Day Z laptop issues

[ic0d 3]

Hello everyone, I have played day z in the past on my desktop and its worked perfectly. However, my new laptop has had issues with graphics and my mouse (arrow cursor) showing up on my screen when I play the game. I can't move inventory, click on things, or change my settings.

 

My laptop's specs are as below:

 

HP ENVY- 15t

 

• Windows 8.1 64
• Intel i7-4510U + NVIDIA GeForce 840M 2GB
• 15.6" HD BrightView WLED Display (1366x768)
• 8 GB DDR3L System Memory
• 1 TB 5400 rpm Hard drive

I would like to think that my computer would be able to run the game because it meets the system requirements and exceeds them, but i have not been able to figure out how to fix this. So when I first load the game, the screen resolution is messed up and everything is bigger because the display is set to 650x400 and when i go to try to change it there's no mouse arrow/arrow cursor. When I try to move my mouse arrow around the screen to see where it is, you cant see it. I have been able to reach the video settings with the laptop arrows and tabbing and entering and when I try to change the resolution, the maximum is the one that its set to. It's very frustrating and it makes the game almost unplayable and hard to see anything. I've tried to manage with the poor graphics but without my arrow I cant move around inventory. So please, even if you don't know how to fix the problem and you just have a suggestion feel free to share. I really want to fix this and i'm open to trying anything.

 

Thank you for your time,

Ian

[Elle 562]

welcome to the forum,

 

not too sure about the "mouse arrow" problem but if you are using the track pad I would recommend getting an actual mouse. to adjust the resolution properly for the game you need to adjust the "user interface" settings after you open the video menu in the game settings - there has been an issue that is apparently still around where the user interface cause the "rendering resolution" to max out at the default user interface resolution, in your case it seems to be 650x400. once you have the user interface resolution set the way you like (I always max mine) then you should be able to adjust the "rendering resolution" (I recommend the 100% setting, less is blurry and more is laggy) and "aspect ratio". this should fix the video problem.

 

something to take note of as well. the game is of course not the best for overall optimization at this stage of development and it is very CPU intensive. windows 7 and windows 8 have an issue with core parking on multi-core processors and the game quite simply does not tell the OS to utilize all of the available cores on your processor (yet), there are settings that can be adjusted within the operating system to allow all cores to be available all the time (it will use more power so be aware of that as you using a laptop). sadly I can't recall the settings off the top of my head but a quick web search for "core parking" or "CPU parking" should bring up a fair amount of information about it. I would recommend that you use just the settings available to you in the OS and not using one of the many "free" programs to manage this.

 

and lastly you should give this a good read... http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/28cla2/dayz_sa_frame_optimization_launch_options_fov/ it has some very helpful information concerning optimizations available to the end user, there is more info available here as well... http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/203970-resolution-problems-read-here-before-posting/

 

good luck and stay safe :)

Edited September 8, 2014 by Elle

[ic0d 3]

welcome to the forum,

 

not too sure about the "mouse arrow" problem but if you are using the track pad I would recommend getting an actual mouse. to adjust the resolution properly for the game you need to adjust the "user interface" settings after you open the video menu in the game settings - there has been an issue that is apparently still around where the user interface cause the "rendering resolution" to max out at the default user interface resolution, in your case it seems to be 650x400. once you have the user interface resolution set the way you like (I always max mine) then you should be able to adjust the "rendering resolution" (I recommend the 100% setting, less is blurry and more is laggy) and "aspect ratio". this should fix the video problem.

 

something to take note of as well. the game is of course not the best for overall optimization at this stage of development and it is very CPU intensive. windows 7 and windows 8 have an issue with core parking on multi-core processors and the game quite simply does not tell the OS to utilize all of the available cores on your processor (yet), there are settings that can be adjusted within the operating system to allow all cores to be available all the time (it will use more power so be aware of that as you using a laptop). sadly I can't recall the settings off the top of my head but a quick web search for "core parking" or "CPU parking" should bring up a fair amount of information about it. I would recommend that you use just the settings available to you in the OS and not using one of the many "free" programs to manage this.

 

and lastly you should give this a good read... http://www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comments/28cla2/dayz_sa_frame_optimization_launch_options_fov/ it has some very helpful information concerning optimizations available to the end user, there is more info available here as well... http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/203970-resolution-problems-read-here-before-posting/

 

good luck and stay safe :)

thank you for the advice. Don't worry I have an actual mouse, for the resolution however, I have gone into that menu before and it will not let me change it higher than the 650x400 that I mentioned earlier, I would love to max mine as well but the highest value it shows on my screen is that 650x400. Thank you for the links I will read up on those and see if they help  :)

[ic0d 3]

thank you for the advice. Don't worry I have an actual mouse, for the resolution however, I have gone into that menu before and it will not let me change it higher than the 650x400 that I mentioned earlier, I would love to max mine as well but the highest value it shows on my screen is that 650x400. Thank you for the links I will read up on those and see if they help  :)

You sir. Are A LEGEND. That link you posted was all I needed cause i was able to manually change the rendering resolution and when I went into the game I could change it to any resloution I wanted and my cursor was back. Thank you sososososososososo much :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D   

[Elle 562]

You sir. Are A LEGEND. That link you posted was all I needed cause i was able to manually change the rendering resolution and when I went into the game I could change it to any resloution I wanted and my cursor was back. Thank you sososososososososo much :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D   

umm not a sir. but its my pleasure and you are very welcome. it pains me greatly when others cannot enjoy the sheer exuberance of apocalyptic life in chernarus. the reddit link was my savior when I had trouble so I now have it bookmarked for just such occasions. I am very happy it had a solution for you :)

 

Champaign for everyone!!

[ic0d 3]

umm not a sir. but its my pleasure and you are very welcome. it pains me greatly when others cannot enjoy the sheer exuberance of apocalyptic life in chernarus. the reddit link was my savior when I had trouble so I now have it bookmarked for just such occasions. I am very happy it had a solution for you :)

 

Champaign for everyone!!

Im sorry ma'am I should've known by your name. Thank you again and would love to help you on adventures in Cherno if you ever liked  :)