Vehicles - Whats the deal.....

[mikey182 3]

OK. So how is it i can never find vehicles.

Lets say I had my own server, me and a few mates found a van at a petrol station - a listed spawn point. We then lost said van after driving it into a pond and witnessing it suddenly vanish.

Reset the server a few times and the car isnt at its spawn point again.

Same goes for other vehicles. We found the truck at the quarry. That got stolen fair and square but after a server reset, its not at its spawn point again.

Is there a way of wiping the server completely clean so to speak so that everything is restored? Tents and all.?

[suspense 210]

Vehicles have a spawn delay, they dont spawn instantly after they get destroyed or a restart, to prevent the "abuse" that you just clearly admitted to ;).

Edited August 6, 2012 by Suspenselol

[Powell (DayZ) 734]

If a car is stolen, and the server resets, that doesn't mean the location resets.

[thehumandove 344]

But that's not playing nice

[blueface 13]

7 days i think u can do tht with some timezone changes in 1 hour

[mikey182 3]

Vehicles have a spawn delay, they dont spawn instantly after they get destroyed or a restart, to prevent the "abuse" that you just clearly admitted to ;).

Not really. We found the vehicle last week, lost it last week hours later. Obviously the server has since been reset and only today have I gone to look for vehicles as im on the coast, and my camp is 200km away.

I just cant find any. Reset the server earlier as I dont have regular restarts, I literally cant find any vehicles in their spawn points.

How long is the delay?

[The_Albatros 72]

im on the coast, and my camp is 200km away.

What am I reading.