[EU28 server restart without announcement]

[ZomboWTF 527]

Yesterday we were hauling some big piles of loot to our camp, as the server suddenly restarted and our car got ported back to where we were saving it the last time(a hell of a lot kms away), i was in the middle of nowhere, seems like the server couldnt transfer my loc data to the master server, and basically all just because of an un announced server restart, is it so hard to make a script that says 5 minutes in advance when the server gets to restart?

[Greg-UK4 31]

Yes it's virtually impossible with the way arma works.

It's an alpha, there are bugs. Sometimes we server admins cannot announce a restart due to a crash that limits the incoming connections - we can't connect: we can't tell you it's restarting.

Why create a forum post for a minor inconvenience :P

Man up, and jog back to your car. If you're lucky some of your loot would have magically multiplied.

[biorage 4]

^ Truth.

And no need for an announcments, their server after-all.

[dizzymagoo 19]

There is no script that will make announcements. It may not have even been a reboot. The server could have crashed and then come back up. It happens in all games.

Also, keep in mind that its not required from an admin to announce when he restarting the server. Its only a courtesy thing.

[chaveezy 19]

I personally do make an announcement on our server when I'm about to reboot it, 5 minutes at least. This gives users time to find a safe place or get out and save a vehicle (if and when they show up again). This, however, does not help users who join within this timeframe...

[oysterbarron 1]

how do you make a server wide announcement?

[stice 2]

say -1 blablabla

And yes, at the moment its pretty impossible to make automatic announcements 5min ahead of the server restart, but thanks to http://www.dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=27863 i think we will see better admin software soon :)..

btw. dizzymagoo, why did you stop the development of your software? :/

[Leeu 38]

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[Gam3Junkie 34]

Sorry for a late reply.

Yes before i knew how BERcon worked, server sometimes restarted without me giving a warming(i dislike it as much as you do).

Now i give out announcements a few min before a restart happens, so people have time to save their stuff etc.