Poopty Pants

Just happened. 5:55PM.

I apologize in advanced as what I'm about to say is probably very obvious and much can be be explained by "its just a mod" and in "alpha status" (or if this is not the best place to post this). I'm not an expert programmer, but I've done enough to understand the basics and how servers work. What I don't understand is how some cheating is so prevalent. When someone goes on a server and spawns a helicopter or uses a gun that is not available in the game, its the server that is actually creating it, the player is only indirectly creating it. So, if the servers detect that say an A-10 is being created, it should either immediately kick/ban the player, or at the very least, not allow it to be built. When the server detects that someone has instantly teleported somewhere, it should place them back in their original location or kick them. There are exploits that cannot be stopped easily that use an outside program (wall hack or cross hair added etc), but things that must go through the server seems like an incredibly easy fix. (i.e. IF player.create.artilery = true THEN player.banned=true END IF)

Though I realize the need to have the same rules for all servers because of the ability of people to change servers/save their characters, why not have different kind of servers that have separate databases types? For instance, if someone wants to disable helicopters (bad example perhaps) on their server, let them do it, but a person who uses a server that has disabled helicopters can only play on other servers that have disabled helicopters. Also, servers should be allowed to have their own databases if they wish. This will discourage server hopping and will allow the server to adjust anything they like without risking unfair advantage on other servers. Basically there are some aspects of the game that different players feel very differently about. If someone is paying for a server, why not allow them to do what they want on it?

i see alot of people are viewing this topic, is it working for anyone?

Im getting an error "you cannot play/edit this mission, it is dependant on files that have been edited/deleted" etc

Could someone link me somewhere that tells admins how to update their servers? (it doesnt happen automatically does it?)

Youre lucky you didnt read it. Terrible waste of time. Seems obvious the reason he made post for "rocket only" is because he knows people like me will see his ideas are idiotic but thinks that he is somehow special only rocket will understand. Here is snippet of his post: "What we are aiming for is that everyone will be running around with pistols. They are the perfect standard go to gun since they can't hurt so badly at range...Sure, some people might cry that they can't get cool guns anymore. But honestly a double barreled shotgun is just as cool to kill a person with as an AK. and a CZ550 will be just as shiny as an AS50 if the CZ550 is rare enough. Altho that doesn't even matter. DayZ isn't about shiny weapons. It's about interaction getting an experience with other players."

Not a huge problem IMHO. You can always look for vehicles etc and just mess around the rest of the map/look for enemy camps. If there wasnt just one awesome spot there would be less action there. I do kind of like the idea of having certain areas more specialized. For instance, I think all the hospitals are on the coast. However, I kind of like being able to be anywhere on the map and not have to be like, "oh man, i need _____" so gotta travel all the way across the map and making more PvP hotspots. I believe that the map will eventually be bigger and then yes, there certainly should be more awesome spots then just one airfield.

Seems that youre scared of people whether theyre in day z or not.

Not having this problem on other servers. There is some way to fix it from your end, not sure how though.

7/23/12 At 11:30 EST, Me and two buddies drove north and someone named "andrew" spawned right next to our car and stole it. He was invincible (3 full clips of M4A1) did nothing. He then spawned a helicopter and proceeded to shoot us. He then kicked me and friend out of game (we know the admin personally who was not online). His alias was "andrew". I am unsure of exactly went on after but the server was emptied. Earlier that day, there was mass teleporting to one location and everyone died. I believe the same thing happened again. (server went from full 40/40 to 11/40 in 10 minutes).

Edit: removed, wrong server.

Im getting kicked from my main server. I assumed it was hackers. I was going to post it in cheat reporting w/ video

this topic has been extensively covered but it absolutely CAN be done. And sure someone may occasionally accidently disconnect, but usually if its an accident they would be safe. Obviously 9999 out of 10000 times when people disconnect it is intentional. Its the most exploitable/non professional aspect of this game!

I actually like this idea better than the ability to build things. What would also be great is if zombies didnt just spawn next to houses so you would have to occasionally protect your claimed house from hoards of zombies.

beans given. excellent

I think this is a terrible idea. I think at absolute most servers could have the option to have PvE or something, which you can read about on other threads. I've been playing for about a month and have like some of you been extremely frustrated that the game is basically PvP. Once I accepted that, the game has become incredibly more fun. Basically unless you are completely unarmed and I see you I will shoot on sight. I'd rather not kill you but i've had waaaay too many experiences of people shouting "friendly! friendly!" and then unload a clip in my butt as soon as my guard was down (and then like you was butt hurt). The game really wouldnt have to be PvP if it was entirely restructured, but I personally like it as it is.

Yeah, well its obvious that there are people who spend a considerable amount of time and effort to do anything to hack, but I still think my original argument is valid. If a player creates something, it has to go through the sever, and we know the server sees it, because I see it. Also, just to vent a bit more, hacking is especially harmful to this game. In most games I play, there is rarely a hacker, and when there is, it is not much of a problem. If someone is playing a normal FPS if someone comes on and does something extreme like killing everyone on the server people will just immediately kick/ban them and its just an annoyance. In this game when it happens, people want to break their keyboards and sit wishing they could find the hacker and knock them over the head with a can of beans a few times. And worse, there is no mechanism for the players to kick/ban people by voting (such a system would take away from the incredibly awesome gameplay). The only thing to do really is hope that when the game becomes standalone that the hacking issue is seriously addressed. I think its absolutely fantastic that rocket and whoever else are putting all their time into making the game as awesome as possible, but I personally would be willing to empty my wallet just to play the game as is without any hackers, because absolutely nothing in the game, even retarded zombies, disconnecting exploits, breaking leg by tripping over a bunny take away from the realism as much as knowing that at any moment you may be spawned 10km away with every other player, turned into a chicken, and then grenaded.

I really like this idea as well, I really like this idea as well, and think arkenz has done a good job of some good outlines. Some very controlled ability to construct things would make the game even more ridiculously addictive. Clan wars would be more like like actual wars. This would have to be /very/ minimal and controlled though. If you really want to build bases and things then maybe you should play arma 2 (its not a bad game ppl). Just a more indepth system to building things, having big projects would give something for players to shoot for besides just hoarding vehicles etc with 300 tents.

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