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The tents is probably the most unstable thing in the game at the moment. So they cannot be trusted. But havent had problems with vehicles before now. Hope they respawn, as it is all i have left after a major raid :P

Vehicles are just like any other loot, they have a chance to spawn. (please correct me otherwise) So they can spawn as soon as the server hits, but if your unlucky you'll just have a bunch of bikes and boats for a little while. The clock starts ticking right away, but I'm %90 sure my server (been up for well over a week) has only seen one UAZ. I wouldn't just hunt spawn spots either, some locations are still being recorded and sometimes people will find a working one, drive it 30 meters into the nearest bush and forget about it

Vehicles respawning is normally a non-issue because at any given time most of them aren't being used. Add on top of that spontaneous self-repairs and I'm not sure respawn frequency is the solution. Someone else's suggestion for almost constantly available crap vehicles is neat, though. A place where you can almost always find a bike, if you want to bother fixing it, and it only lasts for a day. It's not the ambition of mobilehomeownership that most people have, unfortunately.

Yeah and what server pop you play on? Because my clan had a ural with tons of guns in it and it got stolen from us (we stole it back lol) Then it was stolen again. The Ural sticks out like a sore thumb especially at night time to people with NVGs and the servers i've been on people were ALWAYS canvassing the map for tents and vehicles. Also Hackers can have a vehicle radar to find your stash. I find that hard to believe that someone can hide a vehicle for longer than 2 weeks without it getting stolen unless storing stuff off map is working again.

I'd like more guns, vehicles, things to do. It'd be great.

ADMIN NAME : [iCE]-COL-KNIGHT I was playing on the server "US #069 CHICAGO (1.7.2.3/94997) [VET][GMT-4] Multiplay :: -hosted by www.icesoldier.com" when I went to the "Factory" looking for vehicle parts for my ATV and UAZ. Little did I know, upon scouting it I see a lone player inside the factory, armed with what looked like a Lee Enfield, but was really an FN Fal. Enough of the small details though, seeming how I don't trust anyone in this game other then the people in my specific group, I decided to fire upon him. I missed those shots because I was too far, and he returned fire. He did not hit, so, I moved in closer, threw a frag grenade and picked up a murder. Little did I know, the person I killed was the server admin, who was also part of the "[iCE]" clan. Upon killing him, 1 - 2 minutes later, the server went down, then came back up. Upon reconnecting to the server again, it went down. I like to think that since I killed him, he dropped the server in attempts to roll it back to where he was alive. Sadly, he doesn't know this doesn't work but now I lost some vehicles. Wah wah, I don't care about that. I care about him abusing the part of the game where he wasn't being careful. [Tl;Dr] Killed admin, server went down 1-2 minutes later, hasn't come back up. EDIT : INCLUDING VIDEO LINK : http://www.twitch.tv/ch053n/b/325305742

I've restarted our server several times (tweaking config) and nothing too. A small group of us have checked ~20 spots, some more than once. No vehicles. Server logs look fine unless I'm just not seeing something I should be. I'll check them again later.

We had 4 Vehicles, Ural, UAZ, Motorbike and ATV after somebody found out our little Camp and destroyed all Tents and Vehicles they dont spawn anymore. We have 3 Clans play on our Server and all say, some of the Vehicles despawn sometimes after an restart and dont appear back after a few restarts, some Tents are dont Save Equip and some vehicles are fully repaird after you get out and get in and some are fully yellow after an serverrestart. I think ther is something not right with the Hive.

Good fixes I guess, but I'm disappointed that the same shit gets broken/"fixed." Been watching this same old song and dance since 1.5 era. (Maybe even longer, back when we still had helis) So can you guys actually concoct some content rather than breaking/fixing zombies, tents, vehicles, connecting, camo, and loot spawns over and over...and over again. It'd be charming to see some actual game changing content rather than what's been added since then (Crowbar, Hatchet, Bear Trap, Double Barrel) :rolleyes: Seriously, bruv, I love the game but have dreaded these patches every time they come out. I'm sitting in a corner now shaking just wondering what's going to be fucked up next. Inb4 12 year olds scream "ITS AN ALPHA WHARRRRBLGARBBLLL"

There are guns and there are vehicles. Congratulations, you now have armed vehicles. What's that? The game doesn't support firing out of your vehicle? That's a shame, but I'm not going to say it shouldn't. I mean, good luck hitting anything, but why not? Just don't add anything that's hard to kill. If you think a dude in a truck with a machine gun is a significant problem, you actually haven't played ARMA... or so I would think.

>OP mentions armed vehicles and even list Technical's and UAZ's as examples >Everyone thinks he means BMP's and Tanks What the fuck is wrong with people that post here. The UH-1H already has two M240's, so I don't see why it'd be a problem for other vehicles to have weapons mountable.

I find the suggestion extremely interesting. If the vehicle limit on a server actually is 20, then that seems fair enough, considering the max number of players on a server. But that 7-day respawn time seems a bit exaggerated (implying I understand when the respawns happen: vehicle gets smashed? any other reasons for respawn?) I'd feel more like 24h max. I doubt the servers would get any traffic jams, simply because isn't it a challenge itself to fix that broken vehicle and find gasoline? So far my only experience from vehicles has been an ATV with no gasoline (was playing with a friend, we decided we'd rather focus on survival than getting the atv running) and a fully functioning tractor we found off some players camp (my friend drove it, he crashed a tree with extremely low speed and the tractor went boom. Friend barely made it after a quick bandage->blood bag->adrenaline) Only 2 vehicles so far, and I have played this game quite alot..

