Nasdero

Since we are making great strides on the backend development thanks to our newest team member Fank. I feel that we should be ready for a public release of our server files on approximately December 1st. I know there was a thread for those "Trusted Communities" but the demand has been so great that we feel the need to make it public for everyone. Leading up to Dec. 1st, our code developers will all be hard at work adding features and fixing as many bugs as we can. Also, our content developers will be adding more content as it becomes ready.
 
The version number will likely be 0.2.5 or 0.3 by this time and not the 0.5 as I stated before. Please keep in mind that we are still very much in Alpha and will be for some time. Running a server is not going to be easy or without problems, errors, and plenty of headaches. 
 
After the files are released GSP's may start selling servers and private server hosts can host on there own hardware. I will be getting in touch with each of our current GSP supporters before release to make sure they have had a chance to test and report any bugs so they can be prepared to host when we do release the files.
 
Everyone that runs a server must acknowledge that you are not to break BI terms of use http://www.bistudio.com/community/game-content-usage-rulesand that you accept our license:  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Failing to comply with the above terms will result in a Cease and Desist notice and or legal action if necessary.

I meet nearly every time player in Kavala when I was there last week, it was on the MGT server.
 
I don't like the idea with the trader every where:

Ja das Aufladen an Windrädern/ Slartowern funktioniert super :) 

Hi folks,
 
I drove my car a bit beside a dirt road, now it is stucking, maybe it is shifting sand ;). We can not get it out, ok we can try it with an other vehicle, but it would be nice, when player can push the cars like a boat.
 
Greatings,
Nasdero

This is a short german overview of the key settings. If you don't understand german, you can find the original post in english here:  
 
 
Hier eine kurze Übersicht aller Tastenbelegungen/ Tastenkombinationen:

Letzte Änderungen:  v.0.2.0.1 / 31.10.14
 
GENERELLE STEUERUNG:
 
I (seit 0.2)
Objekte (Mülleimer, Kisten, Müllhaufen etc.) platt treten und Tiere looten 
 
I (<- das ist ein i)
looten der AI /Antagonisten, Interaktion mit Händlern, Spielern und Fahrzeugen sowie Zugriff auf das Inventar (ArmA 3 Standardtastaturbelegung)
 
H
Holstern/ wieder in die Hand nehmen der Waffe 
 
Doppelklick (Linke Maustaste)
Auswählen eines Items im Inventar (z.B. für Trinken oder Essen)
 
^ (links neben der 1)
Debug Menü öffnen (um Spielerstatus anzeigen zu lassen)
 
STRG+ # (ArmA 3 Standardtastaturbelegung)
Mittelfinger
 
 
 
 
BAUEN:
 
Achtung: Die Energie muss für das Bauen ausreichen. Diese kann aufgeladen werden, indem man
in einem Fahrzeug mit laufendem Motor sitzt, 75m an einem Solartower oder einem Windrad ist, oder Small Battery Packs konsumiert!
 
 
STRG + I (<- ja, das ist ein i ) Objekte upgraden (zum Beispiel Metall an Holzwand schrauben)   1 unfreier Modus an/aus (Baumodus, bei dem die Wände etc. sich orthogonal an die jeweils anderen anpassen)   2 Freier Modus an/aus (Baumodus, ohne die automatischen Anpassungen aus Modus 1)   Leertaste Item aufheben (wenn Item platziert mit Leertaste anwählen um es dann erneut platzieren zu können)   3 Richtung bei unfreiem Modus ändern (z.B. die Richtung einer Treppe auf Holzboden ändern, Stufen 1,2,3 und Normal)   4 Item platzieren (gerade nicht sicher, ob es das überhaupt noch gibt)   ESC Bauen abbrechen (erklärt sich von selbst)   Q / E Rotation 0 - 360 (drehen des Objektes)   Einfg + Entf Links/Rechts bewegen des Items (gradliniges Bewegen des Items nach links/rechts)   Pos1 + Ende Vor/Zurück bewegen des Items (gradliniges Bewegen des Items nach vorn/hinten)   Bild auf+ Bild ab Hoch/Runter bewegen des Items (Empfehlung: Jedes Item nach Anwählen mit Bild auf über den Kopf und mit Pos1 nach vorn verschieben, um nicht verletzt zu werden)           Bei Fragen/Anregungen/Kritik einfach melden :) (über ein Dankeschön/ Like würde ich mich natürlich sehr freuen:) )

