Both day and night time duration in DayZ can be increased or decreased to make them longer or shorter.
- Log into your control panel and Stop your server
- Navigate to Files > Config Files.
- Open DayZ Server Configuration.
- If you wish to change the overall time duration, locate
Time Accelerationand edit this to your preferred time.- The numerical value you set is a multiplier of the default time. The value options range from 0-24.
- If you wish to change the night time duration, locate
Night Time Accelerationand edit this to your preffered time.- The number value you set is a multiplier of the default night time. The options can range from 0.1-64, and is multipled by the
Time Accelerationvalue.
- The number value you set is a multiplier of the default night time. The options can range from 0.1-64, and is multipled by the
- Click Save and Restart your server.
Here is an example to help you better understand the acceleration values:
Setting Time Acceleration to 12 would mena that time would process 12 times faster than the default, resulting in an entire day passing in 2 hours rather than 24.
Setting Night Time Acceleration to 3, whilst Time Accleration is set to 2, would mean that night time would move six times (3 * 2) faster than normal. Resulting in night time passing 4 hours rather than 24.
Additional Changes you can make to your DayZ server could be changing the loot tables, information on how to do this can be found here.
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