This video is the answer to all my loot problems and I wish I had seen it sooner! I have spent a week editing types.xml on a 3 man attempt to start a server and all we find are clothes and shit stays on the map for days. Thank you scalespeeder. You are a legend and doing decent work explaining the standalone files.
How do you fix a problem where the loot that you drop doesn’t despawn? It’s just stays there for days at a time. All loot not just a specific loot. Which is causing no new loot to spawn.
its also good idea to set the retartspawn to 100. This will push all your loot to the nominal values you have set in types when the server restarts. This way your low pop server doesn't become a loot desert. 10hours×60minutes/hour×60seconds/minute=36,000seconds not 6000.
i have mine set to 14444 because its actually seconds, not minutes. my server restarts every 3 hours so this allows at least one restart before going to sleep after the last player has left the server.
But what if you done this and still have loot laying around that I threw out of a building days ago? I checked my types.xml in the validator & a few other files & the lifetime on those items are all good. I'm lost on what to do.
is that working for local lan server ? because everytime i build a base its despawning when i disconnect (BBP buildings and modded cars despawn) so i can't build a base, its really annoying please i need your help
I don't think this works anymore. I applied it yesterday morning and played for a couple hours. No problems. After logging on 24 hours later there is literally no loot at all. Anywhere. I set my time for 4 days (345600). Perhaps it's too long?
Hello mate, nice videos! Wondering if you could help me ive edited the types.xml on my server & increased all loot and shortened life time and respawn including guns, food, drinks other weapon etc, but no i seem to find nothing on my server on shelves or the floor? Can't even find any clothes? Have I messed something up or do I just need to wait for things to start spawning in as its very low populated server, I've put some guns and food up to like 150 and still can't find any, only things I find are in zombies I kill as I edited that to give a higher chance, thanks.
Thanks man! Just started a server for my buddies and I, we were wondering about that. I knew there was some mechanic in there that caused the server to sleep, but am afraid to start muckin' around in those XML files.
I put the location tag for Ka-101s to spawn in the towns and villages and still they don't spawn. I have at lest 20000 nomial and 19000 min. I need help!
i tried this and loot is still not despawning i looted northwest airfield a few days ago and the stuff is still there not sure what to do at this point this is like the only thing that comes up when i google it.
I own a server that I play with two other people. I set the spawn points around the police station in Cherno, and noticed that things in the police station weren’t respawning. The houses that we looted days ago still hadn’t had loot response. Does changing this mode fix that?
I have been following your other videos and have been wondering why I can't see any modifications Happening Now I know why! The problem is that I am modifying my local test server and I am the only one using it. Apart from leaving my PC running 24/7 My mods to the types file and the config files will take months to start happening. Is there a way to force this every time I re-start Dayz ? otherwise It means it means it has all been a waste of time.
Delete the storage_1 folder inside your mission folder, and the next time your server starts it will have completely fresh loot according to your new files.
Bro i've been messing with all my totals and trying to spawn in guns closer than tier 3 and 4 but i ended up screwing my car up and wrecked it and now im in the nw part of the map but stuff is not spawning in at all now no clothes no tools no food except for on the zombies idk what to do. i dont wanna wipe it atm.. kinda feels like what i should do tho
Morning Just wondering if someone could help on my dayz server trying get the base to despawn quicker with out a flag how do i set that up? but keep the bases with a flag?
@@ScalespeederGaming Hi Scal, I have a problem on my server, the helicrash is always empty and the loot does not despawn, thank you very much for your videos.
Loot wont even spawn on my server theres actual more on offical then mine soo im just done messing woth this i cany get anyhelp with it its been 5 days and im sock of this
Hi ik u most likely won't respond but me and my misso are confused with making the server where on Xbox one and we don't know what where doing we can't find anyone to help so if it's not that much to ask could u by any chance help where just trying to get the loot to spawn and we tried a lot of things but nothing is working it'll be great if u could thank you...
Yes. I was running with a friend on my server, we went into a house, lit a fire to cook some food, killed a few zombies through the window. We logged off, and I logged on 3 days later. The fire was still burning, zombies still dead on the ground, and the bits from the chicken we killed were still outside.
@@Brandon-kq1tl Thats insane. Just re watched this and the bit about the AK despawning after 48 hours. That means I would have to leave my server on for 2 days for the loot to refresh. Not a great system is it.
