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A buddy and myself were sitting in a truck with the engine off, parked close to a tree. We both got out at the same time and that seemed to trigger the truck rocking back and forth. It killed him and damaged, but did not destroy the truck. The rear of the truck sunk into the ground and after a couple of hours, the rest of it sank up to the roofline.

Hi there, Long-time mod player, but relatively new to standalone. I found a truck and got it running, but when inside the truck I cannot get it out of "freelook" view. The result is that I cannot drive with the mouse, and I cannot look directly behind me. The * key does not toggle it out of freelook mode. I also tried ctrl, alt and num 5 keys. A server restart also did not help. I searched the forums, but I could not find a thread on this topic. Is this a known issue? Any ideas? Thanks, Steve

I spend days trying to find parts to restore a Hilux. When I'm almost finished, the server I was working on quits and disappears, never to return. I find another Hilux and spend hours getting it running. I'm driving outside Berezino with my new ride when I hear rotorwash. I make a dash for a tree line and get away from my vehicle, just in time for it to be blown to pieces. (Never been strafed by a helo before, guess I'll take that one off the list.) Beyone frustrated, I start running up to Black Lake to try and find the rummored GAZ up there. (And really, what else is there to do?) Within 15 minutes, I find the most poorly hidden military offroad ever. It has more weapons and gear than I had before and a better vehicle to boot. Just remember, no matter how bad it seems, you never know what's around the corner.

Rocket, I work in technology marketing and after reading your update I wish that many of the clients I work with had your project management and development philosophy.

This is funny. I just made a post about my experience two nights ago. Since I am a writer by trade, I made a conscious effort to make it as brief as possible. After reading your post, I want to go back and rewrite mine.

Once approached a lumber yard, on one of the roads North out of Cherno, at night. I walked towards the one industrial building, stopped, and waited for a zombie(s) to spawn...and nothing. After waiting awhile, I assume nothing is going to spawn and head into the building. Once inside, I thought it was pretty unusual to not have any zeds to deal with so I turn on my flashlight (had never really used the thing before since it's a zed magnet). I'm sweeping around the black room with the beam, and the light catches something. I swing the beam back to see a pair of legs. I sweep the light up the legs until I see the face of a zed right in front of me standing there motionless. As soon as the beam lit up his face, he screamed and launched at me. I had a hatchet, but was so startled that I ran straight out of the place, squealing like a 5-year-old..

Can you save a bear trap once it's placed, or is it a given that the trap is gone when the server restarts? Just trying to decide if it's buggy that I cannot save a trap, or if that option really is not available. Found a partial discussion on this, but nothing conclusive.

So there is no "save" option then? I'm actually experiencing the opposite of the typical trap bug. When it disappears, I can walk over that spot (I have morphine with me) and nothing happens.

Realistic in the U.S., of course.

M1 Carbine would be a more realistic weapon that you find in civilian settings. Many vets brought them back, and still being released in high numbers through the Civilian Marksmenship Program. If you introduce the M1A1, then it could be carried in a pistol slot, since that weapon folds in half and could be carried in a jump holster.

I'm 41, based in U.S. and usually play sometime in the vicinty of 10pm-2am E.S.T. My main goal right now to to put together my first vehicle, and I have some ideas for base building, including how to protect it when everyone is off server. I'm registered with two private hives, but right now I am just searching out low population servers to keep PVP to a minimum. Up to now, I have been strictly survivor, but after being killed for the countless time while calling out "friendly." I am seriously considering adopting a shoot on sight mentality. Maybe someone can bring me back from the edge?

So what's the final word on this? Was wire fencing removed during the last update? If somebody already answered this in the last 47 pages, my apologies.

No. I've been steadily working to the point where I could wire off my own private base. Not looking to wire off a spawn point, but someplace that is otherwise useless to other players. Of course, I say this not having experienced the bugs that everyone is talking about.

Yeeesh. I just came back from Green Mountain. I went there not knowing any of this. I just saw on one of the online maps that there might be a UAZ or a quad there. I didn't have any real problems, but died due to my own mistake. I kept running a circles around the place. I would draw the zombies off, lead them behind the facility and lose them in the woods. Then I would take out any stragglers by the gate with my Winchester. But every time I ran to the gate, I could not get it open. Finally, on about the eighth attempt at this, I was at the gate and heard zombies coming up on me. Went to take off again, but could not get out of "walk" mode. After furiously switching between third and first person trying to get him to run to no avail, I switched to .45 and was overrun gun-a-blazin. I thought it was a glitch that took me out. But after thinking about it, I wonder if I ever took my finger off the shift key. :( Now that I know what happens once inside the gate, kinda glad I didn't get it open.

Anyone been to the facilty at green mountain? I can't seem to get the gate open. I was wondering if a toolbox or something else is required.

Thanks for the tip. I think I just need to take out all the zombies there before moving to the gate. I couldn't get it to open on the fly.

I met a bunch of the lumberjack's friends. There were wearing security guard uniforms running around Green Mountain...but they didn't seem concerned about my security at all.

Just a few random ideas to blockade and build a compound: What about adding the ability to move/drag wrecked vehicles using a heavy truck? Wrecks could be put in front of a building or key chokepoint and the survivor would have to plan their own secret back exit. I have seen comments about adding boards and nails to secure houses, which I think is a great idea. I think a nice addition to this would be to give the hatchet the ability to hack a hole in a wooden floor. This would make a secret entrance that you could enter prone. Also, what about the ability to use the tool kit (or add torch to the game) to attach scrap metal to vehicles as a poor man's armor plating? (I have a feeling someone already thought of this, but I couldn't find a post about it.) Finally, I read that wire fencing can stop human players but not zombies. Don't know if this is true, since I have yet to use it in-game. But any barricade that can stop a human should restrict zombies as well.

Having fired a real Enfield .303 recently, I can say that it's delivery is like a sledgehammer.

I share the laptop concerns. By some miracle, I play the mod with an integrated video card and it works just fine. But, they can't be expected to "dumb down" the new game engine for people like me. Oh well.

Congrats on this! I have only been playing for a few weeks, but I'm very impressed. I have not played any online game for years (I'm 41), and hearing about this brought me back into it.

So I go into Elecktro tonight on server Seattle 85, and there were signs of a major PVP battle. The first thing I noticed was that the fire station and power plant smoke stack outside of the city were destroyed. Inside the city were wrecked choppers, dead player bodies littered the square, and there was even dead cattle. Anyone know the story of what went down before I got there?