I Keep Getting SICK!

[looplick]

All of my statuses are good but I keep getting sick. Consulting the Wiki (the fact I have to do this is bad game design...), I think I'm getting the flu as my guy is coughing and sneezing but not vomiting. None of the remedies work: antibiotics, charcoal, vitamins, codeine... etc.

After a while the sickness goes away, but 5 minutes later it comes back. Again, all of my statuses are good and I haven't consumed anything. No one else is on the server.

The sickness aspect of DayZ is far too vague and annoying. Maybe an immune system indicator? I don't know what the fix is but it's ruining my fun! BLEH!

[ast]

引用自 looplick：

The description isn't confusing, it's wrong apparently. If antibiotics aid in the prevention/curing of viruses, why state the opposite?

My main annoyance though is with the vagueness of the system. I think it needs work.

check this

https://i.imgur.com/G4PMB1X.png

https://i.imgur.com/xZYZwV2.png

https://i.imgur.com/CYKDv13.png

[looplick]

Thanks for all the help!

[tsamseliv]

take tetra and vitamins right away, keep taking vitamins when the pill icon disappears, your sick and lack of shelter, food, water and such will continue . It takes awhile for the cough and such to pass but it will. And yes system is flawed and vague. Tough game to keep playing but we do..

[baddoggs]

Are you part of a group? You can be re infected by teammates and outher
players.

[looplick]

Nope, I was rolling solo. But I was getting paranoid that my gear was re-infecting me. I disinfected my water bottle thinking it was that...

Anyway, I enjoy DayZ. I want it hardcore but that series of events left me frustrated. I was getting sick even though my stats were good (or so I thought). I was hammering down pills and it wasn't clearing so I wasn't sure if I was doing things right. It was very annoying. I thought the game was bugged at one point! How can we ever be sure with the state the game is in most of the time?

I think the system needs work. I have a handle on it now I guess but the fact that I felt the need to google what was going on and then eventually post on the forums (I hate having to do that) isn't good imo.

Saulgood now though and I appreciate the help.

[wiktor_w83]

Hello.
Just install dayzcentral app on your phone.
This is the quickest and easiest way to check the map, loot, new updates, character status and all crafting in the game..just by 1 or 2 clicks..

[ast]

I guess metagame is half the fun of DayZ

[looplick]

Well this stupid garbage is happening to me again... I get sick, I hammer down medicine and eventually I'm cured, but 15 seconds later the sickness icon comes back and I'm puking my guts out... My stats are white and I'm eating cooked food with gloves on and drinking purified water.

PLEASE BRING THE SICKNESS/IMMUNE SYSTEM OUT INTO THE OPEN SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

Is the medicine working? Show a little down arrow below the sickness icon just like the rest of the status icons. Or something like that. Anything. The sickness system needs work.

[e3e4e5]

引用自 looplick：

Well this stupid garbage is happening to me again... I get sick, I hammer down medicine and eventually I'm cured, but 15 seconds later the sickness icon comes back and I'm puking my guts out... My stats are white and I'm eating cooked food with gloves on and drinking purified water.

PLEASE BRING THE SICKNESS/IMMUNE SYSTEM OUT INTO THE OPEN SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

Is the medicine working? Show a little down arrow below the sickness icon just like the rest of the status icons. Or something like that. Anything. The sickness system needs work.

There's a cheat for immune system - drink from the well until the upwards arrows stop appearing on your bottle (hydration) icon. After you do that, the cold will cure in 5 minutes and never appear again even if you are cold and wet, you can drink water from ponds and eat raw meat with bloody hands - you wont get sick, as long as you keep your hydration near the level where the upwards arrows dont appear when you drink or eat food which also gives you hydration.

[ast]

引用自 e3e4e5：

引用自 looplick：

Well this stupid garbage is happening to me again... I get sick, I hammer down medicine and eventually I'm cured, but 15 seconds later the sickness icon comes back and I'm puking my guts out... My stats are white and I'm eating cooked food with gloves on and drinking purified water.

PLEASE BRING THE SICKNESS/IMMUNE SYSTEM OUT INTO THE OPEN SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

Is the medicine working? Show a little down arrow below the sickness icon just like the rest of the status icons. Or something like that. Anything. The sickness system needs work.

There's a cheat for immune system - drink from the well until the upwards arrows stop appearing on your bottle (hydration) icon. After you do that, the cold will cure in 5 minutes and never appear again even if you are cold and wet, you can drink water from ponds and eat raw meat with bloody hands - you wont get sick, as long as you keep your hydration near the level where the upwards arrows dont appear when you drink or eat food which also gives you hydration.

well, it's a bit more differentiated and I wouldn't call it a cheat but an exploit at best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz-bmI8pHck

[TARS]

Died from the flu(was cold for an hour after spawn...) after half a day cause couldnt find something to eat i guess and the healthbar goes down like crazy. Do i have Aids or what is this freakn week Sissy?!
What a garbage Mechanic...

[Kai]

引用自 Task：

Died from the flu(was cold for an hour after spawn...) after half a day cause couldnt find something to eat i guess and the healthbar goes down like crazy. Do i have Aids or what is this freakn week Sissy?!
What a garbage Mechanic...

No don´t worry, you don´t have Aids, you are just a garbage player.

[Bollyumph]

Devs tried to be realistic about the vagueness of disease but well overshot their target. I don't know half the time what's wrong with my character.

[angriff]

I found staying out of the rain and plenty of heat works well for the in game flu.

[baddoggs]

Take vitamins, they cure colds/flu and help build your immune system.
What i mean is, Take one then another when the effect wears off, then, another,
and another until you have eaten the whole bottle. You will never worry about
colds again. The strong immune system will also help deal with other issues
like poisoning and general infections.