Graphic Issue

[brandoi 1]

Hey guys. I've got this graphic bug whenever I launch Day Z. I'm not entirely sure what the problem is. I don't think it's anything with my video card, because when I load it on high settings, the things that I do see are high res. However, I have tried a few things. I've messed around with the graphics, changed some parameters around and editted some files. Nothing has really worked. My friend has also told me that it might just be this patch and should just wait for the update. Any suggestions?

That's what I see.

[ChrisLeonard 14]

Its a problem with the latest patch mate, should be fixed in the next few days

[crusader_111 62]

Ok, to sum up quickly this is not directly client-sided but can be fixed (temporarily) by the client.

First you need to face in the direction of the graphical artifact(s) then disconnect from the server and exit the game and reload the game and server and the artifact should be gone (I tested this). Reason why this works because it reloads everything including game files and most importantly map data. Secondly you could change the "Video Memory" through the options menu to something that its not currently on (eg: High > Normal), in theory changing this will 'reset' the video memory because it has to compensate for the lower (or higher) memory allocation and thus reloading the mapping data and ridding you of the graphical artifacts...temporarily. I've personally defragmented my files, though not proven yet to fix (temporarily or permanently) should improve gameplay like FPS and system speed but mainly because of the recent DayZ updates it just relocates the associated files so will make DayZ run more smoothly because your system doesn't have to go searching around any longer than it needs to for the files it needs because its now all in the same corresponding location, on the disk that is.

After update 1.7.2.5 graphical artifacts should hopefully be eliminated from DayZ, should being the operative word so just keep your hopes up and maybe we won't have to keep using temporary fixes.

Note: I've been informed by a user of the forums that there is an old ARMA II bug where if 'Video Memory' is set to anything other than 'Default' then ARMA II doesn't use that memory which could be another reason why these grapical artifacts are appearing BUT its not been proved and these graphical artifacts have only been appearing since 1.7.2.4 so is doubtful this is a cause, but none the less can be tried as a possible temporary fix until 1.7.2.5.

Happy gaming and hope I helped,

CRUSADER

[jordan2412 60]

signing out and back into the server will correct the issue for the town you're in,but make sure you leave the lobby too, not just the game. If you come upon another city with dead soldiers, you'll have to follow the same process. For me, I have to sign out and in maybe once every 2-3 hours due to these bugs...This only works when the glitches are happening. If you do it before they show up, it wont do anything.

[jordan2412 60]

Ok, to sum up quickly this is not directly client-sided but can be fixed (temporarily) by the client.

First you need to face in the direction of the graphical artifact(s) then disconnect from the server and exit the game and reload the game and server and the artifact should be gone (I tested this). Reason why this works because it reloads everything including game files and most importantly map data. Secondly you could change the "Video Memory" through the options menu to something that its not currently on (eg: High > Normal), in theory changing this will 'reset' the video memory because it has to compensate for the lower (or higher) memory allocation and thus reloading the mapping data and ridding you of the graphical artifacts...temporarily. I've personally defragmented my files, though not proven yet to fix (temporarily or permanently) should improve gameplay like FPS and system speed but mainly because of the recent DayZ updates it just relocates the associated files so will make DayZ run more smoothly because your system doesn't have to go searching around any longer than it needs to for the files it needs because its now all in the same corresponding location, on the disk that is.

After update 1.7.2.5 graphical artifacts should hopefully be eliminated from DayZ, should being the operative word so just keep your hopes up and maybe we won't have to keep using temporary fixes.

Note: I've been informed by a user of the forums that there is an old ARMA II bug where if 'Video Memory' is set to anything other than 'Default' then ARMA II doesn't use that memory which could be another reason why these grapical artifacts are appearing BUT its not been proved and these graphical artifacts have only been appearing since 1.7.2.4 so is doubtful this is a cause, but none the less can be tried as a possible temporary fix until 1.7.2.5.

Happy gaming and hope I helped,

CRUSADER

This has worked for some, but it didn't do anything for me or my friends.

What I posted above works for everyone who's tried. Just make sure to leave the lobby as well, then re join

Edited August 3, 2012 by jordan2412

[brandoi 1]

Its a problem with the latest patch mate, should be fixed in the next few days

Thanks, hopefully it gets through.

signing out and back into the server will correct the issue for the town you're in,but make sure you leave the lobby too, not just the game. If you come upon another city with dead soldiers, you'll have to follow the same process. For me, I have to sign out and in maybe once every 2-3 hours due to these bugs...This only works when the glitches are happening. If you do it before they show up, it wont do anything.

Thanks. I will try this next time.