@@chrispools not at all. I dropped some extra mags on the floor in my base, and they were there for over a week. With logging on daily for an hour or 2. Eventually I began to just stick discarded loot in the storage in the oven I built and just burn everything up. Got sick of seeing everything laying around lol
I think its important that the despawn timers on ur loot isnt exceeding the value on your idlemodecountdown. Im not sure tho but it sounds logical lol.
does this also count for loot that has been dropped on the floor? i want dropped loot to despawn much quicker than regual loot, as dropped loot is just useless and takes up space. For instance: we have all these pieces of paper lying around in our base from opening ammo boxes. Also ruined or badly damaged gear.
Ruined items have their own timer in the server.cfg file IIRC, or it's in the globals.xml in within the map>db folder. What you want to do with dropped vs. spawned loot is not possible, if an item is dropped by a player, outside of a Flag Pole base radius, it starts the Lifetime counter for that item within the typex.xml file. Be forewarned, having a low lifetime for items, say 1800 (30 minutes) and a low restock time, will inevitably produce what is known as "loot cycling". This is where players in DayZ would go to loot spawn locations, and grab the items, move them slightly, and force the server to continuously flood in new items.
Had this issue in my server, all you have to do is change the “idlemodestartup” to a value of 1.....what that does is keep the timers in the loot economy running with or without players on the server.
Is the IdleModeCountdown persistent? i.e. If I set it to 24 hours, and the server restarts every 6 hours, will the countdown restart from 24 or 18 hours?
Hey man, so it goes by seconds. You just gotta do a little math but 60 secs × 60 Minutes = 3,600 Secs. So if you wanted it to stay cycling loot for an hour put 3600, 2 hours 7200, 3 hours 10800.
hahah it is funny how you think this idle mode is to save power. it's probably to keep the loot economy similar through the day when players are off so when players get back on everything is brand new and therefor an uneven economy
Your videos on DayZ have been very clear, easy to follow, and wonderfully done. I am so grateful for your time.
This video is the answer to all my loot problems and I wish I had seen it sooner! I have spent a week editing types.xml on a 3 man attempt to start a server and all we find are clothes and shit stays on the map for days. Thank you scalespeeder. You are a legend and doing decent work explaining the standalone files.
Bro ure a savior for us all server admins. More often idk wtf im doin and i borked the server many times lol
THANK YOU!!!! This helped me so much in understanding the mechanics behind Dayz loot re-spawning
Thanks man been messing with despawn for 2 days now and i believe this is what ive been looking for
Your a God send brotha! Love your work! Keep it up! We dayz admins wouldn't know what to do without you lol
Your videos never disapoint, Thank you so much for all the help!
Idk where id be with my server without your videos. Hahah
You're my hero! Thank you!
i've watchet about 30 videos about loot settings an now i finaly have the answer why it doesnt work. Thak you
How do you fix a problem where the loot that you drop doesn’t despawn? It’s just stays there for days at a time. All loot not just a specific loot. Which is causing no new loot to spawn.
did you fix this issue?
@@AHOneOOnehave the issue to
Oh this was soooo helpful - THANK YOU!!
its also good idea to set the retartspawn to 100. This will push all your loot to the nominal values you have set in types when the server restarts. This way your low pop server doesn't become a loot desert. 10hours×60minutes/hour×60seconds/minute=36,000seconds not 6000.
You are the BEST! Thank you so much!
Excellent Clip. Started my first public DayZ server. Very helpful thanks
wish i new this before the countless hours spent trying to figure it out, thx
He he!
Thank you mate, very helpfull!
ps ....love your videos my guy
i have mine set to 14444 because its actually seconds, not minutes. my server restarts every 3 hours so this allows at least one restart before going to sleep after the last player has left the server.
Question: is it linked to fact my server started to spawn loot in the air? I cannot find a video from you on loot spawning in the air? Any tips
But what if you done this and still have loot laying around that I threw out of a building days ago? I checked my types.xml in the validator & a few other files & the lifetime on those items are all good. I'm lost on what to do.
Did you figure it out?
is that working for local lan server ? because everytime i build a base its despawning when i disconnect (BBP buildings and modded cars despawn) so i can't build a base, its really annoying please i need your help
Did You figure this out?
@@nerdfrompoland92 yep, the problem was the server persistence, that was set to 0, you just have to put 1 on that line, its really simple bro
@@ieatYTP59 Thank You bro! Lifesaver!
