Got myself a vehicle, now what?

[decoman 45]

I put a vehicle together and it is running fine, but now I wonder what to expect when wanting to keep this vehicle around.

Q: If I remember to save the vehicle before a server restart, will the vehicle appear where I left it after a server restart?

Q: Will it be ok to put some stuff into the "gear" of the vehicle without having to wonder if items will disappear.

Q: Will the tires and the engine wear out by simply driving the vehicle around?

Beta: 95883

DayZ: 1.7.2.5

Edited August 18, 2012 by Treehugger

[DesolateChris (DayZ) 48]

I put a vehicle together and it is running fine, but now I wonder what to expect when wanting to keep this vehicle around.

Q: If I remember to save the vehicle before a server restart, will the vehicle appear where I left it after a server restart?

Q: Will it be ok to put some stuff into the "gear" of the vehicle without having to wonder if items will disappear.

Q: Will the tires and the engine wear out by simply driving the vehicle around?

Beta: 95883

DayZ: 1.7.2.5

Yes

Yes

No

[decoman 45]

Great! :)

[br00mmmm 50]

Don't expect to keep it long if you're playing in a populated server.

What vehicle is it?

[infctedmushr00mxbox360@gmail.com 68]

Edited August 18, 2012 by InfctedMushr00m

[decoman 45]

Not so fast people. :blush:

There has been a server reset just now (I was waiting for it, didn't want to sit in the vehicle when the server reset) and the vehicle is now nowhere to be seen. A bicycle has instead been placed where the vehicle was. :D

I don't want to save the bicycle in case it messes up something.

This has been the first server reset after I had put the vehicle together, moved it away to a location and saved it. I saved the vehicle more than one time btw.

I guess I will have to log back on after the next server reset and see if the vehicle returns.

Does perhaps the vehicles respawn the same odd way that tent do?

Edited August 18, 2012 by Treehugger

[SmashT 10907]

It's unlikely the vehcile will save properly since 1.7.2.5 has a bug causing them to reset usually.

[3vil_Nin3 10]

I WOULDN't get attached to vehicles or leave anything in the trunk for that matter until they fix that stupid bug

[decoman 45]

I read in some other thread where it was claimed the "save" function had nothing to do with the position of the vehicle, which would be nice I guess.

[s4pphire 45]

On 1.7.2.5 the vehicles seem to respawn at their default locations and saving one will cause it to get replaced by something else in the saved location while the original is respawned at the actual spawn point.

V3S converted into a tractor for me, PBX into an ATV. The 'cloned' vehicles don't survive the next restart though, from what I saw. In essence, ignore vehicles until it's fixed.

[decoman 45]

Do no vehicles survive a single server restart with 1.7.2.5 ? :o

Edited August 18, 2012 by Treehugger

[MickGinger0 13]

Can I have a ride?

[Lord Daem 15]

Q: If I remember to save the vehicle before a server restart, will the vehicle appear where I left it after a server restart? Yes

Q: Will it be ok to put some stuff into the "gear" of the vehicle without having to wonder if items will disappear? Yes, if you leave the vehicle in a secure place.

Q: Will the tires and the engine wear out by simply driving the vehicle around? Not as far as I am aware, however, the fuel will deplete

[s4pphire 45]

Do no vehicles survive a single server restart with 1.7.2.5 ? :o

Not from my experience, although that may vary from server to server. You could test it but I wouldn't go out of my way to repair a vehicle only to have it despawn.

[decoman 45]

The bicycle was still there when I logged on now hours later.

I took a bicycle ride down to where I found this vehicle and there it was. Respawned, with tyres missing, engine damaged and zero fuel. The gear section showed pretty much the same items as I found.

[Kurono 2]

On 1.7.2.5 the vehicles seem to respawn at their default locations and saving one will cause it to get replaced by something else in the saved location while the original is respawned at the actual spawn point.

V3S converted into a tractor for me, PBX into an ATV. The 'cloned' vehicles don't survive the next restart though, from what I saw. In essence, ignore vehicles until it's fixed.

Me and a buddy were driving a UAV around with gear in. Server isn't a hugely popular one, but on returning it was gone. I was assuming it had been stolen, but are you saying it probably reset on a server reset or has gone back to where it originally spawned?

I've no clue how to even build one from scratch (I did read the FAQ).

[s4pphire 45]

Me and a buddy were driving a UAV around with gear in. Server isn't a hugely popular one, but on returning it was gone. I was assuming it had been stolen, but are you saying it probably reset on a server reset or has gone back to where it originally spawned?

I've no clue how to even build one from scratch (I did read the FAQ).

If it's a 1.7.2.5 server I would guess that it returned to its spawn location. However, it's hard to know for sure since the cause can be anything really, some servers don't spawn vehicles due to a hive issue, others respawn them at 1.7.2.4 locations if the vehicles had a previous 'owner' and the server was upgraded to 1.7.2.5 so all you can do is check spawn points or where you found that ATV. My suggestion is to ignore vehicles until it's fixed if you know your server is affected by the problem or there will be tears after server restarts.

[Friendly1337 0]

DAMN ! Just found my very first car today and after a restart few hours later it was gone ;__;

The server i play on is 1.7.2.5 and restarts every 4-6 hours.. well just my luck -_-

Does that mean that as of 1.7.2.5 there's no way to save my vehicle? What's smarter ? hitting save vehicle or not to do it ?

Edited August 20, 2012 by Friendly1337

[Fector 29]

I read in some other thread where it was claimed the "save" function had nothing to do with the position of the vehicle, which would be nice I guess.

This is true. Getting out saves the vehicle location, while the 'save' command refers to the gear (which is just as buggy as tents - everything put in before 1.7.2.4 reloads, everything put in after said patch gets eaten).

So, to answer OP's questions:

Yes (saving is irrelevant, though)

No

No

DAMN ! Just found my very first car today and after a restart few hours later it was gone ;__;

The server i play on is 1.7.2.5 and restarts every 4-6 hours.. well just my luck -_-

Does that mean that as of 1.7.2.5 there's no way to save my vehicle? What's smarter ? hitting save vehicle or not to do it ?

Sometimes, vehicles morph into other types after a restart, sometimes they fail to load and skip one restart, only to return again and ofc they might get stolen, while you were off.

When you get out of a vehicle, it gets saved to that location, there's nothing else you can do about it.

Edited August 21, 2012 by Fector