2 player drop in drop out?

[Whale hunter]

Hi guys, picked up this game yesterday and love it :)

Me and a friend want to play on the same world but not always at the same time. Would this be possible with a dedicated server? So basically when one of us is busy, the other person doesn’t have to wait around.

I’m guessing in normal multiplayer once the host leaves the server shuts down?

Also, if it is possible, does time advance so long as at least one player is online? Then pause if no player is on?

Thank you!

[Green777]

if its a rented server normally it runs 24/7 and only stops when there is no obe playing , hosted one eg run by you anyone playing at the time of you logging off the game will kick other players out. . yes 2 both ytour questions. Best option is rent a server ,With my rented one time carries on if a player is on eh its say on day 20 i dont come back for say 3 days no one has been on day still on 20 players been in depending how long day will be over day 25
my server is a uk pve server with 4 places left so will be asking for new player for start of a stable a16.4 stable

[Whale hunter]

Awesome, I’ll rent us a server then, thank you 😁

[Gelda]

You can also both play on a server and not have to rent it... just click connect to server and then choose which one you would like to play. A16.mercenery is a good one.

[Whale hunter]

Would that be with other players? My only concern is that we don’t go on for a few weeks and it ends up on day 60 and I’m naked with shiv lol

[Green777]

You join a server with others and for sure the days will be a lot higher, same goes for all servers
Renting one is a good idea, I rent from bluefang usa company but server in london which has recently been upgraded and their help is excellent, not had any major problems been with them for over 18 months.. Geld says you can just click on any server, tthis is not true public ones yes but a lot are private and password protected . So unless you get invited you wont get on them, you say you dont go on that much then i suggest 1 of you becomes the host and only play together,on the free one. All seervers will have a few players on them so in your case the days will go up 2 weeks out of the game could be 20+ game days your game wont change so if you loggeed off with 100% food and water when you come back say 3 weeks later you still will be the same. If your not in game no changes to you lol small world im in Essex to :)

[Whale hunter]

Yeah that’s what I was thinking, I think renting one is by far our best option, that way we can play together or solo without advancing the days dramatically.

[Whale hunter]

Haha no way?! Small world 😂😂

[Green777]

another thing you can do is set the day back through the in game console, i do that sometimes
eg st0 sets the day back to day 1 and you can do it for any day you want, Good luck with your renting

[Red Eagle LXIX]

Originally posted by Whale hunter:

Hi guys, picked up this game yesterday and love it :)

Me and a friend want to play on the same world but not always at the same time. Would this be possible with a dedicated server? So basically when one of us is busy, the other person doesn’t have to wait around.

I’m guessing in normal multiplayer once the host leaves the server shuts down?

Also, if it is possible, does time advance so long as at least one player is online? Then pause if no player is on?

Thank you!

Yes, dedicated server is what you would want to have both you and your friend be able to play at different times without the other playing. You or your friend could set one up and leave it running, or you can rent one from a hosting company.

Yes, Peer-2-Peer Multiplayer as launched from the client shuts down when the host player shuts down.

Time does not pass on a server unless there is 1 or more players connected.

[Whale hunter]

We’re going to grab a server tonight, thanks for all your help guys!

Setting the days back with the console might be a great idea if things don’t work out 😂😂

[Xyniik]

If you are still looking for a cheap server, you can check out LetsDoHosting.
So far they are the best host service I've found. Only 0.25€ /day or about $0.28 /day.
You also get your first three days free if you just want to try them out!

[Null]

Not 100% sure if 7days has a dedicated option, above comment leaves me to believe so, you could just leave an unused PC running the server instead of renting fromt a hosting company, if it'll just be you and a friend.

That's how we did it back when minecraft blew up in my friends circle. Instead of hosting we all pitched in a bought a decent dedi server that my buddy left on 24/7.

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Whale hunter:

We’re going to grab a server tonight, thanks for all your help guys!

Setting the days back with the console might be a great idea if things don’t work out 😂😂

Setting the days back causes nothing but problems and you gain nothing by doing it

A few things to realize:

1. Game stage is based on your levels (all players in the region at the time) plus your total time alive plus the difficulty setting. The "day" of the server means absolutely nothing towards game stage or difficulty. So if you got to day 100 and set it back to day 1, the game stage and overall difficulty will be identical because it is not a factor. You would still be the same level and total time alive no matter what you changed the day to

2. Timers in the game lock in by day and sit waiting for that day to happen. What does that mean?

Well if a trader has a 7 day loot reset timer, it won't just "happen every 7 days", it locks in on the next 7th day. Let's say you were on day 42 and the next planned loot reset is going to be day 49. If you change the servers day back to "day 1". The traders loot respawn will not happen until day 49

The same thing happens for vending machines and air drops as well. So if you were to play all the way until day 100 and the next air drop was scheduled for day 105. Set the day back to day 1 you will not get another air drop until day 105 and so on

3. It completely messes up the timer on plants/tree growth. Not sure if it's the exact same issue as what happens with the vendors but if you plant a seed and than move the days back, you'll be much better off smashing the plant to get the seed back and replanting it because it will either take forever to spawn or it will just glitch and never grow

Overall I can't think of a single benefit to changing the days backwards (note that in prior alphas the day was tied into which zombie types would attack, that's no longer relevent since that's now tied to game stage)

[Whale hunter]

Hi, Kunovega, You're cmpletely right, we rented a server and its been awesome fun, apart from the slight problems with setting the time back. Air drops, lack of wondering hordes, respawns on loot etc. We only got to day 8 then reset becuase I was working when he was playing, so we're going to just let it flow from now on and see what happens. Can we change the hour length in from say 120 to 240? That way we would have less time pass when one us is working/playing

[Kunovega]

Originally posted by Whale hunter:

Hi, Kunovega, You're cmpletely right, we rented a server and its been awesome fun, apart from the slight problems with setting the time back. Air drops, lack of wondering hordes, respawns on loot etc. We only got to day 8 then reset becuase I was working when he was playing, so we're going to just let it flow from now on and see what happens. Can we change the hour length in from say 120 to 240? That way we would have less time pass when one us is working/playing

You can change the day length in the serverconfig xml

You'll need to reboot the server to take effect