For some reason this is the only mod that gives me vertigo/motion sickness like a mudsucker. IF they had a 3rd person view I would be all over this one. So I am having to hang out in the next best version for me which is Takistan. I can't play this for more than about 15 minutes before I feel like I am going to puke all over the screen and keyboard.

It's a Chicago server, but I think the night cycle has been shortened. I got off of it 15 min ago and it was turning daylight at 05:00am server time and 8:00am CST.

Yep. It's supposed to be on a 4 hour day/night cycle now. With the full moon, nights aren't bad at all right now.
BTW, here's a changelog for the next update due tomorrow. You'll be starting from scratch tomorrow since they're moving to a new type of database , so don't get attached to anything today.

UPCOMING PATCH

[1.3]

Target release 5 OCT 2012

Starting Loadout: 1x Bandage, 1x Bottle of Painkillers, 1x Flashlight

[NEW] Combat Log prevention

[NEW] Dupe Prevention

[NEW] Nighttime Fog Script

[NEW] Different Database.. This means a wipe

[NEW] Added the ability for you to flip an overturned vehicle
[FIX] Skins should now give you the clothes back when used
[FIX] Skins should no longer teleport you to the beach
[FIX] Backpacks for custom models working again
[NEW] Bandit skin has a new model and drops in military areas
[REMOVAL] Removed Rob Hammers m14 pack, working on a smaller compile of external weapons I want to use
[REMOVAL] No more Hescos, back to the drawing board for base building
[REMOVAL] COSLX Animation might be the root of the climbing bug, removing it as a fix action
[FIX] Crashed aircraft now spawn #%&*$# like it should
[NEW] Crashed Mi8's and BMP's with Russian Loot
[CHANGE] Completely new loot tables, Russian and American based
[NEW] Custom Map via Mission placed objects, which have spawn tables/Zeds
[NEW] Adding a community released game mechanic

Chicago ? Can't bode too well for my pings then. Guess I'll wait for the standalone.

Thanks for the Survival Ops info guys. I'm waiting on version 1.3.

Came out last night. Played a little and it seemed fine.

Downloaded, installed and played for a bit. Making my way towards the old camp from the coast.

sSnakeyes and I were on today. Server reset out of the blue. Had to update to 1.3.1 to get in again.

Yeah, saw they had to patch a few problems in the release notes. Oh well, alpha of an alpha. I'll be on later after work.

here's a pic of the built up camp up in bere with the lav parked in it. ive got myself set up in a nice little spot now, just waiting to log on and find it full like it was earlier tonight

New patch out. Downloading as I write :

[PATCH 1.3.2]

Starting Loadout: 1x Bandage, 1x Bottle of Painkillers, 1x Flashlight

[CHANGE] Ammo should NOW only be slightly more available then food/water
[REMOVED] Zombie spawns from static crashed vehicles, to combat lag
[FIX] Removed the abundance of dead rockstars in the Zombie infested frontier
[FIX] Vehicle flip should now work, I've tested with an ATV. May not work on all vehicle sizes
[CHANGE] Loot spawn timers have been given a temporary experimental value If all is well, it will become permanent
[NEW] Military Pilot skin added, found at C-130 and Helicopter crash sites
[NEW] Priest Robes can be worn, find them at your local church
[CHANGE] Sniper skins are now found at the Military Barracks

The camp in Beri shown above is free game. I was overlooking it earlier in the night and somebody in the deerstand had binos pointed right at me.... so I shot him. The LAV had a .50 on it, so it didn't end well for me. As I was coming off the beach, I ran into another survivor in Elektro, we both declared friendly over direct (him in a British accent..more on that later), so I went on my way. Turns out, the other guy had chloroform (it's in this mod now), and the next thing I know I'm knocked unconscious while looting a pile of meds, and he's picked me up and carrying me around promising me butt sex when he gets me back to his base. On any other server, I would have thought this was a script-kiddie and logged out. Turns out, it's a feature (minus the butt sex), so I went along with it. He initially thought I was with the SSC clan that runs the server. They apparently are in a pi$$ing match with them and do this sort of thing. I get to talking with him on the long trip and we discuss some of the new game details, vehicles, etc. Turns out he's taking me to Berizino, so I mention they may not like me there since I just died while killing one of theirs. Of course, this guy winds up being my kill All this while, Moose has spawned in and is following us. We finally get to his camp, and they're all Brits from what I could tell. They offer me 3 choices : 1: Death by tin cans 2: Death by firing squad, or 3: Sing "God Save the Queen"....I chose the tin cans. After numerous missed tin cans, I got mouthy and told them this is why we kicked them out of the colonies: they couldn't hit anything.... so they shot me. I headed back off the beach and hooked up with Moose who had backed off since there were about 8 of them and he had a hatchet. We got geared up, and we're both running M-24s, so let the Beri camping begin

On a side note, I've got a rucksack courtesy of a C-130 wreck, and I highly recommend getting one. They have 32 slots and make Coyotes look like little girl purses.

Great report Jeff. Downloading the new patch now. In the years I have been online gaming, I can't remember a game where you could have experiences like Jeff's. It's human interaction at its best for virtual reality. So count me in for the "Beri Camping". NO ONE should be coerced into singing God Save the Queen!

(and thanks to the Brits for their creativity and sense of humor)

LMAO! That't the funniest online tale i've read in ages. Thanks Jeff

so i logged in tonight after getting out of work in position #1 outside our favorite spot. immediately saw a group of 4 players in the outpost. first guy climed one of the towers - bang, dropped him cold at 600 meters. 2nd guy climbs tower to bandage first guy - bam, hit him, but it wasn't a kill shot. (i think he jumped out of the tower after i hit him, pretty sure my shot hit his arm area) first guy expires and i get a bandit kill.

after not seeing anything for a while, and while fighting a cold (i need antibiotics now) i flip to my other character in his position on the other side. they have now thrown flares everywhere to apparently distract me. i watch the element of three exit out along the LAV and run southwest away after throwing more flares in my other characters position. i didn't dare engage as they had access to that .50.

i *really* like this new northwest airfield

Moose I have antibiotics and can head up to the camp area and drop them in the tent for you. I will head back to Cherno and Elektro and look for more after I get that package dropped off up there for you.

New Update

[PATCH 1.3.3]

Starting Loadout: 1x Bandage, 1x Bottle of Painkillers, 1x Flashlight

[CHANGE] Repair range is adjusted once again
[CHANGE] The amount of dead priest are now stabilized
[FIX] I Think the RPG and SMAW are fixed? Didn't have time to do much
Testing besides editor
[REDUCED] Max local zombie count per person and their spawn distance
[MAINT] SQL #%&*$#.. trying to fix the VEHICLE and TENT problem

New Password too : Corps777

You should have taken "God save the queen", but obliqued into "My Country Tis of thee" instead.

I was still shaken by the whole threat of un-lubed butt-sex and not thinking clearly. You haven't heard 'creepy' until you've heard that threat in a British accent

more revenge tonight - 2 more non kill shots, then I poured it on hard on those guys who were all camping the outpost. got one kill from my close spot, then after a lot of sitting around doing nothing i switched to back up to the other spot. immediately saw a guy just hanging in the middle of the base - 1 round to the head at 500 meters.. then i thought i saw movement in the residential across the street. sure enough, there was a guy on the 4th floor. he started running down the stairs and i timed my 800m shot right as he walked out the front door.



the lone survivor who i assume was hanging in the barracks just started firing wildly, i assume in anger at the loss of his comrades

hope it was those brit guys!

Right on Moose! You got it going.