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I am getting four times less fps than a17... rx 580 8gb / 8600k 5ghz / 16gb 3200mhzcl15.... before 120fps on max ( my monitor res is 1440x900 ) now 30-25fps... is ridiculous
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Try console command (f1 to open) Gfx af 0

Set texture streaming and occlusion to on.

 
I'm doing a full intelligence build right now on day 11, 90 minute days. I've killed a lot of zombies, exclusively using the stun baton. And, I find the damage on stun baton to be underwhelming so far. I'm going to keep trying it out until I unlock all the perk levels. I hope it gets better.

 
Is it possible to find resources at bedrock? I dug down from an iron chunk on the surface, but haven’t found anything all the way down. I started digging around my mine shaft at bedrock and nothing. Is this intended?

Loc

 
I love them, kinda adds customization and certainly helps weather protection while maintaining armor. Was a neat and thoughtful thing to add. I also love the ability to add cargo pockets to clothes! Just found one of those tailoring books that unlocked the schematic from a book store!
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They are a spectacular edition! While I'm not a goth myself, some goth boots as functional vanity that can go onto armor would be awesome! Maybe even a full goth set of attire in the future, hmm? ;)

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Is it possible to find resources at bedrock? I dug down from an iron chunk on the surface, but haven’t found anything all the way down. I started digging around my mine shaft at bedrock and nothing. Is this intended?

Loc
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It's possible; you just have to keep on strip mining. It took me a while, but I found an uncharted nitrate/lead vein at bedrock depth.

 
Bad luck. See?
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Right after acquiring this auger, I went through an entire church POI (the large one with the loot in the clock tower), I got nothing but brown items. Again, it's up to RNG.
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Isnt most of your high tier from the trader tho?

 
i was wondering is it intended that there is so littlle .44 ammo in loot? Cause its almost 5x less than any other ammo.
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Good point, I dont think I've seen a single magnum round yet (day 6). Maybe more balancing needed.

 
Isnt most of your high tier from the trader tho?
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T6 AK-47 from the trader, T6 steel knuckles from the trader, T6 Auger from a Working Stiff Tool box, and T6 M60 from a supply drop. So about half. *Shrugs* Other T6 items I found are two T6 iron helmets, a T6 pistol, and a T6 stun baton, all of which I sold. But most of my drops have been browns and oranges.

 
I love the ragdoll effects... hahaha such a small but significant little thing..Just gives you that extra "get some you..." feeling..like when the new sounds for the bows came in, and you hear that *thud* when you get a clean hit... small but significant things...
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Yeah but sometimes it's a bit over the top. I shot a coyote with a hunting rifle and it flew 20 m into the air ^-^

 
Kudos to the Water works POI designer. I'm not super experienced on the larger POI dungeons so didnt know what to expect. There was an interesting player obstacle inside that took some careful navigation. It was rewarding to get to the end.
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Did they change it since A17? Found one yesterday and snuck into the loot room, still in the same place!

Can’t wait to do the skyscraper, wonder if that has gotten any dungeon touch ups

 
Before submitting a bug report, is anyone getting the vomiting audio when getting food poisoning on multiplayer? I thought MM said there should be an audio clip when you lose 75% of your food.

Another potential multiplayer bug I’m trying to replicate....player on bike hits pig, he sees it ragdoll way up in the air and disappear. Other players see it dead next to his bike though the bike rider cannot see it. It is harvestable by other players.

 
What are your system specs and games settings (screen resolution)?
Did you try the console command:

gfx af 0
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Yeah I can confirm using those commands you gave us allows even my laptop to run the game at playable FPS. Only the burnt biome mountains bring me down to about 18 - 28 fps. Of course I spawned and set up shop in a large house poi there lol. dt, af, budget commands saved me big time. That and running in windowed mode/pressing F4 to turn it windowed-fullscreen on low res. But tbh, graphics don't matter to me much. Hell, I get 60 FPS indoors and between 30 - 55 outdoors depending on the biome. I'm having a blast lol.

Don't forget your OS settings too. I know Windows 10 the xbox / game recording / all etc. settings tax your system, and you can disable desktop to get extra memory (after launching the game, ctrl + shift + esc for task manager, find explorer, end that task. When ready, hit the same hotkey combo to bring it back up, click run, type explorer in there and itll bring your desktop back up) Also, disable Cortana. Do a google search for that one, but I know that adds a lot of memory usage. But tbh, I think disabling desktop/explorer may get rid of that, not sure.

 
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I hope something like security cameras can be added in the future :) . We already have motion sensors but I think it'd be cool if you could like access a camera so you could see an area where you placed it without actually going there. Useful for checking out what's outside without having to actually poke your head out.
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This is something I have been hoping for since motion sensors were first introduced. Lets hope this happens by the time the game goes gold.

 
Before submitting a bug report, is anyone getting the vomiting audio when getting food poisoning on multiplayer? I thought MM said there should be an audio clip when you lose 75% of your food.
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Yup, I get the audio for that with last patch. Ate 2 bacon and eggs, needed 1 more to fill up and vomited all of it up lmao.

 
Don't forget your OS settings too. I know Windows 10 the xbox / game recording / all etc. settings tax your system, and you can disable desktop to get extra memory (after launching the game, ctrl + shift + esc for task manager, find explorer, end that task. When ready, hit the same hotkey combo to bring it back up, click run, type explorer in there and itll bring your desktop back up) Also, disable Cortana. Do a google search for that one, but I know that adds a lot of memory usage. But tbh, I think disabling desktop/explorer may get rid of that, not sure.
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30 mb to free? Very few
 
I have zero problem with her. One well placed anything will kill her before she screams.
Heat is not heat. Its like an infrared heat map, like in predator. Noise, cooking, forging all add to this heat map. Stop forging or forge off site, and you won't ever generate enough heat to attract one. It takes about 4 forges and several torches running for hours at a time to attract one. Put down a junk turret and forget about it.
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I get screamers from a single forge/a few candles and the occasional cooking/workbench usage. But like you said, no big deal, they die easy. :)

 
They are a spectacular edition! While I'm not a goth myself, some goth boots as functional vanity that can go onto armor would be awesome! Maybe even a full goth set of attire in the future, hmm? ;)
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It's possible; you just have to keep on strip mining. It took me a while, but I found an uncharted nitrate/lead vein at bedrock depth.
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Thanks man! Just wanted to make sure I wasn't only mining rock lol.

Loc

 
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