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I was inside of a supermarket in Elektro when a bandit started to snipe at me. I waited a while and then...boom? I heard an explosion and the building collapsed, killing me in the process. Are there weapons out there that can do this so quickly or is it the work of a hacker? I'm very confused about this. Thanks! Edit: Can a grenade do such damage in so little time? In my experience in the campaigns and scenarios in ArmA II, a grenade wouldn't have made a whole building fall like this. Maybe I'm wrong though. Just wondering if I should be concerned since I just put up this new server and I don't want a hacker to ruin the experience for others.

I really do want to turn on Side-chat on my server, but I don't know what the consequences may be. I know in the knowledgebase that it says there is no way to enable the side chat, but as said before, so many servers already have them enabled. If I submit a ticket, I'll probably just be referred to that knowledgebase article. Is the plain answer "no"? If so, what will you start doing to enforce this rule? Obviously many people like side channel, so I really don't see what the problem is enabling it until a feature replaces it.

@ARBaldingEagle I'm very glad to hear that you're liking the server! @HDFX Thanks! And yeah that would be great. Just contact me whenever you wanna help out.

I've sent you a PM with some info

Oh! I must have read your question wrong. My apologies. FRAPS is a pretty easy tool to capture screenshots and video with, or if you have the game on Steam you can just use the Steam overlay screenshot feature.

Get some evidence and then maybe someone will be able to help you. Not trying to sound like a douche or anything, but that's how it works.

Ah okay. It's good to have some reassurance. Thanks a bunch for your nice replies!

Which leads to only one of two options: 1. People are altering their mission file themselves and are not being blacklisted for it. 2. Many of the server owners know and are on friendly terms with the devs. Given the amount of servers that have it I am assuming number 2 is not the actual answer' date=' though I could be totally wrong. Please can I get a plain, black and white, straight up answer to a legit question about hosting a server? Am I able to turn on server messages/side chat myself, or do I have to have a dev do it. If a dev is the only one that can do it, can I please get a dev to alter our mission file because without that you are binding my hands as an administrator from doing something that you have listed as an exploit. [/quote'] As I understand it, you can change it yourself very easily if you have access to your mission file. Let me look at it and I'll PM you with details if I find any.

Are you actually running the game with the beta patch? The beta patch and official patch are two separate executables. If you're just launching it normally, then you're still on the official patch.

I doubt that WINE would be very reliable at all. I'm not even sure what the problem is about hosting on Linux. ArmA II dedicated server has been on Linux for a long time. Is the DayZ PBO not compatible or something? Either way, I think hosting on Linux should be a higher priority than what it is at the moment. Windows, in my opinion, stands no chance against Linux in the hosting category. Not even that, but it would be much cheaper to host considering you won't have to worry about buying a Windows license. There are so many advantages over using Windows.

I agree. I really wish Rocket or someone could give us a straight up answer with this. Obviously blacklisting all those servers with side chat would cause a total outrage because there are so many of them.

There is a company, Hosted Game Servers, which claim that they have a working build of DayZ on their Linux servers. All they need is to be whitelisted by the DayZ dev team to put it to the test. This company is very reliable from my experience, and I think they really have something going if they could only put it to the test.

I still wish we had a 100% reliable answer. I would absolutely love to enable side chat, but not at the risk of becoming blacklisted. The majority of the community wants side chat back, so why not allow it until that new feature is implemented? Seriously, side chat has so many advantages and it wouldn't be fair to blacklist servers because of it.

Common sense is hard to find on the internet :/

Yes because they are breaking the rules of modifying files. Thanks for the answer, it's really appreciated. I guess we'll just have to wait to see what Rocket decides to do.

The main question still remains unanswered: Will the server be blacklisted if such changes are made?

I still agree with Phisher - most of us don't have websites dedicated for a DayZ server nor do we necessarily want to give away personal contact information. I also was not aware that you could rotate server messages in such a manner. Could you please explain how to do so for me? Thanks

Nice and informative post. I totally agree that side chat should be allowed to be restored at least until a new feature is implemented to replace it. For me personally, I don't like having Direct Communication as my only option, and I'm sure many users feel this way.

Is the lowest slot count really 40? There are so many 25 player servers. Is this not allowed? I was planning on only hosting 25 in my new server. Thanks! Edit: Hmm, I see now. The major hosting companies have increased the lowest slot count to 40. Should have looked around some more before posting, haha.

Please ignore this thread. To those who saw it, the server will remain online. Thank you

Yeah. Point taken. I'll stop. Sorry. jeez

Thanks for explaining that. Sorry for my ignorance. I guess I was just letting off steam myself.

No, I'm not wrongly connecting the two. Yes, this was battleye's fault and not his. But all he does is troll us by posting memes. I just don't see why it's necessary.

You're all so funny for posting memes. Sigh. I just don't see how a system can be PERFECT, and how a developer such as rocket would practically troll us. Whatever, I'm done with playing DayZ anyways.