These Giant Gift Boxes, Are They OK?

[Sula 1205]

I've been running around on a vilayer server for a couple of hours and spotted a huge square in a field. When I got to it, it looked like a giant gift box that'd been dropped by a plane, with webbing still around it.

There was nothing fancy around it, just a makarov, a winchester, some empty tins and a tent. I've seen these twice before on youtube vids. Are they hackers or, as one youtube vid guy said, a gift from the server's admin?

I ask because I'm suspicious. When in a couple of towns today I couldn't pick up anything. As though lag was stopping me but I could run around just fine. I know it's a mad suggestion but do any of the moderators still play dayz and know anything about either of these issues? Thanks!

[CombatWombat (DayZ) 63]

Only thing I can compare them too is the weapon crate at the thunderdome. I'm guessing they are hacked, but If hackers can spawn them I'm sure there is a tool that allows admins to do so.

[SoulShaper2 243]

Are you playing a custome map or server? if so they might have coded them to randomly spawn in at places like they do on the new map namaslk

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

It depends where you're playing Sula. Bliss have released an update that allows some servers to spawn random supply drops. They take different forms but they can look like a large box on a pallette or even bigger. I'm guessing that's what you've found.

Edited October 30, 2012 by Fraggle

[klesh 2423]

Screenshot?

[Sula 1205]

Thanks, Fraggle. It looks like a huge box surrounded by a net that you'd use to do say food drops by plane. It's taller than me, and sort of looks like a gift box as it has yellow ties hanging off it. I didn't take anything just in case but the loot was pretty basic stuff in any case. :thumbsup:

[ZTrainz 21]

I play on a private hive that uses these as stand-ins for chopper crashes.

Try to ask an admin of that server. If you can't find one, you probably won't get caught and/or the server isn't run well enough to put much time into.

[p-rick83 1]

Its a privert server (same one i play on) they are like chopper crashes but low value, coke,maps and low value guns.

[U.G.N - Jedi Panda 1319]

This is them, i have 12 spawn in random places on Chernarus in addition to the 5 crashed Heli's. They contain high value stuff and useful items.

Edited November 1, 2012 by -Panda