DayZ is the first game I've ever seen ruined by hackers

[zyfer.nyholm@gmail.com 131]

solution is, dont join random server, stick to one server where you know admins are active.

[0only1 4]

I am not saying people are crying, there is just a lot of "why nothing been done", there are things done, but you have to remember that it is mostly on the BattleEye and BI side of things, a Mod can only do so much and things BE/BI do, they wont be posting on this forum, if you want to get an answer from them, post on their respective forums.

A mod has its limits in areas like this. And while you want answers, just be patient, it is not being ignored, there have been many of the dev team stating they are trying to prevent this and that but people still question/complain/QQ after because a new exploit arises or the same exploit re-appears through a new method.

A dev can state they're aware and trying to solve an issue, but that doesnt mean it will be solved or dont in next patch or a week or so, can take a long time, months even. Look at Cod Leaderboards, broken for life lol.

Thanks for the answer, I guess this makes things clear now, let's hope everyone sees that, gl in the future, I guess we just wait then.

[NintendoJesus 4]

No one with a brain is blaming DayZ for the prevalence of hackers. But because it is in Alpha doesn't excuse Arma II and BI either. Everyone that says they've never seen a hacker. I question whether you would know even if you did. Most hackers don't turn on God-mode. They just spawn their own weapons every time they die while we scratch and claw for a hatchet. We search endlessly for car parts and vehicles to repair and the perfect hiding place, only to have them stolen in less than 24 hours because hackers can see every vehicle on the map.

I'm not here to complain, I only want to point out that I understand those who are complaining or "whining" as you put it. I get it. If I lose the Military Off-roader because the MOD crapped out, fine, I can live with that. But when I lose the truck in a day, along with everything in it because every vehicle has an inherent homing device, its very frustrating. #justsayin

[0only1 4]

solution is, dont join random server, stick to one server where you know admins are active.

I would be glad if you could give me a few trustworthy.

[Bad Science 23]

can't you just ban all "hacking", "bugs killed me", "im getting angry because of a computer game", "ze damn snipers in chreno are sooooo mean" threads?

Or you could simply not read or post in them, making it easy for everyone involved.

[Acix 132]

first game ruined by hackers hahahahaha, you clearly havent been playing PC games that long... as a single and most relevant example, COUNTER STRIKE... especially before steam

[Sephka (DayZ) 51]

My entire playthrough tonight, I ran into two hackers. One hacker broke everyones leg on the server (Or just my group, but I know it was a hacker, everyone dropped at exactly the same time and no shots were fired)

The second time, a hacker teleported everyone on the server up into the air near the coast and we all fell to our deaths.

This brings the total hackers I've run into up to 4. This is the closest together I've ever seen them. I've been playing DayZ for over a month now. I have easily over 200 hours on it, maybe more.

It's not as common as people make it out to be. Sometimes you get bad luck and run into a lot of them, it sucks. Sometimes they nuke your home server with tents and vehicles and you lose it all and it sucks. Oh well. Chalk it up to bad luck, forget about that pathetic hacker and move on. He'll only ruin your enjoyment temporarily, you'll get back into the game and forget all about it while he has his hollow, meaningless "fun" with the game that he won't even remember a week from now.

[SShady187 13]

Ander Said >>

Over the last couple of days I've banned a number of players who have:

- teleported

- spawned vehicles

- teleported to invalid locations

- respawned and spawned items

Just cause BE doesnt catch all cheats doesnt mean we dont see this kind of abuse in the database.

Your bans are non-revokable on DB level.

An additional ignoble award goes to players with racist names or acting maliciously (spamming or similar).

Relax, this game is still under alot of development alot of people are comparing it to a finished game... They roll out patches faster then alot of games do. Give them credit then giving titles "Ruined By Hackers". They are doing fine and at a very fast pace in my eyes

[Alex988 9]

Or you could simply not read or post in them, making it easy for everyone involved.

ok im going to make over 9000 "buy cheap viagra" threads... but hey you dont have to read them all, right?

[Bad Science 23]

ok im going to make over 9000 "buy cheap viagra" threads... but hey you dont have to read them all, right?

Now you get it, and no, I would not read a single one. Your buy cheap viagra threads WOULD probably be deleted though because that clearly has nothing to do with Day Z.

[Alex988 9]

and you dont get it....

[Wellseh 5]

A lot of people on this thread are saying that they have either never come across a hacker, or only come across hacks once in the whole time they've been playing, and I was in the same camp until today.

Today, I got hacked, twice. The first time, my friend spontaneously started dancing. I thought he'd mispressed a button, but about 5 minutes later, both of our characters started dancing at the same time. We deduced that there was a hacker on the server and promptly disconnected.

On another server, my friend and I were in the middle of a forest on a fairly empty server (about 10 players) when we were both spontaneously killed by a large explosion, powerful enough to instakill both of us despite being 20m apart from each other. At first, my friend thought I had hit a landmine, which caused both of us to die, but a) no landmine is powerful enough to kill two people 20m apart from each other, and B) landmines don't even exist in dayz. I eventually stumbled across a youtube video where another player experienced something similar, being instagibbed by an artillery shell. I came to the conclusion that this must be a hack.

So that's two confirmed hacks in one day.

I also came across a website where I assume most of these hacking w*nkers congregate: http://www.***.net/forum/624-dayz-hacks/