2015년 7월 19일 일요일
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MINIDAYZ
Explore Chernarus from a new perspective, in pixelized top-down single-player format. Sick of getting knifed in the back by other players? Just open up your browser and play by yourself. And it's just been updated to be even better.
Here's the changelog for MINIDAYZ 1.2:
New:
Default items slot "Hands" added: now you can pick items if you don't have any clothing.
New pick up menu - right click: show/hide, left click on item in list to pick it up.
Crafting added.
Zombie crawlers added, you can meet them only in deep Chernarus.
Achievements added: Black box collector, Light the Night, Manic: the gathering, Untouchable, Tourist, Here's Johnny!
Items added: Ashwood stick, Wood sticks, Wood piles, Improvised bag, Improvised backpack, Burlap sack, Duct tape, Rope, Weapon cleaning kit, Papers, Hunter knife, Army knife, Butcher knife, Police hat, Night vision goggles, Civilian tent, Crafted arrows, Composite arrows, Improvised bow, Crossbow.
New wearing out system: when gear hits 0% condition it loses all slots and effects to player, and can't be repaired. Firearms stop shooting and melee deal low extra damage.
All loot from destroyed gear now drops on ground.
Link to MINIDAYZ map added in main menu.
Player now can chop down single standing trees (only with axes) to get Wood piles, Wood sticks and Ashwood sticks.
New zeds death animations and skins.
Hints in GUI shows gear properties like additional protection and heat.
Church added in "Стрижи".
More sounds for different actions added.
Changes/Fixes:
Loot highlight enabled on veteran difficulty.
Player now blocked from actions when using or crafting.
Zombie respawn radius rebalanced.
Loot respawn rebalance.
Bot blindness fixed in the night.
Matches now can be stacked (by 10).
Flares now can be stacked (by 5).
Shotgun shells now stacks by 15.
.45acp ammo now stacks by 40.
.357 ammo now stacks by 30.
DayZ Standalone: The Fire Extinguisher Complex
DayZ Standalone: The Fire Extinguisher Complex
Have you ever had one of those moments where you have someone lined up in your sniper scope and realize that you can either take them out, or simply let them walk on. It was a time like this that I realized why I loved DayZ Mod so much and had put so many hours into a game that was notorious for being buggy. Those moments where you have the chance to take a player’s life and someone could be watching you contemplating the exact same thing.
There were some truly great DayZ Mods out there that made the game into something truly unique and encouraged Bohemia Interactive to take notice of what Dean Hall had accomplished with one of their games. There were even Mods of the Dayz Mod like DayZero and Breaking Point which were some of the best when looking for PvP or player interaction. All of these combined Mods gave Bohemia a collective idea of what DayZ Standalone should be.
The standalone game was meant to be Hall’s vision brought to fruition, however it fails on many fronts. Thus far I think it is safe to say that the SA has brought in a host of players who never touched the Mod and thought a sandbox shooter would be a fantastic idea. Unfortunately this host of new people is what I like to call ‘Coastal Kiddies’. These are people who never explore the massive map and instead stick around the coast hoping to knock someone out with a fire extinguisher.
Now I know I can’t dictate how people should play a sandbox game, however I can say that I know many of these people don’t even realize the fun that they are missing out on. By staying at the coast and just messing about with the crappy melee weapons most players are missing out on the entire purpose of the game. I even came across a streamer who shall remain nameless, who claimed to have played SA since release and when I mentioned Vybor, had no idea where on the map that was.
It is in my opinion the developers are at fault that people are not exploring the map, they have made it far too easy to get completely geared by sitting on the coast. I realized that the game is still in early access, however the player numbers are dropping and the majority of people that have dropped off are the players who are Northern PvPers. I have heard multiple complaints that most people are tired of putting in such an effort to test a game that doesn’t actually fix its problems.
An example of this came with the 0.57 patch, which was supposed to be a huge patch that would bring life into the Standalone again. I was excited to see the amount of content that was being added into the game, including the SVD and Winchester rifles. Unfortunately my exhilaration was short lived when I saw the myriad of bugs that had been supposedly fixed were once again present. The first bug was one I had never hoped to see again and that was being unable to aim down the sights of a gun I had picked up from another player. This bug was in months ago and has made a not so glorious return to the game. The other bug that has somehow managed to worm its way back into the game is zombies not caring that you have closed a door and just walking right on through it. While this was never a huge issue in the past because.zombies were slower and easier to deal with, it is now a huge problem because the zombies have received a significant speed boost.
I do realize that this game is an early access alpha title, however they have deterred the majority of the hardcore fanbase because they refuse to fix or change things that would make the game more of a challenge. This is going to have a huge impact on the development of the game because there are fewer and fewer people to test and experiment with new builds of the game, which is what the early access is all about.
As someone who has put more than 1100 hours into the Standalone and over 2k hours in the mod, I can safely say I am disappointed in the progress made. It’s things like this that don’t get fixed for weeks on end that drive people away from helping to test the game. On top of that, the coastal PVP has made the game no fun at all for those of us that are actually willing to explore the map and head north. In my opinion they need to focus a bit more on getting people to move around the map to find all of the gear they need to survive. The game is supposed to be about player interactions across a vast map, yet all I see are people running through Cherno, beating each other to death with fire extinguishers.
