Helicopters of search party

[Al Buffito]

Sometimes a helicopter appears on the sky, seems to search for survivors on the island. Is there a way to interact with them?

[Matt]

From the 1.0 patch notes: "Jianyu helicopters will now take off and leave from bases around map, and may occasionally hover over player structures to check on them"

[Al Buffito]

Alright, thanks for the info.

[trevorkrause]

Originally posted by Al Buffito:

Sometimes a helicopter appears on the sky, seems to search for survivors on the island. Is there a way to interact with them?

Yes i use the rifle to interact with them.

[Al Buffito]

Good idea. Any success?

[Ataxio]

Originally posted by trevorkrause:

Originally posted by Al Buffito:

Sometimes a helicopter appears on the sky, seems to search for survivors on the island. Is there a way to interact with them?

Yes i use the rifle to interact with them.

Shouldn't you be playing version 0.02 or whatever it is.

[Milkless Tea]

Really takes away from the isolation feel.

[DanteBrane]

Originally posted by Milkless Tea:

Really takes away from the isolation feel.

You still felt isolated even with Kelvin and Virginia following you around?

[Matt]

Originally posted by Milkless Tea:

Really takes away from the isolation feel.

To be fair, you are stuck on an island with a bunch of cannibals.

[trevorkrause]

Originally posted by Ataxio:

Originally posted by trevorkrause:

Yes i use the rifle to interact with them.

Shouldn't you be playing version 0.02 or whatever it is.

Done all that im in release v1.

[Wasted]

Originally posted by Al Buffito:

Sometimes a helicopter appears on the sky, seems to search for survivors on the island. Is there a way to interact with them?

Not really, the only purpose of that is to lead the player through the points of interests. If you see a helicopter you've found one of the camps Jianyu Zhang visited. He also checks your base sometimes, so it's more like a story thing that adds the feeling of you being watched by the main villain.
The main problem with the helicopter thing is when you finish the game it still spawns after Jianyu Zhang's death

[Summerbeach1339]

I got his attention with a flair but he left afterwards

[jswarpaint]

Originally posted by Wasted:

Originally posted by Al Buffito:

Sometimes a helicopter appears on the sky, seems to search for survivors on the island. Is there a way to interact with them?

Not really, the only purpose of that is to lead the player through the points of interests. If you see a helicopter you've found one of the camps Jianyu Zhang visited. He also checks your base sometimes, so it's more like a story thing that adds the feeling of you being watched by the main villain.
The main problem with the helicopter thing is when you finish the game it still spawns after Jianyu Zhang's death

yeah its to get you to look around more I suppose .. me .. I'm very bad luck because everyone I find who is attracting me with a flare when I get near them its always to late.

[Fatso]

There one that spawns at the snowy mountain camp that has the 3d printer, it may start off on the ground so you can run up to it and get shredded by the blades.

[Jaakkojääkaappi]

Originally posted by DanteBrane:

Originally posted by Milkless Tea:

Really takes away from the isolation feel.

You still felt isolated even with Kelvin and Virginia following you around?

we shot them

[Flare]

Originally posted by Al Buffito:

Sometimes a helicopter appears on the sky, seems to search for survivors on the island. Is there a way to interact with them?

The helicopters are just events that happen randomly. There is no way to interact with them nor are they searching for survivors. They simply just check on the player's structures.