DayZ Zombie Mod for Arma 2

ronkmonster · 14-05-2012 10:50am

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

1.5.7 has changed everything. Towns are now death traps and a single shot will set a mob of 30 or do ****ers on you

What about outside the towns?

balkieb2002 · 14-05-2012 10:51am

Have the zombies moved into forests yet?

Feels like the only safe place on the map.

Just noticed that the dayzmod.com webpage has also got a fancy update that now has leaderboard space

1.5.7 Changelog

DayZ Update 1.5.7
UPDATE : 14 MAY 2012
Affected addons:
* dayz_code 1.5.7
* dayz 1.2.4
* dayz_sfx 1.1

Developer's Note:
* ITS MY BIRTHDAY. I AM 31.

Changelog:
* [NEW] Zombie Script converted to Finite State Machine for performance improvement
* [NEW] Zombie Numbers drastically increased
* [NEW] Amazing Draft Zombie sounds provided by Michael Manning (http://www.manningaudio.com)
* [NEW] Terrifying Zombie face provided by GenesisCrys (http://www.lostpoly.com)
* [NEW] Panicing sound effect
* [FIXED] Death when entering crashed heli's
* [FIXED] Hardly any zombies spawning (Lol... uh... like there is lots now)

P.S. Re: Zombie Numbers.... hahah... you're all ****ed. deeply ****ed. Good luck.

Sarky · 14-05-2012 11:00am

Sweet. Getting into a town will require a load of stealth or a well-organised team. It's fascinating to see how some people cooperate in this game. And others saying things like "Ooh, I could do with one of those rifles, and you did just give away your location..."

Cravez · 14-05-2012 11:05am

Is there a silenced pistol in this?

BlitzKrieg · 14-05-2012 11:09am

OK here how it's changed.

Zombies no longer spawn in buildings

instead they spawn in an ever widing circle around whatever building has loot in it or towns.

As a result barns or anything remote will have a mob of 5-7 zombs around it. Fields can have zombs in it if the outpost or building near it has loot in it and towns are literally covered in the f*ckers.

Because there are so many more of them now firing a shot essentially sends a horde after you no matter where you are.

I spent the last 2 hours slowly travelling north with 2 companions and I am now dying in a barn because we ran out of painkillers and I have less then 2000 blood my two friends are in the near by town trying to find medecine

Only for me to pass out and die of bloodloss.

It's a horrificly tragic experiance

TomCo · 14-05-2012 11:20am

I bought and downloaded Operation Arrowhead from gamersgate last night, so I should be playing this tonight.

Cravez · 14-05-2012 11:27am

I was very lucky to loot a MP5 and M3 shotgun before logging off yesterday when I met up with Fawkon. I'm hoping the extra firepower will come in handy but I sacrificed my CZ for them so I have no range. Probably sniping would be more fun now since there is lots of zombies

Villain · 14-05-2012 11:36am

Any Irish server for this yet?

balkieb2002 · 14-05-2012 11:55am

BlitzKrieg wrote: »

OK here how it's changed.

Zombies no longer spawn in buildings

instead they spawn in an ever widing circle around whatever building has loot in it or towns.

As a result barns or anything remote will have a mob of 5-7 zombs around it. Fields can have zombs in it if the outpost or building near it has loot in it and towns are literally covered in the f*ckers.

Because there are so many more of them now firing a shot essentially sends a horde after you no matter where you are.

Thanks for the info.

Whats the max number of zombies have you seen on a server since the upgrade? Before it the max I saw was around 500-600.

BlitzKrieg · 14-05-2012 11:57am

700 is the average I saw it briefly peak over 1000 when the server was full, but thats rumoured to be causing the servers to crash which is a new problem

MitchKoobski · 14-05-2012 12:08pm

Gonna be downloading this first thing tomorrow once I get paid.

Is it a mod to be patched in, or just an online game type?

Sarky · 14-05-2012 12:15pm

It's a mod, but straightforward to install. There's a handy video guide series on the DayZ forums that explains everything you need to do, shouldn't take you more than 10 minutes to sort out.

balkieb2002 · 14-05-2012 12:15pm

MitchKoobski wrote: »

Gonna be downloading this first thing tomorrow once I get paid.

Is it a mod to be patched in, or just an online game type?

Its mod that you need to download and add to the folder.

There are around 4-5 set-up guides in this thread or check out the forums at www.dayzmod.com

Jelly 292 I think you update your first post on this thread with all the details

MitchKoobski · 14-05-2012 12:19pm

Thanks guys! Playing the free version of ARMA 2 atm to try and get used to the controls. I normally don't touch PC games and mods but this just looks way too much fun to go without.

