Prague, Czech Republic-based Bohemia Interactive recently launched a number of updates for zombie survival game “DayZ.” The updates fixed a number of bugs within the game, from players breathing too loudly to binoculars not working correctly when users are in certain positions. It also added a variety of new features.“Two very important changes were improvements to multiplayer netcode and an entirely new mouse control system that removed the previous one based on mouse acceleration,” the developer stated on its blog.“We’re now continuing our work optimizing and bug fixing, while others in the studio work towards new functionality for hunting and survival.”Bohemia also announced it was working on bringing its first batch of animals to the game, including types of aquatic life.Earlier this month, the studio announced “DayZ” had sold 1.7 million copies of the standalone game, while “DayZ” creator Bohemia Interactive had opened a new studio in Bratislava, Slovakia.Creator Dean Hall revealed the news at the British gaming event EGX Rezzed 2014 in March, where he also announced the game’s original “Arma 2” mod had been downloaded more than 2 million times.

The developer’s Slovakia branch will employ the facilities, technologies and staff of game company Cauldron, which was founded in 1996 and is the developer behind “Cabela’s Big Game Hunter 2010” and “Jurassic: The Hunted.”“DayZ” launched on Dec. 17 on Steam Early Access in an alpha release. After one hour, the game had recruited 19,000 users. During the first 12 hours, the title drew 88,000 players. After 24 hours, “DayZ” had been downloaded 172,500 times. The open-world multiplayer title was created by New Zealander Hall and developed by Bohemia Interactive. “DayZ” is a standalone version of the award-winning mod of the same name.The following issues were repaired in the game:Via the “DayZ” forum:Known Issues:Binoculars not functioning properly in crouch and prone states.Thrown objects moving at a slow frame rate during peak server loadCrossbow damage higher than desiredPlayer breathing in first person louder than desiredOngoing melee balancing has zombies more resilient to body impacts.

(Aim for the head)Accelerated Time falls out of sync after extended uptime (disabled for this update)New:Actions: Melee attacks added to frying pan and cooking potActions: Recipe for bow crafting addedItems: Dexterity of shotguns, pistols and rifles configuredItems: Tracksuit Jackets and Russian Officer Hat configured and added to loot spawnsItems: Binoculars configured and added to loot spawns (known issues above with this item)Itemsgobstopper backpack: Implemented Crossbow + bolts.backpack nowraServer: Basic item bullet physics enabled (known issues tied to server performance)Server: New guaranteed messaging system for network trafficServer: New player spawn locations near Klen, Chernaya Polana, OrlovetsServer: Accelerated Time implemented for gameserversSystems: 1:1 Mouse control / movementWorld: New Ash Tree modelWorld: New village "Karmanovka" has been addedFixedActions: Crafting with medical items - splints, blood bags, blood testingActions: Removed force feed and force drink from epinephrine and morphineActionsbackpack metrotown

: You can no longer turn on flashlight or defibrillator laying on the ground without battery being attached to itActions: You can no longer empty magazines or ammunition boxes laying on the ground (and loose ammo)Actions: Players loading into server no longer play reloading SFXActions: Burlap sack removes from head properlyActions: Apply defibrillator action messagesActions: You can catch rain holding bottle in hand onlyActionsseibertron backpack: moved quantity manipulation and item removal directly into action on selfActions: added config entries to actions for single use food and drinksActions: Single use food and drink items now adding to player water and energy levelsActions: Injection vial cannot be consumedActions: Medical items related actions on other player (proper quantity handling)Animations: Player now can wave (F1) when unarmed or holding one-handed item with raised hands.Animations: playing correct footstep sounds for 2handed melee raised run, aimed rifle runAnimations: Removed the jerky motion when sometimes equipping a weapon/item, usually at the start of eating/drinking/bandagingAnimations: sitting with 2 handed melee should now work properlyAnimations: Fixed an issue where you would first stand up when pressing crouch in unarmed sitting poseAnimations: Fixed an issue where you couldn't sit from unarmed prone directly.

Animations: fixed missing rotation animation for unarmed crouched playerAnimations: Iron sights now use all 3 parameters for min, max and init zoom. Values of these params tweaked.Animations: Player's "naked eye" max zoom level lowered. It allows for the same max zoom as iron sights.Gear: Improvised courier bag and taloon backpack shows their damage state in inspect windowGear: Green bandage stops bleedingGear: Fruits no longer show 100% labelGear: FNX45 red dot sight optics renamed and now requires 9V battery in order to workGear: Resolved chambering issue with 22 related to stack quantityGear: Tablets amount in inventory slot changed from % to pillsWorld: Rocks at Ship Wreck location reworkedZombies: Melee attack bleed chance nerfed BusinessElectric Cars Fail To Make Cut In Crash Safety Tests TechnologyTim Cook Says Apple Is Considering Taking Legal Action Against Trump Immigration Order WorldPhilippines President May Relaunch A Dictator's Military Force NationalRacist Posters Surface At Texas State University

Painful: Mark Goddard, 44, sliced his hand off in his garden with a homemade guillotine to end years of pain - but it still hurts A motorcycle crash victim has amputated his injured hand with a homemade guillotine to end 16 years of unbearable pain only to find his arm still hurts.Desperate Mark Goddard, 44, says he was driven to cut it off because the NHS refused to, and even burned his severed limb to ensure surgeons could not reattach it.The father-of-one took a fortnight to build the guillotine using an axe, some springs and an old gate post, which took his left hand off ten days ago.But unfortunately the DIY amputation in his garden, carried out without any anaesthetic, has failed to take away the pain that has tormented him since he was 28.Mr Goddard from Newton Abbot, Devon, has now told his local hospital that unless they cut his arm off from the elbow by December he will do it himself.The unemployed former garage owner, who is right handed, says his severe pain began after a 1998 motorbike accident left him with nerve damage.

