Changing Basic Spawn Items and Giving Items on Respawn...

[Primus Palus 8]

I'm wanting to change what players spawn with on a Private Hive server. I've seen it before where all characters who spawn in have a map as opposed to public servers that don't. I want to change a few things people spawn in with. How do I do this?

I'm also wanting to give certain people skins. I want them to respawn after death with the skin in their inventory. How do I do this? I've seen a Private Hive server before that does this (when you donate you can "buy" a skin that will always respawn in your inventory on respawn).

Ideas? Is there a PhPMyAdmin guide out there that would be helpful for me.

[Venzire 76]

I too am still pondering this. I wouldn't be tampering with anything too much on the database as you may break something. Are you running with a service provider or on your own box?

SurvivalServers are bringing out many more admin tools to help with this. ;)

Edited September 30, 2012 by Venzire

[Primus Palus 8]

It's run on Survival Servers. I know it's possible, it's been done on a few servers I've been on hosted outside and not. I must just be missing something.

[Calinthor 5]

Well, I was going to make some suggestions, but I don't know how "Survival Servers" operate.

However, here's some information that may or may not be helpful.

The default load out is located in the "config.bin" (you will need to unrap it to a .cpp) in the "dayz_code.pbo" file (you will need to unpack it).

class CfgSurvival {
class Inventory {
class Default {
magazines[] = {"ItemBandage", "ItemPainkiller"};
weapons[] = {"ItemFlashlight"};
backpackWeapon = "";
backpack = "DZ_Patrol_Pack_EP1";
};
};

If you were running a "Bliss"/Saintly/Sanctuary server and I think anti-rocket server, you can easily modify the custom load out in the database.

There is another way, though. you can modify the "player_switchModel.sqf" file and add the weapons/items. I used the code before I found Sanctuary and subsequently Saintly server.

It's alittle complicated, but essentially you unpack 'dayz_code.pbo' modify 'player_switchModel.sqf' by adding the following at the end of the file (modify the items to what you want), save that sqf in a folder in your mission directory (like '/mod" or "/fix") and then you have to compile it in your init.sqf to override the client version.

Goes at the end of 'player_switchModel.sqf':

player setVariable ["bodyName",dayz_playerName,true];

// #Gold# If Fresh player give pistol


_load = [] spawn
{
sleep 4;

diag_log ("PRO_ED: Attempting post loadout");
//if(secondaryweapon player == "" && primaryweapon player == "") then
diag_log str(weapons player);

if(count (weapons player) <= 1) then
{
	player addWeapon "ItemMap";
	player addMagazine "ItemWaterbottle";
player addMagazine "FoodCanFrankBeans";
player addMagazine "8Rnd_9x18_Makarov";
player addMagazine "8Rnd_9x18_Makarov";
player addWeapon "Makarov";
player selectWeapon "Makarov";
};
};
};

Goes in 'init.sqf' in mission folder:

player_switchModel = compile preprocessFileLineNumbers "mod\player_switchModel.sqf";

Edited October 3, 2012 by Calinthor