[Changed] "T" key action moved to Inventory Button. Use your inventory key (Default "I") once to smash trash piles and again to open gear. [New] Two halloween masks Pumpkin head and Warewolf. [New] Fireplace model. [New] Custom Anti Hack Framework by Skaronator. [New] Replacement First Aid Kit double click on the item and use. Heals other players or your self. [New] Wooden Ramp/Roof base object can be crafted with 6 lumber packs. [New] Three new food items: Snooters and Meeps Candy and Walk N' Sons Soda. [New] Electric Motorcycle has been added. [New] Car Jack added and has a chance to be found in freshly spawned vehicles. [New] New lootable furniture "Shoebox" added. [New] Military variant of the bed now spawns in specific military buildings. [New] Unisex vest called "side pack". All fresh spawns start with this item. [New] Group request menu, Group requests can now be accessed via the "Requests" button in the inventory. [New] Player trading now started with the inventory key (Default "I") and accepted with the "T" key. [New] Use paint cans to paint corrugated walls and use paint thinner to remove paint. [New] Wood stairs upgradable for additional landing area. [New] Circuit Parts found in the world to be used for crafting. [New] Lockable Cinder And Wood Doors upgrade with Circuit Parts. Ownership is controlled by frequency jammer group owner. [New] 9 more radios have been added and can be crafted using gems. [New] Many Inventory items now have proper icons instead of placeholder. [New] Give player energy if within 75m of a solar tower or wind tower. [New] Temp Lockable vehicles each time you lock a vehicle it will remain locked to you or your group for 30 minutes. [New] Base building objects get deleted after 7 days. Moving the object or Painting walls extends this for 7 more days. [New] Player Character are cleaned up after 30 days inactivity. [Fixed] Mineral veins now spawn at epicenters. [Fixed] Geometry changed on cinder wall to prevent phasing though it [Fixed] Lockbox can no longer be destroyed while open. [Fixed] Dump items on the ground if packed with items in lockbox. [Fixed] Overflow items to the ground if player does not have space when trading with another player. [Fixed] Added prices for Chainsaw so it is now possible to sell/buy to traders. [Fixed] It wasn't possible to snap the foundation to other foundations. [Fixed] Group Leader can no longer enter the commander vision. [Fixed] false PublicVariable Restriction on server start. [Fixed] Night Vision wasn't disabled when the player run out of energy. [Fixed] Added prices for Karts so it is now possible to sell/buy to traders. [Fixed] Shelf and Tipi storage devices are no longer indestructible and have limited storage space. [Fixed] Trader purchased vehicles should now look for a safer place to spawn vehicle within 120m. [Fixed] Text output from certain actions now show proper display names instead of classnames. [Fixed] Vehicles now persist exact position, angle, and direction so it should result in less damage at spawn. [Fixed] Some false BE kicks for base building. [Changed] Increased storage of all vests by 50% and reduced armor by half. [Changed] Building base objects from inventory kits now instantly forces build mode and consumes item. [Changed] P2p trading now more reliable, however now places traded items at your feet. [Changed] Reduced Dog and snake spawn chances. [Changed] Respawn button disabled. [Changed] Increased Building material spawns on trash piles. [Changed] Increased chances for Tools to spawn on Tool Rack. [Changed] Hunger and Thirst loss rates increased. [Changed] Increased purchase price of Ammo by a total of 100%. [Changed] Reduced Hunter armor levels by 50%. [Changed] Trader "Steal" option removed for now. [Changed] Traders now only wear uniforms that spawn in the world. [Removed] Hellcat Helicopter and and Nightstalker scope till balance issues are sorted. [Removed] Uniform storage space and selling of uniforms to traders removed due to dupe issues. [info] new bikey for 0.2 added remove any previous ones. [info] Improved backend DLL by Fank [Known Issues] Weapon attachments get wiped when player to player trading. (workaround for now take the items off the weapon first). [Known Issues] Moving a painted corrugated wall causes it to loose its color.

