Lady Kyrah

I have an even better one. PVE servers only have pistols no vehicles and no tools. (hatchet, nvg, binoculars, compass, map, etc...)

I think it could be a good thing, ther eis a reason that snipers are seen as being "one notch" over the regular grunt. THey can do things that the grunt cannot do.

Players can't really portray zombies accurately.

It's not a towel.

Not necessarly true, it's a design that work well for BF3 for example, where you have very little rights on the servers you rent. The problem with fixing non game breaking bugs at the moment is that it's wasted time when the game is not more fleshed out, because more bugs will come, some related with the fixes you just made to fix the previous bugs. Debugging a feature right after it is implemented is extremely slow and inefficient.

I have a devotion for no one, but i happen to be working on a personal project that is very close to DayZ on some points, so i tend to see a lot of those issues from a developer standpoint. I have to admit, if/when my project ever gets to a point that warrant an "open" alpha, beta i won't be as "cool" as the dayZ team. SO yeah i tend to take dayz quite personally :)

Respect is earned, not bought. You act like a "fucktwat" (as you say) expect to be treated as one.

Those lines in the log where created EVERY TIME the server would read or write from/to the hive and you don't see why it's something they might not want you to get? We don't need server admins to stand on guard against cheating, only to keep servers in working order. When it comes to cheating we only need better anti cheat capabilities. Oh it looks like my prayers where heard -> http://dayzmod.com/forum/index.php?/topic/71904-new-major-battleye-anti-cheat-features/

Those "logs" where I/O from the hive. I don't think the dayz devs trust anyone with informations about the hive. Devil's advocate mode, where did the dayZ team ask you to do server police? If you read the rules you will realize that as a server admin your only ability is to do maintenance work. You are only given minimal policing rights. RPT files are not log files, they are a script debugging tool, which means that, unless you worked on arma modding or have an intimate knowledge of how the mod work at the moment, you have no idea what the log is actually telling.

I just had to report this topic. This might be a good intention but this isn't the right way, And from the look of it you don't even know what this log contains.

Alpha games are rarely even "playable" sometimes missing major feature, balance or any fun really.

This reminds me of a game that came out on console "I am alive" Where most of the time you threaten NPCs with an empty gun and sometimes they do that to you. (bullets are given like... one by one in this game) I wonder if this can ever be recreated in a non staged PvP scenario.

There is no "KOS issue" that game mechanics can fix without also destroying what makes the game what it is. Only the community can change it.

There is a pending battleeye update that should severely curb hacking, i'd say wait & see.

What i tried to express is that when you build a ship you do not start by making it watertight, you build the frame, engine support, etc... the skeleton of the ship. It only becomes sea worthy much later during it's production. The same apply to making video games, we are here to TEST things, not to play a finalized game. We aren't there yet.

Usually the behavior of the average person in this community is "I'll do whatever i want cuz u can't stop me!", you have my deepest respect for having more integrity than most.

This is nice, once carefully tuned it should allow to effectively tripwire the server for any behavior that is not expected from a DayZ client. This is not foolproof but it should allow servers to kick/ban automatically anyone who spawn ammo crates, vehicles, bombs, or force teleports. Well basically any behavior that is reserved to the server. Nice finding! Now someone need to write the proper configuration for this option and keep it maintained as the mod is updated.

Where do i begin... Oh right. Wether the game is playable or fun or even balanced is of no concern at such an early stage. Let the devs work on what's important at the moment, if they start doing fixing and balancing now they will have to do it again in a couple patches because something else broke. When you build a ship, it's pointless to ensure that it can float until it's time to leave the shipyard.

What does this has to do with anything? OH I KNOW! Nothing! You simply had nothing intelligent to say! As for the 7 days, they probably have some sort of weekly scheduled task on the hive related to vehicles.

What does this has to do with anything? OH I KNOW! Nothing! You simply had nothing constructive to say.

This is not a twitch shooter it's a military simulator. Gameplay wise, it hasn't changed since operation flashpoint 11 years ago. It's part of what the BIS fans like. You could have tried Arma2Free if you wanted to get a feel of the game. Soldiers do not jump around on the battlefield so arma doesn't allow to jump at all. You cannot move indoor easily with an assault rifle raised hence why arma actually simulate your gun hitting the surrounding. This isn't a run and gun game so it make sense that vaulting and ladder climbing isn't exactly the focus here. Until arma2 you couldn't reload while moving, which was realistic, but probably annoying. If rocket picked arma as a base for his mod it's that he felt it was the path of least resistance, a game where most of what he wants in it is already there.

Yeah personally i was for removing them entirely, keeps you guessing if the guy you shot is really dead or just laying still.

That's what you call rude? You should be happy i'm not answering those mails :D . Dare i mention it's a free mod?

They had players prod around the hive server (and corrupting it) before, you really believe they are going to just leave hive debug messages in the log files?

It's not a question of allowing or not, wether your game allow ESP hacks or not is irrelevant since it all happens client side. Where it gets iffy with arma is that clients have a lot of leeway in how they affect the server's simulation. In most games when a client want to spawn a vehicle it sends a "request" to the server, which then performs the operation or reject it based on game logic. While with arma it's aknowledgeing it all the time because due to the huge possible variations of gameplay the scripting engine offers, the server doesn't know wether the client is actually allowed to do it or not. This problem also exist to a lesser degree on Garry's mod due to it's extensive scripting engine. Most games have the server run in a full autoritative mode where clients have very limited say in what is going on, usually: My character is moving (and the server check if the speed is right and if it's not through a wall) My character is pointing in this direction. My character is pulling the trigger (and the server decide if it's a 'bang' or a 'clic' depending if the player has bullets left.