misterleroy

OBS does everything you need and probably more. It's also free without the need for piracy. :D Fraps is just too resource hungry for your average rig.

Just please do not make a mess.

Bless you. Development cycles - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_release_life_cycle Optimise - Verb 1. optimise - make optimal; get the most out of; use best; "optimise your resources" Attacking someone who called you on your boring repetitive "calls for optimisation" is pathetic. Get out and read the red text.

You need to learn more about game development and cycles buddy, why optimise a game that's no where near being feature complete? JEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEZ

Only he will know.

Quoting the important bit for truth

You're best off just trying different servers buddy.

You probably can, but it will be an awful experience. There are too many controls to map to a pad, plus it's just not set up (yet, maybe never will be) for use on a Pad.

Turn off clouds. Ensure aspect ratio (in interface settings) matches your monitor, then ensure the 3d rendering matches your aspect ratio (requires game restart). Remeber it's a horrible unoptimised alpha, and that people with $2000 gaming rigs still suffer poor performance in DayZ. GLHF (or take a look at suggestions here: http://day0.com.au/forum/dayz/950-dayz-alpha-performance-tweaks-and-settings-guide)

I only had to do this once, but that's how I did it indeed. The icon on the taskbar never properly loaded after that until the game was relaunched completely, it was just transparent until that time.

OP - I hope you realise we're not having a go at you, just offering some justifications for some of the dilemmas you've described. (Just for the record, I too have terrible eye sight, but at least in my case I can squint to read the signs. I can't obv speak for the level of eyesight you have.)

So far I've a mere 40 hours clocked in the game. I've met with friends every day I've played. We use road signs and landmarks (inc the sun) to find each other, usually within 1 hour of playing on any given night. It's not impossible, it's just not easy -- and it's not supposed to be.

Yeah I've been getting pings of 10-30 on those this week. Must be local.

DayZ mod area, not Mod(eration) area. :)

This

Take my beans *tips hat*

Be prepared for FPSadness.

I'm sorry but which part of... "WARNING: THIS GAME IS EARLY ACCESS ALPHA. PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF THE GAME AND ARE PREPARED TO HANDLE WITH SERIOUS ISSUES AND POSSIBLE INTERRUPTIONS OF GAME FUNCTIONING." ...or... "DayZ Early Access is your chance to experience DayZ as it evolves throughout its development process. Be aware that our Early Access offer is a representation of our core pillars, and the framework we have created around them. It is a work in progress and therefore contains a variety of bugs. We strongly advise you not to buy and play the game at this stage unless you clearly understand what Early Access means and are interested in participating in the ongoing development cycle." ..did you struggle to comprehend?

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I recommended my buddy change his GPU memory allocation ingame to something more in line with his card, so if it's set to auto, I told him to set it to the memory he has. If it was on a defined number, I told him to change it to auto. So far he's an hour in with no Crash. Fingers crossed..

Commenting for potential further updates

I came to the forums to find a solution for this as well as my friend has experienced this every day since the last patch. He's on a Geforce gtx 650 with the latest drivers.

Day Z Day 6: Grenades? Grenades. The world was awash with Pants, Torches and Hats. Every door was open, even the most discreet hut in the middle of nowhere had been sacked, and was adorned in pants and torches. It felt wrong. No Zs. Just an abundance of blue jeans and beanies. Piles of loot stripped from the dead -- all broken. Chaos had swallowed this server whole, and we did not like that. Those responsible were clearly above the law. We moved on to another. The next world seemed more in line with expectations. Some tactical bacon. The occasional round for a gun you don't have, and a gun for which you own no ammo. The usual.. Half the group had set up camp in an abandoned abode opposite the house of worship in Svet. Armed, fed and watered they waited as the remaining 3 of us headed up the coast north to meet them. A call comes out over the waves, voices heard in Svet. They were close. Were they aware of our cell hidden atop the stairwells? Were they aware of us approaching to regroup from the south? They might not have known about the approaching three, but yes -- they did know about the posse seeking salvation atop the stairs. All we could hear from the forest as we approached Svet were what could be described as tremors -- earth shaking, rumbling echoes of death. The people we were going to meet were turned to vapour. Dust. Three good men, laid to waste - not before filling one with rounds mind. We continued north, towards the cacophony. Towards our assumed demise. 2 of 3 of us armed with Rifles, one with a scary face and a knack of having the game crash just as shit gets real. Scary face crashes Rifle buddy disconnects I'm alone. in a city laid to siege by people with more grenades than is legitimately possible to find. I spot the room where my brother and brothers in arms fell. Nicely marked with a flare. Not aware of whether or not flares can be lit and thrown, or must be held by a person, I approached the building cautiously. I ascend the stair wells, nervously training my rifle upwards - waiting for the moment the crosshair meets with flesh. It doesn't. The I find the rucksacks of the fallen -- filled with all kinds of fucked stuff. I hold fort - awaiting the return of either rifle buddy or scary face crash master. Rifle buddy returns. Crash master scary face returns to find himself dead on the road. Maybe Zs. Maybe something else... My rifle toting comrade joins me, and covering each other we sprint out in to the open. But lo - Lord Doorz of the fallen has respawned - just by the Svet Docks. This joyous moment, however, is short lived, as the grenade toting lunatics take him hostage - hand cuffs and rotten zucchini their new weapons of choice. Doorz is taken hostage at the docks. We know what had to be done. We double checked our rifles had the 2 rounds in the chamber they could take. 4 rounds total. 4 men to kill. 1 hostage to save. The game was afoot. We approach the docks, rifle buddy and I, with my brother catching up from behind -- unarmed but with some medical supplies for when we emerge victorious, but perhaps a little bloodied. Optimistic? Optimistic. Wayne - rifle buddy - spots Lord Doorz on his knees down by the cargo containers, a face full of rotten zucchini, a little dribble rolling down his chin on to his ragged shirt. We couldn't see his eyes, but we knew if we could they would speak volumes. A Wild Bambi appears. Before he even knew what was afoot, or what was going on, he forfeit his pants in quickly assessed assassination from Wayne. The shot (rightly) roused the suspicions of the hostage takers, who turned face and began opening fire. Wayne on the left, myself in the shrubberies to the right, we started taking shots back. I sink one in to a guys leg and he drops to the floor. Wayne claims the life of one hostage taker -- in their desperation they execute Lord Doors, the Zucchini shame faced bambi. In rage, I rise from the shrubbery, placing myself in clear view. I fire off everything I have (2 rounds at a time baby!). I'm sure I was screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" at this point, but unverified. Broken leg man is still with it -- I see him over by the warehouse prone in the grass, I line up with another fresh round, my aim is off, the wobble. OHH the wobble. I'm dead. Wayne finds another hostage with a bullet. 2 down, 1 or 2 to go. Wayne falls. Silence fills svet.... Brother approaches the docks with such extreme caution. Ever aware that many men just lost their lives - this adventure could prove very profitable. If only he can keep his head down and out of sight. Play the stalk. Play the game. Be the Sneak. BE ONE WITH THE SHA---POP. GG.

Hey guys, So I have updated the Beta file, updated everything, run a fresh install of A2 and DZ, ive updated BattlEye, I've downgraded Beta files again as I've noted in other threads. Still whatever I do I get stuck on "Wait for host". I see people dying in the log, and the server messages go out, but that's it. Any ideas? I've tried everything and searched around to no avail.