everyone 1 Posted June 14, 2012 So I was just sniping folks in cherno, watching half of them prone out of sight after being hit, then DCing before death, when someone said something in sidechat.Specifically, they called out my location and that I was sniping at people.Then someone responded. Also in sidechat. But... sidechat was disabled.I had been on this server for nearly an hour and had checked immediately when I logged in that yes, like all other 1.7 servers I've seen so far, global chat was disabled. I toggled through again, and yes they were still disabled. I tried talking in groupchat, but nobody responded. I definitely could not see/join/speak in side chat, and yet there were three people there just holding a normal conversation. I just searched through the bug forum and didn't find anything on this. Were they cheating? After listening for 30 seconds to their conversation (which was mainly about me, and my sniping position) I decided to leave the server... if they were cheating I wanted no part in it, or to risk my character to some stupid death-by-cheater.Anyone else had this experience? I felt like I was at a pretty huge disadvantage, though at least I could see what they were saying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lopz 2 Posted June 14, 2012 People without the beta patch can still use the side channel.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jsteph87@live.com 1 Posted June 14, 2012 It is because they have not updated to the ARMA Beta patch that changed it, I forget which one it was.Since the beta fixes a lot of problems with connecting, most people have updated to it. The ones who have not are either avoiding doing so as an exploit so that they can continue to use side chat, or are not smart enough to realize that they need to do so. That is why most of the people you see talking in side chat are noobs who keep blathering on about how they are lost or if there are friendlies in cherno or "HALP I CANTZ F1LL MAH WATTER BOTTELZ O PLAEZE HALP !!!!!!11!!1" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
everyone 1 Posted June 14, 2012 People without the beta patch can still use the side channel..Seriously? Damn, I'm regretting ever installing it then, if those people are allowed on the same server as diligent updaters.Besides, I miss global chat... just not being the odd man without it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jorden 63 Posted June 14, 2012 It's the way the server is set up. 1.7.1 will remove it completely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wüstenfuchs (DayZ) 105 Posted June 14, 2012 Search before you create new threads!Info and discussion about voice and text chat here: Voice & Text Communication Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
