Help me !! In game navigation / time

[Soxter 3]

Guys, the hours in Dayz is the same of real life? example, 1 hour in DayZ is the same in real life? Cheers

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Yes, DaZ has a real day night cycle and one hour = 1 hour.

[Soxter 3]

Yes, DaZ has a real day night cycle and one hour = 1 hour.

Wow... haha i think i need to find an night vision ! Cheers

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Np - Playing at night is hard but it can be the most fun you can have if you stick with it. If you find flares then use them. Just litter the area you're looting with them, get in and get out quickly. It's risky because other players can see the flares but if you're quick and efficient it's better than stumbling around in the dark. Chemlights are more subtle and work well too.

FUNFACT: DayZ also has a real lunar-cycle. If you hapen to be a sailor and know how to read the stars you can use them to navigate. I've only ever met one person that was able to do this in my whole time playing, it was pretty cool though.

Edited January 14, 2013 by Fraggle

[Soxter 3]

Np - Playing at night is hard but it can be the most fun you can have if you stick with it. If you find flares then use them. Just litter the area you're looting with them, get in and get out quickly. It's risky because other players can see the flares but if you're quick and efficient it's better than stumbling around in the dark. Chemlights are more subtle and work well too.

FUNFACT: DayZ also has a real lunar-cycle. If you hapen to be a sailor and know how to read the stars you can use them to navigate. I've only ever met one person that was able to do this in my whole time playing, it was pretty cool though.

Haha, u are right, playing at night is so much fun... Ty for u help

[victusmortuus 1074]

Np - Playing at night is hard but it can be the most fun you can have if you stick with it. If you find flares then use them. Just litter the area you're looting with them, get in and get out quickly. It's risky because other players can see the flares but if you're quick and efficient it's better than stumbling around in the dark. Chemlights are more subtle and work well too.

FUNFACT: DayZ also has a real lunar-cycle. If you hapen to be a sailor and know how to read the stars you can use them to navigate. I've only ever met one person that was able to do this in my whole time playing, it was pretty cool though.

....are you serious? you can do that...

[dallas 5195]

Just a slight correction: 1 hour ingame = 1 European hour. I believe that's equal to 57 Brazilian minutes.

Also you don't legally have to be a sailor to find Polaris in the night sky.

ArmA has had an ingame calendar, ingame clock, ingame day/night cycle, ingame lunar calendar and ingame rotating star map since Operation Flashpoint. You can see the great dipper, which you can use to find Polaris(the North Star). You can also locate Orin, The Twins, Cassiopeia the floating W and probably other constalations.

[OrLoK 16188]

Fraggle is a fan of discharged sea-men in his naval base. He like's sailors of all kinds.

Yes, the ability to navigate by the stars has been in game since the start.

I would like to see shadows on ones analogue watch face so one can locate north.

Rgds

LoK

Ps i edited your topic to be a little more helpful.

Edited January 14, 2013 by orlok

[dallas 5195]

I would like to see shadows on ones analogue watch face so one can locate north.

As we already have a non-static moving sun, ingame time cycle, you already can. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqelc7x70vQ

Edited January 14, 2013 by Dallas

[jk_scowling 44]

The easy way to find the north star is to find the plough/ursa major/big dipper, the rim of the "saucepan" points to the north star.