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I like this solution so far. Is it the best solution? I dunno...but it sure beats what we had before. It solves a number of problems. Besides Ghosting behind players and spawning inside bases, people find a military base and hop server to server taking all the good loot, ruining the economy for players trying to play the game as it was intended to be played. So I take my boonie hat off to the Devs for this. It is certainly a step in the right direction. My only concern is people abusing it to teleport to coastal areas, so adding many more spawns all over the map might be a solution (or at least deter people) from doing this (as the spawn-in timer is long).

Can't wait for the little bird and the crop duster !

Rags + Improvised Fish Hook = Improvised Sewing Kit

Can we make night a bit shorter please? Making it 2 hours from 12 hours (or whatever) cycle was a great start, but i feel the ratio needs tweaking a bit. Maybe 2 parts day 1 part night (or something). Village server seems to do it well. PS. The improvements made to night play recently are great! Very noticeable.

Yeh the lights can always do with a bit of improvement but the huge step was making it harder for gamma exploitation. That basically ruined all of night time play. Of coarse the nights are to be survived, but there can be a point where it takes away from the game if you never see day. Before it was something like 12 hours lol. I guess its about finding that middle ground between forever pitch black and sunny days everyday.

I meant the official servers. They are all the same length of night I thought? It's sad to see so many official servers empty, yet some servers such as village are highly populated despite being practically vanilla. The big difference is the night length. And I agree, that 2:1 day/night ratio sounds pretty good. PS. I guess the other big difference is people cant server hop for loot or ghosting on private servers which is awesome.

To cut those beards you will have to wait until the chainsaw is reintroduced. The axe just breaks after 1 attempt.

Also a go-cart racing version of DayZ would be cool. Like Mario Kart except we choose from a list of survivors and zombies as drivers and race around Chernarus. If you choose a human driver you go slightly faster, but the zombie drivers can glitch through walls...

I really like night time play but unless you have a head torch, it can be brutal as f&^k. One thing that would make it much more enjoyable, is if we could put a torch/ glowstick in one hand and a melee weapon/ pistol/ sub-machine gun in another. As it stands our only choice is to fight zombies in the pitch black or have a torch in one hand yet no weapon in the other. It doesn't take 2 hands to hold a glowstick/torch. Implementing this would make night time play a lot more fun/ realistic. Having said that I really like how the night time play has been worked on. Its no longer 12 hours of night (fantastic, though needs a little tweaking) and I find it hard to use my software gamma slider now. It just seems to 'bleach' out the screen, forcing me to use a glowstick or torch. The glowstick is a perfect amount of light (as in real life they pretty much suck and are best used as a last resort unless trying to remain unnoticed). The crafted torch, however, I find should give of slightly more light. Anyways that's just small tweaks. Loving the night time in general...

Yeah I meant the civilian torch with a DIY duct tape version, kinda like the bottle suppressor. Just to give people more freedom to move and fight at night. Duct tape and flashlights are pretty easy to find.

Yes that would be great ! Maybe even the ability to attach a torch with duct tape to a rifle could be a thing also...

Not a mind blowing suggestion here, but I thought the HK G36 series would be cool weapons to have in game. The G36, G36K and G36C were all in one of the dayZ mods and were a lot of fun to mess around with. Anyways, great to see dayZ moving forward !

Oh nice man ! I thought that folding butt stock could make an interesting game mechanic. Maybe fits into smaller back packs like the Taloon. Or maybe increase the dexterity at the cost of a higher recoil (or whatever) when folded for urban environments. I will be searching for a server that has this mod now that I know it's out there. Thank you for the info !

2 hours day, 1 hour of night seems like it would suit more players. I just hope we get a wrist watch one day so we know when to expect the dusk/dawn.

Cool idea. I'm really looking forward to when we can board up windows and doors to make a 'city' campsite. This seems like a similar idea in terms of implementation.

I read you guys are making a serious effort to fix the gamma exploit. This makes me so so so happy to hear that ! Its been a while but its great to know you guys are on the case! As others have mentioned the lighting in general needs some work, but knowing that it is being worked on is a Huge step in the right direction. This was always my biggest issue with dayZ and when this is sorted to some degree I will definitely be recommending dayZ to more friends. Keep up the great work. I have faith !

Ok so it might be a bit early to suggest this, but just something for the future. Throwing tied-up people from a helicopter would make for some interesting player interactions. Instead of just getting KOSed, victims would get a chance to talk themselves out of trouble, try to escape etc., and if all goes badly, well, at least there is interesting memories for all... Adding this would be a great feature, a no- brainer really...(especially for the victim! ..Ba Dum Tss). PS. another similar thing to consider would be the ability to put tied up people into the trunk of cars.

I tried to watch but the quality was so bad my eyes started to hurt after 1 minute...but yeh wolves are fun if you have a big gun...

Wish I could be there ): Awesome update though , thank you !

ahh ok cool..awesome, and thankyou !

They already put dispersion back in the game yeh?

Appreciate the update. Transparency is a good thing. Keep at it guys !!!

Hello! very happy to see the gamma slider gone, and also improvements being worked on to hand held lighting...awesome ! It is still very easy for someone to alt +tab out and turn up gamma on their graphics card settings. Just wanted to know if this exploit is still under consideration, and planned to be worked on at some stage in the future, as night time is a big part of DayZ. Or is the removal of the gamma slider the final solution? Anyways, loving the new engine, looking forward to seeing all the old and new content in. Cheers.

Yep. Personally I use MSI dragon gaming center, but yes you can definitely increase the gamma (very effectively) outside the game. The game obviously does not look as nice and it might not be as clear as day but the advantage over someone who is not using the exploit is huge. I might make it a point to not shoot anyone I see actually running around with a torch or chemlight or flare etc. because I know how much fun it is to play the game like this...

Wait..the Little Bird will be in 0.63 ????? Woohooo ! That will surely breathe a lot of life into the game. You won't feel like the only one on the server when you hear choppers in the sky, and people in the hills trying to shoot them down...can't wait...