DayZ: An open-world, perma-death zombie survival game

[wormcode]

haha these guys are hunting goats and some guy runs through getting chased by dozens of zombies

[apmje]

That video makes me want this game so bad,

[the wiggle baron]

wow wow wow!! This game couldnt encapsulate everything I want from a computer game any more if it tried!! Even down to the fact that I dont really have that much time to play computer games these days, but theres no real sense of "falling behind" with your character or anything, as if anything the safest way to play the game is to just not play it!

Those videos have blown me away, totally looking into this right the hell now...

How much are we talking for everything you need to play this mod? Its Arma 2 and the arrowhead expansion or something isnt it? I guess its quite a lot to fork out for a game I will never actually play lol but at the same time, this mod looks to be the best thing ive ever seen in a computer game! Buying this instead of diablo 3 is definitely a good way of justifying this to myself as well (although, i dont think I was actually going to buy diablo 3...but shhh lol)

oh, side question though, is my computer going to be able to handle it enough for it to be playable on the lowest settings? (dont care about graphics really, just want this style of gameplay...)

An intel core duo E7300 (or however you write it...)
Nvidia 8800 GTS
2gb ram

Im guessing it should run alright enough?

[Lucifa]

^^^Type in SystemLab requirements in google then select Arma 2 on drop-down. My laptop passed minimum specs and is like 4 years old now.

I've decided, I'm gunna grab this and a headset on Friday

[legend4ry]

my computer passed minimum spec but still ran it like shit, be warned yo.

I had to d/l ultra compressed textures and everything .

[the wiggle baron]

mind if i ask the spec of the computer youve played it on legendary? This would be the first computer game ive bought in yeeears if I do! Would be shit if I couldnt run it well enough to enjoy it.

[Dub_freak]

Want to play this game so badly, might have to get it either tonight or tomorrow.

Found this for anyone interested: http://puu.sh/v4i4

[Lucifa]

[the wiggle baron]

nice one man, think you just saved me a tenner there. Seems the best way for me to do this is to download the free demo of Arma 2, then when ive had a play on that to check if it will actually run at all is to buy operation arrowhead. Then install the free mod files from the dayz site, then spend ages fiddling with it till it works...

If so thats only £15, and I can tootally justify that! Aslong as it will work...

Cant fucking wait. This looks so, so...so so so good. Ruthless ninja bandit crew anyone?

demo version downloading now while im at work...

[Gewze]

im jealoussss im not even that far from the specs and the demo doesnt play. i hate life

[JBoy]

That website says my laptop isnt good enough but its still runs arma 2:free pretty well with a few of the settings turned down. Its the gameplay that counts anyway in my opinion.

[apmje]

I am gunna get on this. Managed to bag a graphics card...not sure how long it'll hold out but I'll give it a whirl. I won't be on til Friday when I finish work, sort something out then.

[deadly_habit]

only took me like 2 hrs of troubleshooting to get it to run finally
now to tweak my graphics and settings, learn the keys and get to having some fun

[Sexual_Chocolate]

only took me like 2 hrs of troubleshooting to get it to run finally
now to tweak my graphics and settings, learn the keys and get to having some fun

i think what you need to do is, start recording your game play, then re-record an epic voice-over for all enjoy

[Lucifa]

Decent tips on performance optimisation here; http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/forums/ ... erformance

Downloading the demo now, I reckon ill get it running on low details, otherwise i will be a very sad panda indeed.

[deadly_habit]

heh yea will be tweaking away and prolly not playing tonight
also snagged up the game of thrones rpg that just came out so been playing a bit of that today

[the wiggle baron]

fuckin right!! Just got home from work and the demo of arma 2 was downloaded, tested it on crap graphics (well, normal settings at 1024x768...more than enough for me!) and it ran clean as a fecking whistle.

Have operation arrowhead downloading as we speak

First game ive bought in years, soooo excited. Still anticipating a painful day tomorrow of probably spending all day trying to get it to work and not actually getting to play it before work, but still...so excited for this.

Deadly habit, when I get this all up and running (hoping tomorrow) you want to spend a day failing to find each other on this enormous fucking map? Followed by possibly actually finding each other and one of us panicking and nailing the other one in the head...

[the wiggle baron]

euuugh, reaally? I fucking hate talk talk. Apparently got a 10mb connection (although they said we'll only get 7) but the absoloute fastest this connection can ever download anything, from anywhere, is 100kbps. Even thats when its booming, 90 is the standard. And thats even from reputable places, not dodgy torrents or anything. Which means, if im doing my maths right, this 7.5gb game will take 23 hours to download?? For reeeeeal????

Please tell me im being a noob and not accounting for bits vs bytes and itll be 8 times quicker than that or something...please lol

[wormcode]

The mod will probably run a bit easier on systems since there's not as much action, vehicles, explosions or people on screen most of the time as there is in actual ARMA... so I'd think you can be a little lenient with specs.

[the wiggle baron]

oh talk talk, i hate you so much. so, so much. It is just going to take 24 hours isnt it. Can 100kbps really be sold as broadband?? Jesus, couldnt not recommend them any less...

Like, its 3am on a wednesday. Not exactly peak fucking time is it.