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Steps for great success: 1) Loot a toolbox 2) Walk up to barbed wire 3) ??? 4) Profit! But in all seriousness, If you have a toolbox, and lean to the right angle, you should be able to dismantle the barbed wire in the door. It may take some finesse and time to find the right spot to get the option to do so. Pretty much get in good view of the wooden posts.

Server was updated to 1.7.1.5 an hour after release yesterday, as well as the new beta. I've also added the donation transparency information back to the OP. Server cost posted on here is what it costs just to run DayZ, this does not include other servers we provide such as mumble. Any donations that go straight towards the DayZ server are listed in the OP.

Thankfully for my trusty mobile device and a remote desktop app I was able to update the server to 1.7.1.4. My main computer is currently torn apart. :P I'll be watching rcon on the server and monitoring that things go okay.

We rolled back to 1.7.1.1 due to the crashing issues with 1.7.1.2

Server is updated to 1.7.1.2

Hello fellow survivors and bandits! Dwarden has been having a few of us server owners try out some slightly different visuals through the filmic lightning mode instead of reinhard. I figured it was proper time to start a thread about it and I'd like to see some feedback on it. Curious to see what people prefer. Note: This only affects certain visuals. It does not alter anything DayZ related. Requirements: DayZ 1.7.1.1 Arma 2 OA Beta 93825 Example video - First night / dusk test - Night test 1st and 3rd person - Flashlight and Muzzle Flashes - Day time test around 4pm server time>> Youtube encoding will make these videos darker than they appear in game << More videos will be added from user posts here and what I can record later today. Bonus points if we get some good sunrise/sunset video. Screenshots Sunset: http://ragecagegaming.com/images/dayz/ARMA2.Filmic.Tone.Mapping.-.Sunrise.in.view.png This is best witnessed in person for the full effect. :) Servers that have filmic mode tweaks enabled CZ01 CZ02 DE21 EU-BIGBO EU 4 EU 39 EU 40 NL 4 RU 2 RU 3 RU 4 RU 5 SE 9 SE 10 UK 7 US 10 Chicago US 37 US133 You can also find filmic servers by filtering for the word filmic in your server browser. Your Mission (If you choose to accept it) I encourage you all to give a filmic server a try with a "normal" gamma and brightness settings during the day and during the night. Compare it to a server with the non-filmic visuals and report back here. Tell the community what you like more and why. Don't be afraid to post screenshots and comparison videos! Final Words I'll continue to update the server list as more servers become available. Keep in mind this is just an experiment and does not have any affect on the mod itself. It's just visual changes. This thread is in no way endorsed or affiliated with the dev team. I'm just a server owner trying to help tabulate what people prefer. Your input will be helpful for this test.

Just to clarify something before I continue on. I have no relation to the dev team, and these fixes are experimental just for a handful of these servers as of this post. All thoughts and opinions are my own. :) That being said. The lighting tweaks to filmic for these servers are in the mission file itself. So the best bet would be to jump on an actual filmic listed server making sure you have the latest beta and latest version of DayZ. See if you still have that pitch black bug (which I've witnessed before, but only because I had some issues with updates server side). In theory, you shouldn't have that problem in these servers and should be able to identify your location.

You guys may want to check this out at some point http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14395 Also, there's a sticky for this topic. I think it might be best if you expressed your concerns about night time in there as you'll get more responses to the issue and not as many flames. :) This thread will probably end up being deleted or locked.

Is this the sort of effect you're seeing? http://www.nomandown.com/arma2/tm_comparison/index.html I believe this is the new Reinhard, but the changes to dynamic range may also be similar in Filmic (Doubtful though, I'd have to ask Dwarden about the numbers). Definitely a difference from before and I can understand why you think the contrast is a bit off. It's a change that's for sure (not as much range with darker areas). If you notice some of the light casting from the sun on the trees, it pops more in the newer version. But just to mention again, this is with the changes in Reinhard not Filmic. I've also added a new night time video to the OP and will add a day time one as well. EDIT: My video looks nothing like that screenshot comparison, so I'm thinking filmic doesn't share those qualities. Then again the sun is out, so we'll see once it gets to dusk.

Well to be perfectly fair, there is no true default. As everybody's monitors and setups are different, you may have to adjust it to a setting that works for you. :) - Just as long as you aren't ramping it up so far the colors wash out.

That's just reading his saved character data from the database. If you want to look into executed scripts on your server, you need to goto the battleye folder and check out your scripts.log. Anything suspect can be found in there. Keep in mind, there is normal script operation that gets logged there as well.

Keep in mind: I'm viewing its usage from afar The youtube encoding does effect dark colors a bit I'm running lower gamma settings then I "should have been" I have an e-IPS panel so my color representation is a bit better than a TN. I watched this video later on an iPad and I realized how dark it looked outside my computer monitor. I'm going to go back and re-record with slightly higher gamma tonight if possible. I highly recommend giving it a shot for yourself. The flashlight shouldn't be useless at all. I've been using my just fine. :cool:

If you have any opinions on the filmic visuals over stock Arma, be sure to post in the following thread. Our server is running the filmic lighting as of late last night. http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=14395

I'm on the same plane as you salty, and I think you'll get used to the night. I like how the light looks a bit more soft and "dirty." It feels a bit more realistic and isn't as harsh brightness wise. Yet the overall nighttime brightness seems to be a tad bit more, so objects aren't complete black like Reinhard's dynamic range. Lightning at night is something you should see too if you manage to catch a storm around that time.

Server list has been updated. There are now 16 filmic servers available for the masses.

I looked up their terms of service So technically they don't have to refund. If customer support really did say that to you though, that's really unprofessional. However, I'd like to hear both sides of the story before passing judgement in my mind.

Forgot to mention that we've upgraded to 1.7.1.1 and have settled on 56 slots for the current moment. We'll continue to monitor performance to make sure it remains stable. EDIT: Be mindful that the server may go up and down tonight. We're trying out some experimental stuff Dwarden is cooking up. This has nothing to do with our hardware or the quality of our server. ;) EDIT 2: Server should be up until the next normal reboot, unless a scripting error creeps up

We've updated to 1.7.1

Haven't seen any XML errors on your squal.xml file in our server log, I'll let you know if that changes though.

Make sure you're launching the server with the correct mod flags for beta, Fruity_Rudy.

Just run the beta patch, it contains the server .exe as well. :) We'll be updating the server to 93825 once BE support for clients is out of the pending stage.

That is all I have to say AgentX. :P

Helicopters were not added to the game when the vehicles were pushed out to the majority of the servers. They will come at a later date :)

Careful now that you said that. AgentX may be out for you. --------- I just wanted to bring this to everybody's attention that THIS COMING MORNING (Wednesday) there is a planned outage at the data center. The ISP will be rebooting the router at approximately 2am Central Time. It is possible to see 15 minutes or more of downtime while they perform maintenance. So if you lose connection to the server, this is why.