I would love to see specific graphics settings locked

[simfreek@hotmail.com 48]

This sounds like a "I have the money and spent it on a dedicated gaming rig. In order to play this game you all need to do the same as well."

When I was 20, I could do this, now that I'm 30. There are other things that are of priority.

[lachlan04@live.com.au 37]

I might get flamed for this, but this was one of the few things I liked about console. Everybody was on a level playing field in terms of graphics and controllers. (Yeah I know, modded controllers but still). If only they could find some way of making the forest still look dense while putting minimal load on the system. Maybe some sort of really low res texture that sticks out in the same places whereas somebody on a higher res system would usually see HD branches and such?

[JIJOK 49]

I ll love to run game on all super high graphs , give me ATI 6990 Intel Core i7 3930K, etc

[bfisher 561]

Why is everything so blurry with post-processing on? Is your character supposed to have glaucoma or something?

[enforcer1975 1111]

I know people who have expensive rigs and turn all details down to gain such advantages in every game they play...To have a level playing field a certain standard must be forced imo or they have to make it that if i use low res low details i can't see shit as the name "low" suggests...

Edited May 23, 2013 by Enforcer

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I think who rents a server should be able to make the rules as he wants. This should also apply to the graphic settings, just as it is provided in "DayZ SA". The solution is not that dayz force the settings, the owner of the Server force the settings.

Edited May 23, 2013 by NoCheats

[Serious Stan 202]

So you thinkj whoever with the best PC should have an advantage?

Im a student and play on a craptop, if i lived home with my mom maybe i could afford a grand OP pc. but thats not my priority and i shouldnt be punished for that.

[SmashT 10907]

I do agree some settings should be locked, it's all about balance though. You can't lock everything at high settings because half the player base won't be able to run the game.

[enforcer1975 1111]

So you thinkj whoever with the best PC should have an advantage?

Im a student and play on a craptop, if i lived home with my mom maybe i could afford a grand OP pc. but thats not my priority and i shouldnt be punished for that.

It has nothing to do with having a crap pc or not. Even a guy with a premium pc would turn off shadows and grass if he could to get the same advantage the other guy gets with his low tech pc. Why don't we just remove every option so we can even play this stuff on a 20 yo atari console? How about monocrome graphics, 8 bit sound, no aiming/looking up and down like in Doom 1+2 etc.

Edited May 23, 2013 by Enforcer

[rossums 2190]

So you thinkj whoever with the best PC should have an advantage?

Im a student and play on a craptop, if i lived home with my mom maybe i could afford a grand OP pc. but thats not my priority and i shouldnt be punished for that.

So you shouldn't be punished for having a shit laptop but everyone else should?

The problem isn't with people playing on machines they really shouldn't be (ie low-mid end laptops and machines that barely meet the minimum specs) even though it IS a problem, the problem is that by removing the foliage you have a very BIG disadvantage to compared to those that have graphics turned up to a higher setting.

Why should everyone else with a decent machine be penalised and forced to turn graphics down just to be on a level playing field?

[mr_chabowski@live.co.uk 2416]

Playing ArmA 3, the difference between minimum and maximum ATOC is a lot less drastic in terms of what you can see/see through.

If you're suggesting the change for SA, you really shouldn't base any of your judgement on the settings available in ArmA 2.

Nobody wants to be disadvantaged, but locking settings gives those with low-mid spec machines absolutely no say in the matter and no chance to compete against rich-kids and folks with nothing better to spend the cash on.

When you bitch about your own disadvantage but don't care about anyone elses, you defeat your own argument.

[simfreek@hotmail.com 48]

On one end you have the low end crowed upset about not being able to play at all, while on the other end you have the high end crowed upset that the money spent for a nice rig will be forced to use settings that the low end crowed can play on.

Only 2% of the computer population buy premium gear every 6 months. I know that percentage from "Maximum PC" Many others buy 1 to 2 generation old equipment because it is affordable.

[radrussian1 (DayZ) 23]

relax guy. the new engine isnt going to have these problems. it being so similar to the arma 3 engine there isnt much of a disadvantage to using high graphic settings compared to very low settings. its mostly the post processing. it darkens everything, not really a problem with the new engine. as for thick foliage and trees just turn that shit off. or just keep trees on. you cant even tell the difference with grass.

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The problem isn't with people playing on machines they really shouldn't be (ie low-mid end laptops and machines that barely meet the minimum specs) even though it IS a problem, the problem is that by removing the foliage you have a very BIG disadvantage to compared to those that have graphics turned up to a higher setting.

Ehhh, no, I wouldn't call my 15 fps an unfair advantage, less foliage or not... I'll trade comps and settings anytime.

[Clumzy (DayZ) 377]

I'm just hoping that lower settings doesn't necessarily give and advantage over higher settings. I'm sure that wouldn't be too hard to do, and maybe some (some) post-processing effects forced like blurry vision from pain.

That sounds like a fair compromise to me.

[Donlod 6]

you should not be able to turn off shadows completely (lowest shadow quality are those ugly square-like shadows) amount of foliage should be locked or at least normal/high settings to choose without huge diefference, texture quality and other settings like AA and AF not. I noticed that ATOC and object details do have the biggest visual differences between low and high settings.