Heli Crash Loot Table Messed up?

[Yippi 1]

Server Admin for US 4275.

Upgraded from 1.7.5.1 to 1.7.6, then to 1.7.6.1,

On our server we are noticing that the Heli crashes loot table seems to be incorrect.

We are getting general military loot from them and not the normal rare heli loot like before

We are getting M1014 Shotguns and SVD camo's mostly and not just one or 2 at a site but more like 3 or 4 of each.

No NVG's have been found and a few 107's and few M14's as it were before the Patch.

Is this correct to be seeing this loot? i am not thinking so. Maybe there is a fix in one of the files i can update. Would very much like to get some of the newer weapons from them.

Have not gotten any G36's of any type nor the L85's.

Also after a reboot with 2 days past, the normal 24 hours it takes for a downed heli to respawn, has not.

Just wondering if any other servers are experiencing the same issues here.

-Yippi

[magikalcoffee 5]

ye i have found 5 crash sites and all of them had just 3 m1014 shotguns there nothing else.very mundane and not worth looking for imo

[intensity 157]

I was on a public server last night. Heli crash site had 5 SVD Camos with an M1014. Couldn't tell if it was hacked or not, so I just left them alone.

[Le Cassutius Crassus 0]

SVD's are very good, I dont see what the problem is. You can get m107's, m14's, and rangefinders at any other military loot spawn, but SVD's!!! Gotta view the cup half full not half empty.

[Sutinen 635]

I found nothing... No loot at all.

[Swordsworn 52]

we noticed that too, we raided about 20 crashsites the last week and we found a lot of ak´s, m1014´s, m14´s, mostly normal military gear

[thehero 119]

I found a heli with 2 bizon SD three fn fals and an m14

[Rifle Eyez 34]

Just hijacking this rather than starting a new one -

I echo everyone here. As well as barely finding any heli crashes as it is. I'm not sure if it's a change with the 1.7.6.1 patch but when I used to play Day-z (around 1.7.3 1.7.4 - 2 months ago) we'd be picking up at least multiple as50/m107s/dmrs/nvgs/ghillies/m14s/lmgs at crash sites and hitting the barracks we'd always find m4 cco sds, l85s (before removal) dmrs, m249 saws etc. Obviously not in 10 minutes but a good night looting. Some sites had 2 as50s, 2 m14s or a l85 and 2 dmrs etc.

Since i've come back, nothing. Not even @ the barracks hitting it 5-10 times a session. My buddy found (like others) 3 svds at one site, The best we've found together is 1 svd, a pair of NVGS, a shit ton of m104 shotguns, a pdw and 1 dmr. In 4 days use of a helicopter on a private hive. Something is amiss.

Edited March 9, 2013 by showtime

[fluxley 2228]

Here you go

http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/125753-dayz-mod-1761-hotfix/page__st__160#entry1210234

Also, quoted from the 1.7.5.1 update

* [uPDATED] - UH1 Crash sites no longer all spawn on server start but throughout the game.

[katface 18]

Here you go

http://dayzmod.com/f...60#entry1210234

Also, quoted from the 1.7.5.1 update

* [uPDATED] - UH1 Crash sites no longer all spawn on server start but throughout the game.

This isn't what we are talking about at all. We are referring to the type of loot spawning at the heli crash sites. We are aware they spawn throughout the life of a server as Swordsworn has stated he checked about 20 last week.

Is there any news on if this is a bug or simply an undoccumented change. I would like to know why General military loot is now spawning @ heli crash sites on some servers. Is there a fix anyone found? Any information would be helpful.

Thanks

-Kat

[burritoman259 593]

SVD's are very good, I dont see what the problem is. You can get m107's, m14's, and rangefinders at any other military loot spawn, but SVD's!!! Gotta view the cup half full not half empty.

Yes but they are just asking why the loot tables are a bit strange, it doesn't mean they don't like the weapon but taking advantage of a bug is of poor form in my eyes.

As for the sites themselves being a little wonky at the moment has anyone contacted razor about this? He could shed some light on this.

[DMC14 46]

thats why they call it rare loot. and i thought SVD's were really rare. i've never seen a shotty at a heli crash before.

Seriously i find it hard to beleive people that find NVG's every time they play a little hard to believe.

[Never 237]

Good.

To be totally honest i'm glad they aren't working. The whole concept of them always fault a bit wrong. as a one off monthly event maybe, but as common and OP as they were, god to see them changed, and hopefully soon gone entirely.

NB: I realise that some players may love them, personally. They always felt out of place. More uber-loot in a game that had to much uber-loot to begin with. I ust tend to think a survival mod shouldn't have players/clans with 10 spare guns that can kill fucking Hummers.

[boneboys 7988]

Moved to Server General (a bit late I know).

[skeeter 65]

as posted by "gearheadman" on open dayz community forum, hope it helps you. it fixed the problem for me

link to the full thread http://opendayz.net/index.php?threads/need-help-1-7-6-helicrash-customization.8261/

Got an answer to that one.

Go to server_spawnCrashSite.sqf and change:

_lootTable = ["Military","HeliCrash","MilitarySpecial"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

to

_lootTable = ["HeliCrash"];

It's been pulling from those three tables, and Military has a lot of trash if you recall. Haven't been able to find the new location of the loot tables, so am not 100% sure that HeliCrash is pure loot or if it has some trash too. Should be better

[katface 18]

I appreciate the feedback @dizzmain but is this the way OFFICIAL PUBLIC HIVE Heli crashes are supposed to act now? Is it between 3 loot tables (Military / Military Special / Helicrash) this seems like a change that should have been noted in the changelog / patchnotes yes?

Now at least I understand why I am finding 1014 shotguns and 870 remingtons @ my crashsites but the lack of communication to the community about this change is very disappointing. I for one enjoyed the rarity of items at crash sites but I would understand why they reduced the type of loot considering the amount of them spawning over the life of a server (15+ in 24hrs). All I would have liked was a little heads up about the change but I suppose it was just an oversight by the devs.

Again thanks for the info and moving this to the appropriate thread Mr. Boneboys.

-Kat

Edited March 12, 2013 by katface

[Swordsworn 52]

as posted by "gearheadman" on open dayz community forum, hope it helps you. it fixed the problem for me

link to the full thread http://opendayz.net/...omization.8261/

Got an answer to that one.

Go to server_spawnCrashSite.sqf and change:

_lootTable = ["Military","HeliCrash","MilitarySpecial"] call BIS_fnc_selectRandom;

to

_lootTable = ["HeliCrash"];

It's been pulling from those three tables, and Military has a lot of trash if you recall. Haven't been able to find the new location of the loot tables, so am not 100% sure that HeliCrash is pure loot or if it has some trash too. Should be better

this might be a stupid question but where do i find the server_spawnCrashSite.sqf ?

Im searching now for about 30 minutes... ^^