U.B.C.S. Ravin

Some people are lazy with their updates However, considering 1.7.2 was unstable up until the recent update of 1.7.2.3-- I am not surprised to see people still on 1.7.1.5. Considering 1.7.2 ate all ghillies, camo, some weapons and cut pretty deep into profiles and other bugs. Lets not even get into the authentication issue of 1.7.2 that KILLED a lot of servers. Please do a little bit of research before knocking on the server admins who want to have some stability in their gameplay.

There is no server setting for this. The files to edit this are in the mission file. Admins/Server owners are not allowed to edit or touch the mission files.

You are not supposed to enable that because it is in the mission file. Modifying the mission file is grounds for blacklisting. Unless DayZ staff or Arma2 staff enable it, we can't do it. That's like how some servers claim to have side chat enabled, you can't. They claim DayZ staff 'does' it for them. They don't. Its not a 'Server' Settings, its in the mission file.

It appears to be a problem with the Arma2 beta 94945. It appears to work just fine with 94876

Want to point out if servers are on 94444 and the client for the Arma2 Beta is 94945 the client will 'hang' at Waiting for Host and be unable to connect. Do not recommend updating to 94945.

@ Phresh - We can't ban for disconnecting to avoid PVP/Avoiding Zombie aggro. We had DayZ staff inform us this was no longer allowed. Sorry for the inconvenience, our hands are tied in that regard.

Getting a bit sick of people confusing BLUE BOXES OF CREATES are the same as the black standup boxes of ammo. There are a few types of boxes you can find in Day-Z. Ammo Crate. Medical Box. Ammo Crates look like M249 mags, but they do not lay on their side.They stand upright like a VHS tape. Its very easy to SEE them. Medical boxes look like cardboard boxes. Blue crates in DayZ are spawned, and do not spawn naturally in DayZ.

Getting this also, think it has to do with the battleeye update and the latest beta patch, We are running 94444, We will be updating our server to 94876 to see if it fixes this problem.

Hehe. If we happen to see him, I wouldn't exactly request anyone to keep an eye out. Not possible to do that unless I did it through global chat when signed in... which then would notify everyone on the server, hacker included. Very nice, its good you have everything setup then. I hope you catch someone in action!

I recommend downloading or buying a screen capture softwear or taking Steam Screenshots of the individual, as Steam saves timestamps of the individual and its a lot harder to dispute the claim. Show it stating "You killed so and so" with the time, this way we can ban them properly on our server, then send those logs/images to a Dev and they can decide if they should be globally banned or not, or inform us this is a current glitch. Either way, if it is a glitch, the individual could be unbanned and they could be spoken to why this is a ban and they shouldn't be exploiting it or abusing it, or they will simply get permabanned for intentionally knowing about it. For example, killing people in debug forest is a problem and is a bannable offense if caught doing it, however I know a lot of people, myself included, who first spawned into debug forest and shot a few people in confusion before doing anything else simply because its a kneejerk reaction. Now, I am not trying to make an excuse for a player that conviently respawns ontop of chenro with a DMR sniping people... I am just wanting to eleminate all possibly chance that it COULD be a mistake. Its safe to cover your bases. I don't know how a person can look at logs to see gear... We do not have access to that at all. That kind of information is stored in the HIVE were Devs can see it. We as Server Admins do not have permissions to view that at all. I am sure you can guess how that can be abused very, very quickly.

@ Jah - Thank you for the positive comment, we certainly needed it. We had a few people raging pretty hard at us the last few days thats boarderline harassment. So your comment is greatily appreciated! We try very hard to monitor our servers and watch player activity. We have a few clan mates in Europe also who connect with less than 150ping. Even some people in Russia connect with under 200ping. We are very pleased to hear your connection isn't an issue and not effecting your gameplay. I think the Server is still set on Veteran, just we enabled Crosshairs, Map, and 3rd person.

