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Hmmm very intriguing, thanks man. I have to jump on the server some time and keep an eye for when it goes private. Cheers

Thanks for your reply. Yeah I can see what you mean, I can't imagine a private hive would be cheap to run, shame :-\ Well hopefully Rocket and the devs may add a delay when logging, like I think they had in the mod if I remember correctly, where you log out the server but your character stays standing there for 20-30 seconds. And maybe but I'm not sure if it would be possible, a delay between leaving a server to being able to join another. I just hate these little "Call of DayZ" players that just wanna ruin everyone's fun, I mean yeah sure shoot another player but don't log if they shoot back or camp out an airbase, kill someone then log, join a different server and kill another..... and rinse and repeat. Drives me nuts. Anyway thanks again for the info. Cheers

Hi everybody, Please let me start by saying, I completely understand that the SA is in Early Alpha and is nowhere near being optimised yet. I bought the game excepting performance to be not great, but didn't expect this! Also this isn't just a rant, I'm genuinely asking for some help please. Ok, so I'm sorry in advance for yet another "fps problem" thread. But I'm having serious issues with almost unplayable framerates with every setting on Low or completely off on a pretty high-end PC. My fps drops as low as 20 in towns, villages and cites and I only get 50-60fps even if I'm in a open field. But this is the worst part, my nephew who is running the SA at "exactly" the same settings on a £400 low-end PC gets the same or better fps then I do! lol. :wacko: My rig: i7 3770k [email protected], GTX 690 Cores OC@ 1200Mhz, 16GB RAM and DayZ installed on an SSD. Playing @1080p and all OC'ing is 100% stable. My nephews rig: AMD FX-4 4130 @Stock 3.8Ghz, GTX 650Ti @Stock, 8GB cheap RAM, DayZ installed on a 5400rpm HDD. Playing @1080p I've tried all the possible fps fixes listed on different sites, such as the DayZ.cfg tweaks and the Steam launch options, as listed here: http://dayzintel.com/dayz-standalone/dayz-standalone-performance-guide I've also enabled SLI which improved my fps, so imagine how bad it was before I enabled it lol. Both GPU's are hit 99% usage at times, but only around 2GB of RAM is being used and my CPU usage is down around 30-40% Total Core and Thread usage. Anyway, this isn't a rant, I'm genuinely asking if anyone knows or can think of something I may have over looked??? I would really and truly appreciate any help or advice please. Thanks everyone

Well as -winxp didn't work and I've tried all the other tweaks such as the -cpucount= Steam commands and the DayZ.cfg tweaks, viewdistance e.t.c.. I tried running DayZ with HyperThreading Disabled as a few people seem to think that HT hurts the performance on the SA. My results were, no difference, possibly actually reducing performance by a frame or two, but I will put that down to margin of error. Oh well, all these tweaks were worth a shot. Guess I'll just have to live with it until it starts getting some optimisation. Cheers for your help and advice everyone.

-winxp Doesn't work for me, I get a CTD on boot up and an error saying: Device Reset Failed. =( Was worth a go though.

Right :facepalm: Of course, that would make more sense lol. I'll give it shot. Cheers

Hey Captain_Jonno, I had the same problem with only 1 of the GPU's running on DayZ SA, but I have managed to fix that now so both GPU's now run as they should. I gained a decent boost in fps as a result. Have you managed to get SLI working on your rig or would you like me to explain how to do it??? Hi Thane, When you say; "Using -winxp" do you mean running DayZ in XP compatibility mode?? And I'm using Fraps to gauge the fps. Thanks

Hello everybody, just a quick question regarding the maps in SA. I had a fully kitted up character a couple days ago that had found enough maps to be able to craft a full map of Chernarus+, and well I noticed that there was a yellow circle on the map showing my exact location, I double checked this by running around for a while then checking it again, and yep there it was showing my location. Unfortunately I got some sort of bug earlier today where I joined a server I use quite a lot but I somehow didn't fully connect properly and was left with a "Please Wait" icon for ages, eventually I quit and rejoined but it killed my epic hero character >:( Anyway I've now managed to scavenge enough maps again to craft a full map, but this time there is no marker showing my location, which as a new'ish player is extremely helpful. So does anyone know if this is a Server based thing that is enabled or disabled depending on the server, or is it something you have to press to activate it to show your location??? Bit confused on this one. Thanks everyone, hope you all have a good night.

