DayZ freezes, then catches up and says I'm losing connection.

[iflod101 0]

This problem is kinda hard to explain. My DayZ gets fairly decent frame rate in most places but I get this weird freeze screen problem. None of my friends get it and I haven't heard of it on the forums. My game will freeze really bad; my screen just stops moving but I can still hear background audio. Then the game will "catch up" sometimes teleporting my character back or forwards. When I come out of the freeze, my audio is very loud for a few seconds and the server says I'm losing connection. I don't have a bad ping or desync. I get these freezes every few minutes. When I first got this freeze screen issue it happened maybe once every 10 minutes and didn't last too long. Now it happens every few minutes and for longer, and sometimes it even kicks me off the server. When I first downloaded DayZ back in December 2013 I could run it at medium settings at around 40fps. Over time it's gotten worse and worse. Now I run at 30fps on low settings with my resolution at 83% and I have this screen freezing. 

[E.J. 16]

This problem is kinda hard to explain. My DayZ gets fairly decent frame rate in most places but I get this weird freeze screen problem. None of my friends get it and I haven't heard of it on the forums. My game will freeze really bad; my screen just stops moving but I can still hear background audio. Then the game will "catch up" sometimes teleporting my character back or forwards. When I come out of the freeze, my audio is very loud for a few seconds and the server says I'm losing connection. I don't have a bad ping or desync. I get these freezes every few minutes. When I first got this freeze screen issue it happened maybe once every 10 minutes and didn't last too long. Now it happens every few minutes and for longer, and sometimes it even kicks me off the server. When I first downloaded DayZ back in December 2013 I could run it at medium settings at around 40fps. Over time it's gotten worse and worse. Now I run at 30fps on low settings with my resolution at 83% and I have this screen freezing. 

 

Have you checked to see if...

 

1. Any other device, or program on the same PC,  is periodically accessing your internet causing lag spikes? What you described as far as rubber banding is exactly what happens when you are out of sync.

 

2. Have you de-fragged your hard-drive recently, and or cleaned out the cooling fan for your graphics card & cpu?

 

You might want to run some hardware diagnostics to see if you might have a failing component.

[iflod101 0]

Have you checked to see if...

 

1. Any other device, or program on the same PC,  is periodically accessing your internet causing lag spikes? What you described as far as rubber banding is exactly what happens when you are out of sync.

 

2. Have you de-fragged your hard-drive recently, and or cleaned out the cooling fan for your graphics card & cpu?

 

You might want to run some hardware diagnostics to see if you might have a failing component.

Thanks for replying. I don't know too much about computers in all honesty, hence why I'm posting on a forum. When I play DayZ I disable my Norton anti-virus (since it's a system hog) and I set my DayZ priority to realtime in the task manager. I never have any other programs running except skype so I can talk to friends and communicate with my squad. Other then that I'm not sure what to do. What type of programs would be accessing my internet that I wouldn't know about? I also have no idea how to defrag my computer. I'll try cleaning out my cooling fans since I have noticed that my computer gets really hot from running the game.

[Koala :3 116]

I've known Skype to hog my internet, but i have really terrible internet, have you tried playing the game without Skype? if so, is i better? or does it get worse?

[E.J. 16]

Thanks for replying. I don't know too much about computers in all honesty, hence why I'm posting on a forum. When I play DayZ I disable my Norton anti-virus (since it's a system hog) and I set my DayZ priority to realtime in the task manager.

Never set anything to realtime. Set it to high maximum.

 

I never have any other programs running except skype so I can talk to friends and communicate with my squad.

Have you considered teamspeak? Download a network monitor like 'networx' or 'net balancer' to see what might be eating the most bandwidth. ie - Most modern browsers will keep transmitting and recieving data even after a page has loaded. Close all web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, etc.

 

 I also have no idea how to defrag my computer.

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Try the default defrag. Go to your start menu and in the search box type 'defrag' or download a third party program like auslogic disk defrag or defraggler and do the quick defrag option. If its installed on a  SSD it doesn't need defragging.

[iflod101 0]

 

Thanks for replying. I don't know too much about computers in all honesty, hence why I'm posting on a forum. When I play DayZ I disable my Norton anti-virus (since it's a system hog) and I set my DayZ priority to realtime in the task manager.

Never set anything to realtime. Set it to high maximum.

 

I never have any other programs running except skype so I can talk to friends and communicate with my squad.

Have you considered teamspeak? Download a network monitor like 'networx' or 'net balancer' to see what might be eating the most bandwidth. ie - Most modern browsers will keep transmitting and recieving data even after a page has loaded. Close all web browsers like Chrome, Firefox, etc.

 

 I also have no idea how to defrag my computer.

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Try the default defrag. Go to your start menu and in the search box type 'defrag' or download a third party program like auslogic disk defrag or defraggler and do the quick defrag option. If its installed on a  SSD it doesn't need defragging.

 

Thanks, I'll try these out!