Blackout1050

Check out this thread, i had similair problems (Micro Stutters every couple of seconds - Using the Six Launcher to Run the Game) and managed to fix them. http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=17837

What i did to get it all working smoothly (Was playing for the past hour, no stutters anymore) - Install ARMA II (Steam) - Install ARMA II: OA (Steam) (Don't forget to run the games at least once first) - Update to the Latest Beta Patch - Update/Download @DayZ with the Six Updater Then Did All This: - Navigate to Your Arma II OA Installation Directory and run "Launch Arma2 OA Beta Patch" (Should be a shortcut) [Example Directory - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead] - Select Expansions and Enable @DayZ (I'm not sure why but i had a DayZ (Without the @) Expansion aswell, selecting @DayZ worked - leaving DayZ disabled) - Restart the game (It will prompt you to restart here, so don't worry) - Have Fun with your Stutter Free Game! If all else fails, un-install and then re-install ARMA II: OA and try all this again. Hope this helps =D

This sounds really familiar. I can't quite remember exactly what happened to me, but are you guys invisible and in some sort of god state? (Never get hungry, thristy etc., no debug menu (Little info box in top right corner), zombies and other players don't react to you) If so, then make sure to have the latest beta patch (Google ARMA II Beta Patch) and run (And update) the game through the Six Updater/Launcher instead of using Steam and the Desktop Shortcuts. This worked for me, although the Six Launcher gave me problems of my own (Which i luckily managed to resolve). Good Luck! Hope this helps =D

That is a really old card and would probably only get 20-30 FPS out of the game at the lowest settings. An upgrade here is pretty much essential, RAM i'm not too sure about. I have no idea how much RAM DayZ uses but i doubt it would be too far over 1GB. But 2GB does not leave much space (Don't forget your typical OS - Operating System, will use around 1GB of RAM too) Upgrading your Graphics Card will definitely give you a performance boost, but i doubt upgrading in your case is going to be very simple. Your computer, judging by your components, is very old (3-5 years) and can't just be fitted with a new GTX680 (Old Motherboard, Old Power Supply, Probably not enough room etc.) straight away. I'd say your best bet would be to get a new computer altogether.

That only just occurred to me a few minutes ago. I'd definitely give that a shot before trying my solution, i'm pretty sure it would work too. Anyway, i did another run around for a couple of minutes - this time throwing chemlights everywhere and flashing my torch at zombies faces. Still no stuttering. Sounds promising, may actually get to enjoy this game with my friends now =D

Theres your answer. 99% Sure i've found the fix' date=' and it was indeed running it through the Six Launcher. As i said before, running it through any of the other launchers works fine, except for the fact i'm either in some god mode or can't connect to anything. Now, what i did to get rid of the stuttering: - Navigate to Your Arma II OA Installation Directory and run "Launch Arma2 OA Beta Patch" (Should be a shortcut) [Example Directory - C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead'] - Select Expansions and Enable @DayZ (I'm not sure why but i had a DayZ (Without the @) Expansion aswell, selecting @DayZ worked - leaving DayZ disabled) - Restart the game (It will prompt you to restart here, so don't worry) - Have Fun with your Stutter Free Game! Note: - Next time you start the game through "Launch Arma2 OA Beta Patch" it should already have @DayZ enabled - When i launched the game through the Six Launcher i got a weird ocean as the background for the main menu, launching the game through this method gave me the normal rural Middle-Eastern type background - I'm not sure if i got really unlucky, or this might be a problem but, when i first tried to join a server using this method my game hung at loading...(I had already gotten onto the server and could see the lobby screen) and on my second try i got a "Kicked from Server" Message. On the third try however, i managed to get in fine. - I ran around for a good minute and a half without any stutters - normally i get a stutter every 5-20 seconds. I doubt i just got lucky. Anyway, hope this helps anyone else getting this issue and Good Luck! =D Going to play for a good few hours tomorrow and see if i still don't get any stutters, will post back if i do or not. System Specs (Incase anyone can relate): - 1TB 5600RPM HDD - Nvidia Gefroce GTX260 (Factory Overclocked) - Intel Core 2 Duo E7600 @3.06GHz - Windows Vista 64-bit SP2 - 4GB DDR2 800MHz RAM

Ok, re-installing it didn't do anything - the game still stutters. And setting the pre-rendered frames to 4 still leaves stuttering. I've isolated* it down to Either running the game through the six launcher or there being some compatiblity issues with the mods latest update and the latest beta update for OA. If there was a compatibility error, then this problem would be a lot more widespread, so i'm doubting it. *Running ARMA II: OA by itself does not stutter, same with running it through the beta .exe and when i was playing before (Not using the Six Launcher**) DayZ worked fine - without any stuttering. **Running the game without the Six Launcher meant i was in an invisible god state, very fun to mess around with but gets boring very fast.

I'll just set it to whatevers highest. Also, i can't seem to find ARMA II or OA, do i just add them manually? Using Vista by the way.

I recall picking up a magical crowbar when i was in my invisible demigod state (Broken). When i first picked it up my screen zoomed in and there was no way of stopping it, relog fixed it. After that i could actually use the crowbar on zombies (Who would just ignore me because i was invisible). Its really messed up the way it works, it seems to only be able to swing when something is in melee range and instead of actually hitting it more so shots millions of little bullets around you making gun sounds and blood particles appear everywhere. It works, but in a really messed up way. And i don't think its a glitch, just not completely finished yet.

Yeah' date=' GTX260. [hr'] Tried a few things to fix the stutters, to no avail. Disable Any Non-Essential Programs - Stutters Restart Windows - Stutters Run Six Launcher As Administrator - Stutters Tried American Servers (Currently in Australia) - Stutters Verify Integrity of Cache Files (Through Steam) - Broke the Game Completely Currently Re-Installing, i'll see if it helps.