Pending Update 1.7.1 Details

[Patrickollo 3]

The truth is people have been babied by more mainstream games where night time is practically just day time with a purplish filter added over it and a skybox change. The only reason people DON'T want to use light sources is because they're afraid of being shot. Well big whoop' date=' getting shot is part of the game.

As one person said earlier, you don't have to stand smack dab in the middle of a flare after you throw it. Chemlights are also a better alternative if you don't want to draw too much attention to yourself as their light doesn't render after a certain distance to other players (but you can still see a faint glow of the stick). As for flashlights, you don't have to keep it on 24/7; you can turn it on for a few seconds to get your bearings and then quickly turn it off.

TL;DR - People are just mad they can't have pseudo nightvision anymore and cruise through the game.

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DL;DR

Basement dweller who has never been around in the night without artificial lightning.

Try again champ.

My friend periodically goes out into the field for training and one night they had left some rations out that attracted a wild boar. They had to put NVG on to see the boar because it was too dark out. I guess Arma 2 nights really are unrealistic, huh.

I also guess that traveling 120 - 150 miles every other weekend at night and only being able to see silhouettes of trees and houses against the sky is unrealistic. Please God, grant me a gamma and brightness bar.

[epeenoire 82]

The truth is people have been babied by more mainstream games where night time is practically just day time with a purplish filter added over it and a skybox change. The only reason people DON'T want to use light sources is because they're afraid of being shot. Well big whoop' date=' getting shot is part of the game.

As one person said earlier, you don't have to stand smack dab in the middle of a flare after you throw it. Chemlights are also a better alternative if you don't want to draw too much attention to yourself as their light doesn't render after a certain distance to other players (but you can still see a faint glow of the stick). As for flashlights, you don't have to keep it on 24/7; you can turn it on for a few seconds to get your bearings and then quickly turn it off.

TL;DR - People are just mad they can't have pseudo nightvision anymore and cruise through the game.

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DL;DR

Basement dweller who has never been around in the night without artificial lightning.

Couldn't agree more with OP (in this conversation) btw.

[evilthecat13 4]

The truth is people have been babied by more mainstream games where night time is practically just day time with a purplish filter added over it and a skybox change. The only reason people DON'T want to use light sources is because they're afraid of being shot. Well big whoop' date=' getting shot is part of the game.

As one person said earlier, you don't have to stand smack dab in the middle of a flare after you throw it. Chemlights are also a better alternative if you don't want to draw too much attention to yourself as their light doesn't render after a certain distance to other players (but you can still see a faint glow of the stick). As for flashlights, you don't have to keep it on 24/7; you can turn it on for a few seconds to get your bearings and then quickly turn it off.

TL;DR - People are just mad they can't have pseudo nightvision anymore and cruise through the game.

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Amen, brother. Jacking up the gamma and brightness is just cheating, IMO. I like it when it gets dark. I'm actually about to stop playing on a certain server because they have it on daytime 24/7, which completely takes away the scary "I'm-playing-at-night-in-my-game-and-IRL" dynamic that made me fall in love with this mod.

Don't nerf anything for the whiners, for they are the weak, and shall be culled. Darwinism at its finest. :D

[rocket 16567]

Just FYI back to work fulltime on the update after dealing with all the leftover hacker stuff.

[Timberwolf (DayZ) 118]

Just FYI back to work fulltime on the update after dealing with all the leftover hacker stuff.

Sweet! Hit it hard.

[thoxon 26]

Just FYI back to work fulltime on the update after dealing with all the leftover hacker stuff.

looking forward to an updated changelog.

[sivart 85]

hey what happened to the us mirror? i dont want to use that six updater thing, i prefer to do it myself. bring back the us mirror!

[Patrickollo 3]

hey what happened to the us mirror? i dont want to use that six updater thing' date=' i prefer to do it myself. bring back the us mirror!

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The US Mirror had a virus uploaded to it so I assume they've taken it down until they feel it's safe to bring it back up.

Edit: You can still download from the SWE and DE mirrors, just might be a little slower.

[gibson (DayZ) 6]

Just FYI back to work fulltime on the update after dealing with all the leftover hacker stuff.

Sweet balls. I never thought I'd be so hyped about a game in which zombies all have the lateral movement of Reggie Bush, and have the ability to punch through walls. I can't wait to see how this update fixes these issues. Thank you. :heart:rocket:heart:

[sivart 85]

yeah, like stupid slow. but the other mirrors are subject to the same thing, right? i dont think thats the reason...

but ive been wrong before, and will be again.

