This guide will show you how to modify Day and Time Settings for your DayZ server.
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To modify Day and Time Settings, follow the guide below:
1. Login to the Game Panel (click this link for easy access) then go to your Game Service.
Make sure the server isn't running. If it is, press the Stop button.
2. On the left side panel, click on "Configuration Files".
3. Click on the "Config Editor" of the 'serverDZ.cfg' file.
4. This window will pop up. Find 'Time Acceleration' and modify according to the text in bold. Press Save & Exit once you're done.
// Accelerated Time (value 0-24) // This is a time multiplier for in-game time. In this case time would move 24 times faster than normal, an entire day would pass in one hour.
5. If you have configured and added Night Time Acceleration for your server, proceed to do the step below. If you haven't, follow this guide here on how to set DayZ Night Time Acceleration.
6. To edit the Night Time Acceleration, click on the "Text Editor" of the 'serverDZ.cfg' file.
7. Find 'Server Night Time Acceleration' and modify according to the text in bold. Press Save & Exit once you're done.
// Accelerated Night Time - The numerical value being a multiplier (0.1-64) and also multiplied by Time Acceleration value. Thus, in case it is set to 4 and Time Acceleration is set to 2, nighttime would move 8 times faster than normal. An entire night would pass in 3 hours
8. Go back to your Game Panel and run your server again by pressing on the Start button.
9. Connect to your server in game. Happy gaming!
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