The Riddler (DayZ)

Same here and our server is hosted with Fragnet as well. We turned PE:off as well for the exact same issues as you. What we've been doing is sending out messages on the server while playing especially as the server gets close to 30 - 35 players that the server could possibly restart on its own and we're not intentionally doing it. We also have been restarting the server if it doesn't crash/lockup after about 2 hours or so in an attempt to prevent a crash/freeze. Before we do, we send out a message from an admin letting everybody know we are restarting in "5 Minutes" followed by one more message stating we'll restart in "1 Minute". Fragnet did mention in a ticket that we submitted that they are working on a tool to restart the server without the need for BEC. Of course that doesn't help us at this point so I am hoping soon for a fix from the Day Z dev's. Stay positive and stay active on your server so players know you're trying everything you can to keep the server going!

Thanks man! We're battling server restarts every day with 0.49 but we're glad everybody is enjoying it. We had a good day yesterday with only a few lockups and crashes reported. We actively restarted the server every 2 - 3 hours yesterday and I think that helped keep the player count high!

I sent a ticket into Fragnet regarding our issues just to see if they could offer any help or advice. They believe BEC is the cause of the freezes and they're telling me right now the only way to restart is from our fragnet CP..........below is what they had to say "At the moment we can't suggest you anything else as the crashes are software related. BEC is indeed causing freezes after the new update, why at the moment the only way to restart is to manually do it from the game panel!" I sure hope we see a fix today being Wednesday! Please!!!!

Thanks for the tips. I'll try stashing a backpack this evening and do a restart of the server. We're still seeing issues with BEC by the way......i've disabled it for now on our server b/c its seems to run the job's whenever it pleases :(

This happened to me last night at the airfield as well; every single item I was wearing just suddenly dropped. I so wish I had fraps running at the time but I didn't. However, I did not die but "hacking" did come to my mind right away and I was preparing to hear gun fire. I didn't hear any but I also didn't wanna hang around on such a high pop server to try and test out if this is a bug of some sort. It was really random, I turned the corner at the prison building and BAM! all my stuff dropped....... We disabled persistence based on this as well. We tried several items setting them down in different places, restarting our server several times on purpose and each time the loot was gone. We also disabled BattleEye Extended controls as its not restarting the server automatically. It seems to hang or just not restart at all. Loot Tip: I'm sure every server is different as well as each player's experience, but I have found some damn good loot in Balota and the airfield despite not having the tents there anymore. If you have not checked it out, its worth a look if you spawn in Cherno or further West.

We are back to 40 players and persistence is turned off. We have also turned off BattleEye Extended Controls for today to see if this helps aide with the server restarts as we continue to see hang ups surrounding restart. Yesterday I witnessed the server post messages of the server restarting in 5 Minutes followed by 1 minute, but the server did not restart. It seemed to still be running actually and not locked up, but we manually restarted the server to ensure everything was running smoothly. This morning unfortunately we found the server in a state of lockup as it showed players playing for over 12 hours :(. The server is back up again. Sure hope for a fix this week!! THANKS FOR JOINING US!!!! Please continue to play on our server! If you noticed the server is locked up, we have admins on everyday and you can contact an admin via email @ welcometothejungledayz@gmail.com CURRENT ACTIVE ADMINS: The Riddler Apollo Darth Dad

We have disabled persistence today as we've been having multiple restarts/crashes. It seems for the moment to have at least stopped it from restarting/crashing so frequently. We also have reduced the player amount from 40 to 30 temporarily to also help aide the restart/crash issue. If you have anything to report on our server you can post here or send to welcometothejungledayz@gmail.com

My server has now restarted twice on its own within 15 minutes. Its highly annoying b/c its kicking back at least 30 if not 40 seconds before the message is displayed causing us to lose anything we picked up or did like bandaging/eating etc. Is it possible we have another "Throw Splint = server restart" bug that we don't know of? Trying all kinds of things now to see if its something we've done in our changes. If its not just our server I hope they fix this soon!

That looks like Novo (New Town) to me? Not Elektro? Was that multiple explosions in a row? Did any body's Audio pick it up? I noticed in the video it did not pick up the sounds.......

