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I've got a few questions, mainly about storing items.

I got my rebel license, bought a nice weapon and vest and did a successful meth run. Now I was thinking about doing some slower paced excavating to relax, but I don't really wanna run around with my illegal weapon and my carrier lite. Is there any way I can store my gun and vest somewhere, or do I just need a house with a crate for that?

I thought about just putting it in a vehicle, while I excavate, but cops can impound vehicles right? 

So I guess my questions related to storing stuff are:

  1. Can I store my gun somewhere not on me, other than a storage crate or vehicle?
  2. If I park a vehicle somewhere and put my stuff in there while I do other stuff, can it be searched if found by cops? Can it be impounded? 
  3. When do vehicles despawn /disappear? I've seen a server restart where my vehicle was close to where it was right before the restart, and other times it's gone.
  4. If the vehicle spawns again after a server restart, does it still have the same arma inventory? what about virtual inventory?

Then some other questions:

  1. Are carrier lite vests on their own illegal to wear? (or any other rebel gear that's not a weapon)
  2. If I run around with an illegal weapon on my back, can police arrest me for that because they see the weapon on me? (I'm assuming yes?)
  3. If I kill someone out of self defence, what should I do so I don't get taken to jail next time police checks me? I texted the cops after but had to log out shortly after to do irl stuff. Do I go to police HQ next time and tell them what happened so the charges can be dropped?
  4. Is there an up to date list on which houses can be bought, and how much crates they can have? I found the thread below but it's old and doesn't include 120k houses 

Thanks for your help.

 

 

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1. no

2. if you are wanted for more than $2500/they have probable cause, yes & it can be impounded by a cop if he sees that no one is around it

3. 15 minutes unless tapped

4. yes but make sure to sync INSIDE of the car then get out and wait for the restart

5. no but suicide vests are illegal, so are speed bombs

6.  yes and they can search your vehicle

7. depends on the cop, a lot will robocop you - very rare that you'll get a pardon out of it. I would still either turn myself in to a cop and at least get a half ticket or store all my shit in my house and go to jail and gather metal to lower it until it's $1500 (since it's 5k though I would pay it)

8. 40k = no crates, 70k = 2 crates 120k+ = 3 crates industrial shed (220k)= 2 crates + vehicle garage

as for looking for houses, you'll either have to browse the real estate forum or go look for a house in game by going up to it and seeing if it's for sale

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  1. Can I store my gun somewhere not on me, other than a storage crate or vehicle? No
  2. If I park a vehicle somewhere and put my stuff in there while I do other stuff, can it be searched if found by cops? Can it be impounded? If you park you car it will despaw n in about 10 minutes if u have gear in it it will also despawn cops can't search it without probable cause 
  3. When do vehicles despawn /disappear? I've seen a server restart where my vehicle was close to where it was right before the restart, and other times it's gone. In a hard restart in which the server goes down it will despawn. When the server just sends you to the lobby your car will stay 
  4. If the vehicle spawns again after a server restart, does it still have the same arma inventory? what about virtual inventory? It will have both arma inventory and Virtual 

Then some other questions:

  1. Are carrier lite vests on their own illegal to wear? (or any other rebel gear that's not a weapon) No they are legal all clothing is legal except for a suicuide vest
  2. If I run around with an illegal weapon on my back, can police arrest me for that because they see the weapon on me? Yes
  3. If I kill someone out of self defence, what should I do so I don't get taken to jail next time police checks me? I texted the cops after but had to log out shortly after to do irl stuff. Do I go to police HQ next time and tell them what happened so the charges can be dropped? If you kill someone and a officer gets you just roleplay with them and say like "a large black man ran up to me put a gun in my face and told me to put my hands up in return i than shot him to save myself 
  4. Is there an up to date list on which houses can be bought, and how much crates they can have? I found the thread below but it's old and doesn't include 120k houses (I dont know)
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28 minutes ago, Michael Harvey said:

Thanks for the replies.

@massi What do you mean with gathering metal to lower the ticket price? I'm not aware of this mechanic. And is there a way to see what my current current tickets add up to?

@KIiak so what if there's a hard reset, and my car has stuff in it. I lose it? 

 

Ok so for what massi when you go to prison there is a metal bin outside of a building and a place where you can press plates u gather metal and press plates and it brings ur bounty down

 

What i mean is when there is a hard reset you car goes away and You loose anything in it, You can still get your car out of the garage but it will not have your stuff 

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29 minutes ago, Michael Harvey said:

Thanks for the replies.

