Stable Branch: 0.45 Discussion

[Sencha 100]

Anyone else getting consistent crashing when changing servers? I can join a server fine, but when it restarts, or I quit to play with someone on a different server, whenever I join a different server, it crashes. Every single time. It's getting really annoying.

Never happened before this patch.

Edited June 23, 2014 by Sencha

[UltimateGentleman 355]

Synchronize day time per hive, synchronize weather per hive, don't let server to restart, just make loot respawn system and make it unpredictable. Don't let someone who disconnects from a sever to come again to the same server within 24 hours. If you want to play with your friends and have a shity internet connection, get disconnected and still want to play with your friends, than you all should change the server or give up, try to have a good connection.

 

That would suck it would mean that some people have to stay up until like 2am before it's daytime in their country.

If they made night realistically dark then maybe but currently it's just completely black which is stupid so no.

 

Remove the ability for random restarts and limit people to like 3 servers a day, that would be decent plus increase the spawn in time and have some kind of log out animation that takes like 10 seconds.

[lucianpin 80]

That would suck it would mean that some people have to stay up until like 2am before it's daytime in their country.

If they made night realistically dark then maybe but currently it's just completely black which is stupid so no.

 

Remove the ability for random restarts and limit people to like 3 servers a day, that would be decent plus increase the spawn in time and have some kind of log out animation that takes like 10 seconds.

They will add accelerated time so what you say is not a problem.

[TyrDaishi 36]

Servers need to restar

- Ok every wed.

 

Wheater is already fine, it's server dependent.

- No, it's not fine. People would change server to avoid to get sick when it is raining.

 

And if I want to play during an evening and during the next morning I can't because I need to sleep (and thus log out)? I must wait the next evening?

- You select other sever. Or, instead 24 hours can be 6 hours it's enough to avoid combat server hopping.

 

From an Administrator perspective it really is necessary that you can restart the server any time you want. The problem is that there is a fuckton of immature kids out there that will restart the server when they get killed or restart for loot, kick players from the server so they can loot aso.

 

If I would handle the servers in my company so irresponsible I would get fired quicker then an ssd minimal installation of linux can boot :/

Edited June 23, 2014 by TyrDaishi

[UltimateGentleman 355]

They will add accelerated time so what you say is not a problem.

 

Are you saying they will like it's confirmed or if they added that it would work?

 

I suggested that some weeks back, considering you can do so many time consuming things in seconds if they made the game day shorter that would be awesome. Make night less unbelievably dark and shorter so you could actually play through it without having to have a torch on for like 8 hours.

Then it would be great.

[lucianpin 80]

Are you saying they will like it's confirmed or if they added that it would work?

 

I suggested that some weeks back, considering you can do so many time consuming things in seconds if they made the game day shorter that would be awesome. Make night less unbelievably dark and shorter so you could actually play through it without having to have a torch on for like 8 hours.

Then it would be great.

It was confirmed, tested on experimental, but they had some problems and I think it is disabled right now. I know, this is great if the night last 2 hours, it's amazing. We don't have to be obsessed by reality, it's a game and I want to survive a night in 2 hours. Also, when I join a game, I want to see the surprise: is it day? or is it night?

[UltimateGentleman 355]

It was confirmed, tested on experimental, but they had some problems and I think it is disabled right now. I know, this is great if the night last 2 hours, it's amazing. We don't have to be obsessed by reality, it's a game and I want to survive a night in 2 hours. Also, when I join a game, I want to see the surprise: is it day? or is it night?

 

Yeah currently a like 8 hour night in total darkness is way too difficult, I can see fine at night in real life but in the game it's just like a black wall constantly...

That for 8 hours doesn't sound appealing at all, but two hours sounds like a nice challenge.

 

Can't wait to see the sunrise.

 

Any idea when they could be adding that? I hope it's soon and global not just a setting. Should make the game feel a lot bigger since days will be passing as you travel between large portions of the map.

[lucianpin 80]

Yeah currently a like 8 hour night in total darkness is way too difficult, I can see fine at night in real life but in the game it's just like a black wall constantly...

That for 8 hours doesn't sound appealing at all, but two hours sounds like a nice challenge.

 

Can't wait to see the sunrise.

 

Any idea when they could be adding that? I hope it's soon and global not just a setting. Should make the game feel a lot bigger since days will be passing as you travel between large portions of the map.

I don't know when... Anyway that's what I want too, a global time... About darkness, I begin to wish a more cinematographic look than a realistic one. Anyway it will be impossible to make things so real when there is gamma option anyway.

 

I have been in a dark forest, no light source, far away from any city, and you actually can't see fine, it is so dark. Running, no way. Anyway it was a cloudy day.

