Tents, Ownership, and Saving Items

[Obsolescence 129]

I was wondering if anyone can explain this line from the DayZ Wiki on tents:

"If someone other than the owner of the tent places items in the tent, the owner of the tent must save the tent to prevent items from being deleted if the server is reset."

1. Is this statement true / still true?

2. Do clans with big tent cities have to keep track of who owns which tents so they can save deposited items properly?

3. What happens when the "owner" dies? Is the tent ownership tied to account and not character?

4. Do I need to wait for my friend who owns our tent to be on so he can save items I deposit?

5. Do I still need to wait for him if his character that placed the tent is dead?

[Charb 298]

search these forums for the answer.

[insitv 305]

Before i answer your questions: If you had searched for it, you would have known that tents are badly broken at the moment. There are no known solutions to get them to work every time or atleast some times. Just ignore them if you find one until they are fixed.

I was wondering if anyone can explain this line from the DayZ Wiki on tents:

"If someone other than the owner of the tent places items in the tent, the owner of the tent must save the tent to prevent items from being deleted if the server is reset."

1. Is this statement true / still true?

When tents were still working: No, wasn't true. Anyone could save it.

2. Do clans with big tent cities have to keep track of who owns which tents so they can save deposited items properly?

See answer to question 1. No.

3. What happens when the "owner" dies? Is the tent ownership tied to account and not character?

Tents currently DO NOT despawn, i tested it with a tent i didn't use for like two weeks. I died multiple times in that time but the tent still lives.

4. Do I need to wait for my friend who owns our tent to be on so he can save items I deposit?

See answers to questions 1 and 2.

5. Do I still need to wait for him if his character that placed the tent is dead?

No.

[Lightvision (DayZ) 21]

i have no problem with tents 90% of the time. here is what i do:-

add the items to the tent then save (while no desync icon is showing)

wait 5-10 mins

save 1-2 times (while no desync)

carry on what i am doing.

after server restart check back on tent, 90% of the time items are saved, the times they didnt save i may have done it during a desyc but cant be 100% certain.

you can try this yourself but this is how i get them to work.

[Josh225 129]

i have no problem with tents 90% of the time. here is what i do:-

add the items to the tent then save (while no desync icon is showing)

wait 5-10 mins

save 1-2 times (while no desync)

carry on what i am doing.

after server restart check back on tent, 90% of the time items are saved, the times they didnt save i may have done it during a desyc but cant be 100% certain.

you can try this yourself but this is how i get them to work.

I never actually thought about how a de-sync might affect it, thanks.

[Taxy 0]

i have no problem with tents 90% of the time. here is what i do:-

add the items to the tent then save (while no desync icon is showing)

wait 5-10 mins

save 1-2 times (while no desync)

carry on what i am doing.

after server restart check back on tent, 90% of the time items are saved, the times they didnt save i may have done it during a desyc but cant be 100% certain.

you can try this yourself but this is how i get them to work.

Which Version do you play?

[Lightvision (DayZ) 21]

I never actually thought about how a de-sync might affect it, thanks.

tbh i dont know if de-sync affects it or not i just do it when i dont see the de-sync icon just to make sure and also saving after a max of 10 min just to make sure. if de-sunc does then maybe its the reason people have problems with saving.

also note, if the server version 1.7.2.5 then this can be expected as i have read that there is an issue with 1.7.2.5 in regards to tent saving and vehicle saving too, read here. if the server version is 1.7.2.4 then try my method and see if it works for you

EDIT:

Which Version do you play?

the server i play on is 1.7.2.4, it was upgraded to 1.7.2.5 and hive 0.7.3 but we downgraded back to 1.2.7.4 and hive 0.7.2 because of the issue

Edited August 15, 2012 by Lightvision