Questions I should probably know the answers to

[Mizzou60 81]

I’ve got a few noobie questions, which at this point in my experience I should know the answers to, but either I didn’t pay attention or learned and forgot.  I was hoping some of you more helpful members could enlighten me. I know there are some sour heads out there whose default answer is “search the forums”, but fact is when you type in a search it shows results for anything which has ever had that phrase in it. Not only do you have to fumble through hundreds of posts but a lot of them reference oudated information which no longer apply to the current build, so in regards to version .55….

 

1. What exactly happens when a server restarts? Besides respawning zombies, sending my truck back to where I last got out, changing the clock time, and undoing the last five minutes of my gameplay, why must all servers restart several times a day?

2. Do bear traps/land mines work on zombies?

3. Is it an option that the server admin can change the countdown login time?  I know two servers who have 30 second timers while others typically have a 60 second. Ive seen videos where people have to wait 300 seconds.

4. Do civilian tents still exist? I haven't seen one since the tent splosion when 55 was released. I have seen military tents but no civilian.

5. Do M4s only spawn at heli crash sites? In all the military locations I’ve looted Ive never seen an M4 in the wild. Only the ones carried by other players.

6. Can you eat worms without getting sick?

7. Can you eat raw meat without getting sick?

8. I drove a truck into the water and flipped it. When the server restarted it was floating above where I rolled it. I swam out, got in, started it and it sank then flipped. Whenever the server restarts I go check and there it is floating on the water. When will it stop appearing on the water and start spawning in a designated truck spawn point?

9. Are helos still only spawning in the same four locations?

10. I found a building that has a noclip wall. Where a wall appears to be you can walk right through it without the use of any manipulation techniques. Its not in a populated area and has very little strategic advantage. Great place for a stash but I’m worried I may be considered a wall glitcher and be banned. Would this be grounds for banning?  

11. Does anyone want to give me a fully kitted M4 (preferably butt first)

 

Thanks all

[☣BioHaze☣ 7337]

1. What exactly happens when a server restarts? Besides respawning zombies, sending my truck back to where I last got out, changing the clock time, and undoing the last five minutes of my gameplay, why must all servers restart several times a day?

 

The server gets a fresh start so everything runs as smoothly a possible.

 

2. Do bear traps/land mines work on zombies?

 

*I do not know.

 

3. Is it an option that the server admin can change the countdown login time?  I know two servers who have 30 second timers while others typically have a 60 second. Ive seen videos where people have to wait 300 seconds.

 

Those videos may be old. Login timers can get longer if you hop consecutive times. I do not think server admins set this at all.

 

4. Do civilian tents still exist? I haven't seen one since the tent splosion when 55 was released. I have seen military tents but no civilian.

 

They spawn in the current stable and spawn in experimental both.

 

5. Do M4s only spawn at heli crash sites? In all the military locations I’ve looted Ive never seen an M4 in the wild. Only the ones carried by other players.

 

Only heli crashes.

 

6. Can you eat worms without getting sick?

 

*I'm not sure. I don't think so.

 

7. Can you eat raw meat without getting sick?

 

*I'm not sure. I don't think so.

 

8. I drove a truck into the water and flipped it. When the server restarted it was floating above where I rolled it. I swam out, got in, started it and it sank then flipped. Whenever the server restarts I go check and there it is floating on the water. When will it stop appearing on the water and start spawning in a designated truck spawn point?

 

Probably never. Not until the next build or the server gets a hard reset which has to be requested with good reason from the provider.

 

9. Are helos still only spawning in the same four locations?

 

In stable, yes. In experimental, they all spawn at NWA.

 

10. I found a building that has a noclip wall. Where a wall appears to be you can walk right through it without the use of any manipulation techniques. Its not in a populated area and has very little strategic advantage. Great place for a stash but I’m worried I may be considered a wall glitcher and be banned. Would this be grounds for banning?  

 

No, I doubt you would be banned. The building you speak of may not be fully configured yet and could be a bad place to leave stuff.

 

11. Does anyone want to give me a fully kitted M4 (preferably butt first)

 

Not likely.

 

Thanks all

 

You're welcome, one.

[Coheed_IV 381]

1. What exactly happens when a server restarts? Besides respawning zombies, sending my truck back to where I last got out, changing the clock time, and undoing the last five minutes of my gameplay, why must all servers restart several times a day?

This is will not always be as it is, obviously right. They will always have to restart, but what happens on restart will change as the game is built. Infected will eventually respawn out of town, I think. Once persistence is working things will not look any differently when a server restarts.

