thejoshknight

Just a PSA of sorts. Tons of people keep asking why they get such low fps and how to fix it. Simply put, I don't believe it's your fault and there isn't anything you can do at the moment. The standalone is simply not very well optimized right now. I'm sure it will be much better as time goes on, but it is very early in the game. For comparison, I'll use a game I bought at the same time as DayZ, Bioshock Infinite. Running on ultra, I consistently average 53 or so fps in all areas. In DayZ on a combo of high/medium, I'm sitting at 20ish on average. I run almost every other game at around the same fps I get on Bioshock. All in all, I think we are all getting low fps right now, simply because the alpha isn't optimized yet. So, just be patient. It WILL improve.

Of course they aren't the same game. I just used my most recently benchmarked AAA title(and bioshock is regarded as one of the best looking games of the year by many). I can say that I easily got 40 fps in the Arma 2 dayz mod on high/ultra, and I don't get anywhere near the 20fps I get here on any other title I own, whether that be GW2, Tomb Raider, or Rome 2. I promise, I know what I'm talking about. But all of that's beside the point. I'm hoping by the time optimization is done I can pull a consistent 30 fps. That's super playable.

Laptop- Dell Inspiron 17r Special EditionMonitor resolution: 1600x900OS: Windows 8CPU: Intel i7 3610m 3.3 ghz quad coreGraphics card: nvidia geforce 650mRAM: 8gb ddr3 ramSSD? (Yes/No) No, 1 tb standard hard drive .

How's the customization of vehicles and bases compared to Origins? Can you build your own village as in Origins, if not, what is there instead? Thanks!

Hi, I'm a longtime Dayz player looking to get into Origins. I can be a good guy or a bad guy, I'm open to all kinds of groups. If anyone is looking for somebody to play with, I'd be happy to help! Thanks.

Do we need to PM you op?

I'm definently interested, it sounds like a fun time.

The point of TS isn't to get an advantage. It's to talk to your friends. A lot of people simply want to hang out with their group while playing video games, and it just so happens they are on this one. They would be using TS whether playing WoW, DayZ, or My Little Pony. It's just a social thing.

Name: Josh Age: 18 TeamSpeak Name: thejoshknight Mic: Yes, I use Turtle Beach X12's Why do I want to join: I've played for a while by myself, so I'm interested in how playing as part of a group will go. Experience in game, 1-10: 6 Timezone: US Central Time Bio: I'm an 18 year old high school Senior. I'm much better at killing players than zombies for whatever reason. Maybe it's the awful zigzag the zombies do. Anyway, I follow directions, get along with almost everyone, and am generally a laid back guy. IGN: Josh How long I've played: Since August of last year. So for about 9 months now. There was about 2 months in there I did'nt touch the game though. How often do I play a week: It depends on what else I have going on. This week will be my Spring Break, so probably a lot. Once school starts back up, a few days a week in the evenings and on weekends. Any questions? Nope.

Bump.

I'm interested. I played DayZ for a few months a while back, then figured I'd wait until the actual game came out. I come back an find that it's still not out, so I might as well start playing again!

I'll be adding you on skype later tonight, group sounds great!

I haven't. I'm playing Minez until this is released standalone, which according to rocket is targeted at 4 months or less :) Although I do regret paying 30 bucks for something I only used for like a month. Oh well, I'll play arma eventually.

My thoughts exactly. I just don't understand some people in this world. It's like logic and common sense doesn't even phase them.

