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For sure the thing that will make this go faster than anything else you could buy for it would be an SSD for sure. I would definitely get one, just a low GB one is all you need, keep all your shit on the HDD and use the SSD as a boot drive with your games on. EDIT: Though when you say 2gb dedicated graphics, you do mean a graphics card right and not on-board graphics? because if you mean on board graphics, they're shit. lol EDIT 2: just realised that it was a laptop. the answer to your question is: You will be disappointed with gaming performance FOR SURE. Get a desktop if you can, laptops are poo for gaming. You're paying extra money for it to be a small compact portable package, you can get better performance from a desktop for less than a laptop.

Every single day we have all possible weather, just constantly cycling. So every days its "foggy" for 30 mins then rains, then sunny then cloudy, then thunder lightning, rinse and repeat all day everyday. And before people say tis not more realistic like that at all. And I put the word foggy in " " marks, because its basically exactly the same as going into options and turning view distance down to 500. It has no fog effect like in ArmA 2. It looks shit. Why do we have to have our view distance lowered to 500 about 10 times a day? i doubt it will get changed, but this is the suggestions forums.

xD haha I do play quite a bit HOWEVER a thought has just occurred to me. I'm not totally sure about this, but it SEEMS like one server i play on is fecking always foggy (again could be just me noticing it too much), now, could the admin be making it "foggy" (or lowering the view distance to 500 as i like to call it) to make it seem like the server runs smoother? i.e DayZ is capped at 1600, because apparently DayZ servers cant handle much more than that, so I imagine 500 view distance would make for better performance. xD Definitely me being paranoid, but is there any chance this could be the case? xD

Could you explain a bit more, I mean if its the engine, how come ArmA 2 servers can play with the huge view distances without any trouble with 30+ people on them? Is it due to the zombies or something? And if it is, with them improving the zombies, will it be higher in the stand alone?

DayZ is capped at 1600 view distance anyone saying they get more than that is just wrong. Go into ArmA 2 game with your higher view distance and see the difference. Even if in your options you have it set to 10,000 in DayZ you wont get more than 1600 (500 if its foggy :/ ), if you go into arma 2 with the 10,000 view distance it looks amazing. And ArmA 2 non DayZ servers with 30+ people in have no trouble with it, so maybe its the zombies, they take so much processing power, that the server cant have a higher view distance? With them improving zombies i hope they increase view distance, and stop with the shitty fake fog.

Why is it capped at 1600? I know it is, I just want to know why? Anyone know?

Be warned though if you are going to use it, people who see you will probably automatically assume you are a hacker, if this is an admin of the server or whatever they may even ban you. I would be careful if I were you, its probably best to throw it away if you dont want to be labelled a hacker.

Aye it does the same with me mate and others, try going into settings and lowering the maximum number of connections. It helps a bit, though I still get disconnects sometimes. For me if I just turn Play with Six off internet comes back on in 30 seconds or so. DayZ Commander does the same thing and the answer that both the creators of those programs will (quite snobbishly) give you is, and I quote, "Get a better router?". EDIT: Forgot to say, I do still use both of these programs, so dont think it doesnt work at all. Just load it up find a server and go on it straight away. Oh and go into setttings and choose 'Close after launch'. So yeah you should still be able to use these programs to play dayz or ArmA 2, just perceiver with it.

Random question, but you know that banner pic you have there with the heroes on one side and the camo guys on the other side, how come those guys have maroon berets? When I get the camo clothing i have no beret. Is that actually in DayZ or have you taken that pic from just ArmA 2 or something?

In a Zombie apocalypse where people are killing each other all over the place for supplies, killing people just because you think they may kill you IS valid. You cant ban people for this. Or even people who kill for fun, this is a sandbox game where as long as people arent cheating the system thery can do WHATEVER they like, and this is what makes the game great.

