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dayz mod: So ive noticed a few people posting around the place about getting low fps on the mod, while this is common im seeing a trend in people like myself that used to get better frames, but somehow don't now, so hopefully this can bring the posts together and people can share troubleshooting steps, possible causes and maybe a solution so for me ive tried: running different mods, aswell as different servers, as well as vanilla changing graphics settings from high to very low, and up to very high, FPS barely changed a single number with these variations. defragging the arma folder. check the computer isnt running anything it shouldnt (resource heavy programs, ran virus and spyware checks) and probably more i forgot, so what has everyone else tried? also, ive been playing 2 years, and have installed and removed many dayz mods, aswell as a couple of life mods. anyone else had a lot of mods installed? another thing i noticed last night is i was with a group of about 8 people, and that seemed to cut the frames down in half (10ish to dropping as low as 4) so anyone having similar problems, reply with something similar, what youve tried, anything in particular you noticed...

thanks max for moving this to the right place for my graphics settings, as mentioned above, i could max it out, or turn it to very low with all the extras turned off, and it wouldnt make a difference, maybe a single frame at best il try the monitor resolution, one thing i did notice is that the 3d and interface resolution keeps resetting, to a different resolution, and 1 at 100% (which is differnt from the monitor resolution) and one at 88%, also my anti aliasing keeps going back on i did edit my cfg a long time ago, and made it read only, since then ive took off the read only mode so i can change it, yet it still resets... and my view distance has always been the same, used to manage well on 3000, now have it at 1500

im also having this problem, i dont have the best specs....but it was never as bad as it is now. and i noticed quite a few people posting about the same problem recently...

hey, was actually about to post about having the same problem, dayz used to run well, no matter what sub mod i played, now i get 10 fps and sometimes dropping lower, and doesnt matter if im in a forest, in elektro or anywhere in between, doesnt matter if i look straight at a city or down on the ground, doesnt even change if i alter the graphics down from high to very low. something is definitely wrong one thing i noticed tonight though, i was on dayzrp, and standing withing 25 meters of about 8 or 9 guys, and the frames were suffering bigger drops, yet my internet connection is still fine over the past 2 years ive installed many dayz mods, as well as a few arma mods, aswell as uninstalled them/deleted the addons for it. could it be that theres just alot of junk built up somewhere, and i should do a fresh reinstall of arma and dayz?

i would try not to get attached to the gear, but id want to keep my character alive for that amount of time, so maybe appear more friendly looking for the sake of living longer?

dayz+ zombies kill you in about 3 hits, also dayzrp has tougher zombies, and dayzero has a higher number of zombies

nevermind - delete this post (sorry admins)

i decided to ask the scan website to build me a PC at console price, around £300 as im on a tight budget. here is the build they suggested: 4GB (2x2GB) Corsair DDR3 Vengeance Jet Black Low Profile, PC3-12800 (1600), Non-ECC, CAS 9-9-9-24, XMP, 1.5V - costing £36.48 500GB Seagate ST500DM002 Barracuda 7200.14 SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm, 16MB Cache, 8.5ms, NCQ - costing £35.98 500W Zalman ZM500-GS, Uncertified, Quiet Fan, ATX v2.3, PSU - costing 35.40 Sharkoon VS3-S Black/Green ATX Mid Tower Case 120mm Quiet Fan w/o PSU - costing £22.94 Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE 24x DVD±R, 8x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, x12 RAM Dual Layer SATA BLACK OEM - costing £11.98 Intel Pentium G3220, S 1150, Haswell, Dual Core, 3.0GHz, 1100MHz GPU, 30x Ratio, Retail - costing £41.94 MSI H81M-P33, Intel H81, S 1150, DDR3, SATA III - 6Gb/s, PCIe 2.0 (x16), D-Sub/DVI-D, Micro ATX - costing 32.17 1GB Gainward GTX 750, PCIe 3.0, 5000MHz GDDR5, GPU 1033MHz, Boost 1111MHz, Cores 512, DPort/DVI/HDMI - costing 87.30 total £315.17 so opinions on FPS/graphics quality? I know the processor isn't the best, but im currently using a pentium e5700, and i watched a jackfrags video that had a similar build and it can get a steady 30fps in cities on the mod, so i should be able to get the same on standalone, if not now then in the near future, and that motherboard should be capable of accepting an i5 processor when i want to upgrade? as for the ram, i was aiming for 4gb, but would i be better getting a single 4gb rather than the 2x2, as i plan to upgrade to 8gb at a later point lastly graphics card, seems like a good one, but would i be better with 4GB Sapphire Radeon Radeon R7 240, 1800MHz GDDR3, GPU 730MHz, Boost 780MHz, 320 Streams, D-Sub/DVI-D/HDMI as its cheaper, and seems to have more dedicated memory and clock speed, but im not an expert on such things :/ so would this be good? not just for dayz, but for other games, the most recent/demanding one for me would be skyrim alternatively, can anyone make a better build for the same price? (sorry for the long post)

congrats to dean and the dev team, 2 million is impressive, especially for a one platform indie game in early access that the creator told you not to buy. and the fact its still selling well 4 months on, with all the copycats that have came, gone, or coming - warZ, apocZ, rust, h1z1, apparently another coming out called lifeless. accept no substitute :D also kudos for creating a genre/sub-genre of a game that every bigwig wants a cut of. Thats way more impressive than the 1 million, in my opinion....

