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Make sure the generators turned off to begin with. Plug in construction Light either directly to generator or via cable reel. You can't move the light to far away from the generator once it's plugged in or it'll unplug itself so make sure it's relatively close before placing it down. You can always use the cable feel to extend the distance. Then finally turn the generator on. Everything must be plugged in & placed down before turning the generator on. I've got several working since update so this method works. Hope that helps :)

At this point I'm 99% certain that cars aren't spawning. I've been on high population servers for atleast four hours everyday since the update came out, I've not found a car, heard a car or met anyone in game who has either. I have 6 other friends who play frequently for lengthy periods also and they've not had a sniff of a vehicle either any chance a BI representative can clarify if the car spawns are bugged? I haven't seen a single comment from the community manager regarding vehicles since the update & quite a few people have been enquiring. Any info would be greatly appreciated :)

Thanks that's helpful , I hadn't seen that post. Good to know, shame night isn't abit shorter than daytime though but a lot better than perma Inky black night lol.

That's a good idea but but an idea isn't coding or implementation. That suggestion would involve coding a fixed perimeter size for bases usually using some kind of land claim system, the. A separate system of ownership for said base & most likely a permission system so other clan members or friends have build/spawn rights inside base area. Another for the server to identify if a person logging into said base area is or isn't allowed access l, if they aren't allowed access another separate systems would be needed to decide where it should spawn them outside of the base so that there safe and not spawned in mid air, in a lake etc etc. The list goes on, it'd not only take a lot of work and planning but it would have to be intergrated into the new engine too. Long story short , I doubt this would be implemented. It's way more likely that BI will offer a small amount of character locked servers per region for people who really care about base building and persistency in general as that way no one can ghost into bases . That'd be the easiest most effecient fix for gamers and developers really, plus it would completely stop server hoppers too. Double bonus.

No I've not had that happen yet, maybe you accidentally dropped it from your hands. Now holding X drops and item from your hands. Plus if your gun was in your hands and you have no space in inventory to store it and pick up another item you'll swap whatever's in our hands with the item you've picked up. I've done that Few times back when the game first released. But it could be a bug too I guess

Anyone heard if BI have given word on a server fix for the perma night/rain bugged servers? I know it's only been a few days but figured some word would have been given about how a fix is coming along?

This is a console forum section. We dot have community servers or private hive servers. Only vanilla BI servers .

Glad it didn't trigger you dude, your an OG Xbox forum poster at this point, I've enjoyed your posts since you had your shop lol . It'd be a shame to lose a player who obviously loves the game even in all it's janked up glory lol. I see you on the high pop NL servers a lot but haven't bumped into you yet in chat, I'm sure we've ended each others lives alon the way a few times though lol

So I walked up from the coast and figured id checkout Staroye tents, I'm on a full server so figured it'd already be stripped clean, I hear a shot as I'm approaching so hunker down and have a little peekero inside & see a player climbing into the camo tower, I see him reloading a magazine. Then I see him sitting down to log out upstairs ready to go hop Into another server to steal loot from that servers constituents trying to play legitimately. So up raises my BK-18 and goodbye goes the little scummy server hopper. 'Well done' in says to myself, bravo. But lo and behold as I approach the tower, I literally see another player pop into existence in the top floor of the camo tower! Yet another military tents server hopper, guess what? Mr BK-18 proceeds to one tap this chump to the heart. I can accept any play style, but spawning at electro, running to Staroye to server hop and farm an AR, ballistic vest, helmet & tacbac inevitably to go back to the coast and shoot fresh spawns is not a playstyle it's cheating and makes you an as*hole. The end ;)

I'm assuming I'm not the only one who's experiencing the game crash that can't be rectified without a complete hard reset of there console. Without the reset I load the game and it crashes again no matter what server I join just before my character loads into the map. Once this loop begins it literally keeps going no matter how many times you reload the game and try rejoining server, very strange crash bug. Well I just had it occur three times in a row , so that's three hard resets, get back into map and play for 5-15mins, game crashes and won't rejoin and just crashes. You get the gist lol. Think it's time to take a DayZ break for me before dayz breaks my console. I'll miss you

That's sweet not found any assault boots yet but I'll search them out. Found the standard jungle & combat boots but tend to favour hiking boot due to there lightness for staminas sake. But I'll keep my eyes peeled, the hidden knife will be super useful for cuttin your way out of rope bindings, I know nobodies legitimately holdig anyone up yet as the surrender emotes not in yet to let people know you cant draw a weapon, hopefully some genuine RP bandits will appear. Most would make you strip down, tie you up to check you loot and leave you. The boot knife would be saviour. Handcuffs on the other hand lol, don't even wanna think about where you'd have to hide a key ;)

Was there a patch? Or did they sort the servers with a server wipe? Or did the base de-spawn? Mine de-spawned on day halfway through Saturday, had a few walls up, half a guests tower, tent, barrel , generator with contruction light etc. Server de-sync occurred , I log back in and it's all gone lol. They did warn us that the base buildings janky at best and prone to simply dissapearing, the persistency was never applied to them during this testing stage. But if your base has gone I feel for ya man, just remember that you know have a knowledgeable advantage for when the game goes 1.0 and full persistency is in effect. All the noobs killing fresh spawns on the coast after serverhoppin for an hour ain't gonna last long against groups of players building fortresses with legitimately farmed loot stored.

They do spawn at all military bases, tents, barracks etc. Quite a rare spawn though & they get snapped up really quick. Plus the games full of server hopping kiddies with Alice packs literally brimming with loot they never use because there constantly going from server to server just stealing legitimate player loot. I've found one at Zelenogorsk , green mountain military complex, found a few together at the Vybor military base. I had a friend find one at Staroye evac area at the military tents there too. I've never found one at balota but the military loot there quite sparse as it's right on the coast and it gets looted continuously. Hope that helps.

