. Come back tomorrow for details of how best to do that.

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Edit: looks Like GirlscoutBob beat me to giving a solution, hope you come right mongoos

[cc4Spawn]

Had one hell of a shoot out just now at the hospital in Cherno. Me and this other guy against I think two or three bandits. I was on the roof while one was waiting for me to come down the ladder. Guy down under at the hospital entrance became inpatient and threw a grenade up. Didn't land on the roof but went through the window killing his bandit friend! I wnet down with the ladeer to get the Ak47. I gliched and broke my leg passing out and loosing the 3000 blood I had left.

[dINGLE]

Had one hell of a shoot out just now at the hospital in Cherno. Me and this other guy against I think two or three bandits. I was on the roof while one was waiting for me to come down the ladder. Guy down under at the hospital entrance became inpatient and threw a grenade up. Didn't land on the roof but went through the window killing his bandit friend! I wnet down with the ladeer to get the Ak47. I gliched and broke my leg passing out and loosing the 3000 blood I had left.

Sorry cc4Spawn, wish I could have been more help.
Hopefully next time we can use some other way of communicating so those bandits can't read.

[PsyChoPanthis]

Sorry cc4Spawn, wish I could have been more help.
Hopefully next time we can use some other way of communicating so those bandits can't read.

Go with teamspeak dude :)

And i hit such a luck last night :D spawned on the beach right by the military outpost near balota airfield! :P scored a knife, an AKM and 3 mags as well as some food and drink. Then searched airfield but that was empty, though almost wet myself when i came up the stairs in the tower to find a player aiming at me, quickly ducked down and took aim with the ak aimed on his head, but we both typed friendly so i let him go and he did the same for me :D now im lost in the hills NE of Balota :/

[N3G4T1v3]

Go with teamspeak dude :)

And i hit such a luck last night :D spawned on the beach right by the military outpost near balota airfield! :P scored a knife, an AKM and 3 mags as well as some food and drink. Then searched airfield but that was empty, though almost wet myself when i came up the stairs in the tower to find a player aiming at me, quickly ducked down and took aim with the ak aimed on his head, but we both typed friendly so i let him go and he did the same for me :D now im lost in the hills NE of Balota :/

Imagine how I felt, I just found an m9, first picking up 2 clips of ammo, then the pistol, loosing all my ammo :(
Then walking down the stairs to seeing another player player pop their head around the corner, I also almost wet myself, glad you where friendly.

Then got horded by zombies while scratching around for any sign of ammo for my now useless weapon :P

[MonGooS]

@GirlscoutBob and N3G4T1v3

Thanks a lot for the help/advice, I understand now. I am going to just buy the Combined Ops pack on steam, but I am going to give it a few days until I get my internet. Hopefully the Dollar/Rand will have dropped a bit by then, it's sitting at R8.34 atm! It's crazy!

[Aesir]

Had my longest life yesterday, spent most of the day in Cherno scavaging here and there ith only 1 hit from a zed the entire day. Decided I wanted to go get a weapon at the Balota outpost, got there got myself an AKM then it went downhill from there. Zoop restarted the server, as soon as I got back in there was 2 zeds in the camp with me the one hit me but got up the tower before the other one could and I killed it.

I decided to go to the airfield, I opened those three gates but thought I would close the last one for safety for whomever came after me to get some stuff. As soon as I closed the last gate boom! it dragged me along with it, lost almost 5k blood, broken bones etc. ****. healed myself as best I could and thought screw it I'm going back to Cherno there is more food there and might be someone to give me a transfusion.

Having so little blood everything was grey and I couldn't hear anything, went into a building as sneaky as I could just as I left I felt the blow hit me, ran back inside and quickly killed the zed with a headshot, many more followed. When it finally calmed down I left only to notice one of those crawl ones following me, I made a u-turn back to the warehouse taking a hit or two. I killed many more again, over 40 kills now. It calmed down one last time, slowely made my way to the door, as soon as I popped my head out I got hit by at least 5 zeds at the same time, I fell unconscious and they killed me. Damn was good life though, I felt safer in Cherno than in some small town going back there today!

[KalMaverick]

This game sounds quite fun, busy deciding whether or not to buy it.

[Gargablegar]

Could someone reset the server, it is pitch dark at 11 in the morning? :D

PS: WOW this game is awesome!

[Zoop]

The server is currently experiencing issues where every time it is reset, it is back at 12:30PM. I'm still waiting on a response from the devs.