Player Tracking

[Wallace (DayZ) 19]

Hi, so I was playing today and looting NW airfield, when a player asked me where I was, He had a TBL clan tag. I told him i didnt feel comfortable revealing my location and he said ok he just wanted to team up. Few minutes later another tbl guy asked me the same question, and got the same answer. My question is, is there any known hack or exploit that allows players locations to be seen, because where I was I dont think anyone would have been able to see me, and while it's possible they had been following me or were watching me from afar, I highly doubt it. Just wondering. Thanks.

Edited October 20, 2012 by Wallace

[SmashT 10907]

Yes, as with most games.

[otherd 5]

Yes there is a map hack/ esp script. But at NWAF it is quite possible they were watching you from afar.

[Wallace (DayZ) 19]

I see. Well I logged after he said airfield. Don't want to seem like a combat logger but I wasnt in combat yet and I figured they were probably hacking and I'd have no chance anyway.

[123codename123 1]

Yeah they can. In fact, most hackers will just teleport to you anyways. A lot of snipers hang around NWAF. There's long lines of sights and lots of people so it's a perfect opportunity to be a bandit and kill people like a d***. If he was asking he probably wasn't hacking, maybe stalking but I doubt it. He may have just been trying to pry it out of you so he could find you and execute you. Never give away your location. EVER.

[Wallace (DayZ) 19]

I thought he was trying to pry it out of me too, until he revealed that he already knew lol

[Mos1ey 6301]

There are always people at the NW airfield. He was probably asking because a friendly player is more likely to reveal their position and he wanted to know if you were friendly. I doubt he was hacking TBH.

[razorman 15]

The server admin will always know everyones location if he's running the correct server software, a map the admin can see shows the location of all players & vehicles including the contents of your back pack & weapons, he sees everything & may choose to relay that information to his team/clan mates or indeed locate you & execute you personally, i speak from experience ;)

So it all depends on who is asking....

[Sula 1205]

I agree with mZLYm sounds more like he was letting you know by your evasiveness that you were probably up at the nw airfield, as that's where I'd keep quiet. A hacker wouldn't ask, they'd appear from nowhere, shoot you and leave.

Good luck. :thumbsup:

[HMS 115]

I thought he was trying to pry it out of me too, until he revealed that he already knew lol

Based on this, I'd say quitting the server was the best choice. The only legit thing he could have said was "Hey I see you at XYZ."

But my question is how were you talking to him? To my knowledge all chat is disabled unless within 90m or so.

[123codename123 1]

HMS, he may have been on a Private Hive with side chat.

[Wallace (DayZ) 19]

I was on an official Hive server, US somthing or another, I was talking to him through side chat, or maybe global, think it was side though.