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@Kean__1 - I thoroughly understand your frustration, I went through the same from the console being announced until I eventually got one a month ago. But my point was just to comment on the positive note of how it transforms the game if not for now, but in the near future for players wishing to keep playing past the PS4. BTW if you need help getting a console, I can suggest ways in which increase your chances if you haven't done so already. Worked for us, our group of friends have so far managed to get 4 consoles for our group.

I'm far from a network expert, but a good few megabit upload is usually needed for a stable connection. I get about 15mb up, which isn't massive but enough to support online gaming. Just..

Not sure. I haven't tested cars since the server wipe on official servers. But on community servers with 60 players, cars work great for me. May I ask, what is your targeted upstream speed of your Internet connection?

I'm not being anything, other than factual. I'm not commenting on the availability of the PS5. Simply the game works great on the new console and probably the Xbox series X. I'm not sure if Dayz runs in 4k, but it either does or is upscaled so looks much more detailed. I can see someone running from 500m away. Frame rate is rock solid and buttery smooth regardless of it being 30 or 60 fps. Colours are great due to HDR support. Little to zero lag or frame drops when moving in and out scopes etc. Yes the same bugs are present. Yes sometimes it still crashes. But the main issue of lack of CPU horsepower are all but resolved on PS5. I'd go as far as to say anyone playing on PS5 has a massive advantage of PS4 players as we're able to move, aim and fire at a more reliable rate than any PS4 player. Cars work perfectly. No lag in large cities. Definitely worth playing on PS5.

Try on a PS5, cars work fine. Worth the upgrade imo.

Definitely works great on PS5, have been playing on it for a month now. The game looks amazing, runs smoothly and much more detailed especially on a 4k TV Definitely would recommend playing on a next gen to anyone.

Hey. Has landmine persistence time been dramatically increased ? I got shot at the weekend when I randomly ran into a guy in the woods. I returned to the spot I got killed at 3 days later and got blown up by a landmine killing me a second time. The spot I got killed is fairly off the beaten track but it seems more than coincidence someone would place a landmine at the exact spot I died at, days earlier. More coincidental as there's not really anything there but woods and rocks, its just a place I pass through on a normal route id take on my way around the map. There's no buried stashes there or signs of other player activity. It surely can't be coincidence. I'm thinking the guy who shot me planted a mine and left it there 3 days earlier. Thoughts ?

No thats good help, better than none at all so thanks. We've stopped renting a server so couldn't check the timer on mines. I didnt even think to do that either. I'd bet that he knew I would come back for my gear and so left the mine to be spiteful, but probably didn't expect me to return a few days later. I couldn't believe it when I died the second time to the mine, I'd spent days rebuilding my character to lose him instantly when I returned. I do believe the persistency of mines has been dramatically increased and the tell tale ticking of the mine has either been removed or made much quieter. Thanks all.

Some networks have poor latency which can stop you connecting to game servers. For example at home I only have a 50mb connection and it works great for online games. At my place of work, we have a much faster 300mb connection, but the latency is relatively poor, so when using the Internet there it works fine but does not allow online games to be played on it. Sometimes it's forced to prevent such use as online gaming. Other times its just a poor Internet service provider. At my work, its forced to stop us playing games when we should be working.

What kind of Internet connection do you use ?

Its happening on many servers at various times of the day. Almost every public server is affected I play on. If it starts happening I just change server.

I'm not being funny, but there's nothing wrong with that video. Looks totally legit to me. You just look inexperienced and took an eternity to enter and progress through the military camp. No wonder they knew where you were. They would have heard you, threw a grenade and then your friend ran up to them, the delay being the time it took that guy to switch to his weapon and begin firing. It will happen many more times to you. Get used to it and learn to move quicker. You were just unlucky. Geez, if I was that guy in the building I'd have shot you when you were faffing about at the shipping container much sooner. Your friend doesn't even have a coat on, running around in the naked vest. Screams inexperience.

I'm with Blades on this, really wish they would fix the frame rates. Its the one killer issue that can ruin a session. Running through Cherno yesterday was awful, probably less than 10 fps.

Its called stream sniping, using your stream to find and kill you or at least have some unfair advantages over you. Its not against any rules, its just bad sport. If you stream you have to expect to be sniped. If you dont want this to happen to you, either dont stream or only stream when you're using a disposable character with little to lose. If you stream your base location, well you've kind of given them the keys to your home. Stream snipers are very common. I sometimes play with guys who stream and we always get people finding us and trying to kill us. They're a little sad as thats probably the only way they get any kills.

Frustratingly, im told stashes now despawn in the ground after 14 days of idling, so now I find myself doing laps of the map unnecessarily once a week or so just to ensure I interact with all my stashes. I say all, I only have 2 now due to this very reason, one in the north and one in the south. The others I've put on redundant characters to ensure they're off the servers and safe. Or as safe as they can be, sometimes Bohemia game saves are volatile and sometimes lost.

I'll presume you saying wow is sarcasm. But let's get real for a second. The developers aren't responsible for providing solutions for people with broken controllers, neither are they responsible for broken controllers, or even Sony for that matter. Games by all developers are developed to support the controller and all of its input buttons as standard. The option to change controller button layout is there for people to change their personal preference of what key corresponds to what action only. It is not provided as support for people who have damaged their controllers. So yeah, dont be tight, buy a new controller and dont expect someone else to have to make allowances for your negligent care of your possessions. Thanks for coming.

Probably not. I simply do not die often enough. Ive had many of them since the days and weeks following the last character wipe, which was about a year ago now. I'm very good at surviving, be it against enemy or PVP. But that's also probably because I dont go looking for a fight and if I shoot at someone its usually a total surprise to them, for the following reason.. The last time my main character died was January due to a laggy fresh spawn who was invincible and no bullets would register as hitting him so I died by him hitting me with a crowbar. Luckily I managed to spawn only 300m away from my body and managed to fight the two guys off who were stealing my stuff. All I lost was my gillie suit, which I quickly replaced as I had a spare in a stash. I often only shoot in self defence, or if I have something to gain from killing a player otherwise the risk of giving my position away isn't worth it.

Not as far as I'm aware, unless you can find one via a Spanish speaking forum, who may suggest one. I thought the point of European servers is so that we can all play together.

Same here. I have a vast back up of weapons and gear, some buried and some i keep on spare characters for when I lose my main. Always good to have a plan B.

Whats the condition of the range finder ? If its damaged it won't work.

Yes could be your connection or your PS4 overheating and throttling performance. Or could be a slowly failing hard drive. Check your vents, are they clogged with dust, is your Internet at least 10Mbps ? Does your PS4 load up without stuttering in the menus ?

Has anyone else lost their character since 1.08 ? Or am I just unlucky?

The first 30 minutes are always the hardest in Dayz. You need to find food and water. Village wells help the water situation, you just need a container to put it in. Food, slightly harder but there's usually a can or two in a village. Then find any weapon, hunt a deer, goat, pig, cow, wolf etc. Kill, cook, eat the fat. I keep 2 chunks of fat in my inventory, its the #1 food source.

Sorry but as already outlined, you are wrong. Very wrong. Go to the woods in the south west corner of the maps, ive encountered bears there more than once, it seems like a high chance area of one spawning.

Just like in reality, you need kindling to start a fire quickly. Logs alone take some time and heat to get lit and an established fire take place. It doesn't surprise me you couldn't light a fire without a form of kindling.