Mjolnir (DayZ)

I am having the exact same problem as well. I got the bizarre prompt to "optimize game files" and clicked yes, which seemed to break Arma2 CO completely.

I understand that many people already have this stuff, but given that the car was basically EMPTY it would have taken literally one minute to take all the good loot from the tent, or at least SOMETHING. No one would leave ALL of that behind. On top of this the first time the car moved there was a MK48 in the tent; now don't you tell me that people wouldn't take THAT gun, because they sure as hell would.

By removing bandit skins he is FORCING a single playstyle: kill on sight. The fact is that there is no way everyone will spontaneously decide to trust each other for no reason; there are so many new people coming into this game that kill on sight that you CANNOT trust other people or you will die. In a game where dying can nullify dozens of hours of hard work, people are bound to be very cautious and shoot on sight. Before with bandit skins both cooperation and conflict existed as playstyles; now KOS is the ONLY way to survive. Rocket has effectively removed half of the game, and is FORCING us to play one way, whether he wants to acknowledge it or not. Sure, you can say it is up to us to be nice to each other and cooperate, but with no way of knowing who to trust no one is going to make the leap of faith and this KOS playstyle WILL go on forever.

Why would someone not take the M14 aimpoint, 9 stanag SD mags, blood bags, and other stuff if there was room in the car? If they were attempting to troll me then they failed miserably by not taking my stuff as well. This still doesn't explain how every component of the tractor EXCEPT for the wheels was heavily damaged, yet the tractor was not destroyed. Why would someone do this? It isn't even clever trolling.

Has Rocket ever said what the "off map" areas are defined as?

Did you even read my post? I said the car and tractor were saved at the same time. I saved them on both occasions; I even saved them multiple times in a row just to make sure.

I recently hid a car and a tractor in the far northwest corner of the map. I was under the impression that "off map" would be any area that is off of the in game map, and doesn't have proper foliage. The area in which I hid my vehicles was most certainly on the in game map, but north of the area shown by any of the loot maps. The issues I am about to describe could very well be server problems. I hid the car and tractor, then disconnected. The next day I rejoined the same server, only to find that my tractor had been moved about 20 feet south and the car was nowhere to be seen. However, I seriously doubt anyone stole the car or moved the tractor, as my tent (which was in plain view of both vehicles) had nothing missing (there was an M14 AIM in it among other things, and there was plenty of room in the car and tractor to take the gun if it had been stolen). I went down the road to the south, where I finally found the car parked at 16 22, which (interestingly) is on the loot map. The tractor and car were both saved in their hiding spot at about the same time, so I don't understand why one moved MUCH further than the other. Today (a few days later) I spawned in my camp again, only to find the car gone again. This time the tractor did not move at all, but it was SEVERELY damaged. Before the tractor had green for every component, but now it has deep red for everything except the wheels. I walked down the road, and the car was nowhere to be found. This leads me to believe that it was destroyed by the 24 hour "off map" timer. It could very well have just been a server glitch, but the fact that the tractor was almost destroyed in a single day seems to indicate to me that it was indeed this anti hoarding measure. Anyway, I would be interested to know what Rocket considers "off map" if that was indeed what happened here. Is it anything that reads "wilderness" when you spawn in (which seems to include the ocean near cherno sometimes, among other on map locations) or is it areas that are obviously outside the map (with no foliage)? My vehicles were hidden just north of the bend near the Grozovy pass. They were within 100 meters of both a house that spawned zombies and a main road, in an area with dense foliage. This led me to believe that they were still on the map. Was I wrong? Did Rocket change it so cars decay after 24 hours even when they are on map? Just to be clear this is not a whining or complaining thread; I know if I get attached to my gear I am "going to have a bad time." I realize this is an Alpha and I am just trying to determine if this is a bug or an intended feature.

So basically you want to take out most of the goals many players have when they play this game... No thanks. This game balances items by making them hard to find, not be nerfing them like in other games. There IS NO BALANCE other than rarity in Day Z. Sure, you might find an L85 and get some murders, but eventually you WILL die and lose it, and probably won't find another for weeks.

I lol'd

I have found two cans in my travels.

That's funny, the other day I came across a crash site with an FN FAL, 2 FAL mags, and a medical box. An hour later I came across another crash site with an M14 and TWO FALs. A few weeks ago I came across a crash site with an L85 AWS, M249 with 3 box mags, and an FAL.

At least you lost your car legitimately; I lost my Hilux and crappy 4 seat car (whatever it is called) when the server it was on (US2) decided to not exist anymore. They were in a perfect hiding spot WAY up north too... I haven't found another car since. I found a tractor, but someone stole it...

The other night a guy opened up on me and my friend with a 5.56 AR of some kind. He killed my friend but only wounded me in the leg, so I turn around and fired 15 FAL rounds at his position in burst mode. Next thing I know he is NOWHERE to be seen, and I have no kills on my debug monitor. I waited a few minutes, but he definitely disconnected. Cowards.

That GPU is awful; the CPU is WAY too powerful for that GPU for a gaming PC.

I came across a fresh heli crash site (right after a server restart). It had an FN FAL with 2 mags (non NVG version), an M249 with 3 box mags, and an L85 AWS (the thermal scope).