Why the Australia map? [MODDED SERVER] (Legit Discussion)

[Sergio]

I'm quite turned off from this HUGE ASS map. It's just...too big for only 100 players IMO. And then the city areas are just super hard on the frame rate.

I was hoping the modded server was going to take place on the new Tanoa map. I mean obviously that map isn't out yet, if anything I was expecting Altis, but... WHY AUSSIELAND WHYYYY??

 

EDIT: Something about this map is triggering me from my DayZ past.

Edited March 8, 2016 by Sergio

[Reformed epTic]

There's always the option to raise the player cap. 

Allow for a week or two for all the bugs to get worked out and then we can discuss raising the cap\

[bamf]

When you overlay the actual things in game from Altis on top of the Australia map in the editor, the map is only about 20% bigger.  Give it time and see how it plays out.  

Of the maps available to do the things we wanted to do though, it was the best choice.  Each of the other maps we discussed had a fatal flaw preventing us from moving forward.  

[kryptonthegamer]

I think 150 Player cap definitely necesarry!

[SV Paul]

Add more cartels 

[Sergio]

4 minutes ago, bamf said:

When you overlay the actual things in game from Altis on top of the Australia map in the editor, the map is only about 20% bigger.  Give it time and see how it plays out.  

Of the maps available to do the things we wanted to do though, it was the best choice.  Each of the other maps we discussed had a fatal flaw preventing us from moving forward.  

Thanks for the quick response sir. Any plans on implementing this on Tanoa in the near future? I will kill for this. In real life. Srs.

 

(hoping my Australian racism isn't too obvious)

Edited March 6, 2016 by Sergio

[bamf]

Just now, SV Paul said:

Add more cartels 

Easy Paul, it's been out for what 5 hours?

[Sneaky]

2 minutes ago, 《New》 Krypton 《wəN》 said:

I think 150 Player cap definitely necesarry!

1FPS hype

[Bera]

Just now, Sneaky said:

1FPS hype

Not seeing anybody in an hour of gameplay 5 fps hype

[bamf]

Just now, Sergio said:

Thanks for the quick response sir. Any plans on implementing this on Tanoa in the near future? I will kill for this. In real life. Srs.

Tanoa isn't out.  The main reason to do a modded server was that the launcher finally will download mods for you, and you don't HAVE to have a 3rd party launcher managing (usually in a very clunky manner I might add) getting the modded content for you.  

The new launcher is not ideal, we ran into several issues along the way with it in fact, but we will likely have some more surprises coming out this week (or next) related to Australia.  

[George]

1 minute ago, Sneaky said:

1FPS hype

Might as well go 200 players 

[Paratus]

Not only is the map barely bigger than Altis, it has even smaller playing area.

[SV Paul]

1 minute ago, bamf said:

Easy Paul, it's been out for what 5 hours?

 

[Sergio]

2 minutes ago, Paratus said:

Not only is the map barely bigger than Altis, it has even smaller playing area.

So @Paratus you're saying a modded Tanoa server is on the horizon?

 

Edited March 6, 2016 by Sergio

[Paratus]

1 minute ago, Sergio said:

So @Paratus you're saying a modded Tanoa server is on the horizon?

 

Most likely, once it's out.

[Sergio]

Just now, Paratus said:

Most likely, once it's out.

That's all i wanted to hear

[TheWhipster]

What do i download how do i play on this server?

[Nex]

4 minutes ago, TheWhipster said:

What do i download how do i play on this server?

 

[Emma]

1 hour ago, bamf said:

When you overlay the actual things in game from Altis on top of the Australia map in the editor, the map is only about 20% bigger.  Give it time and see how it plays out.  

Of the maps available to do the things we wanted to do though, it was the best choice.  Each of the other maps we discussed had a fatal flaw preventing us from moving forward.  

Hey Bamf, are you guys going to mod an Altis server. I would honestly love to have one server with the modded content installed but keeping the vanilla map. I don't know how I feel about any modded maps but I believe that Altis with the new content would be the fresh coat of paint that our servers need! What do you think and most importantly, what does everyone else think about this?

[Nex]

1 hour ago, Sneaky said:

1FPS hype

Can't.....contain.....hypeness.....

[CyanogenCX]

3 minutes ago, Patrick James said:

Hey Bamf, are you guys going to mod an Altis server. I would honestly love to have one server with the modded content installed but keeping the vanilla map. I don't know how I feel about any modded maps but I believe that Altis with the new content would be the fresh coat of paint that our servers need! What do you think and most importantly, what does everyone else think about this?

Agreed. Pretty sure the modded map + buildings is what is killing my fps. If you kept Altis and added the other content then this would be great.

[Haych]

13fps hype. But why Australia? Panthera is a map 10% better

[Eric916]

3 hours ago, OLL13 said:

Been playing it since it came up and I loved every second. I think a 150 player cap would be cool if it wouldent cause too many problems. 

it will ollie shut up

lol

Edited March 7, 2016 by eric91611

[Sneaky]

1 hour ago, Patrick James said:

Hey Bamf, are you guys going to mod an Altis server. I would honestly love to have one server with the modded content installed but keeping the vanilla map. I don't know how I feel about any modded maps but I believe that Altis with the new content would be the fresh coat of paint that our servers need! What do you think and most importantly, what does everyone else think about this?

I just want real cop cars; chargers, crown vics, tahoes, explorers etc. 