There are a lot of things server admins can't do, and you've listed a couple of them. They can't teleport players/vehicles and they can't rollback servers There is a glitch with Dayz as it is now where sometimes tents don't save after you take things out of them or destroy them; same with vehicles. After a server restart they usually reappear in the last place they were saved at. I had a tent on one server that I had only put up for fun, and to camp for easy kills. Filled it with raw meat, never refilled it. It usually filled itself back up after server restarts, even when I had seen players take the meat out of the tent and left it on their dead bodies

@Okano Well, bud. Believe me, we had 10 guys looking at all the spawn locations I know that for sure will spawn a vehicle. Not only, but including the ones you mentioned. And nothing. We restarted with a tent, made this "tent test" we putted a flare on it to test the "Save" option. And rigth when we restarted I was in front of it, it re appeared and all the 9 other guys was looking for vehicles, we stood looking for 3 hours, almost got killed by a group of bandits(wich we rapidly got rid of). And, one more time, no vehicles. =) After a few restarts the tent disappeared and after all didn't came back. Really strange!! I think we will contact vilayer for further info.

It also helps you kill zombies. And spot loot. And spot vehicles. And spot friends. And spot road signs. And do literally anything that involves seeing things. You could just as easily argue that it helps survivors avoid bandits by helping them spot the danger sooner and go some place else. So yes, I guess you're right. It totally helps bandits. In that bandits have motherfucking eyeballs. I'm sorry, but this thread is ridiculous.

Wow. I am still able to get on the server thankfully. Where did you guys get with the vehicles, I will grab them and stash them away from these idiots! At least admin abusers wont get their hands on them.

The [M4D] players definitely abuse this power. Me and a few of my friends have a camp on the 194 server. Two of them were searching around and heard a vehicle coming, they shot at it, killed [M4D] Paratrooper something or other - instantly the others in the vehicle alt f4. My buddies blew up the vehicle and moments later, they log back in and restart the server, getting their shit back. They ended up coming up and looting our camp, we caught them, killed them - rinse and repeat(restart, etc). These guys are a bunch of babies and can't handle losing their shit. They combat log all the time and hoard all the vehicles at their camp(quite close to ours, we really love stealing all their junk :P) Either way, only reason we stay on the server is because it's quite enjoyable making them rage quit and rage restart the server. If you enjoy having a server go down every 30 minutes, stick around and shoot the [M4D] players.

Armed vehicles wouldn't be as bad as sniper rifles.

From what I understand and experience, vehicles are permanent objects in the server. They spawn with the world and remain as such until players move them around. They have some specific locations they typically spawn in, but it can still seem kind of random. Most servers have clans or groups who have found and hid these vehicles already, and being permanent, do not find their way back into the map for other players to use. Vehicles spawn in various states of repair/disrepair and with various fuel levels. Most vehicles you find, you will need to fix up to get in tip-top shape. Vehicles are also coded now to despawn/respawn if they have not been moved in a week's time. I'm not sure, but I've also heard there is a set number of vehicles, and if some are not desired (like boats or ATVs), they can be destroyed to get another to spawn somewhere at random.

how are people retaining all this gear when it seems that tents and vehicles wipe their inventory constantly?!??!?!?! Not to mention people raiding camps all the time. OP must be playing on a server with 10 people or a clan one that is PW protected. lol.

I have read threads recently of there possibly being some issue with tents saving their inventories or location. I do not know if this is actually the case or not. I do know that sometimes when a server resets, for a period of time, tents and vehicles seem to not spawn, but show up eventually. Maybe the server reset for the beta patch, and things went missing. Check back later maybe. Otherwise, maybe there is something related in the bug report board.

rocket launchers dont kill players. they only blow up vehicles. unless of course a player was in the vehicle.

I have found numerous bicycles, a couple of ATVs, a bus and once saw a Ural needing repair. Only vehicle my group has ever got going was the white 2 seater 4wd, which we had for an hour before server crashed and it was grabbed by someone else in the meantime. There are 4 in my group and ATVs and motor bikes are no good for us as we need to travel together. I have not seen any 4+ seat vehicles to be repaired. There does need to be more. We've been searching for weeks with no luck. Should my team spend a few days searching for camps on the edges and steal someone else's? What about the idea of having vehicles that respawn to a location once every 24 hrs? Like a rental system. People can't own them (or hide them away) as they respawn every 24 hrs. But allows groups of players to go cruisin'. Please more vehicles!

Instance ids above 6000 do not currently have vehicles.

I am asking all willing players to become the Rapid Response team. I have been betrayed and so has my group. Another group [who we were allied with before this incident] has become the enemy. We shared a base with them that included a URAL, a VS3, two tractors, one hatchback, one white pickup-truck/ute, a van and some other vehicles. The loot includes all end-game equipment. We have at least one of every weapon. Multiple L58A2 AWS's, multiple M107's and AS50's, etc. So I ask of you, when I update in the forum including the server name, to put yourselves on standby if you want this equipment and/or vehicles. Wipe out all who oppose. If you would be kind enough, please make your character white or black with blue facepaint, so my group and I can differentiate between our betrayers and you. There will be blood, there will be tears. Some will go home happily equipped; some with nothing. People will die. So I ask of you, my fellow DayZ companions, to vanquish my ex-allies. Leave none alive. The co-ords are 064, 004. Operation Vanquish is at the ready, and I will notify you all when it is executed. The post will be titled "Operation Vanquish" and the tags will be the Co-ords and the server name, so you need not even open the post. I'm not forcing people to do this, and you are not my personal army. P.S. There are also 10+ ghillie suits and 20+ NV Goggles at the base. Enticing, eh? EDIT: One of the enemies in the group is also a server admin [lool] so you need to do it fast and stealthily when I update everyone