chinook not dropping crate it comes across the map and leaves not did a drop after update and help on this ?

I've had the same problem for weeks and there doesn't seem to be any solution, but I'm hoping this update has fixed it. Here's my thread if you're interested:

https://umod.org/community/rust/6689-our-chinook-pilots-are-out-on-strike

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When I ran AutomatedEvents the chinooks were arriving regularly but leaving no crates, as you've described. With the new update I think the chinooks no longer drop the crates anyway, the crates just spawn and then the chinook arrives after it's hacked to drop off the heavy scientists. I would verify this but unfortunately I can't play atm because they broke the linux version of the game, so us linux users are all sitting around tapping the desk until they fix it.

i was just thinking there is a good chance it dropping at the rig and not on land ?

Yea that could be a possibility. It'll be interesting to see if other servers get chinook drops or not, after the update.

We asked this same question by another server owner last night, watching thread for replies.

Thanks to all for tips or info on what you may find.

I've had this issue today, no drop for maybe 3 hours + then I spotted one.

This seems to be a problem after the Oil Rig update. The Chinook flys in but doesn't drop a locked crate anywhere. The only location is at the top of the Oil Rig and Cargo Ship. Hopefully this does get fixed today or very soon. Like how it use to be random and now it seems everyone is forced to go to the Oil Rig or Cargo Ship if they want the locked crate. 

I believe this was intended in last update. More rare locked crate drops.
I have noticed if you use a skip night plugin you may never see one drop.

I use vote to skip on mine and when it is a day that a locked crate drops then skipping night for that day will roll time back and you will be on same day so you will see another locked crate drop. But if players keep skipping night on a day there is no locked crate drop it will not drop one until server hits a day that one drops. Assuming players stop voting to skip night.

I have seen them so far on my server drop on top of Dome, Airfield, and Junkyard.

I have been on a few servers where I have seen the Locked Crate and it was at The Dome and Launch Site. So you're saying it might be best to use something like Time Of Day plugin instead of the Skip Night Ul plugin? If it's just more rare for it to drop randomly around the map then that's cool, just my players haven't seen it yet and would like to change the loot for this then if it is rare. 

Not real sure man. I know it is rare. Heck on my server last night I saw one drop at power plant. 
I use the vote night skip.

I've been using TimeOfDay for months with auto-skip-nights and we do still get crates once in a blue moon. I've experimented with switching it off and it makes no difference at all, so in conclusion if you want to skip nights I would say this is a safe one to use, doesn't affect crates.

So is it at some % of drop?

or is there something else going on..

I have a feeling its may be a % chance to drop now.

My Server is habing this problem as well. it doesnt drop a locked crate we dont have a vote to skip night we had normal 30/30. i al also looking for help figureing out what day has broght night so i can stick to that day the black black nights are crazy. 

Nearly all locked crates are dropped on the oil rigs now, that's why you hardly ever get them on land any more. There should have been an announcement about it at the time imo, but the bottom line is that it's normal.

I play on a night-skipping server, but I'd hazard a guess that the black nights are the moonless ones, so pick a night with a full moon.