Just had one of my best experiences in day z last night. I had recently been killed at devil's castle (took a guy with me, but not relevant), so I start a new character, and I spawn near cherno. So, I think to myself, ok... I'll mess around a bit. I hit up some of the normal loot spawns, and find a revolver in one of the stores. At this point I have a zombie on me, and run near the hospital. I get sniped at, but the guy misses and I manage to escape. At this point, I'm assuming Mr.Sniper has a few friends in town, so I want to find something a bit more powerful then a revolver in case I need to deal with people. Hoping for a Lee Enfield or Winchester, I find a double barreled shotgun. I think to myself, ok, can't hurt to take it until I find a better primary. Plus, I'd been wanting to try the gun out, but had avoided it like the plague up until then. Finding about 8 shots worth of pellets, I start to head towards the church. I have to cross a few streets,and am being careful not to agro zombies when I see them. 2 guys with automatics dropping zeds, heading in the direction I am. So, since I'm just messing around with this character, I decide I'll stalk these guys for a bit, if I get to kill one or two, more power to me, I'd like the guns. I figure they're heading towards the church, so I creep along the coastal street until I'm right up next to the church. I hear one of them eating, so I know they're in the church. The front door of the church is shut, and I have a double barreled compared to at least 2 assault rifles, so I decide to set up across the street with my gun towards the door. I guess they heard me outside, because when they do come out, they're ready to shoot. However, they don't notice me, and I'm able to drop one with the first pellet shot from the double barreled. I'm committed at this point, so I start to circle the church, hoping to get a better angle on the second guy. I end up getting it, but I have to empty the shotgun out to drop him. I'm thinking to myself, did I really just kill two guys with a double barreled?, when I walk into the church to loot. I see a third guy I never noticed however, and manage to drop him with a revolver clip, even though I take a hit and drop to about 8k blood, with a broken leg. Luckily, these guys had morphine, and then I take my pick of supplies and weapons. I take a m4a1 cco with two clips, and some choice medical and other supplies. I figure since I'm in cherno, these guys may end up coming back, so I hide the bodies, and set up in one of the apartments with a view of the church. I hear a shot from the fire station behind me, and see a sniper on the roof. I drop him with 2 shots from the m4, and then keep my lookout on the church. Eventually, I'm thinking I may just log off for the night, when I hear footsteps. Now, I noted the names of the people I had killed, as I was hoping to be sure I killed them again if they came back for their stuff. A guy with a makarov is staring at me, and I'm not gonna just shoot, as I don't need anything he has. However, he shoots and misses, so I unload, killing him. I note the guy's name, and it's the same as one I had killed in the church, this brings a smile to my face even though he dropped me to about 6k blood, because 1 makarov shot managed to hit me. At this point, I sit in my apartment for a few more minutes, then realize it's late and I need some sleep. So, I log off for the night, happy with the loot I got, if feeling a bit bad about dropping an entire group of people.

Yeah, they weren't the brightest bunch, but I'm amazed they didn't dc during the situation,and I respect them for it. Though, I didn't find a smoke grenade on them, which suprised me, since they had hit most spawns up before me. The sniper was probably the weirdest kill of the bunch. I don't believe he noticed me in the apartment, it was getting dark on the server, and I was at a bad angle for sighting me. The only reason I noticed him was I was passing between both walls as they both had windows, and I noticed him walking around on the firehouse. Was gonna let him go till I saw the sniper rifle, then dropped him at that point.

Again, as many have stated, if your friend is not a hacker that's all well and good. But until we see OFFICIAL information, from a server host, or battleye, or the DayZ team or whoever it is that your talking with, your story is nothing more than an elaborate hoax. I'm sorry, but the way it goes is something like this. Suspected hackers are guilty until proven innocent.

It would be ok if it was realisticly dark. In the country, even with no streetlights, you can see. Especially when the moon is out, and let's be honest, the moon is out at some point during the night 80% of the time. But in game, it seems to automatically get cloudy when night comes. Even without the moon, your eyes adjust within 5 or so minutes and you can see fine. So either A. Make the nights brighter or B. The longer you play, the brighter the night becomes, to simulate adjustment. That's realism.

What your saying has been confirmed by the developer as being literally impossible. Listen. You may be good at a game on the computer, but that doesn't mean you use any logic whatsoever. Logically, there are 2 things that could be possible here. Think about which one is more likely. A. The developer of this mod has lied on multiple occasions in saying that you can't be banned for picking up hacked weapons, and he has some agenda against certian people. He is secretly directing the battleye people to ban said people who he has an agenda against. Fuck, might as well call it a conspiracy. He made this game just to ban kids, and then here them rage about it. B. Your friend is a liar. He hacked. He got what he deserved. Let's be honest, what would any normal person think is true. 99.9% of the time, they will think option B is what's going on here. And as a last point, this is the internet. There is no honor, or duty, or any of that bullshit. That's for real soldiers, many of whom actually play this mod. /salute

This game needs a couple years of development before I would even consider paying for it. That said, when it's ready, I wouldn't be paying a monthly fee, because it will never have the amount of content as an MMO, and never the replayability. With LOTRO, I've put 4 years into that, because new content is constantly produced. That won't happen here I don't think. I'm thinking 15 bucks tops.

If I want to kill you, I'm going to kill you. No game mechanic will ever change that. This patch has made it easier. Half the people don't have weapons, which makes it even funnier to see.

Lol. Battleye. Guess there trying to figure out to get unbanned.

No. It won't matter, my group has all the weapons stored we'll ever need. Easier to kill noobs.

20% being bandits is far higher than the realistic amount of sociopaths in real life, ie 3-4 %, but hey, what are you going to do.