Client uploads custom scripts to server which enables him to warp around

[spidy (DayZ) 5]

Server: DE 489

Time: 7/25/12 @ 10 PM GMT+1

Incident:

I logged into the server and there was a message box about a modified file, something about weapons.cfg, which message I confirmed, not knowing if the server runs a somewhat dated version or something like that. I spawned in a very remote and secluded place in a forest, but I was killed after 10 seconds after the loading process was done. Nearly all other players died like flies before and after that time.

Wrote an email to the admin, who told me that the cheater uploaded his own scripts to the server. He was then able to warp around in ghillie suit. I was shocked. How is a client able to upload custom scripts onto the server? Is this some kind of exploit which works on every server or was the server unprotected (e.g. standard passwords)?

[Disgraced 1123]

Well, some features of Arma, I think, like the squad logos... Those are uploaded to the server, aren't they? Maybe it's exploiting something like that?

[Ezekiel_2517 6]

The "weapons.cfg" popup happens to everybody, theres another one about combat glasses too. Just ignore em, it doesnt mean anything.

Hackers are fairly commonplace at the moment. As this is a mod, Battleye support is a little limited and with a rapidly growing playerbase of over 700,000, playing whack-a-mole banning the IP addresses of these douchebags is far from efficient, its still good that you reported the incedent though.

As anyone else here will tell you, just dont get too attatched to your gear, thats just the way life is in Chernarus.