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Ok a couple of post for you to check out: This is about how to get rid of zeds chasing you: http://www.dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=6209 This is tactics to use when solo: http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=2754 I won't comment on the zed speed. (horse mutilated beyond easy recognition) Recently zed aggro radius for sound was increased so pay attention to that ear on the right. Zeds have always had crappy eyesight and if you are prone you can just about trip a zed before they notice you.

I have the same cpu as you and probably same MB as well. You have 4gig more ram than me and I use ddr2 at that. My gpu is a 9800gt. That said, I run with all settings at normal except hdr=off, shadows=low, video memory=high, and postprocess=off. I run at 1680x1050 interface/3d with interface size small. I rarely drop below 30fps and normally operate around 45-50. Not sure what your problem is really. Could be your gpu is overheating a bit. I installed extra fans specifically to make sure my gpu is getting good airflow since it is an old model. Gpu fan speed set at 75% I maintain 70C with dips to 67 sometimes which is well within the safe operating range for my card. Cpu stays decently cool as well. Also could be that your gpu is a knockoff. *shrug* Get a temp monitor like speedfan to see what's going on there. Its free and easy to use to check temps and fan speeds for just about everything. I use rivatuner for controlling my fan speeds separately. Now I do run into some fps lag on certain servers, but this seems to be server specific as others I operate fine on. Not sure if this will help much, but wanted to let ya know that older systems can run this game fine even if things aren't quite as pretty as the new machines play it at.

As has been stated, being a ninja marksman is key. Sneak is priority with firing your weapon a last resort. Always make sure you observe an area from a treeline for a while before moving into it. Generally, when zeds first spawn they move away from buildings towards the outskirts of town/farm area and then either circle or move back inwards. Going prone is essential for moving by zeds. Zeds can see through some walls and all windows. Just because you are inside doesn't mean they cannot see or hear you. So be careful while moving around inside a structure. When in doubt stay prone. Some buildings will also make you stand when crossing the threshold (front door of grocery, some elevated/stair entrances). Be careful. I usually do not have a problem moving into an area at a fast crouch before zeds spawn in, but keep my finger on the prone button. It is getting out and moving around a town that can get tricky. Now, if you stop at a treeline that is within 150m or so of a building to observe it, you can actually watch as the zeds spawn in most times. So you have to gauge whether speed is more essential or stealth and safety.

The needing food and drink are server dependent btw. Some servers you log back into will require you to eat and drink, others will leave you at fully sated. I have to figure out why some do this and others do not.

Number 1 would be great as a limited print only available during the alpha testing. Have number 2 available all the time.

There are only a few of ways to lose zeds. 1. Climb a ladder to a roof. Move to other side of building so zeds do not climb the ladder. Go prone away from the edge. Wait for zed aggro to go away. 2. Find a dock and run out on to it near the end. Go prone. Zeds cannot go onto docks and going prone will eventually cause them to lose aggro and wander away. Or you can shoot them taking your time with headshots. 3. Throw a smoke grenade (or flare if at night) near you and go prone a short ways from it. This is hit or miss though. Sometimes all the zeds will go after it and sometimes just a few. Use with caution as it might also attract more zeds to the area. Overall though I recommend mastering the running backwards and shooting them technique.

I understand the problems with having to have default things in the name set by The Boss and believe me when I say that all us players are grateful for the hard work you admins do. Maybe something could be done to simplify the naming convention besides regular, vet, expert (wtf is this). What most people care about is 3rd person, crosshair, and name plates. Now, no crosshair obviously means no name plates. But, I have been on a number of servers that were set to "veteran" that had crosshairs and nameplates but no 3rd person or had 3rd person but no crosshairs so everyone is not going by a set standard for those categories. Something I have seen that I personally like is a number of servers (EU ones I believe) have (3rd=0/1 CH=0/1) . "0" signifying off and "1" meaning on. Maybe just including those would be possible given space constraints? The GMT or UTC +/- that some servers have is excellent btw. Love that some admins have included that feature. As a player who specifically likes no crosshairs, but feels 3rd person warranted in some situations, It gets frustrating trying to find a decent server when my usual ones are full. Oh and the list being compiled mentioned above is an excellent start. With the current number of servers though it just isn't enough at this point in its development.

