Private server problem solving and tips wanted please - Heli Crashes

[Melvenius 0]

Hello DayZ fans,

I am enjoying a private server on Dayz.st with my friends as a PVE experience.

It uses the following versions:

• Dayz version 1.7.6.1
  
• Arma beta version 102591
  

We love to raid heli crash sites and therefore I have changed the way crashed helicopters spawn, so they are supposed to spawn much faster.

But somehow (even without changing the standard code and with slow server restarts) the crashed helicopters don't spawn anymore.

I downloaded the server.pbo and only changed one file: server_monitor

The tips on Opendayz.net told me to change this line of code:

// [_guaranteedLoot, _randomizedLoot, _frequency, _variance, _spawnChance, _spawnMarker, _spawnRadius, _spawnFire, _fadeFire]

nul = [3, 4, (50 * 60), (15 * 60), 0.75, 'center', 4000, true, false] spawn server_spawnCrashSite;

So I changed it to:

// [_guaranteedLoot, _randomizedLoot, _frequency, _variance, _spawnChance, _spawnMarker, _spawnRadius, _spawnFire, _fadeFire]

nul = [3, 4, (3 * 60), (15 * 60), 1, 'center', 2000, true, false] spawn server_spawnCrashSite;

According to the code the following things should have been altered (the way I see it):

• The frequency of spawning changed from 50 minutes to 3 minutes.
  
• The percentage of succes for each spawn roll changed from 75% to 100%.
  
• The distance of spawning changed from 4000 to 2000. So the crashsites should spawn closer to the player.
  

Can someone please help me with my problem? Maybe I'm doing something horribly wrong or I forgot to do some things.

Additionally it would be awesome if someone could provide me with easy tips about the following:

• Add more loot to crashsites
  
• Change the items that spawn at crashsites and their chance of spawning.
  

Edited March 19, 2013 by Melvenius

[Melvenius 0]

all those views and still no one able to help me ? :(

[Hoplit 41]

Hey! Check out the tutorial on my forum! It's working for me. :) http://www.patriots.freeforums.org

[Melvenius 0]

The way you describe to add heli spawns is the way I have shown in my topic, but no heli spawns whatsoever after playing for over half an hour.

I changed it so that it would spawn one crashsite every 3 minutes....

[Hoplit 41]

I checked it now, and I don't have helicrash either... but this code worked for me..

[Melvenius 0]

It worked for me on 1.7.5.1 and I was delighted about it. If I could, then maybe I would downgrade the server to run 1.7.5.1 so at least I would be able to enjoy heli crashes again...

[U.G.N - Jedi Panda 1319]

why dont you just go back to the previous setup where heli crashes spawn on each server restart? This is what I do on my server, as i hate the new spawning in over time, it doesnt work well on server with frequent restarts, like mine that restarts every 2 hrs :)

[Melvenius 0]

why dont you just go back to the previous setup where heli crashes spawn on each server restart? This is what I do on my server, as i hate the new spawning in over time, it doesnt work well on server with frequent restarts, like mine that restarts every 2 hrs :)

If I could change my server to do just that it would be awesome. However I do wonder how you managed to do that, because I own a Dayz.st server and because of that, I can't access many features...

Also, there are new weapons (like g36 variants and quiver making) and some essential fixes (enabling 50cals and bugfixes) which I would like to hold on to in my spawn lists and other configuration.

[U.G.N - Jedi Panda 1319]

yeah dayz.st is going to be a lot more restrictive. running on a dedicated server you can do anything :)

[Melvenius 0]

True that, but it still doesn't solve my problem what so ever....

Panda, I know from several other posts that you seem to know a lot about dayz and how to run things.

Could you please look into this as well? (http://forums.dayzcommander.com/index.php?/topic/477-very-strange-10000-ping-variant/)