@@nerdfrompoland92 Np my friend
I don't think this works anymore. I applied it yesterday morning and played for a couple hours. No problems. After logging on 24 hours later there is literally no loot at all. Anywhere. I set my time for 4 days (345600). Perhaps it's too long?
Figure it out? I did the same and it hasnt fixed anything
I did figure it out. Just leave this setting alone.
@@jackietreehorn so do we change it back?
@@SkullySlayer_YT yes
I have it set to Zero so that way it keeps going even though no one’s on the server so it can keep spawning and despawning loot.
Can you change the spawn of FALs so they spawn anywhere or not because I've got like 100 FALs and still can't find one
Have you figured this out yet? It could be that in the types files on the fal on the far right deloot will be set to (1) change it to (0)
same error and still haven figured it out
Hello mate, nice videos! Wondering if you could help me ive edited the types.xml on my server & increased all loot and shortened life time and respawn including guns, food, drinks other weapon etc, but no i seem to find nothing on my server on shelves or the floor? Can't even find any clothes? Have I messed something up or do I just need to wait for things to start spawning in as its very low populated server, I've put some guns and food up to like 150 and still can't find any, only things I find are in zombies I kill as I edited that to give a higher chance, thanks.
having the same problem lmk if you fix it
@@yungelkay7089 try to use an XML validator. Sounds like an error in the coding
Thanks man! Just started a server for my buddies and I, we were wondering about that. I knew there was some mechanic in there that caused the server to sleep, but am afraid to start muckin' around in those XML files.
Could u help me out with something
Thanks for the video
Thank you
great video
in idle mode countdown do i have to change it from zero to one to activate it?
Yea change it to 1
im still confused why loot spawns in and around this damaged humvee but hasn't despawned
I put the location tag for Ka-101s to spawn in the towns and villages and still they don't spawn. I have at lest 20000 nomial and 19000 min. I need help!
i tried this and loot is still not despawning i looted northwest airfield a few days ago and the stuff is still there not sure what to do at this point this is like the only thing that comes up when i google it.
Where is this XML file located?
Go to mpmissions, then open the map you are using (example:dayzOffline.chernarusplus) , then you will see db this is where the .xml's are located.
Good Video
I noticed you took out food decay. By doing that I can also prevent food from spoiling?
Put a 0 on food decay value instead of 1 then it won’t spoil
thanks man
i did everything you said and stuff just wont despawn what do i do
I own a server that I play with two other people. I set the spawn points around the police station in Cherno, and noticed that things in the police station weren’t respawning. The houses that we looted days ago still hadn’t had loot response. Does changing this mode fix that?
Worth trying.
Good job
I have been following your other videos and have been wondering why I can't see any modifications Happening Now I know why! The problem is that I am modifying my local test server and I am the only one using it. Apart from leaving my PC running 24/7 My mods to the types file and the config files will take months to start happening. Is there a way to force this every time I re-start Dayz ? otherwise It means it means it has all been a waste of time.
Delete the storage_1 folder inside your mission folder, and the next time your server starts it will have completely fresh loot according to your new files.
Your videos have helped me loads but im having issues with loot thats dropped and cut up bodies taking ages to despawn
Dropped loot doesnt despawn for me too, what am i doing wrong? @Scalespeeder Gaming
Bro i've been messing with all my totals and trying to spawn in guns closer than tier 3 and 4 but i ended up screwing my car up and wrecked it and now im in the nw part of the map but stuff is not spawning in at all now no clothes no tools no food except for on the zombies idk what to do. i dont wanna wipe it atm.. kinda feels like what i should do tho
But what do i need to change, so every 6-10 hours despawns old items and spawns new items?
I have done what you suggested but loot still does not despawn
Morning
Just wondering if someone could help on my dayz server trying get the base to despawn quicker with out a flag how do i set that up? but keep the bases with a flag?
This is so interesting UV done so well of explaining ima gove u a like n a sub
Thanks!
Didnt work items and ruined items like cars arent despawning
I have problem with modded items not spawn ing seems like i cant find solution from any where my types.xml has no error due vamidatinf
Check your spawnabletypes.xml
@@ScalespeederGaming Hi Scal, I have a problem on my server, the helicrash is always empty and the loot does not despawn, thank you very much for your videos.
