WHERE DOES MY GEAR GO!

[ottovonlarnie 4]

Every time I log in to a server,my gear disappears, I could understand it happening every now and again, but every time? am I doing something wrong? this last time, my AKSU and M16 both vanished, but it left me with all my other gear?! wtf?!

and also, why cant I ever seem to collect steaks from unfortunate beasties?

[boneboys 7988]

If you play on a Private Hive Server your character/gear is tied to that server (some Hosts have a shared Hive).

Public Hives will allow you to switch servers with your gear.

Do you have a knife ?....Yes, you need to open the beastie menu, if not that then this may happen when the server is laggy.

[bad_mojo (DayZ) 1204]

If you can't access the gear menu after gutting the animal, just wait a while and it'll work. Sometimes I'll even go off and get some wood for a fire and then come back to the animal and get the meat.

Edited January 16, 2013 by bad_mojo

[ottovonlarnie 4]

If you play on a Private Hive Server your character/gear is tied to that server (some Hosts have a shared Hive).

Public Hives will allow you to switch servers with your gear.

Do you have a knife ?....Yes, you need to open the beastie menu, if not that then this may happen when the server is laggy.

Nope, I thought this maybe the case, but I have the box checked 'Hide unofficial' in DAYZ Commander, so the ones I play in are not private hives right?

also, after a few disconnects, it appears my gear has reappeared, well, the AKSU at least! everything in the backpack is gone!