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There's so much fail in this thread. 99% of people with vehicles are NOT hackers, and the theory that only a handful are on the server is ridiculous. Theres usually 2 Motorcycles, 2 4x4 pickups, One UAZ (car), UAZ (Russian 4x4), GAZ, hatchback, URAL, V3s, 5-6 bikes(maybe more), 1 PBX (5-6 crap boats too) and aprroximately 6-8 ATVs. Plus a chopper. I'm forgetting some I'm sure, but thats the majority of them. The other day a hacker teleported all vehicles (and people that were inside vehicles) to one spot... needless to say, Chaos ensued. Vehicle owners/hoarders are NOT USUALLY hackers. If you still believe they are you need to reevaluate your DayZ skills, as you probably suck. Why? Hackers don't need vehicles, and most of them either are there to create stupid scenarios for their amusement (Thunderdome, weapon crates, Ghost hauntings/Green mountain hauntings) be it *good* or bad. They can easily teleport around and are usually invincible. I'm sure I'll take some heat for this, but people need to stop crying about their suckiness, or find a new server. P.S 2-3 tractors, and 2-3 buses as well on top of all the other vehicles spawn. Just remembered.

We operate two private hive servers over at Atomic Gaming. I have decided to advertise here, now that it is allowed. Edit: Just to confirm, both servers have identical settings. They are hosted from a good dedicated server with a 1gbps internet connection. The only difference between them is they each have their own hive. - BOTH Servers are hosted in Chicago and have a max ping setting of 205. Many server related details can be found on the forums! We have some specific things and custom rules that are enacted to keep the community happy and secure. Please pay close attention to them. Join us by heading over to http://www.atomicgn.com register on the forums, then follow the instructions to apply for the password. Once accepted, you will have access to the current password via the forums (again - pay attention to the instructions and you will not have any issues!) For those wondering: The servers are both running Beta 96493 as of this post. If you use DayZ Commander, the new beta might not be listed yet. Just go here: http://www.arma2.com/beta-patch.php install the latest version then launch our server with your DayZ Commander. Commander wont tell you the new version # but it should use 96493 so long as you have installed it! See you all in DayZ! Edit: Some server-specific notes: - Heli crashes spawn 2 times their normal loot count (not more item variety, but its simply possible for more items to drop on average) - Mic over side chat is bad! If its an accident, we understand. You can prevent getting kick/banned for using your mic in side chat if you simply unbind CAPSLOCK from global and rebind it to direct communications only. - We have a low tolerance threshold for trolls. Bandits are welcome, trolls not as much. - Code of Conduct: NO SNIPING FRESHLY SPAWNED AND UNARMED CHARACTERS AROUND CHERNO OR ELEKTRO! (you spawn with a hatchet - if you have your hatchet equipped you are not unarmed and therefore fair game for snipers) - Code of Conduct: You can loot bases, steal vehicles and all that. Just do not drive over tents. Anyone caught doing so will be punished. - Spawn Loadout: 1x painkiller, 2x bandages, Hatchet, Compass, Military Flashlight. (sometimes the default loadout triggers alongside our customized loadout and you end up with an additional painkiller, flashlight and bandage. I am working on fixing this but it is a low priority right now) - In-game admins will have a [GM] tag on the end of their names. Anyone who uses this tag who is not an admin will be banned and will have to file a ban appeal on our forums. See you on Atomic! Of course, if you have any questions feel free to ask here.

Have no idea what will make vehicles work. As I haven't found any(I play on a clan server big surprise), although I have seen a post on another sites bug listing for DayZ. In that post there were admins talking about a server side code that could potentially save vehicle's locations and inventories properly. Upon testing this code it half worked. The Ural they used stayed at its spot but lost its gear. Next restart the Ural was in its saved spot but a bus had spawned on top if it with the original inventory of the Ural. I think we're going to have to wait till rocket gets these things working.

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/78540-the-chronicals-of-buffjesuss-last-dayz-character/#entry742885 really hard dont suck at dayz and vehicles are common as hell

From my experiences is that the vehicles are bugged on some servers whilst others seem to get away with it.

I have a bus, an ATV and a UAZ. The issue at the moment in 1.7.2.5 is that many vehicles do not save properly and can actuall dissapear into thin air for no apparent reason, even if the server does not restart. I have had this happen with the V3S recently, sometimes vehicles can despawn from their spawn location only a few minutes after partially repairing them. This is, of course, incredibly frustrating. It seems that some vehicles are more prone to vanishing or not saving after log out and server restart than others. The ATV will usually reliably save, I have so far found the UAZ saves for me as well, the helicopter and V3S will nearly always disappear and not save location. My suggestion is, find an ATV (one spawns next to a rock at black lake), these only require a fuel tank, engine and two wheels to full repair, you will also need at least one jerry can. That will take up 27 slots, if you have an Alice pack or Coyote Backpack you can carry all of this at once without making any trips back and forth. Once you find it though, be very careful not to flip it (I have a guide on my YT channel linked below on how to unflip these if you don't know how). The ATV is also very easy to hide because of its colour and size, and goes pretty fast off road and on. Hopefully the next update will fix the issue with vehicles (and tents) not saving properly.

There is no way that 11 vehicles is the limit for a server. My two friends and I at one point had 7 different vehicles at one time before 1.7.2.5 began eating cars.

