Something has to be done about these hackers

[Kallemyster 0]

Ok, so today, was the absolute last straw, i am so over fucking hackers on literally every server.

I finally found myself a sniper, i finally got some good gear, an m16 after dieing to hackers like 3 times before and this prick comes into the server, makes everyone float into mid air and then drops us all. Luckily, i dc'ed whilst still in mid air, but great, now i join a server and there is nothing but endless rolling flat hills with nothing or no one in sight. All my gear is gone. Seriously, what the fuck. How is it so incredibly easy to hack this game, and have no consequences.

Admins are just as bad! Me and a friend legit killed these two guys in a firefight, go to loot their bodies, the admin resets the server so we don't get their gear.

Seriously, dunno why the developers are pushing so hard for a standalone version when the current one is filled with stupid shit like this.

inb4 people posting they don't care

TL;DR hackers ruin this game and the servers need better security.

[shreddedrocks 42]

not this thread again

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[FaceAche 69]

inb4 all you want I still don't care.

[boxman80 964]

What do you think should be done? Any solutions?

[spyder728@hotmail.com 5]

dont think the game is ready for standalone version yet

[KennyNZ 121]

It's easily hackable because ArmA 2 is a game tailored quite heavily towards the modding community. If it wasn't, DayZ wouldn't have been possible, and you wouldn't be getting a standalone version later this year, which, incidently, IS the fix for the hacker problem ;)

[MoronToTheKore 57]

And something will be done. But now we wait. Paitently.

[TheWalkingDude (DayZ) 8]

What do you think should be done? Any solutions?

Release a patch which disables scripting from any source other than the server executables itself.

Screw the ARMA2 gamers, this is DayZ's now :)

[Deathcall 101]

You don't need a million players to alpha-test a mod, specially not now that the stand-alone is confirmed and going to be designed on a new (or improved) engine.

For proof of concept and other things that can be carried over to the stand-alone, I think that private (locked) servers are good enough. BI has profited greatly from the DayZ mod and most likely doesn't require more people buying it to finish Arma3 or DayZ (standalone), so a sales drop wouldn't really affect them.

Locked, invite-only or pre-assigned servers will most likely turn away some players, but overall, they'll provide more security in regards to hacking and help build a stronger community, possibly helping with other issues like the KOS mentality or server-hopping.

Of course, these are just my suggestions.

[shreddedrocks 42]

Release a patch which disables scripting from any source other than the server executables itself.

Screw the ARMA2 gamers, this is DayZ's now :)

That actually sounds viable...

But would it work? Surely hackers could bypass it.

[MoronToTheKore 57]

Release a patch which disables scripting from any source other than the server executables itself.

Screw the ARMA2 gamers, this is DayZ's now :)

Guh, I hope you were joking.

[_Gunslinger_ 46]

How about flat-out rejecting all clientside scripts? Is DayZ such a ragtag mod that it seriously requires them?

EDIT: That is to say, not disabling script capability within Arma II, but surely the DayZ Server software has the capability to disable them?

Edited August 10, 2012 by _Gunslinger_

[TheWalkingDude (DayZ) 8]

How about flat-out rejecting all clientside scripts? Is DayZ such a ragtag mod that it seriously requires them?

Yeah probably - I'm guessing this is how mods are made in ARMA2. The harsh truth here is ARMA2 is just not fixable without a massive redo, which is what the standalone is hoping to achieve.