Breaking Point ‏@Deathlyrage
Next Desync Optimisation Patch will be on Saturday.

Breaking Point ‏@Deathlyrage  
Next Desync Optimisation Patch will be on Saturday

UPDATE:
 
So essentially something is eating our bandwidth on Altis specifically. This is using 3x the normal bandwidth, with the previous Dev build we tested by removing all loot and zombies (these are the most extensive bandwidth usage in our mod) and the bandwidth usage was exactly the same. So for this upcoming Dev build we are reverting the mod state back 1 month to a state where we knew the bandwidth was fine. What changed between now and a a month ago? Lots of mod changes and more importantly an Arma patch.
 
 
 
This rollback will be able to determine if it was the Arma patch that broke Altis specifically for our mod (We have spoken to other game type providers and their bandwidth is normal). If that does turn out to be the case we will inform you guys... because then we have an uphill battle against Bohemia to fix the issue, what ever that maybe with their engine.
 
 
 
The rollback will only contain 3MB worth of changes. With all of that said we really need you guys to hammer these test servers so we can get conclusive evidence and results.
 
 
 
Thanks!

We reverted our Dev build to a previously released build about a month old; with that build at that time we had optimal performance with little to no desync issues. The results still remained the same; 40-50Mbps. This could only mean 1 thing, something in Arma version 1.12.115994 is conflicting with our mod on the Altis map specifically.
 
 
 
The Bad News:
 
What this means is that we need to wait for the next Arma patch for a hope that BI fixes what ever is conflicting with our mod on Altis to resolve the mass bandwidth usage issue. Their is not much we can do with this one as we feel we have troubleshooted the issue as much as possible with the help of the people playing with the dev build and we think we narrowed down what the problem is. Now we play the waiting game...
 
 
 
The Good News:
 
Our patch 0.1294 has resulted in the best server side FPS performance we have ever had. Servers are running with 40-50 FPS with 60+ players. This is pretty much unheard of when it comes to Arma and the amount of players/objects/and AI. We are going to improve and tweak over the next few patches to further improve what we have already achieved. What that means for you is once Bohemia resolves the Bandwidth issue, you will pretty much have the best performance ever seen in BreakingPoint. You can experience this currently on NewHaven as its not effected with the desync issue. This also means we can do alot more with our mod *cough*Zombie Hordes*cough*.
 
So with all of that said we appreciate your patience with us as we tried to figure out the issue and helping us along the way. Hopefully we can see a fix for the issue soon.
 
 
Cheers!
 
NoHrt

0.1303 (3 MB)
 
    Fixed: Crate Placement Glitch / Exploit
    Fixed: Spam / Duplication when using complete build action.
    Fixed: Unconscious players opening inventory.
    Fixed: Combat Log AI Points and Death not Registering.
    Fixed: Several Problems with Dead Body Cleanup.
    Fixed: User Input Issues going unconscious while healing.
    Fixed: Medical Related Actions not working while unconscious.

0.1304 (3 MB)
 
 
    Fixed: Dead Player Bodies not being identified by server cleanup correctly.
    Fixed: Missing Resource RscDisplaySpawnSelect.
    Fixed: Damage Part Handler Script Errors.
    Fixed: Helicrash Loot being underground.
    Fixed: No Message Notification after refueling.
    Fixed: Issues with unconcious state registration
    Fixed: Unconcious players actions. repairing vehicles etc.
    Fixed: Object Sound Script Errors.
    Optimised: Bandwidth Used for Combat Log Timeout.
    Optimised: Mission / Script Loading.

In the midst of all the bandwidth and desync issues, issues that I can only offer moral support on, I have been trying to press on with feature ideas. Expanding upon the the functionality of dogs has been something we've discussing for a few weeks now and here are the ideas that I came up with. Dogs would have faction specific abilities that help aid that faction in doing what they are meant to do/usually enjoy doing. For example, as a Ranger you would get a "Ranger Dog" whenever you tame a wild dog. Dogs must be fed and kept hydrated in order to maintain their abilities, a hungry/thirsty dog will be unable to perform the following actions and/or do them poorly. Dogs will also be integrated into the Faction points system allowing you to gain points for killing an enemy's dog and lose points for killing your own/a friendly's dog.
 
