Fix the Forced Night Issue on PC Please!!!

[Weyland Yutani (DayZ) 1159]

Night time sucks, I don't want night time on my servers until it looks halfway decent so please fix the dang forced night time on the servers. Tried most of the fixes, nothing works.

I don't want the time to stay persisstent, I want the server to restart to the times I have saved.

We're removing the types.bin every 8-12 hours and it's a lot of work with taking backups every 4 hours. No server owners should be expected to perform this type of workload. We're paying money every god dam month and we have to work every dam day to have a normal running server. Put us on the payroll because we're keeping YOUR work alive!!!

I shouldn't have to post this type of content, it should be done for crying out loud.

[drgullen 597]

2 hours ago, Weyland Yutani (DayZ) said:

I don't want the time to stay persisstent, I want the server to restart to the times I have saved.

I'm playing around with server files on my laptop -- gonna wait till early next year before renting a server -- but a workaround for this is to use multiple init files setup with different times and then add a copy statement to make the desired time the active init.c file.

Here's the code I use in my batch file:

set hour=%time:~0,2%

if %hour% lss 10 set hour=%hour: =0%

cd\
cd "C:\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZServer"
copy serverDZ.%hour% serverDZ.cfg /y
cd mpmissions
cd dayzOffline.chernarusplus
copy init.%hour% init.c /y

 

So, for example, I have an init.08 file that has this line in it:

GetGame().GetWorld().SetDate(2018, 6, 22, 8, 0);

So, with the above script, when I copy init.08 and make it the active init.c and then start the server, it's 8:00am.

I know you want the devs to do this, but until they do, this (or something similar) can keep your server always daytime.

[pilgrim* 3514]

4 hours ago, Weyland Yutani (DayZ) said:

 

I don't want the time to stay persisstent, I want the server to restart to the times I have saved.

 

yes,  drgullthen seems to have it

try along these lines  ..  maybe gives you a starting point ?

https://clients.fragnet.net/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&id=128

incorporate dr's technique into a 6, or 8, or 10 hour auto restart  (for instance) .. ?   A table of "ingame virtual start times" can set a different chosen time,  as it steps through each of the series of auto restarts ..  you don't have to be around to oversee it.

Edited December 6, 2018 by pilgrim*