It didn't really run. It did, but it was graphic glitches galore. I also got sick of it before the game properly started, all this talk from e.v.e wasn't really interesting. I just want to manage resources and build things.

Pretty sure I would have liked it if those damn vertices stopped moving around, and there weren't any green faces problems. Made it very uncomfortable to watch.

But thanks for the offer, I'll accept if you can also send me a compatible pc tyvm.

Nexx wrote:

Has anyone tried out the DayZ mod for Arma II?  It basically looks like the type of zombie game that everyone is always asking for.  Its an online zombie survival game where the focus isn't actually on killing zombies but rather around player interaction.  So for example finding players to scavenge for supplies with, avoiding bandit players etc.  It has no respawns too so once you die you have to start over without all the equipment that you've found.

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I'm tempted to pick up Arma to give it a go but it sounds like the kind of game that would be better to play with some people you know.

Have you had a go at this yet @Nexx?

I played the last couple of nights. (i.e. it has been night/dark in game for all the time i've played so far).

The first time I came across a guy he was being attacked and I helped him which subsequently meant he did not kill me, hung around with him for a while as we searched the town (though he wasn't communicating) and eventually got killed by getting trapped inside a building with no ammo. (and a bug that let zombies attack through doors).

Respawned and entered a different town, climbed up onto a building where there just happened to be two guys on the roof. I didn't attack them (even though I had an opportunity to kill them both as I came up behind them. The fuckers shot me in the face, lesson learnt.

Was even better when I played last night. Again, I came across a guy who was being attacked by about 10 zombies, I expended all my ammo and helped kill them off which he returned the favour by not shooting me (it's really hard to find people to trust and the Mod breeds paranoia). Anyway, continued to search the town for about 20 minutes and lost the guy i'd helped to save but found a body with tons of food, guns, ammo, flares, map, toolbox etc. I know Cheranarus pretty well from playing Arma II but the map was really useful for identifying the name of the town I was in.

With my new found supplies I decided to head North, a couple of hills and forrests later I come across a new town. I can hear gunshots so stay low as to not risk losing my supplies. I see a guy running up towards me (unsure as to if he had spotted me) but I decided to continue up north through the trees - I really don't wanna lose all the food i've scavenged. Just outside the town there is a building by the road. I'm looking down from the trees and spot a zombie at the door, i'm lining up my shot and as i'm about to take it a guy pops into my vision running along the road, there are three of them. I stay prone behind the trees letting them dispatch the zombie and thankful it is night and they went on by without seeing me, best to avoid the roads so I continue north through the forrest. About half an hour later and suddenly I notice the moon in the sky - shit, it's to the south-east, i've got turned around somewhere in the forrest.

Anyway, my characters still going but I would really love if there were other players from here playing, safety in numbers and that but also there can be times where you're doing nothing but running between towns for 20 minutes and it'd really improve the experience to have a group of people playing.

Nice write up Pie, more here at RPS

Cool, let me know when. Though I have the retail and not the steam version you can add me on steam (name same as on here) to contact me whenever. Anyone else have Combined Ops fancy giving this a go?

Runs well on powerful pc. Not so well on anything more than a year or two old. Has some of the worst voice acting ever.

It will run, it will just be very ugly.

Ready to give dat Tribes a go.

I didn't uninstall it. I might play.

@Nexx That Day Z mode sounds amazing. Love Roguelikes and this sounds worth a punt. Will look into it later. In other news, Crusader Kings 2 is swallowing huge chunks of my time at the moment. I started a thread, but it's sunk without a trace so I won't bang on about it. Cracking game, though.

You got a physical copy of a pc game. In the post?

How quaint.

More to the point L4D2 online yay. I haven't been raped on-top by a hunter player who talks about raping me in modded servers that have distance based voice chat in yonks.

vicinity_of_pie wrote:

What sort of spec is your PC?

3 Gig ram, quad core 2.4ghz, Vista 32 bit and card is a Geforce 9600 GT.

Was a beast in the day. Now it's deserving of a wheelchair over the cliff send-off.

You're intimidating me

Bollockoff wrote:

You got a physical copy of a pc game. In the post?

How quaint.

I still haven't got the patch down the tubes yet so post probably worked out as fast as downloading it.

Going to jump on dayz now if anyone else is up for meeting up on a server? Will probably try the FR1 (french one) because it's the one I used last time and it run pretty smooth. Send me a message on steam if anyone fancys getting a group together.

Has anyone here actually built their own desktop?

I need to know websites to use and stuff to avoid, also noob moves like not enough power but I already know that one so give me other dick moves to avoid.

Diablo 3.

Nothing major intensive such as graphics or design of any sort. I just need something to play the current releases, won't need speakers or anything 'cause I'll headphone it. Once it's up, I can then upgrade as and when is necessary. It needs to boss at Diablo 3 though.

If I'm not mistaken Neogaf have a massive thread about building your own so I'll sneak a peek there sometime.