hyperunknown

Hello there! All Livonia servers are currently down, and I'm wondering where I could've read about them going down beforehand, or now afterwards, as I can't seem to find any information. Nothing on TW/X at either DayZ or Bohemia, and can't find anything on these forums, etc. I hope it's not something like "It's just Experimental", and that you're not giving updates on when servers are being taken down and such? Experimental is my only DayZ play, I don't play on community/private or "normal" DayZ at all, so it would be nice to have some kind of info about when something is going down and what the timeframe might be for when it's coming up again.

"That is, do the experimental servers never close?" -- only when there's a patch, until a week ago when Livonia disappeared, hence my post. "And what does the B.I. keep those servers active for, since they are no longer needed?" -- what do you mean no longer needed? It's the Experimental servers where they try out the things before they merge to the normal ones. Hence the name 'Experimental'. "In all these years of DayZ and searching for the least populated servers with Battlemetrics, I had never found any (experimental servers) after the release of the stable version" -- search the server numbers there and you'll find them. "And what is the point of continuing to play an imprecise and defective version when there is an "improved" one" -- What is the point of complaining about someones playstyle, maybe it's what I like.It's not a defective server-type, it's Experimental as explained above. Can't believe I have to explain all this to someone who's been here for 4 years ><

Experimental branch works exactly as the normal DayZ branch, a patch is released, Steam is updated. It's not rocket-science ><

False. I've been playing experimental for years without interruption except for the usual server restarts, and the occasional couple of hours downtime here and there, but never like this for like 4 days straight, which is why I'm asking.

Hi! I have a suggestion regarding the in-game flashlights. Currently, it's just a targeted spot with no illumnation at all around it. Here's something of what the in-game flashlight looks like (kind of) at the moment: When you use a flashlight IRL, it illuminates the area around you, aswell as bounces off of surfaces a little bit. It's never really just a hotspot with complete darkness around it. Here's something of what I mean it should look like when outside: When indoors, it should illuminate the room a little bit more, since there's walls that the light can bounce off of. I hope my ramblings made sense :)