can we fix the.....truck?!?

[James Adam Rimmer 13]

First off, not too sure if I like the new "bail out and die" mechanic.....Here I "bail out" doing 2 kph and it acts like I tried to do this doing 30? https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/wizardo3/video/117203814

And I also finally found a truck....its deadly. Can we fix it? First a frontal flip https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/wizardo3/video/117204021
Never mind, I flipped it back over.......ummmm wait a secound https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/wizardo3/video/117204156
Maybe if I just grab a tire reallOOF! https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/wizardo3/video/117204267
Ok, I got it going, now to throw on some extra......what is this?!? https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/wizardo3/video/117204267
Now to just drive it gently over this HOLY CRAP!!! https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/wizardo3/video/117204483
AGAIN! https://gamerdvr.com/gamer/wizardo3/video/117204594

I like the idea of the truck, but deham! this is useless!
If you add junk to the game without fixing anything, are you actually adding anything to the game?
 

[Shurr 3]

I don’t have any pictures, but I found a truck on an official server. I drove it around a bit, just to get the feel of it. 1st gear is extremely slow, but nothing stops you from going straight to 4th and gunning it - to a measly 40km/h. While that wasn’t really an issue, what was an issue was when I drove it into a giant garage, capable of housing at least 3 trucks. Remember this fact. I drove in through the doors, slowly stopping the truck right where I wanted it, except it wasn’t all the way pulled in. I barely stepped on the gas to pull it in fully, and the truck goes full space shuttle and starts taking off. Remember that garage? I was still in it when this happened. Or I would’ve been, had I survived the entire ordeal. Apparently the game doesn’t like trucks in garages, and punishes you by sending the truck to space, from a fucking garage. And immediately kills you.

That’s my little encounter with a truck.

[James Adam Rimmer 13]

On 11/28/2020 at 4:24 PM, Shurr said:

I don’t have any pictures, but I found a truck on an official server. I drove it around a bit, just to get the feel of it. 1st gear is extremely slow, but nothing stops you from going straight to 4th and gunning it - to a measly 40km/h. While that wasn’t really an issue, what was an issue was when I drove it into a giant garage, capable of housing at least 3 trucks. Remember this fact. I drove in through the doors, slowly stopping the truck right where I wanted it, except it wasn’t all the way pulled in. I barely stepped on the gas to pull it in fully, and the truck goes full space shuttle and starts taking off. Remember that garage? I was still in it when this happened. Or I would’ve been, had I survived the entire ordeal. Apparently the game doesn’t like trucks in garages, and punishes you by sending the truck to space, from a fucking garage. And immediately kills you.

That’s my little encounter with a truck.

Just had one with an olga.....wow, what the hell????

[Riddick_2K 174]

Please report on BiStudio Feedback by adding videos as well. And if you find other reports on defects that you recognize, sign up. Maybe... maybe... if a lot of people do it, the developers will have to do something.

[Parazight 1599]

59 minutes ago, Riddick_2K said:

if a lot of people do it, the developers will have to do something

No, they won't have to do anything.  The customer has no leverage.  Basic feedback is one thing, demanding technological advances (fixing vehicles) is another.

There is also hidden information.  Information that only the company knows.  And that's normal.  What if they have a special team working on advances for the Enfusion engine and the current DayZ developers have been tasked with working on the recent content?  Maybe there is some other blocker, decided by the people with the money, that prevents the seemingly obvious fix?  What if the people who get to make that decision never even visit dayz.com?

I'm not saying that there are no issues and that you're wrong.  I just think that making noise about it is pointless.

[Riddick_2K 174]

Humm ...
If you know something more, it wouldn't hurt to give at least some indications.
On the fact that "making noise is useless"... maybe... you're right, but what else can we do?
Maybe you try, it can serve as well as not... but badly you have only lost some of your time, but... if it worked?
Generally an "active general discontent" is more "burning" than some complaining on a forum and that's it. Perhaps still little, indeed certainly still little... it would be better to complain even on the media (which is also done)... but if you "let it go" because there are "higher blocks", then surely none of the developers will ever do anything .
I remain with my idea that if ALL those who complain about something also did a Feed on the BiStudio website... maybe... it wouldn't change anything, but... maybe... it could also change, if there were really many... and why not try, then?

[Parazight 1599]

I don't know any more than what has been made public.  A little research puts the pieces together, however.

BI lost a significant amount of developers recently.   They lost developers and the project lead for Arma4.  The company had plans to make a big announcement at the end of 2020 and here we are, with nothing.  This is not the fault of the devs who track the forums and currently produce content.  BI didn't lose a significant amount of their workforce because of the current developers' actions.  Cars not working is 100% on the shoulders of those handing out paychecks.  DayZ is using Enfusion's rendering and animation systems but there is a lot of work to be done on the engine before it can be fully implemented.  There's probably a dozen or so developers working on DayZ and the chances of them all being masters of the Enfusion engine is low.

One approach, that is logical, is to have one team working on new engine technologies while other people do other projects.  Management coordinates this.  They decide what developers invest time into.  Look, they put out Arma3 advancements with Real Virtuality knowing Enfusion was the company's future.  

Re-writing the entire server-side code to 'hotfix' cars is a monumental task.  A company that develops technological advances really gets sidelined when they lose a huge chunk of employees that were working at the bleeding edge.  So, having a bunch of neckbeards on the intertube whine about cars flying and other obvious finger pointing isn't helping development, much less influencing it.  The people in the office are fully aware of the issues.

Did BI make some mistakes, as a whole, over the last 6 years?  Sure, we all do.  If the company learns from the past and rights the ship, then it is what it is.  If the company doesn't learn, sinks, goes bankrupt, or whatever, then it is what it is.  Bohemia Interactive has a history of doing whatever they wanted to do to begin with, long before DayZ development began.  So, feel free to post as you see fit.  I just wanted to point out that doing so will not force BI to do anything.  This isn't the first thread claiming that community action might be viable.  Really, it's not.

[James Adam Rimmer 13]

17 hours ago, Riddick_2K said:

Please report on BiStudio Feedback by adding videos as well. And if you find other reports on defects that you recognize, sign up. Maybe... maybe... if a lot of people do it, the developers will have to do something.

good news, the xbox dvr is my friend.....got a lot of vids, hopefully your right on this.