Not exactly. Server logs do not show who killed who in DayZ. Arma2 server logs are shit, its not DayZ's fault. Pray it gets better in Arma3.

Lately things have been going rather well for the U.B.C.S. Constant Squad rounds through the group, several snipers, point-men and we have set up a base... Well two bases. A outpost in Northwest airfield because we can route out supplies easier when we are clearing it out. After getting lost in this thread for several hours Blue and I missed our time to farm out Chopper Crashes during the midnight restart. Four a.m. starts to roll around and Hop's wakes up, so does Ooski. Ooski is our token black member, who will destroy people with his L85. Hes a pretty sick player. I am very much glad he is on our squad. Not even a few minutes logged in, Blue with his SVD camo points out 'Hey guys, I am seeing Zed's at the far hanger." Ooski, Hop's, and Myself all pause and face the Firehouse. Another few seconds pass more M4A1 shots ring out. I take point, Ooski hangs on my left and Hop's covers the rear. As we approach the Firestation, we hear more shots go off. Blue reports he last saw the individual inside the firestation, we have barbed wire setup ALL over the firestation to prevent server hoppers. So we know the only way out is out the back now. I swap plug a M203 Nade into the M4A3 Holo "Switching to HE Grenades" Blue calls into the Mic. "You going to throw some Grenades in there?" "I am gonna shoot some fucking 203's in there, yeah." I laugh a bit. Ooski says over the mic. "Switching to Full Auto." Stepping up through the industrial area near the spawn, we stop as we hear more shots, dropping into prone and snugging up next to the side of the fence. More shots ring out and the guy draws the zombies over. We can make him out between the buildings right behind the two barracks you can't enter right behind the fire station. "I see him." Ooski says. "Yeah, I see him too, watch this I am gonna make him shit his pants." I slowly creep over to the gap of the fence and take aim and launch a grenade. It explodes against the side of the building. Blue informs me later that I hit him dead in the face, but at the time, I don't see a 'you have been killed' count. I fire a second M203 HE and it hits the same spot. We notice a player is now in the lobby we had been monitoring. We assume the man disconnected. Ooski suggests, "Lets clear out the firestation while we are here." Now, I hate the firestation. I setup so many tanktraps and barbed wire in that place its a death trap. But after not killing the guy I sigh out. "Yeah, lets clear it up." Back on point I step into the firestation. Shots suddenly rattle my legs and I drop down, shouting. "Holy fuck a player!" I return fire into the corner and die, though Ooski and Hops swing around the building and Ooski ends up killing the guy. As they start to sweep out the area, Ooski sees a THIRD player come in. "Shit guys another player!" "Unload on him!" I call into the mic as I am in Chenro. I picked up a Camo on the way from running through Chenro. Ooski kills the second guy. For some reason, the guy I shot in the face with an M203 logged back in died... So that was three kills, three bodies to loot. Blue runs over from his sniping spot, but on the way he notices a fourth corpse in the hanger next to were the firefight had broken out... That body had a pair of NVG's on him. Explaining why these guys didn't log out of the server potentially. We come out of the firefight with two extra NVG's and Rangefinders. Blue and Hop's wait a bit, noone else is around and they log out. Ooski also logs out after checking the barracks and he relaxes. Norrok gets on and I explain to him we have a set of NVG's now for him from the firefight. At this point, these isn't much left for us to get besides a few ghillie suits and some silenced M4A1 SD's. "So Ravin, what do you need man?" "Me? Just a M4A1 SD, though I like that M4A3 Holo..." I shit you not, as I am running the south side of the airfield before the wall, SOME player runs out infront of me from the brush. "... HOLY SHIT A PLAYER!" I raise the AKM I found in Chenro and unload into the guy, he tries to run away but I gun him in the back. I approach the corpse and check him for loot. "...Hey Norrok, guess what this guy had..." The corpse had a M4A1 SD, M24 and some M107 mags. I drop the AKM and hug my old rifle. It was, to say the least, a very eventful night. Video up until I died. Stopped fraps after that point.

