What does saving a vehicle do?

[Cozza LIVE 5]

As the title says. I haven't played all that much and have yet to find a vehicle but I have seen others do it. What does it do?

 

Thanks!

[darkking74 7]

it saves it in that spot so if a server restarts it wont disperse but you will have to do it everytime

[Cozza LIVE 5]

it saves it in that spot so if a server restarts it wont disperse but you will have to do it everytime

 

Oh so thats what that does, Ill make sure to do that if I ever find a vehicle. Why does the servers restart anyway? So people can get more loot? Is there a set time before they restart?

[darkking74 7]

Oh so thats what that does, Ill make sure to do that if I ever find a vehicle. Why does the servers restart anyway? So people can get more loot? Is there a set time before they restart?

yeah a server restarts so more stuff can spawn in like loot or a broken car someone left behind going back to spawn location and it really depends on the server when it restarts the ones I mainly play on restart every 2 hours

[Cozza LIVE 5]

yeah a server restarts so more stuff can spawn in like loot or a broken car someone left behind going back to spawn location and it really depends on the server when it restarts the ones I mainly play on restart every 2 hours

 

Ok, thanks for all your help! :)

[darkking74 7]

np happy hunting

[Mos1ey 6301]

Server restarts remove all of the dead zombies, players and items that have been dropped by players on the map. They're necessary to stop a server from slowing down after a few hours of gameplay if there are a lot of people online.

 

As for saving vehicles - they now save automatically, the feature is redundant. It used to be necessary to 'save' vehicles or tents to stop any changes made to them (map positions and gear stored) from being undone on server restarts.

[Cozza LIVE 5]

Server restarts remove all of the dead zombies, players and items that have been dropped by players on the map. They're necessary to stop a server from slowing down after a few hours of gameplay if there are a lot of people online.

 

As for saving vehicles - they now save automatically, the feature is redundant. It used to be necessary to 'save' vehicles or tents to stop any changes made to them (map positions and gear stored) from being undone on server restarts.

 

Thanks for clearing that up, you guys are a really helpful community! :)

[broguenz 333]

Server restarts remove all of the dead zombies, players and items that have been dropped by players on the map. They're necessary to stop a server from slowing down after a few hours of gameplay if there are a lot of people online.

 

As for saving vehicles - they now save automatically, the feature is redundant. It used to be necessary to 'save' vehicles or tents to stop any changes made to them (map positions and gear stored) from being undone on server restarts.

 

Well I'll be. Wasn't aware that was a vanilla change. That saves me a split second occasionally.

[Dr.Duff 211]

Server restarts remove all of the dead zombies, players and items that have been dropped by players on the map. They're necessary to stop a server from slowing down after a few hours of gameplay if there are a lot of people online.

 

As for saving vehicles - they now save automatically, the feature is redundant. It used to be necessary to 'save' vehicles or tents to stop any changes made to them (map positions and gear stored) from being undone on server restarts.

 

It was actually re-added in 1.7.7 though. It gives players peace of mind but more importantly, it writes the vehicles location, condition and contents to the server sql.