tad@tadshackles.com

Ok guys I have been a victim for a while now and with help from Kryvian and some experimentation I now know exactly what causes and how to avoid OR plan a coast spawn. Here it is. Perhaps you are up at Pobeda Dam and squad mates need you in Lektro or perhaps you are in Balota and a buddy tells u there is a Heli spawn in Berezino, well there is an easy way to travel. Coast Spawning. Contrary to popular belief it IS NOT a feature of the game designed to keep people from alt+f4ing or to discourage server hopping. It is simply a bad version. If you are running 1.......2.5 and you try to log onto a 1........2.4 or any other lower version of Dayz, you will be "load locked" meaning that the screen freezes at "Loading..." and you have to force close the game and start again. Well while the game is "Loading..." your character is actually in the debug plains and would be put in his/her last known location when the loading process finished, however if you force close in the debug plains the game thinks you logged out there and then when you log in it has no choice but to randomly spawn you on the coast. Understand? SO HOW TO COAST SPAWN: 1. Log out 2. Attempt to log into a server with an older version of Dayz than you have 3. Once you are "load locked", force close the game (ctr+alt+del then end the arma process) 4. Log back in on a server with the same version as you are running 5. Welcome to the coast. *note* WHERE on the coast you spawn is random so... have fun. HOW TO AVOID COAST SPAWNING: 1. Never log into a server with an older version of the game than you have. 2. ??? 3. Profit. I hope this clears up the mystery of coast spawning and I hope my fellow medics utilize this tool to help us reach patients faster. CHEERS! -Field Medic Scrump

WOW! Thanks for that man! I just really like the organic community that has formed on Dayz. It is nice to see that there are no rules and yet people work to build a a society of sorts. Just a really interesting place.

Ok now that I have the appropriate tags on the post........... I am a very active medic and having a pair of NVGs would make my life a ton easier. I don't have much to offer. I have tons of med supplies and a bunch of cooked meat. I have a CCO SD but its my only gun and I need a silenced gun so unless you wanna also give me a silenced pistol or a different silenced rifle... So let me know. The trade will be guarded by a trusted sniper and a spotter with thermal so no funny business.

So last night before bed I made a quick run to the Lektro Hospital looking for Antibiotics. The front window was broke so I moved fast, when I went around to the back of the Hospital there were 4 zombies hovering around the ladder so I knew someone was up there. I got in Direct Chat and said "To the person on the hospital roof, I am a white listed medic, I am looking for Antibiotics, I am going to kill your zombies and come up, DO NOT SHOOT ME - I WILL NOT HURT YOU!" The response was "Where are you, yeah right sniper... Where are you" I repeated myself, hugged the wall to kill the zeds, then went up the ladder. I got to the roof and the dude looking off the other end of the hospital on the upper tippy top roof. He exclaimed "WHERE ARE YOU" I said, "im behind you dude" He then ran full speed ahead and died after a 3 story fall off a roof... I had no intention of hurting you dude... Sorry you died. You had some decent gear, I left it all there and did not hide the body, I hope you get your gear back. On the upside, I do have an Antibiotic now!

I wish I could run Fraps... If I run it with DayZ, I get terrible lag... I need to buy a nice new computer but I am saving for an engagement ring at the moment.

What division are you, Soulshaper? I am southwest/southeast (basically entire south coast) I am a crack shot with the door gun and a damn good med supply runner (never killed while raiding cherno-lektro) Ive been quite solo lately so if needed... Let me know.

You don't have to Suicide. You can coast spawn intentionally. Search the Survivor HQ area for the post HOW TO: Coast Spawn to learn more.

They disabled the respawn button like 3 weeks ago. I am still taking credit for this! LOL

I wouldn't know since I always update my version. To be safe, ALWAYS log onto servers with the same version as you.

