Swimming with a backpack

[General Desire 22]

Helluw,

 

Is it possible to swim with a backpack? Just went into the water, LOST my backpack on the floor (could still access it but not drag it on me), freaked out cause I somehow had an amazing spawn, got shitloads of food, a canopener, a magnum and 2 canteens. Don't know what I did, went to the shore, alt tabbed to google for a solution, and when I came back backpack was on my back..

Too scared to go back in the water and losing my stuff. Is it gonna stay on my back? :) I could try to hide it in a bush, swim to the lighthouse and come back, but that seems like a shitty idea haha, I saw fresspawns and crowbars EVERYWHERE around me, lol.

 

Why I wanna go there? I heard someone say there's magnum ammo and pistols in lighthouses? Been there once before (long swim ;(), to no avail..

 

Cheers! This game is epic.

[Nanoha 37]

This was also an issue in the mod so I've been too scared to swim. Ladders, gates and water - scariest things in DayZ. I did roll around in a pond but it was too shallow to start doing any swim type animation (it was just like proning normally).

Edited January 6, 2014 by Nanoha

[Statik (DayZ) 2695]

You might have had the glitch where your pack is attached, but stuck at your feet

[General Desire 22]

Hmmm, doubt it, I walked on the shore and it was still lying there on the ocean floor. Dammit haha, think I'm just gonna hide it, and swim. #yolo (most untrue thing in DayZ but okay.)