naptha

It would be cool to have an emergency alert station playing a recorded loop... in russian.

Time for a new graphics card. Not only is it nearly a religious relic in age, it started out as a mid-range budget model to boot.

I don't think anyone would keep spawning there only to be killed over and over. They'd leave the server and try another one (in the same spawn location).

Shotgun lockpick. 'nuff said.

that sucks. I liked your enthusiasm.

yeah that's about right for me, too. but then, I live on a militarized rock, not in a post-soviet republic with its attendant declines. I think it might be difficult to find shoes let alone military vehicles.

It's a freakin military helicopter. How many do you see parked down the street in your neighborhood? Okay, then.

I'm just trying to help. I have a beast of a computer, so trying to figure out how other people are getting bad fps is mostly 'treating the symptoms' from my perspective. yes I have an SSD and a 7970, running on win7 ultimate with 16GB ram and a i7-2600k overclocked. I do not see low fps anywhere, anywhere when I play, so it is hard for me to buy that "this is mostly a server issue at this point". what, my computer is somehow getting data from the server that yours isn't because the server has a problem but my PC is so über that it just makes it up? doesn't mesh. instead, I'm looking for client side issues that might be more realistic for this gentleman who has asked for the community's assistance and input. one possibility that I've tried to address is starved framebuffering to his video card, caused by excessive paging to his hard drive: something that both reducing addressed (used) memory and faster disk access [sSD] would alleviate. it would also make his system as a whole more responsive, and others who see similar symptoms on their own PCs could emulate to positive effect. it's just a theory, but also a relatively cheap fix that has no downsides aside from small monetary cost. but whatever d00d, ROFLCOPTER you sux0rz *insert useless post* instead.

you can skip the wood and matches if you use one of the flaming barrels that are light-able in towns.

So... you're just trying to justify your banditry then?

get an SSD. turn ALL your graphics settings to the lowest, then work back up to an acceptable frame rate. with 4GB of ram, make sure you're killing all your background processes when you play: don't skype, don't leave your browser open to half a gazillion webpages. find out what the system tray is and close anything there that you don't need running either, like say printer software. hope that helps a little.

...and make the tracker beep audible to zombies. heh.

It all depends on your budget. Any card over $200 would probably be bottlenecked by the rest of your system, so at least you've got a workable ceiling to stay under.

Winchester. Quiet & Deadly. If you need to go full auto... yes, you're doing it wrong.

hatchet the crap out of it. this isn't a sublime song, there are no bricks, it will take more than one to make that window drop.

Sorry, I don't speak Jive.

My computer cried when you wrote this. Terrible card; entry level from 2008. Everything else is "good enough" if you managed to get a better graphics card.

yeah it's called interface size or something to that effect, in the advanced video options. set it to small.

if you're moving up from a 2002 era PC, then I'd recommend craigslist for the cheapest route. anything on there for $100 is going to be loads better than what you have now... just don't buy from a student, they tend to have low end cheap PCs that they then proceed to trash.

I read the last ten or so words of your reply in the voice of Trent Reznor. Sorry about that.

Sorry, but I don't KoS. If someone takes pot shots at me, I'll retreat and try to open a dialogue, then leave the area. If they are trying to bandit/hunt me, it's self defense time. Most people, even bandits trying to lure you, will respond to parley if the bullets aren't already flying heavy. In the final equation it all depends on how you treat each potential encounter. Close off all possibility of a friendly exchange and it really does become 100% hostile for you. Also: Never turn your back on a threat.

if it's even remotely possible to have a vehicle stop near your station expect to be cleaned out in {robo-micro-seconds}.

DIAF.

I'm not trying to be mean, but in the base Arma 2 game there is a very good firing range/mini-game that will help you zero in your shots immensely. On fixed sight guns like your M16, you'll need to account for bullet drop. Also, staying in one spot while trying to snipe someone is ... ill-advised, due to the probabilities involved with any of their allies and the revenge factor. It's really easy to find and range a sniper who doesn't decamp in between shots. Hope this helps!

great post. thank you for sharing, and also for your integrity.