Official HC (Hardcore) Server

[coryh4225 2]

What is the difference between regular and official hardcore servers? 

[drgullen 596]

The way you have worded that equates to essentially the same thing.

There are official servers and then there are community servers.  For each of those, there are some that are hardcore servers, meaning you can only play on them using 1PP (First-person perspective).  I suppose you could call either an official or community server "regular" if it has no modding (most call this a vanilla server) and can be played in either perspective, first or third.

There are also modded community servers where certain aspects of the game have been changed using mods (like a map alteration such as Winter Chernarus, guns that don't appear in the base game that have been added, changes to things like stamina, health, food/thirst consumption, etc.)

Does that answer it for you @coryh4225?

[William Sternritter 449]

16 hours ago, coryh4225 said:

What is the difference between regular and official hardcore servers? 

They are first person, no crosshair. I'm not aware of loot spawn modifications. 

[drgullen 596]

5 hours ago, William Sternritter said:

They are first person, no crosshair. I'm not aware of loot spawn modifications. 

You can easily modify how loot spawns using the server configuration XML files.  I had a server running last year where I had no loot spawning on any of the infected, for example.

[William Sternritter 449]

2 hours ago, drgullen said:

You can easily modify how loot spawns using the server configuration XML files.  I had a server running last year where I had no loot spawning on any of the infected, for example.

Of course, but official servers are just that. No mods, no loot spawn alterations beyond changes in releases.

[Tarkules 153]

5 hours ago, drgullen said:

I had a server running last year where I had no loot spawning on any of the infected, for example.

Can you please refer me to a guide that explains how to achieve that?

I was able to eliminate canned food on my PVE hardcore test server but the zombies carry constant food deliveries.

[drgullen 596]

44 minutes ago, Tarkules said:

Can you please refer me to a guide that explains how to achieve that?

I was able to eliminate canned food on my PVE hardcore test server but the zombies carry constant food deliveries.

There's no real guide from the devs for any of this AFAIK if that's what you're asking...I just taught myself as I went along.

I don't have the server files installed anymore, so I can't recall off the top of my head which file exactly, but one of the cfg***.xml files lists the things that can be spawned on the infected -- I simply deleted those lines so that their inventories were always empty.

[aux7 234]

7 hours ago, Tarkules said:

Can you please refer me to a guide that explains how to achieve that? I was able to eliminate canned food on my PVE hardcore test server but the zombies carry constant food deliveries.

 

6 hours ago, drgullen said:

I don't have the server files installed anymore, so I can't recall off the top of my head which file exactly, but one of the cfg***.xml files lists the things that can be spawned on the infected -- I simply deleted those lines so that their inventories were always empty.

cfgrandompresets gives the chance of stuff spawning in infected cargo. So delete the food . .. . Hermit/army/city/village