does your dayz (or arma2) run slow (EASY SOLUTION INSIDE)

[bully (DayZ) 10]

Hey guys,

yesterday i stumbeled upon a a post from a guy with a solution to get dayz to run better...after following his instruction my dayz (and arma2) runs GREAT now..really for me its a 100% fps increase ...from around 20 fps in ig towns to 40 fps in big towns ...and i can even set things to high now!

anyway the simple fix goes as follows:

go to "my documents"------.in that folder is a map called "ARMA2"----- open that map-------inside that map are 2 .cfg files namely: ArmA2.cfg and ArmA2OA.cfg.

when u open the cfg file with notepad u get like 10 lines of text.

only these 2 lines are important:

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3;

change both those values to this:

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1;

do this for both ArmA2.cfg as for ArmA2OA.cfg and your done!

really its that simple and makes (for me and from what ive read a whole lot of other ppl) a BIG difference!

maybe everybody knows about this allready but there you go...do yourself a favour and try it out..if it doesnt work for you u can always change it back to the old values.

when this is helping you and you meet me ingame (the name is Zed) give me a tin of backed beans plz (-:

[01da 218]

This is new and exciting info!

[bully (DayZ) 10]

aww is it not?

i was so happy when i found out it worked so great i wanted to share it with new guys like myslef..im sure this post will help a few noobs like myslef

[4L4N 276]

I think I originally used this tweak when I was reading a thread about mouse lag in arma2.

Either way, it seems to be a positive tweak to do.

[bully (DayZ) 10]

Its sure is!

i was about to kinda give up on dayz cause of the poor framerate in electro and cherno....now after using this tweak... it runs just great even with much higher settings enabled!

[Serthure (DayZ) 5]

This is new and exciting info!

This is new info for me. Thanks OP!

[SponceUK 24]

New to me too I'll give it a go and report back later :)

[bully (DayZ) 10]

plz do, im curious to see if it helped u as much as it did me

[stupar123 6]

If it helps me,you can count on my beans ;)

[expendable (DayZ) 6]

I'm confused by the wording. What does that value do? What's the down side of a lower number?

[stupar123 6]

In my documents,I only got ARM2OA cfg. not ARMA2 cfg

[takfar@gmail.com 24]

I did it, found no difference in performance.

[Cloud (DayZ) 3]

It worked for me, thanks bully. I averaged about 20 fps in big cities. Now I get 30-40 fps.

[Voidfox 3]

I too tried it, didn't see a difference.

EDIT: The only real performance issues I have with Arma 2 is after a while of playing the game starts to chug, like there may be a memory leak or something.

Edited July 21, 2012 by Voidfox

[stupar123 6]

Tried it,no diffrence :P

[bully (DayZ) 10]

hmm maybe i only works forr ppl with older machines like myself (core duo 2.4 , 4 gig memory and a hd7850 (atleast thats what i think my vid card is)

as for the values...i have no idea what they change or what the numbers mean..i just copied and paste it from some old post....but if ur scared u can always type back the old values.

good to hear it helped some ppl!...ill be waiting on my backed beans now (-:

Edited July 21, 2012 by bully

[bully (DayZ) 10]

In my documents,I only got ARM2OA cfg. not ARMA2 cfg

hm thats wierd

try changing the settings for your armaoa.cfg

[ripbabyg@hotmail.co.uk 125]

I had the 1 file with the GPU lines in, changed them anyway let you know how it works when i next play

[bully (DayZ) 10]

allright...hope it works.

you do have both arma2 and the expansion dont you?

(well u must have otherwise u couldnt play dayz)

[Judemoukari 9]

This is definately something I try. I'll edit my post when I know if it works.

E: No real difference in my end, maybe frame or two, but nothing major. Damn, really hoped.

Edited July 21, 2012 by Judemoukari

[SponceUK 24]

Initially I thought it was working for me as I was getting 104fps in the wilderness, after a while though it dropped to 60 (though I did up my view distance, not sure what the server is set to...) So I saw a drop, I think this game must have a memory leak O_o

[bully (DayZ) 10]

dont forget the beans....

thats the most important part rly

[bully (DayZ) 10]

Initially I thought it was working for me as I was getting 104fps in the wilderness, after a while though it dropped to 60 (though I did up my view distance, not sure what the server is set to...) So I saw a drop, I think this game must have a memory leak O_o

i found that fiddeling with your graphics settings gives you a fps drop aswell sometimes...best to change the settings to what u like then restart the game

but still 60 fps is pretty good...what did u have before u tried this fix?

[bully (DayZ) 10]

still didnt get my beans

[tbs95 0]

edit: nvm, figured out the answer to my question i posted :P

Edited July 22, 2012 by tbs95