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Besides, didn't Hicks say we'd only get character resets at new builds?

Yes vehicles are buggy and there are issues with persistence. This is the time to learn to drive in DayZ. I am sure most of you are pretty good at it by now BUT some of you aren't so here we go. First some general tips that apply to all vehicles then some more specific tips for the V3S and the Transit Bus. 1. Always drive on pristine tires when you can, the better tires you have the better traction you get 2. For all vehicles carry a lug wrench and a tire repair kit at a minimum 3. Whenever you stop and you happen to find a fuel can, refuel at that time. Keep the tank topped off. 4. NEVER, EVER drive in Mute, you need to hear the engine to know when to shift. Get to know what neutral on the vehicle you prefer sounds like so you know when you are in it. 5. "E" is NOT forward, it is up shifting to higher gears (1-3), if "E" were forward these vehicles would be automatic, they aren't, none of them are. Also Q is NOT reverse, it is downshifting. The reverse gear is one Q downshifting from Neutral. 6. If you loose momentum going uphill hit S to stop rolling backwards, down shift to neutral and start again in 1st gear (or, 1 E shift up from Neutral) Then, serpentine up the hill, (make little "s" turns) listen to the engine, you'll know when to shift. 7. Hitting pretty much anything will damage and may even ruin your tires and battery. You can use a wrench to get better quality parts for the Hatchback and the sedan by cannibalizing other vehicles you come across. It has been my experience that a pristine or worn hood offers some protection to a battery in case of a collision. 8. If a zed has agroed on your vehicle and CONTINUES to act agitated, kill that zed. Otherwise, once you get in, start up and begin to move the vehicle could flip on the zed 9. When removing tires, stand back, some vehicles will pop and turn you into a bloody patch on the ground when they kill you by scrapping over your lifeless body (lost and UMP and a fully decked out smersh vest to this on a bus) 10. Shift+w will give you a boost in speed. Just try not to use it too much since it does seem to eat fuel much quicker. The V3S 1. You don't need a glow plug but you do need a truck battery. 2. Find and store the following in your truck, a tire repair kit, lug wrench and a crow bar. The crow bar can be used to pull apart duel wheels if you need a front tire in a pinch. 3. If you only have two dual wheels available put them on the furthest back axle from the cab. 4. You can drive a V3S with only one tire in the front and a pair of duels wheels in the back but don't expect to go very fast 5. I have not found a way to put duel wheels back together again after separating them, if anyone does please advise, then we could tear them apart, fix them individually and put them back together again. 6. Tire states matter but not as much as they do on the Sedan and the Hatchback. If you wreck though, double check the tires, especially if you start sliding as if you were on ice. The Transit Bus 1. You need a glow plug and a truck battery to get this bad boy working. 2. If possible, hit railroad crossings at full speed. You may bounce across these damn things and keep going otherwise it's very, very likely you'll high center the bus on the crossing and get stuck. There is a chance that even if you hit it at full speed the rear of the bus can get hung up and you'll still be stuck. 3. Again, Tire states matter but not as much as they do on the Sedan and the Hatchback. 4. She's awful slow to get moving but, well to quote General Buck Turdgison from Dr. Strangelove "If the pilot's good, see, I mean if he's reeeally sharp, he can barrel that baby in so low... oh you oughta see it sometime. It's a sight. A big plane like a '52... varrrooom! Its jet exhaust... frying chickens in the barnyard!"

No shit I have run over, at full speed, sticks in the road that some one dropped vic the main MSR in Balota. I did a front to back 360 in a hatchback and flew straight up about 30' in the air. Ruined my hood, driverside door, all four tires, the battery and the spark plug, headlights and passenger door were still pristine though. When I did get all that fixed the car would not start. There are some mysteries still that's for sure.

The Taurus all terrain motorcycle. Yes, I want it. Unlike a Military tent it WILL fit in back of a Lada 4x4 Hatchback. http://mikeshouts.com/taurus-2x2-terrain-motorcycle/

Q is NOT reverse, Q is DOWNSHIFTING, reverse is one Q down from neutral. This means E is upshifting, usually from 1st gear up to 3rd gear, each press of the E required to shift the higher gear along with a corresponding Q to shift to a lower gear. If you loose momentum on a hill you have to DOWNSHIFT with Q back to 1st gear to get going again, you don't need to build up speed to get going uphill either. Listen to the engine, it'll tell you what to do. You should have all the tires though too. Spares are useless ATM. Practice, you'll get it, If I can get a Bus from the coast up to Zelengorsk by way of Pavlovo then you can get a truck up a 1CM hill. BTW, the speedos are in KPH not MPH so you are going slower than you think.. Vehicles don't suck, vehicle persistence sucks right now, not vehicles.

