CruFro 3 Posted April 7, 2022 In 2017, I attended Pax East and spoke with Martin Culak briefly about the future of DayZ. He and I discussed how the release of the server files and modding would bring great energy to the DayZ community. It did exactly that. The work of Bohemia, modders, and server owners has led to so much in only a few years. Bohemia's permissive approach has benefitted the community and DayZ's extended potential as an MMO sandbox. In September 2018, Eugen announced the release of the server files. Ever since the decision, we've seen a steady increase in the daily number of concurrent players on Steam. Even my own DayZ community has seen increased player throughput in the thousands. https://steamcharts.com/app/221100#All I write this post to ask if we'll ever see the Chernaurus terrain builder project files released. The content could be released under a suitable APL license. As a modder, this would enable me to design a version of Chernaurus with underground bunkers, caves, and other exciting in-demand features that cannot be accomplished using mods. I have many ideas on how players would use this. From creating canals to underground train tunnels, and entirely new islands. This would greatly excite the players both in my community, and the DayZ community as a whole. But if not, I'd like to understand what the rationale is for not releasing the files. Is there a worry that any Chernaurus map mods might be misrepresented as original works by Bohemia and mislead players? Or would the concern be more to do with the risk of bad actors repurposing it for commercial projects? If any members of the Bohemia team are able to respond, I'd love to hear their thoughts. I also encourage the community to weigh in. Have a nice day! 😄 - crufro Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
