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Hey, I came back to Dayz last week after a few months break. I've been playing it a lot, and remember how fun it was! So yesterday i repaired myself an ATV, managed to flip it, raged a lot, and then thanked God when it flipped back on the server restart. So, knowing how lucky i was for it to have flipped back, i wanted to make sure i didn't lose it again. To achieve this, I hid it in a bush somewhere in the woods. I then remembered that whenever i had a vehicle or a tent previously, i would mercilessly save it repeatedly to make sure that i didn't NOT save it. Seems like i suffer severe OCD in this area of the game. Anyway, i was looking for the save option on my quad, but couldn't see it. Have they patched it out? I'm aware that there was quite a significant patch not that long before i started again. Thanks for the help :)

Oh boy! That's awesome!! Makes everything so much more easy, and realistic. Very happy with this :D Thanks for the fast reply mate :)

I've got a story that happened to me only a couple of days ago. I say this now: it is completely true - I'm not making anything up. Ok so i was a bambi spawn only with a hatchet, and i was just looting the out-of-town firestation at Elektro. I had just left through the back exit and was just going through the gap in the wall into the field, when i hear what sounded like direct communication of psychotic laughter coming from behind me, inside the firestation. I crouched down and continued to listen, and then i saw it: someone in a white lab coat smeared with a LOT of blood ran out of the firestation wielding an axe, laughing hysterically. He was running at me, so i literally screamed IRL and started running. He was gaining on me, with his bloodstained butcher outfit or something, continuously laughing. When i realised i wasnt getting any distance on him, i decided to turn and fight him with my axe (i had been constantly shouting "get away from me!" in direct communication before this). However, when we engaged in axe combat, he was fighting like a zombie. You know what i mean? That kinda weird thing when they stand there, then suddenly do a really fast strike, and then stand there again. But he was doing this with an axe. I must have hit him about 7-10 times before he finally broke my leg and killed me. I was really shocked at what i just saw - I wasn't sure whether it was a new player skin? Or an easter-egg put in by the developers? I don't think it could have been a player, because he was running much faster than i could, and attacked like a zombie. Anyway - how's that for an Urban Legend? A crazy, bloodstained mad butchet who hacks you to death whilst laughing mercilessly! P.S. 100% true!

Hey guys, So i was flying my chopper happily yesterday, just about to land, about 100ft off the ground or so, and then BAM: "You were kicked: Ping too high (400)". As you could imagine, i was concerned about losing my chopper, thinking it would just plummet down to ground without a pilot and explode, so i quickly rejoined. When i connected, i was standing on the ground where i had been kicked, and my chopper was nowhere to be seen - not in the air, and no crash sites anywhere in the area. I was just wondering whether my sweet baby has been taken by the server or whether it might turn up at the last place i saved it, on the server restart. All help is welcome! :D Thanks.

Lol yes next time i will save my needs until i'm NOT gaming. I tried retracing my steps with a quad bike but got sniped on the way and lost everything else lol. Pretty bad day if im honest! Logged in, found alllll my tents crushed and a couple of my vehicles gone (only had 2 left out of like 5 xD), thankfully found my chopper wasnt stolen, so i move it, get kicked, and lose that, then (cherry on the cake) i get killed on the way back to the chopper and lose all my gps, nvg, as50, m4 cco sd and other crap like that lol xDDD Anyway, thanks alot for the replies - i will make my way back there tomorrow :D

hmm, well maybe, just to be on the safe side, i could land/hover close to the ground somewhere nearby lol xD

Aha alright, we'll have to fly a bit higher xD and yes, i'll have to get sine recording software for this lol. I think we'll do some practise over sea. Just so I'm sure, is dayz like the armoury on this point? Coz when I jump out on armoury there is a chute, but wasn't sure whether dayz would be the same. Thanks :)

Hello! Not really a Bandit Story, but could have easily turned into one! Basically, me and two other of my friends set ourselves up with some M249 SAWs, a hell of a load of ammo, a UAZ, and drove into the middle of Chern and unleashed some CRAZY ASS SHOOTIN' xD Was awesome - when we first started shooting the zombies, there weren't that many, but then more came..... and more.... and mooore >:D There were zombie corpses literally allll over the floor by the end. There was a few people in the side chat asking WTF was happening, as i'd imagine they were peacefully gear up in some apartments when they heard an engine, then a hell of a lot (and i mean a HELL of a lot) of shooting outside xD Of course, if we had come across a poor, innocent bambi, we would have shot the living shit outta him to there weren't nothin' left ;D xD Yeah so that's about it. I would say i didn't give much detail, but hey, what detail is there about shooting shit up eh? xD Hope you enjoyed reading ;D P.S. Shit gonna hit the fan when we get our hands on some satchel charges >:)

