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He's branded every server bar 3 full of bad admins/cheater/and so forth. You really don't have to pander to his rationale on how it is. ;) As idiotic as it sounds, it's not worth trying to validate yourself to what he believes is factually correct.
 
I know plenty servers small and large that are the complete opposite. But I'll bow down to his exstensive experiance, being on every single server thats been created and all.
 
[rolls eyes]

I would have zero issues with it as I've donated to epoch in the past.
 
Any money above server costs are used to donate back to the community, run events with prizes (not in-game items), or give gifts to my admin team.
 
I don't run servers to profit or make money.
 
If I was in this to make money it would be the WORST HOURLY RATE KNOWN TO MAN :D

This argument is factually wrong in so many ways and has more holes than swiss cheese and I'll tell you why.
 
This game is NOT built around the idea that everyone has a level playing field. If you've been playing on a server for 6 months and have a huge base with every item in-game that you've looted and horded, and I just started playing the server today, how is that a level playing field?
 
How is it any different if I've played on a server for 6 months and have gathered all my gear vs. a player who donates to support a server for that same gear?
 
Amount of time I've put in to gathering now dictates what is a "level" playing field?
 
Another scenario, two guys are fresh spawns in Cherno, player 1 is a lone wolf, player 2 has a squad of 5 on the server with a heli. Player 2 gets picked up with heli while player 1 gets shot by said heli. Level-playing field? Of course not, but who cares :)

best solution https://github.com/Torndeco/extdbLOL

Because it gives players that pay extra money an advantage over players that don't. ARMA 3 is expensive enough on it's own. Content wise they add little to nothing and if that was the thing that made them decide they should have gone open source alternatives that everyone can enjoy. I just don't get how they can be so against P2W, and then add P2W stuff in the mod. It just doesnt rhyme.

Question: Did BI pay (or in any way reward) you guys for putting the DLC crap in Epoch? I cannot comprehend that decision otherwise, tops the list of P2W imho. (why not use open source alternatives if it was a content wise decision)

Since when has the database been the bottleneck in Arma2/Arma3?
 
I hate redis up to this point. No easy way to edit players gear/storage and no scripts to run cleanups.

Fair enough, but does that mean the other ~2500 servers (according to DZC) should be affected because you don't have enough time to do work on your servers / can not find anyone that has enough knowledge to do it for you? 
 
I still stand by my previous point, don't wish to have to spend time on update = don't update. I'm sure many other users will agree with this too. 
 
;)

Thought I would post in case anyone is wondering my stance, I am for what BIS is trying to do with the monetization.
 
Therefore VEMF is allowed on servers that wish to monetize, as long as all of your players can still access VEMF the same way.
Modifying it so paying players have any advantage in getting more missions, more loot, etc would be against the VEMF License.
However as long as all players on your server can interact with VEMF as it is intended, it is allowed.
I'll modify the license readme on VEMF for the next update. Under the stipulations above, you will not be in violation of the non-commercial license of VEMF.
The non-commercial license of VEMF is primarily there to stop people like A3L from ripping VEMF to their mod, and secondarily stopping people from giving others advantages over others in clearing missions.
You will of course need to get permission from the Epoch Dev's to monetize your server before worrying about this.
 
I'm still working on the next VEMF update. More spoilers.
The next update will be the first full Alpha version of VEMF. This means focus has switched over to new features for the time being, and then will be followed by hotfixes. The next version of VEMF will include another 3 missions, and more functions for custom mission writers.
The missions will be a Supply Convoy, an A to B Delivery Mission, and a surprise mission.
The main inclusion is support for temporary and permanent vehicles to the database.
Temporary Vehicles will warn players of their temporary status when they enter them.
 
