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And so it begins. First stress test today, wish I could finish work early. I'm on annual leave next week so I'm pretty excited. https://dayz.com/blog/0-63-stress-tests

I watched a vid of the creative develop reacting to reviews. Tears galore. Clearly meant a lot to the guy, almost got a lump in my throat.

Looks a good game, nothing new but well done and polished it seems. Jim Sterling review, he can be an acquired taste Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Happy bdays to one and all [emoji4] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I'm not with Lee on Pro Clubs. Frustrating and boring in my experience[emoji12] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Yeah, if you have problems it may be a bad install, I'd just roll it back and then reinstall the latest. Never had a problem recording or streaming, that wasn't caused by a poorly optimised game and I've been using it for 5 years now, with a few names changes (I preferred it when they called it Shadowplay lol). I do agree, it does verge on the conservative side when it comes to optimal settings, but it's a good guide, starting point.

I still start my games from Steam and various other launchers. I like the overlay, you can have your frame rate displayed in a corner of the screen while playing games. Plus I use it for recording and streaming. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Also, quick question: have you been using Geforce Experience yet?

Awesome, nice one man Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Yeah, while there are some ok DayZ type mods for Arma 3, I want to play the real thing and I'm hoping they're finally getting it right. Seems like it but I'm dying for a go on the new engine. I believe they're just working on the jumping mechanic and bug smashing now before releasing this to the player accessible experimental servers. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Mick McCarthy leaving almost slipped under my radar. Who's lined up? Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Yeah seriously man, GTA race nights are one of the best things to ever exist [emoji16] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I think I'm the only one on the forum who has it on PS4 sadly. I'm sure a couple of peeps have FIFA though. I did try FIFA last year but it's just too robotic for me and doesn't feel like playing football at all. My opinion anyways Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

I've been in Tarkov heaven, and not because of getting killed. The new map, Interchange, is massive. It has a massive out door area but in the middle is a massive shopping centre/mall. It's fucking huge. It will take a while to learn I think. The game is running very smooth and they've made some little changes which I like. I should really describe how Tarkov works. There's currently 5 maps (there will be more) and they will all eventually link together. At present, you choose which map to spawn in and you get dropped in at a random location. If you have a map (which you can buy from a trader before spawning) you get to choose which side of the map to spawn, but not the exact location. Before spawning you have to decide what gear to bring with you. Important decision here, see if you die, you lose everything. You can purchase insurance but it's not always successful. The insurance involves a trader sending some of his boys to the map to locate your dead body and retrieve the gear. But if the guy who killed you took your gear, there will be nothing for them to find. Hardcore eh! I always spawn with a weapon and a selection of first aid, bandages, splints, pain killers. They will ALL be needed. Some guys just spawn in with a hatchet and hope to get geared up off other players. If you don't have a helmet a hatchet is a one hit kill to the head. I never let these guys get close enough, though they can be sneaky fucks and annoy some in the community. Once you spawn you can double tap the O key to find out (a) name of the location of the extract ( time left Time depends on the map and when you spawned in. Can be an hour or as little as 30 minutes. You can extract when you want but after the time limit expires you are classed as MIA and can't extract. During each raid the main aim is looting, killing and surviving. But there are also tasks or missions provided by the traders (there are 5 traders who sell different things in various currencies such as dollars, euros and Bitcoin). You see, in addition to levelling up your character and his skills and abilities, the traders also have levels. The stuff you can buy depends on your level with the trader. At level 1 it's pretty basic and if you want fancy scopes and mods for your weapons you need to rank up. It's running really well considering the patch just dropped. I've been learning the new map mostly while playing 'offline' though I've played some online games on the other maps and taken a few scalps. A nice touch now is that when you kill another human player, you can collect the dogtag from his body which tells you his name and current level. The higher the level the better price you get for it at the traders. Online I'm working on levelling up my sprinting endurance. Being able to run away is important. As I play solo I'm not really a match for 5 fully geared mates who've spawned together and have to hope to either pick them off with a sniper or just avoid them. As well as having to contend with other players, there are also AI 'scavs' who will shoot you on sight and often patrol or camp the same spots. You can play day or night time. It may be sunny, it may be rainy, it may be misty. The sound effects are amazingly loud and I shit myself sometime just brushing past a bush. Decent headphones are essential. Some of the maps are brief spells of quietly sneaking around, followed by non stop action, such as the Factory map, which is enclosed and claustrophobic. Other maps are much bigger but have hot spots where the best loot is and where you will find trouble with humans and AI. So yeah, Tarkov is the mutts nuts. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

There's an update waiting for you. Much better performance now. I also found out that it's best to relog if you it laggy, it may just be the server in need of a restart. Logging into a fresh server helps but there are lag spikes in certain areas still I find. But I'm getting 40 frames plus on average now. Any time Lee xx Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Good luck man, been watching Blackburn, that's been a really impressive season, a well earned promotion in a very tough league[emoji106] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Now £12.49 Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Sol Campbell. Pleeeeeeassseee give it to him, that would be epic Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Cold turkey eh Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Please give it to Viera so he can fuck them up even more [emoji4][emoji41] Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk

Necro time to help out with the gamertags If it's COD you're playing @Dan94 myself and @tronic44 need people to come play zombies...

I'll raise it from the dead

Exciting week for me this week. A new patch drops on Thursday. This will (a) introduce a new map, Interstate, and (b) be the first iteration of the game on the 'new' engine. I believe it's a new version of Unity but I'll confirm that later. Oh yes, and (c) the lag spikes on the Shoreline map should be sorted. Fucking love this game.

Aaar I think I'm so used to early access games now I don't have a problem with waiting. But it's not supposed to be early access. For the price we paid they need to sort it out content-wise.

Now that it's in Alpha they have committed to big quarterly updates and plan to hit Beta by the end of the year. They hit the first quarter milestone, as promised, so I'm a happy bunny. Sent from my SM-G955F using Tapatalk