Open alpha?

[BetterDeadThanZed]

Nothing posted here as far as I can tell, but on Facebook, it was mentioned that Whitelist keys are no longer needed? I guess everyone can play now.

 

[Decicus]

Everyone can play as long as they download the mod.

 

Epoch Launcher: http://epochmod.com/downloads/Epoch_Launcher.zip

[ShallowTech]

Yes OPEN ALPHA! ;-)

[Darth_Rogue]

I just hope they fixed the dogs.  lol

[kalashlemon]

Well this sucks

[cring0]

I just hope they fixed the dogs.  lol

Just removal of whitelist, dogs in coming patch, PAY ATTENTION DARTH!

[Shadow Moses]

I just hope they fixed the dogs.  lol

We can tell when you don't read the patch notes. :)

[BioHazard050]

Great news, some of us SPEC's have been unable to get keys.  :)

[maddingamer]

Can everybody now host their own server or if not, when? 

[Spec-CrazyG]

Would be great news, if, the hackers were taken care of prior.. Jets flying around, tanks, hackers killing the whole server at once.. Open Alpha, before this is sorted???? serious!!

[olliepack]

Would be great news, if, the hackers were taken care of prior.. Jets flying around, tanks, hackers killing the whole server at once.. Open Alpha, before this is sorted???? serious!!

 

I think their hands were forced with all the unofficial servers to be honest. Shame really.....

[Shadow Moses]

I think their hands were forced with all the unofficial servers to be honest. Shame really.....

 

If that was the case all they would need to do is Patch the official servers to .0.1.0.3. The unofficial servers would be stuck at .2 and eventually fade away cause they would be stuck.

[Darth_Rogue]

Just removal of whitelist, dogs in coming patch, PAY ATTENTION DARTH!

 

For the record, I did read the change log.  But along with many other folks here, I'm also well aware that just because something says "fixed" on a change log doesn't always mean a tangible difference in game.   :P     I just played on a 1.0.3 server and they do seem much better!  Way to go, AWOL!   B)

[Shadow Moses]

LOL. 

[cring0]

For the record, I did read the change log.  But along with many other folks here, I'm also well aware that just because something says "fixed" on a change log doesn't always mean a tangible difference in game.   :P     I just played on a 1.0.3 server and they do seem much better!  Way to go, AWOL!   B)

Yeah, I started playing yesterday and had a dog chasing me immediately after leaving the traders and was PO'd lol.  I had 2 on me munching my ass for like 15min before finding a weapon, but that was my only encounter with them the entire night.

 

It would be nice if they made the dogs only hostile if a player has a weapon out.  That way they aren't chasing down new spawns w/o weapons.

 

Another thing I noticed is that, before the new patch, dogs were detecting you from like 1km away, even if it was on the other side of a mountain.  You'd hear them start barking at you before you ever saw them.

[Darth_Rogue]

Agreed.  I think they should fix it so that every respawn your status with the dogs "resets".  If you happen to kill a hostile dog in one life it doesn't necessarily mean you will be hostile to ALL dogs on every consecutive life, which seems to be the way it's set up now.

[Mr. G]

Agreed.  I think they should fix it so that every respawn your status with the dogs "resets".  If you happen to kill a hostile dog in one life it doesn't necessarily mean you will be hostile to ALL dogs on every consecutive life, which seems to be the way it's set up now.

 

It's already like that. I have killed dogs and then I've been approached by non aggressive dogs even without dying.

[sendjes]

Download torrent, don't use launcher.

Extract contents of zip into your Arma 3 folder.

Start Arma 3 in Steam.

Make sure mode is enabled in Expansions.

Open Multiplayer, in filter, type epochmode.com.

Join.

 

Unsure if the server is "Legal"? Crosscheck names with this list:

http://epochmod.com/servers.php

[axeman]

The dog updates are mostly performance related for this patch, though have added:

 

Handle player in water. Dog will mostly wander when you are in water then resume tracking when player back on land.

Stop biting through floor. 

Definite pause after bite to stop possible multiple bites.

Aggression reduced a lot.

Greater chance of forgiveness after shooting a dog.

New 'stay' action.

Greater chance of untamed dog to wander when tracking player.

 

Still need to keep the dog out of safe zones. They are currently spawned with the animal spawn system so potential for there to be too many, we are looking to move dogs to the antagonist spawn routine on the next patch.

[BazzyBee]

:angry:

[d0t]

All official server are full, hope you guys release soon the serverfiles so more server will come. 

[theninja35]

Great, not playing till it goes back to closed...

[cring0]

The dog updates are mostly performance related for this patch, though have added:

 

Handle player in water. Dog will mostly wander when you are in water then resume tracking when player back on land.

Stop biting through floor. 

Definite pause after bite to stop possible multiple bites.

Aggression reduced a lot.

Greater chance of forgiveness after shooting a dog.

New 'stay' action.

Greater chance of untamed dog to wander when tracking player.

 

Still need to keep the dog out of safe zones. They are currently spawned with the animal spawn system so potential for there to be too many, we are looking to move dogs to the antagonist spawn routine on the next patch.

Woo!  Yeah, it would be nice for the dog to give up after chasing you for 10min or so lol.  Sounds good. =]

 

Would it be possible to make the dogs passive toward players that aren't wielding weapons?  I'm not sure if that would go against what you guys had in mind for the dogs or not.  But, it just doesn't seem right having a dog chasing a new-spawn in their underwear while they're frantically looking for a weapon to fend off the pest, attracting all the spawn-killers to them while they're trapped in a church by the butt muncher lol.  And it would encourage people to move around with their weapons holstered.  I dunno, seems like a good idea at the moment anyways.

 

EDIT: Crap, I thought this was the dog biting thread, oh well.

[Mr. G]

Would it be possible to make the dogs passive toward players that aren't wielding weapons?  I'm not sure if that would go against what you guys had in mind for the dogs or not.  But, it just doesn't seem right having a dog chasing a new-spawn in their underwear while they're frantically looking for a weapon to fend off the pest, attracting all the spawn-killers to them while they're trapped in a church by the butt muncher lol.  And it would encourage people to move around with their weapons holstered.  I dunno, seems like a good idea at the moment anyways.

 

It's a survival game that should be as realistic as possible.

A wild animal doesn't care if you have a weapon or not. If it gets interested in you either 'cause it thinks you're a threat or because it's hungry and thinks you're a nice meal it will just try to bite you...

Epoch should be a tough game in a tough environment as much as possible (as much as it keeps being fun without being too much frustrating).

[TheHermit]

I swear I am having more and more friendly dogs with me. Is it my scent?

 

I think the dog's barking isn't synced - I may not hear it, other players do, and we all end up getting shot down.

 

Not sure if cheating, once I sat and waited... one vicious dog stopped eating me after 60-70%. I logged out for the day. Next day, still deep in the woods, severely injured. No dog. Made out for a tremendously fun adventure in hardcore mode trying to slowly get to any place with a sofa, fridge and chair lol. Well after over an hour, I found a reaper in the dark. So scary the way they creep around ya!