Also with the Patreon milestones, I'm pushing for the $300 milestone which is a recording upgrade.
My current microphone is a ModMic 4.0 which works very well, but has a lot of caveats.
When I do upgrade, I will most likely do a giveaway of this Mic which makes an awesome gaming Mic if you already have a nice pair of music headphones.
However if I don't reach the next milestone before the end of the weekend (hopefully) I'll most likely still upgrade my equipment.
My sound recording equipment is so low quality sounding that I feel like I am currently avoiding making videos because of it, which I don't want to do.
It's amazing how many of you are supporting me and I feel like I am letting you all down with my poor quality audio in my videos which will be changed.
I have already worked on making my video quality better as the last Bornholm video I did seemed pretty washed out and just generally blurry.
Expect higher quality content from me in the near future.

Thanks for the massive spam and not reading the changelog.txt
;)

This is the worst statement I have ever heard. LOL.

This is the worst statement I have ever heard. LOL.

This is the worst statement I have ever heard. LOL.

player_updateGui.sqf
_RestartTime = 120-(round(serverTime/60)); 120 is minutes.

Its infiStar. Set Remove Mines from "true" to "false" in the run.sqf.

_crate = createVehicle ["CargoNet_01_box_F",(_canTown select 1),[],0,"CAN_COLLIDE"];

Oh, people use that stock AH? Lawls :D

P2W servers are not full because of P2W.
 
They are full because they have taken YEARS to develop a community/player base.
 
They also have multiple servers and a large overhead cost for dedicated hardware to run the servers.
 
They have donation structures in place to support those costs, and players donate to support the servers.
 
BTW, P2W doesn't make any sense at all in Arma2/Arma3 because at the end of the day, what do you actually win? A base? cool :D

You must be new here.

Why re-invent the wheel?
 
Work on a common set of files and maps so that when people download them they can join other servers not just one specific map/server.
 
Use origins 1.7.9 because that's the bikey we have.

P2W servers are not full because of P2W.
 
They are full because they have taken YEARS to develop a community/player base.
 
They also have multiple servers and a large overhead cost for dedicated hardware to run the servers.
 
They have donation structures in place to support those costs, and players donate to support the servers.
 
BTW, P2W doesn't make any sense at all in Arma2/Arma3 because at the end of the day, what do you actually win? A base? cool :D

The number 1 reason why many servers are empty are because every man and his dog wants to play gods admin. Admining is hard work and the majority of servers end up abusing those powers and thus lose their player base. There are quite a few p2w servers that are empty. And there are non p2w servers that are full. Quite often the full servers are the ones that admin fairest and as little as possible, develop unique features for their servers and yes there is a little luck in there too as they got their servers up among the first few hrs and then quickly made them unique to stand out from the crowd. The players will eventually come. But people need to expect the majority to remain fairly empty for the next year as the game develops. PS if you want non p2w come play on our servers... Altis is still the most popular but with 70+ every night you shouldn't get bored! Give you a hint the servers have the word zenithovmen in them....

Why re-invent the wheel?
 
Work on a common set of files and maps so that when people download them they can join other servers not just one specific map/server.
 
Use origins 1.7.9 because that's the bikey we have.

Hello ppl,
 
1-ATD EU Epoch Chernarus AIA Server
 
2- Arma 3 Build 499277 - Mod Epoch 0.2.5.2
 
3 - Lifting Cars / Floors 
 
4- Its repeatable 
 
5 
 
My User name is Ngbaka and i play on the ATD EU Epoch Chernarus AIA Server. 
 
Since Yesterday i found a bug with 2 of my friends. 
 
Every time you try to lift a car or a Wooden Floor using the SlingLoad of a Chopper ( i only try with Chinook ) , after a few seconds maybe less, the roap is cuted so the "object" loaded just fall to the ground. 
 
I've asked an admin to test it and he confirmed the bug. ( It's not a weight problem because ive tested in edit mode and see many YouTube videos that could do this ) 
 
I've got a video that shows the bug if you need i can uploaded. 
 
No idea what could be the problem maybe some realistic / simulation configurations on the server side. 
 
Thanks, 
 
Ngbaka