Arhh ok thank guys really appreciate you clearing that up for me. :beans: And no, I definitely didn't have Walkie Talkie as I know they don't work atm. It was just helpful as it was only my second ever character and as much as I "naively thought" I knew Chernarus from watching the mod develop of the last year/s and YT videos of people like sacriel42 and FRANKIEonPC, I found myself I little lost, well a lot lost :-\ Thanks again, Regards

Oh wow O_O I definitely don't like the idea of survivors knowing my location. Yeah I had a feeling it might be server based but I also logged on to the same server which "Did" have the map marker location but it wasn't there. Hence why I'm confused :-\ Thanks

LOL it's ok, I'm out of ideas as well =) I do have the latest drivers installed. I think it's either due to SLI or more specifically my card being dual GPU. Regret buying the 690 now not just because of this but in general it was a waste of money. Hindsight is a biatch! :-\

W7 Ultimate 64

Basically, yes HT (Hyper Threading) is designed to make your CPU faster or give it more processing power. HT means "Logical" Cores. A quad core CPU has 4 "Physical" CPU Cores but with HT it becomes sort of like an 8 Core CPU. But logical cores ain't as good as physical cores for overall power. And why mos1ey suggested I try disabling HT is because in some games, although not many, HT actually reduces performance. Most games don't use HT they ain't optimised to use it, a few games do use it, and a few games, well kinda get confused when you have it enabled and that reduces performance. That's a rough synopsis. Hope that helps

Hellooo everyone, thank you for all your replies I really do appreciate them. @Zjasuu - Thanks, but I have changed all of these and spent a good hour or more in an empty server changing them all and trying different combos and as far pretty much everything is on very low or disabled, but the low fps persists :( @Mos1ey - Regarding HT, no haven't tried that actually good thinking, thanks I'll give it a shot. This is why I asked, more heads are better than one :D @NoCheats - Thanks, but I have already done that and it didn't seem to do a great deal unfortunately :( Thanks again to everyone.

Sorry yeah I should have said but didn't want the post to be too long, I have already tweaked all Nvidia CP settings and Nvidia Inspector as well to lower, disable or optimise everything possible. Thanks Ratiasu

Hi Kinkymuffin, thanks for your reply, no I hadn't tried this. But I just checked it and no, it's not in compatibility mode. Thanks though, appreciate it.

It's all good, I solved the issue =) Cheers

Hi everyone, I've just bought the SA Alpha as I wanted to get used to it and also to try and hopefully help with bug reporting. I'm DL'ing it as I speak, so I wanted to ask a quick question about settings when it's installed. I was always advised when playing the Mod version that it was actually a Benefit (Pro Tip) to lower the settings in-game so that grass and stuff doesn't render in past a few dozen meters away from you, giving you the ability to see a player prone/grouched in the grass. So, is this still a good idea in the SA Alpha?? Thanks all appreciate it.

Ok cool, I wasn't aware of the post processing so that's really helpful, thank you. Well, thank you guys really appreciate your help and advice, I'll give it a try and see how goes. Happy hunting =)

Arh excellent that's good to know, thanks pal =) Thanks as well for the info. I have a pretty high end rig that I built in the summer last year solely for DayZ, so I'm confident of having no problems running the game at any settings..... famous last words as I've seen lots of people having terrible fps problems even on mid/high end rigs lol. But I'm not too bothered about maxing it, I was just curious if that whole not rending stuff at distance was still a good idea, so a player prone in grass thinks he is in cover and I can't see him, so he can easier shot me, but because of the grass not rending I Can see him =D Do you guys have any other tips regarding the settings, things that are known to be buggy, badly optimised or plain don't work?? Cheers guys

Hi everyone, I was going to buy the early access standalone from Steam today when I mentioned it to a mate of mine asking him to buy it as well. But he said something that I think is rubbish but it made me doubt myself, so I thought I would come on here and just ask a stupid question =) He said he read that when the Full completed game releases you have to buy it again! This is BS right, he's winding me up surely?? Thanks and sorry for the derp question.

LMAO, probably not far off there.

That's what I thought, but he seemed pretty sure. Thank you guys, and thank you for not mocking my derpy question =)

First off, awesome chart dude, big multipack of beans for you :) But I have a couple of questions if I may, please forgive my ignorance I am VERY new to DayZ. #1 - How much extra damage do you inflict with a headshot, is it for example (Damage multiplied x5) or does it depend on the weapon?? #2 - I watched a friend of mine play last week I think it was and he was using the M1911 pistol and I'm sure I saw him 1 shoting zombies in the chest, I'm sure he wasn't getting headshots but the chart says 3 shots for a zombie, were my eyes deceiving me??? :-\ n00b derp derp player confused LOL

DayZ the new Call of Duty! Cheat and/or hack everything, screw people over, shoot unarmed players and generally just try to troll and f*ck everyone off by ruining their fun :-\