ShallowTech 196 Posted January 11, 2019 Couple more questions :-) Is loot spawning in the server with out the server being rebooted? How does this process work, for instance does it spawn when coming into a new area and will new items spawn while you are in the same location? Have day/night cycles been added? What are the restart schedules for Xbox? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DayzDayzFanboy 1280 Posted January 11, 2019 I'm not sure about when loot spawns in regards players presence but if a building has been looted it will respawn within a couple of minutes. Again, I couldn't say precisely how long, but I've looted buildings and then gone back within five minutes and loot has respawned The day night cycle was added but then got messed up so at dusk, it will suddenly get dark for approx five minutes and then gets light again. This has caused many people great upset, but personally I don't see the pleasure in watching a completely black screen for an hour or two so the longer they take to fix that particular problem, the better! Not sure what the restart schedule is on xbox, but I'm sure I've played at least five hours straight without a restart. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Molecular Drift 1.0 135 Posted January 11, 2019 Loot will respawn randomly over time as long as players are not in too close proximity. Some things respawn quicker than others, such as loot that spawns in structures will take longer than say fruits and vegetables. The day/night cycles are in, but the nights are really dark and do not last very long. This is hopefully a WIP as nights are currently very unplayable (in my opinion...). Server restarts have been changed so many times that I'm unsure of their current schedule. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bandito6000 175 Posted January 11, 2019 23 minutes ago, Molecular Drift 1.0 said: the nights are really dark and do not last very long. This is hopefully a WIP as nights are currently very unplayable (in my opinion...) Personally I enjoy how dark it is. Light sources are fairly useful atm. Now we just need longer nights. I'm thinking at least 30 minutes 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nayte 503 Posted January 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, bandito6000 said: Personally I enjoy how dark it is. Light sources are fairly useful atm. Now we just need longer nights. I'm thinking at least 30 minutes I agree I think 30 minutes to an hour would be a nice balance for night time. The 4 or 5 hours it used to be was way too much. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Molecular Drift 1.0 135 Posted January 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Nayte said: I agree I think 30 minutes to an hour would be a nice balance for night time. The 4 or 5 hours it used to be was way too much. I didn't mind the long nights when nights were first introduced to the Xbox version as visibility was fair, at least if it wasn't foggy or raining... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bandito6000 175 Posted January 11, 2019 1 minute ago, Nayte said: I agree I think 30 minutes to an hour would be a nice balance for night time. The 4 or 5 hours it used to be was way too much. Agreed To long and players leave the server To short and and there's no immersion or strategic value 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skofield_Kid 41 Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Same here, 1-2 hours at the current darkness level would be ideal for me (or perhaps include a moon cycle that would give some nights more light than others). Keeps light sources relevant, changes up the play style for a period of time and possibly gives players a chance to travel to and loot high value areas while server hoppers move toward servers with daylight, and provides some immersion for those that like using the night as a chance to chill, put down a campfire and tent, and carb-up on those (hopefully not human) steaks. Edited January 11, 2019 by Skofield_Kid 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DayzDayzFanboy 1280 Posted January 11, 2019 I do like night time in the game but I did find it unplayable when it was pitch black for hours. I found it odd sometimes that torches seemed to be brighter at dusk than at night. When we first got the night cycle, it was dark but you could still make out vague details, at least enough to see the road. But when we had that endless night with the rain a while back, my screen was just black. Now that we have only had the sunshine for a while, I'm missing the night again! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ShallowTech 196 Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) 45 minutes ago, Skofield_Kid said: Same here, 1-2 hours at the current darkness level would be ideal for me (or perhaps include a moon cycle that would give some nights more light than others). Keeps light sources relevant, changes up the play style for a period of time and possibly gives players a chance to travel to and loot high value areas while server hoppers move toward servers with daylight, and provides some immersion for those that like using the night as a chance to chill, put down a campfire and tent, and carb-up on those (hopefully not human) steaks. Agree, i have always liked having a night cycle and was disappointed when they were not in the Xbox version. It cause people to hunker down or use lights to find their way around. Adds a lot of realism to the game. Plus we would always go back to our base at night, cook our meat and hang out going through our inventory. Plus it is or was always cool to see a fire or house with a fire place all lit up at night. When dawn would come around, time to start moving again :-) Oh and a moon cycle would be cool. Maybe make part of the evening very dark and other times a little light from the moon. Edited January 11, 2019 by ShallowTech Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bandito6000 175 Posted January 12, 2019 It's nice to see a thread where everyone is in agreement for once lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nikoor 180 Posted January 12, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, bandito6000 said: To long and players leave the server funny, just the other day I was on a high pop and counted 22 players left during the 5min night time. Edited January 12, 2019 by nikoor 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bandito6000 175 Posted January 12, 2019 33 minutes ago, nikoor said: funny, just the other day I was on a high pop and counted 22 players left during the 5min night time. They couldn't wait 5 minutes lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nikoor 180 Posted January 12, 2019 1 hour ago, bandito6000 said: They couldn't wait 5 minutes lol guess they don't know about the duration if they leave everytime hah Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