FlyingIrishMan · 14-05-2012 12:23pm

So one thing I can't figure out, how can you tell who is who?
When I organise to meet up with somebody, I can't see their name, only open their type of back pack.

Icyseanfitz · 14-05-2012 12:27pm

anyone else getting crappy visibility range after the new patch?

dreamers75 · 14-05-2012 12:27pm

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

So one thing I can't figure out, how can you tell who is who?
When I organise to meet up with somebody, I can't see their name, only open their type of back pack.

On veteran you dont see names, so like last night you had to trust me and yitsack

balkieb2002 · 14-05-2012 12:29pm

FlyingIrishMan wrote: »

So one thing I can't figure out, how can you tell who is who?
When I organise to meet up with somebody, I can't see their name, only open their type of back pack.

It depends on the level of difficulty of the server if their name shows up or not I think so only way to find out is to ask

It also seems that the increased number of zombies was not intentional

DayZ Developer wrote:

Patch 1.5.7 and this being an Alpha and ****ing zombie spawns
Okay, so still people don't realize this is an Alpha. If you do not know what this means - go look it up on wikipedia RIGHT NOW.

When I fix one bug, many can crop up.

I fixed some zombie spawning bugs, time syncing bugs, and now there are alot of zombies. This became apparent in testing, but rather than delay the patch release by a few days (too many people are helicopter dying) the update was released.

So yes, the zombie numbers weren't my intention - but now that it is here, let us see how they play out. Maybe we might actually learn something from it or maybe everyone just wants to jump to conclusions in the first ten minutes...

People are also sending him abusive emails complaing that the game has got too hard

dreamers75 · 14-05-2012 12:29pm

Icyseanfitz wrote: »

anyone else getting crappy visibility range after the new patch?

Servers may be forcing view distance on to you to help run the game, tbh you dont need much more than 800 view distance. If you flying an A10 then you need around 5000 but you wont need that in this mod

Kiith · 14-05-2012 12:30pm

balkieb2002 wrote: »

People are also sending him abusive emails complaing that the game has got too hard

People are idiots.

Icyseanfitz · 14-05-2012 12:32pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

Servers may be forcing view distance on to you to help run the game, tbh you dont need much more than 800 view distance. If you flying an A10 then you need around 5000 but you wont need that in this mod

i know i just like being able to see where im going in the long term

Cravez · 14-05-2012 1:08pm

I know ill be having a go at somestage tonight. I logged out near Elektro and If anyone is around are welcome to join, want to recon the city to check out the zombie situation.

If on the US5 server it should be bright (thank fuck!)

Auvers · 14-05-2012 1:13pm

Quick question

I have Arma 2 retail box, do I just need Operation Arrowhead addon to get this working?

Ponster · 14-05-2012 1:14pm

Michael Cravez wrote: »

I know ill be having a go at somestage tonight. I logged out near Elektro and If anyone is around are welcome to join, want to recon the city to check out the zombie situation.

If on the US5 server it should be bright (thank fuck!)

I'm still stuck in the church in Elektro and could do with some blood if you have any.

Cravez · 14-05-2012 1:16pm

Ponster wrote: »

I'm still stuck in the church in Elektro and could do with some blood if you have any.

I don't I'm afraid Ponster

. I have plenty of bandages, morphine and painkillers though. I'm quite near the church (or mosque?), is it the one east of the town? I'm near the factory close to it (add my steam - Cravez)

Icyseanfitz · 14-05-2012 1:17pm

ah this waiting for server to respond is going to drive me nuts

Wossack · 14-05-2012 1:17pm

Auvers wrote: »

Quick question

I have Arma 2 retail box, do I just need Operation Arrowhead addon to get this working?

yep

gamersgate cheapest atm @ about a tenner I believe

Auvers · 14-05-2012 1:20pm

Wossack wrote: »

yep

gamersgate cheapest atm @ about a tenner I believe

thanks

but its gone up to €15, must be due to the popularity of this mod

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-ARMA2OA/arma-2-operation-arrowhead

Going to purchase when I get home though

Kiith · 14-05-2012 1:28pm

I'll probably be on for a bit tonight. I'm currently camped out near the NW airfield, and plan on looting that place for anything i can find before getting out of there. Seems to be bandit central at times. Though with the added zombies, it might be kind of tough.

Do smoke grenades cover you from zombies? I picked one up the other day and haven't used it yet.

Villain · 14-05-2012 1:31pm

umm Server for this thing runs Windows OS (only tested on Windows Server 2008)

DayZ Zombie Mod for Arma 2

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