Dark Zone

bs_darkzone runs one rotating PvP zone with contaminated loot, two ways to extract and Dark Zone ranks. Players see it in Dark Zone (players). It is off by default.

Add it to server.cfg after bs_zombies and bs_operations (it needs oxmysql, bs_core, bs_inventory, bs_interactions and bs_zombies):

ensure bs_darkzone

Migration 045_darkzone.sql creates the tables (zone edits live in bs_dz_zones). Then open F1 > Dark Zone and switch Dark Zone on.

F1 settings

Category Dark Zone. Defaults in brackets.

Group	Settings
Rotation	Dark Zone (off), Rotation (hours) (4), Move warning (min) (10), Radius override (m) (0 = each zone uses its own), Safezone gap (m) (150, kept to safezones, outposts and faction flags)
Loot	Crate loot tier (3), Crates per zone (8, applies on the next move), Crate refill (min) (20), Bag width (6), Bag height (4), Bag max weight (kg) (40), Dropped bag time (min) (30)
Infected inside	Health, damage, speed and horde multipliers (1.6, 1.3, 1.1, 1.5), Spawn interval (s) (40), Spawn group (5), Max extra infected (40), brute chance (0.15), Elite chance (0.08), Elite health x (4)
Helicopter	Heli defend time (s) (90), Heli cooldown (s) (300), Heli pickup radius (m) (15), Heli wave interval (s) (20), Heli wave size (6), Heli needs a flare (off), Show helicopter (on, cosmetic)
Walk-out	Walk-out time (s) (120), Walk-out radius (m) (6), Walk-out max weight (kg) (8), Walk-out max stacks (4)
XP	DZ XP x (1), Extraction XP (100), XP per stack (15), Heli bonus XP (50), Player kill XP (120), Zombie kill XP (4), Elite kill XP (40), Character XP on extraction (100)
Look	Show boundary wall (on), Boundary distance (m) (120)

Zone editor

F1 > Dark Zone editor shows the status (active zone, time until it moves, players inside, helicopter) and the zone list. You can:

• Start, stop, or “Move to next zone”. Stopping removes the crates and cancels extractions in progress. Bags are kept.
• Make a New zone here at your position, and edit its label, radius and whether it is In the rotation.
• Set the Helicopter point here and Add walk-out point here (up to 6 points). Back to automatic points puts them on the nearest road at the centre and the edge.
• Activate a zone, reset it to the config version, or Remove zone. You cannot remove the zone that is active.

Edits are saved in the database and win over the config. Every change goes to the log. The built-in zones are in bs_darkzone/config/config_darkzone.lua (DZ.Zones: Port of Los Santos, LSIA Airfield, Fort Zancudo, Humane Labs, Grapeseed Farms, Davis Quarry, Paleto Lumber Mill, Palmer-Taylor Power). A zone that is too close to a safezone shows “near ”.

Config file

The same file holds the crate loot tables per tier (DZ.Loot), the rank ladder and its rewards (DZ.Ranks: Rookie, Scavenger, Stalker, Hunter, Warden, Revenant, Phantom), the named weapon variants and the models. Item names like dz_flare, dz_intel and dz_sample must exist in your item list.

Commands

Staff only (bs_admin staff, or the ACEs bs.admin / bs.superadmin). Also works from the console.

Command	What
/dz	Status: on or off, active zone, minutes until it moves
/darkzone start / stop / next	Start the rotation, stop it, or move to the next zone
/darkzone move <id>	Move straight to one zone
/darkzone list	Zone ids, with [active], [off] or [near x]

Players can use /dzbag to look in their contaminated bag.

Caution

bs_admin also has a /dz [radius] command that removes walkers around you. Both resources register the same name, so on a server running both one of them can win and the other never answers. Use the F1 Dark Zone editor to control the zone if /darkzone start does nothing, and /zkill radius <m> to clear walkers.