1.7.3 Sucks! only weapon vs hackers gone, they did nothing to prevent hacking.

[Serious Stan 202]

Alt+f4 fixed so now you cant combat log, wich is fine.. i never do it anyway.

But now my 20days character got teleported just high enough in the air to die and not in time to log off..

Great job... I have faith in you!

Btw: this was in a private hive.

Edited November 2, 2012 by Serious Stan

[dallas 5195]

Gear attached to it do not get.

[Mos1ey 6301]

If there wasn't time to abort then I don't see what this has to do with 1.7.3?

[boneboys 7988]

Report it to the server admins.

There are still a lot of pre- 1.7.3 servers running, if thats what you prefer but I think you need to take a break.

Carry on.

[Skat3rat 1633]

I don't get how getting teleported in the air then not having time to abort is 1.7.3s fault...

[Serious Stan 202]

I don't get how getting teleported in the air then not having time to abort is 1.7.3s fault...

Because if you Eg*: take an atv run 90kmt over a brigde, jump 50 meteres in the sky you can press ABORT, and survive.

Now vs a hacker your in combat, cant press abort. And alt+f4 is disabled.

Did you get it now?!?!?!

[Penny Sue 77]

Only thing I noticed that's kinda lame is that someone was shooting at me... still not in combat.... I got hit... STILL not in combat... went unconscious.... STILL not in combat... died... lost my FN FAL with NV... meh.

Looks to me like you can still combat log? I didn't actually try it cuz I'm not a lamer but that little icon in the upper right corner always said I was not in combat the whole time this happened.

The person shooting at me was a long ways away... maybe that was the problem?

[Penny Sue 77]

Only thing I noticed that's kinda lame is that someone was shooting at me... still not in combat.... I got hit... STILL not in combat... went unconscious.... STILL not in combat... died... lost my FN FAL with NV... meh.

Looks to me like you can still combat log? I didn't actually try it cuz I'm not a lamer but that little icon in the upper right corner always said I was not in combat the whole time this happened.

The person shooting at me was a long ways away... maybe that was the problem?

[slonlo 43]

How long did that little event last,Penny? I read that the system that updates it can have up to a 2 second delay.

[Burt_Reynolds 15]

Because if you Eg*: take an atv run 90kmt over a brigde, jump 50 meteres in the sky you can press ABORT, and survive.

Now vs a hacker your in combat, cant press abort. And alt+f4 is disabled.

Did you get it now?!?!?!

1.7.3 is a step in the right direction to get PvP balanced. The hackers are a completely different story but one that we will have to live with for now. Hopefully there will be some relief in the stand alone.

[Shag 90]

never ceases to amaze me how utterly short sighted people are...

[HMS 115]

Agreed. Removing the Alt+F4, if it works like they are saying in the release notes (dunno, never once tried it), was indeed shortsighted. It solves a problem of people quitting, which is essentially a solution in search of a problem.

[Timberwolf (DayZ) 118]

The fact that hackers kill you is not a gameplay feature so using alt+f4 to escape them also isn't. It's not the fault of the patch that it happens.

[excursion_@hotmail.com 19]

Imagine how sweet it will be when they release a standalone with hack protection, all I can say to rocket is "watch the money roll in"

I have 6 mates that LOVE dayz but none have been playing since the cheaters took hold.

I myself have been keeping a close eye on the forums looking for a sign they will cheat protect the MOD so I can enjoy something before the standalone comes out but I think due to the way the MOD is build making it hack proof will prove to be near impossible.

The MOD employs scripts to run, it is effectively one big mess of scripts, a hack is a script ergo pain in the ass to prevent.

The stand alone will likely act like a true expansion pack, similar to arrowhead. The guys will be able to work at hack proofing the standalone with a pretty high success rate.

They have also announced a "server side" system configuration making it even more difficult to cheat.

All this is great news but remember 90% of cheaters out there are kiddy hackers that simply copy over a selection of files from the internet into their game directory.

The standalone only needs the most basic of anti cheating systems to eliminate the majority of cheaters.

My view is play the MOD as a true alpha tester, find the flaws in the game not created by cheaters and feed it back to the forums.

[maxamillion12345 21]

Imagine how sweet it will be when they release a standalone with hack protection, all I can say to rocket is "watch the money roll in"

I have 6 mates that LOVE dayz but none have been playing since the cheaters took hold.

I myself have been keeping a close eye on the forums looking for a sign they will cheat protect the MOD so I can enjoy something before the standalone comes out but I think due to the way the MOD is build making it hack proof will prove to be near impossible.

The MOD employs scripts to run, it is effectively one big mess of scripts, a hack is a script ergo pain in the ass to prevent.

The stand alone will likely act like a true expansion pack, similar to arrowhead. The guys will be able to work at hack proofing the standalone with a pretty high success rate.

They have also announced a "server side" system configuration making it even more difficult to cheat.

All this is great news but remember 90% of cheaters out there are kiddy hackers that simply copy over a selection of files from the internet into their game directory.

The standalone only needs the most basic of anti cheating systems to eliminate the majority of cheaters.

My view is play the MOD as a true alpha tester, find the flaws in the game not created by cheaters and feed it back to the forums.

Finally an intelligent comment about the hacking problem, shame more people don't understand this.

[sheepdawg 278]

let the mod work out the fucking kinks already. would u rather dayzmod be lame with solutions..or get a SA version that totally fucks you over?

PS - Once modding/scripting is locked down in the SA this problem will be at the very best...alleviated.

[LastAct 8]

I understand how you don't get attached to your gear, but being teleported/hacked is totally different than getting shot legit. I would suggest joining a active admin server that has a rollback and decent amount of server restarts to get rid of lag. There, you will be set and enjoy dayZ.

[alec167 62]

yall need to fuck off. jk see your problem

[aoshi 32]

hacker can disable you abort and alt f4 since pre 1.7.3 By gtfo f u

[Gooober 34]

No point complaining about it in these forums.... There are too many ball jigglers worshipping the devs.........

[colekern 1364]

Literally nothing can be done about the hacking in the mod. With 135 posts, I'd think you would know better than that.

[Penny Sue 77]

never ceases to amaze me how utterly short sighted people are...

30 seconds to a minute from the first time i heard the shots till I died.

[Penny Sue 77]

There's virtually nothing that can be done about hacking the current mod. With so much of the game functioning on the client side it's wide open to players manipulating it to cheat.

The stand alone has already been announced as being a client <> server relationship where most of the game functions on the server. Thus its VERY hard to manipulate the game in ways that effect the game environment or other players.

For now I highly recommend finding a private hive and servers that take a strong stance on hackers and cheaters. The only time I run into hackers are on public hive servers. Which is pretty rare now because I found some great private servers!