Vehicle spawns?

[sniperdoc 251]

I'm at a loss here... I've joined a server that JUST got restarted and I hit like 15 different sites that should have vehicles, i.e. UAZ, GAZ, Old Bikes, and Motorcycles, yet all the sites had nothing there...? What gives? Spots that should have a couple of bikes and even motorcycles didn't have anything there. Am I not understanding the rate of spawns? I know that certain vehicles spawn faster than others, i.e. bikes every 4 hours vs GAZ which I think is every 12? But, it's a newly started server... shouldn't everything be there? Can someone explain the vehicle spawning process to me?

[Derpy_Hooves (DayZ) 4521]

vehicles take time to respawn after being destroyed, server restarts don't matter, like the chopper takes a whole week to respawn, and i think most other vehicles are the same.

Plus if vehicles have been saved by others then no matter if the server is restarted they wont be at the spawn points, they will be wherever the last player to use it saved it.

Basically if you want a vehicle and they aint at their spawns then you are going to have to go hunting about for them.

[a_typical_noob 651]

The second half of this video should help.

Good luck!

[sniperdoc 251]

Wow... sucks when you have someone that says "Hey... I moved all the Old bikes into more easy to find locations for everyone." Methinks that person was full of crap... :P

Pretty much means that person screwed everyone else and everyone has to hoof it now... :( That's pretty shitty. I think that system needs to change. I read something about 7 days of vehicle inactivity causing the vehicle to respawn.

Boy, that's the pits... :(

Thanks for answering the question.

Edited November 16, 2012 by sniperdoc