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DayZ

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This page is for the stand-alone title. For the Arma 2 mod, see DayZ (mod).

DayZ
DayZ cover
Developers
Bohemia Interactive
Engines
Current Enfusion[1][Note 1]
Previous Real Virtuality
Release dates
Windows December 13, 2018
Reception
OpenCritic 41
IGDB 69
Taxonomy
Modes Multiplayer
Genres Survival
Themes Post-apocalyptic
Series DayZ
DayZ on IGDB
DayZ on MobyGames
DayZ on Wikipedia
DayZ
DayZ (mod) 2012
DayZ 2018

General information

Feedback Tracker
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Steam
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Windows
Developer website (unavailable)
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Livonia
Windows

Essential improvements

Skip intro videos

Edit game properties[citation needed]
  1. Right-click on the game in your Steam library and select Properties.
  2. Add -nosplash and click OK then Close.

Removing depth of field effect

Instruction on how to remove DoF using steam workshop modification.
  1. Subscribe to the mod page
  2. In mod launcher turn this modification on

Performance increase

Modify config[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open DayZ.cfg with your text editor of choice.
  3. Locate the lines: GPU_MaxFramesAhead and GPU_DetectedFramesAhead.
  4. Change both values to: "1" (Include the quotation marks.)

Notes

You have to launch the game at least once for the configuration file to be generated.
Modify config #2[3]
  1. Go to the configuration file(s) location.
  2. Open "YOURNAMEHERE".DayZProfile. (Note: It might be written a little bit different, but its the file without the ".vars" in the name)
  3. Search for the lines that say; sceneComplexity & shadowZDistance & viewDistance & preferredObjectViewDistance.
  4. Change them to these values: sceneComplexity=500000; shadowZDistance=100; viewDistance=1600; preferredObjectViewDistance=1600;

Notes

Scenecomplexity can be changed ingame by Objects under Quality settings and 500k = normal. Has a Large impact on FPS.
If scenecomplexity/objects is too low players will not draw over a few hundred meters and buildings will change to a 2d model at a closer distance so you cannot see them or hear their shots. The recommended objects setting is high to very high (750k-1mil) outside towns and low to medium (250-500k) inside towns giving you a higher fps in towns and drawing players at a larger distance where it's needed.
The other values can be much lower for an additional fps increase, not much point in drawing anything outside 1000m.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\DayZ\
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/221100/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

General options.
General options.
Video options.
Video options.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Can select higher resolutions than native to achieve super sampling.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
ArmA FOV Changer also supports this game.
Windowed
Toggle by pressing Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
FXAA, SMAA, MSAA (Low, Normal, High, Very High)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Control options.
Control options.

Audio

Audio options.
Audio options.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Effects, music, voip, master.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Czech
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
LAN play
Online play
60

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Use "Remote" option in server browser and input your IP

Ports

Protocol Port(s) and/or port range(s)
UDP 27056, 27066, 27075, 27086, 27116, 27216, 27416, 27516
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.

VR support

3D modes State Notes
Devices
Tobii Eye Tracking
TrackIR
Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Z.

Other information

Enable Nvidia SLI

There is an extensive guide on how to enable Nvidia SLI located here.

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11 Direct3D 11 support added recently. Direct3D 9 support removed.[4]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Anti-cheat BattlEye [5]

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) Vista SP2, 7 SP1
Processor (CPU) Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz
System memory (RAM) 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8800GT
AMD Radeon HD 3830
Intel HD Graphics 4000
512 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible


Notes

  1. Utilises a hybrid of new and old technology[2]
  2. File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/221100/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (221100) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. r/Games + r/DayZ AMA with Rocket | DayZ is moving to a new engine! : Games
  2. Enfusion Engine Website - last accessed on 2022-05-18
    "At the time of DayZ's launch out of Early Access, however, many things were still missing to make the engine package complete, particularly some of the tools necessary for building game worlds and creating game assets. That’s why DayZ remained a hybrid of old and new technology."
  3. 3.0 3.1 FPS Boost Fix! (Some fixes) - Steam Community Guides
  4. Experimental Update: 0.60 :: DayZ General Discussions - last accessed on 17 May 2023
  5. BattlEye – The Anti-Cheat Gold Standard - last accessed on 9 June 2023