Got hacked for first time and now not sure what to do....

[Mark88 9]

I've read all the complaints about hacking, but never payed much attention as i played on low pop servers and they seemed to leave them alone. Played solo for about a month, then my nephew joined and we built a base in the city of Cherno (5 tents in a warehouse) and also about 5 tents in the woods north of Cherno. The other day, they finally rebooted the server after 16 days and we found a ural, couple gaz, pickup and dirt bike and put them all up in our camp in the north woods.

The next day I spawn in to see someone driving the ural around the north camp in the woods crashing into trees, our other vehicles and smashing tents. I open up on him, he stops, gets out and I put two full stanag mags into him. He takes out his gun and drops me. My nephew spawns in the camp in the warehouse and says he is now there! How did he find both places so fast? Can hackers see what is on the map?

Anyhow, needless to say after having a real blast the last few months, we both are now really discouraged and are trying to figure out what to do next. Thought about getting our own server, but that's $30 a month and we don't even know how to set one up. Went into the clan section to try to join a private server, but not having much luck with that as my brother will be joining us today and we really want to just play with us three and try to build a base somewhere.

Any advice on how we can proceed from here other than just waiting for stand alone would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

[Derpy_Hooves (DayZ) 4521]

Try using whitelisted "Private Hive" servers, best chance for hack free gaming.

[sostronk 334]

You can run your own server from your PC. It was heavily frowned upon before because Rocket wanted everyone on the hive. Correct me if Im wrong, but since hes fine with people playing on their own servers / private hives I don't see any problem with it. If your interested in doing it that way maybe google "Guru Abdul DayZ". There are a few guys who provided these methods for a long time.

[dasd2516 87]

who the fuck builds a camp in cherno

[rekrul 91]

You haven't lost your equipment or tents just so you're aware of that. After a restart the tents are back with the stuff which was in them before they were crushed. However if the server takes more than 7 days to restart, they will be gone as you can't save them now. Try contacting the server admin, if possible, and report what happened. He might restart the server for you.

And yes, hackers can get a HUD/radar with all tents, vehicles, players, zombies and animals since this is sent from the server and the client decides what to display from my understanding.

Edited October 11, 2012 by Rakrul

[SmashT 10907]

Move to a decent private hive.

[Mark88 9]

Try using whitelisted "Private Hive" servers, best chance for hack free gaming.

Im using dayz commander, how can you tell if it is a whitelisted private hive server cause Im not seeing that description on there. Thanks.

[Fraggle (DayZ) 15720]

Private hive with good admins, problem solved.

[Derpy_Hooves (DayZ) 4521]

Check the Private Hive thread here on the forums, plenty whitelisted ones there

[lordopeth 274]

Private hive with good admins, problem solved.

Any recommendations? I think its time for me to move to one...

[Erizid 56]

To answer your earlier question, yes, hackers can see every person, vehicle and tent at all times.

[Mark88 9]

Check the Private Hive thread here on the forums, plenty whitelisted ones there

Thank you! Just submitted an application to a password protected private hive! FU hackers!