[blaf 63]

RELEASE IT ASAP

Just FYI back to work fulltime on the update after dealing with all the leftover hacker stuff.

Hurray!

[trnapster 1]

Just FYI back to work fulltime on the update after dealing with all the leftover hacker stuff.

Nice to hear. Any ETA?

[coopmine 0]

i guess....

today!

[rares 2]

i guess....

today!

Today :O!!!!!! :D

[Fionny 7]

I wish today, but my guess would be Tuesday or Wednesday

[Dyre 0]

So' date=' since the ground is BLACKBLACKBLACK

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That's just it, the ground is no longer solid black in the latest beta patch released a few hours ago. It's now a few shades of dark gray again. :P

It probably is a little too dark for realism even with the current moon phase, considering some time given for a person's eyes to adjust, but not by all that much.

I totally tried out the new beta patch and I was pretty much happy. I mean, the lighting is still really wrong all around (brightness of moon/stars, white clouds reflecting ???, and the ground still fairly dark).

With the new beta, I seem to have gotten the bare minimum of brightness I was hoping for.

Tip for everyone who runs with flares at night.SPRINT with flares. It doesn't blind you nearly as much.

[alienfreak 6]

So' date=' since the ground is BLACKBLACKBLACK

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That's just it, the ground is no longer solid black in the latest beta patch released a few hours ago. It's now a few shades of dark gray again. :P

It probably is a little too dark for realism even with the current moon phase, considering some time given for a person's eyes to adjust, but not by all that much.

I totally tried out the new beta patch and I was pretty much happy. I mean, the lighting is still really wrong all around (brightness of moon/stars, white clouds reflecting ???, and the ground still fairly dark).

With the new beta, I seem to have gotten the bare minimum of brightness I was hoping for.

Tip for everyone who runs with flares at night.SPRINT with flares. It doesn't blind you nearly as much.

What bugs me with the latest beta is that trees have dark spots on their sun lit site.

From further away those look as if it was night.

The new lightning is really horrible.

[Dyre 0]

@Alienfreak

There was something really odd with the lighting in the forest, game time ~5am. Maybe that was it, but it seemed more like a colour intensity issue.

Also--trees do have dark spots on the sunlit side from overhanging branches/different branch lengths IRL, is that what you're talking about? :o

[Turk (DayZ) 82]

Fix (add) the ability to hold a torch at the same time as a gun (and not have to drop said gun or keep in backpack on top of loss of ammo slots.) and a 3 or 4 (near) pitch black night cycle as IRL and all is well.

Not forgetting realistic gradual light increase/decrease over the full moon period, then there'd be no complaints. (Was there realy need to type the obvious?).

[x0pticLukeZz 0]

I wish the lag issue was released as a hotfix :( I just want to play, having serious withdrawal symptoms

[Kobra (DayZ) 0]

Everyone complains about night being too dark but unfortunately anyone who has played a game before will just put their brightness and gamma up, I think you need to disable this, somehow, so that gamma doesnt effect the brightness of the night time that way lets say if some dude was throwing flares to see and anothre could see without them there wouldnt be a unbalanced gameplay

[Dyre 0]

Everyone complains about night being too dark but unfortunately anyone who has played a game before will just put their brightness and gamma up' date=' I think you need to disable this, somehow, so that gamma doesnt effect the brightness of the night time...

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If you use the beta (which you will have to, soon, if you don't already), adjusting your brightness/gamma doesn't really do anything. It makes everything terribly grainy, any light there is over-bright/washed out. It doesn't make the ground/trees/zombies/people any more visible.

However, even with the game settings made pretty useless, there is always going to be the option of adjusting monitor settings.

[lexxer 25]

Rocket - please make "off the map" a death zone.

Thanks!

[WildGunsTomcat 78]

Rocket - please make "off the map" a death zone.

Thanks!

No.

[exigo 2]

Rocket - please make "off the map" a death zone.

Thanks!

No.

Sorry to dissapoint, but your off the world base will soon have to be relocated into the map like the rest off us. When it will happen no one knows but it will happen and thank god for that. This isn't Day Z The Hoarding Game its a survival game. Get that tail out from between your legs and stop hiding. Just because you can right now doesn't meant its right.