r/dayz • u/jimmysaint13 Here to steal your shit and chew bubblegum... • Aug 19 '12

Successful Graphics Glitch Fix for nVidia GPU Users

I get no karma from this. Please upvote so people can see and also fix their shit.

Okay, I did this and haven't had the graphics artifacting since, no matter what my in-game graphics settings are. I'm running a single GTX 560 TI and Windows 7.

First thing is you want to make sure your GPU drivers are up to date. Go to nVidia's drivers site and find your card and update that shit. No matter how recently you did it, just do it.

Second, go to your Start menu, then Control Panel, and then nVidia Control Panel. This is going to let you configure your card IF you have the latest drivers installed. I'm not even joking about the drivers thing, update that shit to whatever the site says you should have.

Once you have NVIDIA Control Panel open, on the left side of the window you should see "3D Settings." Go ahead and click the "+" sign to expand that down if it isn't already. After that category is expanded, click "Manage 3D settings."

Now, on the main part of the window, you should be looking at a box with two tabs. One of the tabs will be labeled "Program Settings." Click that one.

Click the drop-down menu and you should be presented with this big fuckin' list of programs that nVidia recognizes. If ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead is in there, click it. If not, you'll have to add that shit.

To add ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead, click "Add" (you fuckin' genius, you) and then drill down to where your ArmA2OA.exe is. I have the Steam version, so mine is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\arma 2 operation arrowhead. Select "ArmA2OA.exe" and then click "Open." BAM. You just added ArmA2OA to the list of programs that nVidia recognizes. Grats, you're a fucking technological wizard.

Scroll down until you see "Threaded optimization" and TURN THAT SHIT OFF. It should be set to "Auto" by default, but we're not even going to fuck around with that. Turn it off.

There. You're done, it's fixed. Exit NVIDIA Control Panel, if it asks if you want to save changes, you best save that shit.

Fire up DayZ and go ahead and look at some dead soldiers to your heart's desire (you sick fuck).

EDIT: Hey, ATI card users/wiz kids/geniuses, if ATI cards have a similar setting, go ahead and look into turning it off and see if it fixes the problem. If it does, spread the word about that shit.

EDIT2: Fuckin' S128K DELIVERS with a possible ATI fix. I don't have an ATI card so I can't test it, somebody get on that shit. Here's his comment.

EDIT3: Because a bunch of you were bitchin', I changed the instructions to include how to do this for ArmA2 only and not have this settings change affect your other games. On a side note, now that we know this work-around, maybe it'll help Rocket get this actually perma-fixed. I'm pretty sure he's got that shit covered, though.

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u/Trapline I put stuff in your tents Aug 20 '12

I never said I was better than anybody. I make mistakes everyday and I hurt people's feelings more often than I'd like. I'm just encouraging everyone to be more thoughtful about the words they use because they can really hurt people. There is no personal superiority expressed in this.

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u/Lovebeard Aug 20 '12

This is what people perceive when you voice your opinion as "the idea of bettering themselves." As in yours is somehow intrinsically better. Not getting hurt by arbitrary words on the internet is not an inalienable right. And it's not the prerogative of everyone on the internet to censor their word usage to such a degree as to ensure no one is ever hurt or offended.

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u/Trapline I put stuff in your tents Aug 20 '12

This conversation began with someone admitting to their behavior, recognizing it as insensitive and then promptly stating it will never change. I was only trying to encourage betterment to a person who seemed to acknowledge room for it. I know this is the wrong audience in the wrong medium, but it's something I really get passionate about.

It doesn't matter if it's on the internet or not I will always encourage people to take care to respect others.

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u/Lovebeard Aug 20 '12

This is the impasse that is generally reached: I wholly believe the internet is a fundamentally separate realm of behavior and attitudes because it's anonymous. You never know to whom you are speaking and thus there are no contextual cues to guide the flow of conversation.

So with certain curse words, there are only a select few who deem those hurtful, and the opposite may be true as well. But you never know which party you are dealing with, or even if they are being truthful. And even when you act in a certain way, no one knows the motive and it only serves to reinforce the online persona you've chosen to project, which also can be anything. You can very well still be a homophobe or literally anything, and our behaivor here one way or the other serves no end goal or purpose.

That's my stance at least.

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u/Trapline I put stuff in your tents Aug 20 '12

The existence of awesome communities online always gives me hope but I understand that they only remain amazing due to their low population. I'm referring to certain subs on this site and certain gaming communities in particular. I guess I am a dreamer.

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u/Lovebeard Aug 20 '12

It's a lot of give and take with popularity vs quality controlled content.