But doctors refused to operate because they considered his hand and wrist healthy, he said.'I should not have to go to such extremes to get my pain stopped,' Mr Goddard said.'There was an alternative and that was having it done properly in hospital. But no one would do anything to help me - so I did it myself.'I got rid of it because they told me they had problems amputating my arm with a good hand on it.'So It took it off myself and now there is no reason why the can't operate.' When he sliced it off his horrified wife Samantha came home ten minutes later and found her husband had tossed the severed limb onto a fire in the garden.She called the emergency services but by the time police and paramedics arrived the hand had been too badly burnt to be saved.Mr Goddard says he lost two pints of blood but paramedics were able to stabilise him.He previously tried to use a knife to remove his hand but only managed to severe three tendons and a nerve. Grim: This is the contraption used to slice off the limb, which took it clean off.

Mr Goddard then threw his hand on a fire to stop anyone reattaching it Determined: The stump of Mark Goddard's arm after he chopped his own hand off after years of battling with the NHS Sabotage: As soon as his hand was removed he tossed it into a fire he started in this bucket to ensure it could not be reattached Mr Goddard says doctors now have no excuse not to operate.WHAT IS NEUROPATHIC PAIN?Discomfort comes from problems with signals from the nervesOccurs when the function of the nerve is affected in a way that sends pain messages to the brainTraditional painkillers do not usually helpHowever, it is often eased by antidepressants or anti-epileptic medicinest Pain is often described as burning, stabbing, shooting or achingIt can be caused by MS, chemotherapy, NHV, alcoholism or nerve disordersIt is estimated to affect about seven in every 100 people and is more common in older peopleThe former biker hopes he will now get a more 'reasonable hearing' from medics now they can see how determined he is.

He takes 40 painkillers a day but wants a device called a spinal stimulator implanted into his back to ease his pain.Mr Goddard said: 'There should never have been any need for me to do this.'It would have spared so much distress all round but it was the only way. At least if I do have the treatment it will I need it will give me and my family our lives back.'I've told them that if nothing is done, I will take the arm off above the elbow myself. I've given them until the end of December.'Mr Goddard insist he has undergone three psychiatric evaluations and passed all of them and police admitted that he was still 'rational' after his amputation. He also says he barely felt anything as his homemade guillotine came down because he used a weight strapped to it to ensure it had enough force to amputate his hand.The first blow sliced though the bone but did it not sever all the tendons, leaving his hand hanging off. Previous attempt: The father-of-one had in the past tried to cut his hand off with a knife - but failed - so decided on a guillotine

His family have since dismantled his device and banned him from going into the tool shed where he built it in secret.'I bought an axe and got some bits of wood together before assembling them in the shed.'It took me two weeks to build because I had to wait until my wife was out of the way. Plan: Mr Goddard said he waited for his family to be out of the house before he sliced off his hand. He is now banned from the shed where he made the guillotine in secret 'On the day itself I planned everything to a tee.  got my wife cleaning the car and went down to the shed, assembled the gadget outside, put my arm under it, looked away - and dropped the axe.'At first I didn't think it had worked because I didn't feel anything - but then I looked down and could see the bone cut through.'There was a little flesh and tendons still there so I used a scalpel to remove them, that was the painful bit.'I used three bandages and cable ties to contain the blood before scalding the artery.'I then texted my wife to call an ambulance and went inside to admit what I'd done.

She was horrified.'The blood was going everywhere so my wife got a hose out to hose down all the blood and mess.'She called the emergency services and the police and ambulance turned up.'The former garage owner had suffered excruciating nerve pain since he was in a motorbike accident when he was 28 years old. was riding through London when a car came speeding around a corner and knocked him off, cracking a vertebrae in his neck, damaging his spine and shattering his clavicle. Calm in a crisis: After the guillotine struck a blow he used a scalpel to separate it and then used bandages and cable ties to stem the flow of blood A piece of plastic became embedded in his arm, damaging nerves and condemning him to a lifetime of pain. added: 'I've been experiencing chronic pain ever since my accident but they refused to amputate because my hand is still useful'I've explained to doctors, psychologists and specialists that if this pain isn't stopped I would remove the limb myself.'I'm

still in a lot of pain. I knew it would still hurt above the elbow but without the hand they have have no excuse to keep the arm'.Mark's wife Samantha, 43, who has supported his efforts to have his arm surgically removed, told The Sun: ' I knew he was up to something that day, but I thought he was planning a secret treat as a surprise.'When I came into the house and saw the blood everywhere I said "Oh God - what have you done?" I couldn't believe it.'Devon and Cornwall Police said officers could do nothing to save the hand after being alerted to the self-mutilation at 1:40pm on March 17. In the past: Mark, aged 20, on his wedding day shaking the hand of his best man. But his life changed after motorcycle accident eight years later where he suffered broken bones and nerve damage The NHS Trust maintains it tries to avoid amputation if at all possible because it will not always remove pain.'We were very sorry to learn that Mr Goddard had amputated his hand. We will continue to support him through our orthopaedics and pain management services,' a spokesman said.'It would be wrong of us to comment on the details of his specific case, as that would breach our duty of confidentiality.