Guess I was had

[Virus610 1]

My third day playing, and I learned what DayZ stream snipers are like. After finding the path I had just taken a minute ago became filled with bear traps, I assumed an admin was messing with me. Met up with some friends, and I turned into a zombie. Like, full on skin changed and everything. To top it off, zombie-me attacked itself, basically giving me a dreadful death sentence.

I get that the mod is in an alpha stage, but one player being able to turn another one into a self-destructive zombie? How is such a thing allowed to occur? I'd think that one client would be unable to directly modify another.

I'm quite curious about a player can turn me into a zombie without ever even making their presence known. Is this an Arma thing, or a DayZ thing?

[Techercizer 82]

It's a cheating thing. People are using scripts to abuse security holes and gain control of Day Z players and their items. Just keep calm, respawn, and carry on; they'll be banned swiftly by the cheat detection client.

Also, don't give yourself beans. It devalues the mechanic and makes you seem like a jerk.

Edited July 16, 2012 by Techercizer

[The Batman 75]

It's a cheating thing. People are using scripts to abuse security holes and gain control of Day Z players and their items. Just keep calm, respawn, and carry on; they'll be banned swiftly by the cheat detection client.

Also, don't give yourself beans. It devalues the mechanic and makes you seem like a jerk.

Dunce.

Sorry, couldn't resist after seeing your sig :P

[Virus610 1]

Also, don't give yourself beans. It devalues the mechanic and makes you seem like a jerk.

Whoops. I just pressed it 'cause I had no idea what it did. Guess it's a sort of +rep thing.

Anyway, I hope that the person who turned me into a zombie will get caught without me reporting them, since I had no idea who did it.