Bizarre

Thank you, I've looked at a few other threads about optimising performance, yet I'm still stuck with a sorry frame-rate (around 13 fps.) Do you reckon that I'd get better performance by using the free version of Arma; with OA and DayZ?

I will share my system specifications in hopes that someone may suggest ways to improve the framerate that I get in DayZ. System Specifications: CPU: Intel® Pentium® Dual CPU E2160 @ 1.80GHz (2 CPUs), ~1.8GHz RAM: 2GB DDR2 GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5550 - 1GB DDR2 - PCIE 2.0 (x16) HDD: 476.8 GB SATA Currently I get a range of 6-20 in FPS.

I'd like to play with you, I'll add you on steam and send you a message.

I'd like to join you, I am from the United States and I'm an inexperienced scavenger. Additionally, I have a microphone.

DayZ Name : Sir Thomas How long have you played DayZ : I have played DayZ for two days, and I've just gotten killed by a bandit for the first time. After I felt the frustration of being a lone survivor; I decided that I'd like to join a group. Time Zone: UTC -5:00 Will you stay loyal to our group?: Yes, I will. What is your primary role requested?: (I.E. Sniper, Medic, Engineer) I would like to be scavenger or guardsman.

That would be lovely. Also, I played last night and died once, and I played to-day and died four times from either getting eaten or falling. I've only played on vanilla servers, but I will try Epoch for a few minutes and see how that is. I've yet to find any vehicles, however, I found some guns -- but I lost them after getting eaten alive. Where might I find good weapons and vehicles to keep me alive longer, kind sir?

I have just bought ARMA II: Combined Operations, and I'm going to play DayZ once it is finished installing, before I play; what should I know regarding my future adventures in the zombie infested land of Chernarus?

I'd rather just find one or two people with a mic to play with, but I might change my mind.

Thanks for the help, I'll probably give BB a try.

Thanks, I wasn't expecting anyone to be that helpful. I'm guessing hacking must be pretty common on DayZ?

I plan on building my own pc soon, and afterwards getting Arma 2, and downloading DayZ. Can anyone give me tips on what to do as a beginner, and most importantly what not to do? After reading some forum posts, and watching several videos, I've learned a few things: Stay out of Cherno and Elektro, and don't trust anyone. It doesn't really give me high hopes of survival, but I'd like to stay a lone wolf anyway. Lastly if I'm first starting out, where can I find weapons and ammo?

You've made an impenetrable wall of text.