2015년 7월 10일 금요일
2015년 7월 8일 수요일
What does this mean for you, the average survivor?
- We’ll be moving forward with initial support for DirectX 11 only, with DirectX 12 support following eventually.
- Windows XP will no longer be possible, as it is not capable of DirectX 11 support.
- Windows XP has always been below minimum requirements for DayZ.
- With a time estimate of approximately 2 months to complete the last required changes for the new rendering module, and support DirectX 11.
- The initial goal is a 1:1 visual parity with the original simulation tied renderer.
- Once implemented, the design team will have access to more robust and complex particle effects
- Systems such as bleeding, fires, flares, etc will receive the proper visual attention they require
- Volumetric fog will be possible within the world of Chernarus
- Estimated completion date of support for DirectX 11 is mid to late May 2015.
New Zombie A.I. & Stealth (Infected & Animal)
Fairly early on in DayZ development it was fairly apparent that the existing A.I. we had inherited from previous titles using our original tech base was not going to be able to deliver the infected and animal experience we wanted to deliver. As Q1 for 2015 comes to a close, we’ve been slowly implementing very early versions of entirely new A.I. built specifically for DayZ into experimental branch. With 0.55 we’ll begin to see early versions of both enter stable branch. Obviously very core to the DayZ experience is stealth when avoiding or approaching both types of A.I., as well as intelligent behavior and navigation.
It is critical to allow the player to both feel like the hunter, and the hunted. Thus work on the A.I. side of the engine during Q1 focused heavily on begining to allow the player to feel as if they could escape the infected using only their wits, rather than brute force – and use that same stealth tactic to hunt and kill wild animals when exploring the vast fields and forests of Chernarus. As 2015 continues and we enter Q2, the existing systems will be iterated upon and expanded to offer an even more immersive and complex DayZ experience.
Diseases
Central Economy. One of the terms most people are still a bit confused by. The Central Economy is DayZ’s backend control over the quantity, type, location, and region of the item or “loot” spawning system. Work continued on this throughout the entirety of Q1, and the first implementation was seen later in the Quarter on Experimental branch – pushing towards the 0.55 release at the end of the quarter. Moving into Q2 – this system is also tied into server side persistence, item cleanup, and proper item respawning and will be iterated upon frequently.
As we push this system from experimental branch and on to stable, it will allow us fine control over the in game economy, and thus how the flow from the coast to the north progresses. As well as allow us to push players more towards alternative food gathering resources such as horticulture, cooking, and hunting.
New Renderer
One of the longest duration core engine tasks for Enfusion, the base engine technology being developed in tandem with DayZ – is the seperation of the existing legacy renderer from the engine side simulation, and the creation of a brand new rendering module. Critical for the flexibility and life of the Enfusion engine – this task is arguably one of the most paramount technology upgrades for DayZ moving forward, and was much more of a task than we initially expected (having been pushed beyond its intended experimental branch date several times). As Q1 draws to a close we are within weeks of the completion of the module itself, and the analysis of time required to implement the currently used DirectX 9 tech was undertaken.
Internal review has shown that the additional time spent to hook DirectX 9 into the new rendering module is near identical to the time that would be required to add in DirectX 11 support. As the original intent to support DirectX 9 in tandem with DirectX 12 gave way to increased DirectX 12 support within the industry, the decision was made to ditch DirectX 9 support for the new rendering module and move directly into supporting DirectX 11. As supporting three seperate platforms (DirectX 9, DirectX 11, and DirectX 12) is not feesible, DirectX 11 was the clear winner for the “mainstream” platform target.
As we look forward to Q2 of 2015, we’ll take a look at the goals and objectives internally for the first quarter of this year. From initial implementation of new A.I. for Infected and Animals, to the Central Economy and more. Q1 had the first appearance of some very important work on the road to 1.0 for DayZ.
- Basic Vehicles
- Central economy (advanced loot distribution)
- New renderer
- New Zombie AI
- Basic stealth system (zombies, animals, …)
- Diseases
- Improved Cooking & Horticulture
- Advanced Anti-Cheat (Dynamic BattlEye)
Basic Vehicles: Praga V3S & Vehicle Simulation
With the first implementation coming in very early on in Q1 – iteration followed throughout the rest of the quarter. Starting from scratch with the physical simulation, the engine and gameplay programming teams paired with the design team brought the first of our basic vehicles to stable branch, the Praga V3S. Looking forward into Quarter 2 – further iteration will allow us to expand into more vehicles, introduce vehicle inventories, and required vehicle maintenance/components.
In addition to the creation of the new physical simulation for DayZ’s land based vehicles moving towards a “DayZ” specific feel to handling, design and programming work progressed on manual transmission support. From both the technical engine side, and player controls and overall system design this will allow us much greater customization of vehicles, as well as a more in depth and immersive experience than with traditional “push W and go fast” vehicle control models.
Central Economy: Item Quantity
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