Day-night cycle?

[wetspot 11]

Has there been any word on how the day night cycle is to be handled come standalone?

[applejaxc 2500]

So far as I know, it will be 1:1 with real life (so 1 hour in life is 1 hour in game), just like the official servers are supposed to run.

[wetspot 11]

That would be dissapointing.

As a guy who only will be playing a couple days a week, I'd most likely just be picking day servers if that was the case. As opposed to finding a good server and sticking with it.

If there was even a 20 hour cycle, it could add a lot of variety for those who would rather stick with a certain server and will be logging on at the same time during the evening.

[methr1k2dop3 323]

i always didnt like this.. 

Dont get me wrong night is cool as hell and definitely important.

But logging on and playing i would like to see more than just one cycle.

maybe1 hour cycles? (admins have the ability to adjust this)

I hate 24/7 daylight servers and i cant stand playing always at night. 

Id like to log on and see both cycles.

[Korsbaek 1778]

20 hour cycles sound awesome. Then everybody would be playing both day and night.

[enforcer1975 1111]

Like they would paly at night if they don't have NVGs...what would players do if DayZ would actually play in the polar region? Half a year day and the other half DARKNESS!!! So we would have a 99% drop in player population during that time. We have enough illumination gear to make the night day imo, just remove the NVGs and the KoSers and we won't have problems with players fearing the night running around with flares and flashlights. Atm it's like wanting to play Doom without the light effects...

[Jex 1104]

Personally I think it should be a 7 hour cycle, 5 hours day, 2 hours night - that way the nights are never that long they're a pain and could actually be useful. 7 hours ensures it's not always the same time of day every day you log on. It's obvious that people don't want hours of darkness - that's right there in stats of current players. Force long nights and players will just go to servers hosted in different countries just to be able to play in the day.

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Like they would paly at night if they don't have NVGs...what would players do if DayZ would actually play in the polar region? Half a year day and the other half DARKNESS!!! So we would have a 99% drop in player population during that time. We have enough illumination gear to make the night day imo, just remove the NVGs and the KoSers and we won't have problems with players fearing the night running around with flares and flashlights. Atm it's like wanting to play Doom without the light effects...

They already finished working on nightvision for SA. Rocket did the coding on it himself. I like a 24-hours day/night cycle btw, but it should be influenced by the season.

Edited December 10, 2013 by Ratiasu

[s1rGr1nG0 81]

Meh, with my work hours and busy weekends I would only get to play during the night cycle.