SixLauncher lagging - Steam shortcut fine?

[Quantic (DayZ) 12]

Howdy.

The same day I downloaded and installed DayZ, I also added a shortcut on Steam, in order to start it from there. From time to time when the game freezes at the "Loading" text, I try using either the steam shortcut or SixLauncher instead, and it usually works.

A while ago I experienced some huge lag while playing via Steam, so I watched a guide which adviced me to Documents/Arma 2/Arma2.cfg and change

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1000;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=3;

to

GPU_MaxFramesAhead=1;

GPU_DetectedFramesAhead=1;

Doing so would cause the game to freeze at "Wait for host", so I changed it back to default. The guide also adviced me to add -CpuCount=# (# being the number of my CPU's) in Arma 2 -> Properties -> Set Launch Options. Doing so did indeed decrease the lag; I had none at all. However, starting the game via Six Launcher still causes extreme lag, and it only works that way. I've tried DayzCommander earlier today. It freezes at loading, and so does starting the game via Steam.

Any way to remove the lag? :(

Regards,

Q

[wok 25]

Have you tried closing sixlauncher once you launch the game? Mine works the same no matter if i launch it with sixlauncher, dayzcommander, or a normal shortcut with -mod=@Dayz

Also, does the SAME server that freeze when launching with steam or DayzCommander works when launching it with sixlauncher, or you tried different servers?

Edited August 17, 2012 by sebastian.w

[Quantic (DayZ) 12]

Yea, I choose different servers most of the time.. anyway, I'll try shutting SL down after joining a server.

[wok 25]

i get the "stuck at loading" problem on some servers too, but that doesn't relate to the way I launch the game. Try finding a server that works on sixlauncher, and then join using dayzcommander or steam to see if you still have lag.

[Quantic (DayZ) 12]

So I tried via Six Launcher, joined a couple of servers with a negative result. However, upon joining DE123 it was all succesful. It only took a minute or more to join, and I have no lags at all.

If I keep on joining this server via Six Launcher, you think that'll work?

[wok 25]

I would try joining that same server that worked from all the programs you use (sixlauncher, dayzcommander and steam). And checking if there's some difference, like more lag when using an specific software to launch the game. Just find what works best for you and stick with that.