Best way to safely log out?

[Muncywolverine 236]

Hi,

I've been screwed over after logging out a few times, my character being lost (or killed and having the "pick a gender" screen) am i doing something wrong? You just click abort and disconnect right?

[Detta (DayZ) 59]

You should wait up to a minute for Hive to save your character.

[Skint (DayZ) 138]

I used to have the same problem when I logged out.

I worked out it was because I didn't wait for the Hive update communication (as Detta mentioned).

Since the "not saved" time thingy was removed from the Debug Monitor I had forgot all about it.

So now you need to do this:

Press "P" and click on your name, look at the numbers on right "Ping" and Bandwidth".

When they change you are good to go.

I always wait for them to change at least twice just in case.

Never had a problem since.

Hope this helps.