OfficerRaymond

I strongly beg to differ. While yes, shoot-em'-up PvP run to cherno or elektro crazy style CoD DayZ takes virtually no skill but the ability to operate your fingers. Many of us still like to actually play DayZ the way it was intended. Your single minded view is simply ignorant. Just because 99% of the community doesn't use tactics or strategy when they play doesn't mean that the game doesn't take skill. Simply put, the game has so many ways of being played that a bold statement such as yours can be easily debunked by simply browsing some YouTube videos. Your whole "I know everything and anyone that disagrees isn't on my level of intelligence" attitude is getting old, and fast. The entire premise of insulting someone to get a point across is childish in its own right, and whilst we all occasionally participate in such actions, it usually isn't in a high and mighty "I'm smarter than you" fashion that you're taking. Look at the pot calling the kettle black. You've refused to acknowledge valid points made by mZLY and Rossums, and continued your 'righteous' Jihad of knowitallism. There are plenty of ways to play DayZ, and there is no simple answer to solving KoS because... well... people who wanna KoS, will KoS. However, maybe instead of being blind and following the hive mentality that is KoS, you actually open your mind to different possibilities that the dev team presents to you. Which in this case is trying to get you to think twice before shooting. How you choose to take this is up to you, the game is what you make of it... but I don't think anyone should be playing DayZ just to kill people. It isn't what this game is about, and it never will be... no matter how much people like you try to rationalize it otherwise.

Agreed. There is an unwritten (and usually a written) code in games. You just don't exploit or cheat.

My verdict? Duping was one of the biggest problems on my old server. It got to the point that it was an immediate ban for anyone caught doing it.

Fixed that. rofl. God help the people that like game of thrones, haven't seen that far in, and saw that gif in the minute it wasn't spoilered. How many lives have I ruined??? :o

They are Private Hive admins, there is nothing anybody can do. I personally have recently had problems with admin abuse against me as well on a private hibe. The only thing you can do is provide proof to anyone that may be above them (server owner) and hopefully they do something about it (which is the more mature option). If nothing is done with clear proof, then you come here and hopefully people will avoid them. IMO abusive Private Hive admins are what has really killed DayZ. When you're an admin, you provide a service to others. They know who they are, and they're the scum of gaming IMO, worse than Skiddies.

You might wanna start with a default .pbo and go along and add in your working scripts until you find the issue.

Please... do go on... He was merely point out that they probably aren't hackers. Possibly the server has a remove part script that you just don't know about? You coming on the forum and acting like a high and mighty jackass isn't accomplishing anything. I can almost guarantee without a reasonable doubt that these guys weren't hacking... But I'm sure you're going to argue that they most definitely were, even though you have absolutely no proof whatsoever to present. And I can assume countless logical things... such as them removing parts from it, landing it too hard, throwing a grenade close to it, or even you lying to get someone banned.

I could never justify anyone paying money for a server like this... Arma2 armory is just as good.

No. It LITERALLY did that... I just got back from the hospital for it. Luckily I have a very good doctor. :D

Whoever made that page, is an asshole. It literally ripped my eyes from my skull, spit on them, and put them in backwards.

Lets promote combat logging. Yup. Why don't we all start spawning DMRs and turning on God-mode while we're at it? It's not like this is the standalone, right? You're part of the reason why we can't have nice things when playing the mod. Ya' piece of shit. (Yeah, that WAS necessary)

Honestly the moral of this story? The dev team need to make zombies strong enough to eat you and NOT have you be able to get up a second time. You're right OP, it is bullshit, you should've been dead faster. I want zombies that eat your face off and rip your guts out if you fuck up even the slightest. Like this:

I didn't even think of that.... A2 has content falling out the pooper, and half of the people that play DayZ never even experience it. I'm of the group that has. Honestly, Arma 2 is worth buying even if DayZ mod didn't exist.

Honestly (I might get some heat for this) wait for Standalone. Now is NOT a great time to immerse yourself in the community... you're a few months too late. The mod is still fun and cool for new players, but the way it is right now... it's so focused on PvP. I'd wait for Standalone and get a whole new and fresh experience. BUT we don't know when that will be, so you are perfectly justified buying the mod. It's up to you man. I have been playing for probably a year and a half (or more) now. I have lived it up with the mod and had highs and lows, I just can't enjoy the state it is in at the moment with such heavy focus on PvP. DayZ is an amazing game, I'd never hate on it. Hopefully we'll see the Standalone soon. And please.... for the love of god... if you do end up buying the mod, don't be a douchebag that is so focused on PvP. Play every aspect and immerse yourself, even when others decide to be just buy into the obsessive FPS style play. I'm not saying don't kill people, I'm saying make it about survival, and not about murder.

I have thought about it before, but I'm afraid I just don't have that kind of time or the resources to do it anymore. I no longer have access to my own logs, and even if I did it'd take hours upon hours to write a useful guide... and even then it wouldn't be all that useful, because there isn't any full list of what certain codes are. I can usually spot strange or abnormal lines of text, but the normal ones are just so confusing and weird. The only real experience I have had is probably a combined total of 30+ hours reading logs. The thing about reading DayZ server logs, is that it's very hard to teach people how to read because there are a million codes out there. The main thing I suggest when someone asks me, is to start actively looking at your logs. Get used to seeing certain things. If you really see something strange, use google, the single most powerful tool the internet has TBH. In your case, not being able to teleport and spectate is a HUGE hindrance. When I saw something strange, I always had the ability to investigate, and I did. I think that was a huge part of me being able to understand how to read server logs. If you ever come into something strange or abnormal in your logs, feel free to drop me a PM and I'll try my best to give my input as to what it is. :D

Hmm... I've never had this issue with ST... try getting on their support channel.

Ermagerd.... the man hasn't tweeted how long his shit is. RIOT! Leave him be for fucks sake. He's working on the game, and that's all we should be focused on.

Mmkay, lemme drop a little knowledge... I have spent countless hours, night and day, reading server logs. I don't know everything that is a hack, it's impossible for anyone to know every single line of code. But I know for a dead certain FACT that this line of code is NOT A HACK. How? Because this is the code that is logged when a player logs out inside a vehicle, and because this line of code does not correlate with any known hack. If you're gonna kick every suspicious line of code that is logged in your files because you don't know what you're reading, then you're never gonna have any players.

It's most definitely not a hack, and there is most definitely a setpos code for vehicles, and they occasionally appear in logs. It used to appear all the time in my server, and nothing weird EVER happened. Just because it doesn't log in your server that often, does not mean that it's a hack.

I agree with this. I think there should be wreckages that have the ability to be explored for supplies and (possibly) ammunition. Military and civilian both. However, on the topic of being able to drive such a vehicle? No... not happening. Never ever, EVER.

It isn't. @OP, it's a normal log that (I'm pretty sure) occasionally logs the locations of vehicles on the map. Usually if you see one of your regulars doing something, than it isn't a hack (not always). So no, this log file is not a hack, and I can tell you that with 100% certainty, as I have seen these exact type of codes logged before when I used to read server logs. (EDIT): If something is regularly showing up in your server logs, then 9 times out of 10 it isn't going to be a hack. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't investigate, check for suspicious things happening, even spectate the player that was listed (which is IMO the best way to get to the bottom of it).

But it IS to perv at her ass! IT IS! IT IS!

Statik - The rare and elusive wilderness creature.

I doubt this will be true. As awesome as SA is going to be visually, it'll still be optimized. Anyone who knows anything about Arma 2, knows that its optimization is shit. I think SA will actually boost our FPS.