Herkyl Puuro 52 Posted October 11, 2015 I haven't created stashes or camps much previously, so I have few questions about persistence and storing items. 1. Ammo boxes and protector cases seem to work as a storage items, do they last 45 days too, like tents and barrels?2. I play in six or seven private servers, which are full at most times. I saw some oil barrels etc. still couple weeks ago, but now that I actually want to find storage items I've spent a lot of time looking, and they seem to have vanished. Are there any new tents and barrels spawning at all?3. How can I tell if the server I'm in has persistence, if it's not mentioned in title or admin messages?4. Just to have the experience I've been setting up stashes in a public server. The other day I found couple of tents someone had set up previously, one was empty and in the middle of the road, and the other one in some hillside with few items inside. I couldn't roll up either one, I couldn't even get the command in menu. What's up with that? Thanks in advance Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
edwin3 74 Posted October 11, 2015 1. should, check the status reports2. praise the loot god3. persistence is forced on all, private hive admins can do manual wipes4. right-click on tent in inventory screen, needs to be empty greets 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GaryWalnuts 1680 Posted October 11, 2015 (edited) I haven't created stashes or camps much previously, so I have few questions about persistence and storing items. 1. Ammo boxes and protector cases seem to work as a storage items, do they last 45 days too, like tents and barrels?2. I play in six or seven private servers, which are full at most times. I saw some oil barrels etc. still couple weeks ago, but now that I actually want to find storage items I've spent a lot of time looking, and they seem to have vanished. Are there any new tents and barrels spawning at all?3. How can I tell if the server I'm in has persistence, if it's not mentioned in title or admin messages?4. Just to have the experience I've been setting up stashes in a public server. The other day I found couple of tents someone had set up previously, one was empty and in the middle of the road, and the other one in some hillside with few items inside. I couldn't roll up either one, I couldn't even get the command in menu. What's up with that? Thanks in advance 1. They are supposed to last 45 days, I can confirm that both protector cases and ammo boxes last at least two weeks2. I've heard a few people mention that barrels are harder to find as weeks go by. I'm not sure though. [edit: maybe there's a limit to the number of barrels in use per server?] Tents still spawn regularly in the small tenement buildings.3. Official servers are all persistent enabled and have (mostly) reliable persistence because there's no admins restarting for their own reasons. I don't think there's a way right now to tell other than testing it yourself. Drop a persistent item and come back after a server restart, see if it's still there.4. Of course they have to be empty before you can pack them, but sometimes there's an item at the bottom line of slots that may not show you an icon, it's usually grayed a little though. There's also a container bug where a slot may look empty but still have an invisible item in them. It might take a while but you can locate the glitched slot/invisible item by moving a single item around into each tent slot. Eventually you'll notice which slot won't accept an item. Maybe you can figure a way to swap the item out of there, maybe dragging it into your hands or dragging it onto the ground, then pack the tent (?) Edited October 11, 2015 by GaryWalnuts 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herkyl Puuro 52 Posted October 11, 2015 4. Of course they have to be empty before you can pack them, but sometimes there's an item at the bottom line of slots that may not show you an icon, it's usually grayed a little though. There's also a container bug where a slot may look empty but still have an invisible item in them. It might take a while but you can locate the glitched slot/invisible item by moving a single item around into each tent slot. Eventually you'll notice which slot won't accept an item. Maybe you can figure a way to swap the item out of there, maybe dragging it into your hands or dragging it onto the ground, then pack the tent (?) Thanks for the tip! Both tents showed completely empty, I also emptied the one which initially had items inside, and spent time trying to figure out what's wrong - so most likely there were some invisible items inside as you suggest. Hopefully I'll figure out what to do with invisible items next time I come across a tent. Maybe I will, since I already figured out how to put attachments like bipods to AKs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Valdenburg 200 Posted October 11, 2015 - Medium Tent (Pitched): 45 Days- Military Tent (Pitched): 45 Days- Car Tent (Pitched): 45 Days- Barrels: 45 Days- Ammo Boxes: 45 Days- Protector Cases: 45 Days- Backpacks (All types): 3 Days Source: https://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/227520-status-report-29-jul-2015/ 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BeaverProductions 441 Posted October 13, 2015 - Medium Tent (Pitched): 45 Days- Military Tent (Pitched): 45 Days- Car Tent (Pitched): 45 Days- Barrels: 45 Days- Ammo Boxes: 45 Days- Protector Cases: 45 Days- Backpacks (All types): 3 Days Source: https://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/227520-status-report-29-jul-2015/ Just for clarity. They changed the backpacks recently to 1 hour for Improvised and 4 hours for other packs. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
