ChoppaBrandNew 23 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Description: Since the update, I noticed that the day/night cycle is gone and the sky is constantly the bright sun texture. I know that loads of people enjoyed the day/night cycle and I was hoping that we could bring it back. However, I wanted to inquire more specifically into whether or not we could try it this time with a map switch on each server reset (for example, two days of sunny map, followed by two days of night time map, and so on). This idea was proposed by someone in the thread when I first I made the day/night suggestion. I think it would be a lot more fun if the map actually looked like night time, not just the sky. During the Halloween Map event, the server was popping off and people were having a blast with creative and engaging builds and roleplay. The atmosphere is just different when the map is dark. The lights look nicer, and the change in lighting makes people feel doing something new or unique rather than the usual money printer-grind-n'-raid. Don't get me wrong, I appreciated the day/night cycle we had because the sky changing did add some flavor to the game compared to the boring nonstop bright sun. I'm just hoping that you all will consider trying out a map swap to observe and appreciate all of the diverse experiences that the shift in map and shift in mood brings about. I understand that this suggestion may not be so simple to execute. Personally, I'm not in a rush. I just want to share my enthusiasm for this idea and depict the positive experiences that I noted when the map was dark for Halloween. As always, thanks to management and staff for all that y'all do, and thanks for reading my post. Cheers. 7 1 Link to comment
xFish 394 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 (edited) +1 THINK OF ALL THE BACK ALLEY DEALS -the secret deals done in shady alleyways, -government raids during night, -sneaking out to meet your local dealer to offload some meth onto. The rp potential for a night map is endless man, and sometimes the sun is just so bright. I advocated for this heavily when I first saw the Halloween map. I don't remember why I stopped but please man gimmie night map. It looked so god damn good man. NTM would stand out from other rp_downtown_tits_2 users. Edited April 10, 2022 by xFish d 2 1 Link to comment
Fetn 1,217 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 Ima be honest I only really like it being night like halloween if the halloween type night returns then its got my +1 2 1 Link to comment
DarkRP Administration Team Danny_The_Dog 152 Posted April 10, 2022 DarkRP Administration Team Share Posted April 10, 2022 +1 This could also bring in the possibility of night time jobs/ things that can only be done at night 1 1 Link to comment
smileeface 445 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 +1 Idk why it got removed 1 Link to comment
Nice_Crutch 3 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 +1 I like the night very cool indeed 1 Link to comment
Jaz- 338 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 +1 I don’t even need to explain 1 Link to comment
ChoppaBrandNew 23 Posted April 10, 2022 Topic Author Share Posted April 10, 2022 4 hours ago, xFish said: +1 THINK OF ALL THE BACK ALLEY DEALS -the secret deals done in shady alleyways, -government raids during night, -sneaking out to meet your local dealer to offload some meth onto. The rp potential for a night map is endless man, and sometimes the sun is just so bright. I advocated for this heavily when I first saw the Halloween map. I don't remember why I stopped but please man gimmie night map. It looked so god damn good man. NTM would stand out from other rp_downtown_tits_2 users. EXACTLY! This guy gets it 3 Link to comment
ShankNinja 801 Posted April 10, 2022 Share Posted April 10, 2022 +1 I like nighttime 1 Link to comment
DarkRP Administration Team ChrisRid 900 Posted April 11, 2022 DarkRP Administration Team Share Posted April 11, 2022 +1 This would be really cool to bring back. Although I think 2 days of day and 2 days of night is a bit long. I'm not sure if it's possible but maybe have it track a 24-hour time period of the time zone that the server is at? So it's day when it's day and night when it's night? Only an idea, but I did like the cycle anyways 1 Link to comment
ChoppaBrandNew 23 Posted April 11, 2022 Topic Author Share Posted April 11, 2022 @ChrisRid I personally love that idea, but the issue is that in order for that to work, there would have to be a server reset twice every 24 hours (morning to become day map, evening to become night map). I believe the current schedule is a server reset every two days. It’s set up like this to minimize interference with players who are grinding or online for a long period of time. Have you experienced the Halloween map? The day/night cycle that was previously implemented was cool, but the only thing that it changed was how the sky looks. If we used a night map, everything would look a little bit different. The lighting on the map would be affected, providing players with a different experience than they get with the daytime map. It’s a really cool change from the norm! 2 Link to comment
ShankNinja 801 Posted April 11, 2022 Share Posted April 11, 2022 12 hours ago, ChoppaBrandNew said: @ChrisRid I personally love that idea, but the issue is that in order for that to work, there would have to be a server reset twice every 24 hours (morning to become day map, evening to become night map). I believe the current schedule is a server reset every two days. It’s set up like this to minimize interference with players who are grinding or online for a long period of time. Have you experienced the Halloween map? The day/night cycle that was previously implemented was cool, but the only thing that it changed was how the sky looks. If we used a night map, everything would look a little bit different. The lighting on the map would be affected, providing players with a different experience than they get with the daytime map. It’s a really cool change from the norm! This is sorta what I suggested last time, but I think the main reason it wasn't implemented was using a differently-named map wouldn't be peak conformity. New players that have the normal map might be a tad more hesitant to join Garnet knowing they will at a minimum need to download a map (this isn't really my reasoning, just what I was given whenever a map update is suggested). I 100% fully support the idea of a night map every other day, just could see that not happening due to the map change. Probably why the day/night cycle was coded in, to provide a similar atmosphere at a cost of performance instead of map name. 1 Link to comment
xFish 394 Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 @ShankNinjayeah the day and night cycle is cool and all, but the main reason I want the night map back is because even when it’s night, the map looks like daytime because of the shading. I just want a night map man. 1 1 Link to comment
The Garnut Nutter 15,158 Posted April 13, 2022 The Garnut Share Posted April 13, 2022 On 4/12/2022 at 1:23 PM, xFish said: @ShankNinjayeah the day and night cycle is cool and all, but the main reason I want the night map back is because even when it’s night, the map looks like daytime because of the shading. I just want a night map man. Unfortunately that is a fever dream to think we will be the first and only server to cycle between day and night maps for the sake of changing environments. I would be more than happy to add back the day/night cycle I created which doesn't affect map lighting, but I just don't see it being a good use of our limited server resources, when we can instead have a feature like chess, a casino, etc 2 Link to comment
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