Crash sites?

[kiowa96 2]

Hi all

So this is my 6th day of playing dayz and I was still not able to find any crash site,I know this has been asked for 100 times but I just dont get it.I walked from cherogorsk to airfield on foot and find nothing.Is it possible that server has disable that?I only found huey on skalisty island and mi-8 near pusta but with no fuel ofc but no crash site?Should I explore more or is it just matter of time?

[boxman80 964]

The new patch varies them more so they are much rarer than they used to be. Rather than just spawning them all in one go once the server restarts, they are now delayed to spawn at different intervals.

Edited February 12, 2013 by Box

[Nimz41 105]

The new patch varies them more so they are much rarer than they used to be. Rather than just spawning them all in one go once the server restarts, they are now delayed to spawn at different intervals.

What he has said, but also I have made that walk several several times and found nothing many times. It just take time mate

[facet 66]

I found crash site only on private server, no on public servers after last update. If anyone found crash sites on non custom servers, please confirm, best with ss. Thanks.

[creature 1189]

They are pretty hard to find now. Even in a chopper it can take an hour of flying to find one. I haven't found ANY in the places I used to find them before the patch.

[TheBambiAvenger 146]

They are extremely rare, and even rarer after the patch. Your best bet is to fly around in a heli at night and look for new spawned ones (they will be on fire, so they are easy to spot, especially with night vision). Walking from the beach to the airfield is such a small percentage of the map you will almost never find one.

[creature 1189]

This link will give a general idea of where they can spawn. Keep in mind that these are not the EXACT spots you can find them, but it's close. You can see how searching for one on foot may not work very well.

http://southcoastbeanwars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Crashed-Heli-Map-v7.jpg

[kiowa96 2]

thx guys!I already tryed that map but it didnt worked.

[Udak 104]

Razor also noted that if helicrashes are spawning, there is something server side that admins should be doing that fixes it (rather, he said that helis not spawning was a server-side issue)

[kingflip 42]

HeliCrashes are completely random now, for example. on a server restart, one may spawn 30 minutes after the restart, then another one will spawn 1 hour after that. and so on. Sometimes, up to 5 helis can spawn, sometimes, none at all. you quite literately at the mercy of the game.

[Deetwo 69]

From what I've heard, it's also based on a 6-hour server life, meaning that the crash sites will randomly spawn over the course of these 6 hours.

This also means that any servers that restart more frequently than 6 hours won't have a whole lot of crash sites to loot. :/

[Ansssi 184]

just found one north of Stary Sobor.

[DemonGroover 8836]

They are meant to be rare - thats the point. Finding one should be a stroke of luck (or not if someone is camping it)

You'll find one eventually.

[bnblue@hotmail.com 40]

Played since the patch not found one, there's rare then there's annoying, I used to find one or two per play session but this is a bit too much!

It would maybe help if Razor49 actully explained how the spawns work I've heard several conflicting reports and on the private server I play on having three hourly restarts think this messes it up even more?

One of the few things I enjoyed as a lone wolf survivor was heli hunting, oh well one more thing taken away, save us one and only stand alone you're our only hope!

[kiowa96 2]

It was not taken away,they just removed few of them to look more realistic and I actually like that.I dont see any point of finding 2 crash sites one by other,it is really stupid and too easy for players.

[kingflip 42]

Cant tell you how many times ive seen 2 or more beside each other

[kiowa96 2]

Well u guys would not believe what I just found at the airfield :)

[bnblue@hotmail.com 40]

It was not taken away,they just removed few of them to look more realistic and I actually like that.I dont see any point of finding 2 crash sites one by other,it is really stupid and too easy for players.

Zombie apocolypse and realistic.

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[Udak 104]

How are these choppers crashing in the first place? At least two by each other suggests a (near) collision. Obviously a real collision would leave those helis more wrecked then they are in-game, but avoiding a near collision can almost be worse than the actual collision, if the pilots overreact/backwash into each other.

[Gooober 34]

They are RARE.... which is awesome.... Keeps the HIGH grade stuff to a Min.