[UltimateGentleman 355]

I have been in a dark forest, no light source, far away from any city, and you actually can't see fine, it is so dark. Running, no way. Anyway it was a cloudy day.

 

Well you can still make out like 10m in front of you barely and the shapes of trees and stuff in DayZ you only see things if the sky is behind them, like the silhouette's of houses when in real life the light from the stars or moon should be enough to make it out.

It'd still be difficult without a torch of course but survivable so I think they should change it, so people don't have to cheat with gamma and ruin it for people using torches.

Perhaps remove gamma settings or make it so they have to go to the main menu to change them.

 

[lucianpin 80]

Well you can still make out like 10m in front of you barely and the shapes of trees and stuff in DayZ you only see things if the sky is behind them, like the silhouette's of houses when in real life the light from the stars or moon should be enough to make it out.

It'd still be difficult without a torch of course but survivable so I think they should change it, so people don't have to cheat with gamma and ruin it for people using torches.

Perhaps remove gamma settings or make it so they have to go to the main menu to change them.

 

No, you don't see 10 m in front of you. It is so strange, hard to describe the feeling. I must mention again, cloudy, no moon, far from any village. It is very very dark.

[smoooveer 11]

greaaattt reallly great .... just got killed by two hackers bugged into prison at NEAF .... ......this game .... or else server lagged that hard so it seemed like i was killed through wall ... but that would be even worse

Edited June 23, 2014 by SMoOoVEeR

[aMeiSe 12]

this is not supposed to whine/flame but with the current speed of developement of the alpha, when can we expect to see everything done and the start of the beta?

[smoooveer 11]

this is a discussion thread about the actual 0.45 stable patch i just shared that i was killed by hack/megaserverlag .... an that sucks .. specially as they promised to get this fixed before hitting stable branch.....  serverside positioning doesnt work properly to interact with other players ... you often have an other position on the server as you really have .... seen by getting hit by zombies standing anywhere else or dropped gear at an old position ....   in addition about every 5 seconds somebody is loosing connection at the moment

as you should have read before writing anything here alpha will not be finished until 2015

Edited June 23, 2014 by SMoOoVEeR

[Blern 74]

Did they add a new enterable house? I found a 5 room rambler type house that I hadn't seen before, and it was completely empty of loot, furniture, everything. Maybe it was always there but I had never been in it before. South of Novy next to the barn and well. 072 083

[aMeiSe 12]

Did they add a new enterable house? I found a 5 room rambler type house that I hadn't seen before, and it was completely empty of loot, furniture, everything. Maybe it was always there but I had never been in it before. South of Novy next to the barn and well. 072 083

 

i have found a new house with doors inside that wasnt shut completely, tons of food inside.

[UltimateGentleman 355]

as you should have read before writing anything here alpha will not be finished until 2015

 

I thought it was supposed to hit beta this year? Because yeah at this rate that seems unlikely.

[blaeZ 95]

No, you don't see 10 m in front of you. It is so strange, hard to describe the feeling. I must mention again, cloudy, no moon, far from any village. It is very very dark.

It really does suck. Especially if you're a new spawn with only a flash light and you run into a zombie in the pitch black night.

[lucianpin 80]

It really does suck. Especially if you're a new spawn with only a flash light and you run into a zombie in the pitch black night.

Well.. yes. Normally, we would be carefull to all kind of sounds coming from the distance. Yet the game offer just simple sounds or nothing at all in some cases.

[Aj90lfc 58]

You hoarders make me laugh. I enjoy the game as it comes and don't exploit every glitch to gain some advantage. I carry only what I need. There's nothing funnier to me than killing some player who's carrying nothing but weapons and packed ammo boxes. There is so much to do in this game, yet you guys just obsess about gearing up like Rambo and hoarding the prettiest guns. Hmmm... what does your little psychology textbook tell you about those kinds of people? Okay, maybe you don't hop servers, but its just as sad if you are on all day long and harvest the same loot areas after every server reset. Pathetic. But whatever, there is a place for people like you in this game too. I certainly hope you run into that group of 100 hostiles someday so you can use all the ammo you've collected. 

 

Oh ok. I'm a glitcher now, coming out with all the excuses aren't you to make your point in some way or another valid when it's failing, but anyway i don't glitch. Nor server hop, nor horde. I stocked up on all that shit for when the AKM patch was implemented given how hard it is to get an M4, As i once again said previously but your little ignorant brain didn't take notice once i have gear, i go PvP'ing. How many times do you have to read the same shit until you acknowledge something?