[kryptonthegamer]

2 hours ago, Patrick James said:

Hey Bamf, are you guys going to mod an Altis server. I would honestly love to have one server with the modded content installed but keeping the vanilla map. I don't know how I feel about any modded maps but I believe that Altis with the new content would be the fresh coat of paint that our servers need! What do you think and most importantly, what does everyone else think about this?

Have that keep our money and I'd like that also lol

[Emma]

2 hours ago, CyanogenCX said:

Agreed. Pretty sure the modded map + buildings is what is killing my fps. If you kept Altis and added the other content then this would be great.

Honestly it would be best, the map is unpolished, frankly to big and too barren. There's no variation in the cities as they are literally geometric copies of the previous towns and cities. I almost felt lost in the city as it was too big and I felt almost naked without the gear I'm used to use in the vanilla servers. On top of that "nakedness," the constant stuttering of my frames really ruined the experience. I'm with many others when I state this, mod one of the Altis servers but keep the original map of Altis but with the new modded content. That would be one of the best options in my opinion and many others. 

[Sergio]

Yeah I was sort of hoping the new modded server was going to be on Altis, NOT aussieland

 

EDIT: I'm totally thankful for the modded server! I'm just saying the DayZ performance is not my thing, but I admit that is only in major cities.

Edited March 7, 2016 by Sergio

[Emma]

2 hours ago, CyanogenCX said:

Agreed. Pretty sure the modded map + buildings is what is killing my fps. If you kept Altis and added the other content then this would be great.

I also feel that the brunt size of the map is keeping Paratus from implementing the cool parts of the mods. Tryk's clothing pack has some of the coolest police gear, like the US Marshall, FBI, and Police vests. I don't know if they've been added into the server but at this point, I don't care. The server is a mess and sure it will get better, that map will still be a big turn off. We shouldn't waste computation power on a map such as Australia that has nothing really going for it except size. The real things I want to see besides the map being gone, are implementation of most of the weapons in the current weapon mod, within reason of course. I honestly would love to have a G36c to patrol with over an M4 or M16. And the G36 is a counter-terrorism/military weapon so it fits the theme of the APD. Also with the guns, I also would love to see more clothing options for police, like stated previous, the combinations are numerous and you can really make our server stand out from others. This is an RP server, so if we as cops want to RP as United States Marshall's, then let us, its something that would be so much fun to do. If people want to dress up in Takistan clothes and go jihading, then let them. Give us the options, and we'll make the stories!

[Emma]

4 hours ago, Paratus said:

Most likely, once it's out.

And in all honesty, I think a map made by BI would be the best options to pick from when creating a modded server. Australia is cool, but it's barren with little personality as so many assets are copied and pasted throughout the map, but Tanoa would be AWESOME... Altis too! 

[Mr Smirnoff]

Reason is simple, none of the maps available had proper housing that worked. 

[Maximus Brutius]

driving on this map is phenomenal, flat grounds for like 10 km straight though

[Haych]

Its memory leak heaven. Every 30 minutes someone from Encore got a memory leak, its just annoying, especially having to spam for 30m once you DC.

 

[Ghost0fDawn]

On 3/6/2016 at 3:26 PM, Paratus said:

Most likely, once it's out.

HYPE

[Ghost0fDawn]

20 hours ago, Patrick James said:

And in all honesty, I think a map made by BI would be the best options to pick from when creating a modded server. Australia is cool, but it's barren with little personality as so many assets are copied and pasted throughout the map, but Tanoa would be AWESOME... Altis too! 

Indeed. While there are cool maps out there, they never really compare to a professionally made 1st party map. Just one guy (or a handful of them) making a map for fun aren't going to quite optimize it the best it could be and have it as well detailed as an official map would be. This is simply because they are just doing it for fun and not getting paid, and usually are not as experienced as the devs doing the dirty work. Most modders are in learning mode and trying to improve what skills they have, this is reflected with less than optimal content  with rookie mistakes from them. That is not to say that is a complaint, but it is the truth which can't be denied.

[Destrah]

I don't have a problem with the size of the map, but the cities are just awfully laggy and every building having an interior in the city is completely unnecessary.

Modded Altis would honestly be the best thing to do and if it is possible to copy the maximum security prison from Australia that would be cool too.

[Bobby Swagger]

why is it that when I connect to the server I am kicked after 10 secs?

[Casey Jones]

They are trying to lure Bully into another perm ban...

[Paratus]

If you have poor performance make sure you start the game with -nologs param. There is a bad shader on one of the assets but we have no idea which (there are hundreds). Definitely in Sydney at least, and likely elsewhere. Starting with nologs will keep it from spamming your log file and could increase performance a lot.

[Casey Jones]

2 minutes ago, Paratus said:

if youpoor performance make sure you start the game with -nologs param. There is a bad shader on one of the assets but we have no idea which (there are hundreds). Definitely in Sydney at least, and likely elsewhere. Starting with nologs will keep it from spamming your log file and could increase performance a lot.

Kick people who have been idle in lobby for more than 15 mins

 

[instamac]

On 3/6/2016 at 3:12 PM, Sergio said:

I'm quite turned off from this HUGE ASS map. It's just...too big for only 100 players IMO. And then the city areas are just super hard on the frame rate.

I was hoping the modded server was going to take place on the new Tanoa map. I mean obviously that map isn't out yet, but... WHY AUSSIELAND WHYYYY??

 

EDIT: Something about this map is triggering me from my DayZ past.

Tanoa would be more than amazing,