These settings make your DayZ server more relaxed or harder. You find all of them in the Startup variables tab – they apply after the next restart.
Day and night
| Setting | Effect |
|---|---|
Time multiplier (TIME_MULT) | How fast game time runs. At 12 a full game day takes 2 real hours (default). 24 = 1 hour. |
Night multiplier (NIGHT_MULT) | Speeds up only the nights. 4 means nights pass four times as fast as the day. |
Keep game time (PERSISTENT_TIME) | On: after a restart the clock continues where it was. Off: the server starts at the configured time. |
Darker nights (LIGHTING_CONFIG) | Realistically dark nights – without a light you hardly see anything. |
Disable personal light (DISABLE_PERSONAL_LIGHT) | Switches off the faint light around players at night. |
Popular for casual players: night multiplier 4 to 8 and keep game time off – then nights are short.
Game mode: community or hardcore
| Setting | Effect |
|---|---|
Disable third person (DISABLE_THIRD) | First person only ("1PP server"). |
Disable crosshair (DISABLE_CROSSHAIR) | No crosshair on screen. |
Disable voice chat (DISABLE_VON) | No in-game voice. |
Voice chat quality (VON_QUALITY) | Sound quality of voice chat. |
Many servers put their mode in the name, e.g. "| 1PP | Hardcore |" – you change the server name in the startup variables too.
More settings
- Loot (how much and where): Set loot with types.xml
- Stamina, base building, in-game map: cfggameplay.json
- Starting gear: Adjust init.c