Dynamic Zombie Sandbox 1.0 Release
What is DZS? (For you DayZ players)
Hello, I'm Craig *Shakes hand with reader*
This is Dynamic Zombie Sandbox, a one of a kind mission for ArmA 2 (OA,CO,A2,A2 Free, and Take on Helicopters). It started as an idea of a full map zombie survival mission, much like DayZ, but this came before DayZ. I wanted something that was different every time, that you could port to any map, and provided tons of fun. This is what I came up with.
DZS has 36 parameters that the host can choose. These allow you near endless customization of your zombie experience. You can play in the day, the night, the dusk,with fog, with rain, with clear skies, or make it a surprise. You can start with weapons, without weapons, with/without maps, with your friends, in the middle of nowhere. You can find weapons in buildings, in cars, and in ammo boxes. Loot can be plentiful, or extremely scarce. The mission can have hundreds of cars, or a scant few. Zombies can sense you from miles away or can be fairly stupid. The only limit is your server, and you don't even need a dedicated.
This is an example of a few of the options available, and many more are on the way. There is no question on whether this will be in ArmA 3, it will be added ASAP in the community alpha. I have big plans to add much more features to make the experience even better and more customizable.
Installation? Easy. 1.5mb file goes into the MPmissions folder, or just join a server online. The file will be Downloaded automatically.
DL is on the bottom.
Enjoy.
Overview of 1.0
After quite a long time, I finally have 1.0 ready for release. This is the most complete, stable version of the mission that I have. It also most fulfills what I wanted to put into this mission back in Version .75. Many new features have been added and many, many fixes have been made. Also, I have already started work on 1.05.
Making the mission more stable was one of the largest goals of 1.0. It still won't last forever on dedi, but it will last longer. Further improvements are in my head and will be added in 1.05.
What's New?
- Fixed lag issues from .95
- Weapons in buildings, a little like DayZ
- Local hosts couldn't use the logistic features
- GPS would put markers on other players
- Sidemissions never end
- Weather can be completely random
- Sidemission markers no longer give the exact location, if chosen
Requires patch 1.60 of ArmA 2 Combined Operations. No other mods/addons required, works with ACE Requires patch 1.60 of ArmA 2 Operation Arrowhead . No other mods/addons required Requires patch 1.10 of ArmA 2 or ArmA 2 Free. No other mods/addons required SRU team, thanks for the ideas and the testing - Sruclan.net Notes: 2. If you spawn with a weapon but cannot shoot, just press F.
Change Log
Downloads
Combined Operations Version:
Download
Operation Arrowhead Version:
Download
ArmA 2 Vanilla Version:
Download
All 3 Versions together
Thanks to:
Dethorath - Helped a lot with sounds and testing
Tonic - Told me to abandon construction, and made the new Loading screen, he also made the time sync correctly!
VVC team
Loyal players
Everyone who hosts the mission
Celery for making the zombies!! (and ArmA 3 MP)
1. A2 version hasn't changed much, but I did add make it so weapons would spawn in vehicles, and a few bugfixes. The CO version is the main one I work on, and A2 lacks a lot of the scripting features of OA and CO, which makes it much harder to port the latest version over to it.
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Sounds even more amazing than DayZ! Downloading right now.
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ha yeah right, DayZ owns this.
Except for the fact that you can't host a server for you and your friends with DayZ.
"much like DayZ, but this came before DayZ."
Indeed, released far before DayZ. DayZ included a lot of the elements from this mission, but obviously is much different, as it is a mod, and this is a mission. Rocket is a fan of the mod, he even has recommended it to the people who don't like the style of DayZ. And we have exchanged emails on the subject also.
I'm a fan of both DayZ and I like the idea of this (Can't get it to work yet).
Are you thinking of adding more features that are in DayZ?
Keep up the work man. Been playing this with some friends for awhile and I ain't a fan of dayz, so any work you do still is appreciated
Thanks you very much, I'll be adding much more in the future, now that the mission is more stable, I am focusing on adding features. With the framework I have in place, the options are almost endless.
