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Problem here is that most of the regulars probably play here for the reasons you listed or they would play some where else. I doubt people are coming into the forums looking for this thread and most of the posts will just be people adding to it who probably don't play there or even really care. On a side note, the GPS is still useful for driving vehicles and having a mini map up. I already know the map and the current settings just makes gameplay less of a hassle. Not sure why someone would play on a server they don't like the settings.

Could we have rare ammunition spawn at deer stands/barracks/hangers? (bizon/svdcamo/fn fal/M107/Rockets/M240/) The weapons are rare enough, but the ammunition rarity makes those weapons disposable or not enough of a conscience choice to pick up and use over a more common available weapon such as the AKM or M-series assault rifles. 2 more issues if you don't mind, I drive around a vehicle and rush and drop off right outside a supermarket but nothing spawns except zeds the moment I step out. Unless I stop the vehicle 100metres or further away do items spawn in said supermarket making the vehicle more of a hindrance than help. Last thing I have a problem with is vehicles are incredibly fragile...a Truck with 6 wheels travelling at 2kmh and touching any 'trash barricade' would result in engine and 2 front wheels critical damage yet I can with the same truck knock down a tree with impunity. I've cleared out entire forests with my truck only to have some of the trash on the roads and those low stone walls scattered about the wilderness break my truck. Land vehicles are incredibly fragile and need to be rebalanced. I also wouldn't mind if I could use spare scrap metal to to add 'armor' to my vehicle. Engine parts to turbo charge my vehicle giving it more offroad capability at the expense of fuel usage. Fuel tank parts to increase the size of my fuel tank up to a certain limit. Maybe if it is possible, allow my teammates from inside the vehicle or open top trucks to be able to shoot while inside. Edit: I know I am asking for A LOT here, but a slight nod to this post would mean much to me and my friends as we actively search out vehicles very hard and try to make it a bigger game rather than a run and gun and kill the crap out of everyone we meet situation. I also understand this will probably take alot of time to complete.

Looking good so far. With all these fps optimizations and vehicle damage model fixes in previous patches, perhaps the time is right to reintroduce the huey in all servers. Maybe even consider adding the antonov an-2. Myself and probably many others have been waiting patiently on any news regarding aerial vehicles. Keep up the good work.

it was pacific time. I would guess around 7 or 8 pm. I did not take note of it. There was a message saying vehicles spawning curtousy of doctor medic. or something like that.

Last night me and 1-3 friends raided one of their camps (7th ops). Got about 6 L85s, 5 FN FAL, Many variations of M4's including the HOLO SD, AS50's, 10+ NVG/GPS, 15+ ghillie suits, etc etc. As my team was loading up a vehicle I watched as a couple of them met up and observed the damage before restarting their server (they didn't get anything back). When it came back up I waited until they left, stole their vehicles, shot out all the tires, ran over their tents with a URAL and got kicked. Now they have a new server message about stealing loot not being in the spirit of the game and how it won't be tolerated. If I'm allowed back in again I'll be sure to fraps it should I find their new camp.

Mine plays it at very high at 1080p with no problems. But even at it's best looking, Arma2 is an ugly, ugly game. Except for the vehicles, they are rendered quite nice. Compare it to Skyrim HD or any AAA FPS and the graphics are pretty low par, but the gameplay more than makes up for the lacklustre graphics.

Same exact thing happened to my whole squad today on Seattle 57, we got banned for no reason and with no message, we were breaking NONE of the rules in any way shape or form. We had managed to aquire two vehicles , which we loaded with gear. All I can think is we killed the admin. THis should not be allowed.... an admin should not be able to ban players who have vehicles and stock on there server for NO reason. This feels ridiculous. Sorry for the vent, any help or recourse would be awesome. For NOW no SEATTLE 57, admin at the time logged in just to ban us, did we kill his friends??? Probably, but this kind of stuff really ruins gameplay. If they can not play fair they should not be allowed on any other servers but their own. ANywho!

found a heli crash site, fn fal, fn fal with night scope and 3 mags, mk40 with 2 mags. My only problem with spawns is when you drive a vehicle up to any object spawn location(barn/deerstand/house/hangers/atc tower/firestation/church/shacks/warehouse/supermarkets/barracks/hospitals/heli crash sites) NO ITEM SPAWNS until you get out of the vehicle almost 100metres away or further. Then the zombies spawn and bumrush you because of the constant smoke grenade effect vehicles have that attract zeds.... Why can't items spawn if you are driving a vehicle (to) right outside the supermarket for a quick grab and run?

no zombie hordes yes on handcuffs/zip ties yes on upgradable vehicles

If you ever watched rocket's interviews on youtube, he states that he doesn't want his mod to be 100% realistic, just believable. Why couldn't someone repair a generator? Doesn't have to be a large scale power plant. But the main point of this idea is it would take a lot of parts so it could give reason for players to group up to rebuild a community and have lights. It really just gives more stuff for players to do. I've already lived for days, fixed vehicles, grouped, soloed. I like more things to do and keep me busy within a game.

Yes. Also if you got good stuff like vehicles and tents on one server then switching server isn't exactly enticing ;)

I'm sorry it's taken so long to give a reply, but if you would of taken it to our forums it would of been looked into much sooner. Though we try to catch issues on here, our forums are a much more direct way to us due to the volume of usage the DayZ forums see. After extensively checking through logs, there is no evidence of foul play in regards to Kriegar or Mirabeau. I can't really comment further on the mass slaying / mass spawning of vehicles as we're still investigating as far as we can with that. I can understand the frustration caused by this and all I can really say is we're doing everything we physically can to catch individuals who wish to spoil the DayZ experience on our servers. If you've got any further issues or queries then just drop a line on our forums and we'll deal with it.

