what happens after server restart?

[Eazy-Makaveli 33]

i teamed up with 2 guys who decided to backstab me but i ended up killing them

anyway, we had a blue car and plenty of stuff after looting several places. i take their stuff and put it all in the car and just when im done and about to get food to heal, i lose connection i think because of server restart.

i want to know what happens when server restarts, how much time its offline and how do i rejoin the same server. plus id like to know what happens to vehicles after a server restart.

thanks

[terex 322]

Vehicles go to their last saved spots.. Or if its bugged out, somewhere else on the map. The server refreshes itself, new loot spawns, heli crashes, makes it load faster etc.. Usually takes a couple minutes for it to be back up.

[Eazy-Makaveli 33]

ok i found the same server in the list but when i try to join it, it says Connecting Failed. could it be that i got banned for no reason? the server is still running since i can see the number of players in it changing. whats going on?

[terex 322]

ok i found the same server in the list but when i try to join it, it says Connecting Failed. could it be that i got banned for no reason? the server is still running since i can see the number of players in it changing. whats going on?

Go back to the main menu then back to the server list. I get the same problem sometimes.. Getting the "Connection Failed" every time I join a server til I back out and go to main menu then to the server list.

[Herr Robert 28]

You will probably lose the gear you looted from the backstabbers, since the restart/crash occured while you were looting, not giving the stored items time to save properly. If you didn't save the car where you most recently had it, it's possible that its location didn't save either, so you might have to backtrack to find it.