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[affLiX]

With more and more people buying the game and downloading this mod, I figured i'd make simple guide for any new players to DayZ, or more specifically Arma2, as I myself have only played Arma2 for a short while!
Anything to add, just post and I'll throw it in the list.



~ DT = DOUBLE-TAP
~ NUMPAD refers to a key on the number pad located to the right of your keyboard.
~ [#] See tips regarding this particular keybind.

Movement

- RUN/WALK: SHIFT (DT toggle)
- SPRINT: DT W
- PRONE: Z
- CROUCH: X
- STAND: C
- VAULT (step over fences): V
- LEAN (roll when prone): Q and E (Left and Right, DT toggle)
- CLIMB LADDER/ACTION: MOUSE WHEEL SCROLL / CLICK (often times you may have to re-position yourself to successfully climb a ladder, look for a up/down arrow) [1]

View

- THIRD PERSON: NUMPAD ENTER (ensure you are in a 3rd person enabled server for this to work)
- ZOOM OUT/WIDER FIELD OF VIEW: DT NUMPAD -
- ZOOM IN: HOLD RCLICK
- IRONSIGHTS: TAP RCLICK
- HOLD BREATH: HOLD RCLICK (whilst aiming down sights)
- FREE LOOK: ALT (DT toggle)

Social

- CYCLE CHAT CHANNEL: , and .
- CHAT: /
- VOIP/PTT: CAPS LOCK (DT toggle)
- MUTE PLAYER: P > SELECT PLAYER > MUTE (located to the right)

Gadgets

- BINOCULARS: B
- WATCH: O (DT toggle)
- COMPASS: K (DT toggle)
- NVG: N (DT toggle?)
- MAP: M [2]

Gear/Weapon

- OPEN INVENTORY: G
- PICK-UP ITEM: G or MOUSE WHEEL SCROLL / CLICK
- USE/CONSUME ITEM: RCLICK ITEM ICON IN INVENTORY (specifically the icon, rather than the name in the list)
- CYCLE WEAPON (cycle through grenades, flares, throwable items): F
- SWITCH WEAPON (cycle between your primary and secondary weapon): ;
- LOWER/RAISE PRIMARY (does not work with pistols): DT LCTRL or RCTRL + R
- ZERO (adjust distance of sniper scope/shots): PAGE UP / PAGE DOWN

Misc

- FLASHLIGHT/HEADLIGHTS: L
- SIT: '
- SALUTE: \
- TOGGLE WINDOWED/FULLSCREEN: ALT+ENTER (I believe you have to press ESC to bring up the menu, then ALT+ENTER)

General Tips

- FLUSHING: If you experience graphical glitches, sometimes 'flushing' might help. To do this, hold SHIFT and NUMPAD - and type 'flush'.
- [1] CAN'T PICK UP AN ITEM?: I have occasionally struggled to pick up an item from a certain stash on the ground, usually because it is right next to a door. People often miss this simple tip: scroll the mouse wheel up/down until you have the option of 'Take x y z' or 'Gear'.
- [2] LOST? One of the best maps I have found online so far is AvidBlur's.

[Legacy]

This is the best damn guide I've seen so far, I'm tempted to stick it but we have so many fucking guides already stickied.

[Interista]

Great one , Thank u =)

[Legacy]

I'm stickying this, it's too good.

[affLiX]

Ah thanks a lot, thats brilliant. Will update it as I come across any other tips and bindings I might find useful! I did try to keep the tips quite short as there are so many guides! :)

[Changamer1000]

Thanks! You cleared up some confusion for me. Which button on the numpad is "numpad?" The one used to zoom out? Sorry if I sound like a noob.

[Dallas]

Right click does a few things.

Click to bring up iron sights.
Hold to zoom and hold breath(steaddy aim).

I prefere to reassign hold breath to a seperate key.

[affLiX]

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Thanks! You cleared up some confusion for me. Which button on the numpad is "numpad?" The one used to zoom out? Sorry if I sound like a noob.

'NUMPAD' refers to the actual NUMPAD itself rather than a physical key. So where I have put 'NUMPAD -', I generally mean the minus on the right hand side of your keyboard under the number pad section.
Don't be sorry! This post is intended for anyone new and I won't judge anyone for any questions they might have!
EDIT: I have updated the original post with a little colour change to avoid any further possible confusion :)

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Right click does a few things.

Click to bring up iron sights.
Hold to zoom and hold breath(steaddy aim).

I prefere to reassign hold breath to a seperate key.

Yup, they've been covered under 'View' in the original post, but thanks :)

[Changamer1000]

Thanks for the help and the quick response!

[Chicago Ted]

Salute is \ by default, not #

[affLiX]

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Salute is \ by default, not #

Thank you, I had remember changing it from the default as it was the same key as my Steam Overlay keybind! Changing that now, thanks for that.

[Changamer1000]

Also, isn't there a way to quickly cycle through actions you can do like eating, drinking, and bandaging without going into the menu? Isn't it mouse wheel or something?

[affLiX]

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Also, isn't there a way to quickly cycle through actions you can do like eating, drinking, and bandaging without going into the menu? Isn't it mouse wheel or something?

Kind of, I believe the latest patch has changed that slightly; Middle Mouse Scroll / Click used to give you the option to eat, drink, use bandage and more, however since the patch, it has made it so that you must use/consume items from your inventory.
Middle Mouse Click still allows you to open doors and pick up items, which i kind of covered in the Gear / Weapon section, but i will review that in a few minutes (replying from my phone atm), thanks chan.

[UbiquitousBadGuy]

I would put prone on the space bar. It's the biggest and quickest button to mash when you get in trouble.

[affLiX]

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I would put prone on the space bar. It's the biggest and quickest button to mash when you get in trouble.

Fair suggestion, considering space bar isn't used in DayZ (afaik). I suppose it'd be a good key to bind to vault aswell.
Although, the original post is about the default keys. :)

[UbiquitousBadGuy]

Space is your command interface in normal Arma and still a waste of a key in my opinion.

Vault is pretty terrible to map to it though, seeing as it is extremely time consuming and finicky. Best keep it to V.

[Bearwidme]

I've found that some keys don't seem to be re-bindable e.g. lft-alt: command watch (thing that lets you move your head independently). Very minor annoyance in a game i'm loving atm.

[affLiX]

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I've found that some keys don't seem to be re-bindable e.g. lft-alt: command watch (thing that lets you move your head independently). Very minor annoyance in a game i'm loving atm.

I've managed to rebind 'Free Look' to the Space bar, just a second ago. Are you attempting to rebind the KEY LALT to something else, or something else to Free Look?

[MrBenn]

Great info, thanks!

[Effigial]

Something that really helped me was changing the sprint and run button to space bar.  I don't really know if that messes up anything for the normal arma 2
also key binding weapon cycle to my mouse.