@massi What do you mean with gathering metal to lower the ticket price? I'm not aware of this mechanic. And is there a way to see what my current current tickets add up to? Yes, there are trash cans in the prison, scrollwheel on them, and you'll have the option to "take metal/pick metal sheets", you take them inside the building they are right next to, and there is a machine in there, you click press plates, by pressing the plates you are reducing your bail price, that is able to be paid right near the machine, on the sign/shop. You can reduce the bail price to the maximum of 1,500.

@KIiak so what if there's a hard reset, and my car has stuff in it. I lose it? Sometimes yes. make sure to watch the timer you are given(top right side "server maintenance message) and store all things you need to in a house / get your run done prior to the restart. after you are done store your car, sync your data and wait for the restart.


P.S- Great to see the help in this thread.

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41 minutes ago, Michael Harvey said:

Thanks for the replies.

@massi What do you mean with gathering metal to lower the ticket price? I'm not aware of this mechanic. And is there a way to see what my current current tickets add up to?

@KIiak so what if there's a hard reset, and my car has stuff in it. I lose it? 

to add to what kliak said, you're basically working on pressing metal plates inside the prison compound (gather the metal from the bin and then press it at the big machine) which lowers your bail price. Limit is $1500 so you're basically going to be paying $1500 to get out of jail

 

as for the hard reset, if you sync your data on your phone on the one minute marker (or a little before the 1 min marker) INSIDE your car and then get out, wait the 15 seconds and then exit, chances are when you'll log in you'll be right next to or on top of your car (if you're on top press Z to go prone and hope you don't die by falling off the car)

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2 hours ago, massi said:

to add to what kliak said, you're basically working on pressing metal plates inside the prison compound (gather the metal from the bin and then press it at the big machine) which lowers your bail price. Limit is $1500 so you're basically going to be paying $1500 to get out of jail

 

as for the hard reset, if you sync your data on your phone on the one minute marker (or a little before the 1 min marker) INSIDE your car and then get out, wait the 15 seconds and then exit, chances are when you'll log in you'll be right next to or on top of your car (if you're on top press Z to go prone and hope you don't die by falling off the car)

Thanks, I will try that next time! @massi

Two more questions popped up

  1. Do the Ore specialist and Gem specialist talents help for excavating too? Or is it just for mining with a pickaxe? I had those talents yesterday while excavating, but unlearned them and now I'm excavating again. Feels like I'm getting less valuable stuff but could just be RNG.
  2. Is there a way that I can still hear the game sounds when I alt-tab? When I alt-tab I don't hear arma anymore. I use borderless windowed, not sure if that matters.

Edit: btw I see my posts and comments have to be approved by a mod now everytime cos I'm new on the forums. when can I post without approval of a mod? 

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On 3/15/2017 at 5:32 PM, Michael Harvey said:

Thanks, I will try that next time! @massi

Two more questions popped up

  1. Do the Ore specialist and Gem specialist talents help for excavating too? Or is it just for mining with a pickaxe? I had those talents yesterday while excavating, but unlearned them and now I'm excavating again. Feels like I'm getting less valuable stuff but could just be RNG.
  2. Is there a way that I can still hear the game sounds when I alt-tab? When I alt-tab I don't hear arma anymore. I use borderless windowed, not sure if that matters.

Edit: btw I see my posts and comments have to be approved by a mod now everytime cos I'm new on the forums. when can I post without approval of a mod? 

 

No you just need the excavating one 

2 I hear the sounds of the game while alt tabbed im full screen it may not help.

3 After a bit you will get un modqed 

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9 hours ago, KIiak said:

2 I hear the sounds of the game while alt tabbed im full screen it may not help.

Really? Even when I put Arma to fullscreen I don't hear the sounds. You got a 2nd monitor that you alt tab to maybe? I only have one right now.

Thanks for all the help btw, really appreciate it everyone.

Another thing, just now after the Arma update and the server update my hatchback sport doesn't speed up past 90 on dirt roads and doesn't go above like 130 on asphalt roads. Is that a change of mechanics? Or a bug? I hold shift but it won't speed up more.

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2 minutes ago, Michael Harvey said:

Really? Even when I put Arma to fullscreen I don't hear the sounds. You got a 2nd monitor that you alt tab to maybe? I only have one right now.

Thanks for all the help btw, really appreciate it everyone.

Another thing, just now after the Arma update and the server update my hatchback sport doesn't speed up past 90 on dirt roads and doesn't go above like 130 on asphalt roads. Is that a change of mechanics? Or a bug? I hold shift but it won't speed up more.

Repair ur car

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Just store your illegal firearm in your backpack, the carrier lite itself is not illegal and the cops can onyl search you with $500 bounty or more or in an illegal area, there might be a few other reasons why they can search but they probably won't if you're excavating. Otherwise, houses with crates are the only things you can store

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