[zeroy 240]

Not true... I found my AKM at the barracks at balota airfield. I seriously doubt they spawn more in one location than another, its all just chance. I've also come across 2 crash sites, one of which had only magazines and helmets, the second one had two m4's. So again, its all just chance.

 

 

 

Its that simple: AKM spawn where M4 used to spawn. That means Airfield barracks, ATC, Hangars, Police Station, etc...

[blaeZ 95]

You hoarders make me laugh. I enjoy the game as it comes and don't exploit every glitch to gain some advantage. I carry only what I need. There's nothing funnier to me than killing some player who's carrying nothing but weapons and packed ammo boxes. There is so much to do in this game, yet you guys just obsess about gearing up like Rambo and hoarding the prettiest guns. Hmmm... what does your little psychology textbook tell you about those kinds of people? Okay, maybe you don't hop servers, but its just as sad if you are on all day long and harvest the same loot areas after every server reset. Pathetic. But whatever, there is a place for people like you in this game too. I certainly hope you run into that group of 100 hostiles someday so you can use all the ammo you've collected. 

Get off your high horse dude. People will play the game how they feel like playing.

 

Not to mention, its a survival game. I'd expect people to take whatever they can carry, not just what they need at the moment.

Edited June 23, 2014 by blaeZ

[Xbow 362]

Oh ok. I'm a glitcher now, coming out with all the excuses aren't you to make your point in some way or another valid when it's failing, but anyway i don't glitch. Nor server hop, nor horde. I stocked up on all that shit for when the AKM patch was implemented given how hard it is to get an M4, As i once again said previously but your little ignorant brain didn't take notice once i have gear, i go PvP'ing. How many times do you have to read the same shit until you acknowledge something?

What is it about critters like Blern?  My guess is that he can't shoot, can't move intelligently, can't remain concealed,Hell, managing his own inventory is probably a real bitch for him. I wouldn't pay that guy too much attention. 

 

The source of his spray may actually be that he is a server hopping scavenger of the lowest order, a regular noob killing terror bunny.   

 

Hey thanks for the tip Aj90lfc, I found my AKM in a southern location   :)  And traded the M4A1, ACOG combination and all associated gear and ammo for 3ea morphine, six cans of peaches, a bag of rice, a pristine compass and a bit more 7.62 x 39.

 

 

 

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Edited June 23, 2014 by Xbow

[blaeZ 95]

Hey thanks for the tip Aj90lfc, I found my AKM in a southern location   :)  And traded the M4A1, ACOG combination and all associated gear and ammo for 3ea morphine, six cans of peaches, a bag of rice, a pristine compass and a bit more 7.62 x 39.. 

You made someone's day with that trade.

 

I thought it was supposed to hit beta this year? Because yeah at this rate that seems unlikely.

Probably a good argument that games should never be available for retail purchase when they are unfinished. This may not be fair to say in this instance, but it sure seems like it. Where's the motivation to finish and put extra hours in if you've already cashed your millions?

Edited June 23, 2014 by blaeZ

[Xbow 362]

You made someone's day with that trade.

 

Yes, I think I did. :) But the guy I hooked up with that trade once gave me a 9mm pistol and a vest loaded with a few magazines some loose rounds and some chow when I had nothing but a splitting ax and a amphibian pistol without a magazine, and he covered me while I looted buildings and bases to get properly equipped. Somehow, his hardcore character got wiped so since I wanted to make the shift from the M4A1 to the AKM and already had the ammo and peripherals I figured he should have that gear. Eventually you wont be able to feed an M4A1 so he has +300 rounds of ammo to get him through until he is forced to make the change to the AKM. Since the AKM showed up I have found a TOTAL of 20 lousy rounds of 5.56mm ammo in two 10 round magazines. One mag at each of the two crashed choppers I have run across. 

 

I think the M4 + ACOG combination is vastly superior to the AKM + PSO scope combination but ammo availability was for me the deciding factor. 

 

Have a good one blaeZ

[lucianpin 80]

So, I have 20 hours played since 0.45 on stable, patroling between Zeleno and Balota.

 

Never seen an animal, never found an AKM.

 

Devs made AKM very rare... for what? You can find very easly canned beans and no need for hunting and you devs care about AKM and M4???

 

Making them so rare is improving this game? You should prevent server hopping then adjust the probability of AKM. Anyway, in a place like this: Balota air field and tents, not finding an AKM after playing 20 hours on 3-4 servers is unacceptable. No need to move from the east, I will just stay there and do nothing. Everyone thought this patch would bring so many new things, but it is so boring...

 

Maybe it's server config problem, check thesee : NL, PL hosted by GameSerevrs.... I have wasted my time....