Why should street lights work?

[ruullor 56]

I would think that power plants would go offline within hours of nobody tending to them, let alone they would go offline once they run out of fuel. I cant think of any (nuclear,solar,wind,hydro) that would run for more then a few days with nobody tending them. Or am I just being to anal about the whole zombie apocalypse thing?

[Disgraced 1123]

I think because ...

It's a game.

[mosibfu 71]

In Imaginary Russia.. they have solar cells on top of the street lights

[TheLastEmp 295]

We'll say solar cells/wind and really effective and durable battery technology  :P

 

There has been a lot of discussion about having some sort of Generator in the larger towns (or multiple generators) that you can restore and put fuel in in order to get more of the street lights illuminated.  We'll see what happens going forward, but I can't foresee them disabling the couple street lights scattered around the place that do still work somehow.

[oregonized 673]

I just assumed they are solar powered street lights.  /shrug

[Whyherro123 2283]

A lot of the streetlight in my city are solar powered, and that in a lower-level city in the US.

[Caboose187 (DayZ) 3036]

Umm, I believe it's a glitch and those lights are not suppose to be on.  For whatever reason they put them in to even make this glitch is beyond me but there is a lot bigger priorities besides these street lamps.  Also if you actually walk up to them you'll see that there isn't even a light on them

[antonioajc 500]

A lot of the streetlight in my city are solar powered, and that in a lower-level city in the US.

I don't think that's the case in Post Soviet State. I think they accidentally left those street lights there from Arma 2.

[enforcer1975 1111]

A lot of the streetlight in my city are solar powered, and that in a lower-level city in the US.

 

Don't compare a backwater country with the USA. What's standard in the states isn't standard in the rest of the world. They still go minimum lights or even turn them off in some parts of the community i live in and that's in the exurbs about 17km outside of the city.

And there is no solar panel attached to the light poles unless the Chernarussians are 100 years ahead of us and invented the cloaked solar panel or maybe each light source has it's own nuclear power plant?

Edited March 2, 2014 by Enforcer

[combatcomm1 234]

Prob testing the lighting???? Hmmm?? Maybe?? Sound plausable?? 

I think they are testing it for the future "turn the power grid back on end game" feature. But that could be wishful thinking. 

[Lorax 99]

Prob testing the lighting???? Hmmm?? Maybe?? Sound plausable?? 

I think they are testing it for the future "turn the power grid back on end game" feature. But that could be wishful thinking. 

I like your wishful thinking. I've been getting angry at those lights for months now. At I'll be consoled in thinking they are testing it for end game content. Even if it doesn't happen I won't be angry at those lights for several months.

[R.J. 70]

The street lights use an RTG with 10 thermocouples each.

[Sgt.Oddball 71]

There just little Firefly conventions. No electrickery involved.

Edited March 2, 2014 by Sgt.Oddball

[tarascon 50]

 

And there is no solar panel attached to the light poles unless the Chernarussians are 100 years ahead of us and invented the cloaked solar panel or maybe each light source has it's own nuclear power plant?

 

Maybe they're Tesla earth current powered (terrestrial stationary waves)?

[l mandrake 61]

Don't compare a backwater country with the USA. What's standard in the states isn't standard in the rest of the world. They still go minimum lights or even turn them off in some parts of the community i live in and that's in the exurbs about 17km outside of the city.

And there is no solar panel attached to the light poles unless the Chernarussians are 100 years ahead of us and invented the cloaked solar panel or maybe each light source has it's own nuclear power plant?

So much stupidity and ignorance in one post.....it's almost beautiful :cool:

[Karmaterror 982]

Its bugged me since release this lol. In the mod they chose to have them off, so why on now? I personally think it adds to the desolate post apocolypse feel to have cities and towns dark.....bar the odd burning oil drum :)

[BadAsh (DayZ) 1513]

Don't compare a backwater country with the USA. What's standard in the states isn't standard in the rest of the world. They still go minimum lights or even turn them off in some parts of the community i live in and that's in the exurbs about 17km outside of the city.

And there is no solar panel attached to the light poles unless the Chernarussians are 100 years ahead of us and invented the cloaked solar panel or maybe each light source has it's own nuclear power plant?

 

[ImageCtrl 719]

I guess it´s a bug. It´s alpha. ;)

[Highlander007 249]

Why should street lights work?

 

They shouldn't. But I'm really interested in what the fanboy base has to say about it.

[Crooked Hauser 258]

The street lights burn in vigil to our lord and savior Rocket. They will extinguish upon his driving into the sunset in his Ferrari full of gold doubloons en route to New Zealand.

[Fry76 23]

There are some electricity cause I visit at Topolka dam often to check that it is fine and working. But most of wires in citys have been destroyed by bunnies, that I cannot repair. Am I convincing?

[River Lizard 47]

At least make it so a player can shoot them out if they wish.  Ideally making it so you could fire up the electric plant again and all the lights come on in a city (even in buildings (hallways, rooms, etc..) wouldn't that scare the crap out of a few players looting in the dark?!!!!    Of course I'd hate to be the dude at the power plant....I'd think after about 5 minutes he'd have a world-of-hurt coming his way from other players looking to shoot him!!

[GpB311 236]

Zombie hamsters running on wheels...I power my entire home with them.|
 

Edited March 4, 2014 by GpB311

[Monkfish (DayZ) 339]

I would think that power plants would go offline within hours of nobody tending to them, let alone they would go offline once they run out of fuel. I cant think of any (nuclear,solar,wind,hydro) that would run for more then a few days with nobody tending them. Or am I just being to anal about the whole zombie apocalypse thing?

Pretty much all modern day powerstations are automated, people are just around to keep an eye on things and intervene when shit fucks up - amusing aside, if you can call it amusing; every nuclear disaster has always been the result of one or more person's fuckup :D -  so as long as nothing major goes wrong or the fuel doesn't run out, powerstations will just keep going. Of course, this won't be forever, things will eventually fuck up (which is why people are there) or it'll run out of fuel or something else will stop it, but it stands to reason to expect the power to be on for a short time after a zombie/virus-based apocalypse. How long? Pfft. How long's a piece of string? There are so many variables to contend with it would be impossible to say. I'm not sure what the timeframes are between the release/spread of the virus and now, but if it's a few months then the power may still be on.

 

Or it's just a graphical glitch/map fault that's so low on the priorities list it's written in the footer.

[Super_Duty 466]

More importantly...Soda!  Gamma was up a bit, my only battery was dead. It's Pitch black running around Pavlovo military with all the trees.  Latest exp. build 115791 with the enhanced zombie re-spawn.  Message to self... find batteries during daytime, they're a bitch to find in the dark.