Arma3 "dayz" ...

Posted by benevolentdevil on Aug 03, 2018; 6:48pm
URL: http://kodabar-dayz-daizy-single-player-forum.163.s1.nabble.com/Arma3-dayz-tp19861.html

 I'm not entirely certain Arma3 has an ACTUAL dayz mod ... I seen "exile" , and Breaking Point ( which i think went down ) , and a few other mods.  I think there's a form of Epoch on Arma3 ... but I hadn't seen any videos on it yet.

 Someone commented on reddit, the Ravage mod didn't work, and no one has updated/fixed it.  

 I've went back and forth on getting arma3 , which I will once I get a new gaming comp ... but thats a ways away still.
  But things I looked at I like about arma3 ...  you can much easier create your own "survival" missions in it.
Zombies seem easy to add into any thing arma3 ...
  With Zeus ...  you can dynamically "game master" missions for players ...

 AI seem to behave better too ... a lot less "zig-zag running" by AI , though they seem to head-shot aimbot just as bad ...

 Everyone I talk to about Arma3 says they hate the Altis and Stratis maps ... these maps remind me more of Sahrani ... which I adore as a arma2 map/island ...
 You can always do the "all in arma" mod and gain all the older arma2 maps anyways.  Everything but Taviana ( at least legally it seems) as the origins guys are doing thier own "standalone" , and do not want updated competition for die-hard players. ( from how I understand it) ... which is great in my eyes, cause Taviana is one of the crappiest maps/islands anyone ever designed in arma2.  
 
 I have to look at Arma3 as a potential candidate , for user end "creation" of missions and using mods to enhance those missions into creating your own experiences, as it seems from looking from the outside in ... to be way more supportive of such.  
 Fufilling the same desires in Arma2 , can only go so far ... over a third of content you can look at for Arma2 , is badly outdated.  Some is not compatible with others, and you do tend to find many broken links, websites no longer exist, and content creators that quit thier projects, leaving us with broken or buggy content that will never improve or get fixed.

  Other aspects I like from observation on Arma3 , which seems to get mega complaints from anyone from the arma2 community , is that Arma3 features quite a bit of "futuristic" like things, and fictitious "armies" ...
 I for one , like sci-fi , and non-standard real-mil spec things, ... so that doesn't put me off much.
 It looks like arma3 has capabilities to fully customize your "flavor" regardless ... the "fashion" is set by you, what you want out of it.  

 I think , I heard though the arma3 controls are quite a bit different than arma2 controls ... which is my greatest "fear" of getting the game.  I'm so used to Arma2 controls, and keys ... "learning" a new control system seems off-putting.   I know I can just key-bind controls how I like em, but that takes time too ...
 I'd just have to see about that.  

 I think as soon as I'm able to, I'm gonna hop over to arma3 ...
I know I said I wasn't , that I would stay in Arma2 ... because I'm stuck with what I have anyways.
 

 If DayZ standalone was better ... , now mind you the latest version of Standalone isn't horrible or "bad" , there's just not a lot of players , and it's still a completely "nomadic" survival simulator , meaning you gotta walk/run everywhere, and all across the map ...
 It lacks any kind of endgame, it lacks reliable storage , reliable vehicles ... and it's greatest fail point, lacks any kind of base building still.
  Plus, right now ... you still cannot customize DayZ standalone.  You are stuck with developer created content, even renting your own server ...
 Until DayZ devs , open up modding ... for user end customization, it will remain that way.  Not only are many of Standalone's sub-systems annoyingly aggravating , with no mean sto remove or tweak those ... it is also very, very boring game.  As it stands , PvP is it's only "excitement" , and thats not even that great in standalone.  Plus, I still stand behind my stance, that DayZ should not be entirely focused around PvP "battle royale" aspects ... , some PvP is fine ... but not all there is to the game.

 So, looks like Arma3 is on the horizon for me at least ...
I've gotten to the point, with-out becoming a BIS engine expert , a self taught modder, and map/island maker ... I'll never be able to force arma2 to do what I want it to do.
 I doubt I truely get any "farther" with Arma3 in that sense ... but, it does seem to already have scripts, content pre-done, that I've wanted in Arma2 ... already done and available.  Most of it, looks very "plug and play" ... and it's still got support, so hitting a road-block , people still help and guide ya.