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Standalone DayZ screens show off new insides

Standalone DayZ screens show off new insides
Posted 11:56am 16/10/12 by: limimi
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It's been a while since we last heard about DayZ, with creator Dean Hall knuckling down and working on the standalone game after talking to everyone in the world about the game. Hall expects the standalone version of DayZ to be available to purchase in Alpha before the end of this year and if the latest screens are anything to go by, it's looking great. In a post on the official Tumblr, Hall explains that the artists have been making their way across Chernarus Plus ensuring each building is enterable and working correctly.





Hall notes that it is still a work in progress - the screens don't represent the finished product and are taken on Normal graphics settings with medium texture resolution, but it looks pretty great so far - with nicer lighting and better looking textures throughout. Every building in the village the screenshots were taken in can now be entered, along with many of the other buildings outside cities - and Hall and the team are now working on making sure buildings inside cities are too.

As you can see from the screenshots, Hall went ahead with the plans he discussed with Joaby to build the standalone game on the Arma 2 engine - more specifically it uses a branch of Take On Helicopters, which is itself a branch of Operation Arrowhead. You can check out the screenshots via the aforementioned Tumblr or over in our Games Database!
Comments on this Article
Tue 16 Oct 12, 12:18pm
hoax86
Posted: Tue 16 Oct 12, 12:18pm

But will the final game be hackertastic, and has the hype died with the generally unplayable nature of the mod as it stands?

I know that some people will be playing the standalone regardless, but I feel it will be a financial disaster because the people who jumped on the bandwagon have already jumped off again.

Tue 16 Oct 12, 12:30pm
Pablitos_Way
Posted: Tue 16 Oct 12, 12:30pm

Need some zom animation vids..

Tue 16 Oct 12, 12:44pm
Joaby
Posted: Tue 16 Oct 12, 12:44pm

Because they'll have ultimate control over every part of the engine for the standalone it won't be hackertastic - they're already putting in the pieces needed to thwart the bullshit hacking destroying the mod. That's why I'm waiting for the standalone now. I'm pretty sure it's close.

Tue 16 Oct 12, 1:36pm
Phyaran
Posted: Tue 16 Oct 12, 1:36pm

Awwwwwwwwww yeahhh.

To answer your second question hoax, I have a feeling there certainly has been a loss of interest in the mod due to the way the gameplay went, and they will certainly have to leap on releasing the standalone as soon as possible to try and capitalise on the success of the mod, as well as focus very much on the elimination of hacking and fixes to other exploits (tents etc). I've been playing again lately, haven't spent a massive amount of time on populated servers and there are certainly still hackers, but I haven't had any significant runins with server killing, teleporting etc.

I think the decrease in interest has caused a lot of the hackers to go be pathetic excuses for people elsewhere.

Tue 16 Oct 12, 1:40pm
Joaby
Posted: Tue 16 Oct 12, 1:40pm

Heh, Heath was saying yesterday that he came across a 'good hacker'.

My problem is that I just assume anyone who kills me is a hacker now.

Tue 16 Oct 12, 2:02pm
Phyaran
Posted: Tue 16 Oct 12, 2:02pm

We came across a jackass multiple times yesterday who seemed to be teleporting, was definitely invincible, and possibly summoning cars.

On the other hand, he was a really **** shot with his winchester.

Tue 16 Oct 12, 2:06pm
squidassist
Posted: Tue 16 Oct 12, 2:06pm

Hmmm, s'odd. There's still that pile of earth in the corner of the building. I always assumed that was uneven terrain from the outside accidently phasing through the floor... Now I'm inclined to think that, upon hearing of the zombie outbreak, attempted to burry themselves in the corner of their houses.

Wed 17 Oct 12, 5:23pm
Xutech
Posted: Wed 17 Oct 12, 5:23pm

Can't finish a mod, why should I give Rocket money? What a sad picture of a few new textures on furniture. I am not excited that a room in an upcoming game will have gingham tablecloth.

Fri 19 Oct 12, 8:23am
Fallingout
Posted: Fri 19 Oct 12, 8:23am

Another thing to burn my computer's hardware to the ground

Sat 20 Oct 12, 1:06pm
Pablitos_Way
Posted: Sat 20 Oct 12, 1:06pm

More have been put up joab...

Mon 31 Dec 12, 10:37pm
Victoria98
Posted: Mon 31 Dec 12, 10:37pm

I know that some people will be playing the standalone regardless, but I feel it will be a financial disaster because the people who jumped on the bandwagon have already jumped off again.coiffures perruque

Fri 18 Jan 13, 7:56pm
alina013
Posted: Fri 18 Jan 13, 7:56pm

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Fri 03 May 13, 12:09pm
detain
Posted: Fri 03 May 13, 12:09pm

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