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This just happened to me on a server (1.7.6.1) where I was the only person. I died near a doorway in Elektro and when I returned the door was closed, items were spawned where my body would have been, and I could hear flies but my body was not there. Nobody else was online to hide my body.

Please. Please do this.

aaand it saddens me greatly to have discovered that currently only Windows is supported. fml. :(

lol. Ya. You're paying for the Windows if you do that. I would use Linux, it has a way better track record for hosting purposes and above all its completely free and open source.

I suppose that's worth checking out if I can get a friend or two to split on it with me for a few months. But again, for that price, I could run multiple game servers, and a ts/mumble server if I admin'd it myself; plus I'd rather enhance with addons. So ultimately I'd still prefer to host my own, I just cant seem to find any official documentation on the matter. Not really sure where to look, my google-fu appears to be failing me.

I actually have free hosting. I used to be a systems admin and I have the hookup. If I wanted to run something that placed a heavier load on the server I'd offer to pay but probably wouldnt have to. Worst case scenario, I have decent enough bandwidth and enough equipment around my house to put together a decent server for no more than the additional cost of electricity; I just couldn't guarantee 100% uptime and I might experience a decrease in the performace of my home network. Thing is, having experience as a network/systems admin, when I do pay for a server, I expect that I can host a wide range of services on it. For something running only one service, I expect to pay ONLY for what that service is worth. For $20/mo, I can rent a whole colo with root access on whatever OS I want, and host multiple websites, DNS, email for multiple domains, servers for multiple games, a teamspeak server, AND upload all the meme pix that I link to in chat. It doesn't make sense to me to pay double that and get only one single service. Plus like, I love the game, but I don't think the vanilla experience is the pinnacle of dayz gameplay. I'd rather just run a private server and enhance the gameplay with more vehicles and NVGs, addons, better loadouts, etc..

These prices are way too high for my liking. I would be interested in paying anually but I don't want 30-40 slots, I only want 15-20 because more than that just turns into a deathmatch if the players are experienced and there's no shortage of servers for those who seek that kind of gameplay. though, I can rent a whole VM for $20/mo and run my own server PLUS host websites that generate ad revenue to offset the cost. I would not be interested in paying one cent more than $100/yr for a server that I can't use for anything but vanilla dayz. that just blows my mind. forgive my laze and ignorance, but is anyone aware of a thread or a site where I can find official instructions and files for running a private hive with cool addons?