Yep , they've been in a few of the mods & are a staple of dayz in general so I'm sure after 1.0 release eventually they'll get added in. Think it'll be quite sometime though and they'll most likely come in parts and only attach to specific helmets so that there a rare end game item as they'd be pretty OP .

Push and hold A like before patch but hold it for a full second then scroll over to where you want to drop it then wait a second before releasing . There's some weird input lag going on I think so you have to do it slowly, I didn't realise either until someone told me on the forum. Hope this helps. Oh and you just micromanage to the inventory slot in barrel at the bottom of it's vicinity screen. All barrels are the same just cosmetically different colours

Don't think it's implemented yet, barrels are only used for storage currently as far as I know. I'd check last patch notes but don't think tanning a been added back in yet

Wood pile in little industrial area on coast at Kamenka south west of map. One wood pile there, weirdly there were wood piles all over the place but with this update they updated the map and most have been replaced with plastic wrapped wood piles that you can't interact with using the saw. Most wood piles I've seen are on the coast which is the worst place to build a base . But I guess there's no persistency for bases yet and they just wanna test it.

It's a real shame there isn't currently a place for submachine guns, it'd be nice if they reduced the bullet arc for them and made them more useful at range. The UMP performs strangely for me also as the FNX.45 will one tap infected to centre mass but occasionally the UMP will need two shots to centre mass to put an infested down. I agree that the sound level should be reduced for silenced SMG's as well, I've found that they still aggro infected over a larger radius than an equivalent pistol silenced firing the same round. At least it'd make that sniper/SMG combo viable without the need for a backup silenced pistol for dealing with infected aggro mid fire fight. The stamina system causes balancing issues for weapons inadvertently because of carry weight making some character builds untenable.

Head lamps do work whilst on your head but the light shines directly out of the back of the character models head lmao. You'd need another player with you to see it though as even in third person you can't see it tbh. But I'd advise not wearing it on your head turned on and walking through the night as your sending a bat signal into the sky lol

But it's a hardcore survival game, the whole point is that it's hard to survive. If you go to low pop servers to get geared even a little then go to high pop your missing the most tense skilled based part of the game. And not everyone's a KOS player, I'm always tooled up but if I see a player with low tier weapons & there alone I'll always approach them and try and communicate. I've made friends with dozens of random people, if your just gonna go AFK as soon as any geared player appears then your never gonna improve or get better at reading how a situation will play out. its widely accepted that server hopping is scummy behaviour and essentially cheating, why should anyone whose legitimately looted there way from the coast and got geared on a full server respect someone whose just taken The easy route. I like that dayz can be played pretty much anyway people want, I even don't have a problem with people who KOS because there usually terrible at combat anyway due to usually having an Alice pack full to the brim with ammo and extra mags + multiple weapons so there easily out stamina'd and repositioned on. it saddens me how many people I meet in game who already seem broken from dieing a few times to bandits on the coast so they become a KOS player or go hide in a low pop server only to go back to a high pop server to die because they look like a walking loot pile, I'd advise taking a risk. Build a high stamina character with a pistol or SMG and a few mags, dress in civilian clothing and try approaching people when you see them. Just be smart about it & do it from safety. Eventually you'll be able to tell who can and can't be trusted, just don't take it so personally. The people you meet in game aren't what those people Are like in real life, games are escapism from reality and the self. I genuinely hope you have some positive dayz experiences soon.

Won't let me open the link, can you describe it? What does the description in game say?

Was in a hunting stand so I'm assuming they'd spawn at trail entrances on the tables by the stationary maps & in hunting lodges too as they all share the same loot similar hunting loot spawns , there easy to miss as they look similar to seed packets and I think most players tend to ignore those seeing as though horticulture hasn't been implemented back in yet. Think a lot of the tourist maps are being missed because of it. when you open it zooms In on a very northern part of the map and there doesn't seem to be a way to scroll over to other parts of the map or zoom out etc. But the part of the map I could see was nicely detailed with roads, trails little towns etc.

I feel ya & I too don't care whether it's day/night or wet/dry but I'm an experienced player with enough map knowledge to navigate anywhere without an app or a compass in the dark. Also yes the dev team are working on a fix & I'm sure it'll come sooner rather than later but you gotta remember there's constantly new players and new players in game launch were dying before they even left the coast during daylight and with twice the amount of wells and no disease/sickness penalties. New players joining right now are entitled to be a little put out and I for one don't hold it against them if they get a little riled up, the games got a wicked steep learning curve under the best circumstances. Plus the fact that all the top populated servers with max players and queues of atleast 30 people constantly , 24/7 in every region at the moment are ones not bugged with daylight and normal weather cycles is proof that the vast majority of players prefer daylight and not heavy rain. On PC vanilla dayz servers have icons showing whether it's day or night and again the clvast majority of people log out at night and go into day servers, the data doesn't lie. Just because the minority go with the flow and take every server as it comes doesn't make it what most people want. Just my two cents & I'm sure within a week the servers will be sorted out anyway so it's a moot point really, but I gotta feel for any new bambis trying to navigate on the coast with no frames, sound breaks and rendering f*ckery whilst in the pitch black, torrential rain, starving and dehydrating to death lol.

Dude stop telling everyone the Gucci servers ;) lmao jk

Servers are bugged currently there are a handful of daytime servers but there far and few between with massive queues as there always at full capacity. The dev team are working on a fix for them. They actually meant to tune the weather so it changed frequently with last update but unfortunately it went haywire and 99% of servers to stuck in the dark with torrential rain. Try joining the most populated couple of servers in your region and one of those will be daylight.