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Plate Carrier

Hard-plate reinforced bulletproof vest, able to absorb various types of impact damage. Can be expandable with holster and additional pouches.

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Classname PlateCarrierVest_Black

Section: Vests
Weight: 12 kg
Inventory size: 5×5 25 slots
Worn or carried in: Vest
Durability: 225
Spawns on: Livonia, Sakhal

6 variants

Characteristics

Insulation: 0.8
Repaired with: Epoxy Putty Leather Sewing Kit

Armor

Against	Health	Blood	Shock
Bullets	70%	100%	40%
Melee	70%	100%	75%
Infected	70%	100%	75%
Explosions	50%	100%	74%

Share of damage the item stops, from the armor multipliers in the config. The item takes damage itself and wears out.

Compared with similar

Vests with a capacity close to this one.

Item	Weight	Capacity, slots	Insulation
Leather Vest	2.8 kg	25	1
Field Vest	1.9 kg	20	0.5
Tactical Vest	2.4 kg	20	0.75
Assault Vest	220 g	16	0.1
Ballistic Vest	7 kg	16	0.7
Hunter Vest	350 g	16	0.3
Chest Holster	310 g	·	·
Chestplate	5 kg	·	0.3
Plate Carrier	12 kg	·	0.8
Reflective Vest	200 g	·	0.2
Stab Vest	3.5 kg	·	0.6

Compatibility

Matched by config slots and lists. Game scripts block a few combinations on top of this.

Where it spawns

Spawns as loot on Livonia, Sakhal: Underground.

	Chernarus	Livonia	Sakhal
Nominal	0	1	2
Minimum	0	1	1
Lifetime	4 h	4 h	4 h
Restock	0	1 h	0
Quantity	·	·	·
Loot category	Clothes	·	·
Places	·	Underground	Underground
Tiers	·	Tier 2	·

Nominal is how many the economy keeps on the map, minimum is where restocking starts. Lifetime is how long an untouched item lies before cleanup.

Spawns with

Spawns with 10% to 60% damage.

Attachments · 25%

Holster100%

Attachments · 15%

Pouches100%

types.xml

Vanilla entries from the mission files of each map. Paste one into db/types.xml of your mission to bring back the default.

types.xml · Chernarus

<type name="PlateCarrierVest_Black">
    <nominal>0</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>0</min>
    <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
    <quantmax>-1</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <category name="clothes"/>
</type>

types.xml · Livonia

<type name="PlateCarrierVest_Black">
    <nominal>1</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>3600</restock>
    <min>1</min>
    <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
    <quantmax>-1</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <usage name="Underground"/>
    <value name="Tier2"/>
</type>

types.xml · Sakhal

<type name="PlateCarrierVest_Black">
    <nominal>2</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>1</min>
    <quantmin>-1</quantmin>
    <quantmax>-1</quantmax>
    <cost>100</cost>
    <flags count_in_cargo="0" count_in_hoarder="0" count_in_map="1" count_in_player="0" crafted="0" deloot="0"/>
    <usage name="Underground"/>
</type>

cfgspawnabletypes.xml · Chernarus, Sakhal

<type name="PlateCarrierVest_Black">
    <damage min="0.1" max="0.6"/>
    <attachments chance="0.25">
        <item name="PlateCarrierHolster_Black" chance="1"/>
    </attachments>
    <attachments chance="0.15">
        <item name="PlateCarrierPouches_Black" chance="1"/>
    </attachments>
</type>

cfgspawnabletypes.xml · Livonia

<type name="PlateCarrierVest_Black">
    <damage min="0.1" max="0.6"/>
    <attachments chance="0.85">
        <item name="PlateCarrierHolster_Black" chance="1"/>
    </attachments>
    <attachments chance="0.85">
        <item name="PlateCarrierPouches_Black" chance="1"/>
    </attachments>
</type>

Variants

PlateCarrierVest Chernarus 1

PlateCarrierVest_Black Livonia 1Sakhal 2 This page

PlateCarrierVest_Camo Chernarus 1

PlateCarrierVest_Desert Chernarus 2Livonia 3

PlateCarrierVest_Green Livonia 1Sakhal 2

PlateCarrierVest_Winter Sakhal 2

The same item in other colors or versions. Each one has its own classname and loot settings.

Config

Classname: PlateCarrierVest_Black
Config class: CfgVehicles
Inherits from: PlateCarrierVest › Clothing › Clothing_Base › Inventory_Base › Static › All
Model: \DZ\characters\vests\plate_carrier_g.p3d
Defined in: Addons/characters_vests.pbo::config.bin
Inventory slots: Vest