[Possible Fps/Lag Fix Solutions]

[TedZ 424]

In this thread, i'm going to list an majority of things which could possibly help you fix Lag, i cannot say these are 100% Working, but they worked me and my and friends, so i'd like to share to many other people,.

 

Firstly, having a SDD (Solid State Drive) will increase your performance significantly.

 

Firstly, i'm going to list how you can set Launch options which can easily increase the performance when your playing.

[Steam’s launch options allow you to supercede the internal settings of whichever game they are applied too.]

Launch Options:

Firstly head to your library tab in Steam

Right click DayZ and click Properties. 

Click on "Set Launch Options"

In the little box type

•  -nosplash – removes the Bohemia Interactive splash page.
• -noPause – gets you into the game faster.
• -cpuCount=8 – set this to how many cores your CPU has.
• -maxMem =8192 – set this to the total amount of RAM your system has, 2048 for 2GB,  4096 for 4GB, 8192 for 8GB.
• -Window - sets your game to windowed mode

So you’re launch options within the box should look something like this: -cpuCount=8 -nosplash -noPause -maxMem=8192 -window

 

Configuration Files

There is few files that can be tweaked to boost your performance in DayZ,

Firstly, you'd have to locate ‘My Documents\Dayz\Dayz.cfg  once located, open it up using Notepad

 

Open it up and edit the following:

• GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1 - set this to 1.
• GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1 - set this to 1.

 

now you want to open another file, you can locate it at: ‘My Documents\DayZ Other Profiles \<your profile>\<name>.dayzprofile’. You can edit this file in ‘notepad’ or any other text editor. Open it up and edit the following:

 

• sceneComplexity=100000 - this number affects your object details. Setting it anywhere from 50000 to 20000 can improve performance significantly.
• shadowZDistance=250  - this number affects the distance at which shadows are drawn, setting this to a lower value will increase FPS.
• preferredObjectViewDistance=1000 - this number affects the distance in metres that the engine will draw objects. A lower number will greatly improve performance.

 

Graphical Settings

Depending on your computer specs, this will differ, but setting your settings to low will vastly increase your game performance.Setting Ambient occlusion to low will greatly improve FPS but you will see a noticeable difference in the way that the lighting works. Object detail, terrain detail and shadow detail all have a significant effect on performance.

 

 

 

Webistes/Videos to help increase FPS

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdP6TxvlIsg

-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl_yuLy_03U

-http://dayzintel.com/dayz-standalone/dayz-standalone-performance-guide

 

- i DO not own the rights to most of this information, some of it was found from the guide listed above.

It'd be greatly appreciated if you listed fixed/stragetys and i'll gladly add them to the list, don't forget to spare some beans if you can, i hope it helped you

 

-INFORMATION MAY CHANGE-

Extra:

-winXP - Starts the game in windows xp compatibility mode, gave me around 5-10 more fps. Note: makes you unable to minimize the game, as it will crash upon reactivation, use steambrowser for map.^^

-high - Starts the game with a high process priority, made the fps count become a little more stable while turning or running... i think to imagine...

 

 

Thanks for looking

kind regards

Ted

Edited January 24, 2014 by Ted_Youtube

[Roadrunt 4]

Great Solutions worked for me!

[TedZ 424]

Thanks for the reply, updated and added a few bits of more information.

[Element47 2480]

Valuable info there, also great idea to collect it all in one place, beans for the effort

[TedZ 424]

If anyone's having problems they should read this =)

[TedZ 424]

Bump, i hope people do realize this can help!

[Scubasteve2020 11]

This helped me out greatly thank you very much OP!!!!

 

The only issue I have now is in the major towns. I can not escape massive FPS drops any time I am in one. Everywhere else runs crystal smooth (not on max settings, but quality isn't to bad).

 

If anyone can point out if my rig isn't up to par to really run this game, I would greatly appreciate it. 

