Dear Rocket- What is the ETA on that chopper fix?

[richard_b 15]

I can totally understand that this may not be the dev team's priority right now.

But choppers have been out for at least two months, and before the 1.6 patch we were able to fly them just fine.

My team and I found a Huey yesterday sitting in an open field. We didn't care who owned it or whatever, we proceeded to jump in, check the gear and status of said vehicle. I hopped in the pilot's seat, having the most experience, and most of the indicators were red. We just sat in the chopper for five minutes giddy with glee, and all of a sudden the thing just fixed itself. A moment earlier I was looking at red indicators-now it was green, and all the glass was fixed. I started her up, and one person sat on each M240, and another sat in the co-pilots' seat. It was getting dark, but I had NVG's.

We overflew Poebeda Dam and Blunt Rocks looking for camps. We were on top of Rocks when the crew chief exclaimed that the chopper had "chucked him out". He had fallen out for no reason and was dead. Not a full minute later the other door gunner fell out, dead, and now it was just the guy in the co-pilot's seat and I. We flew for another five minutes and then the co-pilot stated that he also was now dead due to the infamous desync bug. His body remained in the chopper, his mouth wide open and blood running down his face (huh)?

I landed then and as soon as I did that, the admin restarted server, and the chopper was gone.

But here's my question: Why, after more than ten different updates and hotfixes, has the desync bug not been fixed? I have never encountered this bug while in vanilla, and in earlier versions of Day-Z I was able to fly without any issue.

This isn't a whine thread, just a thread asking why a lethal bug hasn't been fixed. Is it really that hard to fix, or were they removed for balancing reasons?

[umandez 139]

I can totally understand that this may not be the dev team's priority right now.

But choppers have been out for at least two months, and before the 1.6 patch we were able to fly them just fine.

My team and I found a Huey yesterday sitting in an open field. We didn't care who owned it or whatever, we proceeded to jump in, check the gear and status of said vehicle. I hopped in the pilot's seat, having the most experience, and most of the indicators were red. We just sat in the chopper for five minutes giddy with glee, and all of a sudden the thing just fixed itself. A moment earlier I was looking at red indicators-now it was green, and all the glass was fixed. I started her up, and one person sat on each M240, and another sat in the co-pilots' seat. It was getting dark, but I had NVG's.

We overflew Poebeda Dam and Blunt Rocks looking for camps. We were on top of Rocks when the crew chief exclaimed that the chopper had "chucked him out". He had fallen out for no reason and was dead. Not a full minute later the other door gunner fell out, dead, and now it was just the guy in the co-pilot's seat and I. We flew for another five minutes and then the co-pilot stated that he also was now dead due to the infamous desync bug. His body remained in the chopper, his mouth wide open and blood running down his face (huh)?

I landed then and as soon as I did that, the admin restarted server, and the chopper was gone.

But here's my question: Why, after more than ten different updates and hotfixes, has the desync bug not been fixed? I have never encountered this bug while in vanilla, and in earlier versions of Day-Z I was able to fly without any issue.

This isn't a whine thread, just a thread asking why a lethal bug hasn't been fixed. Is it really that hard to fix, or were they removed for balancing reasons?

They will hopefully be back in todays update.

- Desych issue is fixed on our server

- Hacker spawned in a chopper and we found it. Had a full crew and flew around the whole map without 1 sync issue.

- We then restarted the server to make it dissappear.

Edited July 25, 2012 by Dez.

[richard_b 15]

They will hopefully be back in todays update.

- Desych issue is fixed on our server

- Hacker spawned in a chopper and we found it. Had a full crew and flew around the whole map without 1 sync issue.

- We then restarted the chopper to make it dissappear.

Ah, cool! In the patch notes I didn't see anything about choppers, and yeah, that's how my squad got our chopper too. How did you fix desync bug?

[umandez 139]

Ah, cool! In the patch notes I didn't see anything about choppers, and yeah, that's how my squad got our chopper too. How did you fix desync bug?

The updates Rocket and his team have done fixed them, also helps having low latency on your server.

It's not in the patch notes as its not confirmed, but rocket has said numerous times in his latest interviews hes trying to get them in in this patch.

[richard_b 15]

Did you get that?>

Not that I don't believe you, but can anybody else confirm>?

Edited July 25, 2012 by -Xquisite-

[umandez 139]

Did you get that?>

Not that I don't believe you, but can anybody else confirm>?

Get what?

[soulres 1]

Did you get that?>

Not that I don't believe you, but can anybody else confirm>?

YES we need a confirm over here like stat.

[A.Jones 5]

chopper has *said* he wants them back in A.S.A.P.... saying and doing are two different things... he is passionate about making the game better, but this doesnt mean its going to be in the next patch...

so it may not be next patch since it may not be able to be fixed.

youve played months wihtout them(or mabye joined after they were removed) you can wait another 1-2 months.

edit: also good luck in actually finding a chopper to repair once theyre in, they will all be sought after by everyone like someone fiending for crack.

Edited July 26, 2012 by A.Jones

[soulres 1]

chopper has *said* he wants them back in A.S.A.P.... saying and doing are two different things... he is passionate about making the game better, but this doesnt mean its going to be in the next patch...

so it may not be next patch since it may not be able to be fixed.

youve played months wihtout them(or mabye joined after they were removed) you can wait another 1-2 months.

edit: also good luck in actually finding a chopper to repair once theyre in, they will all be sought after by everyone like someone fiending for crack.

thats why its important to find out NOW. and had a helicopter i took from bandits, (abushed the pilot as they were waiting for the crew to return) and i loved it,my firend i play iwth loved it too, now i dont relaly want to play a game thats missing something i enjoyed.

[A.Jones 5]

then go kill some time until theyre back in