[ItzMyFate]

QUOTE (oysterbarron @ Monday, Jul 16 2012, 18:21)

Yeah laptops are confusing i Made the mistake of thinking there was loads of graphics memory on my first one but turned out only 256mb was dedicated to graphics! was not happy as was under the assumption it was pushing a 1000mb+ My second one i made sure it had a dedicated 1gb card, it also had the ability to use the system ram to boost that so i ended up having 2900mb of graphics ram! but all is not lost you have a copy for when and if you acquire a beast PC! Not good news about your PC trooper maybe a good excuse to get a new graphics card now though!

Just saying graphics card memory isn't a big deal. It's really a marketing gimmick. Having a OMG 1 GIGZ GRAPHICS SO AWESOME makes it appeal to newbie pc buyers. Which is why so many people base their graphics off how much memory it has. Big numbers wont get you anywhere with pcs. Get a GTX or rae hd if you want a real graphics card.

You shouldn't provide this faulty information about how memory makes a graphics card better. Because really, it doesn't.

This post has been edited by ItzMyFate on Tuesday, Jul 17 2012, 10:17

[Remix]

QUOTE (finn4life @ Tuesday, Jul 17 2012, 09:28)

I really want to get the game and start playing Day Z, unfortunately i live in Australia, and i somehow doubt i would find any servers nearby and i would lag to sh*t on American servers...would his be a fair assumption?

I'm an Aussie, and like Oysterbarron said, I experience no visible lag playing on the GTAF server (which gives me ping between 500-700). Honestly, I see no difference in the GTAF server and the Australian servers except that the GTAF server is stable . There is 10+ AU/NZ servers if you really want to play with Australians, but they're usually full (max of 50 players) so it can take up to 3 minutes to join a server.

[oysterbarron]

Erm you do realize i was talking about laptop graphics cards! The one i had was a radeon 1gb dedicated graphics card that had the added bonus of hypermemory to use extra GB's from my system ram to increase the frame buffer so my facts were correct! I fell into that trap when i brought my first laptop just see the MB's and was like hell yeah! my second one that featured the graphics card i'm speaking about did have a total of 2.9gb of video memory when running 8GB ram on the system!

[finn4life]

QUOTE (Remix @ Wednesday, Jul 18 2012, 00:29)

QUOTE (finn4life @ Tuesday, Jul 17 2012, 09:28) I really want to get the game and start playing Day Z, unfortunately i live in Australia, and i somehow doubt i would find any servers nearby and i would lag to sh*t on American servers...would his be a fair assumption? I'm an Aussie, and like Oysterbarron said, I experience no visible lag playing on the GTAF server (which gives me ping between 500-700). Honestly, I see no difference in the GTAF server and the Australian servers except that the GTAF server is stable . There is 10+ AU/NZ servers if you really want to play with Australians, but they're usually full (max of 50 players) so it can take up to 3 minutes to join a server.

Haha great, i would rather play with Americans, it's more of an experience.

Oh what sort of specs are you guys running so i can get an idea?

I have a laptop.
i7 2630qm 2.2Ghz to 2.9
HD 6770m 1GB
4GB ram
Plenty of space.

Will it run the game fine? I checked the recommended requirements and it looked like it would do fine.

This post has been edited by finn4life on Wednesday, Jul 18 2012, 05:01

[Fnorg]

What's 'fine' to you? You might be able to squeeze out 40 FPS at the lowest settings, or your computer might explode. It's a bit of a crapshoot with DayZ to be honest, and playing on a laptop won't make matters much better.

[.Trooper.]

On that laptop, you might be fine with medium settings and decent fps I think..

Also the Arma 2 free demo doesn't really give an accurate picture. You will always get worse results on Dayz than you will on plain ArmA 2.

[finn4life]

QUOTE (.Trooper. @ Wednesday, Jul 18 2012, 22:36)

On that laptop, you might be fine with medium settings and decent fps I think.. Also the Arma 2 free demo doesn't really give an accurate picture. You will always get worse results on Dayz than you will on plain ArmA 2.

