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Ballistic Vest

A ballistic vest. Able to absorb various types of impact damage. Used by various organizations around the world.

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Classname PressVest_LightBlue

Section: Vests
Weight: 7 kg
Inventory size: 4×4 16 slots
Capacity: 4×4 16 slots
Worn or carried in: Vest
Durability: 170
Spawns on: Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal

2 variants

Characteristics

Insulation: 0.7
Repaired with: Epoxy Putty Leather Sewing Kit

Armor

Against	Health	Blood	Shock
Bullets	50%	100%	25%
Melee	25%	100%	45%
Infected	25%	100%	45%
Explosions	50%	100%	50%

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 Chernarus, Livonia, Sakhal: Police, Town.

	Chernarus	Livonia	Sakhal
Nominal	4	10	4
Minimum	2	5	2
Lifetime	4 h	2 h	2 h
Restock	0	0	0
Quantity	·	·	·
Loot category	Clothes	Clothes	Clothes
Places	Police Town	Police	Police
Tiers	·	·	·

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.

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="PressVest_LightBlue">
    <nominal>4</nominal>
    <lifetime>14400</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>2</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="1"/>
    <category name="clothes"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
    <usage name="Town"/>
</type>

types.xml · Livonia

<type name="PressVest_LightBlue">
    <nominal>10</nominal>
    <lifetime>7200</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>5</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"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
</type>

types.xml · Sakhal

<type name="PressVest_LightBlue">
    <nominal>4</nominal>
    <lifetime>7200</lifetime>
    <restock>0</restock>
    <min>2</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"/>
    <usage name="Police"/>
</type>

Variants

PressVest_Blue Chernarus 4Livonia 10Sakhal 4

PressVest_LightBlue Chernarus 4Livonia 10Sakhal 4 This page

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

Config

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