DarkwaveDomina

That's actually not the case. In the mod zombies only spawned if you went within a certain range of a building, there's no real way to tell if we had more zombies on the map then as opposed to now.

Maybe it's hardware related like so many issues in this game, the quality is seriously bad for me.

This slightly annoys me. I am running in 2560x1440 but almost everything is on normal, including anti-aliasing, but with the trees + grass filter on. I would expect a performance difference because of the resolution, but I don't know why I am dropping so low as 18-24 in towns when I get 60 FPS elsewhere, and I am not sure why my GPU usage drops from 99% to 50% when I am in a city.

I have to agree with Hetstaine here, the in-game voice is shite. It's not because it's directional, it's because the sound quality is utterly crap, when I have to use direct communication I can often barely understand what people are trying to say, it's even worse than how built-in VOIP quality was in Steam and World of Warcraft back in the day.

This is going to turn in to one of those threads, isn't it. :(

I think that must be an incompatibility with AMD drivers or something, I have tried this game on a GTX 580 and GTX 760 but I have seen nothing like that. I love the ATOC.

I hate to be one of those people but most of these are known issues and being worked on. Edit: Correction, by most I mean all. All of those are known issues and have been mentioned by the devs at some point.

I usually run with an M4 if I find one but recently I have been trying to avoid it just to experience the rest properly. They're all very fun in their own way, I think the SKS is my favourite thanks to the fire rate but if that weren't a factor I would say I have by far the most fun with the B95. Generally though I think the M4 suits me the most. I prefer to avoid conflict but sometimes people get the drop on me and those encounters usually take place at quite a small range, so an M4 gives me the accuracy I need with the ability to fire up to 60 rounds without reloading. When it comes to sidearms I almost always go with the revolver. The ammo and speed loaders are extremely common and it does plenty of damage.

Where do you, and other posters, get the idea that you will just have a heart attack completely at random while running around and taking care of your usual business? I play mostly on experimental hardcore nowadays and have not encountered this at all, and I usually run everywhere because it still doesn't affect energy/hydration. I suspect it'll only kick in when your shock level is at some critical point, by which point you'd likely already be unconscious.

I'm using a cheap Plantronics Gamecom stereo headset and an Asus Xonar DG sound card in 8 channel mode. I can usually track the origin of gunfire and other sounds very well up to at least 400m and beyond, but sometimes I have not heard gunfire at all so I suspect it's buggy sometimes.

People have heart attacks all the time as a result of horrible accidents or injuries, if you'd like to know more I would recommend scrolling up/back and reading some of the replies I already made over the last page or two.

It's a shame you have fallen victim to this OP, but you should be blaming the people who tried to make dodgy servers.

What resolution and settings do you use? Your system is very similar to mine but I get 18-24 in major laggy cities.

Don't trust bambis, they are usually psychotic and will try to knock you out. I warn them to keep their distance and if they get too close I just shoot them.

*Waves from OcUK.* :D

Never ever run on rocks. :(

I have been here long enough to know that, but we're just discussing why FPS seems to take a nose-dive in cities. I simply provided a YouTube link that demonstrates a very big problem with GPU usage, hopefully they are working on it and Rocket posted on Twitter a few days ago saying they have been taking feedback from hardware manufacturers.

I would have to say yes. I have incredible audio positioning when I use my headset, and my headset was a cheapy stereo one. Edit: Though, while my headset is a cheapy, I am using 8-channel output on my Xonar DG.

Seconded, overclocking my CPU from 3.3 to 4.0 made zero difference to my framerate. I'll try higher, but should have seen something by now if it worked.

My main priority is low ping, my second priority is my mood. If I'm in the mood for a relatively peaceful session I'll go for a server with ~20 people, otherwise I'll go for a full one.

I might give this a try. Currently I leave my texture/detail settings on high because that seems to be the default when you set the video memory to 2GB.

My existing stacks of .357 seem to mysteriously lose 50% of their stack when I empty a box of the same ammo. The only way I seem to avoid this is by putting the stack and the box in different "bags" in my inventory.

I think it's hard to say unless a dev says something, but GPU usage dropping from 99% to 50% for me makes me want to blame GPU optimisation.

Your post makes no sense because there are already immense pros and cons to being a lone wolf, including falling unconscious which I assume you would already be if you were having a heart attack in the game.

Cannibalism has been suggested many times. I'd like to see it in the game, but if it does become an option I want to see a chance of contracting a sickness from it just like you would have in real life (kuru and diseases transmitted through bodily fluids).