Is the standard Arma 2 Version broken?
Seems like the vehicle spawn is bugged.
I'll take a look, thanks.
Yes, it seems to be very bugged. :/
I'll try and get it working again.
Alright, I know its soon..
But any E.T.A?
No telling for sure. Why don't you just buy Arrowhead? It's only 15$ on steam!
Yeah, already have CO.
Just not many servers for the standard arma 2 players, I Kind of like helping out the new players, most of the arma 2 standard servers are hosted in russia, and a lot of players are in more European territories.
So, I host a regular arma 2 server once in awhile.
Hello,
It seems I have fixed it, more or less. The weapons still don't spawn in vehicles, but if you redownload the A2 version, it should work now for you.
Thanks,
Craig
You're awesome for the amount of care and dedication you put into your fanbase of your mission. And thanks to you, i got to meet up with some on /r/dayz and actually be cool for a couple hours and have no reason to kill each other lol... it was quite the experience.
Yes,I'm buying Arrowhead again, too. This time from Steam and not from Petergames (lost my data). I am installing vanilla version for now and it says dynmaic_sandbox_oa. I hope that's only a typo.
There are exactly 3 mods for Arma 2 I find interesting. Chernarus Life, DayZ and Zombie Sandbox. Time to re-buy arrowhead and give the premium version of these a shot.
So do aggro'd zombies ever leave? I've tried everything to get rid of them.
You need to get very far away from them.
Well Craig, unsure if you'll recall my ahem enthusiasm with this, after this, I played DayZ... meh it's OK but... I never quite enjoyed it as much as this, you've fixed that annoying respawn bug I mentioned AND added tons of new stuff, as per last time you can expect me to play this and give you feed back, so long as you don't mind ^^b
Hey! It's good to see another update, being one of my favorites you can't imagine how happy I am to see an update. I don't comment much but I thought I would make an exception!
First off, I Love the mod, it's amazing I have so much fun with it, but I was wondering, is it the mod that disables saving? Some of us don't want to run a dedicated server 24/7 and play with a small group of friends and it would be easier to save game state and come back to it.
Second, I was wondering if it was documented somewhere more on what the options do, some are pretty self explanitory but I'd really like to have others explained more in depth please!
Thank you very much for everything! I Hope to see more future updates!
Also, small additive, I've noticed the "Spawn next to allies" thing doesn't work as well? In the beginning we spawn next to each other but if someone dies they spawn all the way back where we began, is this intended?
ALSO, I Got a lot of these, kind of playing as we speak, the "Functionary" character? Doesn't seem to get bandages, he wouldn't spawn with any, can you look into that? Thank You!
It is indeed intended. So if people want to go their own ways and fight against each other, then they don't have to respawn next to their possible enemies.
But I could make such a feature that when you respawn you start next to another player.
Gotcha, would be nice.
But also just a notion of the spawning of before. Someone could easily just camp the spawn location than stacking up on bandages killing people. Once again, not really a concern for me as wanting to be able to save is because I just play on a server with close friends/family.
Thanks for everything!
Wow love the improvements but i still want to Know. HOW DO YOU EDIT THE MISSION?? All i really want now is to add some more PMC skins and add some small aircraft and armored vehicals and music. all i realy want to know is how do you edit the mission. also today i think i played with you on a server called "Oficial Dynamic Zombie Sandbox Server" was that you.
So, do weapons still spawn in houses then in the standard A2 version?
Great update! I loved playing this all the time with my friends, and now it just got better! :D
Anyway to run this on a map other than Chernarus?
Also, parameter suggestions:
1.) Respawn with party (upon death, respawn with party)
2.) Upon death, all items disappear.
These two parameters work together. It would be nice to be able to respawn with the party, but to lose all of what you had as punishment.
I'm not sure if you knew, this mission is map independent. Just change .chernarus.pbo to any other map name, like .takistan.pbo and it will adapt to that new map. Any map works.