Ahhh right, I guess it must be some mod that i have (i literally have hundreds, I cant tell whats in game or an addon xD). Actually yeah now that i think of it the Famas is definitely from the Operation Frenchpoint mod and the AUG is no doubt from some other mod. Is the Skorpian in normal ArmA 2? Not sure if they could have changed a main weapon slot for one that goes in pistol slot, but yeah anything cept another AK. I mean could someone tell me what the difference is (that you can tell in game, not just RL differences with gas system or whatever, what can you actually tell is different in game?) between the AK-107 Kobra & AK-74 Kobra? They fire the same cartridge, so Im guessing they do pretty much same damage and obviously use same mags and have the exact same sight. I understand that its Russian, but still we have British weapons, USA weapons, German, Czech etc. From the ones that are in game, maybe the German G36, with its cool dual sight system. Or (probably the least likely to make it into DayZ xD) my personal favourite the (X)M8, pretty dead IRL though, but like the G36 can use 100 round ammo mags (whether these should go in the game with them is another matter xD maybe to OP for an assault rifle). But, having said that, the modern British looking Police car also isnt in ArmA 2 is it? So if they can add that in and thats not from ArmA 2 (is it?), maybe they can add these extra guns like Famas, would be cool. But to answer your question: In my opinion the addition of the cars is purely a positive thing, I cant see many people complaining about this, maybe that it makes cars feel less 'special' because they arent so rare, but meh, there is no auto run key on ArmA 2 so the more cars for long distance travel the better xD As far as the guns go, like I said I much prefer there not being any thermals in game. This for me is a real game changer for the better. I can imagine a few people wouldnt be too happy about this as they rely on doing 'thermal sweeps' every 30 seconds. Now you can actually hide in bushes and trees. As for the AS50, i guess they took that out because its a bit OP against vehicles, I cant imagine they think its too OP for people, Ive never had a problem with a one shot kill sniper rifle, this is how they all should be imo if his in chest (or stomach) or head obviously. But with the NATO rounds it becomes like an RPG against vehicles. There was even talk of removing the M107, i would have been completely against this and it seems most people on the server feel the same, so he left it in. EDIT: Just saw a post where their server has no NVGs. Hadnt really thought about this before, but actually now that I do, i think this could be a great idea. Some people hate DayZ in the dark and will switch to a light server. I think some of this has to do with the fact its a very uneven playing field at night due to people with NVGs having a MASSIVE advantage. Apart from being in a group this is probably the biggest advantage you can get in the game. Like I said i love DayZ at night when you have to use flares etc. it looks so cool and atmospheric, the night feels so scary which is awesome, with NVGs its just like meh, ok its green. I hadnt thought about this, but now i really wish our sever had no NVGs xD

Aye I play on a server where there is no L85 Thermals replaced with L85 Holo & AS50 replaced with M40A3 for example and Ive seen a police car (a modern looking one) and black SUV, think there is more i just havent seen em. There are a number of different weapons too, AK107 Kobra, Saiga12k, RPK. And tbh I MUCH prefer not having the Thermals, now when you are hid in a tree you can feel a lot more safe that someone hasnt spotted you from a mile away in teh dark when you're hid in a tree. And the police car looks cool as hell. Looks like this one: http://cache.jalopni.../07/popoevo.jpg Although personally i would have prefered if they chose a different gun than the AK 107, I mean there is already so many AKs in game right now dont really need another. I would have preferred something totally different maybe like an Steyr AUG or Famas.

Since the latest patch they last forever or until they get destroyed. However, it is possible for it to bug out or whatever and disappear, but they do normally save, i havent had any disappear for good, I did have a vehicle that disappeared for a bit, but when the server was restarted it came back. So if your car disappears its worth going back after a restart to check again.

A: Liam86 ]B: Broken leg no morphine C:Barn just to the west of Guglovo (078, 084) D: Ghille Suit CZ 550EDIT: Scratch that! Just realised Im on a Private hive server >.<

You can't use custom skins with dayz can you? Just the default arma 2 oa ones (and their camo versions), or is this on some private hive thing? Anyways, what about creating the folder yourself in your arma 2 folder in my documents and don't forget to rename the file custom.jpeg EDIT just re read your post, not sure if I'm on about the same thing you are, I may have misunderstood what you mean xD

This for sure ^^ xD

No dont drop it, there is no need it doesnt take up any needed room in inventory as you will never fill those little slots on DayZ. You can tell us if you do get spooky messages at the radio tower or not xD

He's just said he's already taken them.

Read the first post thought great! this looks cool and clicked both downloads and they started to download, then i scrolled down and read this: Downloads cancelled.

^^ Is that not a US based clan? But yeah this is EXACTLY what im looking for too xD So if you do find one could you be kind enough to tell me mate so i can try join too xD I will do the same ofc if I find one :) EDIT: In the meantime till you do find a clan like this, if you wanna team up, join me on Teamspeak: 85.236.100.85:11607 (That goes for anyone else that likes to play this way)

Do buildings have sort of an HP? i.e they have 1000 hit points and just say they were damaged all the way down to 1 and the smoke grenade does like 3 damage if it hits so therefore the building is destroyed as it went below 0 HP. No idea, but its the only thing i can think of.

I take it all your things icons are green then? Im sure you'd know if your food or drink was flashing, unless you have the debug on then they look green when they could really be flashing its a bug (if you didnt know this)

I THINK its these guys (Bravehearts), unless there is another UK101: http://dayzmod.com/f...mature-players/ Add the guy on steam if you wanna talk to him: tajertam

I get tempted to rage sometimes i guess, but then I think of how embarrassingly stupid people look when they do rage and I think better of it xD

My approach is pretty much the same for unarmed Bambi's as it is for Ghillied/bandit sniper/well armed, but with subtle differences: If its an unarmed Bami: *Calm voice* "Friendly, I'm friendly man, I not gunna shoot you" Well armed Bandit: *Panicked voice and running around in circles around the player* "Friendly! Friendly! Im Friendly! Dont shoot me!" The running ir circles is pretty funny if you stay close to them xD Its hard to them to even aim at you.