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Building on roofs, in buildings, anywhere else. Placing seedbeds not on the ground.
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Description

The game can be critical of the position of objects in space, but allows you to place objects in various not very logical places.

I think this is a big problem. I think players should only be able to build things and place seedbeds where there is earth.

Unfortunately, I've seen bases placed on building roofs and overhangs that you can't physically get into legally.
There seems to be a flaw in the mechanics of building, as well as in the mechanics of digging up the ground, that allows the operation to take place in places where it should not be physically possible.

Bottom line: Players can create makeshift steps out of the excavated earth and place a base...let's say even on a building with an airplane. You don't have the ability to legally climb it, but this bug allows it.

I've also had to deal with building up all sorts of buildings. Walls and fences in police stations or wherever. I think this is a huge problem.
Players can easily block access to loot inside structures.
Also, you should be aware of the possibility of blocking water columns. This is a big problem for other players who do not have a lot of time to remove at least one lock or resources to destroy the fence or gate.

All of this I find unsportsmanlike and for that reason I see a need to fix it.

Construction in general is a problem for such games because it directly contradicts the concept of "survival", but if you plan to leave the construction in the game, it is worth at least make it qualitative. Tents were a good option and didn't pose as many problems.

Details

Severity
None
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
Always
Operating System
Windows 10 x64
Category
General
Steps To Reproduce

To reproduce these mistakes, you only need to have a digging tool and try to build a makeshift ladder or dig up the ground on the roof of a building.
Unfortunately, I have no idea exactly how the players did it and cannot provide more detailed instructions on how to reproduce this bug.

You can also take a building kit and build something inside a building or next to it in the middle of the asphalt.

Event Timeline

Permyack created this task.Jun 23 2022, 9:38 AM

That's not what the game is supposed to be about.

Was this on official server ? I know this was happening on some modded servers.

Geez closed this task as Resolved.Jun 23 2022, 2:21 PM
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Hello Permyack.
This is possible only on modded servers that run the build anywhere mod. In case this occurs on official servers or servers without said mod, please let us know.
Regards,
Geez

Hello Permyack.
This is possible only on modded servers that run the build anywhere mod. In case this occurs on official servers or servers without said mod, please let us know.
Regards,
Geez

Hello Geez.

Unfortunately, this is the official DayZ EU-DE 1486 server (IP: 195.82.158.82). As far as I know, this server is among the official servers.
If it's not the server settings and it's not a game bug, then maybe the problem is something else.

I'm still looking for the right tools to figure out exactly how the players managed to create this "ladder" out of the ground. I'll try to let you know if I find out anything new about it.

Geez reopened this task as Need More Info.Jun 23 2022, 3:58 PM
Geez added a comment.Jun 23 2022, 4:55 PM

Hello Permyack.
In case you find any information that could help us in producing this problem on our end, please let us know under this ticket.
Regards,
Geez

Permyack added a comment.EditedJun 25 2022, 9:01 AM




More bugs and more bases...

It feels like all the tools you could use to dig the ground have disappeared from the game. I spent a lot of time looking for them, but I couldn't find anything.

UPD:
I barely managed to get one pickaxe from a dead player's body.
But I don't see any way to reproduce anything remotely like it.
I can't make a ladder out of seedbeds.

Could the players have influenced the game in any way from the outside to be able to do this?
Changing game files, cheats?
Or they managed to cheat the game in some other way.

In any case, at least one of these bases cannot be legally raided. And the server will need to be cleaned.

I guess that's the end of my powers and authority. Even with a tool that allows me to create seedbeds, I could not replicate what these players did. Maybe it's not even possible.
Maybe it is only possible by influencing the game from the outside. Maybe it was possible before and these structures are left over from the old days. But I can't be sure about that.

UPD:
I encountered a similar problem almost two years later.
Why?

Geez added a comment.Apr 19 2024, 11:22 AM

UPD:
I encountered a similar problem almost two years later.
Why?

This is possible only on community servers that either have disabled basebuildings limits or run BuildAnywhere mod. Disabling the limits or running such mods is at the server owners own risk as it can produce such unwanted behaviour. We are however looking into what could be done.
Regards,
Geez