Experimental Branch: 0.45 Discussion

[ghmorais 0]

Considering that is 00.25 AM of saturday in central Europe, I think you should start considering opting out from experimental if you want to play/test over the weekend :)

Damn timezones.

[NinjaTurkey 255]

I swear my fps got worse during the latest patch :(

[Irish. 4886]

Still down for me 2 :(

Same.

[wud 143]

Make the gun a persistent objecs, which decays over time. So for example lets say I have one of those rare guns and fall off a building and die.

The gun would be lying on the spot where I died, ready to be picked up by another player. If it would to remain untouched for about a week, it decays and it will respawn at it's regular spawn location.

your idea is good, except it has one big flaw.

i hide guns i do not use for no one to find in bushes ..

with your system we would have servers where no guns would spawn at all

they would be at locations where you died and where i hid them.. -_-

Edited April 27, 2014 by dawud

[cuwe 66]

Experimental servers down??  Just did the update and got nothing.  Wondering if anyone else having issue or if its my end

[virgiltracy 34]

They have been down for 2 days :(

[Irish. 4886]

Brian Hicks - @Hicks_206

@tomarse2000 "Next time we update it!"

 

https://twitter.com/Hicks_206

 

..In regards to when the experimental servers will be back up

Edited April 26, 2014 by lrish

[cuwe 66]

Sorry guys, haven't been on playing in dayz and got off work a bit early and fired it up and "oops!!!"  Thanks for the info though!  Here's hoping they get it back up soon!!

[360Nation 60]

Experimental Branch: 0.45.123906

The primary purpose of this exp update is based around loot spawning - just testing out some changes to the system.

The rubberbanding on 0.45 experimental is related to experiments with respawning loot. This is the first piece, issues are to be expected. They are logging a new respawning technique. The processing causes significant CPU drain, causing delayed processing of position data. Experimental is not the place for strong user experiences, it's for testing new systems. We're going to drop the player #s down on the exp branch boxes to mitigate some of the perf issues with the new loot systems.

 

The update is purely to allow us to track data on the hive which is why there are very few server instances online.

Respawning loot and making all houses spawn loot would be amazing. 

[Ministelis 118]

Respawning loot and making all houses spawn loot would be amazing. 

 

I did notice that the police stations and the blue hospitals were lootless

[antykain 200]

FPS on my end seems to have improved as well.. More noticeable in the larger city areas.  Maybe just a few fps, like 3-5, but does definitely feel more 'fluid'.

[Gugolas 228]

Unfortunately it didn't change for me...it would have been very good news, I need that.

[ahmedakbar 12]

your idea i a good, except it has one big flaw.

i hide guns i do not use for no one to find in bushes ..

with your system we would have servers where no guns would spawn at all

they would be at locations where you died and where i hid them.. -_-

 

This would be rather good in my opinion. It would give the game a whole new different concept of looting  :P

[wud 143]

yeah, a concept of .. "where is everything?!?"
imho there is one big problem,.. an that is that there is no survival at all
too much food, to much ammo, too less harsh conditions/environment (coldness/sickness,etc.)
but so far ..it is alpha after all
 

Edited April 26, 2014 by dawud

[joshafool (DayZ) 1]

No servers up as of April 26 19:22 EST https://imgur.com/a/W0tCf

[Gugolas 228]

Hicks stated that experimental servers will come up only with a new update.

It is sunday 02.00 AM in central Europe, so you'll have to wait at least one day (but I think more).

[hypermoon 75]

I can't seem to find any servers.

[Gugolas 228]

You can't seem to read this and the other threads in this section :D

There aren't, that's why you can't find the servers.

Edited April 27, 2014 by Gugolas

[Hagon94 74]

your idea i a good, except it has one big flaw.

i hide guns i do not use for no one to find in bushes ..

with your system we would have servers where no guns would spawn at all

they would be at locations where you died and where i hid them.. -_-

It could work if they made it so that if an item is taken from where it originally spawned and put on the ground somewhere, it will have a timer until it de-spawns and something else can take it's original item spawn point.

Edited April 27, 2014 by Hagon94

[angrygargamel 12]

c'mom guys... what are 2-8 fps?

if there isnt at least 20-30 fps improvement then there is none...

 

look at games like cs or cod.... where the players have 250 fps and more...

 

we really dont need details like a fluttering leave in the wind... but we need more performance and a lag and stuttering free gameplay...

[AceQuat 63]

definitely runs worse for me in cities. svetlo keeps stuttering like hell. this wasnt the case some weeks ago

[Gugolas 228]

c'mom guys... what are 2-8 fps?

if there isnt at least 20-30 fps improvement then there is none...

 

look at games like cs or cod.... where the players have 250 fps and more...

 

we really dont need details like a fluttering leave in the wind... but we need more performance and a lag and stuttering free gameplay...

Actually it depends on your sistem and on what you are used to.

For those running the game on laptops (normal ones, not supa gaming ones), for example, gaining 8 FPS can change the game experience.

And, before somebody says it, I know, those are not super sexy hardcore gamers (maybe they just can't have a good hardware?)...but don't think that every dayz buyer is ;)

Anyway, client optimisation (major one) is a late alpha and beta task, so we're still far far away from that.

[OrLoK 16182]

c'mom guys... what are 2-8 fps?

if there isnt at least 20-30 fps improvement then there is none...

 

look at games like cs or cod.... where the players have 250 fps and more...

 

we really dont need details like a fluttering leave in the wind... but we need more performance and a lag and stuttering free gameplay...

Hello there

 

I dont think you can speak for everyone with these points.

 

Also, I dont think the COD or CS points are particularly valid in comparison with DAYZ.

 

Rgds

 

LoK

[mintypie007 57]

I for one have seen little to no improvements in performance since many many patches ago. I actually have a constant crashing issues which ONLY occurs with DayZ. When I use 1gb memory usage in the video settings I get a crash to desktop within minutes. Once I lower the usage to 512 mb the issue does not occur. I have posted about this multiple times on the bug forums with no reply from the developers. The fact that this issue is still being reported and has been for many patches now and has not been recognized or fixed by the developers really makes me feel pessimistic about DayZ's future. 

[mintypie007 57]

Hello there

 

I dont think you can speak for everyone with these points.

 

Also, I dont think the COD or CS points are particularly valid in comparison with DAYZ.

 

Rgds

 

LoK

It would not have been a fair comparison back while DayZ was just a mod. However, DayZ is now is well funded. The team had access to modify their way to a newish engine to tailor it to the needs of DayZ. Those needs should have included 30+ if not 60 fps.