Maybe it's just me, but the Combined Operations download link doesn't seem to be working.
Hey I really like your mission although me and my friends are having trouble hosting a game that we can play. Every time one of us hosts the game when the others try to join they always lose connection. It cant be our Internet because we have hosted other kinds of games before and we have all been able to play together. I've realised that whenever I host this mission the host gets a huge amount of desync preventing the rest of use from joining. Do you have any ideas on how to fix it?
Glad to know I'm not the only one with this problem.
forget what i said about how to edit it. i love the update and the whole DZS its alot less stressfull than Day Z. i found i bug were at small maps like Utes, Zargabad, or the Proving Grounds the weapons cache task spawns off the map. that is like the only problem with the DZS now. just tought i should bring it to your atention.
I like this mod. Easy to set up, and its for ARMA free, i can also play with friends easily
Amazing work, man!
As much as I play DayZ, I see more value in this mod as:
First of all, it's more customizable
Second, anyone can host it
Third, the zombies actually present a challenge
But one question: I've looked all over, and have found no answer. This mod says it can be used with any map, but I fail to see the mission in the mission selection for maps like Panthera and Namalsk. Any helpful tips on how to get it working?
This is going to seem pretty retarded, but can someone please tell me how I change this Scenarios settings? I seem to be stuck on permanent night time with no Zombies.
Um are you going to make it ACR compatable? I just got ACR LITE and i cant change the maps to ACR maps.
I have a small problem, it's usually always a buzzkill when it happens and my friend and I usually just stop playing till the next day passes by. First of all I don't want to sound demanding, but the issue always makes me think twice before we decide to play due that the problem is always bound to happen. Whenever I host a server, whether it's LAN or Online, I tend to lagg down to 20 fps, but when I join my friends server I bump up to 40 or even 60. Also, when I join big servers online, I get only 16 FPS so i'm always avoiding going into big parties. But when my friend and I play together, whether or not it's either server, we usually get "lost connection" and crash moments after. If I host it and he joins, it happens to him, but when it's his server, it happens to me. I have the free version that's on steam because I just don't see myself spending 30 bucks on a game that really doesn't feel well polished. I'm not sure if it's only the free version that has this issue or if it's only my friend and I. I have also hosted servers online with 8 to 30 people and they all end up getting the same result, they get "lost connection." I really hope it gets resolved on the next update but until then, I guess i'll stick to playing by myself on LAN. Your mod/mission is just simply awesome, but with these little problems fixed I can easily see myself playing FOREVER. :D
I played this yesterday on an Arma II Free server, it was great!
Whenever I start a server, I can see the weapon spawns etc. but my friend/other players on the server can't, so they are forced to find a weapon box for ammo... (And by weapon spawns I mean the dropped gear that spawns in DayZ, except they are only weapons and ammo... I can see them but other people can't) It is like only the host of a server can see the loot and unless you are teaming up with the host, you can't find weapons that spawn on the ground... I found out that if I pick up the weapon that someone wants and places it back down they can see it. That's the only way I have found to let other people get weapons.
And also when I create a server when I die everyone on the server dies (happens sometimes). There is also another problem I encounter. Sometimes when I set the starting time to 1200 hours, it is midday for me, but midnight for everyone else...
I'm sorry. :/
That's one of the errors with the ArmA 2 version, it just doesn't have the advanced scripting commands available in the Combined Operations version of ArmA.
ok thanks. Guess ill just save up for CO. But will my friend have to get it too for him to see weapons etc?
Im running ARMA 2 Free version and every time I start a gmae it reads "craigscripts/scripts/addcarammo.sqf not found" or something along those lines. Ive tried re-installing, re-downloading, etc. All of my friends can play this mod on ARMA 2 Free but me. Please help me.
IT SAYING DROPBOX ERROR FILE CANNOT FOUND ?
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yo the download links don't work? D:
Download links doesnt work?