Shipping containers as movable shelter / loot storage / camp walls

[nl 986]

So some of the shipping containers in the game have doors that can be opened.

How cool would it be to use them for your camp?

 

-get a truck (the flat bed version, not the people carriers)

-get a winch (possible also strong wire and a hook)

-attach the winch to the truck

-find a container and load it on the truck

-drive the truck anywhere you want and unload the container.

-lock the container with a lock pick (leaving a locked camp not possible with tents = more secure)

-possibly use them as fortified walls for your camp

 

Also: it should be possible to transport and relocate the container even when it's full of stuff. A concept of a movable camp would be interesting imo, also if you feel security may have breached.

 

Edited September 14, 2015 by SAK

[Whyherro123 2283]

Sounds awesome. In real life, "concertainers" actually make great houses. They are/can be insulated relatively easily, can be "linked" together (making separate rooms, or just one big room) easily by cutting through the wall and welding together, and apparently look real nice when they get furnished inside. Stack them on top of each other and you could even have "apartments".

 

Use them for something like an apartment or a workshop, like what I proposed in my earlier thread, or just a secondary fortified position inside your base, like the keep of a castle.

 

https://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/228581-base-things/

Edited September 14, 2015 by Whyherro123

[liquidcactus 719]

Very nice idea, I would love to see as an addition, a military camo netting as an "extension" set up and off the side of the container or also used as its primary purpose of trying to hide  the entire container 

[J4G 92]

Great idea, makes sense and fits the scenario.

[Roshi (DayZ) 397]

I suggested something similar ages ago - with a forklift so you could then use as a gate to a base. A couple of construction vehicles late in development (and maybe even using those cranes to shift construction material) would be cool for more serious base-building later in development. Not holding my breath though.

[Syphonz 64]

This would obviously be a late game mechanic, but something that could be done for those groups of people who want to have a late game base feature.

 

I can get behind it.