I would really appreciate some suggestions as to what could have happened :(

[gringer 1]

Hi everyone.

I recently went through the process of getting whitelisted for a private hive server so I could play Namalsk, unmolested by cheaters. My application went through and I had been playing recently. I had also been playing before the whitelist requirement and had gathered up an awesome kit of gear.

Anyhow, tonight I logged in to the server and spawned where I logged out : in the underground bunker at "Object All". I was at the top of the stairwell with the rubble in it, right where you climb down the ladder into the first part of the bunker, from the outside. Upon loading in, I heard footsteps. I turn to face the ladder which leads to the surface and see a bandit knelt down facing left past the elevator block. I immediately shot him twice with my M14 and he fell over dead. I stayed still and listened. There were more scuffling sounds. I ran around to look behind the elevator and there were 2-3 other people there as well. 2 were prone, one standing, I unloaded and killed them all (don't judge me, Namalsk is rife with murder).

I take a packet of warm clothes from one of the bodies (which was the reason I was in the bunker in the first place, looking for some), hide the bodies, put on the clothes, climb the ladder and run off into the woods.

At this time, all the people I had just killed joined my channel in the server's teamspeak and basically accused / insinuated that I had hack killed them. I couldn't get much detail exactly, but I spoke to one of them at length on teamspeak about what happened and apparently from their perspective, they were not in the area I described to them, when they died. They said they were spread out through the tunnels, away from where I was.

Can anyone possibly shed some light as to how this could have happened? I am being banned from the server as a result, which I can understand from their perspective, however I have done nothing wrong and feel terrible about this.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[steve t 32]

It seems you basically logged in behind them and that resulted in the deaths.

As you said this is a private hive, server and the best way forward would be for you to get in touch with the administrators and see whether you are able to work things out.

About them saying that their positions were spread out....I think this could maybe have been lag. The administrators will able to see by the logs.

Good luck.

[jamestrendall 38]

De-sync,

This happened to me a few days ago, i was running as a fresh spawn in the woods and then suddenly i see a bandit running on the spot in the tree line ahead of me! i decide to run down the hill away from him, Pretty sure im out of his line of sight, So i now head up the hill to see if he saw me or not,

As i poke my head up over the browe of the hill i see him still stood there running on the spot... So i think ok i will just head down again, Upon walking back down the hill i just drop dead! no gun shots no blood nothing just you were killed,

The server has death messages turned on so i can see who killed me and with what weapon and it turns out i was serverly de-sync'd and to the other guy running on the spot my body hadnt moved from the coast! he posted the video for me to watch and true enough my body was there on the coast stood still and the times all match up (Chat messages ect...)

This i have noticed happens ALOT on private servers running namalsk and also on vilayer hives,

Also i cant be certain about this but i beilve there is a hack out there that can do this also as yesterday i was turned in to a goat and then back to human but all our bodys were still stood where we got teleported to! no one could get there stuff just look in to an empty backpack, Also we all then were invincible as a few of us decided to commit suicide in a mexican stand off style for a laugh and we all unloaded multiple shoots just to find that we fall over dead without dying!!!

Yes that right we were all on the floor dead but no death screen nothing! along come a few other players and nope we cant be killed, Then some dude comes along with the railgun and shoots the bodys we used to have and thats when we died!

I doubt you were the "hacker" "Scriptkiddie" "Scum" whatever, Explain to the admin it was more then likely De-Sync and also to check the logs as it will all be in there as long as he knows where to look!

If its a private hive then he will have access to decent logs and find out exactly where they died and if they were seperated it will show if they are grouped together then he will see and relise its just butthurt kids moaning because you pwned them!

Remember if you kill anyone in DayZ your a hacker because they are always better then you at the game!

[gringer 1]

Thanks for the input guys. I don't know what will happen with checking into logs or anything as one of the people I killed in this incident was an administrator and he seemed firm in his stance that I had cheated.