mgm Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 Hey guys, I am still on 1.62.103718 and planning to work on the server tomorrow night & Saturday basically to reinstall it to bring it to a more recent version. So I want to ask the more experienced fellow owner/admins here what version are you running at the moment, are there any major issues with 1.0.5.1 and any other advice you find relevant? Via PM I've already consulted MGT who is very helpful and provides solid advice but in case he's away I really need to get going tomorrow, hence the thread here. So what do you advise, shall I just go to the latest version since we heard DayZ Commander is about to be released (presumably it'll be supporting the latest version without any issues)? Is there a particular version that is clearly better to run at this point in time? I know 112555 has some issues with being not being deleted properly which in turn affects server performance after some runtime but I don't know much about other (higher) versions. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambeast Posted July 17, 2014 Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 my advice is don't. If you want to keep your playerbase, don't udpate till either A: battleye/gamespy shut down or B: DZC updates to show servers on steam browser. Unless either of these conditions are met, you are in for a world of pain. Wait, nevermind update to steam gimme them playerbase :) MGT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgm Posted July 17, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2014 my advice is don't. If you want to keep your playerbase, don't udpate till either A: battleye/gamespy shut down or B: DZC updates to show servers on steam browser. Unless either of these conditions are met, you are in for a world of pain. Wait, nevermind update to steam gimme them playerbase :) Thanks for your response. I read DZC is updating this weekend & wanted to be ready. The other option is wait for his release first but that'll mean I'll have to do the extended upgrade work on the server during the week which I would like to avoid if possible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterDeadThanZed Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Where did you read that DZC is updating? I haven't seen any news. Anyway, I've changed my servers to Epoch 1.0.5.1 and Arma 2 1.63.125548 and it works well. Increased my meager player base too. Nothing super significant, but more new players than before the update. Players can join the servers with the in-game browser and Steam updates the client automatically, so DZC isn't really needed at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgm Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Where did you read that DZC is updating? I haven't seen any news. Anyway, I've changed my servers to Epoch 1.0.5.1 and Arma 2 1.63.125548 and it works well. Increased my meager player base too. Nothing super significant, but more new players than before the update. Players can join the servers with the in-game browser and Steam updates the client automatically, so DZC isn't really needed at this point. BetterDeadThanZed, Thanks for the advice. We are gonna go 125548 then... With regards to DotJosh news: I read it here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cen Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Don't update to any 1.63 steam beta patch until commander is updated, gamespy actually shuts down, or epoch moves to 1.0.5.2. Uro 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hambeast Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 BetterDeadThanZed, Thanks for the advice. We are gonna go 125548 then... With regards to DotJosh news: I read it here: pretty sure the dude posted that to get the hound to shut up. It seemed to work ok for the time being. Just wait till monday when dzc hasn't updated, and a new round of the hound spam starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uro Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Don't update to any 1.63 steam beta patch until commander is updated, gamespy actually shuts down, or epoch moves to 1.0.5.2. This ^^ Player base is fragmented enough without an updated DZC to make things super easy for them. I'm sticking with 103718 until all this is resolved and DZC is updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insertcoins Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Update and be sure to tell your players about all the other servers out there that did not update and can still be joined without a science degree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterDeadThanZed Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Don't update to any 1.63 steam beta patch until commander is updated, gamespy actually shuts down, or epoch moves to 1.0.5.2. Yes, stay away from the beta patches. Just go with the stable patch, which is 1.63.125548. Let Steam update Arma 2 OA and you'll automatically be on that stable patch too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cen Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Update and be sure to tell your players about all the other servers out there that did not update and can still be joined without a science degree! Yes, stay away from the beta patches. Just go with the stable patch, which is 1.63.125548. Let Steam update Arma 2 OA and you'll automatically be on that stable patch too. No to either of these if you actually want players, which is kind of the purpose of running a game server... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insertcoins Posted July 18, 2014 Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Is it? Shit, back to the drawing board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgm Posted July 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2014 Thanks for responses. Continuation of this issue is becoming displeasing. On my small, mostly unadvertised server, every day, I keep getting at least 10 players attempting to connect (some of them don't give up easily, try 2-3 times!) and get auto-disconnected. Every day losing more potential players. If I update I don't know if I'll lose more or gain more. Due to the annoyance to the few existing players I can't keep trying different versions either. Let's wait another week then........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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