Finally, just need a holster to complete the set. First time in .60 I've been able to put these together.

Sure, love this idea, will make it easy to find people and shoot them by their campfires

Wow

Driving in a thick fog during the daytime can be a challenge, can't imagine at night this would be any faster than running..

FN/FAL - L1A1 SLR, because screw you, that guy behind you and the engine block on your Lada 4x4.

When you throw a flare at a helicopter

When I come upon three guys gathered around an unknown object on the ground at a smoking NATO helicrash, all three carrying rifles, no one pulling security or even looking the other way, I see an opportunity to impart a valuable lesson. I shoot some one, preferably the one with the big orange mountain pack . The other two scattered like rabbits, one went left the other went right (that, at least, was the smartest thing they did, still, makes me giggle madly). Even gave me time to loot the dude I killed and run around the crash. 1. Never gather around like that, at least one guy needs to be pulling security. 2. If you want to share the loot with your buddies, fine, move away from the crash/loot site at least 1 KM or a major terrain feature away to do this. 3. Low pop server? Yeah, ok, no such thing, the other guys out there you haven't accounted for are doing the same things you are.

I did, but I was by the tail, they were at the front. Didn't want to waste the grenade..

LOL, I had it in full screen and kept hitting alt so I could look around..

Sorry ;links are to Steam. Some shots of the new ski resort on the coast and a shot of a new style of telecom tower near Svetlo http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=681732274 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=681732419 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=681732074 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=678772828

-newui in startup will help you access all the storage in the larger tents, it also works for removing/adding items to vehicles to get them running. So far, this is about the only useful thing about -newui

But, but, we needs love. :blush: Pretend we is from Mizzou and need a "Safe Space"

Now that the weekend is over any love for the 1PP player on experimental? During this current iteration of .59 I haven't seen a helicrash anywhere, is that just bad luck or are they not spawning? One request, please don't make the day night cycle on experimental the default for stable. Since servers are supposed to reset every 12 hours now how about a default of 1 hour in the real world = 2 hours in the game world? This way one 12 hour session is one day. Of course options for server owners should be a bit looser.

Art Bell Plays a transmission form what he believes is a numbers station. Note, Strategic Air Command has been gone since 1992. I imagine it was exercise traffic, nothing sinister, if it was "real world" it would have been sent on a secure satellite channel rather than an open channel. http://artbell.com/art-plays-coded-transmission-from-a-government-shortwave-station/

A hide site/patrol base is the place where you will pitch your tent once persistence is working as intended. There are several points that are important to consider when selecting a hide site that you should take into consideration. It should be at least 1 kilometer or one major terrain feature away from good water.If it is easy to find then it isn't a hide site.I prefer high ground, optimally, a depression in high ground so I can build a fire place. Ease of defense/routes in and out.Here is a link to the US Army Ranger Handbook, use chapters 4 and 11 in particular for selecting a hide site/patrol base.. https://fas.org/irp/doddir/army/ranger.pdf

So freaking badass with my cereal box.

Where the heck else would find a "military clothing sales store"? That is a specific name for a specific place. You won't find a military clothing sales store down at your local mall. Note, I did NOT say military surplus store. I just said Army because it would be unlikely to find one at an Air Force Clothing Sales outlet. The Navy, USMC store will have them too, and you ain't gonna get one with out an ID Card.

Read the sentence again, at a military clothing sales store on base you need a military ID to purchase anything.

Yes, it could have been much worse, I have been in the process of responding to people and been shot, I have tried to run and been shot. I've had a rifle in hand and not been shot, I've had my weapon on my back and been shot. I've had people tell me they were sorry they shot me after they did it (which makes me fucking rage like a mad man since I take that as the pen-ultimately most cowardly thing to say). You can never tell, people are unpredictable which is why, for the most part, I avoid everyone that I do not know from here or in real life. To paraphrase Goering, when I hear the word "friendly" I slip the safety off on my FNX.

On what planet is it "like... classified"? Obviously it isn't classified, you can buy them from Amazon for cripes sake and any Army clothing sales store worth it's salt sells them to anyone with a military ID Card. It is considered by the Army to pretty much be the go to handbook for everything.