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One thing I did notice was using the FPS fixes for DayZ SA I could go from 12 fps to 30/60 Those fixes were to significantly reduce scene complexity and view distance etc in the cfg files. However the funny thing is I don't know how to do it for the MOD. For me DayZ SA plays way better than the MOD

Where are people getting the idea that Sony would not allow Bohemia to publish a game on PS4? when has Sony flat out denied such an opportunity regardless of performance and or bug issues? I am sure the shareholders of Sony would be demanding an explanation from the CEO if he suddenly decided to not allow DayZ on the PS4 because of potential bugs etc. So all the loss revenue they would incur how would they justify this? It makes no business sense to me for them to not allow DayZ on the PS4. Infact DayZ should play well on a controller in 3rd person view. We have hope because PS4 has 8 weak AMD jaguar cores so once DayZ can run at 30 FPS on PS4 we won't have to worry about anything on the PC I think the new Render coming this year will show a drastic increase in DayZ FPS atleast I hope so. I can't see how else they are going to run it on PS4, it has to be highly multi threaded

You made me really happy here. I get anywhere from 12 to 36 FPS in DayZ. with my AMD , I get average 20 FPS in big cities so it seems I am not that far off your 4770K i7 which is 4 times the price of my 760K quad core AMD. So as long as intel users have issues running DayZ I am happy because it means the devs have no choice but to bring multi core optimization to DayZ. And Multi Core is where AMD shines, if you look at Battlefield 3 and 4. My cheapo $70 AMD 760K will match a $200 i5 anyday in the biggest 64 player maps.

Hi there Yes i found 2 games that run fantastic on my AMD Battlefield 3 Battlefield 4 Infact my Athlon 760K rips up a haswell G3220 Pentium CPU in 64 player servers. my AMD has all its 4 cores used very well in Battlefield, infact there is no reason at all to spend money on intel. A cheapo $70 760K quad core Athlon will give flawless 60 FPS, No need for a $220 core i5 both perform about the same, DICE did a fantastic job with frostbite 2 and 3 In DayZ my 760K AMD dips to 12 fps and averages around 20 FPS, I get max of 100 FPS looking at the sky near the beach? this is basically a AMD richland 6800K APU but with the GPU disabled because it was damaged in creation. It turbos and stays at 4 GHZ in games

I have both Arma 2 collection and DayZ SA but never got around to trying out DayZ MOD because Arma 2 is so big 16GB or more so never bothered to waste the SSD space. But from viewing videos, Dayz Mod seems 100 times more finished and polished than the SA question how many people still play the Mod? And any particular differences between the mod and SA right now?

I guess I will have to invest in intel. So sad I just built this AMD its a brand new system man..... They lied about quad core requirements. This game does not actually support quad core infact not even Arma 3 supports it, and when I say it don't support it I mean that the extra performance from 2 more cores is so terrible that a higher clocked dual core will be even better

thanks dude you are right. I did notice even after removing DayZ I did not become as productive as I would hope as I ended up spending times on otherwise non important things such as youtube etc. I have come to the realization that the issue is indeed prioritizing my time. As such I have reinstalled the DayZ Mod as I feel it provides the best experience in being satisfied the fastest. You get vehicles and guns so fast there is far less time spent running and looking for food and weapons it provides an enjoyable experience in a short time. So i will stay with the MOD for now and leave off SA till it goes into beta or something. I have also invested in a little alarm clock, which I set and allow myself a certain amount of time in dayZ. After that I promised myself not to waste anytime at all and do al lproductive tings that needs to be done. This is actually working out for me, I also started going to the park with my mountain bike and taking a 1 hour brisk walk everyday I feel a lot better now and it helps me manage my time and keep my mind a lot more focused. This method I found has been working better for me than totally quitting DayZ. As i am on vacation till my next semester starts back, I am setting a little high time on DayZ but everyday I am gradually slowing it down, so far so good.

Hey thanks yeah i got the unreal engine 4 from GitHub for free, free as long as I attend university which will be 4 years. Normal folks have to pay $20 US a month for subscription I get the subscription free "however the normal person can buy 1 month and cancel subscription and still use the engine to their leisure but wont get updates is all". Was simply a matter of providing my school student ID and description of my program. I want to have the best project for final year so i am working on it all now so to speak, because here in the Caribbean its a really new thing and the distance I am going with this UE4 no one in this region has ever gone so far before in any project I feel very excited. EPIC has allowed the world of opportunity with UE4, and as an added bonus its 100% C++ and they only take 5% of your total earnings from any game you sell. Thats mighty generous for what might be considered a multi million dollar game Engine its true AAA blockbuster quality and power. Unreal Engine 3 did power some lovely games like Bioshock series and Batman Arkham series so I feel confident in this company and the work they are doing for the indie scene. They have shown that they are passionate and dedicated to Indie devs, hobbyist and students. Folks have done a couple stuff here for university projects using Unity 3D free engine, but its nowhere near as powerful as Unreal Engine 4. I think I started at an excellent time :) Its what keeps me going, to me in many ways its like my relaxation, my second DayZ experience so to speak but being productive LOL. Its just that DayZ has gripped me like none other in ways I never taught it would. So for now I have made my decision to stay away from DayZ until I am sure I can manage my time. On the great side i got it at a discount so its always great to have in future, who knows maybe when future comes around and vehicles etc are much easier to get and travel around it won't require so much of my personal time to do simple things and I can then warrant playing once more as I would feel satisfied much quicker I guess we can't blame it, its EA Alpha after all :)

aah thanks dude much appreciated, you are indeed right my addictive nature is something I have to deal with I will work on that as a matter of fact as I think its my biggest issue so thanks for this advice :D

Man you got a great response here lol. I would say this I spent almost all of my life since age 5 on my NES playing video games to present time on PC. I feel as though will consider reinstalling DayZ but in future perhaps. Will try managing my time better I think thats my biggest issue, I have spent thousands and thousands of hours in Starcraft since 1998 and also Heroes of Newerth/Dota so I had an enjoyable life, I guess right now I will have to put this degree first. Perhaps once I can better manage my time in real life I can give DayZ another shot.

