DayZ Server?

[swfwebmaster]

author:spartan0536

Another suggestion that is seriously being considered is having our own private 10 man password locked server. 3 reasons strongly support this reasoning.

1. Anyone other than =SWF= members right now on any server are probably (90% chance) going to kill you on sight if they are armed. This pretty much forces you to live on your own and pits you against not only endless hordes of zombies but other players as well.

2. Its hard enough to find a server that works and has our version, we spend most of the time trying to find a suitable server, if we had our own, we know what to expect, we will even have admin powers to keep track of the time we left the game and we can resume it appropriately on the server making it more realistic. Say we set the spawning time to 5AM now we have 14 hours to get together and setup a base camp, gather supplies, and get night vision before night falls on us, we can also update the server as necessary.

3. This server will allow us and potential new comers to the game in the clan to learn how to survive in the game, once we know what we need to know we can take our characters out into public servers and have fun and learn PVP, this is an excellent training/building aide.

[tazimafied]

I'm always ready and willing as the Server Management Officer. It does sound like a good idea. I would start out on a monthly plan to see what interest there might be with the rest of the clan that havn't had a chance to play yet. If it runs high then look in to less expencive lump plans.

[swfwebmaster]

Want to host a DayZ server?

dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=1429

BEWARE - The same restrictions apply to Non-Dev run servers!
- IT MAY NEVER BE PASSWORDED
- NO OTHER KEYS OR MODS. NONE. PERIOD.
- NO KICKING TO MAKE ROOM FOR 'FRIENDS' OR CLANMATES
- NO LOCKING THE SERVER
- NO EDITING DAYZ/MISSION FILES
- IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO UPDATE YOUR SERVER TO THE LATEST VERSION OF DAYZ
- Their are only two reasons why you, as a server owner, should ban a player on your server. Those two reasons are: Malicious talk, and racism. You may not ban a user for stealing your loot, killing you, spying on you, etc.
- You may only kick for disruptive behavior (such as continued VOIP over side channel). But you may not kick due to race or language or because the person does something you do not like.
- Kicking for extremely excessive ping or desync is permitted, but if abused is grounds for blacklisting

[pershainovitsh]

Well that pretty much ruined your plan.

[swfwebmaster]

Yes, it did. It was actually Spartan's plan, I was just encouraging it.

[swfwebmaster]

Q: Can I host a DayZ Server?

A: Use the contact form if your server has these broad requirements and wish to be run 24/7:
Windows OS (only tested on Windows Server 2008)
4GB RAM
Dual Core CPU (Quad recommended)
10Mbps down, 5Mbps up (considered a minimum for ~25 players, can spike well above)
Able to run the custom HIVE console EXE application
RDP for DayZ staff so updates can be self applied. Alpha is a very rough time, 10 updates van be released in an hour
MySQL (currently not used, but in Beta/Release each server will run its own DB)

[swfwebmaster]

Rocket; the lead DayZ Mod developer
Posted 18 May 2012

- We all share the same central server. That means giving access to that central server to a game server is taking on risk.

- We only have a finite amount of administrative resources. Therefore we have to perform triage and choose the easiest, most time-effective servers who cause us the least issues.

- We have only a finite amount of resources on the central server. The impact of a server with five players is about the same as the impact of a server with 50 players as the connection is left open. So we prioritize those servers who allow the maximum amount of players.

We are not "treating server owners this way" because we can "afford" too. We are doing this because it is the only way we can cope. Please, walk a mile in my shoes for a moment. We have grown from ZERO players to SIXTY THOUSAND players in FOUR WEEKS. We are getting an average of an email every two minutes. It is only going to get worse, and that means we will probably have less resources and have to make even tougher calls.

We don't really have an option, it is either we do this or we simply close the whole project down for a few weeks. We originally wanted to release the server files publically and open the whole project up, but the incidents of hacking we were having from several existing server owners made us realize just how bad this would become if we released it.

I really, really think many people underestimate just how stressful this kind of project is, and just how much strain it places on resources. They demand responses to emails immediately and they want us to customize everything to meet their demands. They get angry when we won't agree to setup 10 or 20 slot private servers. Shortly, because we can't cope with the existing system, we will probably begin denying server setup for any boxes that cannot host a minimum of one 50 slot server. Priority will be given to big servers that can host 2 or more. This is a matter of triage. I mean, if someone else has a real suggestion - I'm all ears. But we have to prioritize somehow.

Please bear in mind, I rent several servers myself and have donated money to many of the servers donation funds. My entire spare time is committed to the project, and I have only insisted on one real rule for server owners:

Everyone gets equal, fair, access to the world

MasterCheese in DayZ Forum

I'll be doing my best to keep it PermaDay, meaning I'll be periodically adjusting the server time to keep it daylight, at least at this time of the month where darkness is nigh impossible

Rocket in DAyZ Forum

Do not do this. The server needs time so that it can calculate when to respawn things. That is why it is tied to the server time. Please set the time and then leave it alone.

Any server caught doing this will receive an immediate IP Ban