So I'm refurbishing a rocking chair that belonged to my girlfriend's father who passed away recently, it's mostly just dirty, he was a smoker, but a lot of parts are loose and screwed in really poorly so I want to make it look good again. These pins are the only thing preventing me from removing the arm rests but I really don't want to damage the wood antly further. Thanks in advance to whoever sees this 🙏

This is a two part post. I will share:

1- Background of what happened after my part 1 post gained views
2- How you can replicate this experience for your very own DayZ Paradise

Each screenshot has context of the modifications I added.

About two weeks ago I posted about how I personally like to play DayZ in an "offline" solo fashion. I have a small server, and I began making my DayZ Paradise by adding animal spawns, heli crashes, and AI warzones. The post gained popularity and a lot of people ended up asking me if they could join the server (details on server info in the other post), and they did! Many joined, some stayed, some left their homes behind with notes for the next owners. It was very cool to see.

However, I thought it was unfair that I spawned materials for my base, so I advertised that if you found a cool spot, and you wanted to build there, I would give materials. This did happen, I actually delivered materials 6-7 times to different players, this way they could make bases of their own quicker. I capped the delivery to a max of 20x walls/roofs and the rest they'd have to gather on their own.

In this server, I am a "human trader". I've roamed around, gathered a ton of loot with my gf (yes, I forced her to play on steam deck), but I play often, to survive, wind down after a long day of work, refuel my heli, go on a hunting trip, and defend my base if any threat were to come.

Just like trader mods, I'll respawn at my base. So that means if you kill me, I'll respawn back inside my base, however, with the price of choosing any gun you want from the one's I've collected, then you must come back a different day to try to kill me again. By doing this, I feel like it's a unique experience, and keeps the game engaging for those involved.

However, if you come in peace, you will barter with a friendly trader. You can get any of the guns I've found, but that'll cost you bunker cards, or anything that I need to continue surviving in my home. Protocol would be followed upon friendly approach.

This is just an idea! You could be something else. A lonely hunter, a fisherman, or something darker involving the consumption of human flesh. You play how you want, this shit is the apocalypse.

So onto the second part of this post.

Here's how you can do it too:

• Mods used (Also on screenshot):

  • -@CF;@Dabs Framework;@DayZ-Expansion-Core;@DayZ-Expansion-Licensed;@DayZ-Expansion-Animations;@DayZ-Expansion-Vehicles;@DayZ-Expansion-Weapons;@DayZ-Expansion-BaseBuilding;@DayZ-Expansion-AI;@Community-Online-Tools;@AI Voice Broadcast [ExpansionAI];@SkyFall Weapons;@Zens Immersive Login;@Real-World Ammo & Ballistics;@GDZ-AnimalHeads;@Zens Firewood Piles;@VanillaAttachmentExpansion;@Loot Barrel Transfer;@FlipTransport;@dzr_notes;@DayZ-Expansion-Chat;@ImmersiveStorages;@AI War Zones;

  • Some of these mods add an element of realism to the server, or are QOL improvements for an immersive survival experience.

• Github with all the files

  • The area that is "Parasided" is "8348.44 / 1635.94" (screenshot attached)

  • I watched a bunch of Youtube videos on the best places to base in Livonia and this is the one I liked the most. The second one is 1389.84 / 11701.17, however, an amazing third one is 10338.67 / 5909.38 (truly beautiful spot)

• Super helpful tutorial from fellow modders (on how to add animal spawns), so if you want to customize a different spot, just follow that tutorial

• Another one on adding helis

I made a github repo of the Livonia configurations (which should include the events.xml, types.xml, wolfzones.xml, pretty much everything you need). The most important files, however, are under `env/` and `/db`, so those XML files are what you need to edit in order to replicate the spawns I added

You'll need to learn a bit of setup to understand how to mod things etc. It definitely helps being a developer, but you can do it too and hopefully by me sharing this it will make it easier for you.

If you want to partake in this type of gameplay, you can join this server. You can join me in my universe, or use these files to make one of your own.

Feel free to check out my low population 8 people server at:
- Server name: 3rd ID Dayz
- Address (PC LA/Pacific): 85.190.152.95:11000

Best of luck to you all, and don't get DayZ'd