Dryze

Posted this in your other thread roughly 2 hours ago, hope its still helpful: I saw theories that said uninstalling, reinstalling, verifying steam caches, etc would work. None of this worked for me. I then saw a theory that it was due to conflicting Windows Firewall and antivirus programs. I disabled my AVG and logged in, and the game worked for me perfectly. I decided to go one step further and test if the game worked if I switched from AVG (Free Version) to Avast! (Free Version). My game is now running perfectly smooth with Avast! on and enabled. It may be worth adding a poll option that asks which antivirus programs users who are experiencing issues use. From what I've seen, that is the issue here. Conflicts between BattleEye and antivirus. Please let me know if this helps! TLDR: Uninstall AVG, use Avast!

So guys, I'll add what little I can to this as I'm really not very good with computers. This issue started for me about 5 days ago (8/1/14,9/1/14). I had this desync issue not only when around players, but in certain cities and with NPCs as well. I saw theories that said uninstalling, reinstalling, verifying steam caches, etc would work. None of this worked for me. I then saw a theory that it was due to conflicting Windows Firewall and antivirus programs. I disabled my AVG and logged in, and the game worked for me perfectly. I decided to go one step further and test if the game worked if I switched from AVG (Free Version) to Avast! (Free Version). My game is now running perfectly smooth with Avast! on and enabled. It may be worth adding a poll option that asks which antivirus programs users who are experiencing issues use. From what I've seen, that is the issue here. Conflicts between BattleEye and antivirus. Please let me know if this helps!

Yup. Didn't you know this game is home to thousands of nerds who have no physical or mental power in real life, therefore must flex their epeen in game to escape their pathetic real life existance? Try and make some friends, and cover eachother well. I just got shot in the face by a bandit without warning myself!

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Couldn't tell you, as none of them are on at the moment and I only fixed it about an hour ago. It was on a BattleEye server though. And as I said, I got shot in the face with an M4 by a guy I saw at the last minute, not because of lag but because I turned around and he shot me in the face. So it seemed like interactions with both zombies and player characters were totally normal

So guys, I posted this in another thread. But after trying everyones theories and potential fixes, what finally did it for me was simply turning off my antivirus software (AVG) while I played, then turned it back on when I logged out. Hope it's this simple for everyone else.

I fixed it for myself, only been playing for about an hour but it was perfectly fine after being unplayable for over 3 days. WHAT I DID (its really technical) Step 1 - Turn off your anti-virus software Step 2 - Log in and play This might sound like I'm trolling, but that is all I did before trying this morning. Last night I deleted and reinstalled the game, verified my cache, messed around with graphics settings and internet connections. None of it worked. I'm posting this now, after playing happily for an hour before being shot in the face by an M4 without warning when I only had an axe :(

Agreed with OP with all fellow posters having these exact issues. I understand its the alpha and we have issues to deal with. I've died climbing ladders, my characters reset with no reason after being fully stocked etc, and I didn't blink an eye. This server issue/BattleEye issue and being unable to play for the last 3 days is making me want to stop trying. I understand maybe the dev team wasn't ready for this big of a response and player base, but this is a GAME breaking server and client issue. I bought this game the 2nd night it was available, and feel like the least they can do is QUICKLY figure out the problem and fix it, as it effects what looks to be a huge player base. Why the hell is it taking so long to fix?