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So you can actually get off the map area? Didn't even know that. I thought people were whining even about that if you just hoard vehicles / other gear into a middle of a forest where people can't find it (well, so they say at least).

When bikes can't move, that's when they're destroyed. Most vehicles you cannot enter after they're in the destroyed state, but for whatever reason bikes don't have this problem. Vehicles in a destroyed state cannot be repaired.

Hacker bombed the server. You're lucky you weren't on that bike when he blew everything up. --- Most hackers spawn vehicles for people and like the sheep they are, they get in them....and then the hacker blows them all up.

How often do vehicles respawn? I have traveled from Elektro to Black Lake to NW Airfield back to Elektro just to find a vehicle. I have relogged into dozens of servers at common vehicle spawn points. I have been at it for 2 days now and I haven't seen a single vehicle. Has DayZ really come to this point where it's absolutely pointless to search for a vehicle? Because this is getting really frustrating.

Has anyone on this server seen a helicopter? I have been told they are in and then I was told they are not. Just wondering if anyone has seen them. If they are in here I am looking to trade for one. Also I am looking to do some sort of trading on this server. I have seen some people doing honest trades on other servers like I saw someone trade a M24 for a ATV fully repaired. I would like to see if we can get this kind of system working on US 136. So lets get a list going of what people have and what they want in trade with the time they are normally on along with the area they want to meet to talk via voice or text. I know not everyone will be trust worthy and some people will get burnt and it will suck. When this happens list the players name and we can start some kind of blacklist for trades. I know there are other honest people out there who would honor trades. I am looking for these people. If you have a group of people you run around with and want to start trading things this way please Private message me and let me know what you would be interested in trading. My group leading might be getting a server up here soon and when that happens we can start using it for a center for trading weapons, and other character items. All trades can be handled via private message on the forum and then tell the person which server to meet on for the trade. As for land vehicles right now I do not have any but when I do I will be looking to trade for them or get them. I look forward to see where this thread leads. TopGun5005

Try searching the north and west side of the map, or anywhere else. If you are lucky and find some vehicles, they will already be repaired,fueled and probably with loot inside :D

How about implementing a system similar to vehicles on the servers. But instead of vehicles, you have randomly spawned parts and must build a boat to escape chernarus (I know there are already boats, but that is not the point). There would be a certain number of parts scattered throughout the land, hull pieces, outboard motor, fuel and tank, etc. Players would have to lug the parts to the beach, assemble them, and then could leave. This encourages cooperation, as each part would take up most of your inventory / pack slots - teamwork would make the process much faster. It could also support banditry as someone could just kill you and take the parts you have for themselves, or simply find where you are hiding them and steal them. Then we just need to add to the leaderboards the number of times players have escaped chernarus.

Get some tents and store gear, dish this gear out to new players and get them to help you start repairing vehicles. Drive round in convoys raping and pilliging. Claim a part of the map for your new clan. Demand food and water as protection money from the weak. Any survivors you come across in your convoy face the option of joining you or dying at the hands of your cronies... It's a sandbox game dude, only limited by your imagination and a few game mechanics.

I have checked the day z wiki, and no other choppers other than the huey... I googled " day z attack chopper", and there is a video of I don't know like single player editor or something, but this was the chopper. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npb9MqdoiCE The server was UK11. Our guy found it fueled, fully functional, and sitting in a place that, for all intents and purposes, appears to be a vehicle spawn point, not arbitraily on the map in a field or even off-center of its spawn location. All evidence then says, hacked in for sure? The russian text in red was 30m after the crash, possibly hours later. It was after he had ran back looted his body at our crash site. and we travelled up and past NW AF to see if it was somehow "back" where he found it, and it wasn't. Also I teleported while in this server hugging the road West of NW AF, I teleported a good distance BACK along the road, in an area we had NOT been running in (like a huge lagged out rubber banding, so not this). It was an ODD fucking night. We came across a chopper crash sight, a sniper in a ghillie suit in front of us runs PAST it, checks a deerstand and appears to DC. Not seeing the downed chopper at all (day server UK while we play from US at night). So was this chopper hacked in, in such an oddly appropriate location? Ninja patch? Vehicles respawn after 7 days correct? IF not hacked in that is.

Thanks I will keep that in mind :) and i dont think 20 vehicles is that many when u consider the scale of the map/ the number of hoarders there seem to be.

I don't want to divulge the exact location because we want to get ourselves something else now lol. The trick is to just think about where people are heading and/or need to go. And theres like 20-30 vehicles per map I believe there more common then you think. Play one server consistently it'll increase your chances of finding a vehicle.