I was just wondering this week when I played, I got this dlc icon in my right corner of my screen, after a while my screen was full of helmets for a while. It was the starter pistol. For me it is not a problem, if I know witch loot is in a dlc, I will not pick them up. Cause I love to fly, I will buy the chopper dlc soon.

Well we have 26 on our hardcore server, which is more than our normal server and its still picking up!
 
I dont know how much room for how many hardcore servers there are but until the server is sat at 0/50 for over a week we'll keep ours up and at this rate, its looking pretty good!
 
I'm a huge fan of first person only in Arma, so I'll always try and run a first person server alongside a normal server. I even made a script for it to maybe make a hybrid in situations that count (server mods forum)

I have had dedicated root server since about 15 years now, most time with linux running. I never took money from  ppl that played on my server, used my forum, neither I took money from ppl which got a email address on my domain. I got some money back with advertising, I paid tax for that in germany, but never ever demand money from my ppl.
 
If admins take money or not, I would say it is up to them, but if it is against BI's rules, then they should not do it and for my understanding, it is against their rules.

I won't play on a server, where you can get something in game for money. I will not pay for a reserved slot.

It is true, that player are asking for every shit to get an advantage in game... The only thing I did, when I make a mistake and a player lost for example his chopper, then I gave him a new one. But they don't have the right to demand.

+1 for this... CCG are the worst for it. Practically have to hand your wallet over to them to get anywhere in their servers. Hence why I actively boycott them when my friends play on their servers ;-)
 
Not only is it completely against BI's license but it is also against Epoch MOD's T&C's.
 
This is not Origins and the dev's are not led by kingcunt, so if you run an Epoch MOD (DayZ(Arma 2) or ArmA 3) then get rid of your pay2win shit it's not welcome, if you can't afford to run a server without it then you need to either shutdown or get your playerbase to donate just to keep the server alive it's that simple.
 
Regards,
 
Pry

Lets put this straight, I only sent Axle 2 x 50 oz gold briefcases a can of Mountain Dew and a key to a Blackhawk, Sequisha got some blue fin tuna and Awol a complete box set of Baywatch, if you think that's bribery then...........

I've been playing on BMRF but it's been jam packed lately.  I started playing on one of the unlocked ones but they don't have their database set up right and nothing is saving... soooo...
 
I don't think the issue is about deserving anything.  They're giving passwords out of a basis of trust.  Am I saying that people who have been here sharing and expressing themselves to the community for a good length of time AND have shown dedication to the project in one way or another should be trusted over some guy that creates an account and says HEY I LIKE EPOCH CAN I HAZ PW?  Well... I would think so, but I don't know exactly what their process is.
 
However, I'm thinking it's less that people are getting passed up and more that they're just getting overlooked because things are so crazy now.
 
I didn't really ask for the pw myself because I'm not part of the in-crowd.  I can't really watch Twitch because my bandwidth blows and I don't really know what's going on half the time anyways, so I'll just sit idly waiting in the backdrop lol.

Hi guys,
 
 
I hosted a Dayz Epoch Server, we ran in lot of problems because of the Arma 2 issue with to many objects. After a lot of effort, we stoped that project. Not your fault.
 
I supported you guys and the other admins with the mod, I wrote some db scripts and I posted them here.
 
I tried to get it running with linux together with other admins.
 
I didn't beg for a key for Arma 3 Epoch, I watched twitch and I got a key days later, that is ok for me, but I didn't understand, why you didn't give also keys to the supporter here in the forum.
 
