rickyriot 1009 Posted December 4, 2014 Forgive the length of this, merely scene setting.. So, picture the scene, the towns have been looted and the loot respawn mechanics are playing funny buggers and respawning the loot in clumps somewhere far from where I was and I am dying of starvation and have been for the last hour or so. :| I had an axe and a kitchen knife and some matches so cooking was definitely possible it was a matter of getting the meat. In a field outside of the town there were a couple of cows, who are probably the easiest kill of the animals going. So there I was creeping up slowly behind one of the cows, axe raised, inching closer and the docile beast was just munching away unaware of it's fate. Swipe, then swipe again. Two full blows but it didn't go down and it started running away. Damn! I stand still hoping it'll stop running soon. The rain starts... <_< The cow stops running and, absolutely drenched, starving and now cold, I begin my pursuit once more. Creep, creep, swipe, swipe. And again it trots off. I've certainly done it damage it's only time before it goes down. Once more round the roundabout I go. Anyone watching this would be having fun seeing someone chasing a cow around a field, axe raised, pissing down with rain, but I percevere... creep, creep, swipe, swipe... and SUCCESS! Down it goes, and I leap on it's corpse like a man possessed. :D Now for the next task cooking up this lovely meat. I run to the woods and wait for the rain to stop, which was luckily not too long as my red starvation indicator in on and I'm being spammed by the "you are dying of starvation" message. I have to sacrifice my shirt to craft a fireplace, but it's worth it, this is life or death, and I get the fire going. I add my meat and keep a keen eye on them, don't want it to burn and we all know how easy that is! Just as they were about to turn cooked... No message received for 10 seconds... 11... 12... 13... :o Noooooooooooooooooooooo! * fist raised in the air * Curse you game! >:( * more fist waving * Right, calm down, just a game, right? Ok, so I log back in, hoping maybe the reboot had nudged the loot respawn in my favour. Upon re-emerging in the virtual world, there was the fireplace right in front of me. "Oh", I think, well that's a bit of luck. I [tab] to see the contents... nothing... nothing at all.. :( ..no wood and more importantly no half cooked juicy steaks. It wasn't minimised out of view, it was simply empty. But wait, although the [tab] inventory is showing nothing, there is definitely wood in the fire. So I think to myself, "well I'm cold, let's at least warm up, it's not all a busted flush". Matches in hand, then ignite. Whoosh, the fire animation goes and I start to warm up. I [tab] to see what fuel it is using and... lo and behold not only has the wood reappeared but so has my half cooked meat.. B) Nom, nom, fuckity, nom.... TL;DR? Persistence works for fireplaces, although it doesn't initially look like it. If you relight a fire you left when the server disconnected the contents of that fireplace magically reappear. All hail persistence! 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mookie (original) 799 Posted December 4, 2014 Excellent story, nicely illustrated. Seems to me that a lot of current issues about the game involve seeing (or not seeing something) versus whether it's really there or not... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blunce 991 Posted December 4, 2014 Seems to me that a lot of current issues about the game involve seeing (or not seeing something) versus whether it's really there or not... This is the case with picking up/dropping items on this current build. Rather annoying <_< Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
blackberrygoo 1416 Posted December 4, 2014 I liked this story :) and very good information ... If someone reads my comment before this story I suggest you smoke the best herb you have before reading and ingesting all the memes lol awesome . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death By Crowbar 1213 Posted December 4, 2014 Fireplaces are like anything else - sometimes you need to interact with them, remove them, add things to them, etc in order to get gear that seems to obey quantum physics to become re-entangled with the game and pop back into existence. I can't wait until that's all fixed, but until then it's like the drunken exercise of trying to find your house keys after you've dropped them in the grass. They're there, somewhere, and can be found, you just have to fumble around a bunch and try not to fall over and lose more in the process. Hilarious read by the way... excellently illustrated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tactical Nuke 47 Posted December 4, 2014 I liked this story :) and very good information ... If someone reads my comment before this story I suggest you smoke the best herb you have before reading and ingesting all the memes lol awesome . I did. Well played, OP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
igor-vk 909 Posted December 4, 2014 Dayz is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you gonna get. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