Intro This is an Idea that I came to, reading "The Ultimate Goal" topic. I also use some ideas from there in this thread - at least the "build a ship"-part. I made a new thread for this because I think it is not only an extension but gathering more Ideas together. People also are asking for a new/bigger map here (url outdated, sorry, dunno what thread it was in. :( ) and in some other threads. The Idea According to "The Ultimate Goal" People will have to find parts for a big ship and build that together. Maybe that ship ports to the port on another island? Like "You reached level two!"? There would be less players and maybe the survival is a bit harder, you rarely find ammo, except the ammo you bring with you? Maybe some new kind of Zed appearing in a 1/30 chance? (A Tank-Zed would be one of many Possibilities). Maybe heavier vehicles like a HMMWV ("Humvee") or a tank (May be overpowered). Also there would be a high difficulty because people that come to the island will maybe directly be ambushed by bandits that need ammo. There other players could step in, like forming a NewcomerDefenceForce (NDF) and secure the area. If you die on "Level 2!" you will respawn in Level one (maybe have a second try in Level two, spawning a bit away from the ship/port without equipment). Features of "Level 2!": - New/Bigger Map - A goal to aim for - longtime-motivation - More Coop-play - Higher difficulty when you reach "Level 2!" - Higher Serverload thanks to another Land on the server - Higher Serverload thanks to more Zeds - High amount of coding needed, thanks to the ship-building/teleporting/new stuff-parts of this Suggestion - Another Area, with less players, less ammo, (less food?). Edit 30.07.2012 - Links updated to new Forum. Edit2 that day - Topic Title back to normal. Why does it delete everything after "Niemands"? -.-

Totally down with that! im so tired of having to walk to the NW airfield!! such a boring walk maybe they should make bicycles way more common as I dont see how they could be abused and would have a great form of transportation! and Ait how did you know what road to place the tank traps on? Love the idea! I could see it becoming way more common if they increased the no. of vehicles :P

Yes they save off map. But to find vehicles, use a vehicle spawn point map posted on these forums somewhere. I use my own but that map is a pretty good guide.

I agree that the spawn rate should be significantly increased but I don't want everybody to be driving all over the place. I do like the shock of seeing a vehicle that is actually in working order lol. I think I'll pay a visit to these clans and help regain our vehicles. Whos up for it?

I could be wrong, and it only be like 2 or 3 days. But like I said, they are usually controlled by clans, and outside of finding a random camp you're not likely to find anything. Except for a dirtbike, all the vehicles I've found were from stealing them from camps of other people. In my opinion, they deserved it, holding vehicles away from the rest of us.

Can you hide vehicles (and tents) off the map, will they save there?

Vehicles showing up on map once you have gps would be good times

If I remember correctly, you can save trucks and the like for up to 7 days ingame once you've placed them where you want them. Clans, groups of players or lone hoarders tend to gather ALL the vehicles into small areas, usually VERY far off the map, and save them, never to give them up unless someone pops their tires at night while they drive on the roads. I used to have some vehicles, but the server I had them on was moved and by the time it was restarted my stuff was gone. Oh well, no major loss.

30 pairs of NVGS is an exaggeration, we have about 12 and 5 range finders all up which we found at OTHER peoples camps that we had raided earlier. There is a total of 3 Ghille suits in the whole camp and about 30 Stanags spread throughout the tents. I know that you may have a bit of a wild imagination, and everyone likes to stretch the truth a bit to make the story sound better. We have a lot of vehicles that we have been collecting since the vehicle reset, it has been a lot of hard work. Please get your facts straight before reporting "hacks". As for this chopper I had no Idea that it was there, I ran around the camp perimeter on the hills and could not find it. EDIT- READ : http://dayzmod.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=23965 A person called Dean has been spawning choppers on NZ9

Check the super far north of the map. Between Server Hoppers and Hoarders alot of the vehicles end up stashed up there where they don't even get used.

Nothing but vehicles spawning randomly and invisible people happening all over dallas servers.... wtf is going on?!!?! Hell fire from choppers etc....

Gotta love finding random working vehicles. I found a white truck in the middle of some woods north of Kamenka tonight and took a joy ride through Cherno and Elektro. A player was running away from a pack of zombies and ran right in front of me. Ran his ass over and started laughing. Sorry for killing you Nick, wherever you are. Look both ways next time.

Server resets often cause things to disappear. I've lost several vehicles, tent locations, weapons, and gear because of server resets. the basic morale of DayZ is this: "Don't get attached to your personal belongings."

Do you have any proof of this accusation? I ask because 40 mins after my friends destroyed your camp and vehicles and killed you who they met on the coast by Berezino I believe while they were trying to link back up with me because I died up at the camp. We logged off of your server 15-20 minutes after killing you to join our regularly frequented server which was having host issues. You were the only one on the coast and you died in a fight. Please show me your evidence of this pvp disconnecting accusation. Thanks.