Lol sounds great guys! XD

Hello, I recently found an FN FAL AN/PVS-4 at a heli crash site, and it looks pretty damn awesome. I like the NV scope, and i hear that it is a very rare find. However, after thinking a bit, i realised that the DMR is very similar, if not better: a scope which can have NV (i do have NVGs so it is good at night), it has a zoomable scope, and has a longer effective range. This doesn't really make sense to me, as i found a couple DMRs in low-yield places, such as Balota Airstrip, whereas i've only ever found one FN FAL AN/PVS-4, at a crash site; Why would a very rare gun not be as good as a reasonably common gun?! Thanks.

Hell yeah lol fal it is then. Will see how it turns out :) thanks a lot everyone :D

Yes I have a camp :) and in the day i use my as50, and I could use it at night, but I felt that changing my video settings was wrong now that I have Nvgs lol. Think about ONLY in a night time scenario - dmr or fal? I think maybe fal because it is quieter and 1 shot kill, and it doesn't really need to be long range if you're in the night- just sneak up on them ;)

Ok that sounds good. I was only using the dmr for night shooting anyways, so the nv scope should be useful :) what do you think I should use? I personally am leaning towards the fal, but I think that is just because if it's awesome look and rarity lol.

Ah right the FAL is 1 shot kill? I didn't realise that. How is this, though? As i believe they both deal the same damage: 8000?

Hey, When asking why there are a lot of glitches in DayZ, i was told that they mostly come from those dead army guys you find at military tents, airstrips, and some cities. When looking out for these dead guys, i realised that most of my glitches were, in fact, caused by those dead army guys. I know DayZ is only a mod at the moment, and that there are quite a few bugs and glitches, and that's alright with me; i was just going to suggest maybe removing those dead army guys from the game until DayZ is more stable (e.g. standalone). This way, if they ARE the cause for the glitches, people won't have to suffer :) Lemme know what you think? :) Thanks.

The latest patch has FIXED this for me! Thank you!

Hey, I find Jerry Cans a lot - in barns, warehouses, those little brick buildings, etc. In fact, i've found 2 or more Jerry Cans in one place quite a few times! The problem is, i can't find ANY, when i actually need one! This lead me to posting this thread, asking if anyone knows any buildings which seem to spawn Jerry Cans more frequently. I've look on DayZ Database Map, but they are nowhere to be seen xD If it is just an equal chance for them to spawn anywhere then I guess i've just been one unlucky mofo, but come on: find them when i don't need them, can't find them when i do need them.... typical! Thank you for helping xD P.S. You may have noticed this post is a half rant ... xDD

Thanks guys :)

Ah yeah those - i usually find them in there, but as soon as i find a vehicle which is outta fuel, BAM they're all gone!

I've read through it and it looks promising. I will do it when i have a bit more time. Thanks a lot! :)

Why not reply something useful, rather than pointless moans? I just hope they fix it at some point :)

Alright then - i didn't realise they were working on it :) I guess i'll just have to be patient. Thanks! :D P.S. I realised that my glitches were caused by the dead guys in camouflaged clothing at airstrips and military tents :)

Hey, Alright so i've got this tent out in the middle of nowhere, hidden quite well in my opinion; it's got some pretty decent stuff, including a couple AS50s, NVGs, rangefinders, etc, etc. So i left it there for about 5 days, and then today i returned to save it and put some stuff in it, when i discovered another tent pitched kinda inside my own - like glitched half in half out. I looked in my own tent and absolutely nothing is gone, so it hasn't been robbed or anything, and then looked in the other tent, which seems to have nothing in it at all. Is this likely to be some kind of glitch or has someone discovered my camp and decided not to steal anything? Thanks

Yeah i havent lost anything yet, but i may do soon :s Oh well, nothing i can do xD

Oh well i guess that's kinda good - i wont lose any gear xD Hopefully all these little bugs will be fixed in the standalone however.