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So my character of 8 days in game was killed by a hacker who completely bombarded my building with either grenades or satchel charges... Not sure which. All I know is that the building I was in suffered 5 or 6 explosions and then fell to the ground... Now I am not mad about the hacker as I felt it was about time to start a new character, but I am curious as to how to ID a hacker. So as I was minding my own business, I noticed someone come into the building I was currently occupying... Knowing that there was a hacker on the server I was in "shoot first, ask questions later" mode. I managed to kill the guy that came in, but it did not register on the debug screen (he was clearly dead). When I studies his body it gave me a name and I could not loot his body. In fact, when I tried to take the 24 slot backpack from him, it removed my backpack and it completely disappeared. I could not loot the entrenching tool. Now this person correctly identified the ammo and that I was firing (on a sever of 10-15) from my gun even though I was laying down in a room with no windows, so that is what leads me to suspect he was a hacker along with his name on the body with the glitched/hacked equipment Now I am not going to name and shame as I am not sure if he was just glitched as he claimed but here are my questions. 1. Can a hacker change how his name appears when one studies a dead body? 2. Is not being able to loot a body a glitch or a sign of a hacker as this player suggests?

Lmao, I remember when I first started I found an AKM and was shooting people from atop the fire station in Cherno... I hit "z" to lay down and my guy dove off the top breaking both legs. Unfortunately I landed right in front of a bandit and he quickly finished me off... lol

Wow, what a tool...

You should post a video of you running really slowly... The only thing I can suggest if you cannot figure a way to escape is to just stay on until you die of hunger or thirst. You might just alt/tab out so that you dont have to worry about it and then occasionally check on it.

When reading the WarZ website (I believe it is the FAQ they have), they directly state that although they were in production long before DayZ had been released, they did take ideas from the DayZ forums. I'm not sure about them copying ideas so much as they using a resource so that they could release a product with what the players want to see. What I did think was cool was that they acknowledged the fact they did so giving credit to the DayZ players who had posted on the forums. It definitely beats them just taking the ideas and not saying where they got the ideas.

Thanks for the advice. The double press the "-" key was new as were a few other things so you have my beans. I used to be one of those 3rd person only players until I went on a server that had 1st person only and I learned to adapt and so I could continue to play on the server. Now I cannot stand playing 3rd person at all... Occasionally I will look just to see what my character looks like... lol

Haha, yeah, same thing happened to me a while back.. It seems like the last 12/15 deaths have been from hackers. Its not battle eye that ruined your game but hackers. The only way that Battle Eye had anything to do with it is that it failed to catch/ban the hacker.

That is not what they are saying if you would actually read the statement. What they are saying is that while some cheaters may get unbanned, they are more worried about unbanning those people who are unjustly or erroneously banned. Stop trying to use slices of a statement out of context.

Well that is all well and good that it is supposed to be permanent, but you are going to find the group of people that just started the game without knowing about the humanity monitor that determines bandit/hero are going to continue to KoS as they now have no way to get back. I actually have several names I use when I play as sometimes I feel like helping out while other times I feel like being that asshole who KoS, but I ALWAYS do so under the assumed names so people know what to expect. I understand that it is their own fault for doing so, but it is just going to prevent those who made mistakes from being able to feel like they can help others due to being KoS. In the end it is going to hurt those that need help. Then again, that is just my opinion.

Actually it does not reset. I have died several times and it is still very negative... lol

I agree somewhat. The majority of my kills have been in self defense as I am usually scrounging around Cherno/Elektro. I also joined after humanity was taken out so I had no idea what it was about. If it does not get reset I'll just continue on and shoot first and demand that they throw down their arms before I help as I will never get it back to zero and people will not trust anyone in a bandit skin which you get at -1 (from what I understand). I think that either a threshold needs to be set for the hero/bandit skin where you can kill in self defense and not immediately be considered a bandit. Either that, or you should reset to zero after a number of livers where you do not attack/kill another player.

Never had the dancing hacker... For the most part I always get the teleport hacker or the break your legs hacker. The other night though I got the give everyone AS50 hacker which was pretty cool... I shot down a chopper... lol

LentWolf, I do not think you are out of line on that post (not that my sayso has any authority). I think all of us want to see the video or have this thread closed as it has become one big soap opera. In fact, if I were you I would report the thread to have it closed as this is just one big he said/she said affair and no one wins those. Especially on the internet. Video or GTFO.

So in the last 24 hours the script kiddies have run rampant on every server I have been on.... Here is just my experience with them. 1. Got teleported to the thunderdome, but was able to abort out before I died. 2. Got teleported in the air and died losing my first ever pair of NVGs. 3. Finger of Death 4. Weapons and backpack wiped (No it was not the hive as I had been playing for over 15 minutes with the same stuff). 5. Inventory wiped (No it was not the hive as I had been playing for over 15 minutes with the same stuff like number 4). 6. Legs broken 7. Turned into a cow (my favorite. Kinda hope I'm a cow when I log back in) Now admittedly, 4-7 all happened relatively close on the same server, and 5-7 all happened within 10-20 seconds of each other, but 1-4 all happened on different servers all with different numbers of populations. What infuriates me the most is that I cannot get above day 1 survival because of these guys. The last 10 of 12 deaths have been due to script kiddies and I have been on a bandit kick lately (not actively hunting people but robbing those that come close to my lair and then robbing them). I know there are hundreds of other threads like this on the forums, but I have been playing DayZ for about a month now and have not seen the amount of script kiddies as I have recently. Its absolutely crazy.

