DayZ is being made into a standalone game
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Deezay
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If you've been clamoring for an open-world, post-apocalyptic zombie title to play with friends and strangers where survival is key and permadeath is, well permanent, you'll probably want to check out DayZ. Except, you'll only be able to check out the standalone version on PC and PS4.
Edge managed to catch up with Dean Rocket Hall, the poster-boy of mod-turned-full-game indie culture, and according to Hall there won't be an Xbox One rendition of the standalone DayZ unless they nix those patching fees and open up self-publishing, saying...
Were happy to see DayZ on any console but there is a I guess one problem, ... The console needs to not charge for us to do updates and it needs to be indie title friendly.
As far as Im aware, Microsoft is, Sonys not. And Sony allows you to self-publish. But who knows? Maybe Microsoft will change. From our perspective, we need self-publishing because DayZ would be a great digital download title.
As a quick recap: Microsoft does not allow indie devs to self-publish. Sony allows indie devs to self-publish and they waived certification fees and patching fees. I wonder why no one asked about the Wii U? Nintendo doesn't charge patching fees, either.
Also, patching a game can cost up to $40,000 per patch, with the first patch/update being made available to developers for free. As many of you know and as Hall says himself, DayZ is riddled with bugs and if the game appears on consoles during beta (and we forbid to think about alpha) the team would be required to patch the living daylights out of the game quite frequently. In such a scenario, it might cost them more money to patch the game than they would make from the revenue of people purchasing the game.
For now, DayZ's standalone version is still undergoing closed alpha testing and the open-alpha test for public consumption is scheduled to arrive at the end of the month.
Edge managed to catch up with Dean Rocket Hall, the poster-boy of mod-turned-full-game indie culture, and according to Hall there won't be an Xbox One rendition of the standalone DayZ unless they nix those patching fees and open up self-publishing, saying...
Were happy to see DayZ on any console but there is a I guess one problem, ... The console needs to not charge for us to do updates and it needs to be indie title friendly.
As far as Im aware, Microsoft is, Sonys not. And Sony allows you to self-publish. But who knows? Maybe Microsoft will change. From our perspective, we need self-publishing because DayZ would be a great digital download title.
As a quick recap: Microsoft does not allow indie devs to self-publish. Sony allows indie devs to self-publish and they waived certification fees and patching fees. I wonder why no one asked about the Wii U? Nintendo doesn't charge patching fees, either.
Also, patching a game can cost up to $40,000 per patch, with the first patch/update being made available to developers for free. As many of you know and as Hall says himself, DayZ is riddled with bugs and if the game appears on consoles during beta (and we forbid to think about alpha) the team would be required to patch the living daylights out of the game quite frequently. In such a scenario, it might cost them more money to patch the game than they would make from the revenue of people purchasing the game.
For now, DayZ's standalone version is still undergoing closed alpha testing and the open-alpha test for public consumption is scheduled to arrive at the end of the month.
Grand Conde
Superstar
huh? I saw a few interviews from E3 where Rocket talks about this. it comes down to M$' policies on self publishing. but he says in so many words that things could change and/or they could work something out
the linkless article here is just so-called gaming journalism trying to spin everything into the context of the console wars
but in no way is it a confirmed PS4 title, as "set to release" seems to suggest. as someone that's been playing and following the game for a minute (this thread is from August), I'm reluctant to say it's "set to release" on PC. they still have some serious hurdles to get over before they start thinking about consoles
Deezay
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it's just more that in general you should post the link. I actually saw this article the other day. it says "Except, you'll only be able to check out the standalone version on PC and PS4." but then it goes on to quote Rocket as saying "But who knows? Maybe Microsoft will change"
and like I said, Standalone DayZ as a working proof of concept is still yet to be seen, let alone all the issues that would come up trying to port it to consoles. I'm sure Rocket is very optimistic about the future, but as someone that's been riding this roller coaster of waiting for a PC alpha release, the last thing I want to hear about is plans for console ports of the final product
Deezay
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It's still early. We'll see if anything changes. Which I hope it's for the better. This game has a bright future if done right.
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The game has been delayed
http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/11/11/dayz-standalone-version-delayed-due-to-bugs-and-poor-optimization/
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Arma III’s release had its fair share of hitches, but it appears as though the bugs and optimizations issues plaguing DayZ Standalone's development are of a different breed—enough to push back the game's launch window.
