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I started playing Arma3 again (haven't played since Alpha/Beta) and wow... Comparing to that game, DayZ is 100% optimized. I was actually surprised, having read that multiple improvements have been implemented in A3 but the FPS doesn't seem to have increased for me at all. I have even played bit of DayZero recently and even on the most optimized mod of them all - i.e no grass land - I have been dropping frames like crazy. Right now there aren't many zombies in DayZ but I think that even once those are added we can enjoy higher FPS than all of the other RV games. If there was a single player DayZ Stand Alone version I am 100% confident everyone would get steady 60 FPS. Most of the FPS lag is due to the server and not you rig. For example, on Arma 3 I can get steady 60 fps maxed out in single-player, but online I get between 25-40. BTW my specs aren't super top end: i5 4670k @stock GTX 770 2GB 4GB RAM None of these games are install on SSD.

It's not to do with the connection but with the server itself. I have no idea how it works, but I know that if you are playing on a "bad" server, you'll get even less FPS. I do drop in cities, but I don't drop to anything crazy like I do in Arma 3.

It's definitely better however, you don't just spaz out all of a sudden when you're out of breath. Sure, your aim will be more "jittery" but you won't be throwing your gun around.

You don't need to wall peek to get this bug. Walk up on 1st floor, take few steps. BAM. Legs broken, you are dead. Ok...

Unfortunately, no. I wish that there was an easy way of doing this, but there's no workaround I know of. However, if you have a lot of spare HDD space here's a workaround. 1. Create a second user on your pc. 2. Download DayZ to a different drive (steam too) 3. Install experimental. This SHOULD work, however, I'm not sure if Steam installed on second HDD scans your first for games.

When you're still playing the broken pos early access?

Hovercars? No. HoverCRAFTS? YES!

Bought this game. Satisfies both points.

No. Absolutely not. It's more of a "quality of life" sort of upgrade. If you're on a budget, don't worry about it - but get it in the future! ;)

It's £10 cheaper or so. I have nothing against AMD but I've switched to Intel a couple years ago and I haven't had any issues. Tbh though AMD offer great bang for the buck, so if you're on a budget, you can't really go wrong!

SSD is a Solid State Drive. Putting it simply, it's like a big memory card for your phone or camera. It doesn't operate using mechanical parts, meaning it reads and writes much faster than 7200 rpm HDD. Especially usefull for putting your system on it - super fast boot ups, no hangups when minimising - you can also put some multiplayer games to cut down loading time. For example games like BF4 or Red Orchestra 2.

There's literally no point. Windows 8.1 has a desktop and it's not broken. You can even mod it to be exactly like 7.

Windows 8.1 for DirectX12..

Looks good. Don't forget to get a DVD drive lol, you might wanna consider getting an SSD for OS and maybe few games. Also this isn't nescessary for DayZ,but have you considered getting a 3gb+ VRAM card? I mean 2GB is good, but some games are pushing it texture resolution wise. Ps. Any particualr reason for AMD processor?

So there's an area of the map infested with hackers... Every post you make tells people to "deal with it" and play somewhere else. That's not a solution. The anti hack needs to be improved and you can't simply tell people "hurr don't go to berezino lol alpha xDXDXD". Fucking hate people like you, that keep saying that rubbish over and over. This game isn't your child so stop being so god damn defensive. And if it was, it'd be a pretty ugly one at that.

The devs either can't or don't want to. inb4 fanboy mod.

The idea was that people who would wear the UN vest and helmet would be friendly or wouldn't KOS. But that didn't work.

Not cute, those are the eyes of pure evil. The devil and firey pits if hell rest behind them.

Unfortunately most players don't read these forums, while a cute idea - just like the UN vests and helmets were - it won't work.

You were the victim of shitty hit detection and crappy desync. Don't worry, this will DEFINITELY get fixed ……… ;) if you know what I mean. Aka won't

You mean hacking? Yeah, that's pretty bad.

Restarts are necessary because of the lag that starts to occur after 4 hours from restart. Also loot doesnt respawn because good game.

I'm wondering if anyone else is being bugged by the over the top unrealistic sun-shafts. To start off with, they're there regardless of smoke/fog/dust - this makes no sense. The only way the sun-shafts are very visible is in presence of those things. Another issue is they're too damn bright. I mean brilliant white. Whiter than your wife beater after you wash it with some Persil. But the worst crime is that they are only displayed when you are looking exactly in the direction of the sun! This is the least realistic part of DayZ sunshafts. I'll give couple of DayZ examples and a BF4 example. Imo BF4 does sun shafts much better, they show from different angles, they aren't over the top and they don't show at every possible occasion. I forgot the keybind to take screenshots in origin, so I was recording with shadowplay, that's why the quality isn't great.

Once private servers come into play I doubt there can ever be moderation tbh. It would simply be impossible. I think Epoch and other bullshit 10423987324781 vehicle servers will make a return, but at the same time so will DayZero.

No, pitch black is actually causing eye strain for me tbh. I have to either deal with screen glare - and I have a screen that barely glares, unfortunately when it's so damn black I have to turn all the lights off, causing further eyestrain. I do enjoy playing at night but not when it's pitch black you can't see two feet infront of you. I encourage night time servers and always play during night if there's a server that has a full 24h cycle.