Maybe this is a server issue but I have a Vilayer public server. I just shut down the server so I could change the name and other text and when it restarted the items I left on the ground (items were in an ammo can and a backpack), the fireplace, and the truck were both gone. The items have disappeared during the 4 hour reset also.
I thought the persistence was working except for tents?
My server: Evil Chickens (213.231.140.49:2302)
I will also send a help ticket to Vilayer.
For now, the persistence has been disabled by the devs in any game hosting. There is "no persistence" for backpack and for tents. Everything after the restart of the server will be removed.
Hi Animal451,
Persistence has been disabled for 0.57 on Stable:
"...as development with 0.57 wraps up, the current iteration of the Central Loot Economy will have loot persistence (the saving of spawned and dropped loot, as well as tents) disabled - while the programming team resolves the blocking issues with item cleanup, and rolls out support for per-building quantity controls to ensure an even spread of loot across the world (slaying those pesky loot splosions)."
Source: http://forums.dayzgame.com/index.php?/topic/225839-status-report-09-jun-2015/
Regards,
JStewart