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Could you PM me all the information you have?

Most of them are caught by BE now.

Why do you feel the need to put me down in every single one of your posts? Do you expect me to publicly list all detected hacks? I'm pretty sure I already know what you know, but just in case, could you send me all the information you have? I would really appreciate that. If you don't I'm sure you are either a troll or a cheater. If you replace "abrasive" with "straightforward" I would agree (at least that's what I try to be). ;)

I don't, I'm simply defending the truth. The truth is that most popular private hacks are down/detected because of BE, not VAC. Btw, I just found the following quote on a popular private hack site: That should give everyone a good idea of what's going on (note the bold parts especially). Now I suppose you will still deny that BE (not VAC) is making the difference here? Could you please PM me all information you have then? That way I can take care of it for the benefit of everyone.

Because it costs them nothing, that's why. Valve gets a nice share of sales so why not have them do something against hacks with all that money? There is absolutely no reason not to use VAC. I seriously wonder what your agenda is seeing that you just won't stop posting your nonsense. Answer the following question please: Why are pretty much all private hacks for Arma 3 down as well? Because of VAC?

It's obvious you don't have access to most private hacks then. I wonder why hacks for other VAC-protected games don't have these constant problems? (I guess I shouldn't feed the troll? :P)

As I mentioned before, BE actually targets intentional manipulation of PBO files as well (with bans, yes), but there are limits of course. That might be true today, but it might not be true tomorrow (generally speaking). BE is constantly evolving, so no one can ever be 100% safe.

Sigh. If you have access to private hack sites you should know what's going on (i.e. the truth). The reason they are constantly down/detected is BE, not VAC. VAC hasn't detected most popular private hacks for a long time.

This is my problem. If you simply repeat what is posted about BE on the internet you will most likely be wrong. Besides, if you say "personal experience" I assume you signed up on private hack sites and saw with your own eyes that BE only banned cheaters once a month? Fair enough, but I hope you understand that I cannot accept your constructive criticism if what you are claiming is the opposite of what's actually going on: BE bans detected cheaters quite fast, faster than other anti-cheats like VAC or PB.

What SmashT said. I'm honestly wondering, did you do some research before posting this? It shocks me that many people just come here and state things as fact which are simply wrong.

It's a fact. An "anti-hack" can't do much against most non-script hacks. I represents the vast majority of cheaters, yes. Do you seriously claim that the vast majority of cheaters use their own self-made hacks? Welcome to the world of anti-cheat. It's not possible to detect all existing hacks, regardless of how much you want that. The goal is always to detect as many as possible, especially those with a lot of users. Besides, you obviously have some inside knowledge if you think BE doesn't detect advanced hacks. Detecting several ring0-protected hacks is not advanced enough I guess? Alright. As I mentioned before, BE is constantly evolving as well. (I'm pretty sure you are just talking about your own personal "aimbot.exe" here?) Right, because that's all I do every day. I fake numbers to make it seem like I'm actually doing something. You implied that BE isn't already constantly banning cheaters, which is simply wrong.

I see a large BE hate train arrived today. I wonder where that mysterious VAC hate train is, because I have never seen it in my life. It's like a bad joke that it seems like most here forgot that DayZ is using VAC as well. Right, because we (BE and DayZ devs) are completely incompetent and know nothing about anything, so thanks for letting us know that there are problems. How about you search for working/undetected private hacks? Hint: You won't find that in other VAC-protected games. Clearly. That's why pretty much all popular private hacks for DayZ (and no other games) are currently down. And no, not because of VAC, in fact VAC rarely ever detects them. Except that such an "anti-hack" wouldn't help much against most hacks in DayZ. Just no. Why do you make stuff up? There are so many things wrong with your statement I won't even go into it. In case this is meant positively I thank you for it. Recently someone (who had actual inside knowledge) stated that BE was successfully fighting a large number of popular hacks and he got promptly attacked for it. So be careful if you want to state the truth here... Lastly, here is a quote from a private hack site for you haters: (No, they are not talking about VAC bans here.) Disclaimer: Some will probably feel offended by my words again (as usual), so I will repeat the following: No, BE isn't perfect, nothing is perfect. No, the current situation isn't optimal and we (including the DayZ devs) are aware of that. Yes, there are hacks in DayZ, but BE is trying to fight them as effectively as possible and is constantly evolving. No, BE cannot fix game bugs/exploits.

Except that your claims are simply wrong.

In a way I agree with you, but unfortunately it's not that easy. Note that BE constantly evolves though and will continue to do so in the future. Actually account theft is not a big problem. So no, there is no easy way to get around bans anymore.

Because it's nothing but a script combined with BE-based server-side filters (which is quite ironic in this context). Such anti-cheats cannot prevent most non-script hacks either. If BE is garbage I'm sure you will admit that VAC and PB are garbage as well? I'm not sure what your point is. Someone could as well just exploit the timeout kick to achieve the same. Due to such technical realities BE is garbage?

Sorry, please try again now.

I'm pretty sure I know what you mean, the only problem is that those scripts cannot really be used without an additional hack. So what you find on such sites is pretty much useless for the average cheater. Either way, please send me your findings (via PM). I understand your frustration, but I can only assure you that BE bans most cheaters quite quickly. Also, due to shitty BE many popular private hacks are completely down or unusable at the moment. This doesn't happen that often in other games.

Could you send me any details (link, etc.) about that tool please?

Except that I never wrote such a response. Why are you lying? I guess you got what you deserved then.

Please don't test such "hacks". You were lucky (time-wise) BE didn't globally ban you (I'm serious).

Not at all. It seems I have a different understanding of the word "perceived" then. I simply meant all cheating being noticed in-game, whether it's real or not. I didn't mean to imply that any of the previously reported cheating incidents were false - I'm sorry if it seemed that way. So the feedback I got so far tells me that the latest update didn't really change much in regards to this. That's all I wanted to know.

That's not the point. What's wrong about having an open discussion? Just because I'm a BE dev I cannot ask for feedback or talk about issues in the game? Well, ok then. I said this many times before and I will say it again: None of my posts are meant as excuses or anything, I simply try to get a clear view of the situation.

I don't see how that's insulting. It has been discussed over and over again, so it's clear that desync can cause problems. Of course I'm not talking about blatant cheating.

Wow, that escalated quickly. It's obvious certain people haven't followed all of my posts in this thread, otherwise they wouldn't start insulting me now. For those who still don't understand what I'm saying: I never said there wasn't any cheating. Of course there is. I'm merely trying to get feedback from the community as it was confirmed by others that desync can cause a lot of strange situations. Either way, if my participation in this discussion is not welcome I will just stop posting. And no, I don't have any agenda in posting here, I'm just curious and trying to help.