Question for Admins

[nzcanucksteven@gmail.com 23]

Backstory is:

While exploring on a server (which name I will not disclose at this point of time of hacking as I have no proof... only suspicions) I come across a clan campsite, (tents, bus ect) I tell my own clan mates, we jump on the server and we steal a bus only and hide it in the far north. We then use this bus as a 'mobile camp, to drive to a location, raid it, drive back, a base camp to spawn at and obviously a place to keep extra gear in.

Yesterday morning, when we joined in we noticed that the server was 'glitched' in the sense that all players could see white dots where items, zombies, animals and cars are, and green dots for players. These dots could be seen for up to around 800 / 900M - through trees, hills, buildings... in other-words, no LOS was needed.

Of course, the bus is found and taken - players having seen the white dot in the middle of nowhere in the far north and surprise surprise, in the afternoon... the white dots stop.

Admins, is it within your power to make all items visible like this so that your clan can find and horde all cars? Or was this just a server glitch? (Hence why im not naming the clan or the server name - I googled the clan and it is a large clan, mentioned in youtube vids every now and again and with 100+ members)

Bit disappointed if this is a admin hack and not a glitch... If your a clan member / admin of the server im talking about / if your apart of a clan which does this kind of shit.... Shame on you! Wheres the fun in hacking the server so you can have all the cars! Little competition never hurt anyone and keeps the mod fun!

Although, if this was just a glitch, meh. Although its very suspicious....

Edit - note, it was not just me seeing these dots, but all 6 of us.

Edited August 5, 2012 by NZStalker

[nzcanucksteven@gmail.com 23]

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Edited August 5, 2012 by NZStalker

[General Dickbutt 41]

Isnt this thing normal on recruit difficulty servers?

Could be admin abuse, but I dont know much about that anyways, so its just my thoughts.

[Venzire 76]

During bright mid-day those dots also known as peripheral dots are used as compensation for peripheral vision. You can't see too far with them only about up to 80 metres or even less. I doubt it was heaps far and yes sometimes it's green and red depending on certain variables that I don't know of yet.

It's an ArmA feature but idk if it varies on different difficulty levels.

Edited August 5, 2012 by Venzire

[nzcanucksteven@gmail.com 23]

Isnt this thing normal on recruit difficulty servers?

Could be admin abuse, but I dont know much about that anyways, so its just my thoughts.

Its a veteran server - in server name and every time we have played on it (we have played on it a couple of times before hand) If they changed it so they could see everything... then change it back - thats as bad if not worse than hacking in my opinion as its using a 'legit' way around the rules to ruin the game.

[Dimes123 60]

thats clearly admin abuse

[nzcanucksteven@gmail.com 23]

During bright mid-day those dots also known as peripheral dots are used as compensation for peripheral vision. You can't see too far with them only about up to 80 metres or even less. I doubt it was heaps far and yes sometimes it's green and red depending on certain variables that I don't know of yet.

It's an ArmA feature but idk if it varies on different difficulty levels.

Thanks for that. These must have been edited or F*cking up... as you could see them everywhere and at a range of 800-900 M's, and like I said, through hills, forests, buildings ect.

[hazzathealmighty 51]

Isnt this thing normal on recruit difficulty servers?

Could be admin abuse, but I dont know much about that anyways, so its just my thoughts.

Yeah it is on Recruit servers

[General Dickbutt 41]

Its a veteran server - in server name and every time we have played on it (we have played on it a couple of times before hand) If they changed it so they could see everything... then change it back - thats as bad if not worse than hacking in my opinion as its using a 'legit' way around the rules to ruin the game.

Probably is this, a server I used to play on was regular, but now its Veteran, so it is changeable by admin

[nzcanucksteven@gmail.com 23]

Ok, so either they changed it to Recruit so they could find the bus, or the server crashed and restarted in recruit? Should this behaviour be reported? -Is there any point as im guessing its within admins rights to change the difficulty of a server at any time they please... even if it is for the purpose of finding gear....

Or should we just move on and forget it - although we had some nice extra gear in that bus.

[nzcanucksteven@gmail.com 23]

Probably is this, a server I used to play on was regular, but now its Veteran, so it is changeable by admin

Yeah maybe... They should take the Veteran out of the server name then. Gah, thats as bad as hacking in my opinion.

[General Dickbutt 41]

Yeah maybe... They should take the Veteran out of the server name then. Gah, thats as bad as hacking in my opinion.

Yeap, I agree.