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so my first attempt to play was on a server with 33 people logged into it. and i thought...these zombies are lame. 90% of the time they just walked right past me. there were even times when they'd hit me once they walk away. but i kept getting a msg that said your fps is low adjust your graphics. i turned them all the way down, still the same thing. for a moment i thought i had wasted 12.50 lol my second attempt was on a server with 6 people including myself. my graphics were back at normal and suddenly every zombie within miles it seemed was after my flesh. they certainly did not hit me and walk away or run right past me. i died a few times. after running for about 15 min. i jumped off a pier into the ocean. that seemed to lose the zombies but there were no ladders that i could see so i logged off instead of spending another 15 minutes swimming at snail pace until i got to a beach. so my question is... you say with my system it will run on low but not to expect much. from my above experience it didnt actually seem to have a whole lot to do with my graphics settings or my computer strength, and had a lot more to do with how many people were on that particular server. which is sad, cuz who wants to play mulitplayer day z with like 3 people on the server...im sure if my computer was awesome it would handle the 33 person server much much better. is the number of people playing that much of a factor with anyone else?

only i didnt get either of the patches i needed from there. my internet connection is fine, and i would click the download button for either 1.60 and 1.62 and my browser would just give me that spin circle thing telling me its trying for.....ever. for the 1.60 actually after about 15 min i got a blank web page that said no data received. i surf all day long and play mmo's all the time, so it certainly is not my connection that was doing this.

ok thanks! i installed it, and i dont see any way to update the game itself, only day z mod updates and installations. thats fine tho, the 1.6 patch is almost done downloading.

thanks for your quick responses guys. i did finally get one of the mirrors to start downloading after over an hour of frustration. its still downloading. i downloaded an installer for dayz commander but havent actually installed it yet that program will actually get my version of arma 2:oa up to the correct version as well?

hi im new to this game, still trying to get things set up. is there a certain version the dayz mod requires? im asking because i tried to update the game to 1.62, the updater said i needed to be at 1.60 first, and my version was 1.59. the 1.60 download mirrors dont seem to exist anymore and clicking the download button at the actual arma 2 site doesnt seem to do anything either. very frustrating and overly annoying just to patch a game, so im just wondering if its necessary, and if so, how do i go about getting patch 1.6 when clearly arma 2 doesnt think anyone is going to want this update anymore.

i changed my profile pic just hoping to get a response :P ARMA 2 and OA are currently downloading from amazon. i really just want the Day Z mod and i play some other mmo's that are heavy on the graphics. Didn't think there would be any problems but I'm gonna post just to make sure. desktop windows 7 home monitor resolution: 1920x1080 (vizio hdtv) Pentium Dual-Core E5400 @2.7GHz NVidia GeForce GT 630 2GB RAM 4GB RAM 64-bit no ssd