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It has GT610M video card, it will not run anything. edit: You want atleast GT640M graphics card in laptop if you are going to play games with it.

All 3 guys in TS on different sides of the map experienced the same thing. First BattleEye started sending messages in red colour and in Russian language. Then everyone on the server heard a fucking loud sound. Then everyone on the server was isntakilled. The BattleEye messages are the part that really worry me. It doesn't sound like very good anti-cheat program when some Russian hacker is using it to send messages to players...

Similar happened on UK8 just now. Very loud sound and everyone dead after 1 min. Hackers are really ruining this game.

1. Disable Antivirus 2. Disable Firewall 3. Download 3rd party software and let it run rampart on your computer Sounds legit.

Can you still return your new laptop? If you can I'm sure there are lot's of people here who can advice on what to get to replace it.

It's still Alpha so shit happens. I'm fully prepared to lose all my gear everytime I log in. Heck, most games have frequent stat/inv wipes when they are in Alpha anyways. I'm sure rocket is more than happy to give you full refund for DayZ if you PM him.

Radeon™ HD 6490M switchable graphics Your graphics card is about as crappy as it can get. I suggest you return your laptop and get something better like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834215404 Another way is building a desktop PC and buying cheap netbook for mobile stuff. You can get netbook and desktop PC that can easily run ArmA 2 for around $1000. edit: So there's nothing wrong with the game, your laptop is just way too slow for any modern game.

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I KNOW THIS IS ALPHA AND THAT'S THE REASON I'M LEAVING FEEDBACK. The last patch leaves me wondering if rocket has lost his original idea of anti-game since some of the new features feel really gamey. Temperature is one of them. The implementation reeks of gameyness since in reality you don't go hypothermic in 15 minutes if you happen to get wet in late summer or early autumn rain. And everyone who has ever been to a forest knows that even trees provide enough protection from rain so you don't get that wet. It feels like the feature is designed to drive people towards certain type of gameplay (away from the forest into the towns) and strip them some of the choices they had before the patch (being a recluse). Another feature that doesn't just feel right is getting infected. Getting cold doesn't make you sick IRL, catching a bug does. In this mod common cold is like getting AIDS or lung cancer considering what it does to the character. This seems like another gamey feature that forces people to certain gameplay rules (go to the town, get antibiotics). Last thing about the patch to complain about is the firewood. As others have pointed out it's ridiculous that you have to scavenge towns to get firewood. Even the idea of implementing specific tool for getting firewood is stupid, IRL snapping dry branches or collecting sticks doesn't need a specific tool. All these features seem to be designed to force people to towns to battle zombies and to force them to bunch up together. In the end we have Left 4 Dead: Open World Edition if this direction continues.

Yeah, this firewood idea is ridiculous. Chernarus is full of woods, bushes, wooden houses, barns etc. Everything will burn. Even the hatchet idea is stupid. Why do I need a hatched when I could just get some boards from fence, get dry sticks or just burn a barn?

I got following info from another forum: On FI1 server the clan hosting the server has established a base in the factory between Polana and Orlovets. The base is heavily fortified (lots of barbed wire etc) and they are using helicopter as means of transportation. If you have big enough band of bandits you might be able to take on them, they should have lots of good stuff to make the raid worth it.

http://www.dayzmod.com/about.php Sounds like this ain't a game for you.

Maybe it could be a good idea to broadcast that bandit has been sniping on town X for Y time on the global channel so people know to avoid the place or go and kill him. Crying on the forums is not going to make the sniper go away.

I suspect some people offering DayZ servers for rent are themselves renting cheap boxes like these and running 4+ ArmA2 servers on one of them: http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex4 I can see how that could be very profitable, rent server for 50€/month, set up 4 virtual servers on it and offer them for rent for 50€/month each. Could this be the cause long loading times, problems with Zombie and loot spawn and general lag?

I don't think it's the mods fault but people running too many servers on same box. I suspect some people offering DayZ servers for rent are actually using cheap boxes like these and putting 4 virtual servers on one and offering those for rent at great profit: http://www.hetzner.de/hosting/produkte_rootserver/ex4

Well, one of their members got caught hacking so you know what to expect from that bunch...

ArmA2 inventory system is fine for tactical shooter but it lacks quite a bit when it comes to survival game. Biggest issue is that it's entirely grid based and most items take one slot regardless of weight or size. For example 5 rounds of rifle ammo takes same amount of space as full AK-47 magazine. In reality 5 medium calibre rifle cartritges weight around 100-150g while full AK-47 mag weighs around 800g depending on material it was made from. Here's a picture to illustrate what I mean: I think best and most realistic inventory system would be the similar as in STALKER games. Here's a screen of STALKER:CoP inventory: With some modifications that would be perfect for DayZ too. Here are the modifications I suggest: 1. Make better backbags increase the amount of slots and weight limit. However do this so that more you carry the slower you move regardless of what backbag you have so better backbag won't enable you to haul 50kgs without movement speed penalty. 2. Change the way ammo uses up slots. Like one slot can have 60 rounds of 5.56 NATO, 30 rounds of 7.62x39 or 20 rounds of 7.62x54R. Apply this to magazines too so you could have 2 STANAG mags in one slot, one AK-47 mag or 4 5 round stripper clips of 7.62x54R ammo. 3. Make different magazine types for same caliber, for example polymer and steel magazines for AK-47. Both take the same amount of inventory space but steel magazine weighs around 150g more. I realize these suggestions are not possible when DayZ is ArmA2 mod but only in future after rocket has gotten licensing agreement for some engine.

This is ages old hack, I wonder if BIS has no idea what makes it possible since it has been around so long and BattleEye doesn't detect it. I once saw entire server population teleported to one place and blown up with fucking huge bomb in ArmA2OA.

Though the fireball produced by M44 during night would give away your position everyone within 2 kilometers from you. :D

Winchester is already inaccurate with slugs. It's the best starter weapon if you are not intending to do PVP and even in bandit group it's good to have guy or two with Winchesters in case of zombie horde. I think Winchester should be 2 separate weapons, maybe keep Winchester as anti-zombie rifle using .44 Henry it used IRL and add entry level pump-action shotgun like Remington 870 as relatively common anti-zombie shotgun. BTW. The rate of fire of the Winchester is quite low when compared to how fast you can shoot a lever-action gun IRL. Of course this is balanced by insanely fast reload but I would prefer more realistic approach of high RoF and slow reload speed.