Dark day for script-kiddies coming

[tobiassolem 173]

So I wrote Bastian Suter (BattlEye-dev) about the current script/hacking situation, here is my letter (and their reply):

"Hey!

I'm just writing to you to show my support for BattlEye, I think it's great that you are developing this product and working toward preventing cheaters and hackers from ruining the game.

With that said, as a player of DayZ my experience is currently pretty much ruined due to the fact that the client can send scripts and bypass the server.

I am not a fan of the Arma 2-engine in terms of preventing illicit scripts to so easily override the game, so we have to rely on you guys to help.

There currently are a couple of scripts that are the worst,

1. Invulnerability

2. Teleporting (either the player itself or other players to the players location)

3. Spawning of objects (such as crates with ALL items in the game)

4. Firing of vehicle weapons (I've seen a player shoot grenades similar to one of the air vehicles).

I see AT LEAST one iteration of these 4 cheats on every server I visit these days with players playing DayZ. Even with your latest 1.168-update.

Please, please do something about it. I beg of you.

Kind regards,

<Name omitted>"

His reply

"Hi,

I know about this problem very well and many things are being done to fight it. I understand your frustration and I'm working hard with the game developers to improve the situation, because a great part of it is caused by the game's too open multiplayer engine. Please have some more patience, solutions should be provided very soon.

Regards,

Bastian Suter"

[SirSlayer 14]

Please have some more patience, solutions should be provided very soon.

solutions should be provided very soon.

very soon.

I marked the part I found funny.

Best regards,

name also omitted

[Larkins 38]

Hopefully it works and continues to work. Also hoping "very soon" is this week.

[darklight12345 4]

So you got a stock answer and made a topic about it? Yay for you!

[lordopeth 274]

\m/\m/

[Demonize 15]

What else did you expect him to reply?

[tobiassolem 173]

Oh ye bitter haters of little faith.

Edited August 6, 2012 by fisk

[jordy@sigux.com 44]

What else did you expect him to reply?

"hi

dolan say i no can do anytin about da psodermon hackars so i cnt do anytin.

-gooby"

[SirSlayer 14]

[Hackingscripts will soon be impossible in DayZ]

I think you just got a little too much faith.

"hi

dolan say i no can do anytin about da psodermon hackars so i cnt do anytin.

-gooby"

Didne worl ?

Edited August 6, 2012 by SirSlayer

[void.false@gmail.com 300]

Actually, the answer like that one only makes me worry that DayZ will remain the cheaters' heaven.

[nicraM 137]

BE released one update in a year's time.

The hackers were banned in mass and a bypass was created in 48 hours.

Hackers flooded us on the third day.

I also found the "very soon" part, hilarious.

[jordy@sigux.com 44]

Didne worl ?

spodermon say he dunno

- dolan

[tobiassolem 173]

I think you just got a little too much faith.

I'd rather have too much than none at all and be bitter about it.

[void.false@gmail.com 300]

And please, for the love of God, stop calling skript kiddies that they are hackers.

[OrLoK 16185]

Hello there

Let's not pass judgement. Let's wait and see.

rgds

LoK

[Polkaman 60]

At work had to use MS paint hope it suffices

best regards

optimistic in ohio

Edited August 6, 2012 by Polkaman

[tobiassolem 173]

BE released one update in a year's time.

O'Rly? I've seen at least three updates over the last few days.

[SmashT 10907]

So basically his solution is to wait a couple of months for standalone, of which we have an announcement due very soon. (according to Rocket) as BattleEye can't do anything.

Edited August 6, 2012 by smasht_AU

[JustThatEpic 72]

"very soon"

We might as well give up now.

[rybo 171]

I marked the part I found funny.

Best regards,

name also omitted

Yeah "very soon"...."We are currently trying but our company only has 5 monkeys working for it. That and a Chimp is the boss so thing can go a little banana's around here"

[haviv[3rdid] 57]

And please, for the love of God, stop calling skript kiddies that they are hackers.

Hackers come up with new stuff. Kiddies just copy and paste scripts they found on the web.

[jackcrow 129]

Im going to have to side with the other posters. Its a canned response and really doesnt mean anything. Thanks for trying though.

[Food 309]

All the script kiddies will be global banned as the bypass is surely detected by now. It's the endless cycle.

Someone hacks, someone else hacks, a chain reaction of hackers, hack is detected, all of them get global banned and we have a few days of peace. Then It all starts over again :\

[SirSlayer 14]

All the script kiddies will be global banned as the bypass is surely detected by now. It's the endless cycle.

Someone hacks, someone else hacks, a chain reaction of hackers, hack is detected, all of them get global banned and we have a few days of peace. Then It all starts over again :\

While doing that our gaming expierence is ruined and bohemia does make a quick buck because more people got banned (instead of instabanning) :)

[datguy (DayZ) 157]

Hopefully it also fixes the rampant duping. Because I'm pretty sure you didn't find those seven rangefinders, six NVGs, four SVD Camos, sixteen ghillie suits and your M4A1 HOLO SD in the tent with the twenty STANAG mags and ten M203 HEs wasn't really a present from survivor jesus.