1) Ranger Dogs: Two scroll wheel menu abilities. One allows the dog to sense a Hunter/Outlaw/Traitor in the immediate area (something around 250-300 meters). The dog will bark to alert you. The second ability would help you to identify possible mixed group traitors by allowing your dog to alert you if any player within a 50-75 meter radius is grouped with a Hunter/Outlaw/Traitor.  
 
These two abilities would give Rangers more tools to help defend themselves and weed out possible traitors. The ability to detect Hunters is balanced by the Hunter Dog's abilities which are listed below.  
 
 
2) Hunter Dogs: One main ability, player tracking. A Hunter Dog can seek out a nearby player allowing the Hunter to more easily find prey.  
This may seem like a massive advantage but the downside however is that this is somewhat of a suicide mission for the dog if you let him lead you all the way to a target. This would likely end up being a one time use sort of thing requiring you find and tame another dog to do it again and giving free points to the enemy. It would also be very easy to become over reliant on this extra sense and thus become crippled in a fight without it.
 
 
3) Nomad Dogs: Storage. Dogs can carry and save equipment for you. This allows you to obviously carry additional supplies for yourself or your group as well as keep them safe when you are offline as they are saved to your dog. Secondary function, dogs can be dispatched to the nearest storage object to retrieve loot and return to you.  
 
Pretty self explanatory. The ability to have extra offline storage is cool as well for that one gun that you can not live without and don't trust in your storage cache.  
 
4) Outlaw Dogs: Two scroll wheel menu abilities, one allows the dog to alert you if there are crates/caches in the vicinity (approximately 250m) and another does the same for vehicles.  
Since the dog only alerts you of a cache/vehicle in the vicinity it is still up to you to find it with your own eyes.  
 
5) Survivalist Dogs: Dog carries a medpack that allows you to heal yourself with the same functionality as the Ranger MedPack, that is to say everything short of Field Surgery. Secondary function, Dog fetches the weapon of a tranquilized victim for you if he dropped one allowing you to more efficiently disarm a target.  
 
Having this level of medical support at your disposal allows you to somewhat offset the risk of decreased stealth. Also very helpful for those pesky zombies bites in case you run out of bandages. Weapon retrieval is obviously handy for disarming enemies or just stealing sweet loot.
 
 
The reason these perks are somewhat substantial is that having dogs is a huge risk. You become much easier to spot which decreases your life expectancy. You will be able to order dogs to sit/stay to help reduce this however. This also adds another layer to combat as removing the enemy's dogs from the fight will be a tactical necessity, particularly with Hunter/Ranger/Survivalist Dogs as they are potentially the most valuable in PvP situations.  
 
 
These are still open to possible change and obviously must be balanced with the number of dogs available in the wild. We want to keep these perks somewhat rare so keeping the number of wild, tamable dogs at a modest level is important.

0.1306 ( 3 MB )

New: Medical System Damage Improvements
Optimised: Player Death ( 900 ms faster ! )
Fixed: Gear Saving Flag / Duplication Exploit.
Fixed: Excessive Number Of Dogs Spawning Compared to other animals.

**Updated combat damage goodies*

This has been another ongoing topic that I have felt strongly about. The Medical system stuff is cool but without immediate and tangible physical impacts you are still left with the occasional frustratingly unrealistic combat experience. I am specifically referring to the ability to accurately return fire after taking multiple shots or otherwise sustaining massive damage. The proposed system is split into three groups, part of which I talked about on the live stream the other night.

   1) The Legs. Leg damage will impair mobility and will be split into multiple tiers based on bullet type. Smaller caliber rounds will hinder you slightly and 7.62 and above will leave you moving quite slow.
    2) The Arms. Arm damage will increase weapon recoil and make returning accurate fire very difficult. Same scale as leg damage regarding bullet caliber and effect.
    3) The Chest. A mix of both of the above plus the various bleeding stages of the current medical system.

Deathly and I are working on this as we speak.

0.1307 (3 MB)
 
    Fixed: Several Issues with Force Save Reliability.