Sykotron 0 Posted June 23, 2012 How do you get a vehicle to persist? The other night I found a military truck (well friend stole it by murdering the two occupants with a shotgun after they broke his legs trying to run him over) and my friends and I parked it deep in the woods no where near anything or on a route between areas. When we logged back in our truck was missing so. It's possible someone found it and took it, but I'd like to make sure I know the rules behind how this works as well.How long does a vehicle stay where it is on that server? Does a server reset place the vehicle back where it was like it does with tents? How do I get a vehicle to remain there for us to use when we play again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ActionManZlt 160 Posted June 23, 2012 Make sure you hide it well, and use the 'save vehicle' option. It should stay until the server dies or someone steals it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chrispow 3 Posted June 23, 2012 You need to use the "Save Vehicle" option like mentioned above. This is the only way to save the vehicle's location and status. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sykotron 0 Posted June 23, 2012 Forgot to mention, but I saved the vehicle before we logged off. Does anything remove vehicles (server reset, what do you mean by server dies?) or did someone just steal our truck? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
critical 11 Posted June 23, 2012 By an off chance there can be a vehicle rollback at some point. Happened to me and my mates.We had the VS3 and a military offroad stashed somewhere and somebody raided our camp and stole both the vehicles. We were pretty bummed but moved on and then later the same day after a server restart/crash one of our members logged in the vicinity of our old camp and the VS3 was standing in our old camp (the offroad was missing still).I bet the guys who got it from us were pretty unhappy about that since they didn't take anything out of it (or the items were duped). We then hauled it's contents onto a better server we found.So yes. Vehicles can disappear on you randomly. Your best bet would be to revisit where it was standing the moment you found it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sykotron 0 Posted June 23, 2012 Ugh, vehicles are fucking pointless. I happened on a freshly spawned Ural and hid that even more out of the way and now it's gone as well. I was hiding these vehicles around the left edge of the map in the forests and apparently someone found it. I guess I've learned my lesson and next time I'll drive for a minimum of 5 minutes off the map. It seems like this is the only way to really keep a vehicle since anywhere else someone is apparently going to just happen by it, but I really doubt that's what rocket intended players to do. Not wasting my time ever again finding the elusive engine parts just to never see the vehicle again... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Castle (DayZ) 23 Posted June 23, 2012 You need to use the "Save Vehicle" option like mentioned above. This is the only way to save the vehicle's location and status.Actually you don't have to. Ever since they reintroduced ground vehicles its location is auto saved and you can hit save to make yourself feel better, but not once has it mattered in my experience. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alexey Zemanov 6 Posted June 23, 2012 Our fancy UAZ (a car) just disappeared with our tent. Seems like those are not held between server restarts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Castle (DayZ) 23 Posted June 23, 2012 Our fancy UAZ (a car) just disappeared with our tent. Seems like those are not held between server restarts.Sometimes a server restart / crash doesn't connect with hive properly at the start and needs to be restarted again. Contact a server admin for that server. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
