FrankFisher 46 Posted July 22, 2012 Ok so I found this van, repaired everything but the engine parts, after looking ages for them I decided to move the van to a safer place. I drove it up a hill got out and kept looking. A few minutes later I heard a BOOM and saw the explosion, I quickly ran to it and there's my van upside down all blown up, next to it a dead survivor (who obviously stole the van) I really wish it wasn't so hard to repair vehicles in this game, Was it because of no engine parts that made it blow up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted July 22, 2012 I think so but I have a similar situation at the moment so would like to know the answer too.You should be pretty chuffed that your van blew up a thief though. Now he'll probably be thinking that people booby trap their vehicles. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jeremynative.com 4 Posted July 22, 2012 the vehicles are very rare it sucks because te map is so big. i found a quad once and drove it 3 mins before i disconnected,i guess going fast is too difficult for the servers. i logged in and it was gone yet i was still alive :(i found 2 boats also, one with no gas and one with gas that went only 14mph.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted July 22, 2012 I love the quads! They can do 90 ish on tarmac. Great for a quick getaway. Never had a problem with the speed. Might have just been unlucky with that server. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrankFisher 46 Posted July 22, 2012 the vehicles are very rare it sucks because te map is so big. i found a quad once and drove it 3 mins before i disconnected,i guess going fast is too difficult for the servers. i logged in and it was gone yet i was still alive :(i found 2 boats also, one with no gas and one with gas that went only 14mph.... Yeah exactly vehicles should be a lot more common given the map size and population of the towns/city's... Oh well Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted July 22, 2012 I love the quads! They can do 90 ish on tarmac. Great for a quick getaway. Never had a problem with the speed. Might have just been unlucky with that server.And yes, fishing boats suck, you need a PBX, they fly! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fraggle (DayZ) 15720 Posted July 22, 2012 Yeah exactly vehicles should be a lot more common given the map size and population of the towns/city's... Oh wellI disagree, they're special because they're rare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrankFisher 46 Posted July 22, 2012 I disagree, they're special because they're rare.I suppose, if they weren't rare then everyone would be driving around :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
expendable (DayZ) 6 Posted July 22, 2012 Vehicles? There are vehicles in this game? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrankFisher 46 Posted July 22, 2012 Vehicles? There are vehicles in this game?...haha yep pretty rare that you see them Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noobfun 87 Posted July 22, 2012 found an atv in a camp last night then server was restarted while i was still at the camp, logged back in and the atv had vanished (dam your server bug!! ) so i made my get away a push bike that wasnt there first check but appeared at server start instead :-/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ColdCamV 20 Posted July 22, 2012 Ive seen a few vehicles here and their but they are quite rare and you're more likely to find them parked in bushes or hidden rather than in a town somewhere because usually groups swoop in and hide them before others can get to them. Its gotten better but since they cracked down on people saving vehicles off map but yeah.As for the crash..the survivor probably jumped in and plowed straight into a tree and exploded Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hombrecz 832 Posted July 22, 2012 We saw interesting firefight few days ago.2 guys with ATV shooting at some guys with UAZ which were refuelling at gas station.Fight ended up with us killing atv guys and the other folks fleeing in their UAZ.Was pretty intense I can tell ya! The weird thing was that 1 or 2 people "spawned" near that ATV in the end of fight and started shooting at us. Really dont understand how they got there unless cheating. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UndeadAssassin 23 Posted July 22, 2012 i think that bikes should be alot more common like about as common as death Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noobfun 87 Posted July 22, 2012 i think that bikes should be alot more common like about as common as death bikes+3rd person are op Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoeFury 2 Posted July 22, 2012 found a bike yesterday. saw it parked near a house. took a lovely tour of the surrounding countryside...with a bunch of zombies following me. maybe it's just me, never having used any other vehicles before in the game, steering that thing took a while to 'master'. if i was in an open field, and saw one tree i'd end up crashing into it and getting stuck.eventually i got off to look in some houses for stuff...(still didn't even have a gun) and got overwhelmed by the zombies that were chasing me on the bike. duh. i just assumed i was going to be sniped off of it. didn't think so many zombies would be following me. :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
noobfun 87 Posted July 22, 2012 zombies love bikes, thats how you use them as a weapon, round em up the ride past another player, the Z's switch agro and you ride away laughing was riding one last night down hill(60+kmph) in a thick forest at night with nvg's, stuck in first person mode .. not the most fun ive had on a bike rofl Share this post Link to post Share on other sites