DayZ Standalone creator Dean Hall, recently commented in a recent Reddit thread, explaining that the game wasn’t out primarily because of debilitating optimization issues.
“We think we need a minimum of 15 FPS will [sic] 50 players, 2000 zombies, and 25000 loot items,” Hall wrote. “Our latest tests have all shown some runaway systems in the code we have to tidy up.”
Hall said he didn’t know when he and the team would have the game optimized the way they want it, and refused to give out a hard release date. He did, however, specify that DayZ Standalone was functional with around 10-20 players, and that zombie pathfinding has significantly improved over the versions that hunted you in the original mod. Hall also revealed that, unfortunately, these zombies tend to glitch through walls and do other non-zombie-like things when the framerate dips below a certain level—a side effect of the game’s bugs.
Optimization issues and bugs aside, there’s some light to be found at the end of DayZ’s dark, dank tunnel. Hall wrote that while the new inventory system still has its issues, it's a “huge step up,” and performance outside of cities is much improved. I guess all we can do now is wait while Hall and the rest of the DayZ standalone crew hunt down bugs like the mindless, bloodthirsty snippets of code they are.
http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/11/11/dayz-standalone-version-delayed-due-to-bugs-and-poor-optimization/
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DayZ Standalone version delayed due to bugs and poor optimization
DayZ Standalone version delayed due to bugs and poor optimization
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Perry Vandell at
Arma III’s release had its fair share of hitches, but it appears as though the bugs and optimizations issues plaguing DayZ Standalone's development are of a different breed—enough to push back the game's launch window.
DayZ Standalone creator Dean Hall, recently commented in a recent Reddit thread, explaining that the game wasn’t out primarily because of debilitating optimization issues.
“We think we need a minimum of 15 FPS will [sic] 50 players, 2000 zombies, and 25000 loot items,” Hall wrote. “Our latest tests have all shown some runaway systems in the code we have to tidy up.”
Hall said he didn’t know when he and the team would have the game optimized the way they want it, and refused to give out a hard release date. He did, however, specify that DayZ Standalone was functional with around 10-20 players, and that zombie pathfinding has significantly improved over the versions that hunted you in the original mod. Hall also revealed that, unfortunately, these zombies tend to glitch through walls and do other non-zombie-like things when the framerate dips below a certain level—a side effect of the game’s bugs.
Optimization issues and bugs aside, there’s some light to be found at the end of DayZ’s dark, dank tunnel. Hall wrote that while the new inventory system still has its issues, it's a “huge step up,” and performance outside of cities is much improved. I guess all we can do now is wait while Hall and the rest of the DayZ standalone crew hunt down bugs like the mindless, bloodthirsty snippets of code they are.
The game has been delayed
http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/11/11/dayz-standalone-version-delayed-due-to-bugs-and-poor-optimization/
Home >
News >
DayZ Standalone version delayed due to bugs and poor optimization
DayZ Standalone version delayed due to bugs and poor optimization
Tweet
Perry Vandell at
Arma III’s release had its fair share of hitches, but it appears as though the bugs and optimizations issues plaguing DayZ Standalone's development are of a different breed—enough to push back the game's launch window.
DayZ Standalone creator Dean Hall, recently commented in a recent Reddit thread, explaining that the game wasn’t out primarily because of debilitating optimization issues.
“We think we need a minimum of 15 FPS will [sic] 50 players, 2000 zombies, and 25000 loot items,” Hall wrote. “Our latest tests have all shown some runaway systems in the code we have to tidy up.”
Hall said he didn’t know when he and the team would have the game optimized the way they want it, and refused to give out a hard release date. He did, however, specify that DayZ Standalone was functional with around 10-20 players, and that zombie pathfinding has significantly improved over the versions that hunted you in the original mod. Hall also revealed that, unfortunately, these zombies tend to glitch through walls and do other non-zombie-like things when the framerate dips below a certain level—a side effect of the game’s bugs.
Optimization issues and bugs aside, there’s some light to be found at the end of DayZ’s dark, dank tunnel. Hall wrote that while the new inventory system still has its issues, it's a “huge step up,” and performance outside of cities is much improved. I guess all we can do now is wait while Hall and the rest of the DayZ standalone crew hunt down bugs like the mindless, bloodthirsty snippets of code they are.
rocket2guns said:
Where did he write that?