A little tip for when playing at night.

[Irish. 4886]

Take off your glasses/masks as it is a dead give away and makes it very easy to spot you. 

 

I was just in a US central server Hardcore, minding my business and looting the NWAF for some Binoculars and as Im on the phone IRL with my character watching the front entrance of a hanger I was in the back of, a player enters.. no lights (good for him) but wearing sunglasses so it was extremely easy for me to see him even though he essentially disappeared into the dark as soon as he was out of the view of the opening. I shot at his glowing sunglasses and down he went.. so FYI, do not wear your sunglasses at night.. contrary to that 80's song. :)

 

 

..dont worry though you non-KOS/PvP players out there.. Karma got me in the end as I was trying to switch to his Hunter pack and lost the majority of my gear to this weird server desync I had shortly after shooting him. I had this massive delay and could not pull out my weapons, and was stuck. Came back in the server many times trying to pick my stuff up and even did a full PC restart to no avail. I did end up with most things I needed like the Hunter pack but lost enough to be bummed. Oh well, now I have something to look for besides those damn elusive binoculars. (I know, I know..everyone seems to find them except me!)

[nettles 396]

I've found two sets of binoculars in those red pub-style buildings that are listed as 'medical' buildings on the DayZDB map. Try looking there behind the bar next to the shelf.

[jayleann 143]

I don't see glasses or masks on that picture? Or am I just dumb? :|

[Guest]

The glasses still shine when he walked into the dark? wut

[Irish. 4886]

I don't see glasses or masks on that picture? Or am I just dumb? :|

His head is the other way.. the picture was to show how dark it was. I wasnt thinking of this post when I took it ;)

[Etherimp 1323]

Or just turn up your gamma/brightness. :X

[Irish. 4886]

Or just turn up your gamma/brightness. :X

That wont do much for you at certain times.. its still pitch black no matter what after midnight or on cloudy nights. But I prefer to not use the gamma as much as I can, if I find myself doing that I just think, "why am I even playing on night if I have to pseudo-cheat just to do it?" Not that it is cheating, but I just feel cheap for those that have no clue that they can do that or prefer not to. This dilemma is why I dont play on night that much.. I do, but I prefer day as it has no moral dilemmas involved. None. What. So. Ever.

 

I love PvP. :)

[real meatshield 424]

I want to add a night cycle to my server but until I know how the time acceleration actually works, I'm reluctant to put it in for fear of losing too many people.

[Etherious 907]

I want to add a night cycle to my server but until I know how the time acceleration actually works, I'm reluctant to put it in for fear of losing too many people.

1 = 1 hour, so increasing your Accelerated time to 2 would make it 2x faster with 2 hrs being covered in one normal hour unit. (It used to be a control panel option, but that depends on your provider) Although I'm not to sure as they may have changed it.

 

The below code is Arma 3 version of it.

 

TimeXFactor = 30; // (example 600 >> 10 in-game minutes pass in a real time second)

 skipTime (((TimeXFactor * lastframetime)-lastframetime) / 3600 );

Edited April 27, 2014 by DJ SGTHornet

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

I want to add a night cycle to my server but until I know how the time acceleration actually works, I'm reluctant to put it in for fear of losing too many people.

I have 1 hour or so of night on my server.  Running it from 5pm to 9pm.  So far that's the easiest way that I know of but the gamma exploit still ruins it.

[Etherimp 1323]

That wont do much for you at certain times.. its still pitch black no matter what after midnight or on cloudy nights. But I prefer to not use the gamma as much as I can, if I find myself doing that I just think, "why am I even playing on night if I have to pseudo-cheat just to do it?" Not that it is cheating, but I just feel cheap for those that have no clue that they can do that or prefer not to. This dilemma is why I dont play on night that much.. I do, but I prefer day as it has no moral dilemmas involved. None. What. So. Ever.

 

I love PvP. :)

 

 

If everyone CAN do it, some people WILL do it, which means if you DONT do it, you will get killed by someone who DOES.