robbierocketpants 2 Posted December 23, 2012 A few weeks ago I picked a private server at random and played for maybe an hour. There was almost no one playing so I ran into Elektro hoping that I could get in and out with some decent starting gear without running into any hostile players. When I was done, as I exited Elektro to the south near the harbor, I found what I can only describe as barracks. You know, the long room with several doors to your left as you walk down the corridor. A bunch of military zombies followed me in and I was able to take care of them with the weapon I had. Inside I picked up an AKS-74U and a PDW, both with ammo, and probably a bunch of other stuff I don't remember. I do distinctly remember climbing up one of those crane towers that was nearby on the harbor and thinking "wow, I can't believe I never knew that place was in Elektro before". I left Elektro and logged out.When I logged back in to that server (which I starred in DayZ Commander) a week or two later, the server was completely different. Different name and description, and I spawned with no gear on the coast. Which is fine. However, I can't find those barracks in Elektro. On this private server or ANY server, private or public. And looking on the DayZ DB map, there are no barracks in Elektro. So WTF happened? Was it a hack? Was I even in Elektro? I'm still fairly new to DayZ but I'm not crazy. I had just spawned so wherever it was it had to be near the coast. I am so confused, I feel like I dreamed it but it totally happened I swear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steak and Potatoes 13480 Posted December 23, 2012 Private server probably additional map content for players to gear up and fight in major areas. Sounds like the server went down and changed along with the database meaning no more of the same content you looked for. Vanilla wise there are no barracks in that location you have described so you would only find them on the original private hive you played on in that location. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
robbierocketpants 2 Posted December 23, 2012 So that is actually something that server admins can do, add buildings? I had no idea. That's a little confusing :) Because I don't want to get used to a building being there that might not be on another server. But I guess that might possibly be the advantage of consulting the DayZ DB map, so that you know what is vanilla and what could be server specific. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steak and Potatoes 13480 Posted December 23, 2012 Yea no worries.. On our servers we add Buildings all over the place for instance a Kamenka Suicide prevention station which has military tents and a fire house. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
liamcz@hotmail.com 98 Posted December 23, 2012 They would just modify the map file - the same way you can play on Namalsk, Lingor, Taviana etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Derpy_Hooves (DayZ) 4521 Posted December 23, 2012 Yea no worries.. On our servers we add Buildings all over the place for instance a Kamenka Suicide prevention station which has military tents and a fire house.Indeed, same applies with custom vehicles (We have the world famous Brony Bus) It's nice thing to see on servers, like Steak also said we have custom buildings too, just adds extra things that veteran players will find fun looking about for... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steak and Potatoes 13480 Posted December 23, 2012 (edited) Indeed, same applies with custom vehicles (We have the world famous Brony Bus) It's nice thing to see on servers, like Steak also said we have custom buildings too, just adds extra things that veteran players will find fun looking about for...You knew I was gonna have to post the bus video Edited December 23, 2012 by Steak and Potatoes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
