DayZ update fixes ‘dead’ state, inventory looting bugs

A new update was released for DayZ standalone fixing a serious issue in which players would remain in a "dead" state. There was also a critical bug with looting other players inventory that has also apparently been fixed. Below is the full change-log for today's update, version 0.34.115106. I warn you, it's quite lengthy, but I guess that's what an Alpha is for.

• Animations: Right hand twitches during pointing, character twitches once when middle finger is activated/deactivated
• Actions: If player puts burlap sack from his head to ground his vision stays black

• Animations: Ruger 10/22 hand pose
• Animations: It's now possible to blend directly between various gesticulation states (pointing,finger,greeting…)
• Crafting: Can repair clothes, weapons, and items using specialist items (such as sewing kit)
• Gear: Configured sewing kit and its recipes
• Gear: Added configuration for durable riders jacket
• Gear: Added Cowboy hats to the loot spawns (multiple colors)
• Gear: Added Sewing kit to the loot spawns
• Gear: Added B95 and 762 speedloader to loot spawns
• Gear: Added configuration for durable riders jacket
• Gear: Added durable leather jacket to loot spawns
• Gestures: Thumbs Up gesture added with default F7 key binding
• Server: Optimization of synchronization of textures/materials (minor improvement to server FPS)
• Systems: Falling now causes dynamic damage (roughly, fall of >5m break legs depending on equipment, >15m probably death)

• Actions: Could not cover another players head with a burlap sack
• Actions: No longer spawns clones of sack after Remove Head Cover action
• Actions: Removing Head Cover (burlap sack) while inventory is full won't leave you blind and without burlap sack anymore
• Art: Duplicate geometry in lower resolution LODs of flannel shirt resulted in visual bug at distance.
• Animations: Fixed an issue where the player would stay zoomed-in in sights for reload while aiming in prone
• Animations: Player should now be force-disarmed when clapping while holding a single-handed weapon.
• Animations: Pointing and clapping now works even when initiated from aimed states
• Animations: Fixed an issue where the left hand would stay glued to the FNX45 for aimed prone reload
• Animations: Default rifle aim stance (stand and crouch) slightly changed to better fit different guns
• Animations: Twitches on right hand fixed when holding an item while middle finger and pointing.
• Crafting: Cannot combine ruined stacked objects (such as ammo, rags)
• Crafting: Cannot chamber/load magazine with ruined ammunition
• Crafting: Motorbike helmet visors didn't retain their type when spray-painting the helmet
• Crash: Game Crash when using FLUSH command
• Crash: Out of bounds crash when no sounds defined
• Inventory: Loot would stay on dead character after it is picked up, causing teleporting loot and general chaos
• Medical: Cleaning wounds with alcohol tincture doesn't add last stage of infected wounds
• Medical: Vomiting/Stuffed was completely broken. Now simplified and streamlined
• Melee: Short melee weapons do damage now (hammer, screwdriver, hammer, hacksaw)
• Spawns: Lowered probability of Weapon cleaning kit spawns
• Systems: Healing system was double processing for blood regeneration
• Systems: Notifier messages were not being cleared/reset on within-state changes
• Systems: Players position was not saving on disconnect
• Systems: Players could get continually stuck in a dead character during load from central server
• Systems: Players would not receive any falling damage
• Systems: Disconnecting dead player would delete the body after ~30 seconds
• Systems: Damage was being equally applied to all objects inside inventory slot when shot/damaged (now items reduce the damage when they take damage)
• Systems: Notifier gets stuck on "stuffed"
• Weapons: Ballistic parameters of all projectiles tweaked for more realism (special thanks to Gews for his great analysis on weapon characteristics)

DayZ standalone is a full-fledged retail version of an Arma II mod created by Dean Hall. It's an open-world survival horror hybrid-MMO game in which players must fight to survive in a harsh post-apocalytpic world for as long as they can. If — well, when — you die, you lose everything and must start from the beginning again with absolutely no items.

Despite its sales success early on, creator Dean Hall warns gamers to take a "skeptical approach" towards game's early access as there are still numerous bugs.