Wilderness Spawn

[sg_killian 0]

I'm trying to run back to civilization after spawning out in the wilderness, and have been heading SouthEast for a long, long time. Still haven't found the coast or a tree...

Anyone have any idea which direction the playable map is from there? And is it going to take hours to run back? I've already been going for probably 30+ minutes with no change of scenery.

[Leitbild 8]

I´ve run about 70 minutes with no tree in sight. Just respawn, worked for me. Sure its annoying to loose your stuff, but collecting it is a major part of the game.

[carsonearl 3]

I ran an hour and a half before I hit the forrest - DayZ is so broken.

[TJarnold92 0]

Respawning puts me back in the middle of nowhere. What way is East from the spawn? I don't have a compass or anything.

I agree that this is broken. It's the only reason I came back to ARMA and I have yet to even get to play a game...

This is ridiculous, I don't see why it isn't addressed.

[sg_killian 0]

I saw people spawning in facing different directions, so there's no telling. Without a compass, you have no chance of finding your way back. I headed slightly south, south-east... and ended up reaching the southern coast before I saw a tree. Headed east for another 10 minutes maybe, and finally found the treeline.

I ran back more to see if it could be done... but I think I probably ran for 2.5 hours before finding the coast.

If you do run back, head directly SouthEast and you might get lucky and hit the NW corner of the map.

[Ponzo (DayZ) 1]

do i really have to run like an idiot for more then two hours, with the chance of running in the wrong direction to play this bugged mod?

Well no thanks, better fix the spawn points...

[musicrab 5]

Assuming you have the correct Arma2 Beta Client (AND KNOW HOW TO RUN IT)...

...try a 1.7.0 server (if you SEE TREES you've got out of the wilderness; run EAST for 2KM to get to the map by which time your character should have been saved). Here are available servers

http://arma2.swec.se/server/list?mquery=&nquery=1.7.0&state_playing=1

If you get any client errors (about mismatching versions) ignore these, the 1.7.0 server just gets you back on the main map.

[Ponzo (DayZ) 1]

once again, how the hell should i know where east is without a map or a compass ingame?

and if runnin 2km means running 2 hours, forget it, i wont waste my time

[lenxur 0]

This is the LAST FREAKING TIME I'll repost this. And I'm being too good, because you people just don't search! There are plenty of thread about his already.

I will re-post this here from another thread with the same issues...

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For those spawning in the Wilderness/Debug Area/Endless Desert with no tree around. (NOT DEBUG FOREST - If you are in the Debug forest, keep reading, there will be a part about that area here)

1) Make sure you have the latest BETA patch ( http://dayz.sykotix.com/arma-ii-beta-client-install/ ) and DayZ patch 1.7.1.1 (works with 1.7.1 too).

***Not confirmed if works for 1.7.1.2 or higher, would someone please confirm it?***

***Not confirmed if it will work with other beta patches (higher than 93825 in the close future***

2) Find a server that runs DayZ 1.7.0 (It seems to not matter about it being not a beta server). The most used is Canada 2 (Filter "Canada")

***Not confirmed if works with DayZ 1.7.1 and higher. Theoretically, it would work with any server that have a lower DayZ patch then yours, but not confirmed... ***

3) You will spawn 5-10 min West from Pavlovo, and maybe 20 min North from the Coast. Make your choice. (Go South or East, or SE, who cares?)

*** YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THE DEBUG FOREST BEFORE LOG OUT!!!! Otherwise you will still get stuck on Debug Forest/Wilderness... *** - # If you arrive in Pavlovo or Kamenka, I would guess it's considered out of the bounds of Debug Forest...

If you are not able to find a 1.7.0 server, you might run as some people are suggesting. It may take you from 30 min or 4 hours running SE, depending on where you spawned on the Debug Wilderness...

This guy seems to have found the precise locations with the GPS:

(06-10-2012 08:53 AM)4L4N Wrote: The co-ords for Debug "fields" = 813,894

The co-ords for Debug "Forest" = 004,116

I had a GPS while on the Wilderness (Debug Fields). So, if you notice, you will have to run from 813,894 to 999.999 and it will turn to 000,000. Then you will be on the real map.

Thanks dayzrab for the original information. Big Grin

I hope this "step-by-step" and more detailed information will help you guys! Smile

[vekien 84]

once again' date=' how the hell should i know where east is without a map or a compass ingame?

and if runnin 2km means running 2 hours, forget it, i wont waste my time

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The Coast is "North". So run opposite direction.

You can go either East or South.

But it takes ages, just press ESC and click Respawn, you will die then you can escape and create a new character.

You can also use the sun.

You can also use the Sun to work out your direction.

Its annoying, but its ALPHA, bugs are there, shit happens, dont expect it to be a full functional game.

Stop complaining about "why isnt it fixed", Rocket cant click his fingers to have it fixed in seconds, it takes time to track down along with the other thousand issues/tweaks/fixes/features to be done.

Not to mention it heavily relies on you being up to date BOTH on the mod AND on arma 2.

[Ponzo (DayZ) 1]

well, if the mod on the mirror servers is up to date, im to, same with arma 2 on steam.

respawning does not work, so, if i dont want to run like an idiot in one direction, the direction i cant find without asking freaking bear grylls for the sun direction, i cant play and im stuck in this area? well, GG

and no, im not raging, im just annoyed by this.

[414_Xiphias 0]

I've followed what Lenxur posted but it did not work for me. I've still got all my gear but I'm not sure if i have enough food and water to run from the debug plains to the main map. I've got 1 water 2 cokes and 3 cans of food. I'd only get on shot at this, maybe. Is there any way those stuck could get moved by editing our character data within the hive server? I saw a post a week ago about this (posted by one of the dev members) but is got deleted when the forums rolled back. There is no way I'm just respawning. I'll wait till an update comes out that fixes this or wipes everyone's character data.

[Shatter_Dreamz 1]

I just had a wilderness spawn 2 days in a row, miles of endless rolling hills.....Its defeating the purpose of logging in a trying to gather equipment if this is gonna continue to happen.