 

 

 Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1 (7601.win7sp1_gdr.130828-1532)

           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)

System Manufacturer: NVIDIA

       System Model: 132-CK-NF78

               BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG

          Processor: Intel® Core2 Duo CPU     E6850  @ 3.00GHz (2 CPUs), ~3.0GHz

             Memory: 4096MB RAM

Available OS Memory: 4094MB RAM

          Page File: 3041MB used, 2557MB available

        Windows Dir: C:\Windows

    DirectX Version: DirectX 11

DX Setup Parameters: Not found

   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI

 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)

    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled

     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7601.17514 32bit Unicode

       Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650

       Manufacturer: NVIDIA

          Chip type: GeForce GTX 650

           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC

         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_0FC6&SUBSYS_843E1043&REV_A1

     Display Memory: 3781 MB

   Dedicated Memory: 1990 MB

      Shared Memory: 1791 MB

       Current Mode: 1360 x 768 (32 bit) (60Hz)

       Monitor Name: Generic PnP Monitor

      Monitor Model: SAMSUNG

         Monitor Id: SAM0661

        Native Mode: 1360 x 768(p) (60.015Hz)

        Output Type: HDMI

        Driver Name: nvd3dumx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvwgf2umx.dll,nvd3dum,nvwgf2um,nvwgf2um

Driver File Version: 9.18.0013.3221 (English)

     Driver Version: 9.18.13.3221

        DDI Version: 11

       Driver Model: WDDM 1.1

  Driver Attributes: Final Retail

   Driver Date/Size: 12/19/2013 12:33:31, 18222008 bytes

        WHQL Logo'd: Yes

    WHQL Date Stamp: 

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          Vendor ID: 0x10DE

          Device ID: 0x0FC6

          SubSys ID: 0x843E1043

        Revision ID: 0x00A1

 Driver Strong Name: oem25.inf:NVIDIA_SetA_Devices.NTamd64.6.1:Section093:9.18.13.3221:pci\ven_10de&dev_0fc6

     Rank Of Driver: 00E02001

        Video Accel: ModeMPEG2_A ModeMPEG2_C ModeVC1_C ModeWMV9_C 

 

 

Edited January 24, 2014 by Scubasteve2020

[notofthiswar 8]

Very Crappy Performance. 

Specs:

AMD fx 6300 OC 4.3 ghz 

8 gbs ripjaw series 

Asrock Extreme 3 pro 970

Asus 760 2 gb

EVGA 650 Modular PSU (not that this matters)

 

Yeah and I get like 15-20 frames which really I have no chance at all in a gunfight with how choppy it is. I have tried all the steam Launch  and Config things and It really didnt help.  Settings ingame do not change my fps at all other then the resolution but I can not stand to have that lower then My native because well It just makes my eyes water like crazy and gives me a headache.  Id like to point something out because people do say that the game is CPU intense and that is that My CPU is only being used by 20% while playing the game and My GPU is also Low like its not even being used.  the hell? 

 

Anyway This is alpha. I still would have Expected Better frames though being that Since I played Arma 2 and the DayZ mod On a AMD fx 4100 and a 560 ti and got 60 frames with only 4 gb memory at the time idk....its dumb

[smiley_ie 26]

I tried a few things made no difference game is gone to shit as soon as i hit towns after last patch.

Edited January 24, 2014 by Smiley_ie

[SprStnd 12]

I hope i did not just missed to read it but i found 2 additional launch options which have helped me.

 

-winXP - Starts the game in windows xp compatibility mode, gave me around 5-10 more fps. Note: makes you unable to minimize the game, as it will crash upon reactivation, use steambrowser for map.^^

-high - Starts the game with a high process priority, made the fps count become a little more stable while turning or running... i think to imagine...

[TedZ 424]

Okay, thanks for the post, i will add this!

Edited January 24, 2014 by Ted_Youtube

[AdrtySanchez 0]

for the launch options you may want to try this link http://steamcommunity.com/app/221100/discussions/1/648817377464468080/ I followed it and it helped mine a lot. bunch of the same info listed above but a few extra things too

[notofthiswar 8]

Meh Tried it all I still get 15-20 fps  I can never get into any type of PVP Not even with Zombies with it being this bad.  Its Alpha but We dont need another Planetside 2 which took them a whole year before they managed to give it the performance patch which Still to this date is not done.  DayZ needs to get their Act together with this before anything else!

 

Again though This took them A year longer to do the standalone to do modding onto the Map and engine and Adding clothing and Building that you can enter......I still don't see how that took a year to do and then they never Once touched on Performance seeing how its Not fully to far from the performance of Arma 2  but what ever.  

 

All I will have to say is In the end Once Alpha is done and the game eventually Releases Since I wasted $30 on this game It just better be playable when the time comes or like really how most say lol I will be demanding a refund.