Is today patch day?

[theirongiant 200]

Is there notice given beforehand, I always seem to find out after the fact when a new patch goes live, is this intentional or am I missing the correct place to check for details.

[Mookie (original) 799]

On one hand, we'd normally be told in advance about a new patch, and that hasn't happened to the best of my knowledge (and there have been some problems with 0.53 on Experimental).

 

On the other, the servers have been down for a while now and people are getting a little antsy.

 

I wonder if a dev or mod could update the community on what's up?

[5mirkeh 98]

Normally I know of a new patch when when I see DayZ updates and then i read the patch notes

or when WOBO uploads a "X - facts about version XX" Which is a lot more reliable :-I

[RagedDrew 209]

It doesn't seem to be "patch day" Wednesday is always "maintenance day" hence why the servers are down but that should be finished now and a quick check shows that some servers have come back online and still have the 0.52 build so I'd say there's no new patch today.

[Mookie (original) 799]

I noticed a dev update from Brian that refers to "move forward with January's stable branch update (0.53)" though. As this is the last update in January, I wonder...

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

While the devs have been unusually communicative about various projects and features of the game on this forum this last month, and kudos to them for doing that, they have also been unusually silent about work involving updating builds and server maintenance.

[Mr Jizz 313]

Been watching this myself, pretty sure they tweeted "3 hour maintenance at 08:00 (GMT+1)" which would have been 02:00 here in the eastern US.  So 6 hours for "maintenance" seems a bit excessive. Everything and everybody has been getting hacked these days, so who knows.

[theirongiant 200]

Just a thought, there's been a lot of talk about anti-hacking measures and more detailed logs, maybe it's a server-side update only.

[irl-calibre 744]

yeah watching BE site and the client is still sitting at v1.223 hopeful that something new is coming to the table though.

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

I finally caved in and checked reddit, and they are quoting tweets from the devs left and right about what is going on, so it seems it is the devtracker on the forum that is broken.

Apparently stable is getting an update and so maintenance will take longer than the usual 3 hours. They also sent an email to server owners yesterday stating that servers will be updated today.

Edited January 28, 2015 by BadAsh

[Mookie (original) 799]

Aaaand we're back up. Definitely not an update to stable though - still says 0.52 for me.

[LoveAffair 329]

Sigh......But i wanted to hunt new deer this weekend :(

[SMoss 2101]

Aaaand we're back up. Definitely not an update to stable though - still says 0.52 for me.

 

Yeah, there are a couple of issues that still needs ironing out:

 

"Its been a busy week over here in the DayZ development offices. With work pushing forward on 0.53 the team is focused on the last few remaining major issues before the push. As we go into test/fix/regression with 0.53, there are several things every Early Access user should be aware of:

• We will be analyzing builds daily for a 0.53 stable branch candidate
  • Once we have a build, Stable branch servers will be brought offline for the update
• The 0.53 update will include a public hive reset.
  • This will not affect private shards"

Source: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/219690-status-report-week-of-19-jan-15/

[Etherious 907]

Yeah, there are a couple of issues that still needs ironing out:

 

"Its been a busy week over here in the DayZ development offices. With work pushing forward on 0.53 the team is focused on the last few remaining major issues before the push. As we go into test/fix/regression with 0.53, there are several things every Early Access user should be aware of:

• We will be analyzing builds daily for a 0.53 stable branch candidate
  • Once we have a build, Stable branch servers will be brought offline for the update
• The 0.53 update will include a public hive reset.
  • This will not affect private shards"

Source: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/219690-status-report-week-of-19-jan-15/

So, I assume maybe another couple weeks? That is fine, maybe on my birthday? ;D

[SMoss 2101]

So, I assume maybe another couple weeks? That is fine, maybe on my birthday? ;D

 

mweeell, I wouldn't really assume anything related to time frames at this stage tbh. As stated in the status report, the guys will be analyzing the builds on a daily basis, so it might just as well turn out to be an early birthday surprise for you :)

[Etherious 907]

mweeell, I wouldn't really assume anything related to time frames at this stage tbh. As stated in the status report, the guys will be analyzing the builds on a daily basis, so it might just as well turn out to be an early birthday surprise for you :)

Yea!!! :D <3

[Deathlove 2286]

Yea!!! :D <3

All it needs is a clown nose, giant floppy Goofy ears and buck teeth and it would be the most disturbing fucking anime picture ever....... XD

[Etherious 907]

All it needs is a clown nose, giant floppy Goofy ears and buck teeth and it would be the most disturbing fucking anime picture ever....... XD

I'd rather not think of horrifying this great anime gif. I despise clowns...I am scared of them. x3

[Bendaid23 0]

Hey guys I am fairly new to the DayZ standalone. Would anyone be able to shed some light on this for me. I am curious to know after the server maintenance today if I will lose my current Character? Any info on this would be much appreciated.

[Downydan (DayZ) 41]

No you are not loosing your character today. You will though loose your character when .53 launches since it will be wiping the public hive.

[Bendaid23 0]

Thank you good sir!!

[mugur 123]

Thank you good sir!!

Most probably you are going to loose your character several times WAY before the super-wipe comes in effect.

By dying that is...

Edited January 28, 2015 by mugur