Nightly Patch: We Have Once Again Entered the Config Files

Good evening, survivors.

Someone opened the server configs.

Things were found.
Things were questioned.
Things were deleted.

backend cleanup and testing pass

Tonight’s Victims

Tonight we’ve been working through:

• Old and duplicated trader entries

• Missing Expansion Market categories

• Leftovers from removed mods

• MBM content that has overstayed its welcome

• Trader configuration problems

• Terje configuration issues

• Economy inconsistencies

• XML that apparently had strong opinions about how coordinates should be written

Terje Has Returned From the Dead

After entirely too much fighting with XML formatting, Terje is loading properly again.

That means we can finally start experimenting properly with:

• Radiation zones

• Psionic areas

• Skill and XP modifier areas

• Hunting and fishing focused regions

• More location-based gameplay as testing continues

The important part is that we now have a working base to build from instead of fighting the configuration every five minutes.

Trader & Market Cleanup

The Expansion Market has also been getting a serious cleanup.

Duplicates → Missing Categories → Old Mod References → Broken Trader Mappings → Obsolete Content

There is still more testing to do, but we’re finally getting the market back into a state where we can work on the actual trader experience instead of playing configuration whack-a-mole.

NIGHTLY BUILD WARNING

TONIGHT’S BUILD IS A TESTING BUILD.

Some of these systems are actively being rebuilt and tested. Expect that something, somewhere, may decide not to cooperate.

You may encounter:

• Missing items

• Incorrect trader prices

• Trader weirdness

• Strange loot or economy behavior

• Features changing between restarts

• Something completely unrelated breaking because apparently that is how DayZ works

Found Something Broken?

Please report it.

Tell us:

• What happened

• Where it happened

• What item or system was involved

• What you expected to happen

Screenshots help a lot.

We’re actively testing this build, so reports during the nightly patch help us find problems that don't show themselves until people actually get onto the server and start breaking things.

What Comes Next?

Once this cleanup pass is finished, we can start doing the fun part again.

The next phase is making sure the mods and items we actually use are correctly represented throughout the loot economy and trader system.

Then we can put more time into:

Traders → Loot → Terje → Events → New Content

No more dragging piles of ancient configuration along for the ride.

Tonight We Clean. Then We Build.

Thanks to everyone who jumps in and helps us test these nightly builds.

If tonight goes perfectly, wonderful.

If not...

We’ll find out what broke next.