I posted bugs and suggestions on github and here in the forum.
 
I wrote Axle a PM to get the PW for the G-portal.de server, because or group were testing these servers, he did read my PM, but no response.
 
I got the PW for the Skaronator server, thanks Skaronator for that and thx for hosting a server, but right now I am not willing to play on that server.
 
I do like Arma 3 Epoch, I guess, you guys should handle supporter a bit different.
 
You need trusted player? Then get the ppl here in the forum who hosted a Server in the past and helped you and other ppl.
 
I'd like to play A3 Epoch with my guys and I'd like to support you, but not that way.

There are enough other things to play right now, I'll explore DayZ or I'll play Wasteland and King of the Hill, I'd prefer A3 epoch, but not this way!

Kind regards,
Nasdero

p.s. English is not my mother tongue, so sorry if I wrote something wrong.

Hi guys,
 
 
I hosted a Dayz Epoch Server, we ran in lot of problems because of the Arma 2 issue with to many objects. After a lot of effort, we stoped that project. Not your fault.
 
I supported you guys and the other admins with the mod, I wrote some db scripts and I posted them here.
 
I tried to get it running with linux together with other admins.
 
I didn't beg for a key for Arma 3 Epoch, I watched twitch and I got a key days later, that is ok for me, but I didn't understand, why you didn't give also keys to the supporter here in the forum.
 
I posted bugs and suggestions on github and here in the forum.
 
I wrote Axle a PM to get the PW for the G-portal.de server, because or group were testing these servers, he did read my PM, but no response.
 
I got the PW for the Skaronator server, thanks Skaronator for that and thx for hosting a server, but right now I am not willing to play on that server.
 
I do like Arma 3 Epoch, I guess, you guys should handle supporter a bit different.
 
You need trusted player? Then get the ppl here in the forum who hosted a Server in the past and helped you and other ppl.
 
I'd like to play A3 Epoch with my guys and I'd like to support you, but not that way.

There are enough other things to play right now, I'll explore DayZ or I'll play Wasteland and King of the Hill, I'd prefer A3 epoch, but not this way!

Kind regards,
Nasdero

p.s. English is not my mother tongue, so sorry if I wrote something wrong.

Thx, I already saw that, but right now, I guess they should rethink how they act here.
 
I do appreciate your effort here, we both worked already together a long time ago and I played also on your servers in the past.

Arma has so much to offer and is a very flexible and fun game to play and mod. With this flexibility comes insecurity and a dark side.

Yesterday I spoke with one of the "kids" that have been terrorizing our servers. He is demanding server files in exchange for stopping the attacks. I told him that the server files would have been released to more communities by now if we had something proven stable and secure. Something that this hack-a-thon is stopping us from doing. He offered up one exploit and then immediately started demanding that we give the server files in exchange. He then said that if we did not give them the server files in 24 hours the hacking would continue, and it has.
Simply put, the current exploit they are using is a fault in ARMA and not an issue with our mod and will ultimately need to be fixed by BI.
Please vote for this issue to get the attention it deserves: http://feedback.arma3.com/view.php?id=20994
 
Until this issue is fixed by BI or another fix is found we will no longer be running any public servers. All servers run my me will only be accessible with a password obtained from me or Axle. We will have a few communities that will likely run whitelisted servers so look out for them to pop up on our servers page: http://epochmod.com/servers.php
 
Now back to developing.

