Day Z

[Senator]

Originally Posted by cartman

Dola,

It looks like as of right now they aren't allowing private servers for DayZ. Not sure if I have a spare machine with the horsepower to host one that is opened up to the public.

You friggin tease. So, we should pick a time and get on a server that has daylight and run into each other while we get beat up.

[Senator]

Ok, alone I am mincemeat

[Castlerock]

Any interest in getting a bunch of us on the same server at the same time?

[EagleFan]

Originally Posted by jaygr

I've been trying this out over the last few days and it is great so far. I still have no idea what I am doing (probably compounded by the fact that I never played Arma 2 before). There's been a lot of buzz about this game around the web the last week or two with lots of blogs or sites posting their experiences. I suggest searching for some of those to get an idea on what it is all about.

I mostly wanted to post because if there is anyone on the fence about the mod or wanting to try it out, Amazon currently has Arma 2 combined operations (the version you will need) on sale for 50% for $14.99 via their direct download service. I'm not sure how much longer it will be on sale because I think it has been nearly a week or so. If you do purchase it on there, just be sure to then download the latest patch as unfortunately the download from Amazon is not the latest.

Screw you; you folded against the Devils with the whole team and now you're playing video games. Fu.......

Oh, sorry. Misread that screen name...

[Senator]

Originally Posted by Castlerock

Any interest in getting a bunch of us on the same server at the same time?

That's the only way this will be any fun. My solo trips have been less than fruitful.

[Castlerock]

Originally Posted by Castlerock

Any interest in getting a bunch of us on the same server at the same time?

Originally Posted by Senator

That's the only way this will be any fun. My solo trips have been less than fruitful.

I agree. Solo involves me wandering around with little loot. As soon as I try to get anything of value, I get killed by other players. I did cooperate with one guy (he even gave me food and drink when I needed it) but that was the only non-bandit I have encountered. I think most bandits are solo so a group of FOFCers could be fun.

[cartman]

What we will need to do is figure out a way to coordinate. The servers fill up really quickly, so unless we are all online at the same time and communicating, it will be nearly impossible to link up on the same server.

[mckerney]

Infection: DayZ Servers Hit By Malicious Software | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

I don’t know whether to growl or sigh so I guess I’ll just groan, or maybe even grigh. Jim’s new favourite playground and horrorshow, DayZ, was the victim of a security breach, carrying the risk that the game’s servers could become a botnet. Thankfully the person responsible has been identified, a statement has been released and legal action is being pursued. The official advice is as follows:

…if you are a user who has downloaded the .exe called dayz_auto_updater.exe from the US Mirror…scan against viruses and read the description by ThreatExpert on where to locate this if your Virus detector does not pick it up.

Additionally, server hosts who supplied RDP details to the DayZ team are also compromised and “need to thoroughly scan their server for the same type of processes and to change their servers RDP details and to NOT ever give the RDP details out to anyone *Including DayZ* from now on”. More below.


While the culprit has been discovered, being spotted hasn’t caused a slinking off into the undergrowth for fear of reprisal, as detailed on the DayZ forums. Of course, when people love a thing, as many people love DayZ, they can become very defensive when that thing is threatened. Important then that they heed the large red text at the forum which says this, except redder:

*NOTE: DO NOT POST THIS PERSONS PERSONAL INFORMATION, GAMING ALIASES, ETC ARE FINE, BUT NAMES, ADDRESSES, SOCIAL WEBSITES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THIS TOPIC. ALSO DO NOT MAKE THREATS AGAINST THIS PERSON IN ANY WAY LEGAL ACTIONS ARE BEING PURSUED*

Follow the steps to ensure all that needs to be repaired is repaired, take any necessary future precautions and perhaps curse the determination of some people to try and ruin things for other people, in various ways. At least the linked example lead to something glorious though.

On a personal note, it’s irritating that this is my first post about DayZ, something I’ve been wanting to indulge in and write about since I first vicariously enjoyed it through Jim’s writings. I still haven’t found time to play it.

Thanks to VG24/7 for the alert.

[BrianD]

Are FOFC people still playing? I have recently started and wouldn't mind joining with some people.