Agreed, I have a few good ideas for vehicles in my Crazy Idea / Wishlist thread in my signature, check it out. But I like the idea of keys, but I feel you should have to find them via a "clue" system, instead of make them.

had 2 vehicles, and 3 tents full of ammo/loot for my group. next morning its all gone.

I think once you start having Saves in this game it changes the dynamics completely. Death should strike fear into the player - that disappears once you can go back 5 minutes to a previous save and start again. If you could Save pretty soon you will have all the best weapons, vehicles and gear. After that what would be the point? To be honest i dont even like the idea of being able to get your equipment back once you die in the current DayZ format - running back and looting you old characters body or having your mates grab your stuff. Turns Perma death into semi-perma death. I can see single player being an option in the future, however. Lets just hope it doesnt get dumbed down too much for the masses.

LOL at this thread and the OP, I am the person with the youtube video just posted by Zero, I asked him to post it as that is what happened last night around 530PM EST, here is the time line of the 3 attacks I have witnessed on my server, in ALL 3 attacks our clan mates including me get killed off, so if you think it's because we are doing it on purpose you are an idiot. In 2 of 3 of these cases it's either instant or within a 20 second time frame, that is not enough time for Zero to log out of the game server and remote desktop into the admin console/server host server. Case number 1: Whole server getting nuked. I thought this was a bug and not a hack, later int he night we found out it was a nuke hack, a 3rd of the people on that list are Wolves of War members: Zero was AFK and it wouldn't of mattered even if he was around, how do you stop something that takes 1 second? Case number 2: This was LAST NIGHT at around 530PM EST time, maybe 6ish, the vehicles spawn, and within 20 seconds we are all dead, Zero did not have enough time to switch over and shut the server down until it was too late, he then went into admin chat and found other servers being attacked. Case number 3: Think it was just DayZ issues last night? WRONG, the co-op and normal multi-player servers were under attack as well, I joined a fresh co-op game waiting to see what was going to happen with our dayz server and this shit happened: BTW: I stream on twitch when I play this, so quite a few people outside the clan witness and hear everything we are doing, when this BS goes down, it hurts us, we don't like it and there isn't much of a defense to it, all we can do for now is suck it up and wait for the ARMA guys to put in a patch to fix the security holes. It's not the admin's fault, or my clan's that this game has security measures like a screen door on a submarine.

I'd like to one-up your idea. Clearly in an apocalyptic situation, there would be no one to run the power plants, and as such, no electricity on any large scale. What if power plants could be repaired and fueled? Much like vehicles? Generators would obviously create a lot of noise, and therefore attract zombies galore. The power plant would also not run at full capacity, meaning it would only provide electricity to a specific radius (whatever that may be). But here are the pros i can think of. 1) A good end-game goal (rocket has stated that these are lacking and he intends to create more) 2) A good team cooperation goal (there are few of these, other than now we have extra meat-shields!) 3) Cities that have been powered would be night-playable (though not impossible now, just terribly difficult without NVGs) 4) ???? Suggestions? Cons: 1) perhaps not possible to implement in arma2's engine? 2) ???? Suggestions?

Anyone know what's going on with it? It's my usual server and I have some tents/items/vehicles invested in it. Do you guys (Admins) have a twitter/website to check availability/status of the server? Thanks, Manny

We play for fun, I am on that side, but beyond those of us who just play for fun, whether that's killing zombies or players or just stealhing, the question is really, why cheat, why hack, why move outside the game to get things in it that aren't real, aren't going to last? I've been on a server and people have mentioned items that were hacked into the game and stuck in tents, I've seen videos of vehicles that aren't supposed to be in the mod, and people were moving things off of the map to keep it from other players. Sounds like a weird way to have fun. Yeah I found a jeep and a car and a land rover and an ATV and I parked them where they can sit and look pretty. What? Explain that bit. It's not like they're real, and not like you're getting your team loaded up and attacking a town like it's a Road Warrior movie. I suppose that my withdrawal has me asking sillier questions by the day.

Well the camps would be per-server so it'd be more server-side (I'd imagine) than network side. Like vehicles. Also there would be a limit for instance if no one was logged on (sleeping) people could raid it, you'd perhaps have some sorta lock mechanic.

haha yeah blame the illuminati they are conspiring against us! Yeah I took one of the hackers choppers, I doubt they will ban everyone that took one of his vehicles and I was desperate to try get my truck of guns safe.

Hmm. Strange. Maybe the guy who emptied out your tent forgot/didn't know that you can put stuff in vehicles? It happened to me once, I had found a bus which I then drove around in a calm and responsible manner. When I was done I left and walked halfway across the map only to realize that you can loot those things. It still doesn't explain why the car is still there though.

We've only had one encounter which was the one I just detailed and they lost two people where we lost one.. and they had two vehicles(Which must be rather filled with bullet holes now)/twice as many people as us :P Annnd of course there is the rangefinders/nvgs/thermal scopes they had lol But hey if that's losing, guess we lost!

Do server updates and hotfixes delete vehicles?

Random idea: Give bicycles the ability to be packed up into your backpack slot (and of cause make them redeployable as well). (In combination with the common suggestions regarding nerf of bicycle speed and increase of their frequency) Main use would be to EITHER set yourself up as a scout / courier (can enter buildings by packing up the bicycle without getting it stolen, etc) or permit people to story bicycles in other vehicles (realism).