How to play Dayz?

enewmen

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Hi all.

After winning Arma2 and Arrowhead, I wanted to try Dayz.
I got it installed, connected to a server, then I was in some dark village at night.
After searching for hours while avoiding the zombies, I found a can of Coke, can of sardines, 1 magazine of ammo, tin cans, and some usless knife,.

Then what?
I always get killed because there is no way to save the game.
There is no map (pressing 'm' looks empty), so I can't find some military base to find a gun or something good.

I searched online, but others seem to start the game with a gun, ammo, and a car with gas.

What else can I do?
thanks!

The game looks great after I can get things rolling..
 
Solution
I'm sure this a troll post but hell I'll bite got nothing better to do as I clone a few drives.

Head to dayzmod.com and look at the forums there for the mod or use the dayzwiki and dayzdb to learn about the actual gameplay.

http://dayzmod.com/

http://dayzdb.com/

http://www.dayzwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

Obviously you can't save game, a map needs to be found as do weapons and vehicles (which often need repairing). At first it can be daunting but after a few "lives" you will figure out which buildings contain loot and what type of loot), where to find a basic rifle and how to evade zombies.

wr6133

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I'm sure this a troll post but hell I'll bite got nothing better to do as I clone a few drives.

Head to dayzmod.com and look at the forums there for the mod or use the dayzwiki and dayzdb to learn about the actual gameplay.

http://dayzmod.com/

http://dayzdb.com/

http://www.dayzwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page

Obviously you can't save game, a map needs to be found as do weapons and vehicles (which often need repairing). At first it can be daunting but after a few "lives" you will figure out which buildings contain loot and what type of loot), where to find a basic rifle and how to evade zombies.
 
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enewmen

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Thanks for the post.
I get the idea now, nothing good happens after the first night (you still need to find something good). I was about to get around the first town and avoid zombies - just nothing good to loot.
This is just a different kind of game than Stalker where you are given some directions.
Anyway, I found a map online, then I can navigate using shdows, stars, etc. Then I can find some other own or base for something better to loot.

One reason why I don't like MMO games is it seems everyone wants to challenge me and kill me, even though I love the openess.. - and I like to be able to save a game, like in Stalker,
I hope other online players are friendly enough - since I don't have anything good enough to steal anyways.
 

Alex The PC Gamer

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You can't save your game "by pressing F5" but when you leave a server, your info is saved on the DayZ servers and when you go back playing (on the same or a different server), your gear and your situation is saved up (you start where you left off).

DayZ is a survival game-mod more than anything else...in fact, it's when you're "exploring" that you're risking "your life" the most because you're distracted...the perfect opportunity for other survivors to shoot you and steal your gear!
 

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Find a private hive that suits your style there tends to be less shoot on sight/griefing/hacking