Where do you go exactly? and if you go to the nearest village for food etc and a backpack where do you go after? somehow I think most people go to elektro? I am just trying to figure out how to play this game most efficiently. Tired if looking for food etc just to get killed or char wipe by a stupid server.

would love this mode for those of us who prefer to play this way. No worries about food and drink etc. And in addition death don't mean you lose loot HOWEVER it means the other person can get your loot from you like a copy basically. And leave current hardcore mode for those who enjoy it as is, no one loses and everybody wins.

yeah I realized that after a while I think after 60 hours of DayZ. Well I have killing floor but I prefer Black Ops 2 and CS GO. I have hope that at some point the devs may add in a casual mode for those who don't have time for survival simulation. That is so that everyone can have a go at DayZ regardless of their situation.

Just did a little search on google for DayZ SA hacks and yup lots of good stuff but they cost money. In all honesty I bet playing DayZ with certain hacks would be so much more fun. For example hacks to avoid stupid things like hunger and thirst, loss of blood etc its a lil nice at first but gets annoying quick. Like I say, my life has little time in it and with what little spare time I have I am not going to spend it looking for food and healing myself and all that. if I was 12 and still in school it would be just fine, but its clear DayZ is not for everyone and most certainly not for those over a specific age. The DayZ mod seemed more useful for people over 18 years of age and out of school I even remember starting off with a gun in the MOD and the starvation and thirst is a lot less to worry about in the MOD. IN my opinion the SA targets those under 18 years who has no job or responsibility.

Is it all random orr you have to go somewhere special?

My biggest I am done moment was when I realized how time consuming DayZ is and how important other things and like goals in real life was. That moment was yesterday when I deleted DayZ. I have no regrets, it was a beautiful experience that I will surely miss. I stick to arcade shooters like Black Ops 2 and CS GO now a get in and out quickly experience. I even built a new PC for DayZ but in the end I had to accept my loss, I cannot let it consume me so I deleted it for the greater good.

You guys were right I found the SKS and PU Scope. What a beauty she is!!! Offcourse then I fell off a building and died LOL, I have however since deleted DayZ SA from my steam. Reason being the game is too time consuming and addicted, I am 29 years old and just started my Engineering degree where I want to become a video game developer. My time is really limited and as such with days passing like its minutes in DayZ I could no longer afford to keep the addiction. Maybe someday again, but not anytime soon. For now I only have 2 games installed in my steam library I removed everything else. I only have Counter Strike GO and Black Ops 2, they make for some good get in and get out experience when you just have limited time but want to take a brake. I am however lucky to understand now why DayZ was so popular and amazing. I might have only gotten maybe 100 hours of play time out of DayZ but it was great if you ask me, you know how it feels like when you stop playing a game but wished you could get back the cash you spent on it or maybe some of it? To me I have little regret, sure I would love to get back money from it to maybe waste on some CS GO weapon Skins. But all in all the beauty of DayZ was something worth the $30 if you ask me.

thanks guys I will have a look, dont think i have ever been to military bases. I have never ever had any luck finding the SKS plus PU scope plus Ammo its always missing something Its one of my biggest problems with this game no matter where I look I cannot find them. But I didn't know there are military bases in this game neither I usually just follow everyone else and run to Elektro soon as I spawn on beach

I see it all the time Mega Loot and its packed 40 players very hard to get in. The real question is how are they able to do it? every single Daylight only server happens to be a mega loot server which happens to be packed with players I am not too happy about that considering I always get killed out of nowhere in Elektro. I would much prefer run around in a empty server to find loot what you guys think?

yeah I remember I once reached a castle in the middle of nowhere. I still have the screenshot of it when I was ontop. Where I was even on the most populated server no one would ever find me I was like lost in oblivion, fun times till a glitch killed me :( sad part was I lost my beautiful SKS with a pristine Pu scope.

yeah I dunno why I go elektro but I do it soon as I spawn and I just go to die. I feel one of the big reasons for going elektro is well it might have lots of guns and well its near the sea.

The reason I want this is because I love the beach its really beautiful it kinda in a way remind me of half life 2 mix with far cry. How cool would it be to go find an Island and loot on it? For some reason I don't like far inside land too much I prefer stick to the coast and cities around it.

Can't find that info anywhere

I also love the idea of trading and different region and islands like DayZ MOD btw are more people playing the MOD or more playing SA?

thanks guys I will give it a download over night while I sleep I have a 10mbps connection so it would only take a night. Ow and I am tired of waiting soooo long for guns and scopes etc in SA its getting annoying to take so long then get killed by someone so quick I need a DayZ with easy to find guns so I can storm in Elektro and start killing bandits and when i die I can come back again get my SKS and scope ASAP and try killing bandits once more. is DayZ MOD for me then?