To the people saying "just get a toolbox," the problem really is not getting the toolbox. I have gotten LOTS of toolboxes as I find them definitely valuable! I hunt toolboxes down. I've dedicated lives of my character to getting rid of barbed wire (before the server issue of putting removed barbed wire back) throughout Chernaus. The problem is when the people place them in such a way the the two places that the cursor must be over to remove said barbed wire is inside a wall, thus making the barbed wire permanent and not removable by anyone. This is why most people have an issue with barbed wire in its current form. And realistically if barbed wire is placed in a building I usually been able to (but not always though) vault over it with the use of the "v" button. It is when the grievers place the barbed wire outside and it intersects with the interior of a location that it is usually not vaultable. Personally what I would LOVE to see is the continued option of having barbed wire, but instead of having only two places where a cursor must be before it can be removed have the player's cursor be anywhere on the barbed wire to remove it if they have a toolbox. This solves the problem as you still need a toolbox and it makes it easier to remove.

So being the bandit I am, I am always on the lookout for a good spot to perform my trade. So here I am today on the lookout for marks in the Cherno apartments. I am looking out the window of the top floor apartment when I hear the boom of an Enfield and the ricochet of the round right by my head. I freak out and hit "z" as fast as I can, only, I accidently hit "c!" As I stood up a second bullet whizzed by my head and I immediately hit "z" and prone crawled to a position where I could see the stairs unscathed. Nothing happened for the longest time and then all of a sudden I hear suppressed rounds firing. After this point I no longer hear the sounds of the Enfield so I can only assume he befell less than natural death. I hear a few more silenced rounds and then nothing for a while. In direct chat I start saying stuff like "you hit me and broke my leg, come finish me off chicken!" Eventually I see someone's head poke up and I immediately start firing. He went down pretty quickly and I got excited because I saw his ghillie suit and thought "Ooooo... I got a bush wookie suit!" I totally forgot that they were non-transferable... lol. I walked up and started looting his corspe and at first got excited because he had the coyote backback and then I saw the M4 SD CCO and my eyes went O.o At that point I almost stopped looking and went about when I decided to see what other equipment he had and found the rangefinder... I just about crapped my pants as I have never seen a rangefinder before!! Wooo hooo!!! I cant believe I tricked that guy... lol

Anyone can mark locations on the map.... I've never seen a penis before though... lol

Actually, server hosts cannot do whatever they want if they signed a terms of service contract when taking possession of the software. I have seen servers blacklisted for such offenses and removed from the server lists. I've read that one of the agreements is that you cannot have a locked server as well, so there are rules that server hosts must follow. Both LOTC and GMRadio have side chat enabled though as I have not seen them up in about a week I am assuming they got blacklisted.

So I am running around Elektro minding my own business performing the required duties of my sandbag/barbed wire removal business. It was an overcast day which made it a little easier for me to dodge the zombies, but I had successfully cleared out the hospital, market, and the school when I was headed over to the fire station. I decided that to help out the lone survivor I would just leave the back door unblocked to prevent the bandits that were in Elektro from gaining easy access (I know that this does not preclude them from making long range shots). I cleared out all the sandbags and other barbed wire in the fire house and decided that the church needed checking on, but before I did that , I decided to check the upstairs fire station for equipment but alas there were no upgrades to be had. On my way back down I heard a noise that at first I thought was a weird sounding zombie so I stopped and realized that the sound was constant and getting louder. I look out the window of the third floor and see a car speed past the fire station. Immediately I assume that he is well armed as whenever I see a car I usually die a few minutes later. So I decide to hoof it out of there and make a break for it. I run through the only opening through the fence to the fire station and look to my right and what do I see? A car speeding right for me. I immediately think "OH S***! I'm not going to make it!!" I make it about 3/4 of the way across and my body flies through the air. Somehow miraculously I survive with nothing but a little bit of lost blood and a dislocation (whatever that symbol that is not the broken bone is). I sprint down a side alley and stop behind the church and take some painkillers. As soon as I close my pack I look up and see a car speeding down the alley right for me! I decide to round the corner and head into the church in hope it is not blocked by barbed wire as I had not checked it yet, luckily it was not. Looking around for cover I run behind the podium at the back of the church and hide behind it drawing my Winchester rifle. I lean out and see that the guy, along with a few zombies he has drug with him, has followed me into the building. BANG! The first panic shot misses. BANG! The second shot hits him square in the chest and he drops like a sack of potatoes, but I noticed that I did not get either a murder or a bandit kill. By this time about 10+ zombies had entered the church but were still going for the downed villain. I calmly at this point walk over so that I can see him, but a ways away from the zombies and BANG! Right to the dome and I finish me off my bad guy. Cautiously I walk out and no one shoots at me so I go back behind the church for cover and low-and-behold I see the car just sitting there. It was a UAZ with a 1/2 of a tank and in perfect condition, but still my first car. Shortly after I died to another player killing me after I killed his friend (I was getting shot at and I mistook his friend for the one shooting at me). But it was fun to cruise around.

Haha, I shot at a bus... Once... Never again.. lmao

That sucks Mr-Zero. I've seen flipped cars with no one around, but it always makes me nervous to see a vehicle. I did spend 15 minutes or so in a boat that was in the hills above Elektro once just for the lulz... lol :) My son and I were laughing the whole time.

I would have been pissed if that had happened to me. There are too many times that I have let someone live and they have turned around and killed me. Just last night I had a guy spawn right by me that I had fought off zombies for as he did not have any weapon and this time he shot me after logging in. No wonder people KOS.

350 with a Lee Einfield. Not sure if it was the 1st or 2nd, but the guy went down. Too bad I violated the rule where you do not go after your kill right after s/he goes down... Got killed while cackling evilly that my prey had an M4...

Wow, a tragic story that was masterfully told! Nice, you have my beans :)

Thanks Poisonman, you fix worked great for me. Have some beans :)