DayZ Zombie Mod for Arma 2

Idioteque · 11-07-2012 02:29PM

Howdy,

I'm looking at buying Arma 2 + OA directly from the Bohemia website. I see that there are two options (Steam and other version) - Is there any advantage of choosing one over the other?

(I do have Steam installed already for other games)

Thanks

Laviski · 11-07-2012 02:32PM

i prefer buying my game through steam as its there ready to install whenever i want and most of all without the hassle of cds. Buying it though direct dl elsewhere just has its headaches of what passemail was used for that site etc.

Genghiz Cohen · 11-07-2012 02:36PM

Laviski wrote: »

i prefer buying my game through steam as its there ready to install whenever i want and most of all without the hassle of cds. Buying it though direct dl elsewhere just has its headaches of what passemail was used for that site etc.

The one you buy from the Bohemia website activates through Steam, so the only difference is that Bohemia get all of the money.

Laviski · 11-07-2012 02:39PM

well wasn't aware of that. Doesn't work for a lot of games.

dreamers75 · 11-07-2012 02:44PM

When there is a patch for OA, steam downloads the entire game again. Pain in the ass tbh.

Genghiz Cohen · 11-07-2012 02:49PM

Laviski wrote: »

well wasn't aware of that. Doesn't work for a lot of games.

Yeah, I have some games that are sold on Steam but the keys wont activate. Pain in the ass.

hawkeye_bmr · 11-07-2012 02:52PM

A recap of lastnites events up at the NWAF....

Dont know why it cropped the text out of the other video....

Here it is in 4:3.....

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xs3sg2_my-movie_fun

Idioteque · 11-07-2012 03:03PM

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

The one you buy from the Bohemia website activates through Steam, so the only difference is that Bohemia get all of the money.

Are you sure about this? As there are two options on the site, the one I have in my shopping basket on the site at the moment says 'Non-Steam version'....Both are €18.74

Idioteque · 11-07-2012 03:05PM

dreamers75 wrote: »

When there is a patch for OA, steam downloads the entire game again. Pain in the ass tbh.

So going for the Non-Steam version is the better choice then? Is that pretty much the only difference between choosing one over the other?

Thanks

dreamers75 · 11-07-2012 03:10PM

Idioteque wrote: »

So going for the Non-Steam version is the better choice then? Is that pretty much the only difference between choosing one over the other?

Thanks

Pretty much the other version installs as a normal game as far as i remember.

SK1979 · 11-07-2012 03:16PM

dreamers75 wrote: »

When there is a patch for OA, steam downloads the entire game again. Pain in the ass tbh.

Ah b*llox, I bought the two Steam versions last night from the Bohemia website. Does there be many patches for OA at this stage?

On another note, going to play this later for the first time. I realise that there is a pretty steep learning curve but what sort of FPS skills are required to play it competently? I think the last FPS I played on PC was CSS.

Genghiz Cohen · 11-07-2012 03:18PM

Genghiz Cohen · 11-07-2012 03:19PM

SK1979 wrote: »

Ah b*llox, I bought the two Steam versions last night from the Bohemia website. Does there be many patches for OA at this stage?

On another note, going to play this later for the first time. I realise that there is a pretty steep learning curve but what sort of FPS skills are required to play it competently? I think the last FPS I played on PC was CSS.

Stealth & running the flip away!

Kells... · 11-07-2012 03:20PM

So to "Allen" in Cherno,you had a gun and were aiming it in my direction so I took the shot and found you around the corner.

You only had bean's that I wanted.

irishmadboy · 11-07-2012 03:25PM

Anyone happen to steal my bus? Filled with ****loads of weapons.

Cuz you forgot the truck =D

tuxy · 11-07-2012 04:05PM

1.7.2 is interesting

Zombies have a fairly unsubstantial boost to their eye sight. Creeping around the place and being all stealthy is no longer the way to go. Best to just run in there and then find a way to lose them.

Quandary · 11-07-2012 04:08PM

Hey guys, just got Dayz Mod all loaded up and ready to go - is it possible to get the password for the boards.ie server? Is there somebody I need to pm?

Genghiz Cohen · 11-07-2012 04:17PM

Boards isn't passworded.

Quandary · 11-07-2012 04:31PM

what's the name of the server on which all the boards people are playing, or does it vary?

I can find a server called boards.ie but it requires a password!

FlyingIrishMan · 11-07-2012 04:33PM

put boards in the filter and set the mission to DayZ and you will find it.
Its definitely not passworded.

Quandary · 11-07-2012 04:38PM

I think I am a few versions too far ahead - version 1.60.93965 is coming up in red and there is a red X coming up to the left of the boards server name...

ill try a few other servers to see if i can get in for a taste!

Magill · 11-07-2012 04:39PM

yeah, theres 2 boards servers on the list, one is passworded (Donno what it is). The other isn't (And usually has 30+ people on it).

Kells... · 11-07-2012 04:41PM

IE2 is the one that is updated to the latest version

Genghiz Cohen · 11-07-2012 04:43PM

Quandary wrote: »

I think I am a few versions too far ahead - version 1.60.93965 is coming up in red and there is a red X coming up to the left of the boards server name...

ill try a few other servers to see if i can get in for a taste!

1.60.94444 is the latest version isn't it?
Is boards running that?
If so you'll need to download and install this then find the beta .exe (somewhere in the Arma2 OA > Beta folder or some such) and add the "mod=@DayZ" to it.

dreamers75 · 11-07-2012 04:45PM

Evolution server is passworded change your mission to Dayz in the filter.

Last official patch was 9/12/2011 for Arrowhead. Been 132 beta patches since of which you only need the latest.

dreamers75 · 11-07-2012 04:47PM

IE1 Boards.ie is the Dayz Server.
Boards evolution is the passworded one, not running Dayz.

94700 is the latest beta (as of last night) best to have the latest all the time.

Genghiz Cohen · 11-07-2012 04:47PM

dreamers75 wrote: »

Evolution server is passworded change your mission to Dayz in the filter.

Last official patch was 9/12/2011 for Arrowhead. Been 132 beta patches since of which you only need the latest.

Thought that one ran out of money since the German server took over.

shootermacg · 11-07-2012 04:57PM

tuxy wrote: »

1.7.2 is interesting

Zombies have a fairly unsubstantial boost to their eye sight. Creeping around the place and being all stealthy is no longer the way to go. Best to just run in there and then find a way to lose them.

So nothing has changed then, I've been doing that since my first time dying.
On the + side I was looking out the window and a zed standing inches away and although he seemed a bit put out, he didn't enter the house looks like they fixed the x-ray vision thing.

I still suspect that height doesn't make any difference, whenever I'm on the town hall roof and there's a zombie nearby, They spot me instantly, good job they can't climb the drains.

Genghiz Cohen · 11-07-2012 04:59PM

shootermacg wrote: »

So nothing has changed then, I've been doing that since my first time dying.
On the + side I was looking out the window and a zed standing inches away and although he seemed a bit put out, he didn't enter the house looks like they fixed the x-ray vision thing.

I still suspect that height doesn't make any difference, whenever I'm on the town hall roof and there's a zombie nearby, They spot me instantly, good job they can't climb the drains.

In Cherno?
Totally can, just takes them a while.

Duggy747 · 11-07-2012 05:03PM

Those bastards can climb most things, it just takes the path-finding time to figure it out.

I thought I was safe on a roof before because they were taking their time when suddenly I had about 9 or 10 zombies come up the drain at the same time in one big clump. At least 3 of them fell to their deaths :pac:

DayZ Zombie Mod for Arma 2

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