Fire Place
 
2 Chumps ---> Fire Place
 
Lumberpack
 
4 Chumps ----- > Lumber Pack
 
 Wooden Stud Wall
 
 
4 Lumber Packs ---> Wooden Stud Wall
 
Wooden Floor
 
4 Lumber Packs ---> Wooden Floor
 
Wooden Stairs
 
 4 Lumber Packs ----> Wooden Stairs
 
Tipi Kit
 
4 Scrap Pelt + 2 Lumber Packs   ----> Tipi
 
Frequency Jammer
 
3 Salvage Metall (Large) ------>  Frequency Jammer
 
Vehicle Repair Kit
 
1 Vehicle Repair Parts + 1 Salvage Metall (Large) ---->  Vehicle Repair Kit
 
Cinder Block Wall
 
4 Cinder Blocks + 2 Bucket of Motar ----> Cinder Block Wall
 
Chainsaw Gas
 
1 Jerrycan + 1 2-Stroke-Engine-Oil 
 
 
Foundation
 
4 Bucket of Motar -----> Foundation
 
 
Upgraded Stud Wall 
 
 
Press Strg + i  and klick Upgrade
 
You need Salvage Metall (Small) for upgraded Wall 
 
 
 
it is not all
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Make update every new building Patch 
 
ApokalyptoRage :)

So what I found out, one main problem do we get cause of the Bell Chopper, one player and the copper spawned we have had 15-16FPS, no chopper spawned 48FPS, since we removed this Bells, we have ~48 until we get more then ~16 players, then the FPS slowly decreasing. We wiped last friday and restricted modular buildings to 100 and the server is running well, I placed ~11 castle and ~13 towers on the map, which our player can use for theire base.

So what I found out, one main problem do we get cause of the Bell Chopper, one player and the copper spawned we have had 15-16FPS, no chopper spawned 48FPS, since we removed this Bells, we have ~48 until we get more then ~16 players, then the FPS slowly decreasing. We wiped last friday and restricted modular buildings to 100 and the server is running well, I placed ~11 castle and ~13 towers on the map, which our player can use for theire base.

Yeap thank you for sharing, I do not really need one of this, but it is nice that ppl share their knowledge.

Hello Folks,
 
I need really your help, we tried a lot of things, it is not like that, that I installed our server and ask directly for help, but now I need you help.

Server is running well when we got up to ~14 players, when we got 15+ player, the FPS starting to decrease constantly, also when the number of players decrease. What I saw is, every x minutes, the load on the 2 core where Dayz is running are droping to nerly zero and the load on the other cores are getting higher, at the same time I can see in the task manager, that mysql getting load from about nothing to a high load, at the same time we have only ~3FPS and massive desync.

I did search weeks now to solve the problem, it was not so acute because the server was not so popular, but now we are getting mor player every day, we started the whitelist to slow down the increasing of player number :(.

Here is one of our basic.cfg , we tryed really a lot of different setting:
 
 
First we tried xamp, 2 days ago we installed mysql by hand, here the last my.ini:
 
 
 
Our Hardware:
 
The Network is 100Mbit, we got with 20-25 ~5Mbit on it.
 
Our start parameter
 
 
We are running Tavian 2.0, the most folder "ArmA 2 OA" are on a ramdrive, so that the HD can not be an issue on that side. I can see that the HD where mysql is running, is on a little load and the disk queue is ~0.00-0.05 , that is not really much.  Right now I could see it again, we have now 4 player, Arma is running on CPU0 and CPU2, you can see the load on the picture, at the red line mysql getting load and Arma going down.

I need really your help, that is driving me crasy!

