Optimizing Tent w/ Disappearing Content and Server Restart Times

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I understand that any tent's contents will disappear during a server restart because of a bug in a previous patch.

I'm not looking for a solution at all, I'm just looking for a bit more info about server restarts you guys can hopefully answer.

I want to go on "naked loot runs" by dropping everything I have in the tent and looting areas of interest.

This doesn't work with the current bugs in place, but perhaps I can manage my time so that I loot right after a server restart, or long before the next one?

I'll start off with a general question:

When I join a server, and it tells me server restarts happen at 12:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m., and 6:00 p.m., does that mean it restarts ACCORDING to the server's time? Would checking my watch while connected to the server in-game allow me to accurately figure out how much time I have before the next restart?

If my watch says 5:30 in-game, does that mean I have 30 minutes before the next server restart, thus 30 minutes to take everything I have in my tent back into my person?

Please and thank you for those who answer.

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it's all subjective to what time the server admin goes by

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Thanks. That's a little unsettling. :/

When you're at the multiplayer screen in-game, it says "x minutes until mission ends". Is that the time servers restart?

I assume not, because every server says the same thing...

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Thanks. That's a little unsettling. :/

When you're at the multiplayer screen in-game, it says "x minutes until mission ends". Is that the time servers restart?

I assume not, because every server says the same thing...

I think this "x minutes until mission ends" is just something related to ARMA 2, and it doesn't affect the server restart or anything like that.

My server also says when i join the lobby when it restarts, but playing on it for a while i can notice that sometimes the restart happens a few minutes later, or some minutes sooner than what i was expecting.

There should be some kind of feature to just make the server restart on it's own in the correct time set by the admin.

Regarding the tents, it's very disappointing in my opinion too, a few days ago i made a camp myself with lots of gear inside the tent and a vehicle, and it all disappeared after the server restart.

Hope they fix that too, because having a tent, a camp to defend, gives us something else to do with our time when we're playing.

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I think this "x minutes until mission ends" is just something related to ARMA 2, and it doesn't affect the server restart or anything like that.

My server also says when i join the lobby when it restarts, but playing on it for a while i can notice that sometimes the restart happens a few minutes later, or some minutes sooner than what i was expecting.

There should be some kind of feature to just make the server restart on it's own in the correct time set by the admin.

Regarding the tents, it's very disappointing in my opinion too, a few days ago i made a camp myself with lots of gear inside the tent and a vehicle, and it all disappeared after the server restart.

Hope they fix that too, because having a tent, a camp to defend, gives us something else to do with our time when we're playing.

I hear you.

My group lost M4s, CZ550s, lots of ammo, food, and tools because of this bug. :/