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That's just Crazy talk, Para!

POW! That's about it. (Probably beyond the teams' technical abilities, without breaking the game, though...unfortunately)

A bit of clarity and humility regarding my last post about the Halloween Update being more trouble than it's worth.... My default "rant" is usually to blame the Dev Team for their seemingly poor QA prior to releasing patches, Updates, Content...and in the past few years this would be a common post on the forums as everyone generally was pretty exhausted by the lack of progress the game was making. When the less than stellar "1.0" launch happened we all thought this game had finally bit the dust, and yet, the Team pulled it out of the fire and have mostly smoothed out the game and have provided enough content that the original game scope is being reflected. This was by no means an easy task, as I'm sure there were some pretty weird dynamics within the studios between the EA 0.144 and 0.63 builds. The messaging was the real issue, in my opinion... as it was extremely hard to believe any news coming out of the Studio due to an almost perfect track record of not meeting deadlines or delivering on their content. I know that the dedicated fans of the SA were no help, of course...as we had so many hours invested in a vision of the game that was just not where it "should" have been...had we listened to the press releases. It seems that the message was received loud and clear and the Team are providing accurate and realistic communications to the fanbase as well as maintaining a steady course forward for the title. I personally left the Forums when I felt there was more to criticize than there was to compliment and it grew tiresome to constantly see others equally (or much more intensely) outraged that the Standalone had not magically become a perfectly polished game by year 8. 😉 I firmly maintain that I had the right to be critical and the authority to be nasty at times, as it was the easiest way to echo my personal frustrations regarding the glacier pace of improvements from one build to the next. My own comments were not directed to anyone in general for the most part, but without hearing from the Dev Team in person we were given contradictory and often downright misleading information regarding the status of certain fixes, patches, content additions, build releases, etc. I switched off the Forums and focused instead on working with what we had. When Community Servers were finally going...and the Mod community kicked in to high gear, everything changed. It was the single greatest step for BI since Dean Halls' keynote reveal for the Standalone. It created a "buffer" between the true Vanilla builds and the "dream" game we all wanted from the outset. It allowed those who had grown disillusioned with the lack of content and polish within the game to enjoy the DayZ experience in ways that showed just how epic the adventures could be, once the hurdles had been overcome. This was my way of keeping the faith and I honestly still love this game, dearly. I count on it for my "IRL switch-off" time and continue to be amused, spooked, and immersed in this game even after 6000 hours. It truly StandsAlone for me. 🙂 I commented that the Dev Team were "less than mature" in their decision to implement special content builds for holiday times and wished they would stay on task towards delivering more authentic content. I should give them credit, instead, for having their act together enough that they can now do things like this without it impacting parallel tasks and deliverables. It shows me that the processes in place at the Studio are, indeed, working....and it time for me to let the pain go! Thanks Team. Been here since the Mod, and have not regretted any of the journey.

Could be worse..... You could be me...running a Community Server.....and having your Game Versions totally screwed up because of these pointless and infantile little theme updates. I swear the Dev Team are 16 year-old, part-time volunteers!

I'll say the obvious, in response to your concerns.... There are MANY Community Servers that have tweaked the night setting to their liking. You have many options as to how long it is...how bright it is...and how the player perceives it. I know many folks don't want to get wrapped up in servers with a massive list of Mods of every kind, but some offer simple things like loot balancing and night settings to give the player a more realistic experience... You just need to ask around and playtest for a bit and you will find what you are looking for, I'm sure.

Thanks for pointing me to that file, my man.

I am following this post....as I am also curious about the animal configs and settings.

Also bear in mind that Toxic or Irradiated Zones make an excellent tool for server owners to balance the loot. High-Tier areas with good Mil loot are usually "End-Game" areas, as you then become fully capable of surviving the rest of the challenges. As there will be options for Static AND Dynamic zones, this gives us the opportunity to add a layer of risk to the experience without drastically reducing the actual items. I like it. And I will be implementing Static Zones to the Mil Bases, and will have Dynamic Zones as long as they can be consistently configured.

I just need to slightly increase the hit points on Bears, so they are tougher to kill. Seemed reasonable, but there does not seem to be an obvious setting in the server files for animal damage modification. Any Ideas? Thanks.

Figures they will get 1.08 out shortly…. And it will completely screw up the DayZ Expansion Mod, now that it just got released! Call me a pessimist....

Probably not the first to post this....but..... Pow!

Just a hint on your map, if you don't mind.... Make sure to take your time setting up the infected and animal spawns... Seems like it is very frustrating trying to add more wolves, bears and infected on the existing maps by editing the XML files....and it always is needed. If you want your map to be popular I suggest having Wolf spawns inside town areas as well, to simulate what would really be happening in them after they were abandoned. And keep up the good work!

Going to follow this…. While I do not have any answers for you @DeniedPickle, I also would like to know. I have used Hen and Cow Territories to allow Bears and Wolves to spawn within towns.... But so far, only Bears are working. It would be nice to have a clear and consistent way of controlling the Ai Spawns.

Excellent! I am really liking the density of the area. I like having a very large map, but a smaller map that has a big, sprawling city is very interesting. Keep up the effort!

Yikes! As most of you long-timers probably know... I am a ferocious abuser of Ellipsis in my posts... It also happens to be a writing nuance that can be used to indicate/replace the social cue of pausing to consider the next train of "thought". I personally am an extremely articulate public speaker with a tad verbose way of making my point (which is, admittedly, a tad annoying for most) but typing messages in a text becomes almost awkward, as it lacks that ever so crucial aspect of facial expression and visual cues to add color and context to your conversation. I just wanted to chime in on that, as it sort of gave me pause for thought...and I trust you to not make similar assumptions when you read my drivel. I have found these Forums both cathartic and exasperating, in mostly equal measure, but it has served a valuable role in my ability to stay loyal to this title over the last 6 (holy shit...I just said SIX!...) years, and I attribute most of that to you fellow DayZ fans who keep me entertained and keep me honest. Cheers! And have a safe Holidays!