Good to know as I have not had much time to play this week except for about an hour or so and didn't go on any 30 player servers. I have the option to drop play count down to 30 so I might do that for the time being. You're spot on with the amount of time a server stays up and running. I had a few admins yesterday monitor our server closely and they said the same thing, that it would stay up from anywhere between 15 and 45 minutes before they needed to manually restart depending on how quickly it filled up.I am happy to say that I personally have my health/hunger/thirst and need for warmth under control. I'm currently equipped with a black beanie, black wool coat, black gloves, black jeans and black boots. I have a large backpack to store my fireplace kit, food and two canteens and vitamins. With all that I've managed to have hunger/thirst/healthy green bars now for several day's. I've tried not to let my hunger or thirst fade from green so I limit my run times to about 15 - 20 mins (if on a long haul across the map) in which I'll stop. Start a fire and eat/drink to return my status' back to bright green. I usually keep my fire going for no more the 2 - 3 mins while I eat drink. Personally as I've said before I'd like to see the need to warm up via fire reduced especially during day hours and when well dressed like my current character. Something as simple as going inside a building to minimize the impacts from the outside (aka taking shelter) would be nice, but the more I think about it, I can't recall one building that doesn't have the windows blown out........

We have updated the server name to include "persistence enabled" so folks know in their server browser that we do it have turned on. We are restarting our server every 3 hours currently to curb the server crash/lag issues.

I've had my ups and downs with this new update. The downs mainly have been with my own server and its reliability. I've tried turning persistence off and on, and from what I've seen, it doesn't make a difference as the server still crashes randomly and/or will start to lag/fall behind severely. This seems to be the case especially when the server starts to reach 30+ players. I've pondered the idea of clearing out my script for BattleEye Extended Controls so its not displaying so many global messages all the time, but I don't know if that would help and since today is Wednesday i'm hoping the Dev's are going to release another hotfix to help server performance. We are monitoring the server every couple of hours and restarting it when it appears locked up which sucks for persistence b/c most of the time items are not coming back after restart :(, but we want folks to able to continue to play on the server. What I have enjoyed with this update is the introduction of having to survive the elements more. I hope they continue to develop off of what they have in this update and we see new changes with each new update. Its going to be nice to not have to always wear warm clothes for example all the time. Also I hope during the day you won't have to use a fire so much to warm up. If you're well clothed (hat, gloves, jacket, pants, boots etc) then you shouldn't cool down to the point where you're now "COLD". So far it seems like you cool down no matter what unless you have a fire, or run constantly and contentiously eat. I certainly respect that this is the first update so looking forward to what's next when it comes to surviving the elements.

Just a note that our server does have "Persistence" enabled. We are also seeing the random restart/crash which seems to be due to the 0.49 update. Hotfix from this last Wednesday doesn't seem to have made any effect with regards to this matter.

Same here. My server is freezing up at least once a day now. Got on this morning to check and see how many were playing and was surprised to see a totally full server. Then I realized it showed my in game name still on the server and I stopped playing on Friday around 4:30 CST. :huh: Had to shutdown the server and restart it. Afraid I'm going to have to monitor this thing every few hours until they fix this issue........

Hackers already. I don't have the video so please don't think this is a bogus post. Myself along with 4 other people north of Cherno just got wasted by what looks like a new spawn. It was automatic fire and I honestly can't recall what individual weapon it sounded like but this sucks. If I get video proof, I will follow up.

Found out today on my server that fires don't put off heat when inside buildings. I was inside the Piano house on the 2nd floor and continued to freeze with it blazing. Only until I went outside and started the fire there, did I start to slowly warm up. You can burn yourself now and melt your face!!! Just text messages but I assume if you stand too close for too long you'll go unconscious and/or die. I didn't check to see if this was reported yet so sorry if its already known.

Excited to see 0.49 released next week more so for the server performance improvements than the new guns, features, etc. Thanks for joining us on TeamSpeak3! Add us to your favorites!

Status: Server was hung up from Sunday night 21:44 tell 08:40 Monday morning. Action: We notified Fragnet of the issue, stopped the server & restarted. Server came right back up and running normal again. Cause: Speculative but we believe due to the high volume of traffic the server was seeing along with a lot of International Players connecting/disconnecting (NON U.S. Players) causing high ping, the server began to suffer performance wise and we believe froze up. On another note: Thanks to those of you who have helped us combat the hackers. We have an FTP setup to submit your video evidence once you report hacking to an admin. Remember to try your best to get the player's name as it helps us to submit the report to the developers. We know this is not easy to do so any help is greatly appreciated. Most common hacks we've eye-witnessed to date on the server: 1.) Unlimited clip for .22 Rifle, AKM, SKS, & M4's (ak101 possibly but have not witnessed this yet) 2.) Very large amounts of ammo found. Mostly found on dead bodies but have found large amounts of ammo on the ground; we're talking thousands of rounds of ammo (mosin, sks, m4 etc) 3.) Flying player(s) able to move anywhere on the map and into buildings. 4.) Teleporting players ability to move across the map at a rapid rate of speed. Thanks to all who play on our server! Please join us on TeamSpeak if you ever have a question or just want to play with a group.

X2!!! They make my day when they come out!