Herp a derp.... yep somehow I missed the HUGE FREAKING GREEN PART... Thanks guys

Goons are Goons. Sorry I have never met a nice Goon or one who was not looking for some way to screw up a game. Goons will say anything, and I mean anything, to throw off people from figuring out what they are doing or the reasons behind it. Some words of advise: Never trust a Goon. Never believe what a Goon says. And in any game possible always kill them on sight.

uhh 93040 is the newest? I cannot find it on the Arma2 site anywhere. All I find is 93030.

From the server owner/admin rules page: BEWARE - The same restrictions apply to Non-Dev run servers! - IT MAY NEVER BE PASSWORDED - NO EXCESS KEYS OR MODS - NO KICKING TO MAKE ROOM FOR 'FRIENDS' OR CLANMATES - IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO UPDATE YOUR SERVER TO THE LATEST VERSION OF DAYZ In light of this why is it still operating with a password again?

Make sure you have updated with the newest hotfix patches that just came out also. I generally find if I have waited for longer than 10 minutes at the "waiting for server response" then I end up in the debug area. Some times I get in sometimes I don't. I generally try 2-3 times before switching servers. I've have a list of servers I avoid due to never being able to get into them. *shrug*

Worked for me also. Thanks Pete ya da man! I was using the executable in the beta folder instead of the other one. Works fine on most the servers...though I see a couple servers running 93040 instead of 93030...wtf is up with that?

Dieselhead: I've never been able to get the beta patches working either by the arma launcher or by the command line option. No idea whats going on with it. I've pretty much given up.

Don't use a sniper rifle anywhere near a town. They are extremely loud and with zeds' increased hearing range now you will most likely... well you found out hehe. I would practice right after I had died. That way I have nothing really to lose. Pick a town, but not someplace heavily traveled. Get on a hilltop a couple hundred yards from the nearest zed. Make sure you have some concealment and pick a zed or a spot on a house. Fire away. You will die with this character quickly most likely, but the purpose of that character's life is to practice and not necessarily to survive.

Just got finished playing on 2 different servers. Both had zed counts a little over 1k with near full/full player capacity. This was actually more than I was seeing the past 4-5 days. Respawn timer did not seem bad to me, but I only killed some outside of small villages. I spawned on my second server at the northern part of the NW airfield. Took about 1 minute for zeds to start spawning there. None spawned on top of or near me (within 25m approx.). I could already see some zeds at the southern end. I moved to the northern hangars and had 2 zeds (regular technician types) spawn at the back of one of them as I was going in. Weird to say the least. Those two moved out, I collected a nice m24 and worked for the next 5 minutes trying to get out of there. Zed count seems good to me.

Make sure the food is in your inventory and not your pack. Right click the icon. Left click "eat food" / Drink. Works fine for me. Make sure that you have both the hotfixes (1.5.8.1, 1.5.8.2) and are playing on a hotfixed server.

If this turns out to be true, black list the server and ban whoever used it.

I found the scroll wheel fairly easy to use equipment with and intuitive. The inventory and pack system is what I feel needs more of a change.

It fine playing at night when the moon is bright enough. Right now though it is a new moon so its dark as fuck. though in 5 or so days it will once again be bright enough to play at night.

I would venture a guess and say from the numerous logging areas and cut down logs. Maybe from the dead tree in some forest areas. Will be interesting to find out.

Rocket's doing great things. I love it. The tears, while getting Rocket drunk I'm sure, help me to sleep like a baby. This isn't some run and gun find loot fps game. It is a sandbox, zombie apocalypse simulator based on a very unforgiving TACTICAL fps military simulator. Best game/mod I have found in over 20 years of gaming. Edit: that drop percentage for antibiotics is actually 0.22% chance to drop and not 2%.

Its just you.. I connected to a number of US servers just fine.

Wanna test land nav skills? Play at night without the gamma turned up using the map and compass. Had me some fun times last night moving from Zelengorsk to Devils Castle. XD