Working in groups always proves benefical. Considering sniper teams always consisted of two individuals, a single sniper might get some good shots in, but they are not nearly as good as two snipers on a level playing field with the same skills and weapons.

http://www.twitch.tv/puddn/b/324493060 10 hours and 50 minutes in you see him die from being ghosted. At 11 hours and about 4 minutes on you hear Vip explaining to him how complicated even simply attempting to search for equipment the user might have to match the same results of individuals logging out around a specific timeframe yields a impossible amount of hits and numbers. Right now, its not that simple to go 'ban' someone for ghosting, disconnecting, or avoiding zombie aggro. Nor is it easy for any admins to battle it or Devs. Please stop thinking it is...

You do realize none of the server logs accurately reflect this, right? They don't even show you who 'disconnects' when you simply disconnect to the lobby, and as DayZ staff have pointed out a name is just a name. With no accurate way to say "This person for sure disconnected" without video proof your efforts are merely hearsay and fingerpointing. Sure,I have the GUID and if one other person was on the server with me, Id know for sure WHO did it. But with a full server and people constantly disconnecting and reconnecting? Not exactly easy. For example, even today when Vip was playing with Puddn on Twitch.tv, a person GHOSTED Puddn infront of 1000 viewers with a Dev there. The Dev attempted to do a search for a female character who disconnected in the last five minutes with a Lee-Enfield. The search showed up with over 250 results, in the last five minutes. Its a bitter pill to swallow.

I feel very alert when sniping. The Clan I am in we always hang out in hotspots were people have the same gear and skill, if not higher skill than we do. The longest I lived as a sniper was 16 days, but as a pointman I died every other day losing gear constantly. I wouldn't say its 'staying alive' more like 'Keeping my friends alive' But... I am not exactly the same kind of sniper. I work in teams and not alone, I don't camp Chenro or Elektro. I do not have the simple bandit mindset. Up north, My mindset is kill or be killed.

Keep in mind also a lot of the hacks being used have been in Arma2 long before DayZ was around. The Dev staff doesn't really control how the Arma2 servers and battleeye work. Their hands are tied in most regards. Sure its their mod, but not their game.

Your tears sustain me. One - Noone in the video is under the age of 18. Two - Its nearing Dawn and none of us have NVG's, there is actually four players running around and our spotter was having difficulty telling the difference due to the nighttime setting we were engaged in. Three - Like in your previous posts, you stated how 'Its a game chill out' Follow your own advice. Four - These stories are purely meant for the fun and pleasure of DayZ for a readers leisure. The videos are something new we are trying out.

Even as a server admin we can't battle this. DayZ staff had personally told us we can't ban individuals who are disconnecting during PVP/Avoiding zombie aggro due to how rampant it is being abused. Basically, you are screwed regardless right now until their standalone DayZ is out.

@ Monstrous - A lot of people do not know how hosting a server is, or what the server admins can and cannot do. A lot of people assume its like current day hosting or gaming on the PC, where you can do whatever you want whenever you want. Fact is, we can't. With how Battleeye and Arma2 servers are setup, its so difficult to get someone who is even disconnecting to avoid PVP properly banned. All I can really do as an admin is keep my eye on these things and hope I see something that really stands out.

The server settings were adjusted because the server only had roughly 5-6 people max on the server for a near week when we were checking its statics. We bumped up a few settings to encourage more player activity. Sorry about the hacker, not much we can do about that.

Hello! As one of the admins for US167 I have to tell you that if you see him hacking, you should get video proof of him doing it. Its the only concrate way we can ban an individual. I will keep an eye out for this person. Thank you for this post.

We update our server all the time and on time constantly... If its not up within a few hours its possibly because we are sleeping or working. Thank you.

US128 was down for a bit because we had that 1.7.2 bug that was causing the server to crash. It's up and going now.