Night time is forever? And day does not exist? [Solved]

[ProGamerGov 74]

Here is some information for those who do not understand.

1. The night and day cycle is 24hours real time.

2. There are many servers that have a timeline set opposite to North America. So it's day on the server when it's night for you. (I have found many of them)

3. Day and night are a fact of life. Why should we remove that because it's not easy for people? You can do fun things like log on late at night and in the dark rob your enemies base.

4. It is a bad idea to allow 24/7 day servers because people will always go for the easiest way. Meaning no more night time on popular servers.

5. The darkness at night is determined by the phase of the moon. Example: Full moon means bright night and easy to see while no moon means incredibly dark. It's one of the features of the Arma series of light based on moon phase.

6. Complaining that changing brightness and gamma don't make you have night vision? That's good that this is fixed!

Night time should always exist with the full 24 hour day and night cycle. You want your server to be day? Choose a time zone that allows this. This should answer people's questions on day and night in Dayz because from what I see, not many people know this.

Edited December 19, 2013 by ProGamerGov

[dulix11 731]

I just wish nighttime looked a little more pleasing. The picture from reddit of the 'colourful night' is a good example.

[Noctiluxx 48]

I wish we had fewer nighttime debate threads.. please use the search.

[longtimer 5]

If the cycle was shorter then you'd get to play through dusk and dawn a lot more. These are really interesting times of the day I think. All that a 24 hour cycle means is that you're, most likely, either going to be playing at night or day and playing for 4 hours at night gets really tiresome. The majority of people seem to agree.

I realise you obviously don't agree but from what I can see you are in the vast minority. Maybe you should be a little more open minded yourself.

[Siberian (DayZ) 527]

2. There are many servers that have a timeline set opposite to North America. So it's day on the server when it's night for you. (I have found many of them)

4. It is a bad idea to allow 24/7 day servers because people will always go for the easiest way. Meaning no more night time on popular servers.

Night time should always exist with the full 24 hour day and night cycle. You want your server to be day? Choose a time zone that allows this. This should answer people's questions on day and night in Dayz because from what I see, not many people know this.

umm basicly u just said NO 24/7 daylite servers then went right to pointing out how people can/will go to servers in daylite hours..

 

the result is the same. so theres no reason not to have 24/7 daylite servers... trust me people who like daylite will do whateva is necc. to find those servers curently in daylite.. so wether its a server on 24.7 daylite or a reg. server using day/nite cycle it dont matter.

[Alll420 14]

umm basicly u just said NO 24/7 daylite servers then went right to pointing out how people can/will go to servers in daylite hours..

the result is the same. so theres no reason not to have 24/7 daylite servers... trust me people who like daylite will do whateva is necc. to find those servers curently in daylite.. so wether its a server on 24.7 daylite or a reg. server using day/nite cycle it dont matter.

^this

[ProGamerGov 74]

umm basicly u just said NO 24/7 daylite servers then went right to pointing out how people can/will go to servers in daylite hours..

 

the result is the same. so theres no reason not to have 24/7 daylite servers... trust me people who like daylite will do whateva is necc. to find those servers curently in daylite.. so wether its a server on 24.7 daylite or a reg. server using day/nite cycle it dont matter.

It does and I did not say that, that is time zones, those servers still have a 24 day and night cycle. 24/7 daylight means it's never night or they constantly change it to be day, which should not be allowed. Pick a time zone and accept that there will be a day and night cycle. People always go for the easier stuff, so don't give things easier to them and they won't need it.

[ProGamerGov 74]

If the cycle was shorter then you'd get to play through dusk and dawn a lot more. These are really interesting times of the day I think. All that a 24 hour cycle means is that you're, most likely, either going to be playing at night or day and playing for 4 hours at night gets really tiresome. The majority of people seem to agree.

I realise you obviously don't agree but from what I can see you are in the vast minority. Maybe you should be a little more open minded yourself.

You can switch to a server that currently has night or day at any time. Or wait until it's later in real life then log onto your server.

This is the crap from the private hives spoon feeding the player and taking away anything that is difficult for the player. We do not need this in the vanilla standalone game.

[need matches 84]

NOTE: It is not possible to search servers by in-game time right now.

 

I've played the mod a good while now. I am also extremely frustrated with server times. In the US they are all pretty much in sync.

 

Forcing a newbie to play for their very first time during the night is not "badass" or "real DayZ". Quite frankly, as the alpha SA is now, it's more like torture. These are people that in good faith paid money to support the alpha. I hope this is addressed because we should get the choice. Even the mod has the search by time function.

 

ESPECIALLY with loot the way it is right now. Right now, for an extreme radius around spawn sites, there is nothing to drink or eat. And remember that in SA you begin the game thirsty. And not all towns have wells.

 

Imagine being a new player (or even an old one) and no matter what direction you go in, you will not find food/drink. Imagine doing this when you aren't even familiar with the map. So, running in the nighttime until you die is not a very fun experience. It's not DayZ.

 

I think alpha supporters should get the very best impression when first playing the SA. I cringe that newbies' first DayZ experience is the nighttime in its current state.

 

NOTE: It is not possible to search servers by in-game time right now.

Edited December 19, 2013 by need matches

[agentneo 337]

Imagine being a new player (or even an old one) and no matter what direction you go in, you will not find food/drink. Imagine doing this when you aren't even familiar with the map. So, running in the nighttime until you die is not a very fun experience. It's not DayZ.

 

You make a good point. I'm for keeping nighttime but I think we need a few balances.

-Use arma 3 gamma correction so people can't cheat

-Use more colourful night s as suggested- enhance colour reflections, maybe put the reflection saturation up a bit

-Server time corresponds exactly to location - 24 hrs in UK is on GMT not American time

Finally, I think they should alternative servers with 'fast time' , perhaps a 4 hr day 2 hr night, so half the servers are 24 hrs to location., the other half are 6 hour rotations.