Still buggy tents

[FishGuts4Lunch 66]

I placed my first tent find on a low population server this afternoon after server mainenance was over. Inside I placed a few random items to test it out. I then closed the tent and logged out. 

Fourty minutes later the server reset and when I returned one hour after setting up the tent was still there BUT the contents were gone and the flap was open. I tried closing the flap but even though the command close the flap appears, nothing happens when I click it. The tent stays open. and I cannot repack the tent. I had a chat with the server admin/owner and she told me  only a couple of peopl had been on the server in the last hour. Taking into concidration the vey remote location and the amount of cover the tent is place in, I can only surmise that it is a bug in the tent code itself.

Ah well... It was a nice idea al least. Too bad, I was so looking forward to this tent. I still am but i guess now is just not the time.

 

( Read Update Below)

Edited November 14, 2014 by FishGuts4Lunch

[killerbyte12 29]

I also pitched a tent directly after today's Maintenance. I am just going back now to check on it.

[ash4resh 0]

Try to place more loot inside when you came back to check the tent. And all loot should become visible. This issue was in previous patch also

[qwer4790 26]

your items are still there but become invisible.

remember, leave your tent a empty slot at the right bottom corner. putting a item into tent can refresh items inside the tent and make them visible. 

[killerbyte12 29]

Went back to the tent and it was there. Door is open and can't be closed just as the OP describes. Items appear to be gone until you place a item into it, then the items re-appear.

[JPWiser 251]

Door flaps don't seem to work once stuff is inside.

Also like already mentioned your stuff is still inside just invisible. Once you move an item to or from the tent inventory it will all appear.

This is also the same for backpacks etc...

[ob1korobi 125]

Made this a few days ago, http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/214845-tent-testing-persistence-works-so-far/#entry2157288

Tents are bugged. Gotta learn how to work with them. The Wednesday maintenance thing probably is still fudgy as well. I scored two tents yesterday so i am going to test again.

Edited November 12, 2014 by BigB055

[FishGuts4Lunch 66]

Well I seem to have made a bit of progress with the tents... Yes, everything apparently was still inside and placing an item in the tent will for the most part make them reappear. I made the stupid mistake of filling the tent to max capacity yesterday and after the server reset I could no longer place an item inside it to make the tent show me it's contents. I was fairly certain that I was screwed at that point BUT low and behold this morning I could see some of the items.

 

I was able to remove and replace several items and see the entire contents at some point. The tents as rather buggy at first and even innitially dupped the full mountain packpack inside twice. I did a Happy dance at this point as being against exploits I don't look a gift horse in the mouth either ;) . Sadly the two extra backpacks were gone a few minutes later but on the bright side, ALL my gear was intact and could be accessed.  

 

I have now promissed myself to leave a certain slot in the tent free at all times as this will give me a place to "unlock" the contents by placing an item from my inventory in this space. This causes the tent's contents to become visable. Who knows, perhaps this will act as a sort of safety to keep people from plundering it's contents. If they look inside, there is a chance they see nothing but at the same time they cannot steal the tent because it it full.

 

One other little idiosyncrasy I came across happens when stacking Inventory. I have some jackets, vests and pants in the tent which I naturally filled with items before I place them. But every now and then an article of clothing will refuse to let itself be placed in the tent. If I empty the slots, there is no longer a problem. I can even place the items in the clothing once it is place in the tent. BUT if I put the item of clothing back on my body or try to move it inside the tent, the same thing happens again. I believe it has something to do with the items themselves and not the piece of clothing. Inside the pants I placed a mosin compensator, 5 composit arrows and 3 boxes of mosin ammo (if I remember correctly). But at the end of the day it is all in the tent and safe. I am just wondering what I will do with it all come Tuesday night when the tent must be backed up to keep it from being wiped during server maintenance. The last thing I wasn is to lose my tent!

Edited November 14, 2014 by FishGuts4Lunch

[FishGuts4Lunch 66]

Well it looks like the tents are not yet safe to use. On the server I frequent we had 5 tents among us. In the space of 30 minutes they were all suddenly gone. My buddy found a couple of them moved 200 meters from where they had been but they were gone 10 minutes later. I went back to my tent and it was gone as well. No server reset had taken place and there was just one clan member, myself and a single stranger on the server.

My guess is it was an esp hack and they just stole all the tents. There is no way someone could find all the tents on a low population server in such a short time. Most likely dissapeared onto a password locked server where we will never see them again.

 

Hackers win again

Edited November 14, 2014 by FishGuts4Lunch