Unplayable lag when approaching big cities?

[Cenobyte 71]

I haven't done anything to my graphics settings since last patch, and since release i've been playing steadily on "High" with "normal" postprocessing (the one everyone seems to complain about) but recently when entering Cherno, Electro or Svetlo the game slows to an unplayable crawl for me. I've tried dropping everything to "low" and it makes little or no difference.

 

Anyone else experiencething this? Is there a fix out there?

[Guest]

Just opened the game after a few weeks. Spawned on the east coast and started making my way towards Elektro. First thing i noticed was lack of lag when zooming around the area. I was in for a surprise when I approached the city tho. As soon as i started seeing first buildings, the unbearable lag started. Game is unplayable like this.

[cywehner1234 582]

Welcome to DayZ where the cities lag, and the wildy is boring.

[Synton 15]

Always been laggy in cities for me.

[Guest]

I played the game since the start, and this lag is on a whole different level.

[Sinphaltimus 262]

There are major lag problems right now due to old gear. And crashing too. Not sure if this is related to your issue but the devs are working on it as a high priority.

Also,

http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/1xbygt/fps_drop_is_caused_by_pre_115106_gear/cfblhwq?context=1

Edited February 10, 2014 by Sinphaltimus

[Cenobyte 71]

Thanks for the link, Sinphaltimus! Think I'm going to lay low for a few days and wait for it to get sorted :)

[Synton 15]

Noticing more lag too, it was laggy in cities, now it lags everywhere else too. They are working on a fix.