Alright great, not fussed i just want to play, graphics aren't a big concern at all . oh by the way, by fine i mean it won't just be running at 5fps and unplayable, by fine i mean it runs smoothly enough to play.

So i purchased Arma II combined operations 23.99, downloading now, my internet is being a little sh*te at the moment and getting a lousy 200/300kb/s on both downloads (operation arrowhead and armaII) but hopefully as the night goes on it will speed up.

Currently 8:40 pm, i need to get up at 6:30 though!

[Fnorg]

Hey gang. I'm absolutely tired of searching for things, so I was hoping one or more of you could oblige me. I'm in dire need of the following things: a tent, a ghillie suit and a set of NVGs. I'll do a straight one-for-one trade in which you may choose from the following items: antibiotics, blood bags in bulk (or a transfusion), four M107 mags (no rifle), a GPS navigator, an FN FAL with one mag (more mags for NVGs or two items), an M24 with one clip and one DMR mag (i.e. five clips for a grand total of 25 rounds) or a Coyote backpack. I will enter the trade location we decide upon (which will be a large, open area) with only one of these items as to not tempt you to kill me. If you can bring me the NVGs, I will give you two of the things I listed. I will require a screenshot with any of these items in your inventory with your GTAF name plainly visible in the debug monitor prior to the trade. Once again, I will enter the trade area with the single item you choose, this meaning I may be unarmed. At the very least, I will enter with my weapon lowered should you want the M24 or the FAL. I would appreciate the same courtesy from you (lower your weapon or place it in your backpack as a sign of good faith), but either way I will have several snipers covering me from several different angles. Neither I nor they will open fire unprovoked.

If you are interested, we can discuss this further via PMs.

EDIT: added more crap I have.

This post has been edited by Fnorg on Friday, Jul 20 2012, 22:37

[.Trooper.]

QUOTE (Fnorg @ Friday, Jul 20 2012, 23:06)

Hey gang. I'm absolutely tired of searching for things, so I was hoping one or more of you could oblige me. I'm in dire need of the following things: a tent, a ghillie suit and a set of NVGs. I'll do a straight one-for-one trade in which you may choose from the following items: antibiotics, blood bags in bulk (or a transfusion), four M107 mags (no rifle), a GPS navigator, an FN FAL with one mag (more mags for NVGs or two items), an M24 with one clip and one DMR mag (i.e. five clips for a grand total of 25 rounds) or a Coyote backpack. I will enter the trade location we decide upon (which will be a large, open area) with only one of these items as to not tempt you to kill me. If you can bring me the NVGs, I will give you two of the things I listed. I will require a screenshot with any of these items in your inventory with your GTAF name plainly visible in the debug monitor prior to the trade. Once again, I will enter the trade area with the single item you choose, this meaning I may be unarmed. At the very least, I will enter with my weapon lowered should you want the M24 or the FAL. I would appreciate the same courtesy from you (lower your weapon or place it in your backpack as a sign of good faith), but either way I will have several snipers covering me from several different angles. Neither I nor they will open fire unprovoked. If you are interested, we can discuss this further via PMs. EDIT: added more crap I have.

Wow, seems like a very tense trade lmao. Are the snipers and preparation necessary?

Anyway I do have a ghillie and nvg but not for trade atm, since I have a FAL with 8 mags lol
I did have a spare ghillie suit I would've given for the coyote backpack but I gave it to a friend

[finn4life]

QUOTE (.Trooper. @ Saturday, Jul 21 2012, 09:42)