I cant imagine the frustration of trying to fix a vehicle alone. We always do it in teams of 4 at least, and it can still be frustrating finding that last peice. The additional fact that vehicles dont seem to save properly, and that hackers can clearly find any vehicle on the map means it only a short term gain even if you do fix one up.

As a lone wolf I have fixed a few vehicles, but find many more to steal. The best vehicle for me right now is the motorcycle, and most of them "self repair". I often find motorcycles in one particular spawn location, which is a mislabelled location for a different vehicle on the Wiki....

No no, sorry. I found the vehicles, but I had a group member/friend to fly the chopper and airlift me back to retrieve the vehicles [repeated process]. I have footage. Also, it wouldn't be hard to steal said vehicles by myself; all I would need is time. In fact, it's really easy.

You stole six vehicles from a group by yourself? Sorry I'm calling bullshit.

No, not EVERY play with a vehicle is hacker, and you should slap yourself for thinking so. I stole a V3S, Heli, URAL, motorbike, offroad and something else from a group the other day. I left them a hatchback with all wheels blown out and a double barrel shotgun in their. The ultimate torture. Also, I've fixed up a bus, motorcycle, found a bike, fixed up an offroad, fixed up a GAZ, fixed up a UAZ and fixed up an ATV in the past weeks or so. In fact, several of said vehicles.

most of the times loot spawns..barns or firestations..deerstands or crash sites the second one of every life..i usually search for hidden tents or vehicles when i don't need so much stuff

Sorry for your troubles mate, had that happen myself. Few things to note... to my knowledge the DayZ mod config (which is set by DayZ) only allows 11 vehicles at one time on any given server. More than that & they are usually hacked in. Also, atm the DayZ database does not save tents & vehicle content... no matter what you ether from a player or admin position... tents & vehicles will always revert back on server restart, which most servers need to restart more than they do (6/8 hours). Vehicles do maintain there location on restart, hence the problem on many servers as players simply fly or drive vehicles into the ocean... server restarts & the vehicle respawns underwater. Unfortunately until DayZ fixes the issues on the backend saving items in tents & vehicles are pointless, having more than 11 or better stated.. 11 vehicles that you can actually use on land won't change & getting vehicles back at all via a server whip is again, not allowed even when requested my the Admins for the purpose of cleaning up old tents, vehicles, ect....

if you want to join our little group i could give you some vehicles.

If you like to have the bejebus scared out of you by crazed hopping zombies or the tension of hearing another player's footfalls as they climb the stairs to your location. Maybe you want to bait a sniper into revealing his position for your team to take out. Or just wonder through the countryside slaughtering coos and living on your own. If any of those things appeal. Put your hand in your pocket and splurge. The stand alone is months away and the hackers are getting dealt with. Hopefully have a hive db reset in the next patch to get rid of all the tents and reset vehicles.

We have a helicopter and 4-5 vehicles, we have acquired them all legitimately but pretty much lose them every 1-2 days due to people using map hacks or hackers teleporting them. The other day the admin banned 5 people that ran straight to vehicles from fresh spawns. Don't assume everyone is a hacker, hacking may be rampant but far to often I see stuff being blamed on hackers when it's quite likely it isn't a hacker

try fixing the chopper on skaliciky island then, 14 hours on my own to get all the parts and repair it, always in fear someone would log in at any point next to is with the right parts to get airborne. it took an hour and a half with 7 of us repairing it.. unfortunately choppers dont magically appear 3k north of black lake! however most other vehicles and camps do ;)

Cause prick server owners, lock the server when it starts; hoard all the vehicles and hide them so other players cant find them. Just hope you get lucky and find someones hidden vehicle :)

Vehicles grow in the woods like mushrooms. Search, and you shall find. Stealing is a lot easier than fixing.

Restarting will fix it since vehicles aren't saving anyways on 1.7.2.5 LOL

So I just spent my entire night trying to fix up a car in Stary. It was totally wrecked, needing every part. I scavenged the industrial area there, the NWAF, and even rode a bike all the way to Cherno and back for parts. I ended up fixing the fuel tank, repairing the engine, repairing the hull, filling it with fuel, and putting two tires on it. All it needed was two more, but I was tired, so I went to bed, and came back 8 hours later. My bike was gone, and I was shot shortly after logging in because I tossed a flare trying to find it. So I respawn on the coast, scavenge enough stuf to head back to Stary, as well as a third car wheel over an hour or two. Run ALL the way back to Stary. When I get there, someone is circling in a chopper! I wait for them to leave, and check for my corpse. Of course it's gone, they hid the body (I wish that "feature" would be removed from the game, it's so unrealistic and only serves to annoy people.) Finally check the car again. Guess what, it's reverted back to it's completely wrecked state. Also, all the stuff I put in it was gone, but that is nothing compared to the car parts that I spent forever loot piling in Cherno trying to get. 8 hours of playing just gone. This is incredibly frustrating and makes me want to stop playing this game forever. How does ANYONE have a vehicle? Why is it that every server, someone is flying around in a chopper, yet I can't even get a UAZ running because of rollbacks? Is every player in a working vehicle a hacker or what? This game is completely unplayable to me right now. My favorite part of the game is fixing up vehicles and riding around in them. So there is absoltuely no point. I'm so tired of playing walking simulator 2012.

Don't listen to the lies from this forum. The mod is fine. Most of the hackers were just banned and the hacks detected. The tents and vehicles are a little buggy though.

I like this idea. This will give a fair shot to players on every server to get vehicles that are usually being horded by clans.

Are we allowed to reinstall the server?