I have really enjoyed reading this. I LOVE this part of the game. You can play HOWEVER you want to and I encourage it. If you wanna murder everyone, GO FOR IT. But I was curious if for example me. I have zero murders, and zero bandit kills but 9500 humanity. I have patched up bandits who admitted to me they just murdered some survivors. I have gone into a situation where I KNEW I was being duped. I patched up the patient, morphined him and then POP a sniper takes me head out... Doesn't matter. I saved my patient. I am a doctor first. (of course, if bandits attacked me and I could defend myself I would. But only if forced to) If there was a WAR and medics had to choose sides we would all move to Zolengorsk and rename it Switzerland, ya dig? Its all about saving lives... Any lives. I will submit though, I TOTALLY understand that there is no way to know for sure if someone is this kind of medic or not but I was curious to see what would happen if you all could see, how you would play differently if at all.. I am glad to see the answers were many and varied. For those that don't know I posted a thread in the survivor area about how to coast spawn or how to avoid it. if its something you wonder about, go check the thread oh, and gimme those beans!

You get his Steam ID or Skype info or you meet him in a teamspeak or ventrillo server. Then you can talk. But lets just say I was a bandit and I saw that JOHN Q PATIENT was on US 2234 at the SW BARRACKS at the NWAF and it turned out I was near by. I could easily log over, head to his locale and kill him after I kill the medic coming to save him. So, an IM service or Voice Service is how you get the details.

DO NOT INCLUDE SERVER ON THIS FORUM Exact location: GOOD! Server: BAD! If you are currently bleeding, log out.

It will only happen if the game is closed during "LOADING..." after that process you are in your last known location and before that process your location is not yet loaded. It must be during LOADING As far as the same server guy... I don't know it could be a hacker, a bad server or perhaps the server updated while he was playing. All I know is what I learned from the 4 hours of experimentation and since then it has never happened when I didnt want it to and always happens when I do.

Currently VERY west and VERY north, setting up medi-camp. Ready to serve the extreme NorthWest (not really my region but im here) I will coast spawn soon to get back to my designated area.

Anyone with the TMW tag should not be killing on site. We are Medics and our calling is higher. If I saw two dudes gassing up a motorcycle that I did not know I would go prone and hide in a bush til they left, perhaps I would try some D-chat but I assume its KOS so, I would hide.

The Need Medical Assistance Thread is getting REALLY heavy so here is a place to post thanks to the medics that saved your life. Especially for the medics trying to get whitelisted. So, thank away.

If you are still alive, Ladleoffilth, I can be there in a few minutes. Poke me in the TMW TS3. ts.ourdomain.me:9990

How could I forget "Nerf Bikes" Best dayz video ever.

Look up "Scaring People In DayZ" HILARIOUS! Look up "The Alan Jackson Project" U will die laughing Look up the youtuber "Z0mbiemaster" (the O in zombie is a ZERO) Look up "The Chernarus Space Program" Funny stuff Watch the "Dayz Mythbusters" series When you finish those Ill post more for ya.

I have volunteered myself to this service as well. Make sure to ask questions. And I can't push this enough, watch videos! I HIGHLY recommend the DAYZ MYTHBUSTERS series on youtube, you will learn tons of valuable nuggets in there LIKE, If you have no gun or ammo, you can kill a zombie with tin cans (it aint easy - but it works with 2 - 4 hits) Among other awesome things.

Field Medic Scrump here, currently covering the Southwest Region - Steam name is in sig. Also I am lurking on TMW TS3 so poke me if u need me. I am out of Antibiotics, but I have a boat load of other meds. P.S. I am in dire need of Bizon SD mags and M9 mags

I dont like it. It makes it a video game and takes away the realism for me. As Dr Wasteland did, he created a purpose. Entire clans and servers are at their leisure to do this. All you have to do is plan the event. Go to youtube and look up "Cherno Church Service" it was a wonderful event. I don't want the devs forcing me to play in events. Its up to us to make the experience what we want it to be. If you have ever been thunder-domed you would know how awesomely interesting these events can get.

Assuming I dont coast spawn in a few moments, I am in Cherno. Some a-hole blew up the hospital last night then missed me 3 times with a LEEROY Enfield before I got away. Some people! Anyways, going to attempt to resupply now.

Yes. Sounds like you were combat experienced. We are in need of bodyguards. Post in the thread above (yes hectic but all posts are read) that you want to help. Being that your not yet trusted, you will need a fresh spawn medic to get with you, you guide him to a hospital, get him the supplies he needs. Then escort him to a patient somewhere and make sure the patient mentions your heroic work on the same forum listed above. Rinse and repeat and before you know it, you will be a White Listed Body Guard.