How do you add vehicles to your DayZ.ST server EXACTLY where you want them?

[CaptGentry 4]

I just can't figure this out. Using the Dayz.ST control panel is great. Especially for people not familiar with database work.

What I started doing is placing vehicles in the map using the control panel map. This is great for general placement but if you want to put something right next to a building or anywhere exactly you're going to have to use the database.

So I searched on how to do it. I found you can just spawn a car. Park it in the place you like and then get out and search the database to find it's exact worldspace coordinate.

I just can't figure out how to get it working..

So my questions are.....

Where in the database do I find a car that I have parked to get its worldspace coordinates?

Where in the database do I place these coordinates to make the car spawn in the exact place I want?

Thanks in advance?

[terrorizer33 131]

You can find vehicles in the hiveext.log, but you need to have the exact database name for that vehicle. E.g. the landrover is named: baf_offroad (something)... I have no knowledge on how to spawn vehicles in specific spots since we don't have this option on a public hive server.

[trichome (DayZ) 198]

We use bliss so for me I just update the instance_vehicle table. I have no idea what the other hives db schema's are so can't tell you what tables you need to check. .

[hogscraper 328]

Since you said you are using dayz.st you go to the control panel and on the left bottom click on edit database. Click Bliss### on the left side. Then click instance vehicle. Inside there is the location of every vehicle that is spawned on your server. You can then change the location information then restart the server to see the results. There are a few ways that you can get the information you need. Either find it in the log mentioned above or hope you have some free time. If you need an in depth guide let me know and I can write one here on this site after work today.

[CaptGentry 4]

I figured it out.

Use your map to spawn a vehicle in the general area.

Make sure your map is set on Spawns, not Vehicles.

Click on the vehicle you just spawned and use the ID number there.

Log in and drive the vehicle to the exact spot you want it to spawn.

Open your database and go to instance_vehicle. Find the ID there in the world_vehicle_id column. There you will find the worldspace you just parked the vehicle.

Copy those world space coordinates.

Now go to the world_vehicle database and find your ID in the ID column. Paste over those worldspace coordinates and your vehicle will now spawn in the place you parked.

[WalkerDown (DayZ) 296]

You can just use the in-game editor (ctrl+e), spawn the vehicles where you want, and then export the sqm and import all of em into the DB (there's script to automatize this process.. or you can do it just manually reading the coordinates; i personally use my own script remotely, but recently i'm using only DayzCC, that has the importing function integrated).

My 1000th post on the forum!! :D

Edited February 23, 2013 by WalkerDown