[Hairy_eyeball 82]

I’ve got a few noobie questions, which at this point in my experience I should know the answers to, but either I didn’t pay attention or learned and forgot.  I was hoping some of you more helpful members could enlighten me. I know there are some sour heads out there whose default answer is “search the forums”, but fact is when you type in a search it shows results for anything which has ever had that phrase in it. Not only do you have to fumble through hundreds of posts but a lot of them reference oudated information which no longer apply to the current build, so in regards to version .55….

 

1. What exactly happens when a server restarts? Besides respawning zombies, sending my truck back to where I last got out, changing the clock time, and undoing the last five minutes of my gameplay, why must all servers restart several times a day?

it cleans up anything you have dropped, dead bodies included, respawns canned food and other loot to appropriate location(s). 

 

2. Do bear traps/land mines work on zombies?

havnt tested this yet. im scared of explosives due to the amount of bugs still in the game 0_o

 

3. Is it an option that the server admin can change the countdown login time?  I know two servers who have 30 second timers while others typically have a 60 second. Ive seen videos where people have to wait 300 seconds.

pretty sure thats not how that works. I believe its from server hopping to quickly. take 2 or 3 minutes between servers and it should only be 30-60 seconds. 

4. Do civilian tents still exist? I haven't seen one since the tent splosion when 55 was released. I have seen military tents but no civilian.

i found one yesterday, so yes they still happen, I actually havent seen a military tent in a long time, so yea. 

5. Do M4s only spawn at heli crash sites? In all the military locations I’ve looted Ive never seen an M4 in the wild. Only the ones carried by other players.

Helos only

6. Can you eat worms without getting sick?

not sure

7. Can you eat raw meat without getting sick?

no, you must cook it. and to get rid of sickness you need charcoal tabs

8. I drove a truck into the water and flipped it. When the server restarted it was floating above where I rolled it. I swam out, got in, started it and it sank then flipped. Whenever the server restarts I go check and there it is floating

on the water. When will it stop appearing on the water and start spawning in a designated truck spawn point?

its broken until the next update

9. Are helos still only spawning in the same four locations?

not 100% sure

10. I found a building that has a noclip wall. Where a wall appears to be you can walk right through it without the use of any manipulation techniques. Its not in a populated area and has very little strategic advantage. Great place for a stash but I’m worried I may be considered a wall glitcher and be banned. Would this be grounds for banning?  

you should do a bug report on this, just in case. include pictures and possibly a video

11. Does anyone want to give me a fully kitted M4 (preferably butt first)

i would if i had one. im too afraid to carry one since people would try to kill me on sight to get it 0_o

 

Thanks all.

no, thank you :p these are great questions and im definitely going to test out the bear traps and possibly the worms. 

if you ever see me in game, chat me up. i dont SOS 

[dayy 173]

I tried a landmine on the zed...

 

it was....

 

Not very effective....

[Mizzou60 81]

Update:

 Worms are like pond water, if you eat them when your starving you will get sick but if your energized you will be fine. I ate a handful while energized and nothing happened then later ate some when I was yellow hungry and received “funny taste in mouth” message followed by sickness.  I had to force myself to throw up twice before I began to see color again. BTW, worms provide very little energy almost no water so if your starving and find a shovel, leave the worms alone. Don’t make a bad situation worse.
 I set up a mine field and a bear trap field, round up a few zombs and funneled them through both fields several times. Nothing happened.  A buddy of mine ran into the trap field and broke his leg.  I ran into the mine field and nothing happened.  The only way I was able to get the mines to explode was to scroll over one and activate it, then it transported me to the beach.

[8bit_Survivor 93]

Landmines/bear traps do not work on zeds.

Worms if your not healthy can give you 'medium' food poisoning. Stay energized and hydrated and you will be fine. Worms are covered in bacteria after all.

[too-easy 56]

You need to activate the mine.

Not sure what can cause the mine to explode when activating it.

I activated several mines and then came a countdown after which you had to stay away from the mine if you didn't want to die.

Once it blew me up, too, when I activated one. Maybe it was damaged. Unfortunately, I didn't check it.

[hekp 223]

The mine must be pristine. Damaged and worn ones will blow up the second u activate it.

If it's pristine, you will have a luxury of a 3sec. countdown before it goes active.

Edited June 2, 2015 by halp

[emuthreat 2837]

The mine must be pristine. Damaged and worn ones will blow up the second u activate it.

If it's pristine, you will have a luxury of a 3sec. countdown before it goes active.

How many tests have you run with worn mines? 

[hekp 223]

 

How many tests have you run with worn mines?

2.

Now that you mention it, i was going to say a "worn" mine probably gives you a %chance to detonate but since i don't know that for sure I didn't.

I got blown by a damaged mine once(altho i saw wobos guide..), and worn one twice (because i really thought i can make it the 2nd time around if i only stand back a bit further... :blush: )

Edited June 3, 2015 by halp