Kind regads,
Nasdero

All Bell 47/H-13 Helicopter to add them to your dynamic_vehicle.sqf.
// MH-13E Medevac (unarmed, ambulance)  ["pook_H13_medevac",1],  // West - USMC  ["pook_H13_medevac_CDF",1],  // West - CDF  ["pook_H13_medevac_TAK",1],  // East - TAK  ["pook_H13_medevac_INS",1],  // East - ChDKZ  ["pook_H13_medevac_UNO",1],  // Independent - UNO  ["pook_H13_medevac_PMC",1],  // Independent - PMC  ["pook_H13_medevac_GUE",1],  // Independent - GUE  ["pook_H13_medevac_CIV",1],  // CIV - CSAR Orange  ["pook_H13_medevac_CIV_RU",1],  // CIV_RU - CSAR Orange // OH-13E Amphibious Rescue (unarmed, ambulance, smokescreen)  ["pook_H13_amphib",1],  // West - USMC  ["pook_H13_amphib_CDF",1],  // West - CDF  ["pook_H13_amphib_TAK",1],  // East - TAK  ["pook_H13_amphib_INS",1],  // East - ChDKZ  ["pook_H13_amphib_UNO",1],  // Independent - UNO  ["pook_H13_amphib_PMC",1],  // Independent - PMC  ["pook_H13_amphib_GUE",1],  // Independent - GUE  ["pook_H13_amphib_CIV",1],  // CIV - CSAR Orange  ["pook_H13_amphib_CIV_RU",1],  // CIV_RU - CSAR Orange // UH-13H Gunship (gun pods+grenades)  ["pook_H13_gunship",1],  // West - USMC  ["pook_H13_gunship_CDF",1],  // West - CDF  ["pook_H13_gunship_UNO",1],  // Independent - UNO  ["pook_H13_gunship_PMC",1],  // Independent - PMC  ["pook_H13_gunship_GUE",1],  // Independent - GUE  ["pook_H13_gunship_TAK",1],  // East - TAK  ["pook_H13_gunship_INS",1],  // East - ChDKZ // UH-13B Transport (door gunner+grenades)  ["pook_H13_transport",1],  // West - USMC  ["pook_H13_transport_CDF",1],  // West - CDF  ["pook_H13_transport_UNO",1],  // Independent - UNO  ["pook_H13_transport_PMC",1],  // Independent - PMC  ["pook_H13_transport_GUE",1],  // Independent - GUE  ["pook_H13_transport_TAK",1],  // East - TAK  ["pook_H13_transport_INS",1],  // East - ChDKZ // Bell 47 Civ - Chernarussian  ["pook_H13_civ",1],  // CIV - Blue\White  ["pook_H13_civ_white",1],  // CIV - White  ["pook_H13_civ_slate",1],  // CIV - Slate Blue  ["pook_H13_civ_black",1],  // CIV - Black  ["pook_H13_civ_yellow",1],  // CIV - Yellow   // Bell 47 Civ - Russian  ["pook_H13_civ_ru",1],  // CIV_RU - Blue\White  ["pook_H13_civ_ru_white",1],  // CIV_RU - White  ["pook_H13_civ_ru_slate",1],  // CIV_RU - Slate Blue  ["pook_H13_civ_ru_black",1],  // CIV_RU - Black  ["pook_H13_civ_ru_yellow",1]  // CIV_RU - Yellow

If you believe or not, sometimes ppl go for vacation and then you reset their humanity? Take this and they will keep their humanity:

delete FROM `character_data`
USING character_data, character_data AS tmpcharacter_data
WHERE NOT character_data.CharacterID=tmpcharacter_data.CharacterID
AND character_data.CharacterID<tmpcharacter_data.CharacterID
AND (character_data.PlayerUID=tmpcharacter_data.PlayerUID)[/php]

If you believe or not, sometimes ppl go for vacation and then you reset their humanity? Take this and they will keep their humanity:

delete FROM `character_data`
USING character_data, character_data AS tmpcharacter_data
WHERE NOT character_data.CharacterID=tmpcharacter_data.CharacterID
AND character_data.CharacterID<tmpcharacter_data.CharacterID
AND (character_data.PlayerUID=tmpcharacter_data.PlayerUID)[/php]

yeah that is why I've tried to explain how epoch choses the vehicles to spawn, it is not perfect and with the function it uses you will never reach the amount specified in the dynamic_vehicle.sqf...
maybe I will report that as a bug since most people don't understand how it works or better it should be fixed in the spawn code of epoch so it will work as intendet, hope that clarifies that a little :D
so you could say that a "bug" in epoch..
 
Edit: posted a bug report with solution here: https://github.com/vbawol/DayZ-Epoch/issues/821 (is case sombody cares lol)