well im going on a rough guide of what i can afford, and I just need it to run dayz sufficiently, and then other games will follow. im aiming for a good starting point PC, that I can upgrade when I can, but wont be overly soon and id be happy running dayz at 30fps, as i know alot of that will improve as the game develops (which is why i went for a better graphics card over a better processor.....i think lol)

looking to know if this will run dayz well, its a budget build, but im used to playing on my brothers which runs pentium dual core e5700 4gb ram, gts 450 graphics and windows vista, with 10 frames in elektro, and 30fps outside cities. so im not expecting perfect performance or graphics, maybe 30fps in cities and and 50 outside? the budget build is: pentium g3220 3.0ghz 4gb ram 1333 gt640 2gb working on a budget of around £300, using scan.co.uk so if anyone can suggest a better build around that price id like to know

yeah it used to be when you find an ammo box (as in a box of 9mm rounds for example) if you scrolled and hit empty, it would just disappear

you say you gave your account to someone called magmaplayzmc, yet you sign off with the exact same name also, you gave your dayz copy to someone who was banned, why do you think he was banned? probably did the same to your account, that is if you and him aren't actually the same person. so stop hacking/playing with hackers

the only thing that changed recently is that you have to raise your melee weapon first to swing it, just holding it in your hands wont do anything, maybe that was/is the problem you are experiencing? i dont know if they reversed it for the latest patch as have yet to go on. cant speak for motionjoy but xpadder works really well with dayz when configured right. and im only using a logitech dual action controller (ps2 designed pc controller i bought about 10 years ago) and i agree the 1:1 movement is good for controllers, had to turn my sensitivity down quite abit compared to before though...

i use xpadder, never had a problem with using my melee weapon...

mine felt really sensitive so lowered it alot, didnt help much and wow that video shows it all, soon people will be doing 180 no scopes, they definitely need to limit that does the player spin just as quick? or is it more like in some games where you see the character partially turned by the time they've shot you?

by conveniently i meant on the official forums, rather than on external sites, so although the devs are the source of the information, it was the forum staff who brought it to the dayz forum, rather than the devs themselves

I dont agree with the rust style sleeping mechanics, im sure "realistically" you would hear people bashing down your base to come kill you in your sleep, but if you are logged out, then theres nothing you can do about that I think the fatigue/resting system would work better, with such things as caffeine helping to fight it off abit longer or if logging out was counted as sleeping, your character would get tired as you would, meaning all night dayz sessions can't really happen, if you've also spent all day playing dayz, thus encouraging people to take breaks, or do something else rather than sitting up til 4am playing, and sleeping til 8am to get up for work/school/life

when i played city life 2 which had the option to pee and poo when needed, alot of players would just save it to do on someone else, i remember being murdered and some guy coming along and dropping a deuce on me i think for dayz (if this is real) it should be when it needs to be done, it NEEDS to be done, as in you have maybe 15 minutes before you dont have a choice in the matter. maybe combat would speed up the need to go? though im not sure how realistic that is

a cumulative timer could work, but sometimes a person only needs one respawn to get to where they wanna be shaeg - will try that next im on, thanks :) .....I probably shouldn't of drank all that disinfectant now lol

pigs :D gonna be fun chasing them im sure they will add wild boar once they look at different animal AI. Im happy with just basic farm animals. as far as i know chernarus is pretty much a farming country/state anyway? also good to be kept conveniently in the loop this time with development, even if not from the devs. so our thanks to smashT :beans:

as much as this would benefit some people, others would be respawning constantly to get a good spawn or close enough to run back to where they died. and also loading the server with dead bodies, even though they disappear quickly saying that, played last night, logged off on roof of apartments, log back in and im under the 1st floor, im healthy so starvation is a long way off, so i drank all my disinfectant hoping it will kill me instantly, didnt, just got sick, so i switched to a hardcore server to continue

lol, im getting rid of my green spawn shirt now

you could try adjusting your settings, or editing your config files. there is a guide in the new player forum

i never use the vicinity to find things, but i do like having it as i can move items to where i want them, or replace one thing in my inventory with something that is on ground its a good idea in theory, but i think practically it wouldnt suit