Having trouble with Artifacts/Screen tearing? Try this.

[Medic Austin 23]

Try this:

Look at the screen tearing/artifacts and type the following:

Hold Left Shift and then press "-" (Minus symbol on your numpad)

Then release shift, you should not be pressing/holding any buttons now

Type in "flush"

Your screen should turn black and say FLUSH ACTIVATED 2 times, then "Receiving..."

Cheers :)

/e DONT DO THIS IF ZOMBIES ARE CHASING YOU! Only do it in a safe situation, it takes about 10 seconds.

Edited August 4, 2012 by Medic Austin

[teocyn 37]

pretty sure this is common knowledge... it is also not 100% reliable and sometimes makes it worse. The best thing to fix any tearing is to completely restart the game.

[omgwtfbbq (DayZ) 1069]

best fix is to update to the newest patch, and don't go anywhere near green mountain. ridiculously tall artifacts all over there

[unitus77@live.com 61]

Yeah this is well known.

[Medic Austin 23]

Sorry, didn't know it was common knowledge :(

[Kerwyn 77]

Well, common knowledge or not, I was unaware of it until now, so thank you for the post, this is definitely faster than a full restart to the game even if it isn't 100% reliable.

[twinsenstwinsens@gmail.com 15]

this has never worked for me.

as someone said earlier, stay away from military sites and wait for the next patch.

[SponceUK 24]

Until the other day this was 100% Successful for me, It had to do it 4-5 times to get it to work last time, But it does work.

[unconsciousobjector 69]

I edit my profile cfg and set the scenerycomplexity to 50000. Works like a charm.

[Daddy'o (DayZ) 146]

Have been trying this on several occasions on the past week and never worked for me.

[ezay75 57]

stay away from military sites and wait for the next patch.

It happens to me in Cherno, Berezinho, NW Airfield, Balotta, randoms place in the country.

Well, close to everywhere.

[internetTAB (DayZ) 76]

has never worked for me