Definitive Side Chat / Server Message, Will I get Blacklisted thread?

[Alfie (DayZ) 8]

Is there a reason why some people are able to write in side and groupchat on my server?

There are a few things which can cause this.

The most likely cause as mentioned by someone above is you're not forcing the beta build for the clients joining. This actually means that players who don't have the beta patch with the feature of disabling channels (it's still relatively new), can just use chat like normal. To be frank, there's a fuck ton worst things this causes if you're not forcing the beta build and having non beta build players joining.

You can force this in your server.cfg. Look for this:

requiredBuild = 93965;

Make sure you uncomment the line and ensure you've changed it to the appropriate build number.

If you've already done the above, the other usual cause is due to a bug/exploit which allows players talk in the side channels even though they're disabled. Not exactly sure how to replicate it but it's been mentioned enough times.

The last cause is an old mission file. The Mission generator has been updated several times to include fixes / additions. The channels are disabled within the mission file, so if you haven't updated your mission file for a while then it's likely that the side chat simply isn't disabled on your server.

[Nadasdy 1]

I have bounced around a bunch of servers today and I have noticed about 10 different servers that have a very active side chat going.. so much so that I believe most of the servers have enabled side chat in the mission file.