Dortmunder (DayZ)

Sounds like you want to play 2017. You should try it out if you haven't yet. Not sure if there's any populated servers out there for it, but I really enjoyed it.

I don't recall helicopters ever having fuel tanks as a repairable option.

4 scrap metal iirc. Unless they changed it. You needed 1 scrap for each of the instruments/electronics. If you have a leaky chopper you usually want to repair everything in an order you can remember. Do the rotor and engine, then the 4 scrap metal in order, then all the windows. You may want to start with the windows, finish those, and test if it's still leaking. Then do the scrap, test again. Rather than using all the important parts first.

Been playing on this server recently. Pretty solid, just needs some more players :D

Sounds like a buggy server. Probably needed a reboot. As for basic loot, your best bet is a supermarket, or barns. You've probably got your best chance at finding a weapon in a barn, and backpacks etc. in supermarkets. I haven't played 2017 in a couple months though, so they may have changed things. Edit: Food is supposed to be hella rare in 2017, so if you find dog food or beans, consider yourself lucky. Most food should be hunted for.

I had one running for a while. No one was playing on it though, so i just shut it down. I tried 2017 for a while before I shut it down too, cause I liked playing that. But again, no one playing.

6 hours maybe. My friend convinced me to play it. Going off about how hard it is to survive etc. Played solo for most of the 6 hours, met up with him. We both ended up needing blood so he decided to head for a hospital. Meanwhile I thought I would be sneaky and crawl into some tight building. Broke my legs and died.

Crashed a chopper into one of the buildings at the NW Airfield. The building and chopper exploded. I walked out.

One of the best things about DayZ is it's often not "simple". I'd prefer to keep it somewhat complicated. Making a steak requires you to have multiple tools, find meat, find/chop wood, make a fireplace, light it, cook your food. I like it. If the Standalone is making a lot more stuff for me to do then I won't complain.

You said it yourself. Follow through.

I thought you left.

It's pretty much only Americans that like to talk shit about Canadians. The best part is, no one likes Americans, except themselves :P

Honestly, some customers just aren't worth the hassle. If I were them I would cancel your service. What they do can't be easy, as they have to rely on many other people and services for their own to run smoothly. Giving them grief over things non-stop isn't going to help them fix problems any faster.

198.105.220.164 : 2462 DayZ.ST has finally set up 2017 on their service, and I am in the process of switching my server over. For those that don`t know what 2017 is.. it`s basically a mod for DayZ that takes place 5 years after the current DayZ. No Military loot, emphasis on survival, `hobo` looking skins for players, vehicles, and backpacks. Less vehicles, rarer loot etc. More info can be found here: http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/117537-dayz-2017-new-release/ The server is currently down, but should be up soon(host doing some work). There will be Whitelisting, which you can apply for at http://dayz.austerror.com The website also has forums. There is also another non-2017 server which you will have access to by default as they share the same whitelist. A few changes I have done to the vehicle spawning myself are: -Removed Tanks from the spawn list -Added lots of vehicle spawn locations(not more vehicles, just a lot more random locations for possible spawns). -Placed more pedal bike spawns along the coast to help players get around(if you can find them). -Limited most vehicle spawns to 1 available at a time. With exceptions for motor bikes and a couple cars which have 2 available at a time. -Gyrocopter spawns moved to harder to find locations. Gyrocopters may be removed as well in the future if there are complaints about the noise, as they suffer from a similar problem as Tanks. You can hear them from so far away that it bothers some people to constantly hear them. Any other suggestions for changes to the server can be posted here or on the Austerror site. The website, whitelist, anti-hack, and other Austerror server are run by Menthol Brown. I take care of the very basic administration of the server I pay for. So a special thanks to Menthol for the work he does.

Always looking for more players. New change: Waypoints are now disabled, players have to find their way around the hard way using a compass, map and visual cues.

Shinkickers usually has a good amount of people. I've been there when it was night time as well. Not sure if it lasts a full night or not though. I also have a 2017 server that I'm trying to get more people playing on, but not really sure where to advertise other than here :)

I really enjoy 2017. But having more players on a server help makes it fun. My server doesn't have a lot of players at the moment, maybe it will pick up. Shrug. I still enjoy it either way :P

My home grounds are around NE Airfield to Berezino. That's usually where I hang around if I'm not out looking for adventures.

I don't get people that are so unhappy with something but refuse to go elsewhere. I'm happy with my service from .ST. Maybe it's just because most of the other hosting services offer worse service that you haven't left yet? Speak with your wallet and cancel if you're that unhappy?

Still not many people playing on the server. Mostly untouched, fresh server still. So more players are welcome :P

Fallout Shelter, under some building that almost no one ever goes to :P

Had the grayed out problem. Hopped on IRC(check the dayz.st website) and asked the available admin in there about it. He fixed it up right quick.

With regards to 2017, does the "change vehicle limit" setting work? It's set to 0 currently, and I can't modify it. But it may just be because the server is down.

Woot, thanks :D

This has happened to me before. I had been flying the chopper when the server crashed. Logged in, had a quick look around to see where the chopper was. Then I saw the shadow, and died ><