newb (DayZ)

Woah now, after initial purchase, there will be pay-for-updates?

I can't for the life of me pull more than 22 FPS with my NVIDIA card running, or 27 with my integrated card running. Does anyone have any tips? I benchmark FPS with Fraps. Also, I seem to get better FPS in cities, bunkers, or places without foliage. Any forests or grassy areas, my FPS likes to drop to ~14 NVIDIA ~18 Integrated. These are my computer's specs: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Intel i7-3820QM running at 2.70GHz, 3.7GHz max boosted (When DayZ is running, it likes to hover around 3.5GHz) CPU is quad core with 8 threads running DirectX 9 Integrated graphics: Intel® HD Graphics 4000 (2112 MB) Discrete graphics: NVIDIA Quadro K1000M 24 Gigs of RAM These are my DayZ launch parameters: -winxp -cpuCount=4 -nosplash -high -noPause -world=empty -exThreads=7 -skipIntro -maxMem=2047 -maxVRAM=2047 These are my DayZ settings: Interface Resolution: Windowed 3D Resolution: 1450x820 (83%) Visibility: 1500 Texture Detail: High Video Memory: Default Anisotropic Filtering: Disabled Antialiasing: Disabled ATOC: Disabled Terrain Detail: Normal Objects Detail: Very Low Shadow Detail: Disabled HDR quality: Normal PPAA: Disabled Postprocesss effects: Disabled Interface Size: Large Aspect Ratio: Custom Vsync: Disabled I have tried tinkering with these settings for months to no avail, following every guide out there that I could find. Am I capped at ~25-30 FPS Max? Is it possible for me to go higher?

When 3D resolution is 100, I take a drastic performance hit Already did Yes Sir! They do improve drastically when I do that, I can pull 40-50 easy doing that. Wish I knew what was up

Tried all of that, I dont drop below ~18 in foliage :P Agreed Designed for CAD and workstation tasks :) Yep, Maximum

Didn't help :/ Gave me an extra couple. I'm testing in the forest right now, because that's where the major problem is. I average ~20/21 down to 80% resolution. I've noticed that as well >_< I just can't for the life of my find a way to compensate for it or fix it.

I went to the Cherno apartments looking for a ghillie suit today. Didn't find a ghille, instead I found 4 Alice packs, a Cezch pack, and a mountain dew. Nice to know that in a game where I have zero luck, I manage to find a bunch of good stuff I didn't need <_< Just thought I'd share; Anyone have any moments like this? :lol:

+1 To Helson! He was great, gave me a cooked meat to tide me over, NVGs, a ghillie suit, and a rangefinder. Way to go above and beyond! :D :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

A: Your in-game name: xxLurker B: Your condition/ailments: About to die of starvation, need food C: Your location: Coordinates 069 039, Devil's Castle D: A general description of your character : Wearing Camo Clothing, Czech backpack, has a rifle in hand

I'm looking to trade my Bizon SD (no mags) for a ghillie suit, alice pack, toolbox or maybe a couple M9 mags. If you want you could also have my Czec pack after the trade. Any other offers, etc. feel free to post them.

There weren't any mags at the crash site :(

No, just allow people to vault over it.

I log in today to find a huge boat sitting about 20 meters to my right. I think, "Well, that wasn't there when I logged out..." I walk to the closest field and find this: Looks like some hacker was having a fun time; sadly I couldn't find a way into any of them :( These ships stretched for hundreds upon hundreds of meters in every direction.

Don't glocks have flashlights? He was holding it like a pistol

So I'm on my first great run, and without giving away too many details I am (was) happy with the way things were going.. Until I agro'd a zombie and he hit me, making me bleed. Not having found any bandages, I bled and bled. Now I'm down to 1000 blood without any hunting supplies or food. Would anyone be willing to come to where I am and help a fellow player out? Good karma? I can give some stuff to you in return. I know I'm taking a huge risk in someone just coming by to kill me, but what the hey.

AlphaStalker2 and all his pals really helped me out! Thanks again guys!

Added on steam. I don't mind waiting! Hit me up when you get on and into town. Then I'll log into your server Steam name: gamer_xyz

PM'd you!

Hi! I'm currently in Drozhino and at 1000 Blood. I just stopped bleeding and am taking shelter in a building away from zombies. If anyone could possibly help, I would appreciate it greatly! This run I actually managed to find decent gear, minus hunting supplies, bandages, and cans of food <_< I can trade some basic supplies too PM me or message me on skype if you can! xtouchxsomeonex Much appreciated!!

Will do! None of their South-West zone medics are online :blush:

With the removal of the temperature gauge, are heatpacks now useless? I still carry one or two just in case, but I really don't feel like wasting the inventory space when there are beans around.

Oh, okay! Thank you

A little preface: I just started playing recently (maybe a week ago) and am quickly learning the ropes. Numerous times I have been killed on sight while having been unarmed, both in towns scavenging and in the countryside traveling. This hasn't deterred me though, and even if I'm armed and they aren't, I'll give a radio call saying friendly. Just today from a fresh spawn, I found a crossbow, pistol, standard stuff. I make my way to Electro in search of a better backpack when suddenly I see a hatchet wielding player running down the street. He had an Alice pack, though I had no idea of the other gear. Instead of just killing him outright like most would, we ended up having a nice little exchange of intel about the area and some dude who was sniping everyone from a certain building. After that we both headed on our separate ways. --Cool story, Bro-- Anyhow, do any other players actually trust anyone in this game and not kill them for what they have? I see posts on the forums about wanting more comradery, so I thought I'd share my 2 cents to show that there are benefits to it.