DayZ Zombie RPG (Unofficial Mod) Alpha

[stubs]

Tip...NEVER go back to chernogorsk or Elekro Area once you got out...every good Zombie Plan is about gettign the hell out of cities simply because of Zombies and Freaks that kill for Baked Beans....you probably got shoot for showing your new gear.

Did somebody say... BAKED BEANS!?!?

[Jedra]

Ok tonight I bumbed into a horde of Z's and had no ammo, 1 flare (which went out seconds afterwards) and it was dark. I decided to run. After about 15 minutes of running, they were still behind me - I decided to disconnect as I don't want to lose my map and compass.

My question is - would I have ever out run the zombies? If not, what does one do in such a situation other than disconnect, surrender and die, or just keep running until morning (as of yet I haven't figured out how long the day/night cycle is) when I can find some stairs to climb.

[starvymarvy781]

My question is - would I have ever out run the zombies? If not, what does one do in such a situation other than disconnect, surrender and die, or just keep running until morning (as of yet I haven't figured out how long the day/night cycle is) when I can find some stairs to climb.

Your best bet is to run into a house, preferably with stairs. The zombies will have to WALK up the stairs, making them an easy target. Also, if you can make it to a pier, they will walk once they get to the asphalt.

Best piece of advice I can give, is to always keep an eye out for a 'safe-house', or somewhere you can run to if you get a horde/PvPer.

[Desrat]

as of yet I haven't figured out how long the day/night cycle is.

I though it was real time synced to the servers location..

[Beagle]

I though it was real time synced to the servers location..

Yes it should be that way but yesterday the local time and server tiem did not fit...we had to play in the night on Euro servers despite it was already 14:00PM CET and dawn should have been at 5:45 CET.

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Ok tonight I bumbed into a horde of Z's and had no ammo, 1 flare (which went out seconds afterwards) and it was dark. I decided to run. After about 15 minutes of running, they were still behind me - I decided to disconnect as I don't want to lose my map and compass.

My question is - would I have ever out run the zombies? If not, what does one do in such a situation other than disconnect, surrender and die, or just keep running until morning (as of yet I haven't figured out how long the day/night cycle is) when I can find some stairs to climb.

No, you can't outrun zombies. Thats the point, if you could they would not be dangerous. Your only chance is to enter a building to have your back covered and make a stand there. Btw something should be done with gettig rid of zombies by disconnecting....thats a lame exploit.

[Jedra]

No, you can't outrun zombies. Thats the point, if you could they would not be dangerous. Your only chance is to enter a building to have your back covered and make a stand there. Btw something should be done with gettig rid of zombies by disconnecting....thats a lame exploit.

It's the 'making a stand' thing I was having a problem with - no ammo! I guess the only thing I could have done was keep running until someone else shot them for me - probably an unlikely scenario. Regarding the disconecting, I thought the whole idea of the game was to do anything necessary to survive! I don't feel bad about it anyway as it doesn't hurt anyone else (other than perhaps the toe-rag looting my cold dead body).

Are we sure that server time is game time? If you only ever get the time to play at night then you would only ever see the night - that doesn't seem right somehow. I supose people may develop specialist skills based on whether they are nocturnal or not.

[Beagle]

It's the 'making a stand' thing I was having a problem with - no ammo! I guess the only thing I could have done was keep running until someone else shot them for me - probably an unlikely scenario. Regarding the disconecting, I thought the whole idea of the game was to do anything necessary to survive! I don't feel bad about it anyway as it doesn't hurt anyone else (other than perhaps the toe-rag looting my cold dead body).

Are we sure that server time is game time? If you only ever get the time to play at night then you would only ever see the night - that doesn't seem right somehow. I supose people may develop specialist skills based on whether they are nocturnal or not.

To be honest, If I see you gettign chased by a horde coming MY way I shoot you so the zombies are stopping to EAT YOU not me. But in case Im with my team the situation is another one in that case we have easily the firepower to get rid of a horde...exspect to be asked for some kind of compensation for our expenses (ammo, morhine, painkiller and baked beans are accepted)...because ammo is rare and we don't like it to waste it for others.
Try to run perpendicular when the shooting starts to not get caught in the crossfire.

Regarding daytime in game...was no problem until yesterday when all servers where out of sync...when you had night in the US you simply went to a EU or russian server and vice versa. Im indeed specialized in night playstyle because at night the sniper pest is without teethad the servr is rather empty...that's the time to go to cities for medical supplies that are hard to find in the wilderness...and zombies are totally blind at night...you can silently sneak aroud them at 5m distance and you're safe...until a noob comes runnign in with flares and shooting all that moves. Btw I use NVGs at night

[[APS]Gnat]

Great Mod .....
But the (multiple) (half time not working) addon file hosting solution(s) are getting a little anoying.

[tremanarch]

It's the 'making a stand' thing I was having a problem with - no ammo! I guess the only thing I could have done was keep running until someone else shot them for me - probably an unlikely scenario. Regarding the disconecting, I thought the whole idea of the game was to do anything necessary to survive! I don't feel bad about it anyway as it doesn't hurt anyone else (other than perhaps the toe-rag looting my cold dead body).

Are we sure that server time is game time? If you only ever get the time to play at night then you would only ever see the night - that doesn't seem right somehow. I supose people may develop specialist skills based on whether they are nocturnal or not.

i found an area, when i go there upstairs and wait the zombies lose aggro after 2 minutes, and its okay again.. had 4 zombs on my tail worked several times, thats my safe house now

[Zorg_DK]

This mod is epic fun! Keep up the good work Rocket and co.