QUOTE (Fnorg @ Friday, Jul 20 2012, 23:06) Hey gang. I'm absolutely tired of searching for things, so I was hoping one or more of you could oblige me. I'm in dire need of the following things: a tent, a ghillie suit and a set of NVGs. I'll do a straight one-for-one trade in which you may choose from the following items: antibiotics, blood bags in bulk (or a transfusion), four M107 mags (no rifle), a GPS navigator, an FN FAL with one mag (more mags for NVGs or two items), an M24 with one clip and one DMR mag (i.e. five clips for a grand total of 25 rounds) or a Coyote backpack. I will enter the trade location we decide upon (which will be a large, open area) with only one of these items as to not tempt you to kill me. If you can bring me the NVGs, I will give you two of the things I listed. I will require a screenshot with any of these items in your inventory with your GTAF name plainly visible in the debug monitor prior to the trade. Once again, I will enter the trade area with the single item you choose, this meaning I may be unarmed. At the very least, I will enter with my weapon lowered should you want the M24 or the FAL. I would appreciate the same courtesy from you (lower your weapon or place it in your backpack as a sign of good faith), but either way I will have several snipers covering me from several different angles. Neither I nor they will open fire unprovoked. If you are interested, we can discuss this further via PMs. EDIT: added more crap I have. Wow, seems like a very tense trade lmao. Are the snipers and preparation necessary?

Sounds like a Mexican drug deal, what's stopping you or your team mates from shooting us as we make the trade?
No I'm joking haha, I would do the trade over team speak or something so you can properly communicate if something screws up like lag ore the like.

[DeeperRed]

QUOTE (Fnorg @ Friday, Jul 20 2012, 22:06)

Hey gang. I'm absolutely tired of searching for things, so I was hoping one or more of you could oblige me. I'm in dire need of the following things: a tent, a ghillie suit and a set of NVGs. I'll do a straight one-for-one trade in which you may choose from the following items: antibiotics, blood bags in bulk (or a transfusion), four M107 mags (no rifle), a GPS navigator, an FN FAL with one mag (more mags for NVGs or two items), an M24 with one clip and one DMR mag (i.e. five clips for a grand total of 25 rounds) or a Coyote backpack. I will enter the trade location we decide upon (which will be a large, open area) with only one of these items as to not tempt you to kill me. If you can bring me the NVGs, I will give you two of the things I listed. I will require a screenshot with any of these items in your inventory with your GTAF name plainly visible in the debug monitor prior to the trade. Once again, I will enter the trade area with the single item you choose, this meaning I may be unarmed. At the very least, I will enter with my weapon lowered should you want the M24 or the FAL. I would appreciate the same courtesy from you (lower your weapon or place it in your backpack as a sign of good faith), but either way I will have several snipers covering me from several different angles. Neither I nor they will open fire unprovoked. If you are interested, we can discuss this further via PMs. EDIT: added more crap I have.

Dont trust your fellow GTAF'ers, Dayz paranoia has got to you haha.

[Fnorg]

QUOTE (finn4life @ Saturday, Jul 21 2012, 03:25)

QUOTE (.Trooper. @ Saturday, Jul 21 2012, 09:42) QUOTE (Fnorg @ Friday, Jul 20 2012, 23:06) Hey gang. I'm absolutely tired of searching for things, so I was hoping one or more of you could oblige me. I'm in dire need of the following things: a tent, a ghillie suit and a set of NVGs. I'll do a straight one-for-one trade in which you may choose from the following items: antibiotics, blood bags in bulk (or a transfusion), four M107 mags (no rifle), a GPS navigator, an FN FAL with one mag (more mags for NVGs or two items), an M24 with one clip and one DMR mag (i.e. five clips for a grand total of 25 rounds) or a Coyote backpack. I will enter the trade location we decide upon (which will be a large, open area) with only one of these items as to not tempt you to kill me. If you can bring me the NVGs, I will give you two of the things I listed. I will require a screenshot with any of these items in your inventory with your GTAF name plainly visible in the debug monitor prior to the trade. Once again, I will enter the trade area with the single item you choose, this meaning I may be unarmed. At the very least, I will enter with my weapon lowered should you want the M24 or the FAL. I would appreciate the same courtesy from you (lower your weapon or place it in your backpack as a sign of good faith), but either way I will have several snipers covering me from several different angles. Neither I nor they will open fire unprovoked. If you are interested, we can discuss this further via PMs. EDIT: added more crap I have. Wow, seems like a very tense trade lmao. Are the snipers and preparation necessary? Sounds like a Mexican drug deal, what's stopping you or your team mates from shooting us as we make the trade? No I'm joking haha, I would do the trade over team speak or something so you can properly communicate if something screws up like lag ore the like.