Loot wont even spawn on my server theres actual more on offical then mine soo im just done messing woth this i cany get anyhelp with it its been 5 days and im sock of this
Hi ik u most likely won't respond but me and my misso are confused with making the server where on Xbox one and we don't know what where doing we can't find anyone to help so if it's not that much to ask could u by any chance help where just trying to get the loot to spawn and we tried a lot of things but nothing is working it'll be great if u could thank you...
Start here: github.com/scalespeeder/DayZ-116-Chernarus-Building-Hunting-Stealth-XML-Pack-Console-and-PC
i want ground loot to de-spawn per restart
Can respawn be set to 0?
does this aply to item players have dropped? I butchered a cow and left bits on the road, days later its still there
Yes. I was running with a friend on my server, we went into a house, lit a fire to cook some food, killed a few zombies through the window. We logged off, and I logged on 3 days later. The fire was still burning, zombies still dead on the ground, and the bits from the chicken we killed were still outside.
@@Brandon-kq1tl Thats insane. Just re watched this and the bit about the AK despawning after 48 hours. That means I would have to leave my server on for 2 days for the loot to refresh. Not a great system is it.
@@chrispools not at all. I dropped some extra mags on the floor in my base, and they were there for over a week. With logging on daily for an hour or 2. Eventually I began to just stick discarded loot in the storage in the oven I built and just burn everything up. Got sick of seeing everything laying around lol
I wish I could get my zombies to spawn in with a piece of lead already in the brainbox, lol. Thnx for the tips, really helping.
Your could just remove them
Do u know when bags despawn ?
Is this still working? I set it to 24 hours on my server and stuff isn't despawning when no one on the server
I think its important that the despawn timers on ur loot isnt exceeding the value on your idlemodecountdown. Im not sure tho but it sounds logical lol.
What is restart types?
does this also count for loot that has been dropped on the floor? i want dropped loot to despawn much quicker than regual loot, as dropped loot is just useless and takes up space.
For instance: we have all these pieces of paper lying around in our base from opening ammo boxes.
Also ruined or badly damaged gear.
Ruined items have their own timer in the server.cfg file IIRC, or it's in the globals.xml in within the map>db folder. What you want to do with dropped vs. spawned loot is not possible, if an item is dropped by a player, outside of a Flag Pole base radius, it starts the Lifetime counter for that item within the typex.xml file. Be forewarned, having a low lifetime for items, say 1800 (30 minutes) and a low restock time, will inevitably produce what is known as "loot cycling".
This is where players in DayZ would go to loot spawn locations, and grab the items, move them slightly, and force the server to continuously flood in new items.
I put the lifetime down to 1 on my sea chest to make all the ones I spawned despawn and they aren’t despawning
Try changing the nominal to zero.
It didn't work. My loot still won't despawn 😰
I have my stuff on 1400000 and im still wating for stuff to despawn
how do you do infinite
Had this issue in my server, all you have to do is change the “idlemodestartup” to a value of 1.....what that does is keep the timers in the loot economy running with or without players on the server.
did you change it to 0 ?
@@L3xUsHD he is trolling you, watch this video. works like a charm, doing what this guy said will mess up your server lmfao...
Is the IdleModeCountdown persistent? i.e. If I set it to 24 hours, and the server restarts every 6 hours, will the countdown restart from 24 or 18 hours?
I would like to know that aswell
you literally didnt tell us what to put. we know what it reads and thats all you spoke about. what are the numbers man
Hey man, so it goes by seconds. You just gotta do a little math but 60 secs × 60 Minutes = 3,600 Secs. So if you wanted it to stay cycling loot for an hour put 3600, 2 hours 7200, 3 hours 10800.
Some heroes dont wear capes.
i have a isue , no Zombies,No Animals,No Loot at all. its like a dead Empty World XD
that means the server itself was not configured properly, I jumped into this with absolutely zero dayz experience now I am coding my own mods lmfao
I put both of mine to zero. I want it always cycling.
hahah it is funny how you think this idle mode is to save power. it's probably to keep the loot economy similar through the day when players are off so when players get back on everything is brand new and therefor an uneven economy
this comment right here
you a funny dude if you actually think paying for a DayZ private server is needed
private servers for solo or with friends is literally free. services saying otherwise are scams. host it yourself.
Actually Xbox you have to pay for pc is free. So it’s not a scam get your facts right!