JMurph2809 4 Posted April 6, 2015 Have been playing the game for a week and loving it. One thing i'm really not sure on though is how many characters it is possible to have at once? I had one char, who was starving and about to die. It was time to log any way so I left him behind a barn in partial cover and logged. When I logged on a day later I clicked continue (I think I did anyway) and I spawned on the coast with a new character (I had guessed that the old one had died from starvation or something). This new char had been going really well (comparatively). I had got further north than ever before. I had a flask of water, a tin of sardines, some rice, rags,decent clothes and plenty of ammo. I just needed a gun......Anyway. I logged on tonight and my previous, presumed dead and less equipped character was there. Is there a way to change back or check how many characters i have? Also I found a chicken the other day. I chased it like madman and killed it with a wrench 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Syphonz 64 Posted April 6, 2015 Depends if your joining private or public servers. Public servers share the same character between all of them. Private servers each have their own individual character per server. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BCBasher 2465 Posted April 6, 2015 Depends if your joining private or public servers. Public servers share the same character between all of them. Private servers each have their own individual character per server. Exactly what this guy said, I don't think there's currently any way to keep track other than your memory or taking notes though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Killawife 599 Posted April 6, 2015 I used to favorite any private server that I made a new character on. That way I had a list of the ones I could possibly have a non-newspawn character on. It became quite a lot though so I settles for a few servers I play on and deleted the rest. Sometimes I go on a private server and get a geared character as a nice bonus. But other than private servers you can have one server on first person view and one on third person view. These two characters can be moved between servers but it has to be 1pp or 3pp depending on what type of the server the character was created on. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JMurph2809 4 Posted April 6, 2015 Thanks all, that makes sense. Not sure if it was a public or private. I usually just go for the lowest ping server and as long as the description doesn't say "clan only" or something. I guess I can just look for a private server in my history and hope that there aren't many of them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drezzx 1 Posted April 8, 2015 I was curious about the private vs public servers having multiple characters as well.. my question is basically i want to have private characters as well as the public server character.. so basically i would like to know if i can use the same name as i use on public server for private or would that wipe my public server character? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lrp1984 199 Posted April 8, 2015 I was curious about the private vs public servers having multiple characters as well.. my question is basically i want to have private characters as well as the public server character.. so basically i would like to know if i can use the same name as i use on public server for private or would that wipe my public server character? Yes, you can use the same name. A private server character will never wipe a public one and vice versa. The same goes for 3pp and 1pp. You can have as many private hive characters as there are private hives. They don't save to the same place, so you never need worry about one messing with the other. It is also important to note that a private hive can have more than one server connected to it, and the character will remain between the two (almost creating a mini-public network). Some of the bigger private hive communities have 2-5 servers connected to their hive. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Drezzx 1 Posted April 8, 2015 Yes, you can use the same name. A private server character will never wipe a public one and vice versa. The same goes for 3pp and 1pp. You can have as many private hive characters as there are private hives. They don't save to the same place, so you never need worry about one messing with the other. It is also important to note that a private hive can have more than one server connected to it, and the character will remain between the two (almost creating a mini-public network). Some of the bigger private hive communities have 2-5 servers connected to their hive.ty for for the clarification McTabish much appreciated :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee83 21 Posted April 8, 2015 In an entirely unrealated note, can you clear your server history? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lrp1984 199 Posted April 8, 2015 In an entirely unrealated note, can you clear your server history? Worried about your wife seeing you played on the "Hot Girls of DayZ who share pics" server? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lee83 21 Posted April 8, 2015 More worried about her seeing the "Norman Reedus Fan girl" server Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewire 88 Posted April 8, 2015 Would be nice if we can make 2 pub characters but not likely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