I don't want the bad rep as I'd like to keep this up.

And for what it's worth I trust GTAFers more than the people of Reddit which is why I'm not even asking them. Anyway, GPS for a tent or an M24 - no takers?

[Remix]

Not gonna lie boys, this has got me incredibly interested:
http://au.ign.com/articles/2012/07/19/the-...ival-experience

QUOTE

Big open worlds to explore between 200 to 400 square kilometers     Two modes of play: Normal and Hardcore     Combination of first-person and third-person perspectives     Meld of PvE (player versus environment) and PvP (player versus player)     Strong Role Playing Elements     Multiple playable characters with customizable features     Unique social elements, including bounties, help requests, trap setting, etc.     Safe settlements where players can purchase, sell and store items as well as post notes for other players     Dozens of unique skills that can be learned and improved     Up to 250 players per game server     New weapons and items become available as players explore the game world     Full developer support with regularly scheduled, free content updates     Dedicated public servers as well as private servers that can be completely self-managed in game client     Single purchase, downloadable client with ability

Screenshots here.

Feel bad for Rocket though.

This post has been edited by Remix on Saturday, Jul 21 2012, 07:11

[.Trooper.]

I don't know Remix. Sounds a bit over the top to me. Golden coins and quests

[Remix]

QUOTE (.Trooper. @ Saturday, Jul 21 2012, 07:57)

I don't know Remix. Sounds a bit over the top to me. Golden coins and quests

I'm all for a form of currency, because with Day Z once you've literally found everything you need there is no desire to loot anymore. But yeah, quests sound super lame. I can't imagine them being any more than "go here and kill X amount of zombies" and "go here and pick up my lost journal". I guess we'll see soon though!

I'm probably in the minority who wants Day Z to be a bit more "gamey" so The War Z definitely interests me.

I'm looking forward to what Rocket has planned for Day Z (player-created underground villages, bears and dogs etc) but he's pretty type-lipped about what he wants to add. I love Day Z so much, it's seriously the best game I've played in years, but it's just really hard for me to convince myself to spend hours playing when I know I will die instantly from a bandit sooner or later. The biggest draw about War Z at the moment is the consequences for bandits, which isn't entirely realistic but it's a much needed game element. Either way, it's good for consumers like us!

[oysterbarron]

I dont think rocket will be to worried. After reading his interview he has a very specific vision for dayz compared to other zombie games.

[finn4life]

http://cdn.armafiles.info/latest/

I downloaded the Day Z mod from here, and i installed it an such, had some errors so i fixed it, the files look like the newest version, but every game i try join it says "Bad version server rejected connection" or something like that and down the bottom right it says my version is 1.60, i am playing from steam, and i am trying to join yellow iconed servers...is it just because of the new update?

Any help, i am still a wee noob.

Edit: Found a guide...http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/29401-guide-steam-to-those-spawning-invisible-no-debug-errors-beta-update/

This post has been edited by finn4life on Saturday, Jul 21 2012, 09:30

[oysterbarron]

I take it you have updated your beta. Thats in the location where steam games install to. Easyiest way to install beta is to delete the beta fooder in the exspanison folder located in your arma directory. Also if your attempting to launch dayz using the ingame server list you also need to run the game using the beta patch exe also located in your arma2 directory.

[.Trooper.]

Are they gonna update the server to the latest oyster? 95208 I think.

[oysterbarron]

by the looks of it not at the moment they've only just pushed 95170 yesterday!